THE GLORY OF GOD ( PART 12 )

Pastor Christopher Choo

Lesson 3310

THE GLORY OF GOD ( PART 12 )

What is the Shekinah Glory of God? ( Study 3 )

The Shekinah Glory is the visible manifestation of the presence of God. It is the majestic presence or manifestation of God in which He descends to dwell among men. Whenever the invisible God becomes visible, and whenever the omnipresence of God is localized, this is defined as the Shekinah Glory.

In the Old Testament, most of these visible manifestations took the form of light, fire, or cloud, or a combination of these. A new form appears in the New Testament: the Incarnate Word (John 1:14).

The concept of the Shekinah is behind the wonder of the Incarnation. The very glory of God “tabernacled” within human flesh and was handled and beheld. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (Eskēnōsen in Greek ), and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

When the Shekinah left the Temple of Solomon in the days of Ezekiel’s prophecy (Eze. 10:18; Eze. 11:22-23), the eventual result was the destruction of the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 

When the Shekinah left the Second Temple in the days of Jesus (Mat. 23:38), the eventual result was the destruction of the Temple by Titus Vespasian of Rome ( Mat. 24:1-3).

Whether God remains in His House is thus very serious business!

Abba Father, You have invested Your glory in us as the Temple of the Holy Spirit. 

Paul reminds us of this sacred privilege in 1 Cor.6:19

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?".

Help us to honour this holy privilege and be mindful not quench the Holy Spirit so that He will not leave us to the Desolation of Ichabod ( when the glory has left )!