This is also the meaning of the Medrash’s comparison of the Mishkan’s materials to the four exiles, because it is specifically in exile where we transform the most mundane physicality into G-dliness.
It is during the times of exile, when physicality is felt much stronger than during the Temple times, that we fulfill G-d’s wish in transforming this mundane world into a sanctuary.
When this goal is accomplished, we herald in the times of Moshiach. In the times of Moshiach, the advantage of the physical over the spiritual will be most strongly expressed, as conveyed in the fact that the future Temple that will be built will be constructed from inanimate objects. Thus expressing that the ultimate expression of G-dliness in objects that are the most physical.
May it happen speedily in our times!
(Based on Likutei Sichos 16, Terumah 2, reworked by Rabbi Dovid Markel. To see other projects and to partner in our work, see: www.Neirot.com.)
