Dancing in the Rain

The Eternal God – which means, the God has No Beginning or No End…

He exists outside of time & Space…

• This word was used 400 times in the old testament.

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Psalms 90: 1 – 2

Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.

El Olam -  These names will help us know Him better… God of Ages/Time!

The Eternal God – which means, the God has No Beginning or No End…

He exists outside of time & Space…

• This word was used 400 times in the old testament.

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The Names of the Lord shows, who God is? And what His Nature is…

Jehovah Mekoddishkem The LORD Who Sanctifies You - אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם

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If you are in that journey - to overcome the battle, then this message is for you.

Exodus 31: 12 – 13  (1st time, the Lord speaks about Mekoddishkem)

12 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13 “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

The Lord has many names, and when we study His name, we understand His characteristics better.   The presence of God is not a feeling but knowing that He is there.

Today we are going to meditate on Jehovah Shamma – Is there for life..

Jehovah – Shamma… “I am the Lord, who is there”

Have you ever felt like God has forgotten about you or you cannot feel His presence anymore.   Feels like you are battling alone especially when you go through disappointment or discouragement in your life.  

My prayer is that this message will remind you the next time – when you go through such situation!

Ezekiel 48:35  (Last verse – before the book of Daniel)

“The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits (6 miles)

This is the first time, the Lord is talking about the New Jerusalem, where He is talking about the length, width, shape etc., and one of the things – that is clearly establishing in the New Jerusalem is – that He will be there.

Shekinah Glory = is a visible manifestation of God on earth, whose presence is portrayed through a natural occurrence. 

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God spoke to Moses out of the pillar of cloud in Exodus 33, assuring him that His Presence would be with the Israelites (v. 9). Verse 11 says God spoke to Moses “face to face” out of the cloud, but when Moses asked to see God’s glory, God told Him, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live” (v. 20).

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The visible manifestation of God’s presence was seen not only by the Israelites but also by the Egyptians:

Exodus 14:24-25

24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the 

Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

Just the presence of God’s Shekinah glory was enough to convince His enemies that He was not someone to be resisted.

10 And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. 11 At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”

12 “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

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God wants to know whether we take Him seriously… (truly fear God)!

Everyone of us have Isaac in our life… The things that we will never let go off…   God will test our love for him, by calling out our Isaac.

He wants to know whether we are committed to Him only in the church setting or when no one is looking.

Now, I know – you fear me…

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Genesis 22:14 says,

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Exodus 5:25

He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”

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• A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesusreached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. ... Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal"
  

Jesus was healing him emotionally first, and then the physical healing.   I think that’s the pattern.

“Jesus stated, 'I am willing, be healed! ' This statement emphatically declares that healing is the will of God, Jehovah-Rapha is His name.

This message - about one of the important characteristics of the Lord - The God, who sees... amazing!

When Hagar had run away to a desert place far from those she felt hurt and betrayed by, we see God surround her in so much grace and care.

He didn’t leave her alone in her troubles. Nor will He leave us to fend for ourselves through difficult times.

“She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me." Genesis 16:13

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El Roi means “The God Who Sees” – I love the kindness and care that this name holds as it points to God’s character.

• He is one who chases after us, who follows us with goodness.

God reminding us - we are somebody…

• Couple of weeks ago – we saw how Giddeon’s tribe was the least and that Giddeon was the last one in his family – but still he was visible to God.

The name El Roi says to us that God is watching over all, that He sees the affairs of people, and knows when we feel lost and unloved.