Shekinah Glory

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uh thank you all very much it's nice to have uh you all with us tonight um steve have uh you all with us tonight um steve in his little blurb said that i'm in his little blurb said that i'm walking in the footsteps of walking in the footsteps of uh maurice stewart no pressure there uh maurice stewart no pressure there steve thank you very much steve thank you very much um um the chicana glory is a fascinating topic the chicana glory is a fascinating topic i can understand why uh maury stewart i can understand why uh maury stewart according to steve uh enjoyed it so much according to steve uh enjoyed it so much it's a it's an absolutely fascinating it's a it's an absolutely fascinating topic topic um what we're going to look at first of um what we're going to look at first of all is what all is what what is it what is it uh how it's represented uh how it's represented um and how it's received and uh we'll um and how it's received and uh we'll pay particular attention to uh how it's pay particular attention to uh how it's received in the immediate and in the received in the immediate and in the long term because it's really kind of long term because it's really kind of fascinating fascinating um um i was asked to do this class i mentioned i was asked to do this class i mentioned the chicano glory in a couple different the chicano glory in a couple different uh iterations and in a few classes uh iterations and in a few classes because once you kind of understand what because once you kind of understand what it represents it sort of seems to pop it represents it sort of seems to pop itself up itself up uh in all kinds of different places uh in all kinds of different places um unsurprisingly some of which it's um unsurprisingly some of which it's sort of um sort of um uh pre-announced in a way and then in uh pre-announced in a way and then in other cases you sort of have to other cases you sort of have to interpret the fact that what's actually interpret the fact that what's actually appearing there is a kind of glory and appearing there is a kind of glory and it answers some of the more interesting it answers some of the more interesting riddles riddles um in scripture um in scripture so let's let's jump into it um i've two so let's let's jump into it um i've two two sort of pieces of groundwork before two sort of pieces of groundwork before we start first of all i've got a lot of we start first of all i've got a lot of stuff here so we're gonna have to go stuff here so we're gonna have to go fast and and furious i apologize for fast and and furious i apologize for that but there'll be no slowing down that but there'll be no slowing down today uh secondly the slides that i pick today uh secondly the slides that i pick are not necessarily con chosen to be um are not necessarily con chosen to be um historically accurate and a lot of the historically accurate and a lot of the events we're gonna look at i'm sure you events we're gonna look at i'm sure you all have a picture in your mind of what all have a picture in your mind of what those events look like those events look like these pictures aren't to change your these pictures aren't to change your mind these pictures are just to sort of mind these pictures are just to sort of get a feel for the tone get a feel for the tone of what it would be like to have this of what it would be like to have this remarkable remarkable vision vision take place before you so the slides have take place before you so the slides have more to do with more to do with um um with the intensity of them than with with the intensity of them than with whether or not this is a historical whether or not this is a historical depiction of what's going on at any depiction of what's going on at any given time given time um so here we go so what is the what is um so here we go so what is the what is the shekinah glory well if you if you the shekinah glory well if you if you went to your concordance and looked up went to your concordance and looked up the word shekinah you wouldn't find it the word shekinah you wouldn't find it it's not actually a biblical word it's a it's not actually a biblical word it's a word that jewish writers used word that jewish writers used to to to to sort of sort of delineate a certain aspect of the glory delineate a certain aspect of the glory of the lord of the lord uh that uh that that aspect has to do with the visual that aspect has to do with the visual image um the visual image um the visual um presence of god on earth the word um presence of god on earth the word shekinah shekinah means he causes to dwell which is an means he causes to dwell which is an interesting word that interesting word that the jewish writers chose i think they the jewish writers chose i think they knew what they were knew what they were talking about when they picked this idea talking about when they picked this idea of shekinah of shekinah because ultimately god is going to dwell because ultimately god is going to dwell on earth and the shekinah glory really on earth and the shekinah glory really in the end is about uh god's dwelling so in the end is about uh god's dwelling so i think they knew what they were talking i think they knew what they were talking about when they picked that word even about when they picked that word even though it's not necessarily a biblical though it's not necessarily a biblical word um the glory of the lord can appear word um the glory of the lord can appear in a lot of different ways it can be in a lot of different ways it can be taught in scripture it can be talking taught in scripture it can be talking about the purpose of the lord they can about the purpose of the lord they can be talking about be talking about future events it can be talking about future events it can be talking about all kinds of different stuff but this all kinds of different stuff but this one is specific to one aspect of when one is specific to one aspect of when this phrase the glory of this phrase the glory of the lord is used the lord is used it has to do with it has to do with uh god's undeniable visible presence uh god's undeniable visible presence in the natural world in the natural world most of the time chicano glory is most of the time chicano glory is manifested by fire or a cloud manifested by fire or a cloud usually when people think of the chicano usually when people think of the chicano glory they think of you know the pillar glory they think of you know the pillar of fire at night and cloud during the of fire at night and cloud during the day day in the wilderness and that's certainly a in the wilderness and that's certainly a representation of the shekinah glory representation of the shekinah glory what they might think of the fire that what they might think of the fire that comes down and consumes the sacrifice at comes down and consumes the sacrifice at the off at the um dedication of the the off at the um dedication of the temple temple and so most of the time it it is and so most of the time it it is manifested as fire or manifested as fire or what uh is connected with fire which is what uh is connected with fire which is light or smoke light or smoke or cloud and what one of the things or cloud and what one of the things that's connected with the cloud is smoke that's connected with the cloud is smoke clouds aren't necessarily always water clouds aren't necessarily always water clouds uh sometimes they're clouds uh sometimes they're fire clouds if you will or smoke we'll fire clouds if you will or smoke we'll look at some look at some example of that examples of that example of that examples of that but the ultimate manifestation the but the ultimate manifestation the ultimate manifestation of god's presence ultimate manifestation of god's presence in the natural world is of course the in the natural world is of course the lord jesus christ lord jesus christ and so when we take a look at the and so when we take a look at the shekinah glory it will be in many times shekinah glory it will be in many times a reflection of christ in some aspect or a reflection of christ in some aspect or another because he is the ultimate another because he is the ultimate fulfillment of the shekinah glory of fulfillment of the shekinah glory of god's presence uh in the natural world god's presence uh in the natural world so we should be able to see him so we should be able to see him uh and we will we won't go over it in uh and we will we won't go over it in every one every one uh i i don't know what that means great j i gotta notice it says jay's requesting i gotta notice it says jay's requesting remote control of your screen if you want to change my pictures but uh i don't i don't know what that means uh i don't i don't know what that means um anyway um um anyway um so so let's get started on some examples of let's get started on some examples of the shekinah glory the shekinah glory uh oh yeah so this is what hebrews says uh oh yeah so this is what hebrews says uh about the fact that jesus is the uh about the fact that jesus is the ultimate representation of the ultimate representation of the psychiatric lord psychiatric lord it says who being the brightness of his it says who being the brightness of his glory in the express image of his person glory in the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of and upholding all things by the word of his power when he had by himself purged his power when he had by himself purged our sins our sins sat down on the right hand of the sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high and that's hebrews 1 majesty on high and that's hebrews 1 verse 3 which is just showing the verse 3 which is just showing the representation that the lord jesus representation that the lord jesus christ is the ultimate christ is the ultimate uh shekinah glory talking about the uh shekinah glory talking about the brightness of god's glory and the brightness of god's glory and the express image of his of his person