 Symbols of the Holy Spirit part 2 of 3. I'm going to be going over the symbol of light, the dove, and the cloud. Now when we look at these biblical symbols we start to see aspects of the Holy Spirit's nature that we might not have otherwise stopped to appreciate. So let's start by looking at this symbol of light and I'll begin reading Revelation chapter 4 verse 5. From the throne came flashes of lightning in the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold spirit of God. So one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit, biblically speaking, is light. And this is because the Holy Spirit brings illumination. The Bible says in John chapter 14 verse 26, but when the Father sends the advocate as my representative, that is the Holy Spirit, He will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. So here we see that the Holy Spirit has a twofold job. He does of course many other things, but in this particular verse we see that He reminds and He reveals. He reminds us of the teachings and revelations that we've received from Christ from His Word. He reminds us of those things that we ought to put into memory. He reminds us of those things that we need to correct. So when we hear the teachings of Christ and we receive that revelation, when the words of Christ dwell in us richly, when His truths permeate our beings, when what He says transforms who we are, when the words that the Father breeds begin to transform our nature and transform our minds transform our behavior patterns, the Holy Spirit reminds us of those truths that we need. Often if you find yourself discouraged, the Holy Spirit will remind you to be encouraged. If you feel as though God has rejected you, you feel like He's abandoned you. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit within us who causes us to cry, Abba Father. So the Holy Spirit reminds you of the truth that you belong to Him, that He's not rejected you, that He's not left you or abandoned you, He's not tired of you, He's not run out of patience for you, but that He abides faithfully with you. The Holy Spirit reminds us of those truths that we need, the moment we need them. When you go before those who are questioning your faith or you're evangelizing and trying to help someone understand the gospel, the Holy Spirit will bring to your remembrance the things that you have learned, but He also reveals. He reveals those truths that we've yet to fully receive or realize. So the Holy Spirit reminds us of what we've heard and then He reveals to us the truths of the Word of God. I remember when I first began to study the Scripture at the risk of embarrassing myself, I'm just going to tell you that I didn't understand most of what I read and I'm a slow reader by nature anyway. So I would begin with let's say James chapter 1 verse 1 and just a few verses down as I began to read, I would have to stop because I realized, wait a minute, I didn't understand anything that I just read. I literally got nothing out of what I just read so I'd have to start over. And then as I would read that chapter, I would find myself just being distracted in my mind, in my heart. So I was reading the words, my eyes were scanning across the pages, but internally I was somewhere else and I realized, wait a minute, I wasn't even paying attention to half the things that I was just reading this moment. And so it was the Holy Spirit who began to help me. I cried out first, helped. I said, Holy Spirit, Jesus talked about you being my advocate. Jesus talked about you being my teacher. Holy Spirit, not only do I need you to remind me of the truths that I've received, but Holy Spirit, I need you to teach me and there is no greater teacher for it was the Holy Spirit himself who inspired men of old to write revelations from heaven. The Holy Spirit was the one who breathed on the prophets, causing them to declare the oracles of God. The Holy Spirit was the one who caused the apostles to write, who caused the epistles to come into existence. The Holy Spirit inspired the Word of God through the men who would write it, who would record what the Spirit was saying. So what greater teacher is there than the one who inspired the Scripture? The one who inspired the Scripture is the very same who sits with you today and desires to teach you the meaning behind those Scriptures. Yes, you can study the Word. Yes, you can understand some of the basic concepts. Yes, you can understand the history and maybe even some of the philosophy. Atheists can read the Bible and memorize it. Historians who don't know Christ can and I'm not saying no historians know Christ. I'm saying specifically historians who don't know Christ can study the Scripture and be enriched by the history that's unfolding before them as I read the Scripture, but they can't truly receive revelation. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is that light. He illuminates the Word. He brings it to life. He causes that Word to be life-giving to us. Jesus said that the words he speaks are life-giving. They are spirit and life. When Jesus speaks and he declares and when those men recorded the inspiration of the Spirit, that Word, those truths hang in eternity. They never change. The Word of God never changes. The Word of God cannot be bent by man's will. You cannot convince God to change his mind on certain issues that he's already spoken about. So the Holy Spirit reveals to us those truths. The Holy Spirit causes us not to try to mold God into our own image, but instead it causes us, the Holy Spirit, He causes us to be molded into the image of Christ as we go over the Word. When you read Scripture, you're not just reading a book. You're receiving of Christ. His words are not just intellect or information. The Word is revelation and that revelation brings transformation. The Word of God is the substance. Hear me now, please. The Word of