After the sins of the ancient world came to fullness in Noah's time went instruction to build an ark. This was a prophetic declaration of a coming temple, replicated severally over history. Similar was a direction to come out of Egypt, after which a temple would be built, and so pharaoh was told to let the people go so that they could worship God. This same thing had been promised to Abraham in a distressing dream, when he got information of an impending bondage of His children, to be released after the sins of the Ammorites had come to a fullness. The promise here took a more substantive turn; the inheritance of the nations. After conquest of the same by Israel, the time had come to make it more permanent. An important aide in this conquest would be the presence of God, who rested on the temple from the time it was dedicated.
A new order concerning the temples building, complete with dimensions, was ordered in the days of David, implemented by a more restful Israelthrough Solomon and later replicated by Cyrus the median King of Babylon, when He ordered the return of the Jews to their land at will. This restored temple would usher the Messiah who in turn introduced a new form of worship and temple, worship in the spirit(Phil 3:3).
The religious piety of the day could hardly comprehend the phrase "worship in the spirit". This new order cost Him His Life, just as He had planned, for from that day, He literally became the new sacrificial offering of sin for humanity(in the new declared temple), that as many as would come to believe in Him, would have eternal life(John 3:16.)
