15.  That Christ should be the house and temple of God, and that the old temple should cease, and the new one should begin.

In the second book of Kings: “And the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in; but it shall be, when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall come from thy bowels, and I will make ready his kingdom. He shall build me an house in my name, and I will raise up his throne for ever; and I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to me for a son: and his house shall obtain confidence, and his kingdom for evermore in my sight.”^38783878    2 Sam. vii. 4, 5, 12–16. Also in the Gospel the Lord says: “There shall not be left in the temple one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.”^38793879    Matt. xxiv. 2. And “After three days another shall be raised up without hands.”^38803880    John ii. 19; Mark xiv. 58.