2011 The Main Thing Blog Archives
| Dec 22, 2011—Your Extraordinary Glory Story | | The Christmas Story is ultimately the story of ordinary people becoming extraordinary through encounter with the Glory! In addition to Mary, Joseph and the kings, princes and patriarchs listed in Jesus’ genealogy, God highlights a woman, Ruth.
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| Dec 19, 2011—When You Least Expect Him | | What events are you anticipating the encounter with the Angel of the Lord? He will show up in a way that will least expect it. Imagine for a moment that first Christmas. The Savior of the world born as a little baby, the demonstration of God’s determined
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| Dec 08, 2011—Has He Spoken? | | When we celebrate Christmas, we celebrate the certainty that God finishes what He begins. It doesn’t matter what we, our enemy, or anyone else does, God will complete the work He had in mind before Creation.
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| Nov 30, 2011—Kairos | | For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a t
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| Nov 23, 2011—Turn on the Light | | Have you ever stumbled around in the dark, looked for something, but couldn’t find it because the lighting was bad? What did you do? You flipped the switch, and turned on the light.
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| Nov 22, 2011—Thanksgiving JOY | | Gratitude is an attitude, and when we don’t have gratitude, guess what? We usually pick up an “attitude.” But there’s one sure way to break out of a cycle of bitterness, complaining, anxiety, or just being generally down in the mouth. Thanksgiving!
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| Nov 18, 2011—Get Filled | | The presence of God in the Holy Spirit is like a mighty rushing river of life continually flowing out of the person of God from His throne into all those who have received Him. But as Paul the Apostle writes, God pours His unfathomable glory into earthen
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| Nov 9, 2011—I'm Intuit | | Intuit means “to know or sense immediately without the use of reasoning.” Wow! That describes the way God speaks to us by His Spirit.
I recently read that when a thought moves through your brain it resembles the movement of wind through trees. Jesus sa
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| Nov 3, 2011—Awake in Glory | | “Faith and obedience lead to the Presence. The Presence is the Glory. And the Glory brings the promise to pass.” – Mahesh Chavda
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| Oct 20, 2011—Re-collect and Re-connect | | When thieves broke into Elizabeth Taylor’s safety deposit box and stole a considerable amount of her very expensive jewelry she was asked, "Did you cry?" She replied, "I don't cry for things that won't cry for me!"
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| Oct 17, 2011—Adorned with Humility | | “He has shown thee O man what is good but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God” (Micah 6:8).
During the glorious finale to the great celebration of the biggest holiday God commanded the Jewish people to keep, plain willow bran
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| Oct 11, 2011—Amnesty | | It means an official pardon for the guilty offender for actions against a government. It’s acquittal—pardon for offenses committed. We don’t often think of amnesty when we think of the Cross. But that’s exactly what happened. The government of God acquitt
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| Oct 7, 2011—This Blood's for You! | | Did you know that the blood has a voice? It speaks one word for you and me – love! God poured out His most precious gift, His Son, because He loves you and His blood is the only agent that can deactivate the power and imperfection of sin! You can think of
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| Sept, 29, 2011—Turn the Page | | Did you know that God has a calendar? He is eternal, outside the confines of time, the Beginning and the End, the same yesterday, today, and forever, and yet, He created a calendar with specific days that He marks as significant for His people. In the Heb
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| Sept, 19 2011—Faithful | | What do you do when it looks like every circumstance in your life is pointing to defeat? You may be holding onto a dream that is disintegrating in your arms. You may have encountered persons that seem to be blocking your path. You may be...
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| Sept, 14 2011—The Spirit of the Lord | | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me…These were Jesus’ words as He began His public ministry, announcing to all what He was about to do: heal, deliver, set free – preach the gospel of good news to the poor with signs, wonders and miracles confirming...
