Received on March 19th, 2006 - 1:05PM Last Updated: May 10th, 2007 - 6:12PM
I believe this is a very important word for God's children, especially for these days in which we live.
"You are the Temple of God.
"Just as My Presence dwelt in the Holy Place of old built by My people, Israel, so does it dwell in you.
"Yes, even that manifest Presence that was only given once a year in the Most Holy Place, that same personal Presence dwells in you every hour of the day, every day of the week."
The Lord then applied this truth to two groups of people, or even to a person who has these two minds at different times.
"There are those who long for those days when God's Presence was evident, but now you are a walking Temple for My glory. My personal Presence is always with you.
"You don't have to travel across the nation to find Me, because I am always in you."
And this He spoke about the other group or mindset:
"But what person would dare to sin in the Holy Place of Yahweh? Who would do evil in My sight at that Temple of old?
"Yet, if you are My child in Jesus, even so are you My Holy Place. For you cannot take a break from being My dwelling place, but I am always in you.
"Therefore, keep these things in your mind. Whether you long to be with Me, or wish to hide your works from Me, if you are My child, I am always in you."
Respect your body as it truly is the Holy Place, the Temple of the Living God!
16Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the HolySpirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, (1 Corinthians 6:19)
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."{Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27} (2 Corinthians 6:16)
As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.
But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.
This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, ChristJesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.
You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.
God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.
That Son, JesusChrist, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.
His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.
The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.
So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.
Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!
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