Places where God dwells

1. Now in heaven.

1 Kings 8:30 - Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

1 Kings 8:39 - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with each man according to all he does, since you know his heart (for you alone know the hearts of all men),

1 Kings 8:43 - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

1 Kings 8:49 -  then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Matthew 6:9 - “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

John 17:1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

2.  in the new earth when His capital city will be moved here on earth:

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

3. in the sanctuary among Israel:

Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance— the place, O LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, your hands established.

Exodus 25:8 “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.

Exodus 29:45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

46 They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

4. in thick darkness:

1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;

2 Chronicles 6:1 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;

5. in great light:

1 Timothy 6:16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.

6. in Jerusalem:

Psalms 135:21 Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

7. in Zion:

Joel 3:17 “Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.

8. in Christ:

Luke 14:10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests.

9. in men:

2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

10. in believers:

John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.