Download Psalm 27 By Shekinah Glory ~UPD~

In the classical Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments, the word shekinah is actually not found. It was first introduced by Jewish rabbis through targums and literature in the period between the completion of the Old Testament and the onset of the New Testament.

I would agree it is worth teaching people about the Shekinah and useful for people to be taught so they can be part of a broader Christian conversation on such issues. For many years, I moved among Charismatic and Pentecostal groups and there were occasions when it was difficult not to regard certain manifestations of God as an appearance of Shekinah glory in a place. For many Christians this concept is not theoretical or technical, but practical and experiential.

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B. B. Warfield, in his book The Lord of Glory, says, that Jesus was the glory of God, the shekinah. According to the Old Testament, the shekinah was the visible manifestation of the invisible God. The shekinah was a radiant cloud or brilliant light within a cloud that signaled the immediate presence of God. For Jesus to be identified with the shekinah was to be equated with the presence of God Himself. In Jesus we see the full manifestation of the majesty of God.

That the New Testament writers ascribed glory to Jesus was a clear indication of their confession of His full deity. Glory, in the sense it is used with reference to Jesus, is a divine attribute. It is the glory of God that He refuses to share with any man.

And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. Revelation 21:22-23 (NASB)

\r\n\"The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.\u00a0 We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.\" (John 1:14)\r\nWould you like to dwell in God\u2019s glorious presence?\r\nMoses did.\u00a0 The Israelites in the wilderness did.\u00a0 And so did a handful of Jewish followers of Yeshua.\r\nThe Jewish People even had a unique word for His presence not found in the Hebrew Scriptures.\r\nThat word is Shekhinah - \u05e9\u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4.\r\nLet\u2019s take a closer look at this Jewish expression and how Yeshua Himself demonstrated God\u2019s Shekhinah Glory dwelling among His people.\r\nWe\u2019ll also see how we can invite His presence into our lives today.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_25153\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"544\"] Jew and Gentile alike visit the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem where many believe the presence of the Lord can be experienced.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nGod Desires to Dwell with Us\r\nThroughout the Torah (first five books of the Bible), it seems to be a deep desire of our wonderful, personal, compassionate Creator to not just visit His people from time to time, but to be among them.\u00a0 God tells Moses, \u201cLet them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell [shachan] in their midst.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Exodus 25:8)\r\nAs Israel wandered through the desert, God\u2019s Divine Glory dwelled in the wilderness tabernacle, which in Hebrew is mishkan - \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05df.\r\nThe root of mishkan is shakan, which means dwell.\u00a0 From this root comes the word Shekhinah \u05e9\u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4, which literally means dwelling or settling,\r\nIn the Jewish writings of Yeshua\u2019s (Jesus\u2019) day, Shekhinah came to mean the Dwelling Presence of God.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59180\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"544\"] Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant (1800), by Benjamin West[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Shekhinah even became one of the many substitutes for God\u2019s personal, holy name \u2014 YHVH.\r\nWe see this in translations of the Hebrew Scriptures to Aramaic (the Targums) that the priests read to the people every Shabbat.\r\nFor instance, when YHVH walked amidst the camp of Israel (Deuteronomy 23:15), the Jewish People heard that the \u201cShekhinah of the Lord\u201d walked among them. (Targum Palestine and Targum Onkelos)\r\nToday, in Jewish thought, His Shekhinah is considered to be the \u201ccreated splendor of light which sometimes takes on human form.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Encyclopedia Judaica, Vol. 14, pp. 1349\u20131351)\r\nWe see this when an \"angel of the LORD\" comforted Hagar in her distress (Genesis 13).\u00a0 The Jewish People, however, heard that \u201cthe glory of the Shekhinah of the LORD\u201d was revealed to her.\u00a0\u00a0(Targum Palestine)\r\nOne of the most common ways that this Shekhinah Glory was manifested to the people of Israel was through light.