The Power of Place
1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:27-30, 41-43 As we continue to FLY through Hebrew scripture in this season, let’s take time to understand the contours of where we’ve been. Since September, we’ve moved from · God’s relationship to the first humans, · to God’s covenant relationship with Abram and Sarai, · to God’s work through Jacob’s sons that involved a lot of broken relationships, · to God’s relationship through Moses with the Hebrews as they fled Egypt and moved toward the promised land. Then God delivered to Moses explicit instructions for how God would “dwell” among the people (specifically in a tent of meeting or tabernacle) – and before those instructions could be enacted, the impatient people forged a golden cow as a focus of their worship- it was a way for them to have power manifest in their midst in a time of chaos and uncertainty. Then, after a season in which the life of the community was organized by judges – who served mostly as military leaders