Solomon's statement at dedication

[NewCreation435]

Solomon makes this statement in 1 Kings 8:27

27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!


It seems like this was really good insight for Solomon especially in a day and time when gods were numerous and localized. Where do you think Solomon got this theology? I think it has serious implications for us today if in fact God is always with us and sees us always. I wonder if we would all participate in the same things if we thought that God was present every single second?

 

[psalms 91]

Think aboutthe fact David was his father, he lived this the whole time growing up as David not only knew this but lived every day

 

[JRT]

Within Christianity the Celtic tradition has a concept called “thin spaces”, geographical locations where the veil between heaven and earth, the world we live in and the realm of the Divine, seems to be remarkably thin. I suspect that all of us have experienced such a place at least once in our lives- maybe it was a place of pilgrimage that we journeyed to over a great distance, longing to lay our eyes on this sacred place. Perhaps we wandered into a thin place without realizing it and we were mesmerized by the power and beauty we found pulsating around us. Whatever the case, when we arrive in a thin space*we,*like Moses, feel like we must take off our shoes and stand in awe at the glory of the place.

Also, within the Celtic tradition, and most other indigenous spiritual traditions, is a belief that has become known as panentheism, the idea that the Divine impregnates every molecule of the Universe. Every person, every plant, every buzzing bee, and every drop of water is a channel through which the Divine is manifesting its Presence. There is nowhere we can go where our Creator is not. As the Jewish Psalmist wrote, “If I ascend to heavens you are there, if I descend to the depths you are there, if I rise on the wings of the dawn, even there you will find me.” At the heart of every major religious tradition*there is a call to humility and wonder at the ordinary world that we live in, because there is a recognition of the Divine in and through all things.