For September 24, 2026
The Presence by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
IN TRADITIONAL ORTHODOX JEWISH THOUGHT , the “shekinah” refers to a dwelling or settling in a special sense of divine presence. Dwelling is significant in a physical sense; settling is noteworthy in a spiritual sense. When the shekinah is present, God is present. The closer one gets to the shekinah, the more they enter into God’s presence. In a passage from Torah, and here, Torah in the classical sense limited to the Pentateuch, his presence is seen described as, “From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.” (Num. 9:15b-16)