Hello, church.
Shalom to all of you in the Year of Time and Space.
I want to share with you about the Year of Time and Space
once again, more like in retrospect.
We are now more than halfway through the year.
And early in this year, the Lord gave me the
theme for our church: the Year of Time and Space.
It is also for those that are following this ministry.
I believe that God has an emphasis that He will
emphasize on in a particular year.
And the previous year was the Year of the Latter Rain.
Last year, we saw the harvest come in
to prepare us for this year.
The Year of Time and Space.
We have seen in this year already how we
as a people have transcended time and space.
We've gone online.
We can be in an instant in a conference room
in New York or in Paris.
Or in China, Shanghai or somewhere else.
But it is amazing that no one would have dreamed
that the whole world would be transcending
time and space.
And yet, in a way, confined.
Yet, in a way, time seems to be held in abeyance
as we all wait with bated breath, especially
for some people who may not know
what's happening, to see what will transpire.
Will this go on for another year?
Will this be a protracted time of three years, four years?
No one knows but the Lord.
And I believe we are coming into a time
that the Lord knows the third chamber is about
to be open unto His people.
Toward the end of 2019, I was seeking the Lord
for the theme for 2020.
And the Lord gave me the Year of Time and Space,
illustrated from the temple of Solomon.
So this is the temple of Solomon
and you can see the three chambers that are
adjoined to the main building on the side.
He also said that the three chambers were a
reflection of the year 2020.
The first chamber reflects the first part of the year.
The middle chamber will be the middle part of the year.
I think we are still in it.
And then toward the end of the year,
the third chamber.
Okay, let's go through them.
This is the first chamber, the lowest floor.
And it is where the grain, wine, and oil is stored. How did this
apply to us? We've heard from people that shared about
how the Lord healed their bodies
and how the Lord manifested His healing.
And the main testimony that comes from them
is always:
“I've been taking the holy Communion.”
And now we are in the latter part of
the middle floor, the second floor,
which is a picture of rest.
And this is the chamber where the priests that
would work in the temple of Solomon,
this is the place where they would rest.
And when you look at it, it reminds you of the lockdown.
Amen.
The confined period that we had.
In Singapore, we called it “the circuit breaker.”
Amen.
And we can see how it is a very communal space,
a picture of family time, of rest.
A time of loving each other, building our relationships
with one another.
All the students, all our daughters and sons
that are far away came home to be
with their family.
Amen.
And together, we function as a family,
blessed of the Lord.
Amen.
Now we go to the third chamber, the
upper most room.
And here is where they store the gold,
the treasure, and the tithes.
The Bible says
in the temple of Solomon, when Solomon received this
blueprint from God— or rather his father (David)
received the blueprint and
he (Solomon) built it—
the blueprint of the third chamber was all
overlaid with gold.
And all the gold and the silver is kept there.
Gold primarily refers to righteousness,
the righteousness of God.
Divinity.
But also, let's not take away from the fact
that gold and silver today speak of provision.
Amen.
Material provisions.
It's as if God knows that toward the end of the year,
many people, many of His people will be challenged financially.
Many will see job retrenchments.
And I'm not just talking to our local church.
I'm talking about all over the world.
I'm speaking to the Church at large.
Amen.
It's as if God knows.
But God is saying:
“I have provided for you, long before there is”
“this need in your life.”
Just like when Abraham brought his son, Isaac,
up the mountain to sacrifice him.
Right?
But on the other side of the mountain,
God was already providing the substitute for Isaac.
Amen.
But I don't believe that the ram just
suddenly appeared.
I believe that as Abraham and his son were taking
the steps up Mount Moriah, that ram was also
taking its steps up on the other side.
Amen.
So when it comes to God’s provision, God always foresees.
And that's what it means:
“Yahweh Yireh.”
We say the Lord provides?
But the word “Yireh” actually means “the Lord sees.”
Amen.
If I say to you,
you say: “Pastor Prince, I have this need.”
And I say: “I'll see to it.”
That means: “I'll provide for you.”
Amen.
Okay?
“I will see to it.”
The Lord will see to it.
He'll provide for you.
So God foresaw what was going to happen in the
latter part of this year.
Amen.
And He's going to open to you, child of God,
the uppermost chamber.
His provisions.
The gold and the silver are indicative of that.
Praise the Lord. Amen.