THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
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THE WEALTH THAT THE CHILDREN ISRAEL RECEIVED FROM THE EGYPTIANS WAS SOON ASKED TO GIVE SOME OF IT BACK TO MAKE A DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD
THIS MEANS THAT OT COSTS A GREAT PRICE TO HAVE GOD DWELL IN YOUR LIFE
THIS IS ALL DUE TO A PROMISE TO A DEAD MAN
IF GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO A DEAD MAN, HOW MUCH MORE YOU AND I
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
SINCE THE GARDEN OF EDEN, GOD HAS WANTED TO MEET WITH MAN
THE WHOLE REASON FOR TENTS, TEMPLES, AND ALL OF THE SACRIFICES IS SO THAT GOD COULD DWELL AMONG MAN
BUT, IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR GOD TO DWELL AMONG MAN, IF WE DON’T DWELL AMONG HIM
THERE ARE SOME BLESSINGS THAT YOU RECEIVE BY DWELLING THAT YOU DON’T RECEIVE BY VISITING
THE REAL BENEFITS COME FROM DWELLING
IN GOOD AND BAD TIMES, WHEN I AM STRONG AND THEN WEAK, WHEN I AM RIGHT AND WHEN I AM WRONG, IN HEALTHY DAYS AND SICK DAYS
SAYS, 1,000 SHALL FALL AT THY RIGHT HAND BUT IT SHALL NOT COME NEAR THEE
THIS IS NOT A PROMISE FOR VISITORS BUT FOR DWELLERS
AND I AM GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF FURNITURE IN THE TABERNACLE AND TEMPLE
IT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT GOD’S GLORY FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO REST UNTIL CHRIST
EXAMPLE THE ARK OF NOAH
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
THIS IS THE PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT DAVID WANTED TO BRING TO JERUSALEM FOR HIS REIGN
SOLOMON ALSO PUT THIS IN HIS TEMPLE ONCE THE BUILDING WAS FINISHED
WE KNOW THAT GOD’S PRESENCE IS EVERYWHERE, BUT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT REPRESENTED THE MANIFEST PRESENCE OF GOD
HOWEVER, THE ARK WAS NOT JUST A FURNITURE OF PEACE
IT WAS AN INSTRUMENT OF WAR
WHEN THE ISRAELITES GOT READY FOR BATTLE, THEY WOULD BRING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT INTO BATTLE WITH THEM
AND WHEN THEIR ENEMIES UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE BRINGING THE ARK INTO BATTLE, THEY WOULD BE TERRIFIED
BECAUSE THE ARK HAD A REPUTATION THAT WHENEVER IT WENT INTO BATTLE, IT BROUGHT VICTORY
WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL, TAKE THE ARK WITH YOU
WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, TAKE THE ARK WITH YOU
WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO THE MINISTRY, TAKE THE ARK WITH YOU
WHEREVER THE ARK WAS, IT WOULD BRING VICTORY
HOWEVER THE ARK DIDN’T NEED ANY SOLDIERS TO GO INTO BATTLE
THE ARK COULD FIGHT ALL BY HIMSELF
EXAMPLE-DAGON
AS THE PRIESTS CARRIED IT INTO THE JORDAN RIVER THE WATER PARTED
MEANS THAT GOD IS A WAY MAKER
HE WILL DRIVE BACK WHATEVER IS STANDING IN BETWEEN YOU AND HIM
WHEN THEY CAME TO THE WALLS OF JERICHO, THE PRIESTS MARCHED AROUND THE WALLS CARRYING THE ARK UP FRONT
BUT IT WASN’T JUST THE SHOUTING THAT BROUGHT THE WALLS DOWN
WE HAVE BEEN SHOUTING FOR YEARS ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVEN’T COME DOWN
YOU CANNOT BE A BELIEVER ON SUNDAY, DRUNK ON MONDAY, AND SHOUT ON WEDNESDAY AND EXPECT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
YOU HAVE TO WALK OUT 7 DAYS OF OBEDIENCE, THEN WHEN YOU SHOUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL MOVE
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING A TEMPLE, TABERNACLE, CHURCH IS FOR GOD TO DWELL AMONG US
