I have taught on the feast days more times than I can count over the last 12 years. And I want to do a brief overview of some things.

First of all they are NOT “jewish feast”. They are feast of the LORD. The jewish people celebrated them but they are holy convocations, moedim or appointed times set by Yahweh, not rabbi so and so.

Now there have been traditions added by the jewish people over time but they were originally instituted by God.

The first three happen in the springtime.
Passover, Unleavened bread, First fruits.

All these had a literal fulfillment and went along with the harvest cycle, but they ALL have a prophetic fulfillment. They are a foreshadow of something to come.

Read about how to pray about harvest cycles and crops here:

Harvest and Crops

Passover I talked about in the video I did on Ruth. ( if you have not seen that please go watch it as it speaks to the time we are in right now. It will give you prophetic insight into the time)
When Israel was in Egypt and the last plague, the death of the firstborn, was about to happen but when the death angel saw the blood on the door post he would pass over that house.

Prophetic fulfillment- Jesus was the Lamb of God that came to take away the sins of the world. He was crucified on passover at the time they were slaying the passover lambs in Israel.

Unleavened bread. When the Israelites had to leave Egypt in haste they had no time to bake their bread and was told not to put leaven in it.

Prophetic fulfillment- Jesus who was without sin (leaven) was laid in a grave.
*There is a lot more detail to this I cant get into right now.*

Firstfruits- God said when they came into the land He promised them to bring the first of the harvest to the priest as an offering.

Prophetic fulfillment- Jesus was raised on the third day and was the first fruits of those who are raised from the dead.

Then 50 days later we have Pentecost or Shavout. Pentecost literally means 50. Count 7 7s and then the next day was a harvest cycle.

Also Moses received the law on this day. And the golden calf sin was on this day.

Prophetic fulfillment- The birthing of the church when Holy Spirit came as a rushing mighty wind baptizing 120 believers in fire and 3,000 people get saved.

*Now all these have been fulfilled on the exact day God set in motion 1,000’s of years ago.

But what about the fall feast?

Trumpets (Yom Teruah), Atonement (Yom Kippur), Tabernacles (Sukkot)

Trumpets- a feast of blowing of trumpets, a 2 day feast. No one knew the day or the hour in which this feast would begin as 2 people were sent to watch for the first sliver of the new moon to appear. Once both of them came to the high priest as witnessing this the blowing of the shofar would begin.

Atonement- the only day the high priest could enter the most Holy Place to make atonement for him and the congregation. The high priest was closer to God on this day then any day of the year. This was the holiest day of the year. This was when the hebrew people found out if God accepted their sacrifices or would punish them for their disobedience.

Tabernacles- marked when the children of Israel came out of Egypt and stayed in booths, temporary shelters.

There is so much more and I may do a video on these as I do not want to type anymore.

We are now between trumpets and Yom Kippur. This is a very sensitive time in the spirit realm.

Since Yeshua fulfilled all the other feast to the letter wouldnt you think He will fulfill the last three the same way🤔

Dust

Dust is a biblical/prophetic symbol for the flesh. The Bible says we are made of dust! What happens to dust when rain outpours? Or when fire ignites?

Genesis 3:19- By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Psalms 103:13-14- As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

Kick the Dust off!

Matthew 10:14- And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

🎯This passage is saying, hey kick the flesh off and keep it moving, lest you draw a serpent! Keep moving forward in the spirit, go to where you are recieved.
Shake the dust from your feet! Feet the symbol for going, movement, mobility, ministry call, good news, beautiful are the feet of them who bring good news! Are you bringing good news, or spreading news otherwise?

Two types of Vessels

Some are dustier than others…flesh births flesh, spirit births spirit.

Roman’s 9:21- Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

So we can partner on purpose with a little intention and effort and shake it off! Shake and Arise! 💞

Isaiah 52:2- Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Otherwise we give the serpents food! Serpents actually eat dust, and they cannot see the greatest but they sense dust or heat! If you carry the FIRE and the serpents come you are well equipped to cut off heads and cast them into the fire like Apostle Paul did!

Genesis 3:17- The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

The Holy Spirit Symbols

The rain and the fire are neccessary to keep the dust down! So we walk after the Spirit not the flesh! We share the good news not the gossip news nor the hurting news.
The Holy Spirit comes as Wind, Rain, Fire…what happens to dust in the wind???

