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Christian Church (Hag 2:7). God’s secondary will is no less His will and, once
chosen by man, He takes it seriously with all the obligations involved and it
becomes real - as with the temple (Mat 21:12-13, Mark 11:15, 17, Luke 2:49).
When this occurs however God still tries to draw people back to the primary will
(Acts 7:48).

With the temple we see this distinction between primary and secondary will in the
prophecy of Isaiah 56:7 which is 'quoted' by Jesus in Mark 11:17. (The 'mis'quote
heralded by the clause 'is it not written' does not match so Jesus is referring to a
writing other than Isaiah 56:7, namely that of Mark 11:17 itself, since the Word
has always existed it has always been written if only in Heaven, it is God.
Therefore ‘it is written’ is always valid for any part of the Word even if it was not
yet ‘written’ from a human perspective. The quote by the Word of the Word is
always totally accurate word-for-word.) In both verses the universal applicability
of the temple is stressed which contradicts the emphasis of the secondary will
temple, a specifically Jewish place, but accords with the primary principle of
salvation which is universal and results in human bodies becoming temples (1 Cor
6:19).

God dwells in thick darkness and the heavens (Ex 20:21, Deut 4:11, 2 Sam 22:10-
12, 1 Kings 8:12, 2 Chr 6:1, Psalm 18:11, 91:1, 123:1) and the heaven of heavens
can not contain Him (1 Kings 8:27). The Word describes the blackness of space
girdling the clouds of the Earth (Job 38:9, Isaiah 50:3). Building a house of or for
God was not God’s primary will and was conceived in disobedience (2 Sam 7:5-9,
1 Kings 8:16, Acts 17:24). God does not dwell in temples anymore than anywhere
else (John 18:20, Acts 17:24).

As if to illustrate all this there is irony in the fact that a domestic space was chosen
as the site for the Temple (1 Chron 21:15, 22:1, 2 Chron 3:1) albeit that the angel
stopped the killing in that place (1 Chron 21:15).

The early Christians met wherever was appropriate rather than in special buildings
designated for this purpose, this included homes (Acts 5:42) and the temple (Acts
5:20, 42) but remember that the temple was not a Christian ‘church’ building but a
site of non-Christian worship.

First & Second Great Commandment

Christians are not under the Law (Rom 8:1, 10:4). Only the two great
commandments apply to Christians, though NOT as Law (Mat 22:37-40). The
Law, the curse, was crucified, cursed itself and did ‘hang’ upon the tree, the Tree