Sunday, June 24, 2012

What do I think the "Glory of God" looked like.

The Glory of God or the Shekinah in the Old Testament is mention at least two times.  Moses while in the wilderness with the tabernacle and after the Temple was completed, wrote in Ex 40 about how the tabernacle had a cloud settled upon it and said the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.  Same way when Solomon finished the Temple, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, because the Glory of God filled Jesus Temple.

The Glory of God looked like a cloud and filled the Tabernacle and Temple.

Likewise, are we not the Temple of the Holy Spirit.  Paul tells us from 1 Cor 3 that we are the Temple of God and that the Holy Spirit lives in us.  Yes, the Shekinah lives in us, the Temple, just like Solomon Temple and Moses tabernacle.

This brings us to the final Temple, the Millennium Temple.  We find from Ezek 43, that Millennium Temple will be filled with the Glory of God, the Shekinah.  Then Jesus said, this is the place of my throne.

We have covered 4 inspiring examples of the Glory of God, Holy Spirit or the Shekinah.  Blessing

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(Exo 40:35 NIV)  Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

(1 Ki 8:10-11 NIV)  When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD. {11} And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple.

(2 Chr 7:1-2 NIV)  When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. {2} The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it.

(1 Cor 3:16 NIV)  Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

(Ezek 43:5 NIV)  Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

(Ezek 43:7 NIV)  He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile my holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their kings at their high places.

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