Shiloh

“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.” Joshua 18:1

In Exodus 23:29-30, God had promised to drive the Canaanites out before the Israelites gradually. Before the entire land was conquered, the entire nation of Israel gathered together in a place called Shiloh to set up the tabernacle. They had built the tabernacle in the wilderness under the direction of Moses. For forty years, they had moved with the tabernacle when they travelled and encamped around it when they stopped. In the time since they crossed the Jordan River, the tabernacle had not been set up. Once the place where the tabernacle would rest was chosen and conquered, Joshua placed a priority on setting up the tabernacle and implementing the required functions of sacrifice and worship that God had prescribed. For New Testament Christians, the Bible says that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. It is true that we are commanded in the book of Hebrews not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, so church attendance is very important. However, the continual daily worship that took place at the tabernacle is a type of what should be happening in our spiritual lives each day. How is your personal “conquest of Canaan” going? Have you taken time to choose your “Shiloh”? Is your personal worship of the Lord a priority?