God's presence in the temple during Jesus' earthly ministry I am new to this site, having just found it today.

I have a question about whether God's presence was still in the temple during Jesus' earthly ministry.  

In Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 10, God appears to leave the temple, which seems to be a fulfillment of His warning to Solomon in 1 Kings 9:7.  

From 2 Kings 25:9 and Ezra 5:12, we know that Solomon's temple was destroyed by Nebudchanezzar, so it seems like what Ezekiel saw in his vision must have taken place before the destruction.

With that understanding, I am always confused when I get to Matthew 23:21 where Jesus uses the present tense to say "He who dwells in it."

Edit:  To clarify my question from Bradimus' question, perhaps I should ask how Matthew 23:21 could be viewed in light of the verses I have referenced above.

Thank you!
This is a facinating question, but let's start with some context about Matthew 23.  Jesus has pretty much had it with the Pharisees, their hypocrisy, and their willfully ignoring all the signs of His coming.  So Jesus is chastising them.  This one particular accusation is Matthew 23:16-22.  Here it is (KJV):


  Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the
  temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the
  temple, he is a debtor!&ensp;Ye fools and blind: for whether is
  greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
  
  And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
  sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.&ensp;Ye fools and
  blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth
  the gift?
  
  Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
  things thereon.&ensp;And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by
  it, and by him that dwelleth therein.&ensp;And he that shall swear by
  heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth
  thereon.


Jesus is not declaring that God's Presence literally dwells within "that temple over there."  He's making a really important point.  Let me shink that down a bit to make the point more visible.


  ...Ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it
  is nothing.... [When, in reality,] whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it,
  and by him that dwelleth therein....


What is His point?  That the Jewish leadership had lost their way, declaring implicitly that Jehovah no longer mattered when swearing oaths in the temple, but He should!  (When you simplify the Lord's elegant chastizement, it's fairly easy to see why He was so frustrated, possibly even angry.  The Pharasees had really missed the point of the faith!)

Christianity fundamentally believes that the ancient Hebrews had fallen into apostasy.  This is supported by statements such as 1 Sam 8:6-7...


  ...For they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I
  should not reign over them.


And there is perhaps no stronger statement against the general righteousness of the Jews than Jehovah's commandment to Jeremiah (which He says several times throughout the book of Jeremiah).  From Jeremiah 7:8-16 we read:


  Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor
  prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear
  thee.


Can you imagine a chosen people so out of touch with God that He would command His own prophet not to pray for them?  It is clear that the Chosen People drove the spirit of God from their temple long before Jesus walked the earth.  The people should have been able to find the spirit of God in their temple --- but they couldn't, due in no small part to Jewish leadership.  This is one reason why the ancient Apostles taught so often that through sanctification the spirit of God will dwell within us ... because the temples of the day were no longer sanctified.

So, short answer to your question: Jesus was chastizing the Pharisees for pushing the people away from their God, the spirit of Whom should have been found in the temple, but because of wickedness, could no longer be found.

(BTW, you should go read the accepted answer to the question @bradimus pointed to.  It's good, and covers a perspective I do not cover here.)