God is the substance with which the Holy Spirit forms the character of Christ in you. The Word of God, that makes up the spiritual building blocks of your spiritual life. And so when you're receiving of the Word, you're not just scanning a page and receiving information, but you are communing with God Himself. Now, those who are atheist, those who are unsafe, those who study the Word from a purely intellectual standpoint cannot possibly truly receive the truth. Sure, they can grasp them to a certain degree, but those truths never go deep enough to transform who we are unless we have the help of the Holy Spirit. We must be yielded to the Holy Spirit of God, for He is the teacher and He doesn't just teach us the information. He causes us to by the Spirit receive revelation and that revelation is what brings transformation. So the Holy Spirit reminds and He reveals. He reminds you of the teachings that you've received and He reveals the truth as you study the Scripture. The Holy Spirit sits beside you. He's not far from you. He's not off in the distance. He's not a million miles away. The Holy Spirit sits with you even now. He dwells in you. What? No, ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and you are not your own. The Holy Spirit dwells in you. And the teacher who dwells in you will reveal as you're faithful to study the Scriptures. The Bible says, study to show thyself approved unto God. You must study, yes, but add to your study surrendered to the Spirit. For only when you have the Holy Spirit can you truly receive the truths of God's Word in such a way that your life is transformed. First John 2, 20 says this, but you are not like that for the Holy One has given you His Holy Spirit. And all of you know the truth. The Holy Spirit brings clarity and certainty. He brings revelation and illumination. This is what we mean when we say that the Holy Spirit is symbolized by light. Now, not in every instance that we see light is it a symbol of the Holy Spirit directly, but biblically speaking as you begin to move through the Old Testament, a New Testament, you'll find that often the presence of the Holy Spirit is associated with light. The work of the Holy Spirit also associated with light. I want you to write this in the comments section. Let it be your prayer, whether you're watching live or on replay. And I want you to write this sincerely. Write, teach me Holy Spirit. Oh, let them be that light to you. Let them be that light who illuminates the Word of God. You see, when I tried to study the Word on my own, pure memorization, pure intellect, I just approached it analytically and I wanted to understand it in that sense. But it wasn't until I began to really ask the Holy Spirit, please teach me. Show me. Help me to be transformed by the Word. Because I don't want to just comb through the Scripture, memorize some ideas. I want to live the truth. I want to know the Word. And I want to know Jesus. I want to know the presence of God. I want to understand his ways. Oh, Lord, I want to know you. That was my prayer. That is my prayer, my desire, my passion. I want to know him. It wasn't until I surrendered to the Holy Spirit. It wasn't until I recognized his presence in my life. It wasn't until I yielded to his voice that I began to truly see the Scripture come alive. You see, the Word of God is lively. The Word of God is exciting. The Word of God is thrilling, but not if you don't have the Holy Spirit. See, if you don't have the Holy Spirit, it's just information. If you don't allow the Holy Spirit to teach you, it's all intellect. And intellect is dry. It's not bad, but for the most part, it's just dry. But when the Holy Spirit begins to illuminate the Scripture, you are fascinated by the revelation of Christ found in its pages. I'm telling you right now that studying the Word of God with the help of the Holy Spirit, it's unlike anything else. If you're studying the Scripture with the help of the Holy Spirit, you're not trying to force yourself to read the Word, because that's how many believers read the Bible. They read the Bible as if it's some obligation that they have to religiously fulfill. No, but when you read the Scripture with the Holy Spirit, it takes everything in you to pull yourself away from the Scripture to where now you're saying, well, I got to get to my responsibility. I have to eat sometime. I have to sleep sometime. And parents, you may be saying, well, someone has to go and watch the kids or feed the kids at some point because you're so you're so enamored by the Scripture. It pulls you in. There's this beauty to the Scripture that comes alive, and you can't really see it until until you have the Holy Spirit helping you. You read the Scripture without the Holy Spirit. It's like watching a film in black and white. You read the Scripture with the Holy Spirit, and suddenly there's color and life. The Holy Spirit gives us revelation of the Word of God. We just read about that in John chapter 14, verse 26. So the Holy Spirit gives revelation of the Word of God. He gives revelation of the ways of God, and He gives revelation of the will of God. Let me show you something here. We just read John 14, 26. But now I want to pull up 1 Corinthians. Let's go to 1 Corinthians chapter 2, and I want to read one of my favorite portions of Scripture. 1 Corinthians chapter 2, verses 10 through 12. Listen to this now. But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. 