WHAT DOES SHEKINAH MEAN?
It is the glory and presence of God; sometimes tangible, and even visible. It describes the indescribable experience of God’s presence with us. This text will explain what it is and who we are in this ministry. The word Shekinah, found in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, literally means dwelling. It is used in Rabitic literature to signify God’s presence, and it is used in Hebrew writings to describe where God dwells. Although the word Shekinah does not occur in the Bible, the root skn occurs not only in the verb dwell, but also in the noun miskan, which means dwelling place or tabernacle. Also, the name Shecaniah, “Yahweh dwells”, is found in I Chron. 3:21. The promise that God would dwell with mankind, goes back to Noah’s blessing in Genesis 9:27; the Aramaic Onkelos and the Aramaic Targum (an Aramaic paraphrase of the Old Testament) renders this verse to read, “He will cause His Skekinah to dwell in the dwelling place of Shem.” God first revealed His Glory cloud in Exo
