“Hath not my hand made all these things?”
'Has not my hand made all these things?' - the final question in the Isaiah quotation asserts God's absolute creative ownership of all things. If God made 'all these things' (panta ta presmata, all things), then God is not bound by or dependent upon any human creation. The hand of God (anthropomorphic image) made the cosmos; human hands cannot contain the divine. This question is decisive: it establishes that the temple is a human work, while God's work transcends human enterprise.
Church Fathers on Acts 7:50
But Solomon, it says, built Him a house. Howbeit the Most High dwells not in (places) made with hands. Acts 7:47-50 This was shown indeed already by what had been before said: but it is shown also by the voice of a prophet; What house will you build for Me? Says the Lord God. As says the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build for me? Says the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things? Isaiah…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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