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Originally Posted by pelathais
I think that while God is omnipresent, there is a particular presence of God that can exist in places. I believe that is what is meant by the passages you cite. Like Nahkoe points out, the "name" wasn't just having God hang his shingle outside a particular building. He was there in a way that was distinct from His presence being simultaneously elsewhere.
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Im not sure you all are getting the point so let me rephrase. God "being there" in the temple was expressed by saying His name would be there. This must be an idiomatic way of saying something to that effect as evidenced by the other two verses shown.
The point wasn't "Gee, God made his home there" lol...the point was the use of "name" was an idiomatic expressive way of saying "the number of people present" or even "God was personally present"....
Again, see how the word name is used in the other two examples
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