Exodus 24: 12-18 (ESV)
Moses Goes up the Mountain to Receive God’s Words Written on Stone
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the teachings and the commandments I have written for the people’s instruction.”
13 Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14 He said to the leaders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Take all your disagreements to them.”
15 So Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered it. 16 The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. 17 To the Israelites, the glory of the Lord looked like a raging fire on top of the mountain. 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
Many times, in his presence you will experience things others only have fantasied about, fantasy is the activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable, the carnal mind is all a fantasy world. But Moses has led me many times into the Glory of God.
The Glory, of God is miraculous, if you need a Miracle, you go where the Glory is. A church that never has the Glory Manifest has missed its Mark. Jesus wants to come to church, he stands at the door and knocks on many churches, but where churches that worship him, it done on purpose, why? Because they know they can’t do anything without him.
In the Glory fantasy isn’t allowed, because when you come into the cloud of his Glory, you have come into the place anything can happen.
The summit is the place where many never make it, the price is high, letting go of the things below, climbing higher reaching the summit. A mountain has a base, the base of a mountain is beautiful, but its not the summit. The top. God had called Moses to the Mount Sinai; it was Moses favorite Mountain I believe. Will you climb up today with me, and I lead you into this cloud.
1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said,
“Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,
The [a]whole earth is full of His glory.”
4 And the [b]foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the [c]temple was filling with smoke. 5 Then I said,
“Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is [d]forgiven.”
To reach the summit of God’s Holy Hill you must be willing to give up some things, some make it to peaks, the peaks you will find Ministering Spirits that are ascending and descending the summit.
The transit of heaven, its Peaks are certain places along the way you get to. Take the Ministry of prayer, its one of the greatest peaks, being an intercessor will lead you into the Glory. One of the fastest ways to the summit is prayer.
Prayer is a Prophets mantle, intercession is the heart of a prophet, a priest speaks to the people for God, but a prophet speaks to God then to the people.
Its my heart to lead us into the Glory today. God has a word for you, God will meet you in the cloud.
10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
[Reaching the place the Glory is worth all you do, what did Jacob see. What was his experience?]
13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with you and will keep[a] you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
Have you been in the peaks? If you have made the peaks, you are a blessed individual, peaks are not God’s second choice for you, but rather a level.
Do you think you can look upon God and your body not die? You have to build yourself up to every peak, every peak has a level of Glory every step is leading you to the throne room of God.
People get used to God at the Base, but climbers meet the glory on the peaks. The peaks are a place of acclamation, its where you become usable, a stiff cold board becomes warm and flexible. Acclimatization transforms you.
My question today: how far are you going to go? I feel sorry for those who have never even made it to the base, the base is Jesus coming into your heart, receive the forgiveness of sin, you cant carry that load on this mountain. And God will purify your heart. Each Peak is gonna cost you something.
You can always tell those who have been on the peaks, they carry the anointing!
Mark 16:17-18 17And these signs will follow those who [d]believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they[e] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Ask your neighbor, “Can you help me get to the summit?
The place where the Glory Angels are.
For a mere man to be in the presence of God in any context is both terrifying and awesome, as Isaiah’s reaction will show. He looks up to see the Lord upon His throne, with His royal robe filling the room.
Isaiah 6:1-2 1In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Now he adds that he saw the seraphim or “seraphs” standing above the Lord God.
Seraphim are a type of angel. These seraphim are six-winged creatures who stand in the presence of the Lord. This passage breaks down a description of these creatures by stating how each set of wings are used. One pair of wings is used to cover their faces, another pair is used to cover their feet, and the final pair of wings is used to fly. They hide their eyes from looking directly at the Lord and hide their feet so that He need not see them. Isaiah does not say how many of these creatures were with the Lord in this moment.
Moses said God will you show me your glory.
Exodus 33:18- 23 18Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” 19 And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.” 20He further said, “You cannot see My face, for mankind shall not see Me and live!” 21Then the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place [j]by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; 22and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”
I want to help you today to start your climb. Can I bring you to Jesus? From there the Holy Spirit is going to show you things only a believer will see. Will you become a believer today? There are Glory Angels in this house right now dispatched by God himself.
They are gonna carry your sins away, they will never be seen again, gone forever.
Let me say this. I feel this in my heart, they are going to take something, but they are also giving something as they take. God has a gift for you.