The Feasts of the Lord reveal a roadmap of God’s progressive pattern planned to take man from the depths of bondage (sin), to the heights of His glory.  Let’s take a look at some of the key components of understanding this Blueprint.

The Feast dates celebrated each year were, and still are, determined by the Hebrew Covenant Calendar.  But when did the Hebrew Covenant Calendar originate, and how is it determined?  

At the time the Lord instructed Moses of what the children of Israel needed to do in order for the death plague to “pass over” their dwelling, the Hebrew Covenant Calendar was birthed (Ex. 12).  The conversation started with the Lord “resetting” the yearly calendar starting in the Spring, rather than in the Fall when the Hebrews were accustomed to recognizing the first of the year. 

“This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you” (Ex. 12:2).

“This month” would later be identified as the month the Bible refers to as “Abib” or “Nisan,” when the land was able to offer up its spring “firstfruits” (Lev.23:10).  God established this calendar based upon the moon, using the New Moon to signify the beginning of each month.  Passover was the first Feast God set forth on this calendar before leaving Egypt, and the rest of the Feasts were established later at Mt. Sinai (Ex. 23).

“…On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father…….now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month……And thus you shall eat it….It is the LORD’S Passover” (Ex. 12:3,6,11).

God attached the Feast dates to the pattern of the moon rather than the sun, which was set apart from the Egyptians who looked to the sun god to worship.  When the “new moon” arrived, this signaled day one of the first month, with Passover being celebrated 14 days later.

When the children of Israel departed Egypt and came to Mount Sinai, the Lord offered the nation a proposal of marriage to be His Holy Nation (Ex. 19:6).  The people accepted, and the “Tablets of Covenant” were given, which included the Hebraic Covenant Calendar that had the dates of the Feasts, a “holy” time to honor the marriage covenant (Ex. 20-23). 

God commanded the children of Israel to honor the Lord seven times a year through His Feasts, including the continuation of celebrating Passover each year so they remembered how He delivered them from Egypt. 

“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them; The Feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be ‘holy convocations,’ these are My feasts…These are the Feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times” (Lev. 23:2,4).

The Lord Himself referred to these Feasts days as “Convocations;” which when translated, means “sacred assembly” as well as “rehearsals.” He called them “Holy” and gave specific instruction for each holy rehearsal to follow as a “statute forever” (Lev. 23:14,21,31).  The rehearsal was not only a remembrance of the Israelites history with the Lord when He became their “Groom,” but also a prophetic witness of how God would later perfect His covenant relationship through Christ and “His Bride.”   

So why did God establish His Hebrew Covenant Calendar with the moon?

To answer that question, let’s first define God’s mission in making the sun, moon, and stars and tie it together with the Feasts.

Genesis 1:14 says, “Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for SIGNS and SEASONS and for days and years.”

The word SIGN in Hebrew means, “a signal of the Coming One.” God chose to use the sun, moon and stars to establish His timing, His days, and His nights, but also His SIGN of the “Coming One.”  

When God spoke to Moses and established this Feast calendar according to the “new moon,” His purpose was to use it to establish a SIGN of the “Coming One.”   In making a Covenant with His Chosen people (The Commonwealth of Israel and then later in the New Testament the nation of Christians), God’s plan was to use them to become His SIGN of the “One to Come” (Christ the Redeemer and Christ the King).

Psalm 89:37 also confirms the moon as the Lord’s sign.  

“It shall be established forever like the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky” 

In Psalm 104:19, the Scripture declares that God “appointed the moon for seasons” [divine appointment, fixed time, signal, or witness].

Searching through the scripture again in Genesis 1:14, the word “SEASON” in Hebrew means “moed,” and is translated as “a divine appointment, fixed time, signal, or witness.”

Coincidentally, in Leviticus 23:2 (shown up above), the word “FEAST” in Hebrew also means “moed.” Therefore, Feasts are also translated “divine appointment, fixed time, season, signal, or witness.” 

The scriptures indicate a direct correlation between God’s SIGNS and SEASONS, mentioned in Genesis 1:14, with the moon and the Feasts to reveal the “One to Come.”  The Feasts of the LORD were God’s fixed time to extend an intimate invitation to be His witness to the world.  

When the children of Israel celebrated these Feasts each year, the nations watched and witnessed them diligently traversing three times a year to God’s appointed place (Deut. 16:16).  Surely, many who observed the trek most likely asked about the purpose of the journey.  The witness of the purpose was given:   The One True God who delivered His people out of Egypt through Passover, married them at Pentecost at Mt. Sinai with a written certificate signed by His own finger (Tablets of Covenant), and bore witness of His Covenant with His presence dwelling in the Tabernacle is worthy of our honor. 

Today, believers are a sign (witness) individually as we share our faith in Christ and celebrate how He delivers us from Egypt (sins of the world), gives us the Holy Spirit who writes the Tablets of Covenant on our hearts, and dwells in our temple (body).  

The Feast blueprint also reveals a corporate union with the Lord, becoming a corporate SIGN that will reveal the “Coming King” and “His Bride” who later judge the nations in the Millennium.

The importance of these “Feasts” dates that God established has not ceased, changed or become irrelevant, even though we now live in the Age of the New Covenant. On the contrary, as believers, the invitation is actually more relevant to us now since we can see through the lens of the Old AND New Testament of how Jesus fulfills the Feasts. 

Honoring the Feasts isn’t a requirement for our salvation of course, but they do serve a Kingdom purpose of a SIGN to the world of Christ as Savior and King.  In the years ahead, they will also be used as a measuring stick as to which nations are aligned with Christ in the Millennium:

“And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. ¹⁷ And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. ¹⁸ If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. ¹⁹ This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles” (Zech. 14:16-19).

The purpose of any dress rehearsal is to put into practice a production/show in its entirety before the “live performance.”  The Children of Israel (representing those IN COVENANT WITH GOD) were chosen to be a part of the cast of what I am going to coin, the Lord’s “Redemption Production.”  In this production, the manuscript was written by the “finger of God,” and given to the Children of Israel at Mt. Sinai (Lev. 23).  Their role was to follow each Feast as instructed so that WHEN Christ came many centuries later, there was no doubt of who the Lord was.

We can read about the whole Blueprint of the Spring Feasts going “LIVE” in the Gospels when Christ became the Passover Lamb, died, rose from the dead, and sent the Holy Spirit as a promise of His return.  As the Spring Feasts come around each year now believers can celebrate the memory of that “live performance,” and thank God for sending Jesus to fulfill the script.

Today, believers have been given the privilege of participating in the cast of the second act of the “Redemption Production;” preparing for the time when Christ will return as King.

The final three Feasts that we are awaiting the fulfillment are known as the “Fall Feasts.” The Fall Feasts consist of the Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.   

