3. The dwelling of the believer

In another figurative sense, Paul speaks of being made immortal in the future at the return of Christ:

"Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in [our mortal body] is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling [KJV: "our house which is from heaven"], because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed [KJV: "clothed upon"] with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life." (2 Corinthians 5:1-4).