Creating a Place

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Creating a place for GOD” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23601993″][vc_column_text]There are places within the Bible that were exceptionally special to God; such as the Garden of Eden, Mount Sinai, the Holy of Holies, and the Upper Room. At the same time, the Presence of God appeared at specific places. For instance, when the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, the place became consecrated and the ground where Moses was standing became so hallowed that he had to take his shoes off. Furthermore, because of the radiant Holiness emanating from God’s presence; the surroundings and even the plant life became sacred.

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Oracle
In the Old Testament used in every case, except 2 Sam 16:23, to denote the holiest place in the temple (1 Kings 6 6:5 19-23; 8:6. In the New Testament, it is used only in the plural, and always denotes the Word of God(Rom 3:2 Heb 5:12, etc.). The Scriptures are called “living oracles” (comp. Heb 4:12) because of their quickening power (Acts 7:38).
When men learn to speak, sing, or to chant about His Holiness. Singing about the exploits of God and all His mighty acts in the earth creates a place charged with “Living Oracle,” or just Who God Is.

Believers can create a place or an atmosphere with songs or words about God or promises God has made, this is called dox·ol·o·gy.
Doxology is a statement about Adonai of Who He is and what He has done.

(CWSB Dictionary)
H1696. דָּבַר dāḇar: A verb meaning to speak, to say. God told Moses to tell Pharaoh what He said (Ex. 6:29). It can mean to promise (Deut. 1:11). When used with the word song, it can mean to sing or chant (Judg. 5:12).
(Amplified Bible – AMP)
12 “Awake, awake, Deborah;
Awake, awake, sing a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.
(Judges 5:12)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The word can also mean think, as when Solomon spoke in his heart (Eccl. 2:15). In Jeremiah, it means to pronounce judgment (Jer. 1:16). This verb also refers to speaking about or against someone (Mal. 3:13) or someone speaking to someone else (Mal. 3:16). It is closely related to the Hebrew noun dāḇār (H1697).
(Olive Tree Enhanced Strong’s Dictionary)
AV (90) – song 74, musick 7, singing 4, musical 2, sing 1, singers 1, song + h1697 1; n m
song-lyric song religious singsong of Levitical choirs[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Rahab believes in the God of the Hebrews”][vc_single_image image=”9409″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Rahab demonstrates a belief in the God of the Jews and believes He is able to destroy His enemies. Rahab heard what Adonai would do for His people and has a plan to become a part of this advancing Kingdom. She puts her plan in motion.

10 For we have heard how the Lord made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed. 11 No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the Lord, your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.
12 “Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that13 when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text](NLT Study Bible Text,)
He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.
2 But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.”3 So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: “Bring out the men who have come into your house, for they have come here to spy out the whole land.”
4 Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied, “Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn’t know where they were from. 5 They left the town at dusk, as the gates were about to close. I don’t know where they went. If you hurry, you can probably catch up with them.”6 (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out). 7 So the king’s men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king’s men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.

Rahab asks that her Family be Spared
8 Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them. 9 “I know the Lord has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror.”

Rahab demonstrates a belief in the God of the Jews and believes He is able to destroy His enemies. Rahab heard what Adonai would do for His people and has a plan to become a part of this advancing Kingdom. She puts her plan in motion.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9414″ img_size=”medium” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” css_animation=”fadeInRight”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rahab Creates a Place with a Scarlet Cord”][vc_column_text]The Scarlet Cord Becomes a Sign
14 “We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the Lord gives us the land.”
15 Then, since Rahab’s house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the window. 16 “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.”

Rahab is an enemy and will be destroyed, but before Israel gets there, Rahab wants to come under the protection of a covenant.

“We are Bound by an Oath”
17 Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions. 18 When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.
(Joshua 2:17-18)

Later, Rahab marries into the tribe of Judah where Jesus Christ is her descendant.
In Matt. 1:5 you’ll find Rahab listed as the mother of Boaz. There it says that Rahab’s husband was Salmon. He is listed as Boaz’ father in Ruth 4:21 confirming that it’s the same person.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9417″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][vc_custom_heading text=”Mary’s Sanctuary” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:24|text_align:left|color:%23601993″][vc_column_text]A sanctuary is consecrated at the place where sacred objects are kept and now Mary has found herself as a sacred object in the midst of God.
From Middle English sanctuary, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churdyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.

Mary changed the dinner gathering into a Sanctuary for worshiping the Lord’s Christ. Even though Mary was a prostitute, Jesus saw value in her broken and scarred soul. Yeshua the Jewish Messiah, absolves her crimes against Heaven and assimilated her into the family of God. While the other houseguests were watching and judging her because of the past, Yeshua was installing Mary to the Kingdom as a disciple of the Gospel.

