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Category: Tetzaveh

When His Presence Returns

Tags:  light, menorah, shekinah, Temple

Shemot (Exodus) 27:20-30:10 | Yechezk'el (Ezekiel) 43:10-27

One of the saddest events in all of human history was when the Shekinah left the Temple in Jerusalem. However, according to the one who wrote of the Shekinah's departure, the special Presence of God will some day gloriously return to earth. Ezekiel writes about the reversal of what happened centuries ago. Just as the Shekinah left, so is He promised to return. Our sadness will be turned to great joy as we are assured that once again, the Holy One of Israel will have a special manifested presence among the people of the earth. In order to accommodate the return of God's special Presence on earth, God instructs Ezekiel to build a place of dwelling.

The Temple

We are told that Ezekiel was instructed to make a building in which to house this Presence. It is called, in verse 43:10, a "house." It is God's house where He could dwell in safety and happiness with His family--those who believe in Him. Moreover, this house had specific furniture designed to denote some of the functions of this special house. It had a place where common meals were shared (the altar), a place where light shined (the menorah), and a location where special guests were nourished (the bread of God's presence). Finally, there was the room designated for that special intimacy shared by all families through their Priestly representative--the Holy of Holies.

The second feature of the coming of God's glory was that this house was also the site of God's royal throne. Ezekiel's Temple will be the seat of government for the future royal Divine Kingdom which will be on earth. The Scripture emphasizes the fact that the very embodiment of the Torah Himself will be sitting on the Ark!Third, we are told that when the Glory returns, this future Temple will be "the place of the soles of My feet." We know from I Chronicles 28: and Psalm 132:7 that the Ark of the Covenant is called the footst...

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