Given that ALL Christians have great hope and expectation of Jesus’ return, it serves us well to study His Manuscript, so we understand our role and participate in the “dress rehearsal” so that our hearts are ready.

“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him’…” (Matt. 25:6)!

Many of you have asked me about the Passover recording I did about George Washington’s vision.  I felt compelled by the Holy Spirit to record it and release it in the atmosphere so that the Word would speak NOW.  Below is a link for those who would like to hear the vision.

Topic: George Washington’s Vision from God
Date: Apr 8, 2020 08:02 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Meeting Recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/tcVabJzT7iRIfavn6EHyAbEiTtv0aaa81ilP_vUMzUaBq-lhmyuQfUZd89m6rp9z

Access Passcode: F9BFmo

 

On August 19th, we enter into the sixth Hebrew month known as ELUL, which is linked to the tribe of GAD. Gad was the seventh son of Jacob and his name primarily is translated as a “troop.” However, GAD can also mean good fortune, to attack, to overcome, to invade, and to gather together.

This is the final month of the summer season and one that reminds us of the “good fortune” that comes when God’s people choose to gather together in a heart of humility, repentance, and forgiveness.

ELUL is pictured as a month that God wants to meet us intimately right where we are, even in the midst of struggle, and “hang” with us.  This can be best illustrated through the ministry of Jesus here on the earth: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” John 1:14. 

The word “dwelling” is actually the word for “tent” or “tabernacle.” Jesus left His throne to come and “tabernacle” among us for 33 years.  Then He gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit who “dwells” within us.

In the days of Moses, the two months prior to ELUL (Tammuz and Av) were tragic.  In Tammuz, the children of Israel built the golden calf while Moses was gone to get the “Tablets of Covenant” from the LORD (Ex. 32:1-5). When Moses returned in AV and saw them worshipping idols, he broke the Tablets of Covenant.  Moses then called out, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side-come to me”  (Ex. 32:26). Those who came with Moses were then given instruction to kill everyone else left, totaling 3,000 people.

Afterward, Moses instructed the remaining people to consecrate themselves while he went to ask God to pardon them for their sin (Ex. 32:29-31).  The Lord still plagued the people, as their “stiff-necked” demeanor was being chastised. During this time, God was provoking them to throw away their idols and to choose Him (Ex. 33:5). After many days of continual prayers, God answered Moses’ plea to pardon the people.

On the first day of ELUL, Moses cut two stone tablets and went back up to Mount Sinai to bring them to the LORD (Ex. 34:4).  It was during this time (ELUL), that the children of Israel gathered together and prepared their hearts in humility.  They understood it was the mercy of God that had given them a second chance.

The month of ELUL reminds the Body of Christ to prepare their hearts, both individually and corporately, with humility, prayer, and thanksgiving as we wait for Jesus to return as King.  

This year this month is so relevant and critical for us today, and we need to participate with heaven.  The “Church at large” is being asked by the Spirit of God to wake up, reset, position herself in prayer and worship, seek God’s heart, and gather together in unity with this core attitude:  Admit we need Jesus – His leadership, truth, righteousness, and justice.  The Holy Spirit is trying to alert the Church….get in the game by getting desperate for Him…..for our “ways” have not worked, and the enemy “appears” to be running the show in our nation and the nations.  God has given us the key to overturn these events.  He desires for us to partner with heaven in the overturning and the shaking.

During this time, we need to come broken in humility (2 Chron. 7:14).  We need His truth, revelation, and anointing to bring breakthrough for the Church and the nation.  We need to be moved with a passion to seek His leadership.  The healing, purpose, and identity of our nation need the Church to take this posture in the prayer.

The tribe of GAD was known to be great warriors and taking the lead line on the battlefield. 1 Chronicles 12:8 says, “Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR, MEN TRAINED FOR BATTLE, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.”

The Gadites were effective when they joined the king’s forces and came under their authority and purpose. The Lord today is training us to be His mighty army as we learn to come under His command and defeat the enemy., first in prayer and then obedience to the Holy Spirit.

Before Moses died, he prophesied over the tribe of Gad.  “..he (Gad) administered the justice of the Lord, and His judgments with Israel”  (Deut. 33:21).

The great prophet, Elijah, was from the tribe of Gad. His life illustrates how one man can take down the enemies of the camp with the “sword/word.”  The story of Elijah confronting the false prophets of Baal really captures the essence of Gad’s strength as well as the Father’s heart of giving his people an opportunity to repent and forgive before judgment comes.

In 1 Kings18:18, King Ahab accuses Elijah of being a “troubler of Israel.” Elijah boldly answers, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and have followed after Baals.” It was after this encounter that Elijah challenged King Ahab to bring all the false prophets to Mount Carmel. Ahab takes on the challenge and brings the children of Israel as well.

God then uses Elijah to draw a line in the sand between righteousness and justice, giving the children of Israel the opportunity to humble themselves and escape God’s judgment. In verse 21, Elijah SPEAKS truth to the people, “How long with you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” Unfortunately, God’s people did not respond to this call.

Elijah then challenges the false prophets to a sacrifice dual. “Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, He is God” (1 Kings 18:24). Elijah eventually calls on the Lord after the false prophets fail the task. The Lord consumes the sacrifice with fire and then has all the false prophets executed.

This is the same cry of God’s heart even today: HOW LONG WILL YOU FALTER BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS? God wants to see the gift of Gad rise up in all of us and confront the enemy, but more importantly, he wants us to have ears to hear His rebuke so we can repent before judgment comes.

After Elijah’s huge victory over the enemy, we find him alone in the wilderness, fleeing in fear for his life after Queen Jezebel threatens to kill him.  This was right after he was used by God to call down the fire of judgment on the false prophets.  This hidden fear in Elijah was exposed when he SAW Jezebel and HEARD her threat.  All of a sudden, God became small compared to Jezebel’s threat to kill him.

Let’s look back at the Word that was given to Gad to understand Elijah’s weakness.  Genesis 49:19 prophecies of GAD in the latter days: “Gad, a troop shall tramp upon him, BUT he shall triumph at last.”

This latter-day prophecy of Jacob over his son Gad used the word “troop” to describe Gad’s enemy. This indicates that Gad’s greatest enemy can be himself because “a troop” is what Gad’s name means!  The enemy can work on the soul of Gad to defeat himself, even though he is known as a great warrior.  This happened even to the great prophet Elijah!  How many Christians today are defeated by fears instead of the fear of the Lord?  We must stand, and continue to speak His truth.

BUT, God came to Elijah in a still small voice, meeting him intimately in his weakness. As God spoke, Elijah gathered strength, humility, and the instruction of moving forward with God’s plan.  This is the heart of ELUL and the heart that is ready to meet the King!

“In mercy and truth atonement is provided for iniquity, and by the fear of the Lord, one departs from evil” (Proverbs 16:6).

