It is Wonderful

The Bible makes it clear that God is everywhere and sees everything, but sometimes the divine majesty makes a special dwelling place.  We see some example of this in scripture.  While Moses was herding sheep in Midian he was startled by a voice coming from a burning bush.  The Lord declared the place Holy and commanded Moses to remove his filthy shoes. later we see that the lord is dwelling in the Holy of Holies, within the wilderness tabernacle.  The Lord will sometimes pitch a tent for a special dwelling and it will be glorious even shining.  This glorious and shining presence is called "Shekinah", although this word is not found in the Bible at all.

Although the word "Shekinah" is not found in scriptures the idea is there.  Lets explore this.  There are several words in the Bible that have a relationship here.  Where God sits or dwells is going to be glorious and full of light.  In Exodus 25:8 is found the word Tabernacle (dwelling), and in the Hebrew this is "Miskan", (derived from Shakan or "dwell") a word related to "Shekinah".  One can see the resemblance, as some consonants are in common. (Shkn).  The tabernacle of God, if God is truly dwelling there, may have a special glory or shine.  At Mount Sinai, (Exodus 24:16), the Glory of the Lord rested (Shakan), on the mountain.....

It is interesting to note that the Greek Septuagint uses "skene" and its various forms (verb and nouns) in many places where the Hebrew text uses Shakan and mishkan.  One can see that the words are related, except the Greek does not have an "sh" or 'shin" type of consonant.   Now with this all stated, although it is very abridged, can we see how the "shekinah" glory is related to Jesus/ Yeshua?  John 1:14 says, "and the Word became flesh and DWELT among us, and we beheld his GLORY, the GLORY of the only begotten from the Father....." In Strongs number 4637 you will find "skenoo" (dwelt)..  Can you see that Yeshua is our shekinah light? And can you see the relationship of these words?  It also reminds us of the Transfiguration of Christ seen in Matthew 17..

The Star.....

Some have suggested that the "star" seen by the 'wise men" was really a Shekinah light of sorts.  If this is true then all the speculation about planetary conjunctions and such is foolishness.. 

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