“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands — Paul employs tent (skēnē) and building (oikodomē) imagery for embodiment. The earthly tabernacle is temporary; God provides an eternal structure. The 'not made with hands' (acheiropoiētos) echoes temple eschatology: the future temple is God's construction, beyond human artistry.
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