(see
reference below)
Today,
reply is on the cloud spoken of in the holy writings that appeared as
a visible manifestation of the presence of GOD (we also say, the
angel of GOD; the glory of GOD; the Shekinah). Accounts of GOD
appearing and becoming known in the awareness of created beings and
living creatures include the appearance of divinity to Moses as a
burning bush, the star that appeared over Bethlehem, and the presence
that rested within the Sanctuary (also called the Holiest of Holies;
the Most Holy Place) on the judgment seat upon the Ark of the
Covenant. It is written: Leviticus 16: 1-2, King James Version
(KJV): 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the
death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD,
and died; 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak
unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy
place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is
upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon
the mercy seat. A fighter in the “Yahoo!
Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID
“Lunablossom” (Level 2 with 278 points, a member since September
24, 2010) posted the following:
Can
you tell me more about the shekinah/ gods presence?
Is
the shekinah god or idolatry?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And the angel of God, which went before the camp of
Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud
went from before their face, and stood behind them: And it came
between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was
a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to
these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
(Exodus 14: 19-20, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD Is With Us (03/15/2019); Not By Bread Only
(02/22/2019);Divine Holiness and Sanctity (12/25/2017); Idolatry --
Exalting Human Devices? (09/21/2017); Acknowledging the Divine
Presence (02/22/2017); Ark of the Covenant? (03/17/2015); Filling the
House With Glory? (08/17/2014); Holy Ground (03/30/2014); A Second
Adam? (03/25/2013); GOD Hiding in Plain Sight (03/26/2013)
“Lunablossom”,
many mature Christian believers agree that the Garden of Eden first
served as the meeting place for divinity and mankind. When Adam and
Eve were thrust out, mankind would assemble “in the gate” with
blood offerings for sin, and with petitions for indications and signs
that would express the divine will. The sons of Jacob (Israel), and
those who joined them in leaving Egypt with Moses themselves were to
be the sanctuary, dominion, and abiding place of GOD. Later, the
tabernacle (fashioned according to the pattern of things in heaven
that was revealed to Moses) and the house of GOD (the temple
fashioned in accord with the things revealed to Solomon), became the
places of assembly for the consecrated priests and Levites. These
things were to serve as sanctified and set apart for the presence of
GOD, yet, they were not idols that would embody divinity, receive
worship, or serve as man-made objects having authority, dominion,
personhood, or power as gods. Consider again the following that uses
language from the Bible:
1.
Genesis 3: 6-9, King James Version (KJV): 6 And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both
were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they
heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the LORD God amongst the
trees of the garden.
2.
Exodus 40: 32-38, KJV: 32 When they went into the tent of the
congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as
the LORD commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up
the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the
hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 Then a
cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the
tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the
glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And
when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of
Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were
not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken
up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon
the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of
all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
3.
1st Kings 8: 6-11, KJV: 6 And the priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his
place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even
under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth
their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims
covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they drew out
the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy
place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and
there they are unto this day. 9 There
was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which
Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a
covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the
land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come
out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the
LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to
minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD
had filled the house of the LORD.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. 2nd Chronicles 5:
13-14, KJV: 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers
were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and
thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and
praised the LORD, saying, For he is
good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the
house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the
house of God.) Even so, I trust this
fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
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