Tabernacles & the Glory

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Monday evening starts the 7 days of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Think of Tabernacles like a fall harvest festival. The people were commanded to build small huts and dwell in them for the 7 days so they would never forget how God brought them through the wilderness to the promised land. God is now tabernacling with us. He has moved in. In the Old Testament when the temples were built they were not finished until God's glory filled the temple. His glory is his presence, power, and goodness. Because we have been cleansed and reconciled by Jesus God can live in and among us. In the Old Testament God couldn't get too close to the people, because his glory would kill them, but now because of Jesus he can live within us. 

Over the next week take some time to get more aware of his presence with you, rejoice, and express gratitude that the creator of it all, can now tabernacle with us. The tradition in the Jewish culture is to eat stuffed foods during this week, which symbolizes God filling us with his glory. 

I am praying for you. 

Daniel