In today’s Podcast we spoke about We being the dwelling place of God and the temple built by Solomon being a figure of that. The book of kings starts off with David dying and passing on the kingship to Solomon and he gets to build the temple that David so earnestly wanted to build for God.
In the Book of chronicles we see temple dedication going on.
2 Chronicles 5,6,7
Solomon spoke about it when he dedicated the temple he built to God instead of his father David. However he himself said God cannot be contained in a building, also it is written that Abraham was looking for a city which had foundation and whose builder and maker is God says the writer of Hebrews.

Hebrews 11:10 KJV
[10] For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
So If Abraham was looking for that, it’s obvious the temple Solomon built in all its glory was not the promised dwelling place of God. Solomon himself concluded by saying that God should arise into his dwelling place and the priest be clothed with Salvation and saints rejoice in goodness, it’s obvious he is speaking of the new creation using the figure of the temple built with hands.

2 Chronicles 6:41 KJV
[41] Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

Yes the temple was built and was glorious but it was a figure of the great glory that would be revealed in the new creation in Christ i.e. the man in Christ .and much more.
Later in Chpt 7 :16

2 Chronicles 7:16 KJV
[16] For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

This cannot be speaking of a physical temple. That physical temple was later destroyed and rebuilt later but the temple God was speaking about was the new man created in Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 KJV
[16] Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? [17] If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

In the book of Corinthians Paul tells us we are that temple. God dwells in us in the new creation and we are priests unto him serving in his purpose on the earth.

We are the temple spoken about in the Old Testament.

Peter says

1 Peter 2:9 KJV
[9] But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Priest serve in a temple and we are that temple where God dwells and we serve his purpose on the earth to the nations and people everywhere we are situated or located.