He is our Helper…He empowers us to do all we are called to do, the Wind, Rain, and Fire we should seek! Otherwise we might become a dust storm rather than a Glory Storm⚡⚡⚡

Are you a Storm?

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. Matt. 11:12

I See a Storm 

I perceive a storm is coming! A Good and dreadful storm! But this is a storm of Kingdom Kids, sons and daughters who have suffered much but endured by God’s grace. The storm I am speaking of is Sons and Daughters clothed in power and equipped with authority to rule. Many are moving from sword to scepter but are about to arise with a Holy vengeance. Knowing that God is on their side and fed up with the delays game of the enemy, these are about to locate a boldness within as they hunger for righteousness to prevail in their life, the lives of those around them and beyond.

Over the last couple of years things have changed. I have changed rather! I’ve come into deeper understanding of who I am as are many of you. Learning to press, fast, pray, grow takes us into maturity. The warfare or “sword in hand” is not always our normal portion. There is a place and time when the revelation of God and timing in maturation process collides and the sword becomes a scepter.

Scepter

The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence but the violent take it by force. As I look and meditate on this scripture now I see it differently then I once did. I now know we can take the Kingdom by force through ruling with Christ…once we are secure in our sonship identity. The more we grow the more we know. Many will move from Sword to Scepter over these next few months and begin to release Kings Decrees on behalf of righteousness. Others will wield a sword and take the Kingdom by enforcement of what is written. Either way there is a Holy Storm coming and God is with us, and we are in this together. Whether you hold the sword or the scepter makes no matter, but hold onto God and hold tight to one another, we are about to become a storm⚡

 I perceive that some Sons and Daughters are becoming a Holy Storm

There is glory inside every son and daughter of the Most High!

We have been speaking about the time of harvest in many facets. A harvest of souls which many are longing to see come into God’s Kingdom as well as personal harvests coming into the lives of God’s people. Have you ever stopped to consider that seed time and harvest is a spiritual law that manifests in all peoples lives not just believers?

What are you growing?

 Cutting off, uprooting, and Burning the negative crops that are choking out your harvest is done through cries of mercy, repentance, and decrees. We want the God harvest, we get excited about harvest time but at times we are dealing with harvest of weeds some even old seeds that are still producing, some word seed carried by the wind.

We reap what we sow, seed time and harvest will always remain but there are times when a Divine intervention is needed and available for the Redeemed! There are times we all miss it, seasons even when we have struggled or went through trials that could yield a crop we do not want. For example financial hardships expressed over a three month cycle of words filled with fear and worry. What kind of harvest could words like that produce during harvest time? Times of lack can be trying but even more importantly the words and deeds during such times can create a harvest cycle unwanted if not repented and removed.

Repentance and evaluation

What kind of harvest are you expecting?
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal.6:7-9

We must understand that there are two kingdoms clashing, our words are to line up with our King for surely He is not a man that He should lie. He is a God of mercy and the Blood of Jesus does blot out sin, transgression and cleanse us of it’s pollutants.

The Adversary counterfeits everything, even the wind and whirlwind

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. Hos. 8:7

Ever heard the phrase of someone blowing hot air? Sounds like sowing the wind. We are told to be quick to listen, slow to speak. Speaking fewer words full of life that lines up with the same words our King speaks helps to aid us in our own planting for harvest. When we work diligently to do this, our fields will give an abundant harvest of the goodness of God. Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights, of whom there is no shadow or variance.

Famous Parables overlooked

And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. Mark 4:13-15

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 15:7

And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 
 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 
But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:26-29

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits. Prov. 18:21

Closing thoughts today

I encourage you to watch this video and take time with the Lord of Harvest to look at your personal fields that we might be a people reaping the good harvest of the Lord, nothing choking or crowding out His goodness, nor covering our light with bushes and weeds.

Who is Mephibosheth?

We first see Mephibosheth in II Samuel 4:4

“Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.“

His name means exterminating the idol, or, dispelled of shame (that is, baal). His destiny was to be one who destroyed idols in the nation of Israel and return worship to YHVH the one, true, God.

