"Praise God in his sanctuary." (Psalm 150:1)

"Sanctuary" in its simplest definition is a holy place or a sacred place. A sanctuary can also be a place of refuge or protection.

Most often in the scriptures, sanctuary refers to a temple, present or future, or the tabernacle built by the children of Israel during their wandering. The Hebrew word also means a sacred place or a holy place. Sometimes the word sanctuary is used in the sense of apartness, holiness, sacredness or separateness. The word sanctuary is occasionally the translation for the Hebrew word which means reverend, worthy of veneration, or set apart for God. It has the sense of a place or services and offerings which are prepared for God with a solemn rite and are pure and clean. A sanctuary can also be a place that is pure and sinless, upright and holy.

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