and express image of his of his person and there's two types of uh chicano glory there's two types of uh chicano glory we're going to talk about if you will we're going to talk about if you will and the two types of these those that and the two types of these those that are expressed as the glory of the lord are expressed as the glory of the lord we'll see that in a lot of some of the we'll see that in a lot of some of the exodus exodus examples that we use and then those that examples that we use and then those that we can interpret we can interpret as the chicano glory and those can get as the chicano glory and those can get really interesting those are the ones really interesting those are the ones that kind of answer some of the riddles that kind of answer some of the riddles in scripture that people ask about why in scripture that people ask about why certain things uh happen the way that certain things uh happen the way that they happen and we'll look at that they happen and we'll look at that in just a few minutes so the first one i in just a few minutes so the first one i looked at is the burning bush now you looked at is the burning bush now you might not consider the burning bush might not consider the burning bush as the shekinah glory of god it doesn't as the shekinah glory of god it doesn't have sort of that massive manifestation have sort of that massive manifestation like the pillar of fire does like the pillar of fire does in exodus but it fits all the criteria in exodus but it fits all the criteria of the sheikah lord in that it is a of the sheikah lord in that it is a supernatural supernatural vision vision in the natural in the natural world in the natural in the natural world and of course there's an angel that and of course there's an angel that speaks from speaks from the bush but what makes the bush the bush but what makes the bush this sort of supernatural kind of event this sort of supernatural kind of event and it has to do of course with the fact and it has to do of course with the fact that the bush wasn't consumed a bush that the bush wasn't consumed a bush burning in the wilderness wouldn't be burning in the wilderness wouldn't be all that unusual pretty much anything all that unusual pretty much anything could have set the bush off you know could have set the bush off you know could have been a lightning it could could have been a lightning it could have been somebody starting it on fire have been somebody starting it on fire for warmth or you know it could have for warmth or you know it could have been some you know rambunctious midian been some you know rambunctious midian teenagers who were knocking over teenagers who were knocking over mailboxes and lighting bushes on fire so mailboxes and lighting bushes on fire so if you think about it when moses first if you think about it when moses first saw the bush he probably wasn't all that saw the bush he probably wasn't all that impressed he probably didn't pay that impressed he probably didn't pay that much attention to it looked over and much attention to it looked over and said oh there's a bush on fire or said oh there's a bush on fire or whatever whatever you know moved one about his business you know moved one about his business what started to catch his attention was what started to catch his attention was the fact that it just kept on burning he the fact that it just kept on burning he probably looked at it two or three or probably looked at it two or three or four different times and each time he four different times and each time he looked over he thought wow that's a looked over he thought wow that's a pretty impressive bush it's still pretty impressive bush it's still burning burning but there's a certain point in time but there's a certain point in time where you realize something else is where you realize something else is going on and that's exactly what going on and that's exactly what happened uh to moses right happened uh to moses right it says in um it says in um exodus now moses kept the flock of exodus now moses kept the flock of jethro his father-in-law the priest of jethro his father-in-law the priest of midian and the angel of the lord midian and the angel of the lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush and he looked and of the midst of a bush and he looked and behold the bush burned with fire and the behold the bush burned with fire and the bush was not consumed that was the bush was not consumed that was the amazing thing about the bush was the amazing thing about the bush was the fact it just kept on burning so it says and moses said i will now turn aside and moses said i will now turn aside and see this great site why the bush is and see this great site why the bush is not burnt so again a burning bush not burnt so again a burning bush wouldn't be anything spectacular but the wouldn't be anything spectacular but the fact that it just kept on burning and fact that it just kept on burning and was not consumed is what caught moses was not consumed is what caught moses attention notice moses calls it this attention notice moses calls it this great site great site aft after a period of time moses aft after a period of time moses realized something supernatural was realized something supernatural was going on because the bush doesn't going on because the bush doesn't naturally burn naturally burn uh forever uh forever um so that's what caught his attention um so that's what caught his attention and that's really you know the power of and that's really you know the power of uh the shekinah glory uh the shekinah glory but notice that moses decides to turn but notice that moses decides to turn aside aside and see the great sight that's actually and see the great sight that's actually what what um what what um god recognize notice it says and when god recognize notice it says and when the lost the the lost the the lord the lord saw that he turned aside to sea saw that he turned aside to sea god called on to him out of the midst of god called on to him out of the midst of the bush and said moses moses and he the bush and said moses moses and he said here am i so the lord doesn't said here am i so the lord doesn't respond until moses turns aside because respond until moses turns aside because moses has got to recognize that moses has got to recognize that something supernatural is going on and something supernatural is going on and then he's got to decide to go see what's then he's got to decide to go see what's happening happening now not everybody uh who sees something now not everybody uh who sees something supernatural decides to go see what supernatural decides to go see what happening in fact a lot of people happening in fact a lot of people flee you know if you think of you know flee you know if you think of you know the other shepherds in the wilderness the other shepherds in the wilderness with moses you know there's there's with moses you know there's there's shepherd al you know in the wilderness shepherd al you know in the wilderness as well seeing this bush burning and as well seeing this bush burning and burning burning and finally his wife says to him you and finally his wife says to him you know aren't you going to go see what know aren't you going to go see what that is and al says nope what we're that is and al says nope what we're going to do is move we're going to pack going to do is move we're going to pack our stuff and get out of the way i don't our stuff and get out of the way i don't know what it is i don't want to get know what it is i don't want to get involved and away goes al and his family involved and away goes al and his family and really and really it's it's kind of a silly story but it's it's kind of a silly story but that's what a lot of people do that's what a lot of people do when it comes to the miraculous uh are when it comes to the miraculous uh are in and around them if you think about in and around them if you think about the fact that we try to get people to the fact that we try to get people to understand that the bible itself is a understand that the bible itself is a miracle miracle and their response to it is don't want and their response to it is don't want to know about it don't care to know about it don't care don't talk to me about it and that's don't talk to me about it and that's what happens a lot of times but that what happens a lot of times but that wasn't moses moses had to go see what wasn't moses moses had to go see what this thing was and so as soon as he this thing was and so as soon as he turns to go see this great sight turns to go see this great sight the lord goes uh and speaks to him from the lord goes uh and speaks to him from from the shekinah glory from the burning from the shekinah glory from the burning bush that does not that is not consumed bush that does not that is not consumed and i mentioned also that you and i mentioned also that you we should be able to see the lord jesus we should be able to see the lord jesus christ in the the visions of this christ in the the visions of this shekinah glory and we can certainly see shekinah glory and we can certainly see it in it in the the burning bush the burning bush is the the burning bush the burning bush is a reflection of the lord jesus christ in a reflection of the lord jesus christ in a very specific way in that specific way a very specific way in that specific way is this is this the burning bush was natural it was just the burning bush was natural it was just a bush that's all it was a bush that's all it was and yet it was not consumed and yet it was not consumed by the fire by the fire and that's how it reflects the lord and that's how it reflects the lord jesus christ who we are told was in all jesus christ who we are told was in all points like as we are points like as we are yet without sin so the lord jesus christ yet without sin so the lord jesus christ was natural like we were he was in the was natural like we were he was in the fire like we are the fire of sin the fire like we are the fire of sin the