Genesis 28:17
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And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
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in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,