Build the place, and put a light in it.
One does not have to study scriptures long to arrive at the conclusion that God desires to live with us, in us, and through us.
Lev 26:12 And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
Isa 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. ("God with us")
God walked with Adam in the Garden. He dwelt amongst Israel in the tabernacle. He lives through us, the living temples of the Holy Spirit.
Exo 25:1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo 25:2 Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring Me an offering. You shall take an offering from every man that gives it willingly with his heart.
Exo 25:3 And this is the offering which you shall take of them: gold, and silver, and brass,
Exo 25:4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and bleached linen, and goats' hair,
Exo 25:5 and rams' skins dyed red, and dugong skins, and acacia-wood,
Exo 25:6 oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,
Exo 25:7 onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breast-pocket.
Exo 25:8 And let them make Me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them.Gen 1:1 - God created the heavens and the earth; and let there be light
And the evening and the morning were the first day.