God is NOT in the Temple?

[_asbestosman]

neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything

In context doesn't that refer to the statues which the Greeks built to worship their gods? While we may have statues of Christ they are not seen as necessary objects for proper worship.

Well, Paul wasn't afraid to use the word "idols", so I doubt that refers to statues. If he wanted to say "statues", he'd just say it. No coy beating around the bush.

Paul's audience was different in this case. He's speaking to Greeks instead of Jews. It seems obvious to me that Paul considered the Greek gods to be idols yet he does not refer to them as such in front of the Greeks.

Come on, do you really think scriptorians like Zakuska et all weren't aware of this one?

Hey, I'd never heard it addressed before. Which is why I asked. If there's a ready answer to yet another contradiction, great. I want to hear it.

Fair enough. Can't say I know how others have addressed it, but I'm sure their thoughts are more informed than mine. It still doesn't bother me especially after we see that Paul entered the temple himself after his conversion (coming up).

I think the Bible makes it clear that the temple was an important place of worship.

Not in the New Testament. 1 Cor 3:7 and 2 Cor 6:16, among others, makes it clear the temple is the body. Not a building. In fact, it's in there a second time, in Acts 7:48 --

"Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet."

And yet Acts also mentions Paul going into the Solomon's temple with a Greek (which caused an uproar):

"Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. " -- Acts 21:26

Next I suspect you'll quote the one from Revelation which says there was no temple because God dwelt among the people . . .

Maybe I should. Yeah. What he said.

"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. " -- Rev. 21:22

[_Gazelam]

This scripture is obviously in reference to graven images comparable to when God cursed the Israelites for forming the golden calf, despite it being a representation of the Son of God.

God is a God of covenants. The Temple is a place where his servants go to enter into the greatest and highest covenants. It is his house in that it is a sacred sanctuary where he may appear to his children and lead and direct them, as well as a house he may fill with his spirit to ratify covenants and purify his people.

We are saved by grace through the covenants we make with God. A temple is a house of covenant making.

[_Seven]

This scripture is obviously in reference to graven images comparable to when God cursed the Israelites for forming the golden calf, despite it being a representation of the Son of God.

It's not so obvious to me. Can you explain in the context of the scripture how you interpret it's meaning this way?