May the Body of Christ join together in the unity of prayer and worship and seek God’s leadership in this critical time.  We must speak the truth as He leads, and be obedient to His instruction.

 

 

 

According to Breaking Israel News:

“Israel Antiquities Authority recently excavated an administrative storage center from the days of King Hezekiah and Manasseh in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem.  Excavation of the site revealed an unusually large structure built of concentric ashlar walls.  Of particular interest, 120 jar handles were found bearing seal impressions containing ancient Hebrew script.  Many of the handles bare the inscription “LMLK,”  belonging to the King with the name of the ancient city, while others feature the names of senior officials or wealthy individuals from the First Temple period.  This is one of the largest and most important collections of seal impressions ever uncovered in archaeological excavations in Israel.”

“At the site we excavated, there are signs that governmental activity managed and distributed food supplies not only for a shortage but administered agricultural surplus amassing commodities and wealth.  Evidence shows that at this site, taxes were collected in an orderly manner for agricultural products such as wine and olive oil.”

I share this article because the Holy Spirit reminded me of how reading about King Hezekiah led me to learn about the significance of the Hebrew calendar and the principles of the blueprint God established in His word for a nation to experience healing.  And today, this discovery is a sign to me that the story of Hezekiah’s reign is a key to helping us through these difficult times.

In 2012, God had me study King Hezekiah’s reign, and how he got a revelation that the kings before him had established a wrong governmental platform for the nation. These iniquitous choices were causing God’s people to crumble under the weight of the enemy invading the land.  The Assyrian army had already defeated the House of Israel and part of the House of Judah at the time Hezekiah came into kingship.  Hezekiah was raised in an hour that stopped the demise completely…at least bought the House of Judah time and allowed them to prosper under his reign.  Unfortunately, subsequent kings didn’t do as Hezekiah did, and the demise of the nation came through the Babylonians approximately 100 years later.

Prior to King Hezekiah’s reign, the kings had forsaken what God wrote in His law and began adopting their “own ways.”  They also stopped honoring God’s “holy days” and adopted pagan practices and idolatry.  God then raised up an adversary, the king of Assyria to invade the land and displace many of God’s people.

But Hezekiah removed all the things that were outside of God’s laws and understood this was the wrath of God that had come upon them for turning away from the Lord:

“Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.  For our fathers have tresspassed and done evil in the eyes of the Lord our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and turned their backs on Him” (2 Chron. 29:5,6).

He sent out messengers to all the tribes to come and celebrate the Passover: 

“Then the runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king.  ‘Children of Israel, RETURN to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria…Now do not be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever; and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you. For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him'” (2 Chron. 30:1-9).

Many mocked the invitation, but some did come:  

“So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but they laughed at them and mocked them.  Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.  Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of the Lord” (2 Chron. 39:10,11).

And while they chose to follow God’s law and return to God’s covenant calendar, God healed the people:

“And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people” (2 Chron. 30:20).

There was great joy in Jerusalem, and God also opened His ears to hear the prayers of the priests:

“Then the priests, the Levites, arose and blessed the people, and their voice was HEARD; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place to heaven” (2 Chron. 30:27).

Hezekiah did what was good and right and true before God.  And God prospered him:

“And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart.  So he prospered” (2 Chron. 31:21).

God also gave King Hezekiah victory over the Assyrian king’s army, even though they were outnumbered in men and resources:

“Now because of this:  King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven,  Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria.  So he returned shamefaced to his own land.  And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there” (2 Chron. 32:20,21).

This year, because of COVID-19, the nations came together to honor Passover.  This was a “Hezekiah” moment.  When Hezekiah called to restore the honoring of Passover, it was the first time it had been honored like that since the time King Solomon reigned.  And it led to a healing of the people.

COVID-19 also forced the churches to close their doors.  It has been a “divine pause” that God is trying to wake up the church too.  We should be examining how we are doing church.  How effective is the church in the nation?  What needs to change?  How can we get back into the places of influence and authority?  These questions demmand answers because the church has lost her influence and positioning of authority in this nation.   The “house” that man has built versus the house God wants to be built must be examined.  We are in a Hezekiah moment to stop and pause as he did and discover why the nation has grown so weak and yet the enemy gaining power.  But God’s word tells us why:

“For so it was the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods, and had walked in the statutes of the nations who the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, which they had made.  Also, the children of Israel SECRETLY did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city” ( 2 Kings 17:7-9).

There is nothing new under the sun.  This pattern of “turning away” from the Lord and His ways exists today.  God is first after the church and things done in “secret” as well as the doctrines that man created.  He is trying to get us to follow His blueprint in being the body of Christ under His headship.  This “divine pause” is a wake-up call for the church to get into alignment with His truth.

Repentance is required first as we see in the story of Hezekiah.  But repentance isn’t just the answer.  In the story of Hezekiah, the king shifted and asked the people to TURN from their wicked ways. They then took action to restore what God commanded and removed all idols.

Restoring the “Holy Days” is also one of the keys to bridging the body of Christ back into one voice and heartbeat.  We saw the coming together across denominational divides, continental divides, and political divides as we celebrated Passover this year.

Hezekiah shows us that government done rightly will cause ALL to prosper and defeat the enemy.  The excavation and discovery of King Hezekiah’s “governmental activity” that handled the distribution of supplies is a sign for us to wake up and learn from Hezekiah in this hour.  There were 120 handles found.  120 is the biblical number that symbolizes a divinely appointed time of waiting.  It was 120 years that God gave before the flood of judgment came (Gen. 6:1-3).  Yet in the New Testament, it was 120 that the Holy Spirit poured out His fire upon, baptizing them with God’s truth and grace (Acts 2).  It is God’s time to judge, and it is His time to pour out His Spirit of truth.  In this time of shaking, King Hezekiah holds a key to the healing of this nation, and the nations who call upon the Lord.

Praying we all shift through the shaking, learn from the example of Hezekiah, and we enter into the commandment and promises of 2 Chron 7:14:

“If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, THEN  I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and heal their land.”

 

On Monday evening, July 20th, we enter into the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar known as “AV.” AV is translated “to will or to desire; as well as “father.” The month of AV is linked to the tribe of Simeon, whose name means “to hear and obey.” If we put all those Hebrew clues together, this month has the significance of remembering to  “hear and obey the will/desire of the Father.”

Cyclically, the summer months are typically associated with the tribes who were great warriors. The scriptures share that our weapons of war are mighty in God for the pulling down of strongholds.  We are called to use the “sword of the spirit” as we battle against the flesh and the principalities that oppose Christ, praying with all prayer and supplication.  This isn’t easy to do in the summer when the sun and fun are grabbing our attention.  Don’t get me wrong.  The summer is a time to enjoy the outdoors and family vacations.  But summer is also a time to “work” the word and to go into action as God instructs.

