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Holy Spirit: What do we know                     August 15, 2020 

How do we really cover this subject when the Holy Spirit is mention so many times in the Scriptures but yet does not explain what the Holy Spirit is? The Scriptures explains what it does and where it comes from.  There are so many views as there are people. 

There are 95 verses that have the name “Holy Spirit” in the verse. 

We know from many Old Testament Scriptures that God puts His Holy Spirit in many individuals we read and study about.  These verses happen before Pentecost.  

One of the verses that we know about.  Who has the Holy Spirit? 

Psalms 51:11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.   {David said} 

Luke 1:15 For he (John) will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 

Luke 1:35  And the angel answered and said to her (Mary), "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 

Luke 1:41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 

Luke 1:67 Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: 

Luke 2:25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  (Temple) 

John 20:22 And when He had said this, He (Jesus) breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.  (Upper room) 

Just as Jesus breathed on people and receive the Spirit in Man 

Acts 2:2-4 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  (3)  Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.  (4)  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.  (Pentecost) 

The words “Spirit of the Lord” is listed 28 times in the Bible.  Here is an examples: 

We know the job description of the Holy Spirit is: He will teach us all things, and bring to our remembrance all thing 

John 14:26 (Jesus words)  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 

John 16:13 (Jesus words)  However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.  (14)  He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 

Proverbs 1:23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. 

Mark 13:11 (Jesus words)  But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 

Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 

Luke 11:13 (Jesus words)  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!" 

Acts 1:8 (Jesus words)  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." 

Acts 9:31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied. 

Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 

Ephesians 1:14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory. 

Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 

2 Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. 

Hebrew 2:4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? 

We found that the Holy Spirit is sent and available to teach us, to guide us, is a Helper for us, to rebuke us, to show us the way to unfold the Scriptures, to give us joy and peace and love, and to transform our lives and our character to the Way of Life that Jesus wanted for His body.  

We know it is the Spirit of the Holy God, from Him and is in individuals. 

The Spirit of the Lord is what the Father sends to combine the Holy Spirit with the Spirit in man, we become a new creation and children of God. 

Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding. 

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 

Romans 8:16-17 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,  (17)  and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  (17)  If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 

1 Corinthians  2:10-12 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.  (11)  For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.  (12)  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 

The Holy Spirit was now given to those who repent, baptize, laying on of hands, this was after when Jesus was resurrected.  

John 16:7-11 (Jesus words)  Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.  (8)  And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:  (9)  of sin, because they do not believe in Me;  (10)  of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;  (11)  of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 

The term Seven Spirits of God appears four times in the Book of Revelation.   The meaning of the Seven Spirits of God has been interpreted in multiple ways.  

Revelation 1:4   John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 

This tells us the seven Spirits are before the Fathers and the Lords throne, from Him is Jesus. 

We know that the Lord (Jesus) is setting at the right hand of the Father. 

Romans 8:33-34 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.  (34)  Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.  {Grace} 

Ephesians 1:20-21 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, (21)  far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 

Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 

Revelation 3:1 (Jesus words) "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, 'These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 

This tells us the seven Spirits of God and a new thing, seven stars. 

Revelation 4:5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thundering, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 

This tells us the seven Spirits of God are the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. 

Revelation 5:5-6  But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals."  (6)  And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 

We find that the seven horns and seven eyes are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 

Since there are seven Spirits of God, each one is Holy, since they are from God and He sends them all out.   What are these 7 Spirits. 

Does the book of Isaiah, names each Spirit, the seven Spirits of God.  

Are these 7 Spirits of God the gifts He gives each of us. 

Isaiah 11:1-2 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.  (2)  The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.  

Are these the 7 Spirits of the Lord before the throne of God we just covered?  Including the Holy Spirit. 

What are the 7 gifts or grace from the Holy Spirit 

Romans 12:6-8 We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith. (7) If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others. (8) If it is encouraging, devote yourself to encouraging others. If it is sharing, share generously. If it is leading, lead enthusiastically. If it is helping, help cheerfully. 

What are the results of the Holy Spirit in individuals (fruit). 

