The Tabernacle becomes a visible manifestation of God's dwelling with God's people, as does, eventually, the Temple in Jerusalem.

People saw the temple as the locus of God's presence among them. By creating mayhem with his whip, Jesus declared that the temple had been degraded into everything except a dwelling place for God.

Rabbi Nina Feb 13, 2022 Feb 13, 2022 In the Book of Exodus, God says to Moses: “Let them (the Israelites) make for me a sanctuary so that I may dwell among them.” (Ex 25:8) ...

Dwelling with God. "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." ...

Yet, the desire David had in his heart has been an inborn longing in us down through the generations — that God would have a stationary, physical "dwelling place" among us where we can "assemble ...