Nathan tells David to build a place for God to dwell. God has not had an earthly place to dwell since leaving Egypt. All of the transition through the wilderness and the people wanting a king with no established place to worship God. This story of a dwelling place for God will continue in the construction of the temple.
Is this not a need in lives of transition? A place to worship God. Do we not sense in this reading the role of the Church? A place to relate to the Holy and share with other people in transition. A people to help us order our lives in a world of so much change. Is David's vision for the temple not the first glimpse of the coming of the Church?
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