Spring is for sowing seeds, but summer is “working” the seed so it will produce a harvest.   Therefore, it takes hard work that wars against the flesh.  In the summer, it is easy to get distracted from spending time with the Lord.  We can easily get anesthetized with the pleasure and fun that pull us away from prayer that helps us through life’s challenges.

The summer months are tied to seeing, listening, and then obeying, which produces a unified troop armed for the Lord. Last month the focus was on sight. This month it is on hearing. If Satan can get our vision and our hearing impaired from what God has said, he has us hooked us into his web of deceit and lies that produce actions that veer us off course, resulting in consequences.

Last month, the significance of the story of the twelve spies who went out was that they SAW all the giants. 40 days later, they returned to the people of Israel who HEARD two reports (Numbers 13,14). Ten spies shared all the problems and obstacles they SAW. Two shared the promise God had given them. On the 9^th of AV, the people decided to take wrongful action and choose the negative report they HEARD and to not believe what God had shared about the Promised Land.

“So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, ‘If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!” (Numbers 14:1,2).

In their unbelief, the children of Israel proceeded to make bad decisions that led to severe consequences because of what they chose to HEAR. First, they complained and cried. Then they had the idea to dethrone Moses as their leader, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.” Finally, when hearing Joshua speaking the truth about God’s promise, they came up with the idea of stoning Joshua. None of these actions were pleasing to God (Numbers 14:4-10).

If it was not for Moses and Aaron interceding for the children of Israel despite their plot to dethrone their leader, the children of Israel could have been wiped out because of God’s anger.

How Moses responded is what God is calling Christians to do as we see the destruction happening in our nation:  We must intercede and pray for God’s mercy!

God’s judgment didn’t stop coming to the Israelites when Moses and Aaron prayed. The Israelites were not able to go into the Promised Land, and all those spies who brought the wrong report died of a plague.  America is going through the judgment of our choices of eliminating God from our national foundation.  The Lord hears the prayers of the saints.  It may not look like He is answering, but He is.   It’s His heart to redeem America from destruction, and the shaking is a part of the process.

As a side note, it is interesting that America is paralleling a similar test that the Israelites faced when hearing the report from the twelve spies:  Are we hearing and responding to the voice of the enemy, joining the forces that are destroying and dividing as a consequence of being fear-driven?  Or are we hearing God’s promise for America and being moved by faith at this greatest hour of shaking?  Our mouth will decree life and death; fear or faith; hope or hopelessness.  Through the words that come out of our mouth, the report we are choosing to believe will become self-evident.

When God speaks, it is important we listen. Our disobedience and lack of faith can affect a whole community.  However, our obedience can also bring us (and others) into the “Promised Land” as we learn from Joshua and Caleb.  Their faith was tested and later at God’s appointed time, they were used mightily in God’s redemption story.

While AV was a month of judgment during the time of the story of the twelve spies, it is recorded in history that the 9^th of AV has continued to be a day of judgment. In 587 BC, the armies of Babylon destroyed Solomon’s temple. In 70 AD, the Romans destroyed the 2^ndtemple. In 135 AD, the Romans defeated the Jews. In 1095 AD, the 1^st crusade was launched, killing thousands of Jews. In 1290 AD, the Jews were expelled from England. In 1492 AD, the Jews were expelled from Spain. In 1942 AD, the Jews were deported from Warsaw ghetto to the death camps. In 2005, the Jews were removed from Gaza.

The 9^th of AV incidences are NO coincidence. Cyclically, the window of destruction has opened up during this month and judgment has been released. This cycle started when the children of Israel said after the spies report, “The enemy is too strong of us. We will die!”

One may ask why does this curse still exist today?  And it could be answered as simply as this:  When the Jews rejected Jesus, they remain under the debt of the law. According to laws written in Leviticus 17 and Deuteronomy 29, the Jews refusal to accept the New Covenant left them subject to the law which they breached. This cyclical destruction has only one remedy: the atoning blood of Christ.  The Bible says, “I will give You (Jesus) as a covenant to the people (Is. 42:6).  There is power in the blood of the Lamb!

Simeon, the tribe associated with this month, was one of two tribes that Jacob cursed in his final prophetic blessing to his sons. This was because Simeon and Levi decided to murder the men of Shechem for the rape of their sister Dinah. This vengeance was evil, and Jacob called them on it:

“Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place. Let not my soul enter their council; let not my honor be united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self will they hamstrung an ox; cursed be their anger for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it, is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel” (Gen. 49:5-7).

Simeon was made to be a warrior and one called a weapon of justice in the hand of God.  But when his own hand ruled Simeon, as he did so in Shechem, his passion and temper produce a work of destruction against God rather than for God.   This can be true for all of us. We can think we are going to help God out by executing justice out of “righteous anger.” But when we do that, our character is one that kills, steals, and destroys in the name of righteousness, and we appear to be sons of the enemy of God.

Av is a month that presents to us a choice to hear God’s word and have faith and believe in the promises of God. It is also a month to remind us to keep our passions under His command by taking the time to HEAR what God has to say about the matter. We are not under the curse any longer.

Today, we are seeing and hearing a lot going on in this world. But what is God saying? Can we see all that is going on through His eyes? I encourage all of you to take time to do some listening prayer this month. God has a lot to tell us IF we stop and listen. Our history proves this month to be a month that the children of Israel heard the wrong voice because of what they saw. So, guard your ears and declare His Word out loud so your ears hear what God is saying. And expect this month to ENTER into the Promises and celebrate His goodness as God had intended!

Tonight, June 21st begins the fourth month in the Hebrew calendar known as Tammuz, otherwise known as the “hidden month of great sin.”  Tammuz is known for this because of the repetitive failure of the children of Israel throughout Old Testament history to trust the Lord at His Word, which led to idolatry.  As much as this sounds like a negative, God always turns things around for His good, and it is His heart to reveal anything hidden that separates us from our relationship with Him.

It was during the month of Tammuz that the children of Israel became impatient waiting for Moses to come back with the written Tablets of Covenant (Ex. 32:1).  Believing Moses was delayed, the children of Israel lost faith in the Lord and Moses, and decided to create a god in the form of a golden calf.

Aaron unfortunately did not stop this suggestion, so when Moses returned with the Ten Commandments, the children of Israel had already set up their idol worship.  If it wasn’t for Moses interceding for the people, God would have “cut them off” of Covenant.

The focus of our spiritual and natural eyes is so important as they can lead us toward or away from the promises of God. The twelve spies went into the Promised Land during the month of Tammuz.   All the spies saw the same things, but Joshua and Caleb SAW the land through God’s promise.  While their eyes led them to an action plan to advance, the others could saw retreat and hopelessness  (Numbers 13, 14).