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59177\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"544\"] The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds (1831), by Thomas Cole depicts the Shekhinah Glory that accompanied the angel as he announced the birth of the Savior, Yeshua to the shepherds (Luke 2:9).[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Shekhinah as God\u2019s Glorious Light\r\n\u201cShow me Your glory,\u201d Moses told the LORD (YHVH).\r\nHe answered, \u201cI will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name YHVH.\u201d\u00a0 (Exodus 33:18\u201319)\r\nIn this intimate exchange between YHVH and His servant Moses, we see that the presence of YHVH and His Glory are one.\r\nIn the Scriptures, this Glory is often visibly seen.\u00a0 God\u2019s face radiates such intensely holy light that no man can see His face and still live.\u00a0 This is why God hid Moses\u2019 eyes as He passed by him\u00a0(Exodus 33:19\u201323).\r\nSo spectacular is His Glory that just being in God\u2019s presence made Moses\u2019 own face radiate, too!\u00a0 (Exodus 34:29\u201335)\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59181\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"325\"] Moses and the Ten Commandments, by James Tissot, depicting Moses with a radiant face (public domain, modified)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Shekhinah in Yeshua\r\nWhile Yeshua ministered throughout Israel, the Jewish People were quite familiar with the concept that the Shekinah Glory of God is God Himself.\u00a0\u00a0In the Book of Joel (3:17), for instance, God said,\r\n\u201cYou shall know that I, the Lord your God, dwell in Zion, My holy mountain.\u201d\r\nBut the people heard this translation:\r\n\u201cYou shall know that I, the Lord your God, caused my Shekhina to dwell in Zion, my holy mountain.\u201d\u00a0 (Targum Jonathan)\r\nPerhaps because of this familiarity, Yeshua chose a mountain as the setting to reveal God's glorious Shekhinah brilliance before the eyes of His disciples Peter, James, and John:\u00a0 \u201cHis face shone like the sun, and His clothes became dazzling white.\u201d (Matthew 17:1\u20138)\r\nThe disciples understood that this light emanating out of Yeshua was a manifestation of God\u2019s Glory, for the esteemed Rabbi Gamaliel of the first century said that \"as the sun \u2026 gives light to all the world, so in a much greater degree does the Shekinah.\"\u00a0 (Sanhedrin 39a)\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_57330\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"320\"] Transfiguration of Messiah, by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1800s)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe transfiguration helped the disciples see that Yeshua \u201cis the reflection of God\u2019s glory and the exact imprint of God\u2019s very being.\u201d\u00a0 (Hebrews 1:3)\r\nTo seal this truth, \u201csuddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, \u2018This is My Son, the Beloved; with Him I am well pleased; listen to Him!\u2019\u201d\u00a0 (Matthew 17:5)\r\nThe Apostle Paul, was a student of Rabbi Gamaliel and, therefore, understood that God\u2019s Divine Presence dwelled in such magnificent light.\r\nSo, what better way to convince this dedicated Pharisee that Yeshua is the physical manifestation of God than to appear to him in such a level of Shekinah glory that it throws him off his horse and blinds him.\r\n\u201cAs he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.\u00a0 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, \u2018Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?\u2019\u201d\u00a0 (Acts 9:3-4)\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"325\"] Statue of Saint Paul falling off his horse at the Chapel of St. Paul in Bab Kisan (Kisan Gate), which is one of the eight ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria. and is said to be the escape route of St Paul.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nSometimes Yeshua visibly displayed this Shekhinah Glory, and other times He proclaimed it:\r\n\u201cI am the light of the world,\u201d Yeshua said while teaching at the Temple. \u201cWhoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.\u201d\u00a0 (John 8:12)\r\nAnd again, in Jerusalem shortly before His execution, He said to the crowds gathered for the upcoming Passover festival:\r\n\u201cIf you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.\u201d (John 12:36)\r\nSadly, many preferred to stay in the dark.\u00a0 \u201cAlthough He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.\u201d\u00a0 (John 12:37)\r\nGod\u2019s presence is AWEsome.\u00a0 While most of us have not experienced it in the visible way that the apostles or early Israelites did, we can invite Him to dwell with\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59173\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"544\"] us in a very tangible way, as long as the darkness does not overtake us, too. The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.\u201d (Psalm 119:130)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWith Whom Does the Shekhina Dwell Today?