What I want to do right now is identify this place of worship, this sanctuary, this Christ Our King sanctuary, as our equivalent of the Jerusalem temple in which Isaiah was worshiping. This sanctuary is a set-apart place for worship, just as Isaiah’s temple was. When you enter and take your place with other worshipers, you don’t see God, but you see reminders of God, evidence of God—the cross, the pulpit, the communion table, the banners—all signposts to the glory. Each one, with its stories and history, carries with it a sense of the holy, expressive of a presence, God’s presence, the holy
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