Another thing about this. On the day of Jesus' baptism - the presence of the dove was symbolic of the Spirit hovering over
new creation. The dove (the Spirit) also represented God's glory filling the new house (just as His glory filled the tent in Exodus and at the dedication of prayer at Solomon's temple)
In
Exodus 40:34–35, when Moses first erected the first house of God, the tabernacle, we read: “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.” Two aspects are important: the cloud, which was God’s Spirit or presence, and the fact that it settled (or dwelled) there. The Hebrew word for “settled” is
shakan, from which we get the phrase
shekinah glory. It simply refers to God’s
abiding presence. (Ironically, the Hebrew word for “tabernacle” throughout the book of Exodus is
mishkan—the noun form of
shakan—which means literally “a dwelling place.”)
This scene is replayed exactly when Solomon dedicates the temple:
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell [
shakan] in thick darkness. I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell [
shakan] in forever” (
1 Kings 8:10–13).
This is exactly what God told John the Baptist to watch for in Jesus: “He on whom you see the Spirit descend and
remain” (
John 1:33). It is clear from this image alone that
Jesus, the Son of God, was in fact God’s New House, New place of dwelling. Jesus was the New Temple. This would mean, of course, that the old temple in Jerusalem was already obsolete. From the day of the revealing of the true temple to Israel, all those old temple rituals and all the traditions and idolatrous practices that had grown up around them, were
nothing but corruption in God’s house. The new house was already established and indwelt by the spirit. That by definition “closed” the other house for covenant business.
According to the law in Leviticus 14:45 - an unclean "house" (the Temple) needs to be destroyed and the stones need to be taken to an "unclean place" (Ghenna - the literal valley outside Jerusalem). The destruction came "at consummation" but it's fate was determined in the 70th week.
ETA: I just discovered this translation (the World English Bible) and believe it's a clear way of articulating that passage. The temple remained desolate even until its destruction:
Daniel 9:27~ He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.
.....and "that determined" part happened upon Jesus' final inspection of the Temple. IOW.....He determined the wrath that would fall on Jerusalem during His ministry. Just because the fall out of the desolate temple didn't happen until 40 years later doesn't matter - He determined it was desolate (and it remained desolate - as the passage states - "even to the full end").
