Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Chronicles 5:14

Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Chronicles 5:14

"So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God."

The house of the Lord is filled with a cloud, which shows the glory of the Lord. I pondered on why they could not stand to minister. Was it because the cloud was so thick no one could see them? Or, was it because they were so over powered by the glory of the Lord that they could not stand? I would think it was the later.

This made me think of the conversion story of king Lamoni.

" For as sure as thou livest, behold, I have seen my Redeemer; and he shall come forth, and be born of a woman, and he shall redeem all mankind who believe on his name. Now, when he had said these words, his heart was swollen within him, and he sunk again with joy; and the queen also sunk down, being overpowered by the Spirit.

Now Ammon seeing the Spirit of the Lord poured out according to his prayers upon the Lamanites, his brethren, who had been the cause of so much mourning among the Nephites, or among all the people of God because of their iniquities and their traditions, he fell upon his knees, and began to pour out his soul in prayer and thanksgiving to God for what he had done for his brethren; and he was also overpowered with joy; and thus they all three had sunk to the earth.

Now, when the servants of the king had seen that they had fallen, they also began to cry unto God, for the fear of the Lord had come upon them also, for it was they who had stood before the king and testified unto him concerning the great power of Ammon.

And it came to pass that they did call on the name of the Lord, in their might, even until they had all fallen to the earth, save it were one of the Lamanitish women, whose name was Abish, she having been converted unto the Lord for many years, on account of a remarkable vision of her father—"

(Alma 19:13-16)

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