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Just as Jahwah judged Israel of old, He will also judge His Israel of today. He is making
the same call today saying:

Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of
her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and Jahwah hath remembered her in-
iquities. She must be paid double for her deeds. Give her a cup twice as strong as the one
she mixed! -- Revelation 18:4.

If we will flee Babylon -- stop keeping the Babylonian false sabbaths -- He will set his
tabernacle/mischan over us and we will be His people. In the closing chapters of Revelation,
Jahwah gives us this promise:

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of Jahwah is with
men, and he will tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and Jahwah himself
shall be with them, and be their Elohim. (Revelation 21:3)

The Glory of the Lord

The glory of the Lord (Shekinah) implies something far deeper than the halo of radiance with which Latin artists
invested their pictures of the saints. The Shekinah Glory was nothing less than the fullest manifestation of Divine
Presence ever vouchsafed to mortal man. "No man has seen God at any time," but a selected few have had the
awe-inspiring privilege of closely observing a marvellous appearance of the Heavenly splendour. The Israelites
viewed it from afar when "The Glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud." They saw it again as it rested on Mount
Sinai when Moses waited upon Almighty God for instructions. It filled the Tabernacle in the Wilderness and the
Temple in Jerusalem when these were first dedicated. Ezekiel was the last of the Old Testament prophets to see
the Glory. He saw it withdrawn from the Temple shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
(Ezekiel 1 and 11). There is evidence that the Glory took up its abode in the Temple built by the remnant of Judah
who returned from Babylon. There was one more occasion when mortal man was permitted a glimpse of this
wonderful manifestation of God's Presence.

Shepherds were watching their flocks near the tiny city of Bethlehem. While the Glory of the Lord shone round
them, the King of Glory came to His People -- a babe in swaddling clothes. For nearly two thousand years the
Glory has again been withdrawn. It will be seen once more, by every eye, when God the Father returns to this
earth to rule over the House of Jacob for ever.

None So Blind None so dead as those who daily die,

None so blind as those who will not see -- Wrapped in a shroud of doubt, content to
The signposts on the road of history. lie --
None so blind as they who cannot read Seeking no land beyond the present view --
The writing on the wall. Blinded indeed. Unaware of glory breaking through.

None so deaf as those who fail to hear None so hungry as the man who feeds --
The golden trumpet sounding loud and On that which can never satisfy his needs
clear Until to the Bible he comes with begging bowl
Or the small voice that speaks forever near, To beg bread sufficient for his famished
Breathing the Word into the listening ear. soul.
-- Patience Strong

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