Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Most Holy Place

Have you ever read in Exodus about the Tabernacle that God told the Israelites to build? God went into very specific details about the design and decoration of the Tabernacle. It may have been a tent but it was the most holy place where God would dwell.
Old Testament Tent Tabernacle
Ex.25:8-9
8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
9 Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
Ex.26:33-34 33 And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy. 34 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Temple of the Holy Spirit-New Testament Tabernacle
1 Cor.6:19-20
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.1 Cor.3:16-17 16 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.2 Cor.6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.These scriptures are very humbling! God dwells in us, take care as we walk this earth, not to grieve His Spirit!Lord, I ask for forgiveness. Teach us the depth of Your Word as we show the world the hope we have found in You. Teach us how to worship You and make Your Word clear to us. Amen

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