Spiritual Worship / Sacred Space

Reference materials for this episode:  https://orthodoxtao.com/notes/orthodox-worship-notes/ Scripture citations for this episode: John 4:1-42 - the Samaritan woman at the well, worship in spirit & in truth Genesis 1-3 - Jesus walks in the Garden with Adam & Eve Genesis 3 - Sin results in toil & labor Genesis 4 - Cain is off the rails which is why God rejects his sacrifice - His ascetic activity tilling the ground has hardened his heart instead of softening Genesis 5-9 - Everything gets worse & worse until God unmakes the world - The ark is the vessel of salvation, many churches are designed to look like an inverted ark - Noah is given the same first commandment, “be fruitful & multiply”, be a gardener Genesis 11 - Babel is the archetypal false religion: transactional, tries to control “the god” - God scatters the nations to try to save them from this but they worship demons Ezekiel 1, Revelation 4 & 7, 21 & 22 - liturgical Sabbath worship Exodus 25-31 - The physicality of The Tabernacle - An Orthodox church has an alter, an ark of the covenant, a 7 branch candle stand - We have the table of bread, we have incense & oil ReOrientNation Copyright ©️2024 by Fr Symeon Kees This episode has been edited by James John Marks of Generative Sounds and the Christian Saints Podcast. All music in this episode has been produced by Generative Sounds. Music Copyright ©️ 2021-2024 Generative Sounds Paradosis Pavilion - https://youtube.com/@paradosispavilion9555 https://www.instagram.com/christiansaintspodcast https://twitter.com/podcast_saints https://www.facebook.com/christiansaintspodcast https://www.threads.net/@christiansaintspodcast Iconographic images used by kind permission of Nicholas Papas, who controls distribution rights of these images Prints of all of Nick’s work can be found at Saint Demetrius Press - http://www.saintdemetriuspress.com All music in these episodes is a production of Generative Sounds https://generativesoundsjjm.bandcamp.com Distribution rights of all music contained in it are controlled by Generative Sounds Copyright 2021 - 2024