(1 Cor. 6:19) and, corporately, the people of God are a living temple where God ordains that he will reside in a special way (1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Cor. 6:16). To anyone who loves the Lord and obeys his word, Jesus promises that he and his Father ‘will come to him and make our home [literally, “dwelling”] with him’ (John 14:23; cf. 14:2). In the new creation, heaven and earth are one and it will be loudly proclaimed: ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them …’ (Rev. 21:3).