“Under the previous dispensation, when almost every spiritual truth had its material form and expression, in the types and symbols of the ceremonial law, the special dwelling of God, by His spirit, in the hearts of the true Israel, the spiritual children of believing Abraham, and thus his dwelling “among” them, as composing one household of faith, was signified by a visible sign, a magnificent house, in the holy city, of the holy land, of the peculiar people; and in that house a Mercy Seat; and above that symbol of the throne of the reconciled and gracious Jehovah, a visible Glory, the sacramental sign of the special presence of God.” (Charles Petit M’ilvaine, The True Temple, 1861, p.7-8)