Ch.2. [cont.] The Presence of God in the Old Testament

In Genesis chapters 2 and 3,we see the  Presence of the Creator in the garden of Eden with those he had created in His own Image. The Hebrews saw themselves as the people of the Presence of God because the Eternal God had chosen to live among them when He dwelt on earth.

The Presence of God in the Tabernacle and the Temple. 

 
The Burning Bush in Ex 3 has the Living God communicating with Moses in the backside of the desert near Mt. Sinai. Then he is instructed to deliver Israel from the Bondage of slavery in Egypt and bring them there  to Worship God.
After delivering Israel and crossing the Red Sea, Moses received the Laws and regulations of the Covenant with God on that Mountain.The Ten Commandments. Ex 20-24    He received the plans  for the Tabernacle as God revealed it to him. Ex. 25-31
The Presence of God descended in glory on the tabernacle in the form of a pillar of Cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

The Disastrous Episode of Ex 32, the making of the Golden Calf causes God to refuse to go with them but to send an angel instead. This Moses refuses in Ex 33:15--16.
Finally God leads them towards the Land flowing with milk and honey - Canaan. There He will chose a place as a dwelling for His Name. Deut  12:11

1 Kings 1:11 the Glory of the Lord descends and fills the TEMPLE of Solomon. This was the Focal Point of Israel in the Promised Land. Gods Presence was Israel's Distinguishing mark. It was on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Psa 68:15  The mountain of Bashan is God's mountain; the Bashan range is a mountain of peaks.
Psa 68:16  Why do you gaze in envy, O mountain range, at the mountain God has chosen for His resting place? Yes, Jehovah will dwell in it forever.
Psa 68:17  The chariots of God are myriads, thousands of thousands; the Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the holy place.
Psa 68:18  You have gone up on high; You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts for men, yes, for the rebellious also, that You might dwell among them, O Jehovah God.