The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Enter the inner room.
Close the door.
Cover yourself in the sacred talit.

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Jesus Christ said:

“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”
(Matthew 6:6)

 

You step away from everything else.

“Be still, and know that I am God.”
(Psalm 46:10)

 

The talit that covers you is not just a garment.
It is made with the true blue tekhelet, as commanded:

“Make tassels… and put a blue thread on the tassel.”
(Numbers 15:38)

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“And you shall look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord.”
(Numbers 15:39)

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The thread of blue is placed on the fringes as a reminder.
Something seen that points to something deeper.

You are covered.
Set apart.
Still.

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“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.”
(1 Peter 2:9)

 

The incense is burning.

“Let my prayer be set before You as incense.”
(Psalm 141:2)

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“And the smoke of the incense… rose before God.”
(Revelation 8:4)

 

The oil is on your body.

“You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.”
(Psalm 23:5)

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“But you have an anointing…”
(1 John 2:20)

 

And then, the sound of the shofar breaks the silence.

“Blow the trumpet in Zion…”
(Joel 2:1)

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“God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.”
(Psalm 47:5)

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A shout .
Ancient.
Unfiltered.

It cuts through everything.

The fragrance begins to rise.
as it rises,
It surrounds you.

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“While the king sits at his table, my fragrance spreads.”
(Song of Songs 1:12)

 

And in that moment, something shifts.

You begin to understand.
You begin to see.

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“Do you not know that you are the temple… and that the Spirit dwells in you?”
(1 Corinthians 3:16)

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“Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you.”
(1 Corinthians 6:19)

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You are not outside the temple.
You are the temple.

 

The incense that once burned in the Temple, the Pitum HaKetoret, was a physical act:

“You shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.”
(Exodus 30:35)

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A precise mixture.
Measured.
Intentional.

Balanced.
Complete.

Its fragrance would rise as an offering.

 

In this realm...

The incense is physical.
The oil is physical.
The sound of the shofar is physical.

They unlock the heavens.

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“The prayers of the saints… rose before God like incense.”
(Revelation 5:8)

 

“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”
Matthew 6:6

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Prayer is real.

The incense is real.
The oil is real.
The covering is real.

God is real.

 

Prayer is the offering
Rising from your heart.

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“The kingdom of God is within you.”
(Luke 17:21)

 

The fragrance and your prayers rise together.
As the oil is placed, set your intention.

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“Pray without ceasing.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:17)

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The sound goes forth, and heaven answers.

“Deep calls unto deep…”
(Psalm 42:7)

 

No performing.
No pretending.

You stand before the King.

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The pathway of prayer.

Not just incense.
Not just oil.
Not just sound.

Not just ritual.
Not just action.

But alignment.
Presence.
Awareness.

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“Worship in spirit and in truth.”
(John 4:24)

The physical realm and the spiritual realm collide.

You step into stillness.

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Covered.
Quiet.
Present.

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“Lift up your heads, O you gates,
and be lifted up, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory shall come in.”
Psalm 24:7