4. His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God's deep secrets. No one can know a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own spirit. Now watch this, verse 12, it's key. And we have received God's spirit, not the world's spirit, so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. Now listen to this. The Scripture here is telling us that no one can possibly know the depths of God, the mind of God, like the Holy Spirit can. For, the Scripture says, the Spirit searches out the deep things of God. The Holy Spirit searches out the mind of God. He understands him completely. Obviously, the Holy Spirit is God. They are three but one. The Holy Spirit searches the mind of God. Now no one can know a person's innermost thoughts or their ways, their nature, except that person's own spirit. The same is true of God. No one can truly know God unless they are one with the Holy Spirit, and we've received the Holy Spirit. So then, the Holy Spirit communicates to us the ways of God, the nature of God. You see, some Christians are stuck in the place where they only know the acts of God. And if you only know the acts of God, and you never understand the ways of God, then you get stuck in religious tradition. How quickly, and please hear this warning, how quickly yesterday's revival can become today's religion? Just because God did something a certain way then doesn't mean God is doing something a certain way now. Now let me clarify here. I'm not saying that God will ever contradict his word. God will never contradict how he moves in the word. There's nothing that he will ever do today that goes against the way he's moved in the past. God is consistent in nature, I should say. God is consistent in the way he works, but that doesn't mean the acts will always be the same. That doesn't mean the actions specifically, the methodology, will always be specific to how it was before. And if you're not careful, and you only understand God's actions, then when God begins to do something a little bit differently, then suddenly you're saying, well that's not what God did back then, or that doesn't look like something that I saw God do before. And because you're so stuck on his actions, you miss his ways. Well, the Scripture says that the children of Israel knew God's acts, but only Moses knew his ways. Moses understood the nature of God, the why God did the what. See, some people, they see the what, but they never understand the why. Others, they know the why, and therefore they can identify when God begins to do a new what. Now, if you understand his actions, but not his ways, that means you know his hand, but not his heart. You know his performance and his power, but not his presence and his glory. It's one thing to know what God does. It's another thing entirely to know who he is. And we know who he is. We know his ways by the Holy Ghost. It's the Holy Spirit deep, calling unto deep, God's Spirit communing with my Spirit, the depths of God's heart connected with the depths of my heart. He that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit with him. So the Holy Spirit gives revelation of the Word of God. The Holy Spirit gives revelation of the ways of God. Watch this also. The Holy Spirit gives revelation of the will of God. Let me show you something else here. In Acts chapter 16, I'll begin reading, I'll read verses six and seven. Next, Paul and Silas traveled to the area of Phrygia in Galatia because the Holy Spirit had prevented them from preaching the word of the province of Asia at that time. Then, coming to the borders of Mycia, they headed north for the province of Bithynia. But again, the spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go there. So here we see that Paul and Silas are planning a ministry trip and on their way to Asia, when they're on their way to their destination that they had planned for themselves, suddenly the Holy Spirit stops them. Now, this is what the Holy Spirit will do for you in your everyday life because we need specific instructions. We need guidance for everyday living and that's where the Holy Spirit will guide you specifically. You see, you cannot find in chapter and verse who specifically you should marry. Sure, you can find certain biblical principles that tell you about the type of person that you should marry. But when it comes down to the specific will of God for your life, you can't know in chapter and verse the name of your future spouse. You can't find in chapter and verse where you should live. You can't find in chapter and verse where you should go to school, who you should bring on as a business partner, what you should do for your career. You can't find in chapter and verse every specific instruction for everyday living. That's not to say that we can't find principles that guide our life according to wisdom and the will of God, but that is to say that we also need the specific instructions of the Holy Spirit and that's what the Holy Spirit does. He illuminates our path, removing confusion, bringing clarity and setting us on our specific calling. He causes us to walk not just according to the Word of God, the ways of God, but also according to the specific will of God. The Holy Spirit illuminates these things. So we see again, the Word of God, the ways of God, the will of God. He is the light that shows the way. Number two, the dove and you notice the title here is the heavenly symbols of the Holy Spirit. On the last session, I covered the elemental symbols of the Holy Spirit, wind, fire and water, but here I'm covering the heavenly symbols. These are symbols we normally equate with the things of the heavenly nature of God. Now watch this. In Luke chapter 3, verse 22, we see that the Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus in the form of a dove. Watch this. Now I'm not saying the Holy Spirit is a dove, but look at what the Scripture says here. And the Holy Spirit in bodily form descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, you are my dearly loved son and you bring me great joy. So there we see that one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit is the dove. Why is this? Well, as we look to the Scripture, we see that the Bible speaks symbolically of doves in accordance to their purity, their innocence, their undefiled nature, and