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\ncan find Him, we can build a
\nrelationship with Him. <\/p>\n
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\nBut how do we know that He hears
\nus? <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we know that He will
\nanswer and that He does answer <\/p>\n
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\nour prayers?
\nHow do we know that He’s even <\/p>\n
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\nthere?
\nThe answer is always the same. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s faith in God’s Word.
\nPart of the problem that we <\/p>\n
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\nhave, of course, is that we
\ncan’t see God, and because we <\/p>\n
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\nhave no physical evidence of
\nHim, we lose our concentration <\/p>\n
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\nor our consciousness of God in
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
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\nOur minds even drift to other
\nthings, and sometimes we go <\/p>\n
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\nthrough with thought on who
\nwe’re speaking with. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a real problem.
\nIf only we could see God. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Bible categorically states
\nthat no man has seen God at any <\/p>\n
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\ntime.
\nNo humans can see God and live. <\/p>\n
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\nPaul says that Christ dwells in
\nthe light which no man can <\/p>\n
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\napproach, unto whom no man hath
\nseen nor can see. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the Father.
\nThe point is, is that Yahweh is <\/p>\n
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\nso holy, sinful flesh cannot
\nlook upon Him and live. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is none like Him.
\nOur relationship with God then <\/p>\n
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\ncannot be like any other
\nrelationship now. <\/p>\n
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\nGod wants us to come to know
\nHim. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says that in His Word.
\nHe wants us to come to know Him <\/p>\n
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\nin another way, to see His
\ncharacter from what He has told <\/p>\n
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\nus in His Word.
\nHe wants us to have an awareness<\/p>\n
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\nof Him in faith.
\nHe wants us in faith to seek His<\/p>\n
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\npresence.
\nHow then do we come before Him? <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we come into His
\npresence? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not a feeling that we get
\napart from emotion. <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t come and warm our
\nhearts. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all in faith in His word.
\nI’d like you to come with me to <\/p>\n
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\nExodus chapter 29.
\nThe Tabernacle helps us to <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand how we come into His
\npresence. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all there.
\nGod teaches us through His law <\/p>\n
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\nand through the the Tabernacle.
\nHe taught the Israelites in <\/p>\n
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\nExodus chapter 29, and we read
\nin verse 42, This shall be a <\/p>\n
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\ncontinual burnt offering through
\nyour generations at the door of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Tabernacle of the
\ncongregation, or the tent of <\/p>\n
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\nmeeting before Yahweh, where I
\nwill meet with you to speak <\/p>\n
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\nthere unto thee.
\nAnd there will I meet with the <\/p>\n
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\nchildren of Israel, and the
\nTabernacle shall be sanctified <\/p>\n
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\nby my glory, verse 45 And I will
\ndwell among the children of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, and will be their God.
\nNow notice the strong ideas that<\/p>\n
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\ncome from this God dwells among
\nHis covenant people. <\/p>\n
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\nSecondly, they would worship at
\nthe door of the tent of Meeting,<\/p>\n
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\nwhich is described as being
\nbefore Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd thirdly, God would meet them
\nthere to commune with them. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Paul says the same about us
\nin Second of Corinthians 6 verse<\/p>\n
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\n16.
\nYou are the temple of the living<\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nAs God hath said, I will dwell <\/p>\n
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\nin them and walk in them, and I
\nwill be their God, and they <\/p>\n
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\nshall be my people.
\nSo He applies the same words and<\/p>\n
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\nthe same ideas to us in the
\npleasure of God. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Tabernacle was God’s abode
\namong His covenant people. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course, this is not just any
\nnext door neighbour. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was the abode, as it is
\ndescribed, of the power of the <\/p>\n
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\nInnovins, the Holy One of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nHow can he be in their midst?
\nIs this actually possible? <\/p>\n
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\nHow could he be there?
\nWell, let’s see. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 42 says, and it’s there as
\nthe second point on this slide, <\/p>\n
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\nthat they met at the door of the
\nTabernacle. <\/p>\n
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\nThis door is before Yahweh.
