October 15, 2010
Preparations. The plans for the temple were in place; now it was time to build it.
The names of the two pillars were: He Establishes and In Him Is Strength.
He Establishes: God is in control. Every plan has been laid out. He knows. He guides. He directs. There are no surprises. In Him is all things. He provides. The maker of heaven and earth knows what He is doing. Who are we to question Him? He is THE God.
In Him Is Strength: Everything we need He has. Everything. It isn't our strength, it is strength in Him! He meets our needs. All we have to do is trust. All we have to do is believe. We are nothing. It is His power, His strength, His might, that saves us. In Him. Through Him.
Psalm 121 - Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
Addendum: 7/14/16 ~ As I was editing Isaiah 60:1 - 61:11 something I'd never noticed before jumped out at me. In I Kings 7:21 - it says the pillars of the Temple in the first Jerusalem were called He Establishes and In Him Is Strength. In Isaiah 60:18 - it says the walls of the New Jerusalem will be called Salvation and the gates Praise.
The pillars of the Temple is the foundation for how to live your earthly life; full surrender because He Establishes and In Him Is Strength. When you go to HIM (walk through the pillars) in surrender you receive the salvation HE established through the Cross, and HE gives you the strength to follow HIM in this life. You enter the New Jerusalem through gates of Praise and the walls show the result of your surrendered life and the fulfillment of HIS promises—Salvation. When this life is over and eternity comes your PRAISE is the entrance and you are literally surrounded (the walls around you) by HIS Salvation in the New Jerusalem. How cool is that?
Imagine. What we now have as a promise will be reality.
Next Entry: II Chronicles 5:2 – 7:22
Preparations. The plans for the temple were in place; now it was time to build it.
The names of the two pillars were: He Establishes and In Him Is Strength.
He Establishes: God is in control. Every plan has been laid out. He knows. He guides. He directs. There are no surprises. In Him is all things. He provides. The maker of heaven and earth knows what He is doing. Who are we to question Him? He is THE God.
In Him Is Strength: Everything we need He has. Everything. It isn't our strength, it is strength in Him! He meets our needs. All we have to do is trust. All we have to do is believe. We are nothing. It is His power, His strength, His might, that saves us. In Him. Through Him.
Psalm 121 - Where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth.
Addendum: 7/14/16 ~ As I was editing Isaiah 60:1 - 61:11 something I'd never noticed before jumped out at me. In I Kings 7:21 - it says the pillars of the Temple in the first Jerusalem were called He Establishes and In Him Is Strength. In Isaiah 60:18 - it says the walls of the New Jerusalem will be called Salvation and the gates Praise.
The pillars of the Temple is the foundation for how to live your earthly life; full surrender because He Establishes and In Him Is Strength. When you go to HIM (walk through the pillars) in surrender you receive the salvation HE established through the Cross, and HE gives you the strength to follow HIM in this life. You enter the New Jerusalem through gates of Praise and the walls show the result of your surrendered life and the fulfillment of HIS promises—Salvation. When this life is over and eternity comes your PRAISE is the entrance and you are literally surrounded (the walls around you) by HIS Salvation in the New Jerusalem. How cool is that?
Imagine. What we now have as a promise will be reality.
Next Entry: II Chronicles 5:2 – 7:22
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