{"id":1647,"date":"2011-11-30T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/blog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2011-11-30T14:01:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T12:01:29","slug":"speaking-from-the-mercy-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Speaking from the Mercy Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

From which point do you hear the voice of God?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0The teachings about the Tabernacle of Moses has always been a favorite topic to study and to teach from as it provides so much valuable information to the shadow types of Jesus Christ and how it eventually came to existence in the New Testament and in the life of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

The Tabernacle of Moses speaks first of all about the Law. Everything concerning the construction of the Tabernacle had to be done completely according to the directives that Moses received from God. \u00a0It also deals with the specific procedures and duties of the priests and they could not waive one bit from it.\u00a0 But the Tabernacle also speaks of Grace and redemption and forgiveness, but most of all about the righteousness of Jesus Christ<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 It clearly describes the atoning and redemptive work of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 But this is a teaching on its own.<\/p>\n

In the Tabernacle of Moses it deals with the specific works of the High Priests and ordinary priests, but in the New Testament everything deals with the work of Jesus Christ and not about what you can do or should do. \u00a0In other words, Jesus cried out on the cross that it is finished.\u00a0 His redemptive work is completed and it is perfect because He was the perfect High Priest as well as the perfect lamb whose blood was shed on our behalf.\u00a0 Me and you cannot add one thing to make it better or more perfect.\u00a0 In other words, when we try to add other laws to our daily devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ, it then means we feel that His redeeming work on the cross is not good enough.\u00a0 And believe me, the Church of today do not understand the Grace of God (which by the way is a gift) and through the years added their own set of \u201choliness laws\u201d.\u00a0 While Jesus Christ has set His people free from the bondage of the Law, the Church brought other laws and these days even the 10 Commandments back into their lives by trying to adhere or fulfill the Sabbath \u2013 which was never intended for the other nations of the world, but only for Israel.<\/p>\n

God met with Moses on the mountain and when Moses asked to see Him, he was only allowed to see the rear end of God\u2019s holiness and glory.\u00a0 Scripture teaches us that Moses had a very special relationship from the day that he was born and until God appeared unto him in the burning bush. Please note that the Word speaks of a burning bush, and never about a \u201cburning bramble bush\u201d.<\/p>\n

God would meet with Moses in his tent and speak to him as a friend would speak to a friend.\u00a0 Today, churches teach people how to listen to the voice of God and it has become the habit of people to say \u201cthe Lord said this and that to me today\u201d, while I sometimes seriously doubt if it was the voice of God speaking at all. \u00a0They claim to hear the voice of God , but then their actions and attitudes\u00a0do not transform at all. \u00a0 Many so called prophets claim to speak the Words of God but they are merely repeating the written Word. There is seldom a fresh breath of God’s voice.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Even when I\u00a0listen to different preachers bringing the Word of God and who will claim that this is a fresh message from God, then I start to wonder how many \u201cgods\u201d do we then have, because each one will differ in approach as well as in doctrine for salvation.\u00a0 Who are we listening to and from which point are the voices coming? What the Church needs is to be infused (drenched) once again from the same source of the Holy Spirit:<\/p>\n