\nIt literally means before the <\/p>\n
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\nface oh Yahweh and it can be
\ntranslated as in the presence of<\/p>\n
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\nYahweh.
\nIt has the same idea. <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael was commanded to present
\nthemselves 3 * a year before <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh.
\nIn actual fact, everything to do<\/p>\n
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\nwith the Tabernacle was before
\nYahweh, even those things that <\/p>\n
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\nwere not just at the door, but
\nthrough the door in the holy <\/p>\n
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\nplace and in the holiest of all
\neverything. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s a, a, a list of the, the
\nthings that I could find the <\/p>\n
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\ndoor of the tabernacles before
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nSo were the priests, the priests
\ngarments, the Levites, the <\/p>\n
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\npeople, the brazen altar, the
\nway, and even the offerings. <\/p>\n
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\nThe lampstand within the holy
\nplace that’s beyond the door, <\/p>\n
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\nthe altar of incense and the
\nincense are described before <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh.
\nThe holy place as a whole is <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed as before Yahweh, and
\neven the manner which was in the<\/p>\n
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\nark in the holiest was before
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nEverything about that Tabernacle
\nis described as being in His <\/p>\n
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\npresence.
\nSo then to come before it says <\/p>\n
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\nconcerning the ark, God says,
\nverse 22 There will I meet with <\/p>\n
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\nthee, and I will commune with
\nthee from above the mercy seat <\/p>\n
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\nfrom between the two Caribbean
\nwhich are which are upon the ark<\/p>\n
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\nof the testimony of all things
\nwhich I give thee in the <\/p>\n
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\ncommandment unto the children of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nIn what way did the Creator, the
\nSustainer of the Universe, <\/p>\n
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\nreside among His people,
\napparently above the mercy seat <\/p>\n
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\nbetween the two care of them?
\nWell, we know, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, from Exodus 40, that a
\nglory which was enshrouded with <\/p>\n
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\na cloud filled that place.
\nAnd that that that cloud the <\/p>\n
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\nIsraelites could see, because it
\nwas like a column that rose up <\/p>\n
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\ninto heaven, and when it rose up
\nfrom above, that that holiest <\/p>\n
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\nplace it and moved off.
\nThey packed up and they followed<\/p>\n
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\nthat that cloud which at night
\nglowed like fire was real. <\/p>\n
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\nBut was it God himself?
\nIt was representative of God. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was not actually his person,
\nbut when the people came and <\/p>\n
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\nworshipped God, they came to
\nthat place to worship him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s considered to be
\nbefore Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nNow prior to the building of the
\ntemple, there had been many <\/p>\n
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\naltars and legitimately used.
\nSamuel built altars apart from <\/p>\n
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\nthe one at the Tabernacle.
\nBut God always intended there to<\/p>\n
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\nbe one place where He would be
\nworshipped, where His name would<\/p>\n
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\nbe placed there, and that they
\nwould work in Sigma Chronicles 7<\/p>\n
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\nverse 12.
\nI have chosen this place for <\/p>\n
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\nmyself, for an House of
\nsacrifice. <\/p>\n
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\nSo did that require all worship
\nto be at the temple? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, to offer animals the
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\none place.
\nBut what about prayer? <\/p>\n
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\nWould they have to go there for
\nprayer? <\/p>\n
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\nThat that’s like saying that
\nprayer could only be at the <\/p>\n
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\necclesial hall.
\nObviously that’s not right. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how does this all work?
\nCome with me to Solomon’s <\/p>\n
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\nprayer.
\nBut we’re going to take it up <\/p>\n
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\nand where we did our reading and
\n1st of Kings and chapter 8. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s Solomon’s prayer of
\ndedication of the temple. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here we’re going to learn
\nsomething very important about <\/p>\n
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\nthe presence of Yahweh.
\nFirst of Kings eight and and <\/p>\n
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\nhere’s some of Solomon’s
\nexamples of people praying in <\/p>\n
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\nthe presence of God in verse 31.
