ONE TOUCH OF GLORY AND WE CRY HOLY!
Isaiah 60 “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all the nations to see! For the glory of the LORD is shining upon you. 2 Darkness as black as night will cover all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD will shine over you. 3 All nations will come to your light. Mighty kings will come to see your radiance.
Arise New Zealand : Arise Australia: Arise Fiji: Arise India; Arise
Habakkuk’s Prayer
3 This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk:* 2 I have heard all about you, LORD, and I am filled with awe by the amazing things you have done. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. And in your anger, remember your mercy.
He pleas for fruit when the hand of man had brought Judgments, & oppression.
At the end of his book he ends with a note of revival.
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, 18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation. 19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He will make me as surefooted as a deer* and bring me safely over the mountains.
Revivalists such as Habakkuk often found themselves in the midst of a dark time of oppression. Their personal lives were not always easy.
Jeremiah told not to marry because of troubles to come
Ezekiel lost his wife when Jerusalem fell
Joel following a natural plague
John the Baptist Roman occupiers & false religious leaders
Jonah after the whale
The one thing they had in common was their connection to the river of God coming from the throne.
Their message
Their perspective
Their power came from Him!
Life & circumstances were such that they had to plug into the river!
In the river they were able to see clearly & proclaim with boldness their revelation of Him!
One touch of the glory that surrounds the throne is all it takes!
Isaiah & Ezekiel both had encounters with the throne and with the living creatures around the throne.
They were never the same! The glory of God changed them forever.
In Ezekiel’s encounter He described the four living creatures who live around the throne
Consider Ezekiel 1:1-28
Points to ponder
1) They (the four living creatures) move with the throne
2) They are in constant revival.. every time they look at the throne they cry Holy Holy Holy even though they have been doing this for eternity every time they look at Him who sits upon the throne they cry out as if they had never seen Him before! Such is the effect of His glory!
3) When the throne moves over an area His holiness fills the area.
What did Ezekiel see?
He saw four living creatures powerful and dreadful (Amplified bible)
He saw a storm with fire inside its self
He saw lightning’s flashing
He saw wheels or what looked like wheels always moving
He heard sounds of thunder and the cries of Holy Holy Holy
He saw the shekina Glory of God fill the air the temple is thick with Glory!
He saw that when the living creatures lifted their wings the throne rose up
He saw that when the creatures put their wings down the throne came down
What causes the throne to come down?
When the atmosphere of worship & holiness is as it is in heaven, then the throne comes down.
For example:
Exodus 13:21-22 leading the children of Israel through the wilderness
Exodus 14:19-20 protected Israel at the Red Sea.
Exodus 19:9 appeared to Moses on Sinai
Exodus 40:34-38 filled the tabernacle at its dedication
Lev 16:2 Stood above the mercy seat always
1 Kings8:10-11 Appeared when Solomon dedicated the temple
Luke 2:8-9 appeared at Christ’s birth
Matt 3:16 appeared at His Baptism
Matt 17:5 at the transfiguration
The Lords prayer makes it clear “As it is in heaven so shall it be on earth” the atmosphere of heaven will invade the earth. Call it in! cry out for Him! One touch of this glory will bring a change.
The thing about revivals in the past is that God was doing something new and fresh
His throne came down and men caught a glimpse of his glory and like the living creatures started crying Holy Holy Holy.
In Wellington New Zealand recently in our Glory meetings a young Buddhist man came into this glory. He had never seen or experienced the living God. In moments he began to weep and cry Holy Holy Holy with the songs, I asked him what was happening and He said Jesus! I see Jesus. At this point he surrendered to Jesus. Because one touch in the Glory is all it takes.
In our Papatoetoe meeting last year a man on the way to kill someone walked past our worship service which had reached a new level. He was arrested by the change in Atmosphere he experienced. He caught a glimpse of the throne, and he fell under the weight of its Glory. He gave himself to Jesus and was a changed man. One touch is all it took to make Him cry Holy Holy Holy!
Many years ago when Smith Wigglesworth preached in Wellington, this same glory fell. Men & woman fell under the weight of God’s glory! Changed forever. I have spoken to some of the old Pentecostals of this time and the one thing that sets them apart is the burning never goes out! Because once you have seen the throne and His holiness you never what to look at anything else.
The living creatures with all their eyes will never stop seeing something new about God
Through all eternity they will cry Holy Holy Holy.
This Nation New Zealand is called to be a Christian Nation and has been high jacked by men & woman who cant see what the living creatures see. Because they have lost sight of the Glory they make up silly rules and regulations. (More laws past in NZ in last 3 years than 30 years before)
We were claimed as a nation by the Portuguese explorer De Quotros when he landed on the north of Australia. He claimed all the lands to the South of that point in the name of the Holy Spirit. And named all the lands to the south “ Terra Australis enspitiu santo” the South land of the Holy Spirit.
Our fore fathers were Christian; our country was established on Gods law. This is our heritage. This is the seed that was planted. and when you plant a Peach seed a peach tree grows. One touch from this throne will again cause the peach to fruit. And cry Holy Holy Holy.
“For as the earth brings forth its bud, and the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations” Isaiah 61:11
Its time for an awakening! Its time for the throne to come down. Its time that the remnant
Lifted their hearts in true worship to bring the throne down. Because once this glory is seen we and all our country men will cry Holy Holy Holy!
Ruth Ward Heflin said “we must praise until a Spirit of worship comes, and then worship until glory falls and then stand in this glory”
The Lord is speaking to this nation again! This Sunday 27th will be 21 days since the prophecy about the trumpet blast in heaven. This will signal a move I ask that we all seek his glory this weekend. We should watch the news, I don’t think you can have a shaking sound in heaven without it shaking the earth. When you see it Cry out in worship. Holy Holy Holy and expect to see the glory of God!
Ian Johnson.
www.papelim.org.nz
