Deuteronomy 12:4-5 You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. 5 But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; The old real estate adage “Location, location, location” is stillContinue reading “Deuteronomy 12:4-5 The Place”
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Temple – Revelation 11:19
Revelation 11:19Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. One of the understandings of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments was that they were identical copies, oneContinue reading “Temple – Revelation 11:19”
Change – Hebrews 8:13
Hebrews 8:13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. Predicting the death of almost anything is tricky. It can be the Hospice Doctor talking with a family, or a political commentator looking at a political movement, both are unpredictable at thisContinue reading “Change – Hebrews 8:13”
Temple – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. Some people today think that we have a private life thatContinue reading “Temple – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20”
John 2:21 Body Temple
John 2:21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. Where does God dwell? The entire universe can’t contain Him. And yet, according to Scripture, He lives among us, in us, through us. From the beginning we were designed to be His images, His representatives in this domain, carrying out His will andContinue reading “John 2:21 Body Temple”
A New Place to Hang Out
John 2:18-22 Jesus was not such a gentle, non-confrontational person that we often see pictured in paintings. He was very much an “in your face” kind of person. He did it with His words and with His actions. And those words and actions so often confront our cultural biases. Take today’s passage as an example.Continue reading “A New Place to Hang Out”
The Five’s
Psalm 5, 35, 65, 95, 125 Directional worship was part of Biblical worship. They sometimes prayed in a particular direction (Ps 5:7), toward the Temple in Jerusalem. God promised many things, and the Temple came to symbolized God’s interventions into history. As long as the Temple stood, God’s presence was tangible. So when they wereContinue reading “The Five’s”
The Arnold Journey 