November 30, 2022
Texts: Exodus 40:34-38; Joshua 11:23; 1 Samuel 8:4-9 Days 17-19 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. God led Israel out of Egypt into the wilderness to Sinai where God dwelt upon the earth. The purpose of the Exodus was not only liberation from slavery but encounter with God at Sinai whey they would become […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: 1 Samuel 8:4-9, Civil Government, Divine Dwelling, Divine Presence, Exodus 40:34-38, Government, Joshua 11:23, Kings, Land, Monarchy, Tabernacle |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 19, 2015
Thus says Yahweh: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool; where is the house you will build for me, and where is my resting place? My hand made all these things, and all these things belong to me, declares Yahweh. Isaiah 66:1-2a (my translation) Yahweh, the God of Israel, announces some […]
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Theology | Tagged: Creation, Indwelling, Isaiah 66:1-2, Tabernacle, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 19, 2015
Mount Sinai must have been an impressive, even startling, sight. Enveloped in darkness with flashes of lightning, Israel heard the thunder and even, on one occasion, the voice of God. They felt the rumblings of God’s presence in tremors that rippled through the earth’s crust. This was Yahweh’s holy mountain. Yahweh descended upon it, and […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Advent, Exodus 40, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Messiah, Pentecost, Tabernacle, Temple, Wilderness |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks