Leviticus 7-9, Hebrews 5: Years ago we had a revival group from Life Action ministries come and do a musical presentation entitled “Bring Back the Glory”. In it they talked and sang about the times int he Old Testament when God’s glory would fill the sanctuary. This happened in today’s passage as well as in the Temple that Solomon built. As the people humbled themselves before God and obeyed Him, their act of worship resulted in the manifestation of God’s presence filling the place where they were.
Leviticus 9:23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
When I read this I wondered what they shouted. lol. What it Glory!!! or Hallelujah!! or was it a more like a scream of terror? No matter what it was, they knew they had come into the presence of the The Holy One and Only God, Creator of Heaven and Earth. He had accepted their offering. He was anointing their leaders and His presence was in the Sanctuary.
Oh how we the church need His glory to come into our houses of worship with power like that. As I look back I believe these are the keys to seeing His seeing His Glory.
* Humble ourselves before Him
* Obey what He says to do
* Worship Him by giving of ourselves in sacrifice Romans 12:1-2
Then we will see God’s glory fill us and the places we worship. My prayer today is that we will see God Bring Back the Glory!