I'm so excited! We're in the final countdown for our trip to Israel! Monday is departure day, so we're spending the weekend doing final preparations......laundry, making lists and checking them twice (!!!), packing.......LOTS to do!
I said all that to say that I'll be away from the computer for the next few weeks while we are traveling. I'm sure I will have SO much to tell you when I return. Talk about opportunities for worship.....WOW!
So, today let's take one more opportunity to review what we've learned so far as we are examining this broad worship topic. We saw that in the Old Testament the glory of God is linked with the presence of God among the Israelites in the tabernacle. In the New Testament, we saw God's glory dwelling in the lives of believers. The tabernacle was a specific dwelling place and God's presence was evidenced by a cloud by day and pillar of fire by night. When the cloud was taken up, the people of God would set out. If the cloud did not move, they did not move. This required an unconditional surrender by God's people.
What about you and me? What does it mean to us to be called the temple of God? What is our level of surrender?
We have so much more to think about and we'll do that when I return from Israel. We'll begin by going back to the tabernacle, looking at the pathway of the priest through the tabernacle and what each of the pieces of furniture in the tabernacle represents.
Until then, as we enter the season of Advent and look forward to the celebration of our Lord's birth, I pray that our focus this season will be on the Reason for the Season......Jesus! Let's worship Him!
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)
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