fire of temptation the fire the will of fire of temptation the fire the will of the flesh and yet it was never consumed the flesh and yet it was never consumed he was never burned by it and so that's he was never burned by it and so that's why by the way i believe why when moses why by the way i believe why when moses gets to the bush and god tells him gets to the bush and god tells him through the angel take your sandals off through the angel take your sandals off for where you are standing on his holy for where you are standing on his holy ground ground the holy ground he was standing on was the holy ground he was standing on was the presence of the christ that's the presence of the christ that's obviously not jesus christ we don't obviously not jesus christ we don't believe in that sort of pre-existent believe in that sort of pre-existent concept but certainly in the plan and concept but certainly in the plan and purpose of god this bush is a purpose of god this bush is a representation this shekinah glory is a representation this shekinah glory is a representation of the complete shekinah representation of the complete shekinah glory in the lord jesus christ the one glory in the lord jesus christ the one holy one holy one if you will and so moses who would if you will and so moses who would recognize because if we can recognize it recognize because if we can recognize it certainly moses could and we'll see certainly moses could and we'll see other people that don't recognize it other people that don't recognize it moses recognizes what the bush moses recognizes what the bush represents it might take him a while to represents it might take him a while to figure it out but you can be assured figure it out but you can be assured moses understood that he had a redeemer moses understood that he had a redeemer who was holy and that's why he's told to who was holy and that's why he's told to take his sales off take his sales off because he's standing on holy holy because he's standing on holy holy ground ground okay so that's the burning bush we're okay so that's the burning bush we're going to move on going to move on uh from there uh from there next i'm going to look at the pillars we next i'm going to look at the pillars we talked about talked about before in exodus 13. before in exodus 13. and there's a couple interesting things and there's a couple interesting things about the pillars we certainly know that about the pillars we certainly know that they were they were they were a fire uh during the night and they were a fire uh during the night and smoke during the day smoke during the day and the lord went out it says in exodus and the lord went out it says in exodus 13 both that for them by day in a pillar 13 both that for them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way of a cloud to lead them the way and by night in a pillar of file to give and by night in a pillar of file to give fire to give them light to go by day and fire to give them light to go by day and night he took not away the pillar of the night he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people so we night from before the people so we recognize this as the chicane of glory recognize this as the chicane of glory this is the glory of god coming down this is the glory of god coming down from heaven this is not not something from heaven this is not not something you can call something else this is not you can call something else this is not some anomaly this is not some you know some anomaly this is not some you know strange event uh that's the thing about strange event uh that's the thing about the chicana glory is you you can't call the chicana glory is you you can't call it anything else it has to be what it is it anything else it has to be what it is and it is and it is the supernatural imposing its will or the supernatural imposing its will or its or its vision or its sight upon the its or its vision or its sight upon the natural it is god's uh natural it is god's uh glory he controls the glory and glory he controls the glory and sometimes it's massive and sometimes sometimes it's massive and sometimes it's small but it's under his control it's small but it's under his control and you can't deny what it is and that and you can't deny what it is and that was certainly true with the pillar of was certainly true with the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night night you couldn't call it something else that you couldn't call it something else that was god's presence before before the was god's presence before before the israelites which is fascinating when you israelites which is fascinating when you think about the fact that they would uh think about the fact that they would uh soon rebel soon rebel um even though god's presence was there um even though god's presence was there you would think that god's presence in you would think that god's presence in such a miraculous and such an such a miraculous and such an overwhelming form would keep them in overwhelming form would keep them in faith would keep them in sort of like a faith would keep them in sort of like a understanding that they stand in the understanding that they stand in the presence of god and god's will be done presence of god and god's will be done and yet not long after this in cage and yet not long after this in cage bunny of course they bunny of course they they um they um reject uh the land and all that goes on reject uh the land and all that goes on down there and here's these amazing down there and here's these amazing things and notice it never leaves things and notice it never leaves so the pillar is there throughout the so the pillar is there throughout the exodus wanderings exodus wanderings and if you think about it that fits and if you think about it that fits again as it should the lord jesus christ again as it should the lord jesus christ who said i will never leave you nor who said i will never leave you nor forsake you so as we go through our forsake you so as we go through our wilderness wander wilderness wander there is the lord jesus christ as a there is the lord jesus christ as a cloud during the day and fire cloud during the day and fire uh for light at night uh again we should uh for light at night uh again we should be able to see the lord jesus christ in be able to see the lord jesus christ in in each of these i don't know if i'll in each of these i don't know if i'll mention it in all of them but it's it's mention it in all of them but it's it's an aspect of what it's all about and so an aspect of what it's all about and so that so this is this is you know one of that so this is this is you know one of the one of the ultimate examples of of the one of the ultimate examples of of this iconic glory it's overwhelming it's this iconic glory it's overwhelming it's powerful and you cannot deny powerful and you cannot deny uh what it is this is an interesting one this takes place in exodus chapter 60 place in exodus chapter 60 and this is when uh the the children of and this is when uh the the children of the wilderness start um the wilderness start um grumbling and of course it says they grumbling and of course it says they grumbled against moses and aaron but the grumbled against moses and aaron but the lord says they're not grumbling against lord says they're not grumbling against moses and aaron they're grumbling moses and aaron they're grumbling against me it's not long that long into against me it's not long that long into their wilderness journey when they start their wilderness journey when they start grumbling as we know grumbling as we know and they and so because they start and they and so because they start complaining you know we have nothing to complaining you know we have nothing to eat we have nothing to drink they say eat we have nothing to drink they say you know would have been better if we you know would have been better if we had had been left in egypt to die in egypt it been left in egypt to die in egypt it would have been better back there than would have been better back there than be stuck out here in the wilderness be stuck out here in the wilderness and so of course we know the lord gives and so of course we know the lord gives them quail and the lord gives them manna them quail and the lord gives them manna uh uh but then in exodus 16 verse 10 it says but then in exodus 16 verse 10 it says this and this is all uh during the same this and this is all uh during the same events events it says and it came to pass as aaron it says and it came to pass as aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the spake unto the whole congregation of the children of israel children of israel that they looked toward the wilderness that they looked toward the wilderness and behold the glory of the lord and behold the glory of the lord appeared in the cloud so again the appeared in the cloud so again the shekinah glory appears in the cloud with shekinah glory appears in the cloud with the again the chicano glory is either the again the chicano glory is either clouds or or light or something clouds or or light or something something generally of that ilk so this something generally of that ilk so this is one artist's rendition of how the is one artist's rendition of how the chicano glory uh would have appeared in chicano glory uh would have appeared in uh the cloud this massive sort of kingly uh the cloud this massive sort of kingly looking something uh that came from the looking something uh that came from the cloud i'll give you a couple other cloud i'll give you a couple other examples here's another one examples here's another one uh sort of a shadowy figure in the cloud uh sort of a shadowy figure in the cloud kind of reminiscent of uh kind of reminiscent of uh jacob's ladder jacob's ladder um here's here's my personal favorite um here's here's my personal favorite um for those of you this is this is a um for those of you this is this is a guy by the name of jerry gilliam guy by the name of jerry gilliam actually is this is his concept