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| Aug 30, 2011 — Still Small Voice | | And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the ea
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| Aug 25, 2011 — Declare! | | You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; so light will shine on your ways. Job 22:28
Declare a thing! This verse is a favorite among believers, and rightly so. It is another signature that we are created in the image of God—th
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| Aug 16, 2011 — Dark Night | | Have you ever asked where God is during your darkest hour? When God cut covenant with Abram it set up the human race for redemption through Christ. That was the darkest night of Abram’s life. In a God-induced sleep similar to Adam’s semi-coma in the garde
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| Aug 12, 2011 — What's Your State? | | Have you every recalled an embarrassing moment and felt your heart race and face flush at just the memory? Or have you physically cringed when you recalled a painful event that happened years ago? Medical science has documented that our state affects our
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| Aug 2, 2011 — Star-Gazer | | What are you believing God for? The first qualifier is the promises you have received from Him in personal encounter. The Bible narrative is the story of God appearing to people and speaking to them in such a way as to set them apart on a journey of faith
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| July 30, 2011 — How? | | “God doesn’t intend for us to live in survival mode. He wants us to step into the miraculous mode.”
We put this on our facebook page recently, and one of our followers asked, “How do we go from a survival to miraculous mode?”
It begins with God. His
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| July 26, 2011 — Helpless not Hopeless | | It's one of the most well known and oft quoted verses in the Bible. One of the principle strategies for anyone engaged in combat is to do everything necessary to possess the high ground. The high place puts the elevated army at the advantage. It's essenti
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| July 21, 2011 — Bread and Water | | When do the simple things really start to matter? Things like good health, peace among family and friends, a sense of security and hope toward a bright tomorrow. Usually those things are at the top of our wish list when we're facing, in the middle of, or
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| July 19, 2011 — Up and Out | | "He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God" (Ps. 50:23).
How do you define success? I don't know anyone who says, "My life goal is to be a failure." But history is a long
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| July 15, 2011 — Pursuit of Happiness | | What makes you "happy"?
Supposedly people generally account three things as making them happy: something to do; someone to love; something to look forward to. If that's true, then I suppose that having all three at one time should be life's ultimate sw
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| July 12, 2011 — Half-Blind | | When was the last time you felt rejected? It's not pleasant.
The history of the Jews is a crazy cycle of rejection. In that history two Jews stand out to me. Abraham, their father and Jesus, the son through God's promise. He told Abraham, "If they reje
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| July 8, 2011 —Good! | | God introduces Himself to us with a fivefold demonstration of good-ness. At the end of every day God looks around and says, "Good." Tov! That state of being good, pleasing, joyful, beneficial, pleasant, favorable, happy, right, as in "Good morning!" "Good
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| July 5, 2011 —Testimony | | "And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil...." Luke 4:1-2.
How do you deal with contradictions that come up in your life? Where is God in the mom
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| Jun. 30, 2011 — Heart Exchange | | And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. Ez. 36:12
Behavior follows heart attitude. As a man thinks in his heart, so he is. Out of the heart come the issues of life. A terminal heart condition called sin entered the gene
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| Jun. 25, 2011 — At the Beginning God | | Four simple words easy for every human to grasp.
The world we live in today has been gradually formed through ideas and communication. How humans perceived their world, themselves and others and then how they told that to their fa
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| Jun. 20, 2011 — Good News | | When was the last time you heard a major prophecy that was good news? I realize that the Bible is filled with prophecy warning of trouble, especially as we get closer to the Lord’s appearing and particularly, when the world has slipped off the right path.
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| Jun. 16, 2011 — Breakdown or Breakthrough? | | Have your prayers ever turned into a circle of worry instead of "prayer and supplication with thanksgiving"? We had been waiting and working on something for three years. I don't know when I slipped into UN-faith. When I heard myself angrily griping ...
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| Jun. 13, 2011 — Light of My Life | | The entrance of Your words gives light. Psalm 119:130. Have you ever noticed that Scripture and light both make us able to distinguish the difference between things? In the account of creation God’s word enters matter and light becomes an existent form.
