Is it  time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple  to lie  in ruins? Haggai 1:4   What the Bible Says God has always desired to live among us, not separate. From the Ark of the Covenant to His plan of redemption through Jesus, God has always been clear – If we will build and maintain His dwelling place, He will inhabit it. In 2 Corinthians (6:16) , the apostle Paul reminds us that God has said, “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” He wants to be present with us so that He can lead us and protect us from harm, which is why maintaining His temple has always been of the utmost importance. The destruction of Solomon’s Temple was not detrimental because the building itself was damaged, but because God’s dwelling place was lost. In the preincarnate Jesus era, this meant that the people were exiled from His presence, and it’s precisely why rebuilding the temple was to be t...