of what actually is this is his concept of what got appearing in the cloud is got appearing in the cloud is uh i don't think it was any of those uh i don't think it was any of those actually actually uh i think that's uh uh i think that's uh the wrong interpretation i don't think the wrong interpretation i don't think it was a matter of playing what do you it was a matter of playing what do you see in the cloud you know see in the cloud you know i see a ducky and you know danis he's a i see a ducky and you know danis he's a horsey and somebody else sees god horsey and somebody else sees god almighty i don't think it was that in almighty i don't think it was that in fact i think this is just my speculation fact i think this is just my speculation um um but if you think about it it makes sense but if you think about it it makes sense i think it looked like this i think it looked like this and it came to pass as the whole and it came to pass as the whole congregation the children they look congregation the children they look towards the wilderness and behold the towards the wilderness and behold the glory of the glory of the the lord the lord appeared in the cloud appeared in the cloud now you look at that picture and you now you look at that picture and you think to yourself well there's nothing think to yourself well there's nothing spectacular about that picture at all spectacular about that picture at all that's just a light shining through a that's just a light shining through a cloud and i would agree with you 100 cloud and i would agree with you 100 there's absolutely nothing spectacular there's absolutely nothing spectacular about that picture about that picture unless unless at the same time at the same time you have this so if you look where they were where they were at this point in sinai is down they were at this point in sinai is down at the southern tip of sinai and where at the southern tip of sinai and where they were looking to see the cloud was they were looking to see the cloud was towards the wilderness by the way the towards the wilderness by the way the reason why it's toward the wilderness reason why it's toward the wilderness that that the shekinah glory shined is that that the shekinah glory shined is because that's where god was god was in because that's where god was god was in the wilderness and the sign was you're the wilderness and the sign was you're not going back to egypt you're following not going back to egypt you're following me into the wilderness but if you look me into the wilderness but if you look up at the sky up at the sky where the wilderness is from the south where the wilderness is from the south then you'll be looking north and you'd then you'll be looking north and you'd be seeing this miraculous light in the be seeing this miraculous light in the cloud you'd think nothing of it you cloud you'd think nothing of it you think it's the sun think it's the sun unless of course the sun is already out unless of course the sun is already out there there and if the sun is already out there and if the sun is already out there now you get a problem or what you have now you get a problem or what you have is the shekinah glory is the shekinah glory you were you're not going to have two you were you're not going to have two sons sons in the sky in the sky so i think that's what it looked like so i think that's what it looked like and i think because the sun was already and i think because the sun was already there that's why they were so there that's why they were so overwhelmed by the chicano glory again overwhelmed by the chicano glory again it's something that has to be it's something that has to be undeniable and a light the size of the undeniable and a light the size of the sun shining through a cloud sun shining through a cloud would be undeniable as far as being would be undeniable as far as being supernatural supernatural all right so that's exodus 16. all right so that's exodus 16. let's move on to exodus 19. i'm going to let's move on to exodus 19. i'm going to keep moving oh we got plenty of time keep moving oh we got plenty of time exits 19 verse 10 and this is when it exits 19 verse 10 and this is when it the the glory of the lord of the the the glory of the lord of the shekinah glory appears on top of mount shekinah glory appears on top of mount sinai and the lord said unto moses go on sinai and the lord said unto moses go on to the people and sanctify them today to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow and let them wash their and tomorrow and let them wash their clothes and be ready against the third clothes and be ready against the third day for the third day of the lord will day for the third day of the lord will come in the sight of all the people upon come in the sight of all the people upon mount mount sinai sinai and it came to pass on the third day in and it came to pass on the third day in the morning the morning that there were thunders and lightnings that there were thunders and lightnings a thick cloud upon the mountain the a thick cloud upon the mountain the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud so voice of the trumpet exceeding loud so that all the people that was in the camp that all the people that was in the camp tremble tremble and mount sinai all was all together on and mount sinai all was all together on a smoke because the lord descended upon a smoke because the lord descended upon it in a fire and the smoke thereof it in a fire and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace and ascended as the smoke of a furnace and the whole mountain quaked the whole mountain quaked glory ah greatly and this is what we glory ah greatly and this is what we think of when we think of the iconic think of when we think of the iconic lord we think of this massive lord we think of this massive you know event you know the light you know event you know the light shining and the clouds and the thunder shining and the clouds and the thunder and the lightning and the lightning and god making his presence feel felt in and god making his presence feel felt in this tremendous this tremendous uh display uh display of of light and sound and all of that of of light and sound and all of that and it is a tremendous display but and it is a tremendous display but notice the smoke notice the smoke is of a furnace it's a thick cloud upon is of a furnace it's a thick cloud upon the mount and they said it was like a the mount and they said it was like a fire going on the mount so that wouldn't fire going on the mount so that wouldn't be like a rain cloud that would be a be like a rain cloud that would be a cloud that's being formed by all the cloud that's being formed by all the smoke and all the burning and all the smoke and all the burning and all the fire and all the glory uh that would go fire and all the glory uh that would go on and yet they still on and yet they still rebelled rebelled remarkably enough despite all these remarkably enough despite all these incredible things that they that they incredible things that they that they went through went through yet it wasn't enough to overcome uh the yet it wasn't enough to overcome uh the will of the flesh that's one of the will of the flesh that's one of the fascinating things about fascinating things about this marvelous chicano glory because this marvelous chicano glory because we'll see it again and again and again we'll see it again and again and again now let's let's go ahead to exodus now let's let's go ahead to exodus chapter 40. this is an interesting one chapter 40. this is an interesting one too uh the pillar cloud fills the too uh the pillar cloud fills the tabernacle so they finally get the tabernacle so they finally get the tabernacle made it's finally ready to go tabernacle made it's finally ready to go and the priests bring the uh the sacred and the priests bring the uh the sacred uh uh articles into articles into the tabernacle they put them down they the tabernacle they put them down they put them in the right place and they put them in the right place and they walk out and as soon as they walk out uh walk out and as soon as they walk out uh this is where exodus 40 verse 34 picks this is where exodus 40 verse 34 picks up up then a cloud covered the tent of the then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation and the glory of the lord congregation and the glory of the lord filled the tabernacle filled the tabernacle and moses was not able to enter into the and moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation because the tent of the congregation because the cloud abode thereon cloud abode thereon and the glory of the lord filled the and the glory of the lord filled the temple that's the shekinah glory and temple that's the shekinah glory and what caught my attention is why couldn't what caught my attention is why couldn't moses moses go into the tent go into the tent it says because there was a cloud there it says because there was a cloud there and you know and you know if it was if it was a rain cloud what if it was if it was a rain cloud what we'd normally think of as a cloud we'd normally think of as a cloud it shouldn't be able to stop moses it shouldn't be able to stop moses from going into the temp to the from going into the temp to the tabernacle now it doesn't say that the tabernacle now it doesn't say that the lord said you can't go in it says that lord said you can't go in it says that the cloud stopped the cloud stopped so what kind of a cloud would it be well so what kind of a cloud would it be well i think again i think it's a smoke cloud i think again i think it's a smoke cloud i think moses like going into a burning i think moses like going into a burning building uh couldn't go into the building uh couldn't go into the tabernacle because of the smoke tabernacle because of the smoke um my brother's a firefighter and i um my brother's a firefighter and i don't know if you ever saw the movie don't know if you ever saw the movie backdraft but in the movie backdraft