Joshua’s ability to believe God at His Word in the midst of opposition made him a great military leader later on.  In a pivotal battle that shifted the Israelites into a position to conqueror the land of Canaan, Joshua had to face five of the greatest Canaanite kings who had teamed up to war against the children of Israel.

In Chapter 10 of Joshua, we read the account of this battle that happened during the month of Tammuz, and how Joshua was outnumbered.  Joshua could have SEEN the situation in the natural and lost hope. But God said in verse 8, “Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you.” 

 Joshua had the courage, and watched the Lord send hailstones from heaven.  Then Joshua prayed to God to make the sun stand still so they could finish the battle. God intervened and helped Joshua gain victory over the enemy.  When the wartime was over, Joshua had defeated 31 kings! Through Joshua, we also see this month reflects a heart of courage and loyalty to the Lord, which brings a great reward!

WHAT IS AMAZING IS THAT THERE IS A RARE SOLAR ECLIPSE, DESCRIBED AS THE “RING OF FIRE” HAPPENING TONIGHT OVER ISRAEL:

“The first solar eclipse of 2020, a rare annular eclipse, will appear in the heavens over Israel on Sunday.  According to academicians, this type of eclipse described as a “ring of fire” was responsible for Joshua’s miraculous ‘stopping of the sun’ during battle exactly 3,227 years ago.” (www.breakingisraelnews.com)

The month of Tammuz is also linked to the tribe of Reuben, whose name means, “See, a son!”  Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn, and the one who would be the inheritor of the birthright of Israel.   Unfortunately, in a moment of “weakness,” he lusted after his father’s concubine and lost that blessing.

Reuben had great courage, but little moral strength at times.  It was through his shortcomings though that Reuben’s character grew because he chose humility time after time, and kept his heart from becoming bitter. This quality made Reuben special.  When focused on God’s righteousness, Reuben was one who loved well and had a beautiful heart of compassion.  This is why Jacob prophesied in Gen. 48:3-4:

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength.  The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.  Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it-He went up to my couch.”

Reuben never held bitterness, even to his brother, Joseph, who inherited his firstborn inheritance.  Reuben even had compassion for Joseph to save his life when his other brothers wanted to put him to death (Genesis 37:21,22).  It was also Reuben who pledged his life and the life of his sons when Jacob was unwilling to let Benjamin go down into Egypt, so we see his tender conscience is a quality to be admired.

Every time Reuben disobeyed the will of God, there seemed to be severe consequences.  God does not let Reuben get away with his sin!  In Numbers 16, the men of Korah and the sons of Reuben went against Moses and rebelled against his leadership. Losing the firstborn status was huge for Reuben, but in this instance, the Lord caused the ground to split and swallow them up!  Reuben teaches us a lesson on how not to accomplish God’s plan our OWN WAY!  This is nothing but pride and rebellion, which is the same as witchcraft!  (1 Sam. 15:23)

What we learn from Reuben is pivotal in our walk with the Lord.  Our weaknesses will come up before us in a moment of testing just like the examples of the children of Israel and the golden calf, Joshua, and Reuben.  If we humble ourselves and wait on the Lord, we will find strength in His Word and walk under His command.  If we try to hide our weakness by doing something to cover it up, or taking things into our own hands, we find ourselves in sin and consequences.

Around the Tabernacle, Reuben led the brigade joined with Simeon and Gad on the southern side.  These three tribes were known as the warriors, although Reuben did not like to war at times.  This also got Reuben in trouble because God anointed his tribe for wartime.  Moses recognizes his weakness and calls it out:

“Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?  Now why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?” (Numbers 32:6,7)

Moses warns the Reubenites that if they don’t go to battle, they would be judged. “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).  The Reubenites knew this to be true, and they followed their leader!  In this instance, humility guides their decision, and they go to battle.  God blesses them with great riches from the battle.

When the Reubenites were under the authority of a righteous king, they rose to be noble and full of dignity.  (1 Chron. 26: 31,32). But left to themselves, they strayed from wise choices that always resulted in major consequences.

Reuben had the heart to love the Lord.  When the Reubenites got back from fighting the giants and mighty armies in the land of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership, they brought sacrifices to the Lord.  But not long afterward, they turn around and made another bad decision.  In their moment of rejoicing, the Reubenites decide impulsively to build a great altar to the Lord (Joshua 22).  This went against God’s law, and the children of Israel rose up to fight against Reuben!  Reuben came up with a great excuse that it would be just a memorial, which it ended up only being because God did not authorize it as a place of worship.  Again, we see the unstable quality of Reuben that God wants to redeem.

Reuben, Simeon, and Gad held the high banner of man which was Reuben’s banner.  This is not a coincidence as these three tribes were tested and known for their human strength and weakness.  In God’s redemption plan, we can all be the Reuben’s that loved well and are mighty in the Lord’s strength!

The body of Christ has entered into a season of war.  But this war is one to hold onto His promises and not be moved by what we see. Our character is being tested!  We must be armed with God’s truth and have faith to trust that God has our victory in His hand.  We must take time to get a strategy and then fight with courage the good fight of faith!   “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Mark 9:23 

This month is a great month to “WORK the WORD,” no matter what you see!  That means to read, speak, and believe God’s Word until you KNOW in your heart what God says is the truth!  This is true “sonship,” which was the essence of Reuben’s name and the purpose of his destiny!  In God’s redemption plan, we can all take on the good qualities of Reuben and see great reward!

 

 

For the most part, America’s forefathers patterned this nation according to the laws given to the nation at Mt. Sinai.  

While the nation was establishing its Bible-based foundations in 1776 with the making of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Articles of Confederation, the enemy established headquarters in America as well through the Illuminati, Free Masonry, and Marxists organizations to name a few.

 Two trees were growing together in this nation, resembling the wheat and tares parable Jesus shared in Matt. 13:24-30.  These two trees were a result of two types of people who first landed in this nation:  The Pilgrims who landed in 1620 who wanted to establish a colony based on Christian ideals, and the Virginia colony of 1607 whose primary purpose was to gain wealth.

At America’s core, she was destined to represent a land of Jubilee that enjoyed freedom, liberty, and justice for all.  It is no coincidence that America has 50 states as 50 is the biblical number representing Jubilee: a time when debts were settled, slaves were free to return home to their family and land, and inheritance was returned to its rightful owners (Lev. 25). Jubilee was a part of God’s provision to relieve God’s people from debt oppression so that every person had the opportunity of grace to experience the fruitfulness of God’s promises.  America’s national anthem declares, “The Land of the free, and the Home of the brave.”

However, in the formation of our Constitution, a deviation from God’s foundational word happened.  This opened the door for the CRACK that allowed the enemy to form roots alongside the good of America’s divine purpose.  One of those deviations happened with a vote to disregard the laws of Jubilee that would set slaves free and debts canceled so that ALL could enjoy a fresh start of freedom.

