Why Does God Sometimes Withhold His Blessings from Us? We Must Put God First Before Worrying about Ourselves In the short book of Haggai, the prophet has a message for the people and an application for us today. God, through Haggai, chastises his...
3 Ways Jesus Changes Our Perspectives about Church Discover the Revolutionary Way Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament When we consider that Jesus came to fulfill the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets, what’s important to understand is...
Who Was Supposed to Build God’s Temple? Nathan’s Prophetic Words May Carry a Double Meaning Once King David has his kingdom established, he wants to build the temple for God and tells the prophet Nathan. Nathan gives him his blessing to proceed...
What Does the New Testament Say About Temples and Priests? Through Jesus we become his priests and his temple, which should change everything In the Old Testament the people go to the temple to encounter God. The priests help them in this; they...
All Progress Faces Opposition Our response to resistance determines the outcomes we realize In the beginning of the book of Ezra we have the story of Zerubbabel, who under direction of King Cyrus, begins to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. His...
God Deserves Our First, Our Best, and Our Most How much time we spend on our activities reveals our priorities King David longs to build a temple for God, but God says this is not to be. Another, a descendant of David, will attend to its...
Jesus Rends the Veil That Separates Us From God In the Old Testament, the people perceive the temple as God’s dwelling place here on earth. Therefore, to approach God they need to go to the temple. They worship God there and no place else. The...
Have You Ever Been Overwhelmed by the Glory of God? When Solomon dedicated the temple, the people praised God with much fanfare and then something strange happened. A cloud formed—inside the building. But there’s more. “The Glory of the Lord...
The Curtain in the Temple was Torn in Two The “Holy of Holies” (also called “the Most Holy Place” or “the Holiest of all”) was the innermost part of the tabernacle and later, the temple. It was so sacred that only the high priest could enter it...