This is how God see someone who has His Holy Spirit living in them and have become a new creation.  These are the fruits of the Spirit 

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  (23)  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 

The gifts of the Holy Spirit 

1 Corinthians 12:3-8 For this reason I want you to be aware that no one who is speaking by God's Spirit can say, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. (4) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, (5) and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord. (6) There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone. (7) To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good. (8) To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit; 

1 Corinthians 12:9-11 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit; (10) to another working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages. (11) But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person. 

John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. 

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Now the one who makes us--and you as well--secure in union with the Messiah and has anointed us is God, (22) who has placed his seal on us and has given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.  {Received the rest when we are changed} 

Romans 8:9 You, however, are not under the control of the human nature {spirit in man} but under the control of the Spirit, since God's Spirit lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of the Messiah, he does not belong to him. 

Galatians 4:6 Now because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to cry out, "Abba! Father!" 

Philippians 1:19 I know that this will result in my deliverance through your prayers and the help that comes from the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah. 

The Spirit is said to proceed from the Father, 

John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom {Jesus} I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. 

Peter states that Jesus has received the Spirit from the Father and sends him. 

Acts 2:33 He has been exalted to the right hand of God, has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, and has caused you to experience what you are seeing and hearing. 

Peter is quoting from the prophet Joel: “I will pour out . . . of my Spirit. . . .” The Holy Spirit, like water or a fluid, can be “Poured Out.” 

Acts 2:18 In those days I will even pour out my Spirit on my slaves, men and women alike, and they will prophesy. 

Instead of asking ourselves, what is the Holy Spirit, we need to look at what do we know about the Holy Scriptures. Has the power to give what the Holy Spirit wants to give to each of us. 

What have we really learn from these Scriptures, here are just a few things 

·      Father and Jesus gives the Holy Spirit

·      Holy Spirit is a Helper

·      Holy Spirit is a comforter

·      Holy Spirit fills us

·      Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance all thing

·      Holy Spirit guides us into all truth

·      Holy Spirit can be blaspheme

·      Holy Spirit seals

·      Holy Spirit can be grieve

·      Holy Spirit dwells in us

·      Holy Spirit has gifts

·      Holy Spirit in us, we are a new creation {creature}

·      The seven Spirits before Gods throne,

·      There are seven Spirits of the LORD

·      Holy Spirit gives us different gifts

·      Holy Spirit is sent from the Father and Jesus, our Lord

·      Holy Spirit is a downpayment

 

Temple Architecture vs Christians

 Temple Architecture vs Christians              August 8, 2020 

One of my favorite subject to talk about and to study the Temple Architecture and how it is related to someone who claims to be a Christian with the Holy Spirit in them and are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.  To understand this, we need to understand how we are constructed by Jesus when we were created. 

I enjoy looking at the Temple Architecture because it reminds me how a computer system is laid out.  If we remember, we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit does live in us and all that applies, example, Fruit of the Holy Spirit. 

King Herod reconstructed Solomon Temple in Jerusalem (c. 19 BC) and if we look at the architecture of the Temple, it can be a key to understanding ourselves.  Let’s look at some basic Scriptures that apply. 

What did Jesus tell us is the Great Commandment? 

Mark 12:29-30 Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, (30) and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' 

There we have it, Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind. 

Heart  kardia, kar-dee'-ah:  the heart, that is, the thoughts or feelings (mind); mean the sincerity of both the thoughts and the feelings, intellects nature. 

Jeremiah 17:9-10 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?  (10)  I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. 

Soul  psuchē psoo-khay':  breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, (Spirit in man)  (spirit in dogs, cats, etc.)  This is designed to command our emotional nature. 

Strength ischus, is-khoos': force;  forcefulness,  ability, might , power,

The whole strength and capacity of your understanding, will, and affections.  This commands our energies: Thou shalt put intensity into thine affection - “Do it with thy might” 

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going. 

Mind dianoia, dee-an'-oy-ah:deep thought, imagination, mind, understanding.  This commands our intellects nature: 

Some thoughts about the spirit in man: 

God made the man from dust in the beginning and received by breath, the “spirit in man”. 