even to some degree, their gentleness. Now I've heard some suggest that the Holy Spirit is not gentle. Sure, the Holy Spirit can come upon the room and upon a life like a mighty rushing winds suddenly and forcefully, but this doesn't mean that the Holy Spirit isn't also gentle. Of course, how could the Holy Spirit not be gentle if that's one of the fruits of the Spirit? You can't give what you don't have. And so if the Holy Spirit gives us gentleness, then of course, he is gentle. We receive of the Holy Spirit when it comes to the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Song of Solomon 5.2 says this, I sleep but my heart waketh. It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled. For my head is filled with dew and my locks with the drops of the night. There we see that the dove is equated symbolically with having an undefiled nature. We also see this in the calls for doves to be used in sacrifice. Matthew chapter 10 verse 16 says this, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves, therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. The Holy Spirit has a gentle innocent nature. Now again, I want to make sure I'm balancing this because I don't want to paint a picture of the Holy Spirit that's incomplete. Yes, we acknowledge that the Holy Spirit moves with great force and with great power. He is the mighty rushing wind, of course, but there's another aspect of his nature and that is the gentle dove. The Holy Spirit is very graceful. Now moves of the Holy Spirit, and I hope that this revelation comes across clearly, something I've learned about the Holy Spirit. Yes, the Holy Spirit moves with force. Yes, the Holy Spirit moves with mighty power. Yes, sometimes moves of the Holy Spirit disrupt man's agenda. The Holy Spirit can be disruptive, but that doesn't mean he's of disorder. Just because the Holy Spirit is disruptive doesn't mean he's chaotic. There's an order to even his disruption because just because something disrupts what we want doesn't mean that it's out of order. It's according to the way he wants it. So we understand that, we acknowledge that. The Holy Spirit moves with power. The Holy Spirit moves with force. The Holy Spirit comes in like a mighty rushing wind. Yes, but the Holy Spirit will always move with grace, class, and elegance. Now, when you see mixture of a move of the Holy Spirit and the flesh, that's when you see these demonstrations, these displays, these manifestations that are not necessarily beautiful. There's always a beauty to the move of the Holy Spirit. There's always a grace. There's always an elegance. The Holy Spirit is regal. The Holy Spirit is heavenly. The Holy Spirit is classy. There's always a touch of class on a move of the Holy Spirit. And so you'll recognize moves of the Holy Spirit by that touch of elegance, by that touch of beauty, by that touch of class. And we have to make sure that we're involving him if we want to see it. You see, oh, I'm going to go there today. Can I just go there? I'm going to go there because I think this needs to be understood so that the body of Christ can be helped at large. You know, I've been in meetings where the emphasis was on the power and the gifts, but not on the presence and the glory. All gifts, no glory. All power, no presence. You say, how is that possible? Well, the gifts work according to the preaching of the Word. The gifts work according to the gifts that God gave to individuals. The gifts work according to the authority of the name of Jesus, to some degree, as we saw with the seven sons of Sceva. The power of God will work even in the life of a hypocrite. But it's one thing to carry his power and operate in his power. It's another thing entirely to carry the presence. You can fake power. You can't fake the presence. You can perform on a stage and make it look like the Holy Spirit is moving. And in fact, he might be demonstrating his power despite the individual that's being used. That happens sometimes. But there's something different about the people who carry his presence. There's something different about glory carriers, people who walk in the presence of the Holy Spirit, where his presence rests on them like a cloud, rests on them like a gentle dove. And so when you see moves of God, moves of power, demonstrations of gifts, where Jesus isn't the center, where the presence of the Holy Spirit isn't honored, you get a lot of flesh. And sure, there are sometimes demonstrations of power, even when no one's talking about Jesus. And that's a real dangerous place when you emphasize the power over the presence, when you emphasize his hand without trying to touch his heart. That's a dangerous place to be. And you can feel the difference. And I'll tell you how to know. You can feel the difference between when it's just power and no presence because there's this striving to the atmosphere. I mean, it's striving. Everything is just striving, striving, striving, striving, and people exhaust themselves like the prophets of Baal cutting themselves, trying to get their false God to answer. And it's all exhausting emotion. It's not wrong to show emotion, but it is wrong to rely on emotion as if emotion alone can bring you into a move of God. There's this striving. There's this tension. And you leave the meetings feeling tense and all wrapped up in your emotions and in yourself. And there's this dryness that you can't quite put your finger on it. But then there are flows of the Holy Spirit's power that are based upon the honoring of his presence. And that you'll see that gentleness, that beauty. There's a beauty to that glory. And I can't describe it in any other way, but to tell you that there's a beauty to it, an elegance to it. There's a class to it, heavenly air about the atmosphere. No striving, just surrender. Not just pushing power, power, power, but there's that touch of his presence. Not