backdraft but in the movie backdraft they go into these you know factory they go into these you know factory fires fires and you know they show them swinging and you know they show them swinging from ropes and all that kind of stuff my from ropes and all that kind of stuff my brother says that's not a that's not brother says that's not a that's not fire at all you go into a fire it's all fire at all you go into a fire it's all smoke it's not you know a wide open smoke it's not you know a wide open factory where you can see people factory where you can see people swinging around and all that kind of swinging around and all that kind of stuff it's filled with smoke and i think stuff it's filled with smoke and i think that's exactly what the tabernacle was that's exactly what the tabernacle was it was filled with it was filled with it was filled with it was filled with smoke so that moses couldn't go in there smoke so that moses couldn't go in there because he couldn't breathe because he couldn't breathe but look what happens but look what happens in leviticus oh this is the end of in leviticus oh this is the end of exodus i'm sorry and when the cloud was exodus i'm sorry and when the cloud was taken up over the tabernacle the taken up over the tabernacle the children of israel went onward in all children of israel went onward in all their journeys but if the cloud were not their journeys but if the cloud were not taken up taken up then they journeyed not till the day then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up for the cloud of that it was taken up for the cloud of the lord was upon the tabernacle by day the lord was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night in the sight and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of israel throughout of all the house of israel throughout all the journeys so again this this all the journeys so again this this miraculous shekinah glory was there the miraculous shekinah glory was there the whole time another reflection of the whole time another reflection of the fact that the lord jesus christ is with fact that the lord jesus christ is with us at all times but what i'll take a us at all times but what i'll take a look at is what happens in leviticus look at is what happens in leviticus so so exodus 40 is the end of the book so so exodus 40 is the end of the book of exodus and then the first few of exodus and then the first few chapters of leviticus goes into chapters of leviticus goes into what the burnt offerings were in what the burnt offerings were in different different um different different um procedural things like that and then you procedural things like that and then you get back to the events in chapter nine get back to the events in chapter nine and look what it says so so and look what it says so so they go through and they make all the they go through and they make all the burnt offerings and the different burnt offerings and the different offerings that need to be made offerings that need to be made and then it says and aaron lifted up his and then it says and aaron lifted up his hand towards the people and blessed them hand towards the people and blessed them and came down from offering of the sin and came down from offering of the sin offering and the burnt offering in peace offering and the burnt offering in peace offer offer and moses and aaron went into the temple and moses and aaron went into the temple of the congregation and came out and of the congregation and came out and blessed the people and the glory of the blessed the people and the glory of the lord appeared unto all the people lord appeared unto all the people so in exodus 40 so in exodus 40 moses tries to go into the tabernacle moses tries to go into the tabernacle and he can't go in and he can't go in because of the smoke because of the smoke and then aaron the priest and then aaron the priest plays the role of the priests and offers plays the role of the priests and offers up all the sacrifices up all the sacrifices all the sacrifices that are a reflection all the sacrifices that are a reflection of christ's sacrifice of christ's sacrifice and as soon as and as soon as those sacrifices are done those sacrifices are done moses and aaron are now able to go into moses and aaron are now able to go into the tabernacle even though the cloud is the tabernacle even though the cloud is still there still there why why well because christ is now there because well because christ is now there because of what aaron did of what aaron did now you've got the opening up of the now you've got the opening up of the tabernacle and again he's always there tabernacle and again he's always there in some in some capacity or other i i've been working capacity or other i i've been working with a young man who with a young man who was very interested in the bible uh he's was very interested in the bible uh he's actually a actually a volunteer minister for another type of volunteer minister for another type of church and he said to me today so church and he said to me today so is christ like everywhere in the old is christ like everywhere in the old testament and i said yeah yeah pretty testament and i said yeah yeah pretty much he's pretty he's pretty much there much he's pretty he's pretty much there and all the and all that you see and and all the and all that you see and that's not the way most people uh most that's not the way most people uh most churches uh consider these these events churches uh consider these these events that take place in the old testament and that take place in the old testament and a lot of them don't even consider the a lot of them don't even consider the old testament but he's shocked to find old testament but he's shocked to find out when i said oh so that represents out when i said oh so that represents christ so that represents christ because christ so that represents christ because he doesn't he's never seen that before he doesn't he's never seen that before but there he is again and now and notice but there he is again and now and notice that moses and aaron go in and come out that moses and aaron go in and come out like the whole purpose of them going and like the whole purpose of them going and going and do anything they went in to going and do anything they went in to say look we can go in and now we can say look we can go in and now we can come out and so now the tabernacle is come out and so now the tabernacle is open uh for for the priests and for all open uh for for the priests and for all that are going to serve in the that are going to serve in the tabernacle because the offerings of tabernacle because the offerings of christ have been made so there's the the christ have been made so there's the the pillar of cloud and the tabernacle pillar of cloud and the tabernacle now i'm going to go to uh first kings now i'm going to go to uh first kings chapter eight and to uh second chapter eight and to uh second chronicles and look at the dedication of chronicles and look at the dedication of the temple the temple um and again i know this picture doesn't um and again i know this picture doesn't represent anything i would have picked represent anything i would have picked uh as how the dedication of the temple uh as how the dedication of the temple went but it does went but it does show the intensity of the moment and the show the intensity of the moment and the intensity of that moment intensity of that moment when the temple was dedicated with when the temple was dedicated with solomon there is just solomon there is just it's it's one of those things you say it's it's one of those things you say you wish you were there i would have you wish you were there i would have liked to have been there to see you know liked to have been there to see you know that whole thing take place it must have that whole thing take place it must have been unbelievable been unbelievable uh to experience uh to experience and yet and yet moses felt solomon rather fell away moses felt solomon rather fell away even though this remarkable event took even though this remarkable event took place place solomon fell away now i'm not making solomon fell away now i'm not making comments about solomon's eternal uh comments about solomon's eternal uh passage or any of that kind of stuff but passage or any of that kind of stuff but we know that he eventually was we know that he eventually was worshiping idols with his wives so it's worshiping idols with his wives so it's incredible that he would go through incredible that he would go through something like this something like this and i'll talk about why i think that is and i'll talk about why i think that is in just a moment just a few moments in just a moment just a few moments anyway in first kings chapter 8 it says anyway in first kings chapter 8 it says and it came to pass when the priests and it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place that the were come out of the holy place that the cloud filled the house of the lord cloud filled the house of the lord so that the priests could not stand to so that the priests could not stand to misminister because of the cloud for the misminister because of the cloud for the glory of the lord had filled the house glory of the lord had filled the house of the lord just like just like with the of the lord just like just like with the tabernacle tabernacle and over in second chronicles 7 it says and over in second chronicles 7 it says this this is just the sec the other this this is just the sec the other rendition of the story you know that's rendition of the story you know that's repeated now when solomon had made it repeated now when solomon had made it and no i didn't want to do that go back when solomon had made an end to praying the fire came down from heaven and the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering in the consumed the burnt offering in the sacrifices and the glory of the lord sacrifices and the glory of the lord filled the house and the priest could filled the house and the