As soon as the covenant between God and Israel was consummated, God immediately instructed Israel to build a special house that He could dwell in.
“And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them”. (Exodus 25:8)
Later God declared that He had brought Israel out of Egypt for this very purpose.
“And they shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.” (Exodus 29:46)
There are many explanations for God bringing Israel out of Egypt but this is His explicitly stated reason. He desires to dwell in the midst of the human community on planet earth. That plan has not changed throughout the ages.
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