\r\nWhile we are still in our earthly abodes, we are called the Temples of God, in which the Shekhina is invited to dwell and be seen by others.\u00a0 \u00a0The Prophet Isaiah offers us a clue as to whom God would like to live with:\r\n\u201cI dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit.\u201d\u00a0 (Isaiah 57:15)\r\nIn other words, God keeps the humble close to Him, and He stays far away from the proud\u00a0(Psalm 138:6).\r\nIt is more likely that the humble will desire to be in His presence as well.\u00a0 The Rabbis write that \u201cwhen two sit together and meditate on the divine revelation (the words of the Torah), the Shekinah abides between them.\u201d\u00a0 (mAvot 2:3)\r\nLikewise, Yeshua, who is the Word of God made flesh in John 1:14, said,\r\n\u201cWhere two or three are gathered in My name, I am in their midst.\u201d\u00a0 (Matthew\u00a018:20)\r\nWhen we keep the Word of God close to our hearts and abide by it, we can experience the Presence of God.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59182\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"325\"] The Lord's Prayer, by James Tissot (1836-1902), depicting Yeshua (Jesus) teaching the disciples how to pray (Luke 11:1-13)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Shekhina Can Also Leave Us\r\nThe Rabbis also taught that the Shekhinah of God would leave under certain circumstances:\r\n\u201cWhosoever sins in secret or walks with a proud and haughty bearing \u2018crowds out the feet of the Shekhinah.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 (Berachot 43b)\r\nIt is because of sin, that the Prophet Ezekiel saw God\u2019s Glory completely leave the Temple (Ezekiel 10:19).\u00a0 Before the Shekhinah left, God asked Ezekiel, \u201cHave you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness?\u201d\u00a0 (Ezekiel 8:12)\r\nGod let Ezekiel peer into the Temple where he saw \u201cevery sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.\u201d\u00a0 (verse 10)\r\nWhen we disobey the Word of God, we can\u2019t expect God\u2019s Glory to remain in us.\r\n\u201cFor what fellowship has light with darkness?\u201d\u00a0 (2 Corinthians 6:14)\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_59175\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"544\"] The 17th blessing of the daily Amidah (Standing) prayer expresses the longing in the Jewish heart that the Shekhinah Glory will one day return: \u201cBlessed are You, God, who returns His Presence (Shechinato) to Zion.\u201d[\/caption]\r\n\r\nDiscerning the True Shekhinah\r\nWhen Yeshua performed His first public miracle, changing water into wine at the wedding in Cana, the Apostle John said that He also \u201crevealed His Glory [Doxa in Greek and Kavod in Hebrew], and His disciples believed in Him.\u201d\u00a0 (John 2:11)\r\nA miracle without the Glory of God is not a miracle of God.\r\nThis is an important truth to keep in mind, since it is prophesied that as the Day of the Lord draws near, \u201cFalse messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.\u201d\u00a0 (Matthew 24:24)\r\nIt is up to each of us to discern what is and is not God\u2019s manifested Glory so that we may not be deceived.\r\nWhile many focus on the miracles themselves as proof that God\u2019s presence is with a person, we should instead look to the fruit they produce.\r\nAre their goals aligned with God\u2019s kingdom goals?\u00a0 Are their daily lives aligned with God\u2019s instructions on how to live life daily?\r\nYeshua said, \u201cVery truly I tell you, whoever believes in Me will do the works [ergon] I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.\u201d\u00a0 (John 14:12)\r\nThe word works (ergon in the Greek), refers to accomplishing tasks, so it may be referring here to living out God\u2019s instructions in all its splendor.\u00a0 Signs and wonders may be part of it, but seeing someone who was once in the darkness now live a just life is also miraculous, and that is a true sign that the light of Yeshua resides in them.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_58163\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"544\"] Yeshua Leading His Disciples in a Meadow, by unknown artist[\/caption]\r\n\r\nYeshua is the Light of God\u2019s Glory and so are the words and commands of God. We sometimes chase the spectacular without being transformed in our character and simply bearing fruit.\r\nOf course, some transformations don\u2019t happen in one day.\u00a0 They take time, but it is this transformation that we are to continuously strive for.\u00a0 And He sent us His Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) to help us.\r\n\u201cAll of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.\u201d\u00a0 (2 Corinthians 3:18)\r\nMay we all earnestly seek the manifest glory of God dwelling in us until the day we will bask in the light of His glory when the Shekinah of God and the Lamb (Yeshua) provide all the light we need in the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem. 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