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| Jun. 9, 2011 — Restless | | When was the last time you got to take a real day off? Have you ever wondered why God was so emphatic about keeping the Sabbath? It seems over and over again, His blessing for Israel hangs on their “observing the Sabbath.” God seems to think that rest is
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| Jun. 6, 2011 — Awaken the Dawn | | My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise. Awake, my glory! Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn. Ps. 57:8
David was in a cave at the time he wrote this Psalm. Running for his life, He was driven to find r
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| Jun. 3, 2011 — One of those days | | Have you ever had “one of those days?” You know, the ones where every thing and everyone hits your buttons. By the end of the day you are left questioning your salvation. Often those buttons are areas of your heart that are wounded and become a breeding g
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| May 26, 2011 — Jesus in Your Midst | | On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” John 20:19
There are a lot of people hunkered down, locking their
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| May 23, 2011 — Fixed Point of Destiny | | From the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, as He looked across to the Temple Mount, Jesus commissioned His followers, “Go into the whole world and proclaim this good news to every creature!” From Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, to the uttermost parts of the
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| May 19, 2011 — Not Guilty! | | How many times have you found yourself on the defense, trying to fend off the accusations of the devil. You begin to pray for a miracle, and the devil reminds you of all the places you fall short. You need healing, and he whispers doubt into
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| May 16, 2011 — Two Kinds of Faith | | He touched their eyes and said, "Become what you believe." It happened. They saw. Matt. 9:29 TM
Two blind men came clamoring after Jesus – “Son of David, have mercy on us!” It seems Jesus didn’t immediately respond, in fact, when He arrived at His dest
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| May 12, 2011 — Growing Pains | | Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: Thou has enlarged me when I was in distress. Psalm 4:1
Feeling a little squeezed these days? Your relationships might be thorny, your finances slim, you may be struggling in your body, or your emotions ma
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| May 9, 2011 — Between the Lines | | How do you know if what you are hearing comes from God? Your personal intimacy with the Lord is a major factor. But how do you discern for sure? Sometimes the truth is so simple it’s easy to miss.
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| May 5, 2011 — Constant Gardener | | And he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, 'Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. W
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| May 2, 2011 — Summertime | | You know that wonderful thing that happens when you walk into a place that smells really good? Someone has taken care to select the best aromatic candles or potpourri. Or you have walked into the kitchen when cookies or bread are in the oven. The entrance
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| April 29, 2011 — Third Time Around | | Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed
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| April 27, 2011 — Going Fishing | | Have you ever struggled with discouragement? Have you had the wind knocked out of your sails and wondered what happened to your dream? Where did the promise you once held slip off to? Peter cracks me up. He's a real, in-the-moment guy. Hot or cold, no in
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| April 25, 2011 — Remember Me | | The last day of a man who had ruined his own life was his best. It happened that God had arranged that the man would die for his crimes right beside Jesus as He was dying for the thief's sin. The man’s appointment with justice was a meeting with destiny.
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| Apr 22, 2011 — Transfused! | | The cross is the intersection where heaven meets earth, where God meets humanity, where death meets judgment and is swallowed alive! The glory of the cross transcends trouble of every sort you or I might face. The Lamb of Calvary holds forth power to stan
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| Apr 21, 2011 — Treasure Hunt! | | “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field” (Matt. 13:44).
The man is Jesus, the field is the world, and the treasure is God’s for
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| Apr 19, 2011 — Delivered! | | This week is countdown to Calvary and straight on to morning--the resurrection! It coincides with the Jewish Passover, the Feast God commanded His covenant people to remember year to year as the day He delivered them from Egypt. The Paschal lamb slain for
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| Apr 18, 2011 — Sing! | | The blood of Christ is not a 2,000-year-old paint job dried on an ancient wooden instrument of execution. From beginning to end His story is a song of redemption to be sung throughout the ages. John heard it in the anthem of heaven. It's opening verse fro
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| Apr 14, 2011 — Human | | How many times have you heard someone sigh with disappointment "after all they're only human"?
At the turn of the year a member of our family had a dream that their siblings were in a classroom where they were being tested on their knowledge of Ezekiel
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| Apr 04, 2011 — Nothing Sacred | | Have you noticed that it seems there is nothing "sacred" anymore? Nothing to be held as being more special than ordinary? If anything is "special" it’s because it’s related to a social celebrity or form of self-expression verging on the bizarre. The world
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| Apr 01, 2011 — The Original | | Have you ever paid more for something because it was the original? Remember how special you felt because, while it cost you more, you now own the original. Originally “original” meant something that had persisted from the time of the origin. Something was
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| Mar 28, 2011 — Tribute | | Wycliffe Bible translator killed in bomb attack in Jerusalem.
Mary Jean Gardner, 55, was caught in the deadly blast that tore through Jerusalem's central bus station. She was the only person to die in the terror attack which wounded 30 others.