priest could not enter into the house of the lord not enter into the house of the lord because the glory of the lord had filled because the glory of the lord had filled the lord's house the lord's house and when all the children saw how the and when all the children saw how the fire came down and the glory of the lord fire came down and the glory of the lord upon the house they bowed themselves upon the house they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the with their faces to the ground upon the pavement and worshiped and praised the pavement and worshiped and praised the lord saying for he is good for his mercy lord saying for he is good for his mercy endureth endureth forever forever so you have this incredible event and so you have this incredible event and everybody falls on their faces now i put everybody falls on their faces now i put that word saying and i in italics and that word saying and i in italics and parentheses because it's not really parentheses because it's not really there there i'm not getting you into the all the i'm not getting you into the all the specifics of it but i don't believe they specifics of it but i don't believe they said it at all i think they wrote it in said it at all i think they wrote it in the ashes upon the ground the ashes upon the ground um um at that moment at that moment instead of speaking because i don't instead of speaking because i don't think they could speak think they could speak because the lord is in his holy temple because the lord is in his holy temple let all the earth keep silence before let all the earth keep silence before him and i think the majesty and the him and i think the majesty and the wonder and the overwhelmingness of this wonder and the overwhelmingness of this moment would not have allowed them to moment would not have allowed them to speak speak uh so they wrote it into the ashes on uh so they wrote it into the ashes on the ground for the lord is good his the ground for the lord is good his mercy mercy endures forever then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the lord and king sacrifices before the lord and king solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and and 000 oxen 120 000 sheep so the king and 000 oxen 120 000 sheep so the king and the people the people dedicated the house of god dedicated the house of god and the priests waited on their offices and the priests waited on their offices in other words once the once the king in other words once the once the king and the people dedicate the temple now and the people dedicate the temple now the temple is open now they can go in the temple is open now they can go in whereas before they as we just saw they whereas before they as we just saw they couldn't go in because of the cloud once couldn't go in because of the cloud once again again christ is now there christ is now there uh in symbol if nothing else in purpose uh in symbol if nothing else in purpose if nothing else and now the temple is if nothing else and now the temple is open in that remarkable uh event in open in that remarkable uh event in kings and chronicles i think it's one of kings and chronicles i think it's one of the great events in all of history the great events in all of history so let's go here just just one more if so let's go here just just one more if we look at a couple of the other ones we look at a couple of the other ones uh saul is blinded uh by the light uh saul is blinded uh by the light in acts chapter nine in acts chapter nine and as he journey he came near and as he journey he came near damascus and suddenly there was damascus and suddenly there was shine round above him a light from shine round above him a light from heaven heaven and saul arose from the earth and when and saul arose from the earth and when his eyes were open he saw no man so this his eyes were open he saw no man so this massive light the shekinah glory knocks massive light the shekinah glory knocks paul to the ground again is that that paul to the ground again is that that great picture this is not the way i ever great picture this is not the way i ever would have pictured it myself but i would have pictured it myself but i thought it was an interesting picture thought it was an interesting picture one of the things interesting about it one of the things interesting about it is the young the man that falls down is is the young the man that falls down is a young man a young man and so i went and looked and yes saul and so i went and looked and yes saul was probably about 27 at the time uh was probably about 27 at the time uh that this event took place you don't that this event took place you don't really think of i i never think of saul really think of i i never think of saul slash paul as a young man slash paul as a young man uh yet he would have only been about 27 uh yet he would have only been about 27 at the time that he was riding towards at the time that he was riding towards the masks he had a pretty long history the masks he had a pretty long history uh after that so that's one of the uh after that so that's one of the reasons why i like this picture is reasons why i like this picture is because the because the the person knocked off the horse is a the person knocked off the horse is a young man and so the light comes from young man and so the light comes from heaven but i want to make there's a heaven but i want to make there's a certain point i want to make about it certain point i want to make about it it's what paul makes later on it's what paul makes later on uh this is uh this is the end of uh this is uh this is the end of accident i'm sorry and that they that accident i'm sorry and that they that were with him saw indeed the light were were with him saw indeed the light were afraid but they heard not the voice of afraid but they heard not the voice of him that spake so they saw the light him that spake so they saw the light and scared the daylights out of him and and scared the daylights out of him and understandably so understandably so in acts 26 paul was talking about this in acts 26 paul was talking about this moment and this is what he says moment and this is what he says he says whereupon as they went to he says whereupon as they went to damascus with authority and commission damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests at midday o king from the chief priests at midday o king i saw on the way a light from heaven i saw on the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun above the brightness of the sun so the shekinah glory can be brighter so the shekinah glory can be brighter than the sun shining around about me and than the sun shining around about me and them which were journeyed with me so them which were journeyed with me so paul says this light was so bright that paul says this light was so bright that it was literally brighter than the sun it was literally brighter than the sun this is the chicano glory controlled by this is the chicano glory controlled by god it doesn't always have to be god it doesn't always have to be brighter than the sun because god brighter than the sun because god controls it but in this case it was and controls it but in this case it was and there's a hint there's a hint in isaiah that it gets even brighter in isaiah that it gets even brighter than that in isaiah than that in isaiah it says this it says this moreover the light of this is talking moreover the light of this is talking about uh the kingdom age moreover the about uh the kingdom age moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun so the moon will be as bright of the sun so the moon will be as bright as the sun and the light of the sun as the sun and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of seven shall be sevenfold as the light of seven days and the day the lord bindeth up the days and the day the lord bindeth up the breach of his people and heal off the breach of his people and heal off the stroke stroke of their womb of their womb so it's suggesting that this light could so it's suggesting that this light could be seven times brighter be seven times brighter than the sun so keep that in mind as we than the sun so keep that in mind as we look at a couple more before we get uh look at a couple more before we get uh towards the end so here's towards the end so here's josh the ones we're going to look at now josh the ones we're going to look at now a little more interpretive they're not a little more interpretive they're not not uh not uh explicitly shown as uh the chicano glory explicitly shown as uh the chicano glory but when you consider what the chicano but when you consider what the chicano glory represents glory represents uh you can recognize that it's the uh you can recognize that it's the chicano glory that's there chicano glory that's there and in saul chapter 10 and i love this and in saul chapter 10 and i love this picture because i've been talking about picture because i've been talking about how the people are not amazed uh by the how the people are not amazed uh by the chicana glory not as much as you think chicana glory not as much as you think they would be and this is a picture of they would be and this is a picture of joshua literally acting as if he's joshua literally acting as if he's holding holding uh the sun in his hands and yet there's uh the sun in his hands and yet there's that guy sitting there on the crowd that guy sitting there on the crowd paying no attention to it at all paying no attention to it at all couldn't kill us he's that same guy like couldn't kill us he's that same guy like like uh the guy in the wilderness i like uh the guy in the wilderness i don't want to get involved i don't want don't want to get involved i don't want anything to do with that and we know anything to do with that and we know this story this is the story of the this story this is the story of the battle where the sun never sets so how battle where the sun never sets so how can can uh the sun never set how can from a uh the sun never set how can from a natural