Sermon SidekickGod's Dwelling Place
Where does God live? Follow his presence from a garden he shared with his people, through tent and temple, to a person, a people, and finally a city where he dwells with us face to face.
Reading 1
Man and Woman in the GardenGenesis 2:4–25The story opens in a garden where God places the man and woman; many Christian readers see Eden as Scripture's first sanctuary-like setting.
Reading 2
The Cloud and the GloryExodus 40:34–38At the end of Exodus, the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle.
Reading 3
The Ark Enters the Temple1 Kings 8:1–11The traveling tent becomes a permanent house, and the same glory-cloud that filled the tabernacle now fills Solomon's temple.
Reading 4
The Glory of the LORD Returns to the TempleEzekiel 43:1–12After earlier visions show the glory departing, Ezekiel's vision of a restored temple shows the glory of the LORD returning.
Reading 5
The Word Became FleshJohn 1:14–18The Word becomes flesh and dwells among us; the Greek verb can evoke pitching a tent or tabernacling, and the disciples behold His glory.
Reading 6
The Holy Spirit at PentecostActs 2:1–13At Pentecost the presence that once filled tent and temple fills people, as the Spirit makes the church God's new dwelling.
Reading 7
Christ Our CornerstoneEphesians 2:19–22Paul spells out what Pentecost started: with Christ as the cornerstone, believers are being built together into a dwelling place for God by his Spirit.
Reading 8
A New Heaven and a New EarthRevelation 21:1–8The thread ends where it began, only better: 'God's dwelling place is now among the people,' and he will live with them face to face forever.
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