The cloud by day and the fire by night, this was Israel's navigator after exiting Egypt. Today our "navigator" is the Spirit of God Himself (Romans 8:14). When the cloud would move, so would the entire camp of Israel. Wherever the cloud would rest, Israel would set up camp (Num 9:15-23) until the Lord led them to Canaan, their Promise Land. This also ought to be a pattern of our journey with the Lord, which is one of the purposes of this blog - to journal our journey with the Lord till He comes. He will lead us day and night, protecting and providing all the way that we may reach our "promised land", His Glory (Psalm 23).
Holy Fire Creations' journey is an Abrahamic journey. From Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur, the cloud has led Holy Fire Creations from place to place. Now after 4 years in Bangunan Atlas, the cloud is moving on. For our new location, click here.
26th December 2009
"For you shall go with joy, and be led forth with peace"
Isaiah 55:12
Worship attracts our Father's attention (John 4:23b).
It was with a great sense of celebration and thanksgiving to Abba Father for His faithfulness. As we entered His gates with thanksgiving, offering our sacrifices of praise, the Lord moved sovereignly. As we worshipped, the Holy Spirit liberated us from our own "programmes" (2 Cor. 3:17).
God has gone up with a SHOUT,
the Lord with the sound of a TRUMPET!
Psalm 47:5
L to R: Ps Chris, Jeffrey Ng, William Khoo
The Lord led us into a prophetic act of opening our door to welcome the Lord Jesus. (There is of course, a physical and spiritual door. In this act, it was the GEOGRAPHICAL door as well our hearts to be open. Prophetic acts are not to be repeated religiously but only as and when prompted by the Holy Spirit.)
As we welcome Jesus into the room with this prophetic act, it would our Good Shepherd who would also lead us out!
Open up the gates (doors) and let the King of Glory in! (Psalm 24)
Ps Grace Glory testified when the door was open and the trumpets sounded,
she felt a "presence" walk past her! Wow!
"I will dance for the Ark of Glory
I will sing and praise His Name
As the Holy Spirit led David dancing to Zion
As the waves of glory pouring out
I will enter in with a victory shout!
And I'll join the great procession heading to Zion"
Whenever the Ark moved, praise precedes it. Wherever the Ark is rested, so does His Glory. Today we are "carriers" of His Ark, His Presence. Yet God has a divine order and we are not to be careless with His Presence & His Glory. Remember Uzza? (2 Sam.6)
Divine Order of the Camp
In Numbers 10, the order of "moving camp" was given and it began with 2 silver trumpets (different from a shofar). These instruments had it's specific use at assembling, war and at moving camp. When the trumpets were blown by the priests, Israel would hear the sound and respond accordingly. Today we are a kingdom of priests (1 Pet.2:9) and we are to tune our spirit man to hear the SOUND of Heaven.
The camp would move tribe by tribe. Judah, Issachar and Zebulun on the East side would break camp first. These tribes signified the Praise of the Lord, the Knowing of the Lord and the Prosperity of the Lord. The last tribe was Dan, Asher and Naphtali - they were the REARGUARD tribes. They would gather in those who may be too weak to war - children, elderly, handicapped. It was to make sure that ALL made it across - Praise the Lord! Today, the Lord Himself is our "rearguard"! The perfect picture of the rearguard is in Exodus 14:19, when the Angel of the Lord went behind Israel to protect them from their ferocious enemy. We're moving forward and we're not looking back because the Lord is our rearguard who cuts off our enemies from our past, present and future! Check out Isaiah 52:12, Isaiah 58:8b, Psalm 139:5.
The sounding of the silver trumpets announcing the breaking of camp. Following behind will be the tribe's banners. In this case, the Holy fire flag and Lion of Judah flag.
Our last feast in Atlas - scrumptious to the last crumb!
Remember, the Lord prepares a table for us in the presence of our enemies! (Ps 23)