perspective how could that natural perspective how could that happen and the suggestion is well god happen and the suggestion is well god can do whatever he wants and that's can do whatever he wants and that's absolutely true but from it from what we absolutely true but from it from what we understand about nature it would be understand about nature it would be impossible for the sun not to set you'd impossible for the sun not to set you'd have to change you know the path of the have to change you know the path of the earth and all that kind of stuff earth and all that kind of stuff it says and the sun stood still and the it says and the sun stood still and the moon stayed until the people had avenged moon stayed until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies themselves upon their enemies is not this written in the book of is not this written in the book of jasher so the sun stood still in the jasher so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven and hastened not to go midst of heaven and hastened not to go down about a whole day down about a whole day so how can the sun so how can the sun stand still well we know the sun does stand still well we know the sun does stand still but that's stand still but that's not what they're talking about they're not what they're talking about they're talking about the idea that the sun talking about the idea that the sun never sun never sat never sun never sat well the sun can go right ahead and set well the sun can go right ahead and set if there's something else representing if there's something else representing the sun the sun if the chicana glory is there if the chicana glory is there which can shine just like the sun which can shine just like the sun then the sun can set the nature doesn't then the sun can set the nature doesn't have to be adjusted all you need is have to be adjusted all you need is another light another light and that's what the chicano glory and that's what the chicano glory provides it provides another light so provides it provides another light so there's the light shining and you say there's the light shining and you say well how could the sun set people would well how could the sun set people would see it but not if not if there's a cloud see it but not if not if there's a cloud bank bank as cloud bank you wouldn't see the other as cloud bank you wouldn't see the other sun go down you just see the light still sun go down you just see the light still continuing to shine so that's how you continuing to shine so that's how you could have light consistently shining could have light consistently shining into the night because you have another into the night because you have another light now nature doesn't provide another light now nature doesn't provide another light but the shackling glory is the light but the shackling glory is the glory of god so that's how you can glory of god so that's how you can understand joshua chapter 10 understand joshua chapter 10 about the light never go the sun never about the light never go the sun never setting it's actually really the setting it's actually really the sheconic lord sheconic lord which brings us to hezekiah because this which brings us to hezekiah because this is one of the great questions of all is one of the great questions of all time how does time how does the the the sundial move backwards the sundial move backwards right you'd have to literally stop the right you'd have to literally stop the rotation of the earth rotation of the earth uh uh second kings chapter 20 uh says and second kings chapter 20 uh says and hezekiah answered it is is it a light hezekiah answered it is is it a light thing for the shadow to go down 10 thing for the shadow to go down 10 degrees nay but let the shadow return degrees nay but let the shadow return back with 10 degrees and isaiah the back with 10 degrees and isaiah the prophet cried unto the lord and he prophet cried unto the lord and he brought the shadow 10 degrees backwards brought the shadow 10 degrees backwards by which it had gone down by which it had gone down in the dial of ahaz i have no idea why in the dial of ahaz i have no idea why it's called the dial of ahaz that would it's called the dial of ahaz that would be a nice study in and of itself and i be a nice study in and of itself and i could not find a uh could not find a uh an intense picture of a sundial an intense picture of a sundial so i got the usual boring picture you so i got the usual boring picture you find an interesting picture of a sundial find an interesting picture of a sundial it's just not there but of course the it's just not there but of course the question is always about so how does the question is always about so how does the shadow move in the opera opposite shadow move in the opera opposite direction and the argument must be that direction and the argument must be that god just turned the earth uh the other god just turned the earth uh the other way way uh which of course again creates a whole uh which of course again creates a whole bunch of problems bunch of problems uh geologically if you will so i thought uh geologically if you will so i thought i went on the internet i confessed and i i went on the internet i confessed and i found uh one guy's explanation of how found uh one guy's explanation of how this could be and i really enjoyed i this could be and i really enjoyed i have no idea this guy is have no idea this guy is uh but he had a comment on it and this uh but he had a comment on it and this is this is what he said is this is what he said he said speculation involves that the he said speculation involves that the earth rotated backward and pivoted on a earth rotated backward and pivoted on a different axis why we would look at a different axis why we would look at a naturalistic mechanism when the text naturalistic mechanism when the text says god did it is beyond me says god did it is beyond me both of these speculations carry massive both of these speculations carry massive geological upheavals if they occurred geological upheavals if they occurred naturalistically naturalistically god would have to miraculously cover god would have to miraculously cover these events since there is no record of these events since there is no record of these massive upheavals these massive upheavals and then he says this and then he says this a better speculation is that time is not a better speculation is that time is not continuous but continuous but quantized quantized existence can change between one quantum existence can change between one quantum state and another without having to pass state and another without having to pass through supposed intermediate states through supposed intermediate states if every moment is newly created if every moment is newly created quantize state in the mind of god then quantize state in the mind of god then in the blink of a thought he can do as in the blink of a thought he can do as he wills i love that because what he's he wills i love that because what he's saying is saying is it's crazy to think that god moved the it's crazy to think that god moved the earth in the different direction what he earth in the different direction what he did was he changed time that's much more did was he changed time that's much more understandable which of course understandable which of course again creates the same sort of obvious again creates the same sort of obvious problem uh so this so another guy problem uh so this so another guy responds uh in the comments to what this responds uh in the comments to what this guy had to say and his response was guy had to say and his response was really interesting really interesting and what he said was this this is a and what he said was this this is a comment to his comment to his um his idea is this there was a meteor um his idea is this there was a meteor that briefly outshone the sun that briefly outshone the sun and caused another stronger shadow that and caused another stronger shadow that went back 10 steps from where the sun's went back 10 steps from where the sun's shadow was this doesn't change the sun's shadow was this doesn't change the sun's shadow but adds another brighter light shadow but adds another brighter light source depending on the direction of the source depending on the direction of the meteor it could look like the shadow is meteor it could look like the shadow is going back 10 steps and i think that's going back 10 steps and i think that's exactly what happened except there exactly what happened except there wasn't a meteor it was the chicano glory wasn't a meteor it was the chicano glory which can shine seven times brighter which can shine seven times brighter than the sun you don't have to change than the sun you don't have to change the rotation of the earth you don't have the rotation of the earth you don't have to move the sun you just create a to move the sun you just create a greater light source and you move it in greater light source and you move it in the other direction and sure enough that the other direction and sure enough that dial shadow will move back the other way dial shadow will move back the other way so this is uh colossal ritalin uh in so this is uh colossal ritalin uh in second kings with hezekiah can be easily second kings with hezekiah can be easily explained by the power of god through explained by the power of god through the shekinah glory through the lord the shekinah glory through the lord jesus christ jesus christ um so um so there's that one there's that one just a couple more this is actually how just a couple more this is actually how how the the thing started as i mentioned how the the thing started as i mentioned that that uh the star of bethlehem was actually uh the star of bethlehem was actually the chicano glory the chicano glory second matthew two where i mean matthew second matthew two where i mean matthew two verse nine says when they had heard two verse nine says when they had heard the king they departed and lo the star the king they departed and lo the