just demonstrating gifts, gifts, gifts, nothing wrong with the gifts. I love the spiritual gifts. I teach on the spiritual gifts. I believe in the spiritual gifts. I operate in the spiritual gifts. But if it's all gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, no glory, it loses something. There's a touch on it that is lost when it's just emphasis on power. And that's what I'm talking about when I talk about that dove, that gentle dove who comes upon a meeting or comes upon a life. There's a real sweetness to that presence. There's a real air of heaven about that presence. And I'm telling you those who walk with the Holy Spirit closely have this heavenly touch on their life. There's this elegance. There's this regal nature. It's not striving. You're not working yourself up into an emotional frenzy where you feel all tense. Remember this, the anointing lifts burdens. Religion places burdens. You leave a meeting or you leave a service or you receive of a ministry and you just feel burdened and tense and all just weighed down. That's not the Holy Ghost. Unless you're being convicted of sin, then it's good that you feel the weightiness of that conviction. But aside from conviction for sin, that striving, that religious burden, that yoke that people place upon themselves, it's all because they don't understand the gentle nature of that dove, the beauty of his presence, the glory that rests. That is an aspect of the Holy Spirit's nature. I think we need to relearn. I think we need to come back to that understanding that there is no striving in his presence. I don't have to strive for my healing. I don't have to strive for my deliverance. I don't have to strive for a touch of God. I just receive of him knowing that that dove, that gentle dove is flowing and moving in that room. And now you'll see, as I said, the flesh can sometimes mix in. And this explains why a genuine move of the Holy Spirit can sometimes be mixed with the flesh in a way where people are uncomfortable. Like I've seen people genuinely touched by the Holy Spirit's power. And the Holy Spirit comes upon them. They're touched by his presence. And then they allow themselves to get worked up emotionally in response to that genuine touch. And then they switch from the Spirit to now just pure emotion. Now, again, I want to emphasize, I'm not saying that showing emotion is wrong. And true moves of the Holy Spirit will affect your emotion. True moves of the Holy Spirit will stir you. Sometimes your body may even tremble and shake under a move of the Holy Spirit, under the weight of his power. That's a good thing. But if we allow ourselves to be carried off into flesh completely, or at all, I should say, that's when you have mixture. So then, when the Holy Spirit moves, let the response be the response. But don't try to gain more of God through working in the flesh. Don't try to gain more of his power through working in the flesh. Or try to gain more of his power through emotion. That's not how he moves. Sure. A move of God can cause your emotions to be stirred. But the stirring of your emotions can never cause a move of God. Let me say that again, because that encapsulates my point here. A move of God can stir your emotions. That's a fact. And it's not a fake move of God just because people get emotional. A true move of God can stir your emotions. But the stirring of your emotions can never bring about, on their own, a move of God. Instead, we rest in his nature. We trust in his power. We trust in his presence, knowing that he is that gentle dove. And we mustn't mix in flesh and disturb that elegance about the way he moves. So the dove represents the Holy Spirit's innocent, gentle, and pure nature. Number three, we have the cloud. Now, this one right here, you know, we've had amazing manifestations in the services. Many of you have been to them. I read your testimonies and comments all the time. People are hearing angelic voices. They're seeing flashes of light. Some are even saying that they see clouds resting on the meeting. These are manifestations of the Holy Spirit's presence. And this actually used to happen. You can look at the photos. There are old photos online. I'm sure if you just run a quick Google search, you'll see these photos they can pop up where Ms. Catherine Coleman in her meetings, people would see her begin to glow as she was ministering. They would see her face begin to shine. Others would see like a literal cloud. And there are photos online that people would take where lightning flashes can be seen in the photos. Now, that's incredible. Those are incredible manifestations of the Holy Spirit's power. And let me here emphasize that we are not after manifestations. We're after the presence of the Holy Spirit. We want Jesus. But with the presence of Jesus, sometimes comes manifestation. So we don't seek signs. We don't seek manifestations. We seek Jesus. We seek the presence of the Holy Spirit. We seek to draw closer to God. And in so doing, we often encounter along the way these manifestations. And so this cloud, this manifestation of glory. Yes, it can be faked. I've seen it faked. But that doesn't necessarily mean that there's no such thing as the genuine. It doesn't necessarily mean either that there has to be the genuine just because someone fakes something. But we know there's the genuine not because of the existence of the fake, but because of what the Scripture reveals. Exit is 24, 15 through 18. Here's what the Bible says. Then Moses climbed up the mountain. I can sense the anointing really strong as I'm teaching this right now. Something just shifted as I was reading this Scripture here. Lord, let us experience the touch of your glory. I pray we just want your presence. I want you to say that out loud. In fact, write it down in the comments. Say, show me your glory. Let that be your prayer. Show me your