\nIf any man trespass against his <\/p>\n
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\nneighbour, and an oath be laid
\nupon him to cause him to swear, <\/p>\n
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\nand the oath come before thine
\naltar in this house. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 33 When thy people Israel,
\nbe smitten down before the <\/p>\n
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\nenemy, because they have sinned
\nagainst thee, and shall turn <\/p>\n
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\nagain to thee, and confess thy
\nname, and pray, and make <\/p>\n
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\nsupplication unto thee in this
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Solomon refers to those who
\npray in this house in the <\/p>\n
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\ntemple, but he follows this with
\nfive requests that God would <\/p>\n
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\nhear the prayer of those that
\nwere unable to come to the <\/p>\n
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\ntemple.
\nFor example, verse 35, when <\/p>\n
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\nheaven is shut up and there is
\nno rain, because they have <\/p>\n
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\nsinned against thee, if they
\npray toward this place and <\/p>\n
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\nconfess thy name and turn from
\ntheir sin when thou afflictest <\/p>\n
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\nthem, so it’s toward this place
\nor this house. <\/p>\n
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\nSo all they needed to do was to
\npray toward that place. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the same in verse 384244
\nand 48. <\/p>\n
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\nBut notice the further away a
\nperson was from the temple, the <\/p>\n
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\nmore definitive Solomon is in
\nhis description. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 44 If thy people go out to
\nbattle against their enemy <\/p>\n
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\nwhithersoever thou sent them,
\nand so pray unto Yahweh, toward <\/p>\n
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\nthe city which thou hast chosen,
\nand toward the house that I have<\/p>\n
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\nbuilt for thy name.
\nNotice he’s added the city in <\/p>\n
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\nwhich the temple was situated.
\nBut look at this when he speaks <\/p>\n
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\nof Israel, Israelites that have
\ngone into captivity, who if they<\/p>\n
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\nrepent in verse 48, he says, And
\nso return unto thee with all <\/p>\n
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\ntheir heart and with all their
\nsoul, in the land of their <\/p>\n
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\nenemies, which led them away
\ncaptive, and pray unto thee <\/p>\n
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\ntoward their land which thou
\ngave us unto their fathers. <\/p>\n
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\nThe city which thou hast chosen,
\nand the house which I have built<\/p>\n
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\nfor thy name.
\nThe land, the city and the house<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the largest to the smallest
\nand the most specific. <\/p>\n
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\nThe further away a person was
\nthe large of the area for his or<\/p>\n
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\nher focus, so that they could
\ncome from out towards the most <\/p>\n
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\nspecific.
\nBut as always, Jonah and chapter<\/p>\n
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\n2 verse one.
\nThen Jonah prayed unto Yahweh <\/p>\n
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\nhis God out of the fish’s belly,
\nand said, I cried by reason of <\/p>\n
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\nmine affliction unto Yahweh.
\nAnd he heard me out of the belly<\/p>\n
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\nof hell cried I, And thou
\nheardest my voice, for thou <\/p>\n
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\nhadst cast me into the deep in
\nthe midst of the Seas, and the <\/p>\n
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\nfloods compassed me about all
\nThy billows and thy waves passed<\/p>\n
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\nover me.
