What is another secret thing we do as a part of being God's people? Well, by the fact that we dwell in the "Secret Place of the Most High" (See Psalm 91:1). What is this Secret Place? I believe it is Jesus Christ. How so? Well, Jesus (Who is the uncreated, eternal second person of the Godhead) had made many pre-incarnate appearances in the Old Testament. In one of His many pre-incarnate appearances in the OT, he had said that his name was "secret." For
In the Story of Samson's Birth -
Judges 13:3-23
Note especially verses 17-18. Manoah said to the Messenger of the Lord, "What is Thy Name?" (v.17) and the Messenger of the Lord said, "Why asketh thou thus after My Name, seeing it is secret?" The word "secret" may be translated "wonderful." It is the same Hebrew word found in
Isaiah 9:6 – "His Name shall be called wonderful." In
Isaiah 9:6 the term is used as a name of Christ who is also called "the Mighty God." The fact that the Lord's messenger was God was certainly known by Manoah. After the messenger of the Lord appeared to him Manoah said, "We have seen God!" (v.22).
In other words, Jesus is called "secret" here. Now, lets look at....
The account in Revelation -
Revelation 21:22
"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."
Jesus is the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the entire world. Jesus is the LORD God Almighty. So Jesus is also the temple thereof. Jesus also said his body was a temple, too (John 2:19-21); And Jesus lives forever more to make intercession for us. (Hebrews 7:25).
A temple is a place. Jesus is called a temple in the Scriptures. So Jesus is a "Place"; And yet also Jesus is also called "Secret" in the Old Testament (with one of His pre-incarnate appearances).
So it appears that this is a good beginning within the Scriptures to help us understand that Jesus is our "Secret Place of the Most High." However, is that all the testimony we have on this? I don't believe so.
Here is a quote from a really good article. Here is what it says: -
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm. 91:1)
If the Bible is primarily a spiritual book, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and to be interpreted and discerned by spiritual men and women, then the natural explanation of things is insufficient to get at the real truth contained within its pages.
In the mind of the Spirit everything points us to Christ – there is no compartmentalization, there is no “thing” that has significance by itself. Everything is connected and pointing us to a deeper reality, and the reality we are being constantly brought around to is the Person of Jesus Christ. He is the theme, the subject, the point of everything written, everything illustrated, everything taught, everything recorded in the Bible.
And so the Temple reveals something of Christ. The Sabbath day reveals something of Christ. The Promised Land reveals something of Christ. Every saint in the Bible reveals something of Christ. Every symbol, every type, every shadow, all points to a very real Person, a very real substance. “Of Him, through Him, and unto Him are all things” (Rom. 11:36). The natural interpretation of things, the historical view, is only the surface-level. The real riches, the real treasure, is found beneath the surface. You have to go deeper than the carnal, natural understanding, it requires spiritual seeing, spiritual discernment.
And so, whenever we come across something in Scripture like “The Secret Place of the Most High God”, we who are spiritual – who have the Holy Spirit as our Teacher – should be trained enough by the Holy Spirit to be able to recognize immediately: that is Christ. There He is. I see yet another dimension of Him here.
Let me ask, how can you make the Lord your habitation, your dwelling place? How is that possible? This can only be interpreted spiritually, it is absolutely impossible, and hardly conceivable, if we think of it naturally. How can the Lord be my dwelling place? How can I live in the Lord? Well, it’s like Nicodemus saying, “How can a man enter into his mother’s womb and be born again?”
How do we make the Lord our habitation? How can He become a place for us to dwell in? Well, it was a mystery for them in the Old Testament. They could go to the Temple, and they knew the priest could enter into the Holy of Holies, and perhaps that would be the closest anyone could get to dwelling, abiding, in the Lord, or at least, being in the presence of the Lord. But that was only for a few priests, it was not available to everyone.
Then we come to those wonderful words of Jesus in John 15, and we begin to understand. It is quite beyond human explanation. It remains a mystery, a locked door, until the Lord Jesus Himself comes to us and reveals the mystery and unlocks the door. He says, “Abide in Me, and I will abide in you” (Jn. 15:4). It doesn’t take a very brilliant person to make the connection between Psalm 91 and John 15. The language is the same. Read John 15, then go back and read Psalm 91 again. All those words – abide, dwell, live – they all mean the same thing. “He who dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” goes right together with “Abide in Me, and I will abide in you.”
Yes, this Secret Place where we abide is Christ. It is not some thing or some place outside of Christ, but a place in Christ Himself. HE IS THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. He is that place that has been prepared for us.
Now when we read Psalm 91 it takes on an even greater significance. If you hold on to Psalm 91 for physical protection I don’t mean to discourage you or anyone else from doing so; but I do encourage you to dig deeper and get hold of it for something far better. It is a spiritual refuge, a spiritual covering, a place where evil cannot touch you, because you are hidden in Christ. A place where the body may become weak and may even be destroyed, beheaded like John the Baptist, stoned like Stephen, crucified like Peter – but the spirit cannot be touched. The communion and fellowship and presence of Christ Himself keeps you in His own Victory, a Victory that survives everything else, that goes beyond your own mortality, beyond your years here on earth, and goes with you up and away and apart from the earthy and the physical and the temporal – on into eternity.
Anyways, I hope this helps you understand the Secret Place of the Most High that we dwell within a little better.
May GOD bless you all.
And please be well.
Sincerely,
~ Jason.
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Article Source:
http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/christ-the-secret-place-of-the-most-high.html
(Please take note that not all views expressed by this author or website may not reflect all my views and beliefs; I am merely agreeing with the article as it is written here. - Thank you).
