Exodus 29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak there to you. There I will meet with the Israelites, and the Tent of Meeting shall be sanctified by My glory [the Shekinah, God’s visible presence].44 And I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me in the priest’s office.45 And I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.46 And they shall know [from personal experience] that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.
The Tent of Meeting was a temporary temple in which the Israelites would break down and put up as they moved from place to place. This temporary temple was sanctified and where the altar was located. It was a place God would dwell amoung HIS people. This word, "dwell" is translated to "settle down or shakhan", from which is derived the rabbinic word shekhinah (literally, "that which dwells"), the light on the mercy-seat which symbolized the Divine presence.
But now, we are the temple of God, we are the place God desires to settle or dwell. The Tent of Meeting was where the Lord would come to speak to Moses and HIS people. Through the work of the Cross, God is now able to speak to all of us and we are able to know HIM on a greater and personal level as we experience HIM through our relationship with HIM.
When we are first saved, He comes into our heart to dwell in us. But because of our idols, He is not able “to sit down” or “settle down”. God is not able to peacefully rest in us due to our unchanged, stubborn and idolaterous hearts. Our hearts may be full of jealousy, envy, unforgiveness, hurt, bitterness, lust, addictions, bondages, and etc.
Yes, He maybe in us but many of us are still in the betrothal stage and never coming to the consummation stage of deeper intimacy. Many are learning and reading the Word and listening to preaching and praising but as scripture says in 2 Tim 3:7, there are many who still never come to the Truth.
2 tim 3:7 [These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth.
Many are taught and expect to marry HIM when HE comes for us but HE has come for many now. Yes, HE will come for us when HE returns but HIS presence seeks us now on a deeper level.
As we are betrothed to HIM, HE is observing us to determine if our faith is genuine and if we are committed to following and obeying HIM. Just as Esther who was prepared for one year to see the King, we must be spiritually prepared and cleansed before we are able to meet the King. We cannot enter the Holy of Holies unless we are cleansed from our idols and sins. Has the Bride prepared herself through sanctification?
Revelation 19:7 (AMP) Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself.
In the ancient traditional Jewish marriage, as a symbol of this new covenant (or contract) the bridegroom pours the bride a cup of wine. If she drinks from the cup that he has offered, she is consenting to marriage. But if she does not accept it but refuses, she is at liberty to reject the bridegroom by rejecting the cup.
This principal applies to us. We, as His bride can still end up rejecting Him with our own free will. It is our choice. It is our choice through our actions of obedience or rebellion.
Titus 1:16 AMP They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.
Even as we are alive and waiting for the Lord, we need to get to the stage as the love story of the book Song of Solomon. It is a heart aching love story between His beloved bride and her bridegroom. When we are saved, it does not just stop there. We must come to the fullness of our God. We must come to a higher level of intimatacy. When we are first saved, we are but baby Christians and need milk. We must choose to grow up as we spend time with HIM and being cleansed of our idols and sins. When we have reached such intimacy, HE will call us HIS Bride and HE will call us HIS Friend. It is when we are called Bride or Friend, you will be given the higher revelation, secrets, higher power and anointing, and the abundant blessings of physical and spiritual life. It is when you are HIS Bride and Friend, whatever you ask in HIS Name, HE will grant it to you. It is when you are HIS Bride and Friend, HIS Shekinah Glory will manifest and radiate from you.
Fire of God Church
The Tent of Meeting was a temporary temple in which the Israelites would break down and put up as they moved from place to place. This temporary temple was sanctified and where the altar was located. It was a place God would dwell amoung HIS people. This word, "dwell" is translated to "settle down or shakhan", from which is derived the rabbinic word shekhinah (literally, "that which dwells"), the light on the mercy-seat which symbolized the Divine presence.
But now, we are the temple of God, we are the place God desires to settle or dwell. The Tent of Meeting was where the Lord would come to speak to Moses and HIS people. Through the work of the Cross, God is now able to speak to all of us and we are able to know HIM on a greater and personal level as we experience HIM through our relationship with HIM.
When we are first saved, He comes into our heart to dwell in us. But because of our idols, He is not able “to sit down” or “settle down”. God is not able to peacefully rest in us due to our unchanged, stubborn and idolaterous hearts. Our hearts may be full of jealousy, envy, unforgiveness, hurt, bitterness, lust, addictions, bondages, and etc.
Yes, He maybe in us but many of us are still in the betrothal stage and never coming to the consummation stage of deeper intimacy. Many are learning and reading the Word and listening to preaching and praising but as scripture says in 2 Tim 3:7, there are many who still never come to the Truth.
2 tim 3:7 [These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth.
Many are taught and expect to marry HIM when HE comes for us but HE has come for many now. Yes, HE will come for us when HE returns but HIS presence seeks us now on a deeper level.
As we are betrothed to HIM, HE is observing us to determine if our faith is genuine and if we are committed to following and obeying HIM. Just as Esther who was prepared for one year to see the King, we must be spiritually prepared and cleansed before we are able to meet the King. We cannot enter the Holy of Holies unless we are cleansed from our idols and sins. Has the Bride prepared herself through sanctification?
Revelation 19:7 (AMP) Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself.
In the ancient traditional Jewish marriage, as a symbol of this new covenant (or contract) the bridegroom pours the bride a cup of wine. If she drinks from the cup that he has offered, she is consenting to marriage. But if she does not accept it but refuses, she is at liberty to reject the bridegroom by rejecting the cup.
This principal applies to us. We, as His bride can still end up rejecting Him with our own free will. It is our choice. It is our choice through our actions of obedience or rebellion.
Titus 1:16 AMP They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.
Even as we are alive and waiting for the Lord, we need to get to the stage as the love story of the book Song of Solomon. It is a heart aching love story between His beloved bride and her bridegroom. When we are saved, it does not just stop there. We must come to the fullness of our God. We must come to a higher level of intimatacy. When we are first saved, we are but baby Christians and need milk. We must choose to grow up as we spend time with HIM and being cleansed of our idols and sins. When we have reached such intimacy, HE will call us HIS Bride and HE will call us HIS Friend. It is when we are called Bride or Friend, you will be given the higher revelation, secrets, higher power and anointing, and the abundant blessings of physical and spiritual life. It is when you are HIS Bride and Friend, whatever you ask in HIS Name, HE will grant it to you. It is when you are HIS Bride and Friend, HIS Shekinah Glory will manifest and radiate from you.
Fire of God Church
Pastor Steve Yong Kim
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