Scripture References Of Jehova Shammah

Ezek 48:35 "And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD IS THERE".
 

Jehovah Shammah-- The Lord is There, v. 35. This intimated,
 

(1.) That the captives, after their return, should have manifest tokens of God's presence with them and His residence among them, both in His ordinances and His providences. They shall have no occasion to ask, as their fathers did, Is the Lord among us, or is He not? for they shall see and say that He is with them of a truth. And then, though their troubles were many and threatening, they were like the bush which burned but was not consumed, because The Lord was There. But when God departed from their temple, when He said, Migremus hinc-- Let us go hence, their house was soon left unto them desolate. Being no longer His, it was not much longer theirs.
 

(2.) That the gospel-church should likewise have the presence of God in it, though not in the Shechinah, as of old, yet in a token of it no less sure, that of His Spirit. Where the gospel is faithfully preached, gospel ordinances are duly administered, and God is worshipped in the name of Jesus Christ only, it may
truly be said, The Lord is There; for faithful is He that has said, and He will be as good as His word, Lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world. The Lord is There in His church, to rule and govern it, to protect and defend it, and graciously to accept and own His sincere worshippers, and to be nigh unto them in all that they call upon Him for. This should engage us to keep close to the communion of saints, for The Lord is There; and then whither shall we go to better ourselves? Nay, it is true of every good Christian; he dwells in God, and God in him; whatever soul has in it a living principle of grace, it may be truly said, The Lord is There.