His beginnings

We are introduced to Mephibosheth when he is five years old. He is being taken care of by a nurse which seems to suggest something happened to his mother. Where is she? Why is she not with her son?

We know his father and grandfather are in battle against Israel’s continued thorn in the side, the Philistines. But where is his mother? Most likely she has died. What we do know is she is not in the picture.

Lineage

Mephibosheth is the son of Jonathan, the grandson of Saul the first king of Israel. It is his heritage to one day be king. It is rightfully his, no one can take that away from him. With the death of his father and grandfather he is next in line. Which is a blessing and a curse. He is next in line to lead a nation and with a heavenly directive to destroy idols in the land, but, it also means a lot of people have now marked him and want him dead so that he does not ascend to his rightful place.

Mephibosheth’s life was full of trouble despair, disaster, anxiety, and trouble. I know many can relate.

• Grandfather- dead
• Father- dead
• Mother- unknown
• Because of his nurses fear of what might happen- paralyzed

All by the age of 5. The nurse had a good reason to want to run. Fear cause us to act carelessly. Fear paralyzes. Fear makes us act irrationally.

The next chapter

Mephibosheth doesn’t start out life with a great hand being dealt to him. He was without family, and crippled. Where does he go from here.

The next time we see Mephibosheth he is living in the home of Machir Ben-Ammiel, a powerful gadite. While here, Mephibosheth gets married.

Mephibosheth obviously never acquired his own home or was very independent as he had to live with Machir. Even though he should have been king, he didnt even own his own home.

A place called Lo Debar

12 years Mephibosheth lives in a place called Lo Debar. Destined for the palace, wound up in Lo Debar.

Lo Debar is probably the same place as Debir in the land allocated to the tribe of Gad in Joshua 13:26. The name Lo Debar means no communication , no word, no pasture, a place of nothing.

So many who are destined for greatness settle for Lo Debar

Mephibosheth was cut off from his destiny. Both spiritually, as well as, physically.

What’s next?

Mephibosheth life has obviously not went as planned to those present at his birth. Can you hear the talk? “It’s a boy! The future king of Israel!” BUT that’s not how the story played out. So, what’s next?

2 Samuel 9 another person steps into the life of Mephibosheth. The king of Israel, by the name of David. Even though Saul and David had a shaky past, David loved Jonathon and wanted to show kindness to his relatives. David and Jonathan had a covenant and that meant something to David.

Then Jonathan said to David: “The Lord God of Israel is witness! When I have sounded out my father sometime tomorrow, or the third day, and indeed there is good toward David, and I do not send to you and tell you, may the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And the Lord be with you as He has been with my father. And you shall not only show me the kindness of the Lord while I still live, that I may not die; but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.” So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “Let the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies.” Now Jonathan again caused David to vow, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. I Samuel 20:12‭-‬17 NKJV

In II Samuel 9:2 we see it was not even known if Jonathan had any living relatives. Mephibosheth was in a place of hiding. But someone knew where he was. God always knows where we are. God sends in Ziba who was in the service of Saul who knew where Mephibosheth was.

The lame one

As Ziba was answering the kings request to know whether Jonathon had any living relatives he states that Jonathan has a son but he is lame. Why was that even mentioned? Does that affect his sonship? Does the fact that you are lame in some area affect your status as a son or daughter of the most high God? No! Lameness does not affect sonship. Except maybe in the person’s mind. Mephibosheth had lost his identity. This also caused others to see him as the lame one.

When we dont stand in our rightful identity others will never see us as we truly are.

Despite all the things against Mephibosheth, David says bring him to me. The king sought him out, in the place of nothing, in spite of his lameness, the king wanted him.

Lameness in Hebrew means maimed physically but figuratively dejected. He was physically crippled but also emotionally crippled.

As the king summoned Mephibosheth he couldnt even come on his own, someone had to go get him

We are Mephibosheth

We are Mephibosheth

We are all in bondage, crippled by actions of others. We are in a place of nothing, a place of no communication with God.

No way to get to the king by ourself.

David sent and brought Mephibosheth out of Lo Debar, our King brings us out of Lo Debar when we cant get to Him.

