Day 177

Day 177

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Truth: God dwells where the truth of the law is.       (Commandments)

Truth: God dwells where the place of mercy is.         (Mercy Seat)

Truth: God dwells where it is always holy.                (Holy Place)

Truth: God dwells in the presence of creation.           (cherubs)

God dwelt in the Temple Solomon built.  His presence was obvious to all.

1Ki 8:3-11 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

Is God’s presence in you?   This indwelling comes by faith.

Eph 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Day 176

Day 176

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word

Four hundred and twenty five years after the children of Israel walked out of Egypt, there was a fixed location for the place where God would meet with man.  This place is the southern end of a mountain range known as Mt Moriah.   This is the location where Melchizedek served the Lord as both priest and king of the Most High God whom Abraham paid tithes. At the northern end or highest peak of this range is the location where Christ was crucified.  This is also the location where Abraham placed Isaac on the alter. Gen 22:1-2 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

God’s timing and locations are perfect.

1Kings 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

1Kings 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

The practical of this truth is to share it with others every opportunity.

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Day 175

Day 175

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Truth: worship of God is the utmost important thing in life.

Truth: True worship starts with humility of spirit

Truth: God gives all abilities we have and increases them to bring Glory to Himself

Truth: God always out gives us.

1Ki 3:2-14 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

    And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

    And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

     In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

     And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

     And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

     And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

     Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

      And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.

      And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

      Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

     And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

     And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

When we seek knowledge, wisdom and abilities; it comes from having the fullness of God.

Eph 3:14-21 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Day 174

Day 174

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Truth: Altars are an outward sign of a heart matter.

Truth: Altars are a memorial for the heart matters dealt with in the past.

Truth: Altars are to be returned to for both of the above reasons

Truth: Sacrifice is a personal act for the purpose of a greater good

Truth: Sacrifice must be costly to show value to yourself not for a show to others.

Truth: Sacrifices on the altars are a means to get a hold of God.

2Sa 24:19-25 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

All the altars and sacrifices mean nothing unless we come as it says in verse thirty nine,  “come in the name of the Lord”.   All the sacrifices and altars are all about Him.

Mat 23:19-25,39 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.