" the Lord is there"...

"The Lord is there".....

The gates of the New City...
This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Sovereign Lord. “These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi. “On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan. “On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun. “On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali. “The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits. “And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there. ”
Ezekiel 48:29-35

I am having the privilege of traveling around an area in Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota...the sites both manmade and God made are awesome...the God made ones are not to be duplicated by mere man, nor the wildlife of mountain sheep, deer, buffalo, prairie dogs....the rolling hills, jagged rock hills, "Devils tower", the forests... The beauty....views to behold...

We are getting plenty of Native American culture with their stories, traveling through some of their sacred places, the areas and dreams their nations have for their future and the stories of the past...their battles, their national triumphants, their boundaries, their pride of life and history, their heartaches, their ups and downs....

It is like reading the history of all manikind...the same has gone with probably  many cultures worldwide...

Reading through the Bible again this year has been a reminder of the same...with the twist of seeing it through various leaders, men of God, prophets God ordained....promises, covenants, blessings, consequences, history, writings to encourage and teach...sacred boundaries and dividing of land long promised ....

Through it all God has been there and is still there, reigning with judgment, power, love and care...desiring each to turn to Him in faith...believing in the Son, Jesus ....strengthened and taught by the Comforter, the Holy Spirit...
thank YOU...,

Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.
Psalm 26:8

Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together, they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.
Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.
You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:1-14