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CAN PEOPLE BUILD GOD A HOUSE HERE ON EARTH? (ISA. 66:1)

What kind of a house can people build God?

There’s no house that men can build using their hands and materials on earth that is fit for God to dwell.

See Isa. 66:1, Acts 17:24

But God’s temple is he who is humble and has a contrite heart and trembles at God’s word,

see Isa. 66:2, John 14:15-24, 1Cor. 6:16, 1Cor. 6:19-20, 2Cor. 6:10

Not any material (physical) building built by man’s hands on earth. And this is where the controversy is.And man deceived he builds houses for them and not God.Therefore, God’s house is the heart of man who is humble and with a contrite heart, submissive, obedientand diligently searches God through His word and trembles at His word. So, those who come together asone church must have that kind of heart. The building cannot be holy since it is not living but people. It isthe living word that they learn and receive that makes them both living and holy to house the living andholy God. Not a building because it cannot be living.

John 14:15-24

JUDAISM WAS REMOVED BY CHRIST TO PAVE WAY FOR A LIVING TEMPLE .

Judaism was instituted by God to serve the purpose of flesh on earth. But it failed to meet God’s demandsand as a result God promised to substitute it with another one, replacing the Old Covenant with a NewCovenant through Christ Jesus.

See Heb. 8:5; Jer. 31:31-34.

However, Christ was sent into the world to become the substitute of the old covenant which found itfulfillment in Him. He met all the demands it was intended to meet but failed.

See Mt. 5:17; Heb. 10:5-7

The scripture says that He was sent to put to an end the first temple. This is the reason why He came inflesh which he became the first temple substituted. So when His body was destroyed, it was God’s firsttemple which was destroyed because it failed to bear fruits.

See John 2:13-22; Mt. 27:50-51; Mt. 21:18-19

. The Father had ordered Him to do that in-order to build God a temple where He could live and findrest.

See John 10:14-18.

However, all these things were pre-arranged by God and were to take place according to God’s plan.

See Ezek. 4:1-6.

Finally Jesus became the Father’s living temple on earth through obeying His word. b)

WHAT CAN DO: EVERY ONE OF US, TO BECOME THE FATHER’S LIVING CHURCHIN WHICH GOD CAN LIVE IN AND FIND REST?

The scripture says “……….but on this one will I look on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit and whotrembles at my word.”

Isa. 66:2

The father gave His word to His son to come to teach it to the people and then commanded them to learn itfrom Him

see Deut. 18:18-19, John 12:47-49

. Jesus dedicated Himself to that word in order to completeteaching it before He was crucified so that the blood he shed at his crucifixion, would give life to the wordHe had already taught.

See John 6:54-56-63, 8:54-55

.In the life of Jesus is the light of the people

(John 1:4).

So, whoever receives the blood-cleansed word,receives the life of Jesus. He is therefore commanded to keep that word in order to live for ever.

See John8:51; John 5:24; John 6S:40-47; John 11:26

.Therefore, for anyone to become God’s living temple like Christ he needs to have the heart of Christ Jesus(Phil. 2:5) and remain attached to Him.

See Mt. 11:28-30; John 15:1-7; Rom. 14:17; John 14:15-17.

He is born again by the word and the Holy Spirit in order to have the mind of Christ Jesus.

See John 3:5-6; 6:63; Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:22-24; Eph. 5:26.

In the newness of spirit one is walking in the light and is able to have a fellowship with God.

See Rom7:6; 2 Cor. 5:17-18; 1John 1:5.

A true believer is cleared (cleansed) of all evils in order to appear in the light and walk with God who isalways in the light.

1 John 1:5-9; John 3:21.

However, whoever does not bother to learn the truth remains in the darkness and under the captivity of Satan and sin doing his will.

John 8:32; 2 Tim. 2:26; John 3:18-19, 20

. Going back to

Isaiah 66:1-2 and Jer 31:31-34

; I affirm that these two verses find their fulfillment in the New Testament, otherwise Godallowed the Old Testament people to build Him a house on earth.

See 1 Chro. 17:1-14.

Today, although we put up a building in the name of God this is not an honest and a faithful thing becauseGod can not live in the building made by men’s hands

(Acts 17:24)

. It should never be given any honor asGod’s house. It should be treated as an ordinary house where a true church should meet where the wordchurch should refer to you and me, different people who have become God’s temple. The church shouldtherefore be the temple and not a building.

Mt. 16:18-19; Mt. 18:18-20; John 14:15-24.

In putting up a building, we should not be in Old Testament mentality that God has chosen that place for us to serve Him there. For God is spirit and He should be living in you and in me and in every true believer in Christ Jesus.

John 4:20-26; 14:15-24; 17:20-23

With the destruction of Christ’s flesh which had substituted the Jerusalem or Jewish remarks the veil of that temple was torn in two from top to bottom rendering the temple service any more.

See Mt. 27:50-51

.And with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, became the true temple for God to take His place andrest in Him became. He is a living and not a building made by hands.

See John 2:13-22; Acts 17:24

.c)

A CHURCH WALKING IN DARKNESS HAS NONE OF ITS MEMBERS DEDICATINGTHEMSELVES TO THE WORD OF GOD AS DEMANDED. MT. 28:19-20; JOHN 12:35-36

A church is any group of people following a certain faith whereas there is a church of Christ where every believer is expected to have an eternal life through having a personal knowledge of the only one true Godand His son Jesus Christ whom the father sent into this world to save the people

(John. 17:31; 6-8).

Thereis the church of Christ where one is demanded to keep the word of truth in one’s heart and have it writtenin one’s mind.