THAT IS THE GREATEST TESTIMONY THAT YOU CAN HAVE AT YOUR CHURCH-GOD IS THERE
BODY
BODY
WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HEARD THE WORD ARK
IT WAS THAT STRANGE THING THAT GOD TOLD NOAH TO BUILD
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT THAN A BOAT IS THAT THE ARK IS FULLY COVERED
IT WAS DESIGNED THAT NOAH, HIS FAMILY, AND A ZOO COULD COME IN
HE DESIGNED IT SO THAT THEY COULD PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, BUT THE WATERS COULD NOT PASS THROUGH THEM
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
GOD IS ASKING HIM TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE
GOD SAYS, BUILD THIS ARK ON DRY LAND THEN LET THE WATERS CATCH UP WITH IT
REAL FAITH IS BUILDING SOMETHING AND THEN ALLOWING THE WATER TO CATCH UP WITH IT
LET THE WEAK SAY, I AM STRONG
LET THE POOR SAY, I AM RICH
LET THE SICK SAY, I AM HEALED
IF YOU START SAYING IT, THE WATER WILL CATCH UP LATER
THE ARK IS MADE WITH PITCH ON THE INSIDE AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE
IT IS A DOUBLE SEAL
IT IS TO BE PITCHED ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT DON’T RELY ON THE PITCH ON THE OUTSIDE TO KEEP THE WATERS FROM GETTING IN
PUT PITCH ON THE INSIDE UNTIL YOU CANNOT SEE ANY WOOD
I WANT IT TO PASS THROUGH THE WATER BUT I DON’T WANT ANY WATER PASSING THROUGH IT
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
GOD SAYS, I AM GOING TO SEAL YOU SO THAT YOU CAN PASS THROUGH THINGS THAT DO NOT PASS THROUGH YOU
THAT IS WHY YOUR ARK DOES NOT SINK
YOU DO NOT DROWN BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU GO THROUGH, YOU DROWN BECAUSE OF WHAT GOES THROUGH YOU
IF YOU STOP LETTING IT IN, YOU CAN GO THROUGH LONELINESS, STRIFE, REJECTION, HARDSHIP, CONFUSION
YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT BUT DON’T LET IT GO THROUGH YOU
I SAW ANOTHER ARK IN THE LOVING ARMS OF A HEBREW MOTHER WAS WHOSE BABY WAS BORN IN A DEATH SENTENCE
WHEN SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT HER BABY COULDN’T BE HIDDEN ANY LONGER, SHE TOOK HER BABY AND BUILT AN ARK FOR HIM
THE SAME HEBREW WORD THAT IS USED FOR NOAH’S ARK IS USED FOR MOSES’ ARK
IT MEANS TO PROTECT WHAT IS VALUABLE
SHE PICHED IT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND TOOK THE ARK AND PLACED
IT IN THE NILE
THE NILE WAS FILLED WITH SNAKES AND ALLIGATORS, BUT MOSES FLOATED THROUGH THE NILE PAST ALL OF THOSE DEADLY ANIMALS AND NOTHING HARMED HIM
IT MUST PASS THROUGH THE WATER WITHOUT THE WATER PASSING THROUGH HIM
THIS IS WHAT THE LORD MEANT WHEN HE SAYS, WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU
SO, WHEN GOD TOLD MOSES TO BUILD AN ARK, HE SAID MOSES BUILD WHAT DELIVERED YOU
THIS IS MINISTRY AT ITS BEST, YOU GIVE WHAT GOD GAVE YOU
SO, GOD TELLS MOSES TO BUILD AN ARK
BUT, FIRST WATCH THIS
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
ACCORDING TO ALL THAT I SHALL SHEW THEE
THIS IS A PATTERN
JUST A PATTERN OF THE TABERNACLE
YOU ARE NOT MAKING THE SALWAR, YOU ARE MAKING THE PATTERN
JUST THE PATTERN DEFEATED NATIONS
JUST THE PATTERN DESTROYED KINGDOMS
THE PATTERN BROUGHT DOWN WALLS, PARTED THE JORDAN, HEALED THE SICK
WE ARE NOT EVEN DEALING WITH THE REALITY, WE ARE DEALING WITH THE PATTERN
THIS IS A SHADON, THE REAL ARK IS IN HEAVEN
NOT WITH THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND GOATS BUT AN EVERLASTING BLOOD THAT WILL NEVER LOSE ITS POWER
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH BLOOD
