God has placed it upon my heart to write this blog about the word Shekhinah; the supernatural light or cloud; that appeared on the mercy-seat of the Ark of the Covenant; that was housed in the Holy of Holies, of the Tabernacle of Israel. God’s presence was always with the Israelites as they wandered through the wilderness for forty years. Appearing as a pillar of fire at night and a cloud by day; the cloud would enter the Tabernacle and fill it with the glory of the LORD. The Almighty God inhabited and dwelled in the Tabernacle and was ever present with the Congregation of Israel, the Church of the Wilderness. The LORD led Israel through the cloud. When the cloud moved, Israel broke camp and followed the cloud.
Exodus 13:21-22 KJV And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: (22) He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
When the LORD would come down and enter the Tabernacle through the cloud; His presence was so powerful that no man was to enter the Tabernacle while the LORD was there; to do so would be death!
Leviticus 16:2 ESV and the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
The Shekhinah of the LORD is literally the all enveloping glory of the presence of Almighty God as He inhabited the Tabernacle in the wilderness with Moses.
Exodus 40:35 ESV And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
God’s presence also filled the Holy of Holies of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 7:1-2 ESV As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. (2) And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's house.
That same Shekhinah illuminated in Jesus Christ; the light of the world and was passed on to the Apostles with the Holy Ghost. That glory and presence of the LORD falls upon His people today in anointed worship with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The events of the birth of the Christian Church on the Day of Pentecost in 31 A.D.; continue on in our present day as promised by Peter.
Acts 2:38-39 ESV And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (39) For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
We are the continuation of that church; those “who are a far off” in time from that day. Jesus called his disciples the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14 ESV You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
We live in a world where the forces of evil work in darkness and hate the light. On my visit to Aachen Germany in 1984; a seemingly upper class neighbor became a “Red Light” district of every unspeakable perversion during the time we entered a restaurant for dinner and a couple of hours later when we came out. That was twenty five years ago. On my 1986 trip to Amsterdam, Holland, such activities were done in the open during the day time.
This sin sick world needs the presence of the LORD. Christ called his disciples the salt of the earth. Salt preserves. Christians are the preserving agent of our society. The light of Christ shines in us and we hold salvation; offering Christ to the world. We are the temple of the Holy Ghost; the presence of the LORD lives in us. Now is the time to allow Christ to be magnified in you! Let the Shekhinah fall as never before!
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Lake in the Hills Illinois 60156
Bro. Thomas C. Blake
CareMinister.Org
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