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Thursday 8 October: Acts 7 : 45b-50:
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Thursday 8 October: Acts 7 : 45b-50:
V45b-46: Now the account jumps forward to the time of David, and his desire to build a ” permanent house” for God in the midst of Israel, the Temple. Again, the appointed place of meeting with God in worship and to offer sacrifices, and in a sense a visible call to faithfulness and trust, surely.
V47-48: It was under Solomon that the temple was actually built, but of course God does not actually dwell in a man-made building, He cannot be “contained” or localised. ( Solomon actually realised this, even at the temple dedication – 1 Kings 8:27. )
V49-50: Stephen quotes from Isaiah 66:1-2 ( and note how Isaiah 66:2 continues!) The tabernacle and then the Temple were God’s gracious provision for a focus of worship and a visible sign of His meeting with them, but could not ” contain” Him. They pointed of course to Jesus – God-with-us. Remember the charges brought against Stephen in Acts 6:13-14.