YET, MOSES IS SUPPOSED TO BUILD AN ARK AFTER THE PATTERN IN HEAVEN
IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE GOLD ON THE INSIDE AND GOLD ON THE OUTSIDE, WITH WOOD IN THE MIDDLE
THIS IS THE MYSTERY OF THE GODHEAD
CHRIST IS THE WOOD
HE HAD TO BE THE WOOD BECAUSE HE WAS THE KINSMAN REDEEMER
WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU ON THE OUTSIDE, THEY SEE WOOD
BUT, WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE INSIDE, THERE WILL BE GOLD
WHEN GOD GOT READY, THERE WAS NO WOOD IN HEAVEN SO HE WENT TO THE VIRGIN MARY, AND SAID, LET ME BORROW WOOD
OH, BUT YOU CALL IT FLESH
HE TOOK THE FLESH BECAUSE IT WAS PERISHABLE, THEN HE TOOK THE GOLD INSIDE OF THE FLESH
IMMANUEL-GOD TABERNACLED WITH US
REMEMBER WHEN CHRIST HAD FINISHED HIS WORK ON EARTH
HE SAID, FATHER, GLORIFY ME WITH THE GLORY THAT I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
THAT WAS THE TIME THAT GOD PUT GOLD ON THE OUTSIDE
NOT ONLY IS HE GOD IN CHRIST, HE IS CHRIST IN GOD
LIKE THE GOLD IS IN THE WOOD AND THE WOOD IS IN THE GOLD
WHEN YOU SEE THE ARK, YOU ARE SEEING, GOD, MAN, GOD
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT
ALL THREE ARKS HAD TO BE BUILT
RELATIONSHIPS MUST BE BUILT
IF IT IS A BUSINESS, IT MUST BE BUILT
FAMILY, MARRIAGE, MINISTRY, IT MUST BE BUILT
YOU WILL NOT HAVE SUCCESS WITH INSTANT FRUIT
YOU HAVE TO BUILD A BOY INTO A MAN
A WEDDING INTO A MARRIAGE, A HOUSE INTO A HOME
BUILD IT
BUILD THE CHURCH, JOB, CAREER, OPPORTUNITY
YOU CAN HAVE A CROWD BUT NOT A CHURCH
AND WHILE BUILDING THE ARK, FOUR RINGS WERE ASSEMBLED AT THE FOUR CORNERS
THEY WERE GOLDEN RINGS THAT WOULD HOLD THE POLES WHEN THE POLES WENT THROUGH AND THE POLES WERE THERE SO THAT THE PRIESTS COULD CARRY THE ARK
WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ARK
BUT, WHEN SOLOMON BROUGHT UP THE ARK AND PUT IT IN HIS TEMPLE, THEY REMOVED THE POLES
THIS MEANS THAT GOD WAS SAYING, I WILL DWELL HERE
BUT, WHEN THEY WOULD MOVE THE ARK, THEY WOULD COVER THE ARK
IT WAS TOO HOLY TO BE EXPOSED
THINK ABOUT WHEN DAVID WAS TRYING TO BRING IT UP ON A NEW CART, THE OXEN STUMBLED AND UZZAH TRIED TO TOUCH AND BALANCE THE ARK
BUT, AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED IT, HE DIED
ANYTHING THAT GOD IS SITTING ON, DON’T TOUCH IT
TOUCH NOT MINE ANOINTED...
KING SAUL WAS WRONG ABOUT MANY THINGS BUT STILL DAVID WOULD NOT TOUCH HIM
IT WAS OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE ANOINTING
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
EXODUS
GOD SAYS, I WILL MEET WITH YOU THERE
AND I WANT YOU TO PUT THREE THINGS IN THE ARK
THE TABLES OF STONE-THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-NOT THE BROKEN ONES
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT GOD GAVE THE COMMANDMENTS 3 TIMES
THE FIRST TIME THAT HE GIVES IT, HE GIVES THEM ORALLY
THE SECOND TIME, MOSES BROKE THE TABLETS BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY WITH THE PEOPLE’S IDOLATRY
THE LAW WAS BROKEN BEFORE WE EVER RECEIVED IT
NO FLESH CAN KEEP THE LAW
THE THIRD TIME, GOD SAYS, YOU CUT THE STONES AND I WILL DO THE WRITING
THESE ONES ARE PLACED IN THE ARK
THESE ONES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FULFILLED
THE LAW IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW THEOCRACY-GOD RULED GOVERNMENT-HE REIGNS
THE CONSTITUTION COMES THROUGH THE COMMANDS
THE NEVER HAD A KING, BUT WANTED A KING, SO GOD GAVE THEM KING SAUL
WHO DO YOU THINK SAT ON THE THRONE BEFORE GRACE FULFILLED LAW