\nThen I said, I’m cast out of thy<\/p>\n
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\nsight, yet will I look again
\ntoward Thy holy temple. <\/p>\n
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\nThe waters compassed me about
\neven to the soul. <\/p>\n
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\nThe death closed, closed me
\nround about. <\/p>\n
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\nThe weeds were wrapped about my
\nhead. <\/p>\n
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\nI went down to the bottoms of
\nthe mountains. <\/p>\n
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\nThe earth with her bars was
\nabout me forever. <\/p>\n
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\nYet hast thou brought up my life
\nfrom corruption, O Yahweh, my <\/p>\n
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\nGod, when my soul fainted within
\nme, I remembered Yahweh, and my <\/p>\n
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\nthine holy temple. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Jonah’s prayer went into
\nthat place, and God heard it <\/p>\n
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\nHow could he look again towards
\nthis holy temple, let alone unto<\/p>\n
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\nhim in that holy house, unless
\nit was in his mind this time? <\/p>\n
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\nNow when Daniel knew that the
\nwriting was signed, he went into<\/p>\n
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\nopen in his chamber toward <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, he kneeled upon his
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\nprayed and gave thanks before
\nhis God. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the presence of his God, as
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\nembraced the spirit of Solomon’s
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\nthat place as a focus for his
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\nNow he does it again in Chapter
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\nHave a look at this in Daniel 9
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\nand the sin of my people Israel,
\nand presenting my supplication <\/p>\n
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\nbefore Yahweh, my God, for the
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\nThere is the point brothers and
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\nAnd here is opening the windows
\ntowards Jerusalem to a non <\/p>\n
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\nexistent temple.
\nSo there’s a lot more involved <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s clearly something more
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\nSo to pray towards a non
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\nconsidered to be praying in the
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\nthe temple purely was in his
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\nThe temple is therefore symbolic
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\nmentioned to put a marker there.
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\nthat they would pray towards
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\nHe says this verse 39 then hear
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\nplace.
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\nin verse 3234364345 and 49.
\nHe constantly adds that now <\/p>\n
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\ntowards this place, God was
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\ndwelling place towards that
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\nHear thou that prayer in that
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\nplace.
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\nCome back to verse 27. <\/p>\n
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\nBut will God indeed dwell on the
\nearth? <\/p>\n
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\nBehold, the heaven and heaven of
\nheavens cannot contain thee. <\/p>\n
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\nHow much less this house that I
\nhave built. <\/p>\n
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\nYet have thou respect unto the
\nprayer of Thy servant, and to <\/p>\n
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\nhis supplication, O Yahweh my
\nGod, to hearken unto the cry, <\/p>\n
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\nand to the prayer which Thy
\nservant prayeth before Thee <\/p>\n
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\ntoday, that thine eyes may be
\nopen to ward this house night <\/p>\n
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\nand day, even toward the place
\nof which thou has said My name, <\/p>\n
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\nshall be there, that thou mayest
\nhearken unto the prayer which <\/p>\n
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\nThy servant shall make toward
\nthis place. <\/p>\n
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\nSee the point.
\nSo all prayers are toward. <\/p>\n
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\nmost prayers were toward that <\/p>\n
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\nNo one was able apart from the <\/p>\n
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\nhigh priest once a year could go
\ninto the holiest of all, where <\/p>\n
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\nCaribbean.
\nAnd so no one saw that glory. <\/p>\n
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\nSo everyone’s prayers were in
\nfaith toward that place, and God<\/p>\n
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\nplace that we go to?
\nWell, the answer lies in what <\/p>\n
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\nthe Tabernacle represents.
\nThe Tabernacle primarily <\/p>\n
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\nrepresented God dwelling among
\nHis covenant people. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Exodus 25, verse eight, it
\nsays there because of this, the <\/p>\n
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\nmade-up that Tabernacle, so it
\nrepresented them. <\/p>\n
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\nThey also supplied the oil, the
\nincense, the priest, the <\/p>\n
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\nThey provided everything that <\/p>\n
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\nwent into that place.
\nAnd it’s the same with us. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause the apostle Paul says
\nthis, Ye are the temple of the <\/p>\n
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\nliving God.
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\nthem and walk in them, and I
\nwill be their God and they shall<\/p>\n
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\nbe my people.
\nSo we are that temple in which <\/p>\n
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\nGod dwells.
\nNow Paul is citing Leviticus and<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 26.
\nWhen he says this, I want you to<\/p>\n
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\nnotice something specific that
\nhe says here. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I will set my Tabernacle
\namong you, and my soul shall not<\/p>\n
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\nabhor you.
