Over the past few months, the Nugget has featured three studies on temples in the Bible. These include: Wilderness Instructions, a series looking at the significance of the tabernacle in the wilderness; Lessons From Ezekiel's Temple, a series based on the elaborate...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 1, we saw that the earthly tabernacles were but copies of the one in Heaven, and we receive glimpses of the Heavenly sanctuary throughout the book of Revelation. The very first glimpse of the Heavenly sanctuary is found in...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 2, we learned the importance of getting into God's Word so that our heart-windows will let Jesus' light shine through to a lost a hurting world. Today, we look at the next symbol brought to us in the book of Revelation, the Sea...
In The Heavenly Temple Part 3, we saw that once baptized into Christ Jesus, we are called to walk in the newness of life! Today we will look at the altars mentioned in the Heavenly Temple to see what kinds of lessons these have for us today. We get a glimpse of the...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 4, we learned two important lessons from the two altars mentioned in the book of Revelation: We need to ask for God's Spirit to help us to know how to pray; and that sacrifice is important, and we offer sacrifices to God when we...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 5, we saw from looking at the mention of the Ark of the Covenant in Revelation that we have access to the presence of God through the blood of Jesus, and since Jesus paid such a high price to gain us that access, let us never,...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 6, we saw that our first and foremost reason for approaching God's throne should not be our list of petitions. Rather, the most important reason needs to be to give God glory! When we think of the throne of God, the thing that...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 7, we saw that if we want to know God's glory, we must look to Jesus, to the many images of Him that we are given in the New Testament, for God's glory is written on the face of Christ Jesus. This week brings us to the study of...
Last week, in The Heavenly Temple, Part 8, we saw that this is no mention of the "table of shewbread" in the heavenly Sanctuary because Jesus, the Lamb of God, our Bread of Life, is there. We must partake of Him for our sustenance. We must look to Him for our unity...