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ISAIAH CHAPTER 66
God is served with the Spirit, and not by ceremonies, Isa_66:1-4, the wonderful birth and benefits of the gospel church, Isa_66:5-14. Severe judgments against the wicked, Isa_66:15-18. The Gentiles shall be a holy church, Isa_66:19-23. The eternal punishment of the wicked, Isa_66:24.
The heaven is my throne; the heaven, that is, the highest heavens, are the place where I most manifest my power and glory, and show myself in my majesty. Psa_11:4 103:19 Mat_5:34. Hence we are taught to pray, Our Father which art in heaven. And
the earth is my footstool, or a place wherein I set my feet, Mat_5:35.
Where is the house that ye build unto me? can there be a house builded that will contain me, who can encompass the heavens and the earth with a house? Where is the place of my rest? or, where is the place wherein I can be said to rest in a proper sense? The ark is indeed God’s footstool, and the
place of his
rest, in a figurative sense, because there God manifested himself, though in degrees much beneath the manifestations of himself in heaven; but properly, God hath no certain place of rest.