glory. Wow. Then Moses climbed up the mountain and the cloud covered it. Now I'm going to stop here and point out something. Moses climbed and then the cloud covered. Everything that God does that is supernatural in your life, he requires of you your participation. He requires of you your cooperation. This is generally speaking. Of course, God can do anything he wants at any time. But generally speaking, if God is to work in our lives, we must cooperate and surrender to what he's doing. Moses climbed. There we see his obedience. He is approaching the Lord and then the cloud covered it. God called him to come up to the mountain. So God initiates Psalm 80, 18, quicken us and we'll call unto you. God initiates. He calls unto you. Then Moses responded by climbing. He called him up to the mountain and Moses took the practical steps of climbing up the mountain. God didn't send a cloud down to pick him up and then raise him up to the mountain top. God's not going to force you to pray. God's not going to force you to read the Scripture. That is entirely on you. He'll give you the desire. You must choose to implement the discipline. Moses climbed at the mountain and the cloud covered it. Here we see the partnership with the practical and the supernatural and the glory of the Lord settled down on Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. So here we see the cloud hosting the presence of God Almighty. To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the Lord appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. Then I love this. I love this. Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. Lord, I want to disappear in your presence. I just want to dissolve in your glory. I want to climb to the height of the mountain of your presence. I want to know your glory in such a way that people no longer see me. They just see the glory. That's my prayer. That's what I want. I want to host that cloud on my life. The cloud being a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Now watch this. Moses spoke with God in the cloud. Exodus 34, 32 through 35. Then all the people of Israel approached him and Moses gave them all the instructions the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. When Moses finished speaking with them, he covered his face with the veil because his face was glowing. But whenever he went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he would remove the veil until he came out again. Then he would give the people whatever instructions the Lord had given him. The people of Israel would see the radiant glow of his face so he would put the veil over his face until he returned to speak with the Lord. I love this because there's a touch of God on his life when you enter the glory. Now we understand the presence of God is everywhere all the time, but I'm talking about the manifested presence of God. When you enter the glory in that way, there's a touch on your life that radiates from you. People can see the glory beaming from you, and I'm not just talking about physical manifestation. I'm not saying everyone's face is going to glow all the time. I'm not saying the cloud will physically rest near your presence all the time. I'm talking about radiating with the character of Christ. I'm talking about shining with the nature of God in you. I'm talking about reflecting the glory of God in such a way that people can see the difference. My prayer is that when they look at me they see Jesus. I hope that's your prayer too. And so Moses would speak with God face to face. He would commune in the cloud. I want communion in the cloud. I want to sit down and speak with God. I want to know his ways. I want to know his heart. I want to know his nature. And that comes by the Holy Spirit. The children of Israel received guidance from the cloud. Look at Exodus chapter 13 verse 21. The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night. God guides in every season. God guides in every season. The priests couldn't stand when the glory entered the room. Second Chronicles 5, 13 and 14 it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard and praising and thanking the Lord. And when they lifted up their voice there we see worship with the trumpets and cymbals. You see that Steve? And instruments of music and praise the Lord saying for he is good for his mercy and dirt forever that then the house was filled with the cloud. When worship arises the cloud descends even the house of the Lord so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. The presence of the Holy Spirit also manifested in the form of a cloud at the transfiguration of Jesus. Watch this in Matthew chapter 17 verse 5 and 6. But even as he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said this is my dearly loved son who brings me great joy. Listen to him. The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground. Now why do I say that the cloud is a symbol of the Holy Spirit's presence? Well because it's the Holy Spirit who glorifies Jesus. It's the Holy Spirit who points the way. The Holy Spirit will always draw your attention to Christ. He reveals and conceals the presence and that's what the cloud would do. And here we see that whenever the cloud would appear there was a tangible manifestation of God's glory. The cloud represents the Holy Spirit's guidance and his glorious presence in your life. Think about the fact that when Jesus came down from the Mount of Transfiguration he came to the valley and confronted his disciples who were unable to drive a demon from a boy. The boy would have seizures. He would throw, he was thrown in the fire. He was thrown in the water. The demons tried to kill him. But the disciples in the valley could not cast the demons out. Only those who've been on the mountaintop can drive out demons in the valley. Only those who know the glory can drive out demonic power with force. You