Exodus 29:43
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
God’s glory refers to his manifest abiding presence and power. It is the tangible, ‘feelable’ presence of God.
God’s glory often referred to as the glory cloud is as depicted in the following text
1Kings 8:10 -11
[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.
As we saw earlier in the opening text, the glory of God (the tangible manifestation of His presence and power) brings about a sanctification/cleansing of His tabernacle.
In the old covenant God manifested Himself in a physical tabernacle or temple. Under the new covenant however, God does not abide in a physical temple but in the spiritual temples of our heart or spirit housed in the physical body. Let us validate by looking at a few scriptures:
Act 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Act 17:24: God...dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
1Corinthians 3:16: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
2Corinthians 6:16: And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1Corinthians 6:19-20:
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
As we can see clearly, God abides today in the tabernacle of our spirits and physical bodies. His glory in our lives brings about a cleansing of our spirit, soul and body. So do we desire to live the sanctified life? Do we desire to live above sin and reproach? Then we must allow ourselves to be submerged/immersed in God’s presence time and again. His manifest presence or glory in our lives establishes an automatic cleansing of His tabernacle, thereby making us pure and holy.
The question therefore is, how do we experience/encounter God’s glory? How do we Encounter His manifest presence and power? The answer is as follows:
#1. In Praise & Worship
Most often than not, God manifests Himself in praise and worship.
2Chronicles 5:13-14
(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.
Praise and worship is God’s natural habitat. God’s glory descends and fills His house when we praise Him. In Psalm 22:3 it says:
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
So when we are accustomed to praising and worshiping God, then we make our physical lives/bodies His dwelling place. Praise and worship flowing out of our spirits invites God’s manifest presence/glory into our lives. And when He comes into His temple/tabernacle, He’ll sweep it clean. Just the same way when Jesus entered the physical temple of the Jews in Jerusalem, He drove out everyone buying and selling in the temple (that is everything that defiled the temple). He literally swept the temple clean from all that defiled (see Mark 11:15). It is the same with our spiritual temples; the temple of our spirits and bodies. When the glory of God descends into our lives, we are swept clean from all that defiles. The glory of God sanctifies His tabernacle--the tabernacle of our spirit, soul and body--making us living spectacles of His greatness.
Meanwhile, accepting Jesus the Son of God as your saviour and lord is the starting point. If you’re set for that, Please say the following prayer and mean it from your heart:
I believe that Jesus is the Son of God who came to die for my sins and I confess Him as Lord and Saviour. Thank you Lord for saving me.
Amen.
Congratulations! if you said that prayer. The Word of God says you are now a new creature and old things are passed away. All things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). In other-words, God will never call your past life (sins/faults) to remembrance. They are totally forgiven and forgotten. Check this:
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isaiah 43:25)
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more (Hebrews 8:12 )
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