The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 11:4,
"The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne."
What makes a place the Lord's temple? What makes a place his throne? Is there a location that is assigned as the Lord's temple? Does it have coordinates? Can you Mapquest it? Is it someplace you can travel to? What direction do you start off in to get there?
Of course I am being a bit tongue in cheek here. How can there be a place like that if we believe the Lord is omnipresent (everywhere at the same time)? God exists beyond the dimensions of time and space and so his "throne", his "temple" is not to be found anywhere we can go to in this life. This is where the circuit breakers in my head begin to fail - my mind just cannot conceive existence beyond time and space - nevertheless it is just as "real" as existence in this life - more so since it is the realm in which the Creator of time and space has his being.
Eternity lies beyond this age, beyond this life. It is the realm within which we will meet God eventually. All of us: some to be joyously welcomed into his family and some to be judged as fit for the horror of eternal death - the ash heap of eternity.
David's words in verse 4 can be understood to mean that God exists. His existence is unique as he is God Almighty over all creation. God's existence is his temple, God's existence is his throne. It is a reference to his position relative to both the creation we see and know, as well as the heavenly environs where the angels have their being. God can never not be in his temple and he can never not be on his throne. Where God is (which is really an oxymoron) is where his temple is, where his throne is. And, he his God over all.
Well, there goes another circuit breaker popping in my head!
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne."
What makes a place the Lord's temple? What makes a place his throne? Is there a location that is assigned as the Lord's temple? Does it have coordinates? Can you Mapquest it? Is it someplace you can travel to? What direction do you start off in to get there?
Of course I am being a bit tongue in cheek here. How can there be a place like that if we believe the Lord is omnipresent (everywhere at the same time)? God exists beyond the dimensions of time and space and so his "throne", his "temple" is not to be found anywhere we can go to in this life. This is where the circuit breakers in my head begin to fail - my mind just cannot conceive existence beyond time and space - nevertheless it is just as "real" as existence in this life - more so since it is the realm in which the Creator of time and space has his being.
Eternity lies beyond this age, beyond this life. It is the realm within which we will meet God eventually. All of us: some to be joyously welcomed into his family and some to be judged as fit for the horror of eternal death - the ash heap of eternity.
David's words in verse 4 can be understood to mean that God exists. His existence is unique as he is God Almighty over all creation. God's existence is his temple, God's existence is his throne. It is a reference to his position relative to both the creation we see and know, as well as the heavenly environs where the angels have their being. God can never not be in his temple and he can never not be on his throne. Where God is (which is really an oxymoron) is where his temple is, where his throne is. And, he his God over all.
Well, there goes another circuit breaker popping in my head!
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
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