Temple Levels

In reference to the post below: "The More Important Thing," http://jesusislordforever.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-important-thing.html .

The article discusses the idea that we, as believers, can become so focused on doing God's work that we forget to spend some quiet time with God, simply being in His presence and able to be touched by Him more intimately. I don't know if this is relevant, but when I read those words I automatically began thinking about how this article takes the "God's Work/More Intimate Time with God" route, but it can also take the "God's Work/Secular Activities" route because the methodology is the same. In the same way that the article expressed, if a believer spends so much time doing secular activities (not necessarily referring to sinfulness, but activities that are not specifically God-focused, such as work and school) to the point that they cannot spend very much time thinking about God or doing God's work then we as believers can feel malnourished. I then began thinking about God's Tabernacle/Temple. There is the Outer Court, Inner Court (Holy Place) and the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies). This can also be referred to as the Outer Level, Middle Level and Innermost Level. It seems to me that the article I am referencing and the idea that I expressed continuing the idea can be equivolated to God's Temple.

Using the idea of the article, the Outer Court/Level would be represented by secular/worldly activities, the Inner Court/Middle Level (Holy Place) would be represented by doing GOD's Work and the Innermost Court/Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies) would be represented by intimacy with GOD.

1 John 2:15-16 (MSG): Don't love the world's ways. Don't love the world's goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from Him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity."

Praise Him! God bless.