{"id":15798,"date":"2019-11-19T06:50:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=15798"},"modified":"2019-11-19T06:51:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T14:51:52","slug":"where-do-you-go-to-inquire-of-elohim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/19\/where-do-you-go-to-inquire-of-elohim\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do you go to inquire of Elohim?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PrayerAdobeStock_67605045-1-1024x724.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PrayerAdobeStock_67605045-1-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PrayerAdobeStock_67605045-1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PrayerAdobeStock_67605045-1-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PrayerAdobeStock_67605045-1-424x300.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PrayerAdobeStock_67605045-1.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:4, <em>Behold. <\/em><\/strong>Literally to see as a seer in an ecstatic state, to perceive by experience or with intelligence. (See also Ps 63:12.) There is more than one way to come into contact with the beauty, favor, delightfulness or pleasantries of YHVH.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The psalmist talks about going into the tabernacle to encounter YHVH. Since there is no longer a tabernacle in which the saints can go to seek YHVH, where do they now go?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saint is the tabernacle or temple of the Spirit of Elohim, and the Spirit dwells in one\u2019s personal spirit. This means that one must go inside himself to seek and behold beauty of YHVH. 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