Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker Elle David Harris.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, good marninging. It is Monday, December one,
twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
where we give you God's word every single day, and
today is no exception. We are continuing in our lesson
study series Lessons of Faith from Joshua, and our caption
for today is type and Anti Type. We talked about
that a little bit yesterday, but we're gonna make it
make more sense today. I want to illustrate it in
a way that hopefully it will it will not just
resonate with us intellectually, but somehow transform us by the
renewing of our mind. Okay, so I'd just like to
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This is one of the ways that we continue to
build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father, thank you, thank
you for not leaving us in the dark, thank you
for not letting us still be in the shadows. Thank
you for Jesus. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen and
Amen again. As I have said over the years to you,
as we've done this every single day, that the Lesson
Study Guide, the Adult Study Guide, was not intended for
what I do here, and so I will always use
a special spin on what the lesson writer has been teaching,
because how do you squeeze all of the lesson into
the few minutes we have? And so today I'm going
to cherry pick one of the concepts here, one of
the concepts of at least one of the concepts, and
it is the sanctuary. Okay, so we're going to focus
our attention here, unless we have more time than I
think we do. We're going to focus on those three
phases that the lesson writer has prescribed. One is the crystological,
the second is the ecclesiastical, and finally eschatological. Christological basically
means christ like. What it has to do with Jesus, ecclesiasts, ecclesiological.
I said it wrong the first time. What does it
have to do with the Church of God? And of
course eschatological has to do with the last days. Okay,
so let's go with our lesson number one, right out
of John chapter one and verse fourteen. John chapter one
and verse fourteen, where the Bible reads and the word
was made flesh? Who was the word? Go ahead and
type in the chat who was the word? The word
was made flesh? That's Jesus. And what dwelt among us?
I want you to focus on the phrase, and dwelt
among us? The Bible continues, and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth. So much to say here,
but let me just stay narrowly focused. And so the
term the Greek term for dwelt for dwelt is sknu
or sku, that's the right pronunciation. It means to pitch
a tent, to pitch a tent. I come from the
hood like I don't. I've never pitched a tent in
my life. So, but I've seen people pitch tents to tabernacle. Okay,
a verb to tabernacle. Okay. That's when Jesus became flesh.
He fulfilled the sanctuary symbol. God no longer dwelt in
a structure or a building the Old Testament. Remember, have
them make me, I probably getting ahead of myself, have
them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
And so now Jesus is here. And what God is
showing us is that he's pitching his tent with us
in and among us through Christ, and not needing the
physical structure that the people of God would take around
in the wilderness. No longer needing Solomon's temple, no longer
needing any of the other temples historically, some of which
we've spoken about on this program. Right, God no longer
dwelt in a building made with hands, but in the
person of his son. What does Emmanuel mean? The Bible
gave that name identification of Christ. At the same time
it means God with us. His name will be Immanuel.
That being interpreted God with us the same thing where
it says the Word made flesh and dwelt among us.
So now we are seeing where God through Christ is
tabernacling with us. He's pitching his tent in humanity and
on planet Earth when Jesus lived on planet Earth for
thirty three and one half years. And now, well, I
won't go too far. I'll just pause right there. And
so what I want you to do is to meditate
on this. I'm talking about actual meditation. Like God, what
do you mean by I'm really thankful for? How do
I apply right? Meditate on Christ's presence in your life.
Begin each day by inviting Him to tabernacle to dwell
in your heart and guide your thoughts. I'm talking about
when people are gossiping at work. I'm talking about when
somebody in your household is disruptive. I'm talking about in
church when those committee meetings are not going in the
way that you hoped that they would go, and some
people seem to not have prayed like they should have,
which is why they're behaving that they are God when
you're in me? How do I live? How do I
respond to what's happening. Let's move to lessen number two,
and by the way, transform me. Please, God, will you
please transform me by the renewing of my mind? Well you,
since Jesus is tabernacling with me in me, can you
please make me like him? Help me to assume the
mindset of Christ. Lesson number two, the church becomes God's
dwelling place, the ecclesiological phase. This is coming in from
First Corinthians, Chapter three, verses sixteen and seventeen. The Bible reads, no,
he not that you are the temple of God and
the Spirit of God. Dwelleth in you if any man
defile the temple of God? Oh wait a minute, Am
I defiling the temple of God? I am the temple
of God? The things? Oh be careful little eyes what
I see. Oh be careful little mouth what I say.
Oh be careful little ears what I hear. Oh be
careful little feet where I go. There's a father up
above looking down in tender love. Oh be careful all
of what we just said, because it matters, because we
are the temple of the Holy Ghost. Am I defiling
this temple, Bible says him, shall God destroy, For the
Temple of God is holy. Not talking about a building.
We're talking about you. You put your name here. I
am holy because God says so, because the Holy ghost
is dwelling there, because Jesus is dwelling there, which temple
y are. Now. I won't go into all of the
details of the Greek here, but basically nils means inner sanctuary.
Through the in dwelling holy ghosts, Believers collectively from Gods
collectively form God's living temple on earth, living temple on earth.
The holiness, once confined to the most holy place, also
fills the hearts of God's people. I wish I had
the time treat your body and your community as sacred spaces.
Lesson number three. Let's get it really quickly. The eschatological
or last Day's implications. The Bible reads in Revelation chapter
twenty one and verse twenty two, as we come to
a swift close, and I saw no temple Therein this
is a thousand years after, a thousand years after Jesus comes.
So we're in heaven for a thousand years. And then
we are starting to really pay close attention to the city,
the Holy City, and I saw no temple therein, for
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple thereof.
I wish I had the time to get into that
Greek and all of that. But let me just fast forward.
Live with heaven in view, Live with the earth made
new in view. Let the promise of God's eternal presence
motivate you and to prepare you for holy, holy dwelling.
Every single day and the last days. We are preparing
not for all the crazy signs, but for finally, face
to face communion with God throughout eternity. Make it a
great day, Peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,