Solomon Aggrey - Following His Glory

Contents

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Introduction 3

Foreword 10

Chapter 1 - The Voice In The Garden 16

Chapter 2 - The Voice In The Fire 39

Chapter 3 - The Vessel Is Made Ready 57

Chapter 4 - Show Me Your Glory 71

Chapter 5 - The Abiding Glory 93

Chapter 6 - Crossing The Jordan 109

Chapter 7 - Gilgal Experiences 130

Chapter 8 - The Glory On Mount Zion 140

Chapter 9 - Coming To Mount Zion 157

Chapter 10 - The Early Outpourings 169

Chapter 11 - Through The Second Outpouring 191

Chapter 12 - The Sound Of Abundance Of Rain 209

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All rights of distribution, also through movies, radio and television, photomechanical reproduction, sound carrier, electronic medium and reprinting in excerpts are reserved.

© 2022 novum publishing

ISBN print edition: 978-3-99107-732-9

ISBN e-book: 978-3-99107-733-6

Editor: Ashleigh Brassfield, DipEdit

Cover images: Rolffimages | Dreamstime.com

Cover design, layout & typesetting: novum publishing

www.novum-publishing.co.uk

Introduction

I have been very reluctant to write a book. A solicitor who visited our church said to me, ‘Write a book about what you are teaching, and I will help you to edit it.’

I said, ‘No!’

Some other members of my church approached me and said, ‘Pastor, why don’t you put these messages into a book?’

I said, ‘No.’

There are millions of Christian books on the market. Some are excellent and are inspired by the Holy Spirit. The moment you begin to read them you feel the imprint of the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, there are millions of other Christian books, the motives of which are obscure. Some are written for fame, some for prestige, some for money, and some to add the word ‘author’ to the names of the writers. These books make sense and have Bible quotations, may seem correct theologically, give good advice and have laudable conclusions, but they do not have the life of the Spirit of God. What you get from them is only in the mental realm. They are of the flesh, and what comes of the flesh is flesh, however much they are polished, presented and applauded. They do not work to advance the kingdom of God. The reason why I was reluctant to write a book was because I did not want to birth or add to these millions of flesh books. If it was not in my destiny to write a book, I was not going to force it.

There are also other books, which are released from the kingdom of darkness or empowered from the forces of darkness. They also quote the Holy Bible, and may seem doctrinally correct on the surface, but what they offer is spiritual death. The object of these demonic books is to bring people into darkness, bring confusion, cause people to doubt the Lord and to introduce a different image of Jesus Christ. The moment you begin to read such books, you also begin to lose your zeal and fervour for the Lord. Some of these books unknowingly introduce you to demons and witchcraft. Every Christian needs the help of the Holy Spirit to perceive such crafty counterfeits and choose what to read, especially in the time and age we live in.

Later the Lord suddenly began instructing me to write in dreams and visions. I was still not enthusiastic about it. The Lord sent some other prophets to confirm His word and to tell me to begin to write. I dragged my feet for a long time. OK, what am I going to write? Then the Lord told me in a flash of inspiration that the spirit is the pen. I began then to sense what was in my spirit, and when I put it on paper I was shocked myself at what I began to write; about the glory of the Lord God.

When it comes to anybody writing about the glory or the manifest presence of God, one has to humbly acknowledge his or her complete inadequacy and utter dependence on the Holy Spirit. Even those mighty prophets in the Bible who saw the glory of God found it very difficult to describe it in human language. As I continued to write I felt the Lord’s leading to follow the patterns of His glory He had already set in the Old Testament.

When the children of Israel came out of Egypt at the first Passover, the Bible says, ‘And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.’ (Ex 13.21-22). The pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire together was the physical manifestation of God’s presence. So, the children of Israel followed the manifest presence of God, which would lead the way and also search out a place for them to camp.

‘Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys. But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.’

Exodus 40.36-28

The manifest presence of God led them through the Red Sea, through dry and desolate lands, through the wilderness of Sin until they came to the wilderness of Sinai. On Mount Sinai God descended in His glory and spoke to the children of Israel audibly. The children of Israel later said the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire. God gave them the law and instructed Moses to build a sanctuary so that He could dwell among them. The children of Israel built the tabernacle of the Lord, the centre of which was the Ark of the Covenant located in the most holy place of the tabernacle. On top of the Ark of the Covenant was the mercy seat. It was on the mercy seat the glory of God would appear to speak to the High Priest.

When the children of Israel left Mount Sinai, they followed the glory of the Lord by following the tabernacle. It took them through one camp after another for 40 years, until they reached their destination. In the Moabite plains the children of Israel had to cross the waters of Jordan into their promise. By that time Moses, Aaron and Miriam had died. A new commander and leader, Joshua, was in charge. He instructed the children of Israel:

‘When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.’

Joshua 3.3-4

The children of Israel followed the Ark of the Covenant through the waters of Jordan into Canaan; the land of their promise. The land of Canaan ‘flowing with milk and honey’ was really a symbol of God’s dwelling place in heaven which was a place of endless riches and delight. The Israelites had to go through the wilderness for 40 years before crossing over the Jordan into the Promised Land. Had anyone been left behind in the wilderness, he/she would not have survived the heat of the day, the cold in the night, the drought, the famine, and the perils of dangerous animals in the wilderness. ‘Following the Glory’ was crucial for their journey, their survival and for their promise.

What happened to the children of Israel throughout their journeys until they reached the promise land was a pattern to us. ‘Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.’ (1 Corinthians 10.11). All that happened to the children of Israel in the wilderness was a pattern for our time and generation. We too must follow the glory of God if we have to reach our inheritance and destiny. We are going to pass through some difficult, rough, and hard times, persecutions and tribulations. We must also identify and follow the glory of God if we are to survive.