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Sanctuary of heaven
Posted : 29 Aug, 2014 12:55 AM
These priests provide only a hint of what goes on in the true sanctuary of heaven, which Moses caught a glimpse of as he was about to set up the tent-shrine. It was then that God said, "Be careful to do it exactly as you saw it on the Mountain."
� Hebrews 8:5
So often we tend to think of heaven as surreal and earth as real. In other words, our point of reference is earth. This is earth. This is real. And heaven? Well, who knows?
In truth, it's the opposite! Heaven is what is real, earth is what is temporary. Life on earth is "the shadowlands." Earth is only a pale version of heaven, not the other way around.
God commanded Moses to build a tabernacle like the one in heaven!
And in Hebrews 8:5, we read that the priests in New Testament days served in a place of worship that was only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. In fact, as Moses prepared to build the tabernacle (a prototype of the Jewish temple), God gave him this warning. He said, "Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain" (Hebrews 8:5).
God wanted to make it clear to Moses that the original was in heaven and the copy was on the earth.
As earthbound human beings, we tend to start with earth and reason up toward heaven. What we ought to do is start with heaven and reason down toward earth. Heaven is the real deal, the eternal dwelling place. Earth is the copy, the temporary dwelling place.
When you see that sunset or that panoramic view of God's finest expressed in nature, and the beauty just takes your breath away, remember it is just a glimpse of the real thing that awaits you in heaven.
What can we see in Heaven?
Our God Jesus!
Revelation 4
The Throne Room of Heaven
1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, �Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.�
2 Immediately I (John) was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices.Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
�Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!�
(He is JESUS! He will come soon to our planet! :yay:)
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
11 �You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist] and were created.�
Yes, our God Jesus is our Creator and He created EVERYTHING (Hebrews 1)!:applause:
Come, our God Jesus to Your planet earth and establish here Your Kingdom as it is in heaven. Amen.
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