So Thin I Can Almost.......

Have you ever had an experience where God's presence is so real, He is almost tangible? In a moment you realize you are on sacred ground and feel that if you pushed your hand through a very thin, yet invisible curtain you might be able to touch Him? The Celtic people called this experience a "thin place." Dr. Beverly Rose says this about them. "Imagine a place between seashore and sea, earth and sky, here and now and heaven to come---a place where the veil between this life and the next is so thin you can almost touch the face of God."

In the thirty-third chapter of Exodus God shows himself to the nation of Israel as a pillar of cloud. Verses nine and ten say this, "As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshipped at the entrance of their tents." For the Israelites, this was a very thin place.

Later Moses asked God if he could have the benefit of knowing Him better, that he might adequately lead God's people. The Lord promises that His Presence will remain with Moses. Moses then asks for one step deeper into this relationship with his God. In verse eighteen Moses makes a bold statement, saying, "Now show me your glory." The Lord responds, proclaiming, " I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence."...."But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live." God then hides Moses in the cleft of the rock, covering him with His hand until He passes, allowing Moses to see only His back, but not His face.

Talk about a very thin place! It doesn't get much more thread-like than that, until.......

"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord." (Luke 2:11)

"All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us"). Matt: 1:22-23

The veil is pushed aside, the thinness becomes transparent as we gaze into the face of God suddenly revealed in a newborn baby, Jesus, Immanuel.....God with us! Hallelujah!