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\nwill be your God, and you shall
\nbe my people. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the whole idea of the
\nTabernacle was that God would <\/p>\n
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\ndwell among his covenant people
\nwithout abhorrence. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how can the all glorious, all
\npowerful, absolutely holy power <\/p>\n
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\nof the universe dwell among
\nhumans? <\/p>\n
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\nHow can he do that without
\nabhorrence? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, a covenant was made, and
\nthe blood of the covenant <\/p>\n
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\nenabled two parties to come
\ntogether in a covenant <\/p>\n
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\nThis is why the Ark is called <\/p>\n
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\nthe Ark of the Covenant and the
\nthe Caribbean, which grew out of<\/p>\n
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\nthe mercy seat, was above the
\ntestimony, the witness of the <\/p>\n
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\nCovenant.
\nThat’s why the Tabernacle itself<\/p>\n
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\nis called the Tabernacle of
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\ncontaining the witness of the <\/p>\n
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\ntowards the Oracle as it’s <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed, or the inner
\nsanctuary, was praying towards <\/p>\n
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\nthe place of the covenant by
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
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\nNow just think about this.
\nIt’s only by faith that <\/p>\n
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\nIsraelites knew what was in that
\nholy place. <\/p>\n
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\nEverything was in their minds.
\nIsaiah 66 verse one. <\/p>\n
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\nThus saith Yahweh.
\nThe heaven is my throne, and the<\/p>\n
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\nearth is my footstool.
\nWhere is the house that ye build<\/p>\n
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\nunto me?
\nAnd where is the place of my <\/p>\n
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\nrest?
\nFor all those things have my <\/p>\n
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\nhave been saith Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nBut to this man will I look even
\nto him that is poor and of a <\/p>\n
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\ncontrite spirit, and trembles at
\nmy Word. <\/p>\n
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\nThere it is again.
\nThe Tabernacle represents <\/p>\n
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\nin people, the humble and <\/p>\n
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\ncontrite one who trembles at His
\nword. <\/p>\n
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\nBut here’s the point, brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the word of the testimony
\nof the covenant. <\/p>\n
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\nSo says Psalm 105, verse eight.
\nIt’s described that way in <\/p>\n
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\nhim without abhorrence because <\/p>\n
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\nin deep humility he trembled at
\nGod’s word in faith and he <\/p>\n
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\nbecomes our representative.
\nChrist is the embodiment of the <\/p>\n
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\ncovenant.
\nHe was the covenant of the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd isn’t it interesting that
\nwhilst the Tabernacle is <\/p>\n
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\nsymbolic of God’s covenant
\necclesia, his covenant people, <\/p>\n
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\nevery single item represents
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nveils, everything. <\/p>\n
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\nplaced on those altars, <\/p>\n
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\nEverything, every single item
\nrepresents Christ because he’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe one representative human
\nwhereby God could dwell or <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle among us, and we
\nbeheld His glory, the glory of <\/p>\n
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\nthe only begotten of the Father,
\nfull of his head and truth, <\/p>\n
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\ncovenant mercy and truth.
\nThe Tabernacle was a shadow of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist, and just as the
\nTabernacle also taught concepts <\/p>\n
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\nof God’s plan and His precepts,
\nso Christ is more than a person.<\/p>\n
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\nHe is all of those things.
\nHe is the Word made flesh. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all there in him, in his
\nSon and, and, and in his Son is <\/p>\n
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\nwhere we meet God.
\nHe’s the place in him that’s the<\/p>\n
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\ngo to, where we know that God is<\/p>\n
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\nalways listening to Him and His
\nfocus is on Him, and where is <\/p>\n
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\nthe holy places made with hands,
\nwhich are the figures of the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth, but into heaven itself
\nnow to appear in the presence of<\/p>\n
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\nGod for us, on behalf of us.
\nSo we have a place to go to, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, in our
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\nsuggestions of how we can <\/p>\n
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\nconcentrate it and feel we’re in
\nthe presence of God. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve got a place, it’s Christ,
\nwe’ve got to focus, and it’s by <\/p>\n
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\ngo to that place. <\/p>\n
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\nNow to come before God is one
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\nawareness of Him.
