<p>7:49 <i>The <em>Heaven is My throne</em></i>- See on :48 <em>As said the prophet</em>.</p><p><em>And the earth a footstool for my feet</em>- As noted on Acts 2:35, God's footstool is the place where He is to be worshipped. His worshippers on earth are therefore in view here, and not the literal planet earth in a geographical sense. God wanted hearts as His footstool, not anything physical.</p><p><em>What manner of house will you build Me? </em><i>says the Lord; or what is the place of My rest?</i>- This is a rhetorical question. The sense is not 'You cannot build Me a house'; rather is it a question- what kind of house do you think I want? And the answer was: A dwelling place in hearts who believe in God's Son. Likewise &quot;what is the place of My rest?&quot; is rhetorical. The <em>topos</em> or holy space is not the Jerusalem temple nor the land of Israel; it is in the hearts of believers in God's Son. Hebrews 4, whether written by Paul or Stephen, surely alludes to this point by using the same word for &quot;rest&quot; in describing how Christians are entering the &quot;rest&quot; but Judaism is as Israel fallen in the wilderness, who did not enter into the rest promised.</p>