I’ve got one final point to make before I finish off 2nd Samuel Chapter 7.
I want you to get just how radical a notion it was for David and the ancient Israelites to be told that…
God didn’t need a house to live in…
And that He wasn’t restricted by geographical boundaries.
It went against everything folks in those days believed in terms of how the gods operated.
This also shows how much the world influenced the Israelites when it really should’ve been the other way around.
In the New Testament, believers with the Holy Spirit are called portable “temples” of the living God.
The use of the word “temple” is not quite accurate.
That’s just how people expressed themselves back then.
The truth?
If you wanna get really Biblical about it…
We’re actually NOT temples for the living God…
We’re “tabernacles!”
God chooses to travel with you…
Not stay stuck in one place.
And here’s the best part…
Because God lives inside of you…
You’re never apart from Him!
Think about it.
If God confined Himself to a temple building…
You would have to travel to be near Him.
But since through His Spirit…
He has chosen to live in you…
There’s no distance, no separation.
He’s with you wherever you go!
What could be more awesome than that?
Now, David didn’t fully grasp all of this.
He couldn’t quite understand how one of his descendants would rule over God’s people forever or AD’OLAM in Hebrew.
Because in some way, it means this ruler who would come from his line would NEVER die?!
So, here’s the point.
Although David didn’t fully comprehend what the Lord was communicating to Him…
He decided to trust Him anyway.
And that’s your awesome takeaway for today.
David didn’t understand God.
David sensed God’s promises were bigger than anything any person could ever dream up or make happen.
But he still believed.
And that, my friend, is all God asks of you…
To believe Him…
And trust Him…
Even when you can’t see how His promises will unfold…
Even when He doesn’t make sense…
Even when you’re struggling with health issues…
Even when you’re struggling with money issues…
Even when you’re life is in total chaos.
Can you trust Him?
That is the epitome of what it means to walk by faith, not by sight!
Ya feel me?
So this wraps up Chapter 7.
I hope you can see now why this chapter has been called a Torah within a Torah.
See ya all next time.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“What agreement can there be
between the temple of God and idols?
For we are the temple of the living God-
as God said, “I will house myself in them,…
and I will walk among you.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.”
-2 Corinthians 6:16
NEXT TIME, WE BEGIN 2ND SAMUEL CHAPTER EIGHT
Thank you sir
The way you teach the topic is superb. Jxt like how we hold the hand of a child and direct him way to school. Sometimes they start asking questions we call ‘ foolish or childish” questions. Questions like even why you have to wait at the traffic lights for it to turn and give your ‘right of way’.
Awesome
I think that the Prophet Joel got the idea of God’s ‘decenralization’ agenda closely.
Joel 2 : 28 . . .afterwards, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. . .’
Yet, and again wether what we now understand with the benefit of hindsight is exactly what he understood in his days.
Also, Jesus told the woman at the well, that wanted to boast about the temple
John 4: 20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain . . .etc
John 4: 21-24
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
It is an incontestable fact that even to-day, there are many Christians who received or believe to have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, yet have not come to the realization of the fact that we are not separated from God.
I am afraid that I am personally a victim depending on the day and occasion.
God have mercy
but that is the purpose of the ‘pentecost’
God bless
Thank you FATHER
Hi Abraham,
Thanks for sharing all of these great points.
The purpose of Pentecost was the fulfillment of Yeshua’s promise to send the Holy Spirit to be with his disciples.
Other awesome things happened on that day:
-The Holy Spirit descended on the apostles in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks.
-The apostles began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
-Peter preached, and three thousand Jewish souls were added to the fellowship.
So we can see that when God moves, He moves BIG!
Be blessed!
Amen
Many thanks Sir
You’re very welcome.
Be blessed!