Quotes About Presence

Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.í”

When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.

The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.

Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,