(EBD)
Examples of Sanctuary
Denotes, (1) the Holy Land (Ex 15:17; comp. Ps 114:2; (2) the temple (1 Chr 22:19; 2 Chr 29:21); (3) the tabernacle (Ex 25:8 Lev 12:4 21:12); (4) the holy place, the place of the Presence (Gr. hieron, the temple-house; not the _naos_, which is the temple area, with its courts and porches), Lev 4:6 Eph 2:21, R.V., marg.; (5) God’s holy habitation in heaven (Ps 102:19). In the final state, there is properly “no sanctuary”(Rev 21:22), for God and the Lamb “are the sanctuary.”

(NLT Study Bible Text,)
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.
I will praise my God to my last breath!
34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
(Psalms 104:33-34)

1 Samuel 10:9-11[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Mary’s decision to wash the feet of Christ opened the possibility for greater exposure and added public humiliation. But, she was not afraid of men; they had used and hurt her all through life. Mary’s horrific experiences with men had left her with years of penetrating discernment of the male species. She read them like a book by looking into their eyes. But this time something different happened. When the Jewish Messiah looked at Mary, for the first time in her life, she was startled when she gazed into the eyes of Jesus. Our Messiah was staring at her internal wounds – a lifetime of scars and deep fractures stemmed from emotional trauma. Mary immediately realized that what the people were saying about this man was true. Jesus was Truth and He disinfected her self-hatred and purified her memory of who she was before this Holy encounter with God. For the first time, Mary perceived that she was no longer the “sexy babe,” but that she had become a newborn Lamb in the pasture of forgiveness and righteousness. Mary had no interest towards the other people in the room; her focus was on the One Who cleans the soul. Therefore, she bowed down and created a place of worship to Him.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9418″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column_text]Mary Magdalene Creates a Place
Miriam of Mandela was her Hebrew name
Now we can see the power behind the image of the former prostitute, Miriam is her Hebrew name. Mary is the woman who washed the feet of Christ with her costly perfume. Here the custom was when a person of great statue entered a room, a servant would hurry and get water and wash the feet of the person of honor.
(AMP SB Notes)
12:3 expensive perfume. Judas Iscariot said that this perfume cost 300 denarii. One denarius was a laborer’s wage for one day. Thus, the perfume costs approximately a year’s wages, but Mary poured it on Jesus’ feet. Mary also anointed Jesus’ head. The custom of that time was to anoint the heads of guests. Anointing Jesus’ head was an act of honor; anointing His feet was a display of devotion.
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(Amplified Bible – AMP)
But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God] have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace and our bond of unity. He who made both groups—[Jews and Gentiles]—into one body and broke down the barrier, the dividing wall [of spiritual antagonism between us], 15 by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace. 16 And [that He] might reconcile them both [Jew and Gentile, united] in one body to God through the cross, thereby putting to death the hostility. 17 And He came and preached the good news of peace to you [Gentiles] who were far away, and peace to those [Jews] who were near. 18 For it is through Him that we both have a [direct] way of approach in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens [outsiders without rights of citizenship], but you are fellow citizens with the saints (God’s people), and are [members] of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the [chief] Cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure is joined together, and it continues [to increase] growing into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, set apart, and sacred to the presence of the Lord]. 22 In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
(Ephesians 2:13-22)

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Saving faith is a moral act, as it proceeds from a renewed will, and a renewed will is necessary to believing assent to the truth of God (1 Cor 2:14; 2 Cor 4:4. Faith, therefore, has its seat in the moral part of our nature fully as much as in the intellectual. The mind must first be enlightened by divine teaching (John 6:44; Acts 13:48; 2 Cor 4:6 Eph 1:17, 18) before it can discern the things of the Spirit.
Faith is necessary to our salvation (Mark 16:16), not because there is any merit in it, but simply because it is the sinner’s taking the place assigned him by God, his falling in with what God is doing.
The warrant or ground of faith is the divine testimony, not the reasonableness of what God says, but the simple fact that he says it. Faith rests immediately on, “Thus saith the Lord.”

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God’s grace by which he brings men into the number of his redeemed family, and makes them partakers of all the blessings he has provided for them. Adoption represents the new relations into which the believer is introduced by justification, and the privileges connected therewith, viz., an interest in God’s peculiar love (John 17:23; Rom 5:5 8), a spiritual nature (2 Pet 1:4 John 1:13), the possession of a spirit becoming children of God (1 Pet 1:14; 2 John 4; Rom 8:15 -21; Gal 5:1 Heb 2:15), present protection, consolation, supplies (Luke 12:27 -32; John 14:18; 1 Cor 3:21 -23; 2 Cor 1:4, fatherly chastisements (Heb 12:5 11), and a future glorious inheritance (Rom 8:17, 23; James 2:5 Phil 3:21).

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(Gr. parakletos), one who pleads another’s cause, who helps another by defending or comforting him. It is a name given by Christ three times to the Holy Ghost (John 14:16; 15:26; John 14:16 where the Greek word is rendered “Comforter,” q.v.). It is applied to Christ in 1 John 2 John 2:1 where the same Greek word is rendered “Advocate,” the rendering which it should have in all the places where it occurs. Tertullus “the orator” (Acts 24:1 was a Roman advocate whom the Jews employed to accuse Paul before Felix.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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