Monday 25 February 2013

THE POWER OF THE TEMPLE OF GOD



Know ye not, that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost? The righteous dwell in the tabernacle/ the holy hill(Ps15:1-5). The tabernacle is also the shield of God. 
"Though wilt bless the righteous, with favour will though compass Him as with a shield."(Ps 5:12)
The favour refers to the manifold grace of God, covered as His gifts to men, which is actually a giving of Himself.. This is the hetritage of His people(Ps 16:5,6). The riches of the wicked on the other hand;(Ps 17:14.) have a short lifespan, and are lost in the end. Actually, at the end of this age.

The tabernacle is also refered to as the shield of Gods salvation(Ps 18:35). It therefore protects against attacks in times of warfare. It is also the "guarding strength"(Ps 18:39) which means, the power of God. This is why The Character of God in Men is more important especially now. It is not just work, but the secret of the power of the saints. For this reason, Gods power comes laced with HIS Character(Find them in His gifts to men). This is one of the simplest and most ignored ways of discerning the good from the evil. For example, power can be manifested in through joy(Ps 21:1, where the King is expressing joy in the strength of God. This is the importanc eof those moments of glory in times of war. Power is also in the voice of God, Ps 28:4, which is the counsel of God that one must wait for before going to war. This was the principle inherent in the times of the earlier battles of Israel. Peace from God has power - refered to as strength in psalms 29:11. The same with praise, hence, "the glory of men sings(Ps 30:12)." When God glorifies men, a song rises from within.

The temple is also the garments. This were demonstrated in the multilayer, multifaceted garments and coverings of the first temple. Moses was replicating this temple that we have now as he saw it in the Spirit.The garment is the power of the Church.The parting of the garments of Christ at His crucifiction(Mat 27:35) is a shadow to a similar stripping of this protective shield in a season of war, more suitably entrenched in Psalms 22:18 in the writers season of trial. This is the same breaking of bands and casting away of the believers cords as spoken of in Psalms 2:3. This is what happens in the spirit during trying times. The same is key in the activitis of the last days as the enemy arises against the believers. It is refered to as the scattering of the power of the saints. This is why lawlessness in the body of Christ is cannot be encouraged at this time. It is actually a mischievous way of attaining the goal of disempowerment. This power is first divine, a gift from God, which when received, becomes a gift to God. This is how the sons of God give forth fruits worthy of repentance. And repentance is baptism in the spirit, not just as a show in water.

The tabernacle is also the glory of God. This glory sums up all the gifts from God. This are what the promises of the covenant are. This is the secret of the covenant(of Christ) that He promises to show(give) only those that fear Him(Ps 25:14). The temple/ tabernacle is also the house of the Lord(Ps 27:4,5) also the true temple, and while in it, men are to offer sacrifices(Ps 27:6). The glory of God is also the the food of all men. This is why Christ spoke of being full after the conversation with the Samaritan woman. This was the gift of fellowship, offered by, first Him to the Samaritan, and from her to Him. This is the reciprocity of the giving of God. The result is enrichment, a spiritual food refered to in Ps 28:9. This is power. The same was the story of Mary, whose sister, Martha reproached from sitting and listening to Christ, instead of helping with the cooking. She had chosen the important part, Christ said in her defense.

In this temple, worship has to be done in the beauty of holiness(Ps 29:2) This is the essense of the requirement for lack of blemish in all sacrificess of the shadowy tabernacle of Moses. Having blemish would actually result to an abomination of a gift. Not just useless, but actually offensive to God. For this reason , God refers to sacrifices offered by the wicked(wickedness being the blemish foreseen by th first temple) as abominations. 

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