Historians write that Thomas Jefferson, a slave owner, struggled to draft the Declaration of Independence.  Freedom was the heartbeat of our Forefathers establishing America and opposing England’s rulership that oppressed their religious freedom as well as burdened the people with “taxation without representation.”  Jefferson struggled with the concept of how to deal with the issue of slavery that had come to America as well if “ALL men were to be created equal.”

At the time, slavery had gone past God’s “lawful” guidelines established in God’s word that clearly outlined how to work off a debt owed in righting a wrong.  In biblical days,  one became a “slave” because they had committed a crime that required debt to be paid to one who had been wronged.  If they didn’t have the money to pay the debt, they were then required to work it off to settle the debt.

This law had NOTHING to do with race or ethnicity.  This had to do with settling debts for breaking the law.  God even included the Law of Jubilee so that all “slaves” weren’t indebted their whole life for a crime they committed.  The Laws of Jubilee (Lev. 25) set the debt-free so that ALL could experience the freedom to live.  This was a foreshadowing of Christ coming to settle the debt and allow His sacrifice to set people free of the debt of their sin.

Some of the original 13 colonies had slave owners that had become more interested in the free labor that was causing them to prosper in the new land than to honor God’s laws of payment of the debt owed.  Slaves had also come from Africa and Haiti that were sold for profit, not because they sinned and had to pay off a debt.  Greed voted that day, and the laws of Jubilee that Thomas Jefferson had included in the Declaration of Independence were denied and taken out.  The Georgia and South Carolina colonies would not agree on the Constitution until Jefferson omitted the verbiage that challenged their right to have slaves.  The vote led to the CRACK, and America has suffered racial division and strife as a result of that compromise to God’s law.

The Declaration of Independence says:

Perhaps that is why the Liberty Bell cracked in it’s making and still remains cracked for all to see as it has the Jubilee scripture of Lev. 25 inscribed on the bell.  The first Liberty Bell was made in 1751 that had the words on it:  “Proclaim Liberty Throughout ALL the Land Unto ALL the Inhabitants thereof.”  It broke at the first stroke of the clapper.

The New Bell hung in City Hall of Philadelphia and rang at every important event.  It tolled on the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 and cracked again, never to be heard again.  

 

The scripture on the Liberty Bell was Lev. 25:10:

“And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.  It shall be a Jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to its possession, and each of you shall return to his family.”

We are now seeing all these tares of the CRACK coming up out of the ground and into plain view.  This division was fueled by compromising God’s Law, and the enemy took the compromise and stepped in to build his government and oppress God’s people which produced division, strife, hatred, racism, anger, destruction and murder.

The Law of Jubilee also included the laws of usury (Lev. 25:36,27).  God was clear that His people were NOT to apply USURY when lending money.  Therefore, the Law of Jubilee included all mortgaged land so that the land could rest from debt as well.

Unfortunately, usury was also adopted as an acceptable practice in American business, which negated the opportunity for personal and national “Jubilee.”  This is why our nation today has a national debt crisis and why there is such schism between the rich ruling over the poor.  In God’s blueprint, He made a way for ALL to prosper IF they obeyed His voice and commandments, and usury was forbidden.

Our banking national banking system has been built upon usury.  God is about to deal with that CRACK as well.

 

 

It seems as if all prophetic eyes are on the “plumb line” these days through prayer and what God is doing in the earth.  Recently, I have had a few people contact me to let me know God had put it in their heart to get a “plumb line.”

For the past 8 years, God has had me use a plumb line to drop it on strategic places (land) and prophetically pray His breakthrough into the earth. I saw His promises needed to be “set free” from iniquitous ties covenanted in the land that hinder God’s kingdom to come and manifest in the earth.  

The parable God gave me to understand what He was asking me to do was of the Parable of the Sower (Matt 13).  For example, our nation was founded with wheat (Founding Fathers who loved the Lord), and tares (Founders who opposed God’s appointed destiny of America of an appointed place to freely worship and multiply His seed of truth to the nations because they had a vision of a one-world order government = antichrist hidden in Free Masonry and the Illuminati to name a few).

The time had come that the tares that were allowed in our nation’s foundation had grown so deep and tall that they were choking out the wheat.  They had been hidden in politics, economics, and religious organizations that gained support and multiplied as the nation grew.  Now that the harvest is coming, the tares are visible and need to be rooted out and set apart from the wheat harvest.

Dropping the plumb line was not only for the land (nation) but also for God’s church who had partnered with the ideology of the tares and had agreed to come into her religious structures guise as “holy” or “Christian doctrine.”  

Some may be asking: What is a plumb line?  A plumb line is a measuring tool that is used to make sure a foundation is being built straight, without any deviations that would make it crooked or unbalanced.  It is the line that determines what is right and true and all foundations that use it can build knowing everything on top will be “upright.”

I saw up ahead a land and people “set free” from iniquitous entanglements and covenants.  I also saw the plumb line dropped to separate God’s people from iniquity and falsehoods that they had intertwined themselves through religious belief systems and structures in the church at large.  And through that release, I saw the rulership of God begin to rise and manifest in the earth.

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face” (Psalm 89:14).

We as a body of believers cannot RULE for the Lord in the earth unless we are abiding in His foundation of righteousness and justice.  The Lord has been dealing with every place crooked in our mindsets, character, doctrine, families, businesses, and ministries.  He is setting His people apart for His service to reign with Him.  The body of Christ is learning more about His kingship and how to follow His blueprint in establishing His kingdom here on the earth.  But we cannot be mobilized to establish God’s rulership until we are free from false teachings, mindsets, covenants, and business that opposes CHRIST and HIS WAYS.  We must accept the shift and sift of the Holy Spirit.

In all honesty, when I first used the plumb line, I really didn’t have a clear understanding of why God wanted me to use it as a prophetic act when He called me to pray over specific rulership structures in the world.  I didn’t quite understand why it was significant to do these acts and touch the earth with a plumb line as logic couldn’t comprehend how it could make an impact.  But after seeing the powerful breakthrough with these simple acts of obedience, I kept going and believed God would reveal the fullness of His truth in time.  God was doing something in the EARTH!

What I did know was that it was tied to Jesus coming back to establish His righteousness in the earth.

I knew in the Millennium that Christ redeems the earth through His righteous rule.   God’s people have been “trapped” in many ways within the iniquity shed and the falsehoods that had grown in the earth that have multiplied and eradicating God’s truth, stripping authority from God’s people, and preventing His covenant promises from materializing:

“I was watching, and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, ‘until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom” (Dan. 7:21).

The prophetic words of Daniel will soon materialize in the earth, and this SHIFT is a part of that process, which includes the plumb line.  