walk in his presence in that way, you're not going to exhaust yourself with demonic beings. If you're not spending time in the glory it's work. Trust me, I know the difference. There's been times where I tried to do it on my own by rituals of man and there's been times where I've just walked with the Holy Spirit so closely that that power was just beaming from my life. I love those seasons, not 24-7. I'm a work in progress like anyone else. But I've noticed a difference. When I try to do it my own authority, my own methods, it's exhausting. But when you carry the glory of God it's easy. Miracles are easy. Deliverance is easy. Ministry, there's a flow to it. And this is what I'm talking about. You being a carrier of that glory toward that cloud rests on you, the glorious presence which reveals the presence of Jesus. Think about the fact that he's calling you into the cloud right now. I can sense him so strong. He's calling you into the cloud right now. I'm not talking about hype. A true move of the Holy Spirit needs no hype. I'm talking about knowing the presence of the Holy Spirit in such a way that it marks your life. My prayer is that you would know the depths of his glory. My prayer is that you would disappear into the cloud. You want to be a carrier of the glory? You want to know what it is to be encapsulated by the glory of God wrapped in the beauty of his presence. I want that more than anything. And I know you want that too. So I'm going to pray with you right now. And I want you to resist the urge of the flesh because the flesh is so easily distracted. I want you to resist the urge of the flesh to click on something else. Maybe something you might find entertaining. This is not about entertainment. This is edification. This is not the cheap things of the world. We're talking about heavenly realities, which are far more fascinating than anything this world has to offer. We're talking about the realm of heaven now, living in that realm. I want you to fight the urge of the flesh because I believe God has purposed for you to be right here right now watching this very moment. And as we pray, I want you to be aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit around you. My prayer is that you would come to know the cloud. Father, I thank you. You are present in the room. I pray, precious Jesus, that you would begin to touch your people. Let them sense the nearness of your presence, not for the sense and feeling alone. Lord, we just desire you. You are our desire. Tell them that right now. Just say, Lord, you are my desire. Now, I want you to say this again, but this time I want you to say it out loud. I'm serious. Say this out loud. Say, show me your glory. Come on. Say it. Say, show me your glory. Thank you, Jesus. Touch your people. I rapture them in the beauty of your presence. Let them know the depths of your glory. Raise them above the troubles. Raise them above the attacks of the enemy. Raise them above the attacks of even people who speak against those whose hearts are heavy. Lord, I pray you would help them and give you their burden. Lift them now. I see them like coming to rescue you. He's lifting you now. Let him do it. Father, I thank you. Every life being touched. Every heart being transformed. You see, this is his power. This is his presence. You don't have to strive. You don't have to beg. It's not something you have to work toward. Simple faith. You walk right in. Simple faith. You walk right in. The burdens are being lifted. You're being refreshed in his presence. Chains are breaking in the spirit. That's the work of the Holy Spirit. Only he can do that. Only he can do that. So Lord, I thank you for touching lives around the world. I want you to write it in the comment section. If you believe it, write amen. If you enjoyed this teaching, I need you to do me a favor by leaving a like on this video, even if you're watching on the replay. It actually helps us to spread this content far and wide. Believe it or not, it actually does something. And also, if you're a first-time viewer and you've yet to subscribe to our channel or maybe you've been watching for a while and you've still yet to subscribe to the channel, I welcome you to subscribe to learn more about the Holy Spirit Prayer and Spiritual Warfare. When you do subscribe, make sure you click that notification bell so you can be notified whenever we go live or release new content. And I want to read something to you. It's found in Proverbs 11. I'm going to read verse 25. Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Let me ask you something. What has God placed in your heart? What are the dreams? What are the visions that God has shown to you? Now, I know what it is to look at a dream that God has given to me, an assignment. I think it's better to call it an assignment. I think sometimes when we say dream, we think of something that's self-centered, but I know that you want to do God's will for your life. Otherwise, you wouldn't be watching this. So I want you to picture that. What has God assigned to you? What is the God-given dream that he's placed in your heart? What's your purpose? What's your calling? What do you see? Do you see a future in ministry, in business? Do you see a future with helping those who are in need? Where do you see your future going in Christ? What has God shown to you? You might say, well, I don't know, but I do know that I want to do something for God. Well, this is something I've lived by, and to this day I still live by it, and I'll tell you this right now. It's why this ministry has seen such favor, such explosive growth, such great expansion. That's the hand of God. I can't make this work. Only God can do this. I'm not smart enough to make this work. I'm not clever enough to make this work. It's the work of the Holy Spirit. He does it despite me, not because of me, but it's because of his word. I put into practice his word. It works because it's his word. A generous person will prosper. Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Now, when you practice generosity, it does something in your nature and your character that causes you to become someone who can build what God has called them to build and who can properly receive what God wants to give to them. I don't necessarily think it works like a magic trick or some type of, you know, I don't know how it's the word. It's not magic. It's not a gimmick. The reason generosity works is because of what it does to your character and to your nature, and because it transforms your character and your nature, that makes you more prepared to receive what God wants to give to you. You see, we want others to bless us. We want others to help us. We want others to come alongside what we're doing. When's the last time you reached out and helped with someone else's vision? What you do for others, God will cause others to do for you. What's that dream? What's that assignment? What's that vision? Here's what I've learned. One of the things that you should do if you want to see favor and success in your calling, one of the things that you should do is support others who are doing what God has called them to do. And again, I've done this for years, and I do it to this day. I'm not telling you something that I don't practice. This is something I do on a regular basis, and sacrificially so. I'm not saying that to boast about anything that I'm doing. It's all the grace of God, all the grace of the Holy Spirit. But I'm telling you this so that you know it works. This works. And don't listen to what any religious person might say. Don't listen to what any disgruntled person might say. The Word of God doesn't lie. The Bible clearly says here, a generous person will prosper. Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. You help others, God will send people to help you. That's the way it works. And that doesn't mean He's going to abandon you if you don't give to this ministry. The Bible also says not to give in response to pressure or to guilt. But I'm just giving you a simple principle of stewardship. Very, very practical here. And so I want to challenge you, you're watching this now, to help this ministry. Help come alongside this ministry. Lend us a helping hand by giving a single donation or by becoming a monthly ministry supporter. I want to challenge you, give a gift of $25, $50, $100. Some people can do even more. In fact, I believe there are a couple of business people who have been really blessed in the area of finances, who could sow something that is generous, who could sow something that others would consider too extravagant. Sow it anyway. Because I believe that as you begin to support the work of God, that He will begin to send people to help support what He's doing in you. And so I want to challenge you, whether you're giving a small gift and nothing is really small in the kingdom. I mean relative to other gifts. Whether what you're giving is considered by many to be small, it's not considered small to God. Or you're giving something that others would consider extravagant. That doesn't matter either. What matters is that you obey the Holy Spirit. So I'm challenging you now. Go to davidhernandezministries.com slash donate. Give a single gift of any amount or become a monthly ministry supporter. And on that note, when it comes to monthly ministry support, I want you to think about what we spend our monthly support on. I've talked about this before, but think about all the streaming platforms, 20 bucks for Netflix, 15 bucks for Hulu, $10 for Apple Music and think even of gaming memberships and gym memberships and everything these days is on a monthly basis. Think of all the memberships and the subscriptions and the services that you have. Why not also partner with the kingdom of God? Why not also help this ministry? The difference here is that you support this ministry, we don't make the content just for people who support us. It's for everyone. Freely we receive, so freely we give. We do it the biblical way by presenting the opportunity to give a free will offering into the ministry. I want to challenge many of you. You haven't done so yet. Sign up to become a monthly supporter. Maybe you've been watching for a while. You've been blessed by the teachings. Don't count yourself out. Don't say that your giving won't matter. It matters, I promise you. So one time or monthly, large or small, I'm asking you to do something right now by going to davidhernandezministries.com slash donate. And I can actually see many of the gifts coming in. I won't be able to see all of them, but I can see many of the gifts coming in from our online givers, those who give at davidhernandezministries.com. I'll be able to see your support. And if you're unable to use the form at the website, you can also give through YouTube or also through Facebook. But I'm seeing now many different supporters from around the world. Jacqueline, Sherry, thank you for your support. Marie and Stefan became monthly supporters. Liz became a monthly supporter. Alonda and Shana became monthly supporters. And the support is continuing to come in from all around the world. Whatever you're going to do, I'm asking you to do it now. Don't count yourself out. It'll take just a minute or two again and one more time. davidhernandezministries.com slash donate. You can either give a single gift or become a monthly supporter. Now, if you want to finish this series, you've watched the heavenly symbols of the Holy Spirit, which was this series or this session in the series, part two of three, and you've watched the elemental symbols of the Holy Spirit, which was part one. Now I recommend to you the uncommon symbols of the Holy Spirit. These are symbols of the Holy Spirit that are not often discussed.