Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, December 22, 2011

QT 22 Dec 11, God speaks to us as a friend


Num 7:89 (NIV) When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the Testimony. And he spoke with him.

NOTE: There is some debate exactly what "tent of meeting" Moses used to speak with the Lord.  This clearly indicates that is what the tabernacle.  Also, it does not appear that Moses was in the Holy of Holies, but rather in the Most Holy Place.  It says he heard God speak from between the two cherubims as opposed to seeing God speak.  Also, when another passage says that "God spoke with Moses as a man speaks with another man, face to face" it would suggest that it was the manner they spoke, that is conversational, as opposed to literally face to face.  Really, this is the way God speaks to us today.  It is not one-directional, it is not subordinate, it is not literally "seeing," but it is as one friend speaks to another.  It is conversation and loving.  God desires our company.  That is the amazing truth of a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  It is not about rules and religion, but it is about truly knowing God.
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