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\nHe sees everything. <\/p>\n
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\ntimes, something that’s <\/p>\n
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\nimpossible for us to comprehend.
\nNow look at these things that <\/p>\n
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\nhappen in God’s presence.
\nAnd I want you to notice these <\/p>\n
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\nare things that happen before
\nGod in that expression. <\/p>\n
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\nexamples and you can have a look
\nthrough, but I’m just going to <\/p>\n
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\nread out the first.
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\nThe earth also was corrupt
\nbefore God and the earth was <\/p>\n
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\nGod is used in a continuous, all
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\nHe’s seeing it all the time.
\nNot a Sparrow falls without him <\/p>\n
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\nknowing.
\nHe’s always aware. <\/p>\n
338
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\nIn each of those examples, God
\nis constantly aware of the <\/p>\n
339
\n00:32:00,120 –> 00:32:04,240
\nmatters in His presence, but the
\nsame is not true of ours. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:32:07,440 –> 00:32:12,400
\nI’ll read the 1st concerning
\nDavid and Jonathan and they too <\/p>\n
341
\n00:32:12,400 –> 00:32:17,720
\nmade a covenant before Yahweh
\nand David abode in the wood and <\/p>\n
342
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\nJonathan went his to his house.
\nIn each of these cases, each <\/p>\n
343
\n00:32:27,920 –> 00:32:33,120
\nperson had to bring God into
\nfocus. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:32:35,320 –> 00:32:41,520
\nThey had to come and think of
\nGod and being in his presence to<\/p>\n
345
\n00:32:41,520 –> 00:32:45,040
\nmake the covenant.
\nSo it’s not a constant <\/p>\n
346
\n00:32:45,200 –> 00:32:49,920
\nawareness, it’s for a specific
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:32:50,280 –> 00:32:53,800
\nIt’s the same with our minds,
\nbrothers and sisters, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
348
\n00:32:53,960 –> 00:33:00,200
\nWith our consciousness of God,
\nwe must specifically come before<\/p>\n
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\n00:33:00,200 –> 00:33:05,040
\nGod.
\nWe must turn God on, as it were,<\/p>\n
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\n00:33:06,120 –> 00:33:09,960
\nin our minds.
\nAnd just as we can turn our <\/p>\n
351
\n00:33:09,960 –> 00:33:15,400
\nminds to focus on God, we can
\nswitch him off. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:33:17,520 –> 00:33:22,760
\nIt’s true.
\nWe can turn our minds off from <\/p>\n
353
\n00:33:22,760 –> 00:33:27,560
\nbeing conscious of Him.
\nWas David conscious of God <\/p>\n
354
\n00:33:27,640 –> 00:33:30,960
\nduring that process of his sin
\nwith Bathsheba? <\/p>\n
355
\n00:33:32,040 –> 00:33:39,120
\nWas he conscious of God when
\nwhen he he attempted to coerce <\/p>\n
356
\n00:33:39,120 –> 00:33:44,320
\nUriah into going back home to
\nhis wife and then sending him <\/p>\n
357
\n00:33:44,320 –> 00:33:49,040
\noff with a letter to Joab with
\nhis death sentence? <\/p>\n
358
\n00:33:52,840 –> 00:33:54,920
\nWas it all done in God’s
\npresence? <\/p>\n
359
\n00:33:54,920 –> 00:34:00,640
\nYes, but only God was aware of
\nit and if David was aware, it <\/p>\n
360
\n00:34:00,640 –> 00:34:04,400
\nwould have been in his
\nsubconscious and he pushed that <\/p>\n
361
\n00:34:04,400 –> 00:34:08,880
\naside.
\nSo here’s a key to our <\/p>\n
362
\n00:34:08,880 –> 00:34:12,400
\nunderstanding of being conscious
\nof God. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:34:14,320 –> 00:34:22,040
\nIf we can turn God off, that is
\nblock our minds from being aware<\/p>\n
364
\n00:34:22,040 –> 00:34:25,880
\nof him.