Our eyes are opening to the decay of righteous leadership in America and the antichrist agenda that has been building its infrastructure underground.  We are now experiencing cities in chaos and destruction, who are being led by antichrist organizations trying to take over the cities.  All of the sudden, the walls have been broken down.  The plumb line has been dropped.  God will resurrect HIS authority out of these ashes.

Personally, I have the fear of God praying for God’s people to awaken to the purpose and process of the plumb line so they can shift and then receive His protection, provision, healing, and authority through this shift.  WE all play a part in God’s redemption plan to overturn evil.  BUT, we must first respond to the purpose of the plumb line.

God is just.  His plumb line goes out as a measuring stick that ALL can respond to so they can quickly turn from their wicked ways. This repentance produces life and liberty.  It restores and heals and allows the righteous authority to lead us back into the promises of God and His peace.

The Plumb line is God’s revelation of Himself as the standard.

God’s people are AWAKENING to a greater revelation of HIM.  The knowledge is helping us see where we have been caught in falsehoods.  We can then respond by removing ourselves from false foundations, and allow God’s grace to cleanse, cover and protect us.  THEN we have greater authority to wield HIS SWORD to fight in this war that we are in.  This is a sword not made by hands, but is the sword of the Spirit: the word of God.. the TRUTH!

The prophet Amos understood that God was using the plumb line to test the spirituality, morality, and genuineness of the people against the standard.  

“Thus He showed me:  Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.  And the Lord said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’  And I said, ‘A plumb line.’  Then the Lord said:  Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not pass by them any more” (Amos 7:7,8).

God cannot overlook our sin any longer.  He won’t “pass by.” He will now pass THROUGH His people and the land with His SWORD of TRUTH in judgment.

“The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid to waste.  I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam” (Amos 7:9).

IT IS GOD’S TIME TO DEAL WITH OUR IDOLATRY……the moral, spiritual and ethical decay that comes when a people walk contrary to God’s truth.  

The plumb line produces a test that poses the question, “Are the people really God’s people?”  God wants to see when the plumb line is dropped that His people, nation, is willing to come back and exhibit His characteristics and His way of enacting righteousness, justice, and truth in the earth.

The plumb line causes major shakings that rattle the norm and test what truly is inside a believer’s heart as well.  It can reveal the “hidden” sins.  For the nation, it can expose iniquitous structures deep within its foundation and uproot the hidden agendas and schemes of the enemy.  It leads us to choose life or death…..with God or without God.  A vessel for honor and light that speaks as God’s witness, or a vessel that voices the words of evil.

The plumb line is a combo of mercy (grace) and truth perfectly kissing:

“Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed (Psalm 85:10).

God is testing us against both.  If we omit or abuse one, we will not measure up to His standard.  We cannot be a people that keep preaching grace yet agrees with evil and forgets the measuring rod of His law of truth and obedience.

We need both to come into ONE headship under CHRIST’s authority.  God has told us He will begin with God’s people first:

“For the time has come for judgment to begin in the house of God” (1 Peter 4:17).

Christ came as the Redeemer first, and then comes back as King to administer His law of justice, the plummet line:

“For who has despised the day of small things?  For these seven rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel (the Coming Christ), they are the eyes of the Lord, which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth” (Zech. 4:10).

The prophet Jeremiah shares in Lamentations 2:8-10 a “line” that the people crossed over in their decisions of unrighteousness and lawlessness and it resulted in God coming to the point of saying, “That’s it!”  God destroys the walls, the source of protection.  As a result, people suffer.

The “walls” destroyed expose people’s character and see where people truly stand.  Look at how America’s walls are being destroyed (walls of police protection, health, etc).  Is faith or fear arising?  Are you in the army of God or the army of the antichrist?  Where is the church at this hour?  Is she afraid?  Or is she bold as a lion and mobilizing under His authority? What is coming out of our mouths?  Death or life?  Are we agreeing with the enemy?  Are we responding like the enemy?  These are questions to find answers to from His truth and mercy at this hour.

I personally don’t want to have one foot caught in iniquitous structures and mindsets that trap me and hinder me from being used by God and in His authority.  I want to be set free to be used as the Great Commander in Chief instructs.  I want to see America free from the iniquitous structures that have bound her and crippled her from fulfilling her Kingdom destiny in the Lord.

God is dropping a plumb line to reveal the truth and crooked foundations.  We then have to have ears to hear and eyes to see so we can choose life.  We have to choose faith.  WE have to choose to walk according to His ways.  THEN the remnant will be seen on the earth, and her authority will be restored and the enemy will be subdued.  God is serious at this hour.

America will receive God’s mercy covering her mistakes when we stop partnering knowingly and unknowingly with deception and an anti-Christ spirit that seeks to kill, steal, and destroy God’s people and their anointing to rule in His divine authority.

The dropping of the plumb line is a  SIGN OF THE TIME, HIS TIME, OF THE SHIFT WHEN HEAVEN DECLARES TO THE UNRIGHTEOUS RULERS: “LET MY PEOPLE GO”!

We must know that all of God’s judgment is to bring us closer to Him.  It isn’t to punish but to chastise us from walking away from His truth.  God is in the business of redemption, and His goal is to get us to the FULL MEASURE OF CHRIST.  The process we are in is shifting us toward that promise.  So rejoice that God isn’t leaving us tied to the demonic strongholds.  He is loosing us free from them.  And it is coming by way of His truth and mercy being revealed:

“till we all come to the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, the MEASURE of the stature of the FULLNESS of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head – CHRIST” (Eph. 4:13-15)

God is love, but God is also a judge who judges according to His standard:  the plummet of His law.  When the plumb line comes out, it means God is serious…..We want to measure up and there is a cry from His Spirit to choose HIS WAY.  

 

God is calling intercessors to arise in this hour to perfect His promise in the earth.

READ JEREMIAH 31-33….It will help you focus your prayers of intercession for God’s people and the nation who chose to honor the Lord as it’s King.

Here in a small city in the Northwest, there is a group of 7 Intercessors who have been praying all year for this nation.  Lately, we have been moved into action to go to the gates of our city and pray, standing while others are watching and witnessing and praying to our amazing Lord:

“This is the word to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.  Who are you, O great mountain?  Before Zerubbabel, you shall become PLAIN!  And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of ‘GRACE, GRACE to it!”

 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

“The hand of Zerubbabel having laid the foundation of this temple; his hands shall also finish it.  Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.  For who has despised the day of small things?  For these seven rejoice to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.  They are the eyes of the Lord, which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.” (Zechariah 4:6-10).

TRUTH AND MERCY….these are what are in the hand of Zerubbabel when he drops the plumb line on the foundation of the temple.  WE are God’s temple.  The body of Christ needs His plumb line to align us in His truth and mercy and bring unity.  But we also need God’S plumb line dropped on the land so that truth and mercy will heal this land and bring unity within our divided nation.  We need our land healed with His truth and mercy.

