July 2018
We tackle common issues with prayer, our relationship with God, and, for mature believers, take you to a whole new level in your prayer life!
We tackle common issues with prayer, our relationship with God, and, for mature believers, take you to a whole new level in your prayer life!
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dus 16:10). We learn later, when<br />
Moses went up to Mount Sinai to<br />
intercede on behalf of the people<br />
of Israel for building and worshipping<br />
a golden calf, Moses<br />
beheld the back of the Lord’s<br />
glory, but could not behold His<br />
face, or he would have died. “…<br />
you cannot see my face, for no<br />
man shall see Me and live” (Exodus<br />
33:20b).<br />
Later, on the seventh day, the<br />
LORD called Moses from the<br />
midst of the cloud. To the Israelites,<br />
“…the appearance of the<br />
glory and brilliance of the LORD<br />
was like consuming fire on the<br />
top of the mountain” (Exodus<br />
24:17). After the Golden Calf<br />
incident, when Moses returned<br />
from the top of Mount Sinai with<br />
the two stone tablets of The<br />
Testimony (The Ten Commandments),<br />
he was unaware that “…<br />
the skin of his face was shining<br />
[with a unique radiance] because<br />
he had been speaking with God”<br />
(Exodus 34:29).<br />
As time went by, the LORD commanded<br />
Moses to consecrate<br />
Aaron and his sons as priests,<br />
who in turn would present the<br />
sin, burnt, and peace offerings<br />
on the Altar of Burnt Offerings.<br />
Done, Moses and Aaron went<br />
into the Tent of Meeting, “…and<br />
when they came out they blessed<br />
the people, and the glory<br />
and brilliance of the LORD [the<br />
Shekinah cloud] appeared to all<br />
the people [as promised]. Then<br />
fire came out from before the<br />
LORD and consumed the burnt<br />
offering and the portions of fat on<br />
the altar; and when all the people<br />
saw it, they shouted and fell<br />
face downward [in awe and worship].<br />
We see that not only does<br />
the Lord appear in brilliance and<br />
glory, but also fire. Remember<br />
that when the LORD first appeared<br />
to Moses, it was as fire<br />
in the burning bush. We will see<br />
later, at the Day of Pentecost<br />
that the Holy Spirit came down<br />
as tongues of fire.<br />
In King Solomon’s time, after he<br />
had built the Temple, he gathered<br />
all the elders of Israel and<br />
the heads of the twelve tribes<br />
to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of<br />
the Covenant from Zion. At the<br />
time of the writing, Zion was “…<br />
the name given to the Jebusite<br />
fortified city on the lower part of<br />
ancient Jerusalem’s Eastern Hill,<br />
also known as the City of David.<br />
According to the Book of Samuel,<br />
Mount Zion was the site of<br />
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