第十天：2011年10月7日(Tishrei 9, 5772)
閱讀： 出埃及記33:15 民數記第九章 但以理書7:13
「聲音與神的同在」
有一次我和我的妻子潘，遭受到一個邪靈的攻擊，我們迫切地尋求神的幫助，於是祂向我們顯明出許多的罪，後來我宣告那一直存在我們血統中、攻擊我們的所有家族的靈，現在都完全離開，並且完全從我們的權勢環境中移除。當我命令這黑暗勢力離開我們家時，瞬間發生變化，那聽起來有些瘋狂，整個房間就亮了起來，神的同在就充滿在我們的臥房中，因而變得明亮如白晝，當我們抵擋邪靈時，祂的榮耀便進來並掌管我們的環境。
那個晚上的事件揭示出我們從未經歷過的某種層次的爭戰，但那並非是最重要的事情。重點是神彰顯的同在如今完全掌管我們所生活的這個特定地方，這也說明出一個真理，就是本篇文章的重點：一旦邪靈進入我們的生活環境中，神的同在有自主權，能以祂的榮耀來取代邪靈的地位。
祂的同在就是一切。當失去祂的同在時，一個咒詛就會開始作工。就像是摩西所說的：「你若不親自和我同去，就不要把我們從這裡領上去。」(出埃及記33:15)就是祂的同在保護著我們待在祂完美的時機中。在聖經中，號角(trumpet)是一種很重要的樂器，能發出聲音並產生行動，在上帝的國度中，行動與前進始終與「神的同在」一起出現。
聲音與「神的同在」同時進行，當雲柱開始移動而角聲開始吹起時，基督的身體就必須向前行、繼續全速前進。我們在民數記第九章中發現，在整個以色列人的曠野旅程中，神藉著奇蹟般的榮耀雲彩伴隨著他們，而且雲彩遮蓋著帳幕。當雲彩從帳幕收上去時，就是拔營啟程的時候到了，祭司長會用兩支銀號筒吹起一聲長音，來警示以色列百姓該是拔營啟程的時候到了。他們也使用其他特殊的號角聲，他們吹出斷音號角聲來召集會眾，而祭司長吹出不同組合的號角聲，來宣告節日與安息日的開始，還有其他的號角聲也用在戰爭來祈求神的幫助。
號角的應用，是用來表示安息日與所定的節期的開始，其已在聖殿裡延續實行，甚至後來的猶太會堂也使用。這裡有猶太拉比吹角的作法：在安息日前的週五晚上吹出六聲角聲，第一個角聲是警告在田裡的人停止工作，第二聲是警告在城裡的人停止工作，第三聲是警告人點燃安息日的燈，…最後，吹出三個長音(Tekiah)，用來表示安息日的開始。因此我們可以推測，聲音與「神的同在」是從天上到地上同時作成的，為要引導我們前進，並確保我們在地上有及時的決策、爭戰與得勝。
聲音與「神的同在」會一直伴隨著造訪而發生，並會持續到主的再來，而就在所定的日子，當全以色列人求告主名時，有許多如同雲彩般的忠心見證人聚集來管理。但以理就描述我們的主說：「見有一位像人子的，駕著天雲而來。」(但以理書7:13)。
神的同在是以色列人社群生活的中心，在花園裡，這就是神設立聖餐的目的，並使我們的禮拜生活成為所有活動的中心。當男人與女人在工作時，祂的同在便與他們同行及交談，而且當他們工作時，他們就是在敬拜神，這種模式必須恢復而代代相傳，讓神對世界與人類的旨意得以繼續。
願祂的同在成為你做人處事的中心：就在你敬拜、工作與慶祝時，願祂榮耀的門戶仍在你上面敞開，願祂透過你而湧流到你周遭的黑暗世界中。
要吹號角來宣告一種新層次的神的同在，正進入你的世界中。
Day 10 of 100 Days: “Sound and Presence” Read: Ex. 33:15, Num. 9, Dan. 7:13
Chuck Pierce 寫於 2011年10月7日 0:41
One time, Pam, my wife, and I were confronted by an evil spirit. We were seeking the Lord diligently. He was delivering us of many iniquities. I was also declaring that any familial spirit that had been in our bloodlines and had been sent against us would now have to fully let go and remove itself from our sphere of authority. When I commanded this force to leave our home, the change was instant and, as crazy as it sounds, the room actually lit up. God’s presence so flooded our bedroom that it became as bright as day. When we resisted evil, His glory came in and over- took our atmosphere.
The incident that night revealed a level of warfare we had never been in before—but that was not the most important thing. The main point was that God’s manifest presence was now free to rule this particular area of our lives. This also exemplified a truth that is key to this chapter: Once evil is confronted in our atmosphere, then God’s presence has the liberty to replace evil with glory.
His presence is everything. When He is not present a curse is in operation. Like Moses said, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here”(Exod. 33:15). His presence keeps us in His perfect timing. In the Bible, trumpets were an important instrument that produced sound and movement. In God’s kingdom, movement and advancement should always be linked with presence.
Sound and presence go hand in hand. When the cloud starts moving and the trumpet starts blowing, the Body of Christ must move forward, accelerate and keep going. We find in Numbers 9 that throughout the Israelites’ journey in the wilderness, the Lord accompanied them by means of the miraculous cloud of glory, which overshadowed the camp. When the cloud lifted, indicating the time for breaking camp had arrived, the priesthood sounded a long trumpet blast on a pair of silver trumpets to alert the people that the time for setting out had arrived. They also used other distinctive trumpet blasts. They sounded staccato trumpet blasts to convene the assembly. The priests sounded different combinations of trumpet blasts for declaring the onset of festivals and Sab- baths, and yet other blasts for invoking divine assistance in battle.
The use of the trumpets to indicate the onset of the Sabbath and appointed times carried over into temple practice and, even later, into synagogue practice. Here is how the rabbis operated: Six blasts were blown on Friday evening before the Sabbath. The first one warned people to cease working in the fields. The second one warned people in the city to cease working. The third warned people to kindle their Sabbath lights. . . . Finally, the last three, a tekiah, teruah and a tekiah were blown to mark the onset of the Sabbath. Therefore, we can surmise that sound and presence work together from heaven into the earth to guide us forward and keep us in time with decisions, confrontations and victories in the earth.
Sound and presence always accompany visitation and will continue until the Lord’s final return. There is that appointed time when all of Israel calls on the Lord and the great cloud of faithful witnesses assemble for their rule. Daniel describes our Lord as“One like a Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven” (Dan. 7:13).
The presence of God was positioned at the center of the Israelites’ community life. In the Garden, it was God’s intent for communion and our devotional life to be the center of all activities. His presence walked and talked with man and woman as they worked. And as they worked, they worshiped. This pattern now must be restored from generation to generation so that God’s in- tent for the earth and mankind can continue.
May His presence be the center of everything you do: when you worship, work and celebrate. May a portal of His glory remain open above you. May He flow through you into a dark world around you.
Blow a trumpet and declare a new level of His presence is coming into your atmosphere.
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