Does God dwell in the temple in Jerusalem?

1 Kings 8:12-13, "Then Solomon said, 'The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever."

2 Chronicles 7:16, "I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there."

Acts 17:24, "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands."

According to 1 Kings chapter 8, Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem as a dwelling place for God. According to 2 Chronicles chapter 7, God said he would be present in the temple forever. However, according to Acts chapter 17, God does not live in temples built by hands.


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

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