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.  (when does a baby receive the breath - spirit) 

Soul, nephesh, neh'-fesh: properly a breathing creature, that is, animal 

We know what happens when a person dies? 

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.  (spirit in man) (Holy Spirit) 

What is the "spirit" that returns to God at death? 

James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. 

Job 27:3 As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, 

Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding. 

We know the spirit that returns to God at death is the breath of life. Nowhere in the Scriptures does the "spirit" have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the "breath of life" and nothing more. 

Apostle Paul tells us when a person receives the Holy Spirit in them, it combines with the Spirit in man and become a new creation or creature. 

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation {or creature}. Old things have disappeared, and--look!--all things have become new! 

The soul is a living being and always a combination of two things:  body plus breath and a soul cannot be alive unless body and breath are combined.(Gen 2:7) 

We know that souls can die. 

**Ezekiel 18:20a The soul who sins shall die. ….. 

According to God's Word, souls do die! We are souls, and souls die. 

Man is mortal 

Job 4:17  'Can a mortal {man} be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? 

Two Hebrew words for “man” are used; the first implying his feebleness; the second his strength. Whether feeble or strong, man is not righteous or pure before God. 

Only God is immortal 

1 Timothy 6:15-16 which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,  (16)  who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen. 

            God can never die and has endless life, 

Good people do not go either to heaven or hell at death. They go to their graves to wait the resurrection day. 

John 5:28-29 "Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice (29) and will come out--those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in condemnation. 

Acts 2:29 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

     Acts 2:34-35 For David did not go up to heaven, but he        said, 'The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, (35)            until I make your enemies your footstool."' 

When Jesus returns to the earth 

Job 17:13 If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness, 

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten. (6) Furthermore, their love, their hate, and their envy have been long lost. Never again will they have a part in what happens on earth. 

Ecclesiastes 9:10  Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. 

God says that the dead know absolutely nothing 

Psalms 146:4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. 

Job 14:12-15 So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.  (13)  "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!  (14)  If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.  (15)  You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands. 

John 11:11-15 These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up."  (12)  Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well."  (13)  However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.  (14)  Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.  (15)  And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him." 

Soul goes nowhere. Instead, it simply ceases to exist. Two things must be combined to make a soul: body and breath. When the breath departs, the soul ceases to exist because it is a combination of two things. 

When you turn off a light, where does the light go? It doesn't go anywhere. It just ceases to exist. Two things must combine to make a light: a bulb and electricity. Without the combination, a light is impossible. So with the soul; unless body and breath are combined, there can be no soul. ..

Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Computer Hardware Organization – very general 

The good news is that unless you are designing or building them, we don’t need to know any of this stuff!  In fact, I cannot understand the behavior of a computer or by having complete knowledge of circuits and hardware!  

Can you understand its behavior by x-rays of hardware? Or by studying the complete wiring diagrams? Or understand how the software works.  Really, I cannot. To understand the architecture of a computer system requires knowing the design of the software. 

Computer Software Development 

Machine Language: language of the computer. 

Assemblers: Manages memory; streamlines tasks; 

Compilers: “Automatic Programming” through problem oriented languages; 

We as user do not really care about the above things.  The only thing we care about is using our computers, iPad, cell phone, just turn them on. The Application Interface is what we to do with email, search the web, Facebook, games, etc.  The apps that we use and like.  The programs inside.  Like word, facebook, games, etc. 

Now this is important. 

Software (the programs or apps we add to our computers) has no mass. I do an email, how much does it weight after you receive it.   

Hardware:  The computer does have mass.  A blank diskette weighs about 0.7 ounces.  

We can load it with over a million bytes of software, costing hundreds of dollars, and it will still weigh only 0.7 ounces.  I can add an attachment, these notes to this message, saying 8 pages long, and it will still have weight of zero. It can even travel weightless over the internet, by email, Facebook, etc. 

