shekinah

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If Shekinah glory means the presence of God how come the word shekinah is NOT in the bible?

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  1. The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.

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  • The feeding of the five million with 'faith merchandise 'has been referred to as the boldest move since Christ drove the moneychangers out of the Temple, and this postmodern messiah is bathing in the shekinah glory of the media spotlight. —  Cranmer
  • Feminist writers have 'discovered' a feminine meaning to such words as ruach, shadai, or shekinah, etc. —  The Continuum
  • If we beheld a shekinah, or divine presence, like the flame of a taper, on the heads of those who receive the imposition of hands, we might believe that they receive the Holy Ghost at the same time. —  Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr. Pope
  • The fire that glowed between the wings of the cherubim in the holy place was called the "shekinah," the Presence, through the years of Israel's glory, and when the Old had given place to the New, He came at Pentecost as a fiery flame and rested upon each disciple Spinoza wrote of the intellectual love of God, and he had a measure of truth there; but the highest love of God is not intellectual, it is spiritual. —  The Pursuit of God
  • If Shekinah glory means the presence of God how come the word shekinah is NOT in the bible? —  Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums
 

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