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To: Cvengr
I’ve always simply identified the Shekinah Glory as a manifestation of His indwelling.

That is the projected interpretation used by many Christian ministers.

The term, however, does not appear in the Bible and since most of the New Testament writers were Jewish one could reasonably assume they had some knowledge of it. Because Aramaic was in common use during the time of Christ the word was allegedly understood and used by the Jewish population. There is no record that I've come across anyway, that Jesus or his Apostles ever used the term. Please keep in mind, I am no scholar.

One of the references used is found at http://olivebranch.proboards.com/

34 posted on 09/05/2011 8:43:07 AM PDT by MurrietaMadman
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To: MurrietaMadman

Instead of projecting what we think, let’s allow God to perform His spiritual work in us by first retruning into fellowship with Him and then studying what He provides us in His Word on the subject.

In the last verses of Exodus in Exodus 40:34-38 we read:

Exo 40:34-38
(34) Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
(35) And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
(36) And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
(37) But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
(38) For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

These verses confirm His Glory which is manifest where He dwells (Tabernacle).

Earlier in Exodus we are given the identity of who dwells between the Cherubim on the Mercy Seat.

Exo 25:22
(22) And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

His glory and dwelling is confirmed later in Isaiah and is well known amongst the Hebrew nation.

Isa 37:15-16
(15) And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
(16) O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.


35 posted on 09/08/2011 8:25:16 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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