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Originally Posted by Iceman
Acts 7
[49] Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
[50] Hath not my hand made all these things?
[51] Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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Plagiarized from Isaiah 66, the final chapter of the book:
1. So says the Lord, "The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool; which is the house that you will build for Me, and which is the place of My rest?
2. And all these My hand made, and all these have become," says the Lord. "But to this one will I look, to one poor and of crushed spirit, who hastens to do My bidding.
Read carefully into context and you'll see that it's referring to the latter period of the 1st Temple, with Isaiah rebuking Israel for being hyporcrites in bringing offerings and sinning day in and out. Under such circumstances, G-d says that he indeed does not need us to "house" Him, so to speak.
And in fact, the end of chapter 66 refers to the redemption, the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem and the return of the Priests and Levites to its service:
20. And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a tribute to the Lord, with horses and with chariots, and with covered wagons and with mules and with joyous songs upon My holy mount, Jerusalem," says the Lord, "as the children of Israel bring the offering in a pure vessel to the house of the Lord.
21. And from them too will I take for priests and for Levites," says the Lord.
More Christian bubakishkes. Bummer.
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Cursed is eveyone that liveth under the law.
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Meaningless. We've been doing just fine as far as this goes, thanks.
You have yet to deal with the contradictions of this - according to you - most fickle G-d, who says one thing one day and supposedly gets emotionally moody and flips everything completely around a few centuries later.
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Saved by Grace Baby! 
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Again meaningless.