Then & Now: Holy Spirit is the Shadow of Christ
Then & Now: Holy Spirit is the Shadow of Christ
1 Kings 8:6-8 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.
Most Israelites may not able to physically seeing the ark of the LORD's covenant in the Most Holy Place, but they saw the shadow of the poles of the ark from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, and they knew the ark of the LORD's covenant was there.
God’s plan is very much in detail, even into the length of the “poles” carrying the ark! They were long enough to yield a shadow from the Most Holy Place to the Holy Place. Also, there was a limit of the poles’ length, so that they indicated to Israelites that if they chose to walk away from God’s holiness, then the shadow would not be over them.
They would not able to see the shadow outside the Holy Place represented that if their hearts were outside God’s holiness then they would not be under the shadow. This was the people’s choice - to be kept under the shadow, or to walk away from the shadow.
We are not yet physically seeing Jesus face to face, but Jesus left his shadow everywhere. Therefore, we know Holy Spirit is with us. Not until the second coming of Christ, we will be seeing Jesus face to face.
To me, Holy Spirit is more-or-less like the shadow of Christ.
Nowadays, we have a choice - to listen to Holy Spirit or to shut out Holy Spirit!
1 Kings 8:6-8 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.
Most Israelites may not able to physically seeing the ark of the LORD's covenant in the Most Holy Place, but they saw the shadow of the poles of the ark from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, and they knew the ark of the LORD's covenant was there.
God’s plan is very much in detail, even into the length of the “poles” carrying the ark! They were long enough to yield a shadow from the Most Holy Place to the Holy Place. Also, there was a limit of the poles’ length, so that they indicated to Israelites that if they chose to walk away from God’s holiness, then the shadow would not be over them.
They would not able to see the shadow outside the Holy Place represented that if their hearts were outside God’s holiness then they would not be under the shadow. This was the people’s choice - to be kept under the shadow, or to walk away from the shadow.
We are not yet physically seeing Jesus face to face, but Jesus left his shadow everywhere. Therefore, we know Holy Spirit is with us. Not until the second coming of Christ, we will be seeing Jesus face to face.
To me, Holy Spirit is more-or-less like the shadow of Christ.
Nowadays, we have a choice - to listen to Holy Spirit or to shut out Holy Spirit!
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