city where the temple stands, and the land in which the people lives. But the holy space in temple, city and country is no more than a symbolic beginning for God’s grandiose indwelling of the universe, through which heaven and earth and everything living is sanctified: ‘Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?” ’ (Isa. 66:1; Acts 7:49). Holy places on this earth are holy only as signposts,