It’s time to DROP the plumb line for His foundation to be made straight in the Lord!  Then decree His word of truth and mercy in the land.

The intercessors here in the Northwest have been asking the Lord to release His angelic armies to stand at the gates in these portals as we drop the plumb line.  We have been decreeing that God’s armies would become a wall to keep the enemy’s plans out of the cities.  We have been submitting the city back to the headship of Jesus our King.  We have been calling on the name of the Lord to reign in our city.

We are dropping the plumb line to ask God’s mercy and truth kiss the land.  We are dropping the plumb line to make every crooked covenant deed, every falsehood covering the land to come into the plumb line of His truth, righteousness, and justice.  We are dropping the plumb line to separate the wheat and the chaff so that the wheat (remnant) find refuge under God’s protective wings.

“Thus He showed me.  Behold, the Lord stood on a wall with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.  And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?  And I said a plumb line.”  The Lord said:  Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel:  I will not pass by them anymore.  The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid to waste.  I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”  (Amos 6:7,8).

With releasing the deed back to the rightful owner, we are then standing in the gap for the LANDLORD, the KING, to intervene on behalf of our cities and nation who are aligned with falsehoods and are choosing death and destruction over life and liberty.  The Landlord is the author of TRUTH.  He is MERCY.  Release your truth and mercy into the land!

We are holding hands, kneeling, and praying in the unity of faith as we understand like Joshua in the Bible who fought all the kings who came together to fight against the Israelites that we cannot win this war with our own strength: WE NEED DIVINE INTERVENTION!  This war MUST be won by the King and His host of heavenly armies of angels, the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, star, sky all producing fire, rain, wind, hail, lightning, thunder to come and shift and squash the plans of the enemy (Joshua 10). We have seen a taste of the answers to our prayers as lightning hits DC and the Washington Monument.  We believe Psalm 2 is alive and working:  God is on the throne and will have the last say.

INTERCESSORS:  ARISE!  There is something powerful about going to the places that God instructs that are the “gates” to a city or place and to use the authority God has given us to petition for His angelic help to guard the gates. It is a witness of whom we trust.  It is a joining together in unity and seeking heaven to invade earth.

You cannot do this without clean hands IF you want heaven to respond.  Repent first for all that God puts in your heart as an intercessor. 

Then, see yourself as God’s holy agent to make a transaction with the land for His use in preparation for the Lord to reign.   Jeremiah was told, even in the midst of decreeing judgment was coming on Jerusalem to purchase land prior to the captivity of Jerusalem and the Babylonian rule.   This made no sense in the natural, but God would use that land to perfect His promise of inheritance and redemption.

“Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, ‘Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for your right of redemption is yours to buy it.”

 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:  ‘Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.” (Jer. 32:7, 15).

 God used Jeremiah to tell the people:

 “Set up signposts,

Make landmarkers;

Set your heart toward the highway,

The way in which you went. 

Turn back O virgin of Israel,

Turn back to these your cities.

How long will you gad about,

O, You backsliding daughter?

For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth-

A woman shall encompass a man.” (Jer. 31:21,22). 

 This is just the beginning of God’s plea and promise to His people… WE ARE THOSE PEOPLE HE IS SPEAKING TO!  Read and declare the promises of Jeremiah 31 over our nation, God’s people, and especially the remnant who are calling on His name!  THEN, DROP HIS PLUMB LINE!

We must pray “His kingdom come, His will be done, on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.”  God has declared that it is His will for heaven to invade earth.  I am blowing the trumpet and asking all intercessors to come together with two or three or more to gather at appointed places in the cities.  Pray and allow the Holy Spirit lead you to establish heaven to invade earth in that gate.

There is an anointing to ARISE AND GO to these gates… Don’t just sit at home and pray.  YOUR FEET, anointed for the gospel of peace, need to go and take dominion for the KING!  Watch the Holy Spirit work and move the Host of Heaven through your prayers!

God Bless you, and God Bless AMERICA!

 

 

 

 

In 2016, when President Trump was elected, many in the body of Christ were sharing that they saw him as a type of Cyrus in the Bible who God used to help deliver God’s people from oppressive Babylon leadership.  Indeed, I did not disagree with their analogy because I knew that the “mystery of Babylon” that has taken root in America must be shaken and overturned, and God was raising up the one He chose to assist in this process.  However, when I prayed, I saw Trump as Samson.

I am sharing this with you today so you can follow the life of Samson and perhaps use this to focus your prayers at this hour for President Trump (Judges 13-16).  Samson was chosen to lead the Israelites during a time in history God was raising up judges to turn God’s people back toward Him, leaving their idolatry and ways of the world behind.  God allowed the adversary to rise up because the people had chosen to reject God’s leadership.

When Samson came on the scene, the greatest adversary was the Philistines.  God gave Samson the supernatural ability to defeat the enemy.  He had a strength that was unexplainable.  He had an unusual way of leading that wasn’t typical.  His own people wanted to give him up to the enemy because of Samson’s indiscretions that put God’s people in jeopardy.  But God gave Samson the increase to defeat all.  And his leadership did bring peace for God’s people for a short time.

THEN, Samson’s anointing was “CUT”  while he was sleeping.  He had opened the door for this event to take place because of his weakness with women, particularly Delilah.  And the enemy overtook him, imprisoned him, and gouged out his eyes.  

In the place where Samson had no strength and his hands were tied, God gave him a supernatural vision of the purpose HE had for raising up Samson as a leader.  Samson understood in that hour that it was God who gave him these natural abilities for a greater purpose to save His people.  And in that revelation, Samson chose to die a martyr and use His strength to take down the strongholds and government of the Philistines.  God strengthened Samson one more time, and out of that act of obedience, Samson took down the pillars (strongholds) of the enemy:

“Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, ‘O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengence on the Philistines for my two eyes!'”

And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.

Then Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines!  And he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people who were in it.  So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life'” (Judges 16:28-30).

I share this with you because I saw back in 2016 that there would come a time in Trump’s presidency that his natural gifts, talents, and resources to lead would come to a halt.  Trump would find himself down on his knees praying and seeking God’s face because all of his own efforts failed.  In that hour, God would meet him face to face and give him the bigger picture to see of how He was using him to fulfill His covenant promises to a people who call on the name of the Lord.  And out of that encounter, God would give Trump the strategy and strength to bring down the stronghold that is destroying our nation who is a symbol of hope for the world because she has been founded on the promises of God.

Please join me in prayer for Trump at this hour.  He cannot rely on the cabinet or religious leaders for help in this historical time of crisis in America.  There are too many mixed signals and some are from the spirit of antichrist.  He must hear from God alone, and then have the strength and courage to execute leadership.