Showing posts with label Urim and Thummin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urim and Thummin. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2019


Urim and Thummin


Urim and Thummin are used by the High Priest

To discern God’s will


While there are various theories

I concur with this one


These two stones are smooth

And feel identical to the touch

Urim is light in color

While Thummin is dark


These small and smooth stones are placed inside the

Breastplate of the High Priest


The Breastplate has four rows of set of three stones each

Each bearing the name of one of the 12 tribes


When a leader from the community is seeking God’s will

The leader would come to the High Priest

And pose a question in the form of

“Yes” or “No”


The High Priest reaches into the Breastplate

And pulls out whichever stone


If the Urim is pulled out

The answer would be an “Yes”


If the Thummin is pulled out

The answer would be a “No”


Urim and Thummin were used

To cast lots on God’s will


Because the Holy Spirit has not descended upon God’s people


The Holy Spirit is given us after Christ’s death and resurrection

Once we have received Christ

God dwells with us in the form of the

Holy Spirit

God dwelling inside us


The Holy Spirit is

Convictor

Teacher

Guide

Glorifier


God living inside us

Whispers His

Truth

Love

Correction

Comfort

Direction

Guidance


So that we might know Him and

Be known by Him


And that our love might abound

More and more

In knowledge and

In depth of insight


Praise be to God for His Holy Spirit

The Living God

Living in us


No more need for the

Urim and the Thummin


God

Alive and living

Inside us

To give us

Clear direction

Teaching

And instruction


Of Whom God is

And His good and perfect will for us


The Great I AM

YEWEH


Now living

Inside

Us