Knowing the unknowable

The Lord said that He lives in a thick cloud of darkness (2Ch 6:1). His ways are inscrutable. He is beyond our ability to comprehend. Yet, He condescends to us in order to make himself more “manageable” to the human mind. The temple was an example of God coming down to our level. Solomon acknowledged that the heavens could not contain God, let alone the temple (1Ki 8:27). Nevertheless, God chose to relate to Israel though the Temple with the ultimate goal being worldwide fear of the God (1Ki 8:43). In our day God chooses to manifest Himself in a new Temple, Jesus (Mat 26:61). Jesus is His exact representation, the radiance of His glory (Heb 1:3). He is Immanuel, God with us (Mat 1:23). Jesus is “knowable,” personal, relational. Do you know God through Jesus, or are you still in the dark?