Dwell
Langerak explores the biblical concept of 'dwelling' as the central promise of God's covenant—the intimate communion between God and His people through Christ and the Holy Spirit. The article traces this theme from the Old Testament tabernacle and Israel's election through its fulfillment in the New Testament church and its consummation in the new creation, showing how God's sovereign choice makes possible this impossible union between a holy God and sinful humanity.
In general, "dwell" refers to the close, rich, abiding love lived between husbands and wives, parents and children, and members of the church within a structure (tent, house, city, land) that promotes and preserves that communion in peace (I Pet. 3:7; Heb. 11:9; Ps. 133:1). The main significance is that the Spirit defines the covenant as "dwelling," that is, more specifically, as the blessed, abiding, and intimate communion of love between God and His church in Christ and through the Spirit,...
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