The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Cultural influences on worship

Well, if you insist...

Remember, one may also come to the truth not only by direct textual support but also, as the WCF states: "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture". And the LBCF has a similar affirmation: "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down or necessarily contained in the Holy Scripture:" Thus, we can find that there are numerous places in Scripture where a structure or designated place was either called a "sanctuary" or functioned in the capacity of a "sanctuary" and was so recognized and respected as such.


Ex. 25:8,9; 33:7; 1Sam 1:9, 3:2-4; Num 1:49-54; 2Chron 5:5; Isa 63:18; Ps 20:2, 63:2, 68:24, 73:17; Matt 18:20 (in the context of the organized church); Acts 7:44ff; 1Tim 3:15.

Okay, that should suffice to establish the fact that a "sanctuary" is also a place wherein God's presence is found and where the people of God come to worship Him. In both testaments, the people of God entered into or before the "sanctuary" which testified and demonstrated their separation from the world for the place of the one true God was "holy".