God Fills the Temple

The last page discusses that the 1st Temple was dedicated on the 1st day of Sukkoth.  It was even a greater event because of 2 Chronicles 5:13-14.

13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised Yehovah, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yehovah; 14So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yehovah had filled the house of God.

In 2 Chronicles 6 is Solomon’s prayer, then in 2 Chronicles 7:1-2.

1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Yehovah filled the house. 2And the priests could not enter into the house of Yehovah, because the glory of Yehovah had filled Yehovah’s house.

So on the 1st Day of Succoth, God filled the First Temple.  It is important that we understand that God is in the Temple.  The Temple is not the God.  This foreshadows the Birth of the Messiah, John 1:14.

14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Dwelt is the Greek word skenoo {skay-no’-o}.  It means to fix one’s tabernacle, to abide or live in a tabernacle.  A better translation for John 1:14 would have been:

14And the Word was made flesh, and tabernacled among us

John 1:14 is telling us that God came to tabernacle with us as in Sukkoth.  This is why Paul writes in 1 Timothy 3:16.

16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

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