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Friday, December 22, 2006,9:51 a.m.
"THEN"
It amazes me that one little verse can sum up 40 chapters of Exodus so succinctly.
Chapter 40, verse 34 says, "Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle."
THEN.
"Then" means "after all the other stuff." What other stuff?
Slavery and struggling to be free.
Wrestling with the Lord.
Learning to know the Lord.
Perseverance.
Obedience.
Extravagance.
Consecration.
THEN the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. THAT'S when the glory came - after the perseverance, after the obedience, after the extravagance, after the consecration.
Tabernacle literally means "dwelling place." We ourselves, under the new covenant, are the dwelling place of God. So does it seem a stretch to say then that if we desire the glory of the Lord to come down and fill us, we must continue in our perseverance, obedience, extravagance and consecration?
I don't think so. Come, Lord Jesus!
Chapter 40, verse 34 says, "Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle."
THEN.
"Then" means "after all the other stuff." What other stuff?
Slavery and struggling to be free.
Wrestling with the Lord.
Learning to know the Lord.
Perseverance.
Obedience.
Extravagance.
Consecration.
THEN the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. THAT'S when the glory came - after the perseverance, after the obedience, after the extravagance, after the consecration.
Tabernacle literally means "dwelling place." We ourselves, under the new covenant, are the dwelling place of God. So does it seem a stretch to say then that if we desire the glory of the Lord to come down and fill us, we must continue in our perseverance, obedience, extravagance and consecration?
I don't think so. Come, Lord Jesus!
