Worship

In 2 Chronicles 5 we read about Solomon's dedication of the Temple:

"11 Now when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to their divisions; 12 and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jedu'thun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with a hundred and twenty priests who were trumpeters; 13 and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever," the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. "

What a sight that would have been to behold! With trumpeters and singers in unison with "other musical instruments" in praise to God. The fact that God's shekinah filled the house of God such that they "could not stand" signifies that God's presence is so overwhelming that it knocks them off their feet. And the song is about how his "steadfast love endures for ever". It is a scene that is prophetic of what we are looking forward to in heaven.

And yet, when the disciples were on the road to Emmaus and dialoguing with Jesus, Luke wrote in 24:32:

"They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?"

I believe that whenever two or more are gathered in the name of Jesus, that within the heart of a believer it is possible to experience the light of God's love. And the effect can be the same as it was in the days of Solomon. It is one of the reasons that the Chuch gathers on the first day of the week so that we can collectively experience the love of God within worship.