Domicile
/DOM-ih-sile/
Summary
A person's permanent dwelling place or legal home, significant in Scripture regarding rights, responsibilities, and spiritual belonging.
☩Dwelling Places
Scripture speaks of dwelling places both earthly and heavenly. Jesus promised to prepare a place for His disciples in His Father's house. Paul describes our earthly bodies as tents and our heavenly bodies as a house not made with hands. Believers' citizenship is in heaven.
Key verses:John 14:2-32 Corinthians 5:1-2Philippians 3:20Hebrews 11:9-10
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Dwelling," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Dwelling," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).