Glory cloud at Oasis witnessed by several people in our overflow room. #burningbushmoments Shekinah – a Chaldee word meaning resting-place, not found in Scripture, but used by the later Jews to designate the visible symbol of Gods presence in the Tabernacle, and afterwards in Solomons temple. When the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, he went before them in a pillar of a cloud. This was the symbol of his presence with his people. God also spoke to Moses through the Shekinah out of a burning bush. For references made to it during the wilderness wanderings, see Exodus 14:20; 40:34-38; Leviticus 9:23, 24; Numbers 14:10; 16:19, 42. It is probable that after the entrance into Canaan this glory-cloud settled in the tabernacle upon the ark of the covenant in the most holy place. We have, however, no special reference to it till the consecration of the temple by Solomon, when it filled the whole house with its glory, so that the priests could not stand to minister (1 Kings 8:10–13; 2 Chr. 5:13, 14; 7:1–3). Probably it remained in the first temple in the holy of holies as the symbol of Jehovah’s presence so long as that temple stood. It afterwards disappeared.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:37:37 +0000
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