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| Mar 25, 2011 — He IS | | Do you ever find yourself in a situation or personal state that feels like it’s impossible that God would show up right then and there? I marvel at how often this is exactly His way in the Bible. Jacob. Moses. Gideon. Rahab. Ruth. Namaan. The list goes on
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| Mar 22, 2011 — Hour of Glory | | What do you think of when you imagine your hour of glory? What is there to do when the events of life in this age bring us to the end of our strength, wisdom, ability or even hope or desire in the midst of human events? The moment we make the mistake of
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| Mar 18, 2011 — Ashes | | "A voice was heard in Ramah: wailing and great mourning. Rachel was crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because they no longer existed" (Matt. 2:18).
Ashes are a sign of mourning used to mark the foreheads of Christians observing Lent
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| Mar 17, 2011 — Wobbly Times | | Seeing the utter devastation and horror being suffered by the people of Japan, I can hardly justify the demands by public employees marching on several state’s capitals in this nation. What has become of the once “generous” spirit that gave America her pl
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| Mar 14, 2011 — Social Connection | | I recently came across a documentary about interpersonal relationships created through technology. You know – match.com and role playing games and the like. It’s virtual life via virtual communities where part of you is really in the action and the rest i
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| Mar 10, 2011 — Light of Life | | It's Lent, for Catholic Christians the forty day period of reflection in preparation for entering in again to the power of Jesus' death and resurrection.
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| Mar 7, 2011 — Generation Gap | | Did you ever stop to consider the impact your personal faith may have on people not yet born?
A couple of years back I discovered my grandfather was raised in revival. I even found the Bible he had when he was a boy. He had written his name and the dat
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| Mar 5, 2011 — Straight Ahead | | Have you ever noticed the care given to lists of family lines in the Bible? It tells us God has intentionally placed every person in a specific “downline.” As sure as He put breath in your body He marked out your appointed time and place in history. But w
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| Mar 3, 2011 — Watching for Spring | | Every year about this time, the atmosphere begins to change. The wind that blows carries the first hints of the balmy, moisture-laden air of warmer climes. Trees begin to awaken from their winter’s sleep...
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| Feb 23, 2011 — I Will Wait | | Have you ever been in a one-sided conversation? I think that is what God experiences most of the time with us – we’re the ones talking and He can’t get in a word edgewise. And sometimes, out of our own noise, we “hear His voice.” Then we wonder why His pr
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| Feb 17, 2011 — A Step at a Time | | Have you ever been hung up in making a decision? Just turning the options or possible repercussions over and over and over…and over…and never venturing into the unknown?
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| Feb 15, 2011 — Focus Factor | | They say that undefeatable, martial arts champion Bruce Lee’s amazing strength to break through anything put before him was that he always focused six inches beyond the target. The power of the Early Church was the testimony of a present knowledge they ha
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| Feb 9, 2011 — Morning Comes | | The morning sun, a bright red gold orb, fills the window of my room. It is blinding in brilliance and promise. Just before I watched it rise in blinding light I was thinking of the brilliant light of the life of a friend who recently succumbed to the effe
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| Feb 2, 2011 — What's Happening? | | What happens in you when the unexpected happens to you? Sometimes we assume God has only two choices of action: blessing us, as proved by all the good things happening, or ignoring our difficulty as it appears He isn’t going to do something to fix it!
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| Jan 27, 2011 — Personal Profile | | Did you know that you are a walking Facebook with more “members” than the entire population of the world? Ten to a hundred trillion cells (depending on which scientist’s calculations you use) are constantly creating, changing and reporting all kinds of me
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| Jan 20, 2011 — Leaving Normal | | What defines “normal”? People tend to expect the laws of nature and how things regularly happen in creation to govern our experience of normal. But here’s the problem: the laws of nature only describe what normally happens. The laws of gravity, motion, et
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| Jan 15, 2011 — Weather Advisory | | For many people Christmas and New Years are affected by winter weather. In preparation for family gatherings, folks tune in to the weather report for advisories in order to navigate the season typified by impassable road conditions and travel impediments.
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| Jan 14, 2011 — New Year...Old Foundations | | Sapphire is a precious stone of a fine blue color, next in hardness to the diamond. The elders saw this glorious pavement of polished stones with heavenly splendor as the Divine glory appeared over their heads and under God’s feet. “...under the Lord's fe
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