star which they saw in the east went before which they saw in the east went before them till it came and stood over where them till it came and stood over where the child was the child was when they saw the star they rejoiced when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy because they with exceeding great joy because they knew what the star was knew what the star was right they they go into jerusalem and right they they go into jerusalem and i'm not going to re teach the class but i'm not going to re teach the class but they go into jerusalem and they're they go into jerusalem and they're surprised that nobody jerusalem is surprised that nobody jerusalem is looking for this kid and the star had looking for this kid and the star had led them uh from the east right to led them uh from the east right to to um jerusalem because they want to see to um jerusalem because they want to see this child this child and they go in and see hezek they and they go in and see hezek they wouldn't see uh herod and herod doesn't wouldn't see uh herod and herod doesn't know anything about it he tells them oh know anything about it he tells them oh he's going to be in bethlehem and they he's going to be in bethlehem and they come out come out and they must have been incredibly and they must have been incredibly discouraged but when they come out discouraged but when they come out there's the star there's the star and the star doesn't just take them to and the star doesn't just take them to bethlehem bethlehem the star takes them right to the house the star takes them right to the house that's why i picked that picture takes that's why i picked that picture takes him right to the house to wear the child him right to the house to wear the child to where the child is that's the chicana to where the child is that's the chicana glory and you can see it's the chicano glory and you can see it's the chicano glory hey it's a light obviously and b glory hey it's a light obviously and b it says they rejoice with exceeding it says they rejoice with exceeding great joy they knew exactly where that great joy they knew exactly where that light was coming from because by the way light was coming from because by the way stars don't do that stars don't direct stars don't do that stars don't direct you to somebody's house uh in bethlehem you to somebody's house uh in bethlehem and when they were coming to the house and when they were coming to the house they saw the young child with mary his they saw the young child with mary his mother and fell down and worshipped him mother and fell down and worshipped him and being warned of god in a dream that and being warned of god in a dream that they should not return to herod they they should not return to herod they departed into their own country another departed into their own country another way that verse actually tells us that way that verse actually tells us that they knew that that that star was they knew that that that star was almighty almighty because because if god wasn't there they would have if god wasn't there they would have never left that child with that mother never left that child with that mother knowing what he represented but because knowing what he represented but because god was there god was there in that star in that star they knew that child was in was in good they knew that child was in was in good hands so that's the chicana glory hands so that's the chicana glory appearing as a star appearing as a star over a house in bethlehem i love that over a house in bethlehem i love that picture i love the color of it picture i love the color of it and then there's this and then there's this the transfiguration whoops go back let's the transfiguration whoops go back let's get i did it again hold on and after six days jesus took peter james and john his brother and bringeth james and john his brother and bringeth them onto a high mountain apart that was them onto a high mountain apart that was transfigured before them and his face transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sun and his raiment was did shine as the sun and his raiment was white as the light again the shekinah white as the light again the shekinah glory the glory of god now in the person glory the glory of god now in the person in the light of the world in the person in the light of the world in the person of of the shekinah glory here matthew of of the shekinah glory here matthew chapter 17 chapter 17 and one more and one more and there shall be no light there and and there shall be no light there and they need no candle not the light of the they need no candle not the light of the sun for the lord god giveth them light sun for the lord god giveth them light and they shall reign forever and ever and they shall reign forever and ever and that's the chicano glory in and that's the chicano glory in revelation chapter 22 verse 5. revelation chapter 22 verse 5. in the last few minutes i want to ask a in the last few minutes i want to ask a question it is this question it is this so the children in the wilderness saw so the children in the wilderness saw the chicano glory it was there every the chicano glory it was there every single day single day and yet they rebelled and yet they rebelled in the time of solomon the temple was in the time of solomon the temple was filled with the chicano glory a massive filled with the chicano glory a massive event takes place an incredible event event takes place an incredible event takes place takes place and yet solomon falls away and the and yet solomon falls away and the people fall away people fall away in the days of hezekiah hezekiah is in the days of hezekiah hezekiah is dying and he prays to god for more time dying and he prays to god for more time and god gives them this incredible and god gives them this incredible vision with the shekinah glory of the vision with the shekinah glory of the light going backwards and and hezekiah light going backwards and and hezekiah is healed and is allowed to live for 15 is healed and is allowed to live for 15 more years and as we all know those 15 more years and as we all know those 15 more years were his most faithful more years were his most faithful faithless faithless years years of his life of his life why why why is it that these people were not why is it that these people were not able to able to be transformed by the shekinah glory and be transformed by the shekinah glory and i think the reason is this i think the reason is this it's because when god appears in that it's because when god appears in that form before an individual form before an individual that individual thinks it's about that that individual thinks it's about that i think hezekiah is the best example of i think hezekiah is the best example of that that i think hezekiah thought oh i think hezekiah thought oh i'm okay because god has given me 15 i'm okay because god has given me 15 more years remember when isaiah comes to more years remember when isaiah comes to him later on and says because you've him later on and says because you've told the people of babylon your mistakes told the people of babylon your mistakes you're going to die and he says that's you're going to die and he says that's okay that means everything's good in my okay that means everything's good in my time time the shekinah glory is not about the shekinah glory is not about the people of israel the people of israel this kind of glory is about christ this kind of glory is about christ and when you recognize that that light and when you recognize that that light exists exists because it reflects christ and not your because it reflects christ and not your relationship to god but his then you're relationship to god but his then you're able to deal with the shekinah glory able to deal with the shekinah glory that's why moses understood what the that's why moses understood what the burning bush represented burning bush represented because moses from that point on because moses from that point on becomes a child of his redeemer he becomes a child of his redeemer he becomes a follower of his redeemer becomes a follower of his redeemer because his redeemer exists because his redeemer exists in that bush that is not consumed so in that bush that is not consumed so then it comes to us brothers and sisters then it comes to us brothers and sisters we think to ourselves boy if we ever saw we think to ourselves boy if we ever saw something as remarkable as the shekinah something as remarkable as the shekinah glory our faith would be complete that's glory our faith would be complete that's all we would ever need all we would ever need and the problem is in actual fact we've and the problem is in actual fact we've already seen it already seen it this is the condemnation this is the condemnation the light came into the world the light came into the world and men love darkness and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds rather than light because their deeds were evil were evil but he that doeth truth but he that doeth truth cometh into the light that his deeds may cometh into the light that his deeds may be made manifest be made manifest that they are wrought in god that they are wrought in god that is coming into the shekinah glory that is coming into the shekinah glory of the lord jesus christ and that's the of the lord jesus christ and that's the only glory that really matters the only glory that really matters the chicano glory is a fascinating chicano glory is a fascinating light that god controls again and again light that god controls again and again and again and again but we've already seen the light but we've already seen the light and we've already been transformed by and we've already been transformed by the light the light so we can enjoy and appreciate so we can enjoy and appreciate its representation its representation but we can never get better than the one but we can never get better than the one who is the light of life and that's our who is the light of life and that's our savior the lord jesus christ