Heb. 8:10-12; Jer. 31:31-34; Mt. 28:18-20

A church of the world is the church through calling itself a Christian walks in darkness for lack of lightthat is in the life of Jesus

John 1:45

. It lacks the light because it lacks too, the life of Christ which foundin the blood cleansed word of truth of Christ Jesus which that church does not find crucial to learn andstudy. And without this blood cleansed word, the church remains in flesh unable to benefit from thecrucified, died and risen Christ Jesus. To the believers in flesh, Jesus Christ has never been crucified. He isnot risen to command His apostles, including all His servants to date to command their disciples to keepHis word.

See Mt. 28:18-20

.The father has not drawn them to the risen Christ who reveals the Father to whomever He chooses.

See John 6:44:45; Mt. 1:27

. The Lord has to do something to all the people who choose to follow Him thatwill enable Him cross over from flesh to spirit (new human spirit) that leads to new birth or transformationof mind if they are to receive and understand the mysteries of His word. Even the apostles were to begiven understanding for the very message they had heard Him preach.

See Luke 24:45

. If not so, they willnever know and do the Father’s will and so are not Christ’s.

See Mt. 7:21-23; Rom. 8:5-9.

The majority of the believers in the denominations and who gather together with others because of thename and the denomination and building of the church fall under this category. To be faithful and honest, Iwould like you to come up with one group of a church that truly belongs to Christ Jesus who individuallyhas qualified to house the father and the son and the Holy Spirit in their bodies. They are therefore thechurch of the dead who receive the dead bodies and worship together with them in their congregations. Doyou understand what I mean here?

See Prov. 21:16; Mt. 8:21-22.

Strictly, I would advise every believer who truly wants to house God and so become a living temple toobey what Christ Jesus and His apostles have commanded in

Mt. 28:18-29

and especially

John 14:15-24

.They must personally know the only one true God among many gods.

John 18:3; 1 Cor. 8:5; Mt. 24:4-5,11, 24

. They must keep this word of truth in their hearts and have it written in their minds.

d)CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH BUILDING

Is consecration of a building where a church meets necessary? The answer to this question depends onwhether Jesus has any relationship with you. It also depends on your personal knowledge of the one andonly true God and His Son Jesus whom He sent into this world to save people, you and me included. Tohit the nail on the head, I wish also to ask you; which Jesus do you know? Jesus before death andresurrection or after resurrection. Which Jesus do you proclaim? Why?However, I wish to state that from my study of the Bible the idea to consecrate any church building by the New Testament believers seems to have been borrowed from the Old Testament, for it is no where to befound in the New Testament book. So believers in flesh put up a building, worship in it and invite God tooccupy it. Does God accept it? Does He consecrate the believers who have learned His word, with thetruth of that word or the building?

See John 17:17-18.

Are we still faithful enough in borrowing anything of the Old Testament and patch the “saving” faith withit? Is it right to do that? The church building should not receive the honor of the living temple or should it? No. so, no consecration of a building should be undertaken by the church of Jesus Christ that comes fromheaven. But the church of the world is free to do anything of flesh in the name of God or Christ. But withno approval from heaven.

See Mt. 7:21-23; 15:3, 7-9

. If you disagree with me hear please, I am ready for a detailed and lengthy discussions with you, if need it. Call me at +25427 890003.However, I believe that you will not behave like one spiritist (a woman) who refused to share the food, juices and sodas we had in our church building, same room we meet together to worship God, taking it to be a desecration of what is holy. She added that we ought to honor God’s house because it is holy, wherean evil spirit in her deceitfully pointed to.

John 2:13-16 or Mt. 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17 and Luke19:45-46.

And what is your position in this? How do we honor God’s house?

See 1 Cor. 3:16-17, 6:19-20, 2 Cor.6:16 Mark 7:18-23

. However, I believe that I am writing to the people who have the same spiritualinsights as I do in the matters concerning the New Testament book of the Bible. And to include allcategories of people I need to speak in general terms as different believers understand the term church indifferent ways. But let it be very clear to all that I always support what both Christ and apostles meant bytheir use of term “church” in the New Testament sense.And I strongly believe that this is the view that all New Testament believers should uphold. So, in thegeneral use, the “church” is understood to mean:a)The entire body of those who are saved by their relation to Christ. Yet, even here, the degree of salvation ought to be scrutinized. b)A particular Christian denomination. This is a view held by many.c)The aggregate of all ecclesiastical communions professing faith in Christ.d)A single organized Christian group, ande)A building designated for Christian worship.I believe that all the above categories have a regard for views also. Jesus` employment of the term churchin the New Testament was imitated by His apostles and so, does us their disciples. And am I wrong to say,we are the disciples of the apostles?

See John 17:20)

. On if not so, whose disciples are we?

See Mt.28:18-20, 2 Tim. 3:16-17).

If we are the disciples of the apostles who were the disciples of Jesus Christ and the eye witnesses of thevery Christ’s message, we should view the term “church” in the New Testament’s sense and usage in thesame way as they did.In the New Testament, therefore the church comprehends the whole number of regenerated persons,specifically from Pentecost to the first resurrection, (

See 1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:13-17)

unitedorganically to one another and to Christ by the baptizing work of the Holy Spirit. (

See Rom. 6:3-4; 1 Cor.12:12-13, Gal. 3:27, Eph. 4:5; Col. 2:10-12).

However, the true church, contrary to whatever other employments of the term and by whomever, isintended to be living in order to house the living God. While it began with Christ Jesus when He was on