Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
When Israel joined itself to idols, God said, Let them alone. He withdrew His restraining grace, and they became so scandalously mad upon their idols as no people ever were. This is the saddest punishment of all, when God gives men up to their own hearts' lust.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 7:42-50
Heaven is my throne,.... There is the seat of the divine Majesty; there his glory is most conspicuous; there he keeps his court, that is his palace; and there are his attendants, the angels; and from thence are the administrations of his regal power and government, over the whole world: and earth is my footstool; which is under his feet, is subject to him, and...
Verse 48. Howbeit. But. Why Stephen added this, is not very clear. He was charged with speaking against the temple. He had now shown that he had due veneration for it, by his declaring that it had been built by the command of God. But he now adds, that God does not need such a temple.