Um... That’s Old Testament, old covenant times.
God destroyed the Temple for a reason.
Just as the veil was torn because it wasn’t needed any more, the temple was destroyed because it wasn’t needed any more.
"We don't need to go anywhere to find Him. Where two or three are gathered in His name, He is in the midst."
"Um... That’s Old Testament, old covenant times. God destroyed the Temple for a reason. Just as the veil was torn because it wasn’t needed any more, the temple was destroyed because it wasn’t needed any more."
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Honestly, "metmom", those replies are totally missing the point.
The point of my posts (#737 & #740) to editor-surveyor was one made in response to his point in post #732 which stated that God is not present in a local chapel simply because the chapel was made by human hands.
My point to editor-surveyor was simply that God Himself said that He often most certainly does find a way to make special use of (and to make His "Special Presence" available to humans in) places made by human hands (e.g., the "Sanctuary" at the time of Moses). Your responses to me are completely irrelevant to my point there.
The God today is the same God as the God in the time of Moses on earth. (You do believe that, don't you?) That same God was available in the time of Moses to all those humans everywhere in the world back then too. But God chose (in His Sovereign Will) to have people make a special place for them to meet for certain aspects of their life of worship in His Special Presence. (That's just a true fact, if God is not a liar. Your opinion regarding that is absolutely irrelevant.)
Now, as to your point that we are in New Testament / New Covenant times, and the Jewish Temple is not needed any more, what does that have to do with God (in His Sovereign Will) using things made by human hands for His Holy purposes?
For example, didn't God use a cross made by human hands to do something special in the New Testament? Did God (in His Sovereign Will) choose to write the Bible you read all by Himself, or did He choose to have it written by many human hands (every single word in it), translated by human hands, printed by human hands, sold by human hands, placed on the internet by human hands, (etc.)?
God often chooses (even today) to use many things made by human hands for His Holy Purposes. That was my point to editor-surveyor.