2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
Solomon just finished building a very elaborate temple for God to dwell in. In his wisdom, Solomon also knew that a building could never hold the Spirit of God. What I find so fascinating is that the prophets and kings all looked to the future for the day when God, The Messiah, would come. As Bill Johnson so eloquently puts it "the day mankind would receive a new heart and a new nature along with the time when the Spirit of God would live inside every believer". God really did dwell on earth. He was wrapped up in the Man named Jesus. Although the profits and kings of the Old Testament never experienced the reality of God dwelling on earth with men, the disciples did. For three years they ate with Him, watched Him perform miracles, and were His inner circle. Jesus told His disciples "I say to you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you are seeing but they did not see, and to hear what you are hearing but they did not hear" (Luke 10:24) So, what does that mean us? 1 Corinthians 6:19 tells us that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. The same spirit that Solomon prayed would inhabit the temple he built we now have received from God and He lives in us. So the answer to Solomon's question is "yes". God really came to earth and now as believers, He lives in our hearts.
Randi
But will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
Solomon just finished building a very elaborate temple for God to dwell in. In his wisdom, Solomon also knew that a building could never hold the Spirit of God. What I find so fascinating is that the prophets and kings all looked to the future for the day when God, The Messiah, would come. As Bill Johnson so eloquently puts it "the day mankind would receive a new heart and a new nature along with the time when the Spirit of God would live inside every believer". God really did dwell on earth. He was wrapped up in the Man named Jesus. Although the profits and kings of the Old Testament never experienced the reality of God dwelling on earth with men, the disciples did. For three years they ate with Him, watched Him perform miracles, and were His inner circle. Jesus told His disciples "I say to you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you are seeing but they did not see, and to hear what you are hearing but they did not hear" (Luke 10:24) So, what does that mean us? 1 Corinthians 6:19 tells us that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. The same spirit that Solomon prayed would inhabit the temple he built we now have received from God and He lives in us. So the answer to Solomon's question is "yes". God really came to earth and now as believers, He lives in our hearts.
Randi
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