people is a consistent aspect of God’s dealings with them. Furthermore, the expression of the promise with reference to the new Temple gives it a place within Israel’s hopes for the future. Consequently two significant points follow from the allusion to this promise in John 1:14b. First, John 1:14b suggests that the incarnation of the Word is an event that fulfills God’s repeated promise to dwell among his people.52 Second, in doing so, the incarnate Word is fulfilling a promise whose most recent