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God instructed the prophet Jeremiah to stand at the temple gates speaking those words. When King David decided to build a temple (1 Chronicles 22), the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to speak to him accordingly (emphasis added):
In his youth, David appeared to recognize that God could not be confined to a building (2 Samuel 22:7). Although God reminded him of this and seemed to be foretelling of a spiritual house and kingdom rather than an earthly one, God permitted Solomon to build an earthly temple. When David commissioned Solomon to build the temple, he gave his son a detailed blueprint for the design, including specific weights (1 Chronicles 28).
God again voiced his displeasure with the use of the temple for wicked practices and the concealment of wickedness by the Hebrew people through the prophet Malachi:
After Jesus went with his family to the Feast of the Passover in Jerusalem at 12 years of age, he was found discussing the scriptures with the teachers in the temple (Luke 2:46-47). As an adult, Jesus taught in the temple courts and the synagogues (Luke 19:47 & 21:37, John 18:20) where he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God (Luke 20:1, Matthew 4:23). This initiated the transition of God’s chosen people from an earthly nation to a spiritual kingdom. Jesus spoke of his own body as the temple (John 2:21) and foretold the destruction of the temple made by human hands (Luke 21:5 & 6).
Immediately following Jesus’s ascension into heaven the disciples, “after worshiping him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising God” (Luke 24:52-53). Notice that they worshiped Jesus before going to the temple. A physical structure isn’t necessary for worshiping God and the Christ. Jesus had told the Pharisees, "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here” (Matthew 12:6).
Jeremiah 7:4 “Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ 5 “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, 7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 “Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail. 9 “Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, 10 then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations? 11 “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the LORD.
8 “Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail. 9 “Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, 10 then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations? 11 “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the LORD.
God instructed the prophet Jeremiah to stand at the temple gates speaking those words. When King David decided to build a temple (1 Chronicles 22), the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to speak to him accordingly (emphasis added):
2 Samuel 7:5 “Go and say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? 6 “For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. 7 “Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
10 “I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11 even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12 “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 “He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 “Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”
10 “I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly, 11 even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12 “When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 “He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 “Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.”’”
God again voiced his displeasure with the use of the temple for wicked practices and the concealment of wickedness by the Hebrew people through the prophet Malachi:
Malachi 1:10 “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.
After Jesus went with his family to the Feast of the Passover in Jerusalem at 12 years of age, he was found discussing the scriptures with the teachers in the temple (Luke 2:46-47). As an adult, Jesus taught in the temple courts and the synagogues (Luke 19:47 & 21:37, John 18:20) where he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God (Luke 20:1, Matthew 4:23). This initiated the transition of God’s chosen people from an earthly nation to a spiritual kingdom. Jesus spoke of his own body as the temple (John 2:21) and foretold the destruction of the temple made by human hands (Luke 21:5 & 6).
Immediately following Jesus’s ascension into heaven the disciples, “after worshiping him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising God” (Luke 24:52-53). Notice that they worshiped Jesus before going to the temple. A physical structure isn’t necessary for worshiping God and the Christ. Jesus had told the Pharisees, "But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here” (Matthew 12:6).