The Presence of God from Eden to the New Creation with Daniel R. Hyde
- Andy McIlvain
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Video from Reformed Forum
The Presence of God from Eden to the New Creation with Daniel R. Hyde
"What does it mean for God to be present with his people? We welcome Daniel R. Hyde to discuss A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Presence of God (Christian Focus, 2026), tracing this great biblical theme from Eden’s garden sanctuary through the tabernacle, temple, exile, incarnation, church, and new creation. Scripture’s map leads not to a sacred location or a fleeting spiritual sensation, but to a person: Jesus Christ, the true temple and the glory of God dwelling among us.
The conversation also offers pastoral help for seasons when God feels distant. Feelings ebb and flow, but the Lord’s covenant promises remain sure. Through the personal ministry of the Holy Spirit, Christ meets his people in the ordinary means of grace—the Word, sacraments, prayer, worship, and fellowship—and gathers them as his body. The Christian hope reaches its fullness in Revelation 22:4: the redeemed will see God’s face in the risen and glorified Christ.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:58 A Christian’s Pocket Guide to the Presence of God
01:39 Ministry at Oceanside United Reformed Church
02:59 The biblical theology series and the book’s origins
05:28 Augustine and discovering the Bible’s great theme
08:18 Is God’s presence a feeling?
11:32 A map to a person, not a place
12:59 Omnipresence and covenant presence
16:42 God’s presence as blessing and judgment
17:58 The presence of God across redemptive history
18:29 Eden as the first earthly temple
21:14 Edenic imagery in the tabernacle and temple
24:49 Worship, geography, and reversing exile
29:29 Exile and the departure of God’s glory
32:45 Jesus Christ as the return of the glory
33:05 When believers feel that God is distant
37:34 The ordinary means of grace
38:01 The Holy Spirit as a divine person
40:57 God’s presence in the gathered church
46:03 Seeing the face of God in Christ
50:40 Living as the people of God’s presence
52:49 Michael Morales’s book in Rome
54:07 Conclusion" from the video introduction
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