No 1

(Overview)

This is the first of several studies we will be doing on the place where God lives. Well you say, God is in heaven; you’re right, He is in heaven. But in the Bible we are taught that He dwelt in tabernacles, in temples and now, His Spirit dwells in the hearts of true believers. We will look at the significance of each of these places and see how they work out in God’s plan for His people. We will also look at the details that God gave for the building of these various places of worship beginning with Moses in the wilderness, then Solomon’s temple endeavour and its different stages over the centuries in the past and how it will be in the future. You see, worship is far more important to God than service. In Isaiah 6, we read of a vision that he saw of the glory of the Lord and we read “1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.” These seraphim or angels demonstrated the fact that worship is more important to God than service. Each angel had 6 wings – 4 for worship (face and feet) and 2 for service (flying). A similar vision was seen by John in Revelation 4 verses 8, 9 “And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” Our God is awesome and we are His worshippers “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24.