Living Stones

This is our final installment in our “House of God” series.  In past posts, we have discovered that the concept of the “House of God” was first revealed to Jacob through a dream.  In this instance, the “house of God” was under an open sky where there was complete communication between heaven and earth. As we travel further into Israel’s history, we find that there were two tents that became the “House of God.”  The first was Moses’ Tabernacle in the wilderness which introduced sacrificial

REACHING FOR SOMETHING NEW

Over the past few weeks, we have seen that God had a special plan to reveal His “holy habitation” to man.  Jacob was the first one to introduce us to the concept of the “house of God” through his dream of a heavenly staircase.  We discovered that the “house of God” in this context was under an open heaven and was simply a place where there was open communication between God and man. Later, after God delivered the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage and as they wandered in the wilderness,

A PERMANENT HOUSE?

As we continue exploring the concept of the “house of God” let us be reminded of what we have covered thus far.  Remember that the idea of the “house of God” was birthed under an open heaven when Jacob had his dream of the staircase to heaven.  After the Jews were freed from the bondage of the Egyptians, God gave Moses a pattern for a moveable tent-like structure which would reveal God’s redemptive plan for mankind. After the Israelites entered into the Promised Land, this Tabernacle was