\nIt explains what it means to be <\/p>\n
365
\n00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:34,800
\nand in verse 27 and brother Tim
\nreally made the same point or a <\/p>\n
366
\n00:34:34,800 –> 00:34:38,159
\nsimilar point to that which I
\nwish to consider. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:34:38,159 –> 00:34:43,239
\nHe is hold of the prophetess.
\nAnd she says to Josiah after the<\/p>\n
368
\n00:34:43,239 –> 00:34:47,840
\ndiscovery of the book of the law
\nin verse 27, Because thine heart<\/p>\n
369
\n00:34:47,840 –> 00:34:55,239
\nwas tender, and thou didst
\nhumble thyself before God in his<\/p>\n
370
\n00:34:55,239 –> 00:35:01,640
\npresence, when thou heard the
\nhis word against this place and <\/p>\n
371
\n00:35:01,640 –> 00:35:06,920
\nagainst the inhabitants thereof,
\nand humblest thyself before me, <\/p>\n
372
\n00:35:07,120 –> 00:35:11,520
\nand is rend thy clothes and weep
\nbefore me. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:35:12,160 –> 00:35:19,480
\nI even I have heard thee also,
\nbecause you’ve heard my words, <\/p>\n
374
\n00:35:20,640 –> 00:35:23,880
\nand it caused on you to humble
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:35:24,960 –> 00:35:27,360
\nWhy did he do that, Brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
376
\n00:35:29,200 –> 00:35:33,400
\nAll he heard was the Word.
\nHe heard it read to him and it <\/p>\n
377
\n00:35:33,520 –> 00:35:37,000
\ncaused him to humble himself.
\nWhat caused that? <\/p>\n
378
\n00:35:37,840 –> 00:35:41,040
\nWell, he understood how God
\nfelt. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:35:41,760 –> 00:35:46,720
\nHe understood what God thought
\nand how he felt. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:35:47,680 –> 00:35:52,160
\nIt moved him.
\nThat’s his understanding of <\/p>\n
381
\n00:35:52,160 –> 00:35:55,600
\nGod’s presence.
\nHe knew how God felt. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:35:55,800 –> 00:36:06,760
\nIt’s from the Word by faith.
\nThere was no feeling apart from <\/p>\n
383
\n00:36:06,760 –> 00:36:09,360
\nthat which that word produced in
\nhim. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:36:14,940 –> 00:36:21,020
\nBeing conscious of God is not
\njust knowing that God exists and<\/p>\n
385
\n00:36:21,020 –> 00:36:27,500
\nthat he’s watching, but is
\nprimarily a conscience about His<\/p>\n
386
\n00:36:27,620 –> 00:36:39,080
\nwill and his feelings, how God
\nfeels because he’s a person, <\/p>\n
387
\n00:36:39,080 –> 00:36:43,640
\nHe’s a he’s a reality.
\nIt’s not just a doctrine in a <\/p>\n
388
\n00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:50,120
\nbook, a textbook.
\nAnd those feelings are expressed<\/p>\n
389
\n00:36:50,120 –> 00:36:55,240
\nin his word.
\nBut it’s all very too easy for <\/p>\n
390
\n00:36:55,240 –> 00:36:58,720
\nus to forget, isn’t it?
\nBrothers and sisters, we, we <\/p>\n
391
\n00:36:58,800 –> 00:37:02,200
\nlike David, we can turn them
\noff. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:37:04,960 –> 00:37:07,120
\nAnd most of the time we’re not
\nconscious of God. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:37:07,120 –> 00:37:09,680
\nWe’re talking to each other,
\nwe’re doing this or that, and <\/p>\n
394
\n00:37:09,880 –> 00:37:13,280
\nour focus is on the things that
\nwe do and we have to <\/p>\n
395
\n00:37:13,280 –> 00:37:23,200
\nspecifically remember.
\nBut our conscience will only <\/p>\n
396
\n00:37:23,200 –> 00:37:29,000
\nwork if we’ve let it affect our
\nconscience. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:37:34,680 –> 00:37:34,800
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