As to Butch's fixation on trying to deny Heaven, (off thread), let me observe that neither the Tabernacle, nor the Temple per se, had dwelling places for people to live. Ordinary men could not even enter; only priests, and there were no beds nor even chairs. It was a place for sacrificing animals.
Now there may have been associated dwellings in Herod's huge Temple Complex -- I don't know any Bible reference to such, however. As I recall, the skunk Tobiah in Nehemiah was given a chamber in the Temple complex, but Nehemiah threw him out.
7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.
'And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail. '
In my Father's house are many dwellings, cannot apply to the earthly Temple.
There were dwelling places for the priests who serve at the temple.
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. {began...: Heb. built}
2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. {of...: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed}
5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: {against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall} {built chambers: Heb. built floors} {made chambers: Heb. made ribs}
6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. {narrowed...: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements}
7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. {side: Heb. shoulder}
9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. {with...: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar}
10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. (1Ki 6:1-10 KJV)
39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto
the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and
the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. (Neh 10:39 KJV)
13 Then said he unto me, The
north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers,
where the priests that approach unto the LORD
shall eat the most holy things: there
shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. (Eze 42:13-14 KJV)
19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the
holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. (Eze 46:19 KJV)
The priests served in courses for 8 days. Having traveled to Jerusalem to serve their course they needed a place to stay for 8 days, thus the rooms in the temple. Consider Jesus' words in John 14.
KJV John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (Joh 14:1-3 KJV)
The Greek word that is translated "mansions" in the KJV simply means a dwelling place. We see that in Solomon's temple there were many dwelling chambers. There are also cambers in the vision that Ezekiel sees of the future temple.
44 And without the inner gate were the
chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. (Eze 40:44 KJV)
And there are chambers in Jesus' Father's house, no doubt these are the temple.
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful
in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and
their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for
mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. (Isa 56:7 KJV)
11 For
both prophet and priest are profane; yea,
in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. (Jer 23:11 KJV)
I doubt there is wickedness in Heaven. It seems more likely that this is the temple where the prophet and pries would be
7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh,
to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it,
even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. (Eze 44:7 KJV)
16 Therefore thus saith the LORD;
I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies:
my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. (Zec 1:16 KJV)
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge
my house, and shalt
also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. (Zec 3:7 KJV)
