is used in Scripture, not only to designate the sanctuary in Israel, but His dwelling place now, His assembly in its earthly aspect where He abides by or in the Spirit sent down from heaven (1 Tim. 3:15); Christ’s house (Heb. 3:6). Compare Math. 16:18; 1 Cor 3:9-16; 2 Cor. 5:17, Eph. 2:22, where it is called His “temple” and “habitation,” remembering, however, that what the Lord builds is good and stands, what man builds may be more or less evil. It is the scene of profession though at first real, as early in the Acta of the Apostles.