dwell in temples built by human hands,” we insist that God should. In 2 Samuel 7, King David finds himself in a supersized mansion, living in a “palace of cedar,” and starts to think that maybe God needs a fancier place to dwell. But God rebukes David: “Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling”