This is how the Holy Spirit and spirit in man are, software, they have no weight, and require some hardware to work, that is a physical body. It takes both spirit and body to work, be alive, remove one, the other cannot exist.  

Meaning, our body is like the disk and the spirit is the software.  It takes both to work. 

We have learned from science; time is neither linear nor absolute; it is a physical property.  We now recognize, thanks to the Theory of Relativity, that we exist in a four-dimensional life (actually now 10 plus – scientist tells me) known as space-time.  Time varies with mass, acceleration, and gravity.  Funny, God already told us this about 4 dimensions in His Word. 

Ephesians 3:17-18  that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  (18)  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height 

The fact that time, itself, is a physical property of our material world.

There is part of us that is not physical.  Since that part of us has no mass, it has no time dimension.  It is the spirit in man or a new creation with the Holy Spirit, we covered earlier. 

One of the things that we learn from these software insights is that it is futile to attempt to understand our architecture from a world view, having just the spirit in man.  It requires the Holy Spirit to understand.    

Our soul or our “heart,” simply does not show up on an x-ray or an MRI scan. 

Our Lord God has given us a way to understand our “system design” 

Hebrews 4:12 For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

We know we, who has God Holy Spirit living in us, are the Temple of God” and this statement appears seven times in the New Testament: 

1 Cor 3:9-16, 1 Cor 6:19, 2 Cor 6:16, Eph 2:20, 21, Heb 3:6, 1 Pet 2:5, 1 Pet 4:17 

The Uniqueness of Solomon’s Temple 

It was the only Temple where all the detailed plans, not only of the construction of the Temple, but also of all the furniture, were given by the Spirit of God 

1 Chronicles 28:12 and the plans for everything else that he had in mind for the courtyards of the Temple of the LORD. Included were plans for all of the surrounding vaults and treasuries of the Temple of God intended for storage of dedicated gifts, 

1 Chronicles 28:19 "All of these things the LORD made clear to me in writing at his direction—the construction plans for all of the building." 

It was also the only Temple in which God’s Spirit dwelt in until the Temple was destroyed.  

And it was also the only Temple where the Ark of the Covenant dwelt. 

1 Kings 8:10-11 When the priests left the Holy Place after setting the ark in place, the cloud filled the LORD's Temple  (11)  so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, since the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's Temple. 

The Glory of the Lord finally leaves the Temple 

Ezekiel 11:23 The glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city and stood on the mountain, east of the city. 

God’s Spirit now dwells in “temples made without hands” 

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;   (Remember, we are now the Temple of God) 

We know that our Lord Jesus dwells in us. 

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  (17)  If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 

Now, let’s look at the Temple, Solomon’s Temple vs we are the Temple. 

This Applies to Christians only, not those who have only the spirit in man even though they live a somewhat good life. 

Inside the Temple, the Holy of Holies (which corresponds to our Spirit), where God dwells. 

The Holy Place (which is our new Heart), 

Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  (27)  I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 

The pillars of the Temple and all of the items in the Inner and Outer Courts—the lavers, the altar of sacrifice, the “molten sea,” etc.—were bronze. Bronze spoke of fire and that which still must be judged, something that is not redeemed yet. 

The Hidden Chambers were of wood. (The Hebrew word actually means something “to be burned up.”) Here the priests hid their personal idols, thinking they were secret. 

Ezekiel 8:12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.' " 

These secret hidden chambers are suggestive of what we sometimes call the “subconscious.” 

We must be careful not to stuff our junk (unresolved hurts, emotions, etc.) here. We need to continually cleanse ourselves by giving them over to Him.  This is a continual process. 

Go over chart. 

There are so many other things we covered to consider and look at, think, pray and mediate about. 

This whole message does not apply anyone, unless your spirit in man combined with the Holy Spirit and you become a new creation and are now, children of God and with the Spirit of God living in you, which you and I have by promise, we are now, become, the Temple of God. 

1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 

There are somethings we need to review each year to keep in our memory that is very important.  Remembering we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, Jesus lives in us, giving us instruction what we are to do with our lives today.  {Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Romans 8:10, Colossians 1:27}