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Saturday, December 20, 2014

SHEKINAH

“An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.”  Luke 2:9
         Picture yourself in an open field with darkness all around you and suddenly someone appears before you.  This person is great in physical stature and he was accompanied by a blinding brightest that shone all around him.  I think it’s pretty easy to understand why the shepherds in Luke’s account were terrified.  What was this brightness?  Could it have been the Shekinah glory of God?  I believe that’s exactly what it was. 
         The Hebrew word is Sh’cheenah.  We pronounce it Shekinah*.  It means “that which dwells” and is from the verb shakhen or shakhan, “to dwell” or “reside”.  It is the presence of Almighty God. Though the word Shekinah isn’t found in scripture, there are several allusions to it in Isaiah 60:2; Matthew 17:5; Romans 9:4 and the verse we have above.1 
         The Shekinah glory of God had dwelt upon the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies within the Tabernacle until the day when Christ opened the access to the Holy of Holies by His death (Matthew 27:51).  From that day forward all righteous believers in Christ would be filled with God’s Shekinah glory, the indwelling of His presence.
       With this in mind, how should we live our lives?  Perhaps if people who professed to be Christians understood more about what being a Christian was meant to be and what God’s presence within really meant, they would live differently, perhaps not.  Some folks need to be shone before they will react, but seeing isn’t using faith.  Faith is believing what cannot be seen as if it can.  Activate your faith today and understand what it truly means to be all God knows you can be in this life.  His Shekinah glory resides within you.  Live like it.  Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
* she-ki’na:  short ‘e’ – long ‘i’ – short ‘a’ sound.
1 [Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHEKINAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".