God chose us we didnt initially choose Him

Mephibosheth didnt know what was going to happen. In that time it was common to kill all the heirs to the throne so no one could challenge the new king.

It was not crazy to think David was going to kill him as Saul tried to kill David and now Mephibosheth was the rightful heir to Saul’s throne, a threat.

He falls at David’s feet, David tells him though, there is nothing to fear.

2 Samuel 9:8 we see the view Mephibosheth has of himself.

Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?” II Samuel 9:8 NKJV

Dont we sometimes view ourselves the same way, especially when confronted with the goodness of our King?

David foes above and beyond and heaps blessing upon blessing on Mephibosheth. He doesnt bring up his lameness, he doesnt bring up the place he delivered him from

From servant to son

Mephibosheth came back as a servant at best. A worthless, crippled, dead dog who had lost everything. But the king made him a son, eating at the kings very own table with his other sons. No longer was Mephibosheth an outsider but he was restored to the place he belonged all along- the palace. We see this same attitude in the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32.

You haven’t lost your sonship no matter what life has thrown at you.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: John 1:12 NKJV

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4‭-‬7 NKJV

And he was lame in both his feet

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet. II Samuel 9:13 NKJV

At the table Mephibosheth lameness was not seen. At the cross we are all equal. So why does it still mention he was lame in both his feet?

The word for lame in verse 13 is a different hebrew word than at the beginning of the chapter. This one does not carry the connotation of emotionally wounded. Completely physical. Even though he still had a physical ailment he was the same as the kings sons. All were equal, eating and being cared for by the king.

Because of the love of the king Mephibosheth had been emotionally healed.

Another Mephibosheth

There was another Mephibosheth in the family. Saul’s son by Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, his concubine. (2 Samuel 21:8) He and his brother Armoni were among the seven victims who were surrendered by David to the Gibeonites, and by them crucified to avert a famine from which the country was suffering

One Mephibosheth was handed over to be killed the other was spared.

This is a foreshadow to another time when two people with the same name were in the same position.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy. While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.” But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!” Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!” Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!” When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it. ” And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.” Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified. Matthew 27:15‭-‬26 NKJV

Barabbas’s first name according to Josephus the Jewish historian was Yeshua. As many know the name of our Messiah in Hebrew was Yeshua. Another interesting fact is Barabbas name breaks down in Hebrew to Bar- son Abba- father. So his name is literally, Yeshua son of the father.

One handed over to be crucified for the sins of others while one was set free.

Thank you Yeshua Son of the Father for taking away my sins!

The Revealing

A week ago I was coming out of prayer when I received a text from a friend about rejection. My answer flowed with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and for the next few days more and more kept pouring out as I recorded what the Sprit was saying to me concerning the spirit of rejection. Before we jump into the workings of this spirit, let us first establish a biblical foundation about the spirit realm. I am not going to delve into demonology. Many people may not be familiar with this topic or may be hearing about this for the first time so I want to keep this part very simple. As a launching pad, let us look at Ephesians 6:12

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the worldly forces of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” This is as deep as we are going. Just enough to expose this network of darkness operating.

Exposure

Roots and Agreements

Spirit of Rejection

Strongholds & Strongman

Biblical Examples

He begins growing in disobedience causing the Holy Spirit to depart and a distressing spirit to come to torment his mind. Samuel is now sent to tell King Saul that Yahweh has rejected him as king. David now enters King Saul’s life. At first Saul pulls David close until he sees the favor of both God and men that once rested on him is now on David. Remember the people saying Saul killed his thousands and David his tens of thousands? Saul was now feeling rejected by the people and he grew jealous of David until the torment drove him to make multiple attempts on David’s life for approximately 15 years.

David’s Identity

Now what about David? The first thing we hear of David is he is a man after God’s own heart. What we first see is some forms of external rejection by his family. When the Prophet Samuel came to meet with David’s Father Jesse and to look at each of his sons to determine who the next king would be, the Lord told him not to look at outward appearance. God was looking at the heart. David was different then his brothers. They were warriors in King Saul’s army. David was a shepherd boy.

No one called him to meet with Samuel until Samuel asked if there where any more sons, then David was sent for. Another example found in 1 Samuel, Jesse tells David to take food to the commanding officers at the battlefield and bring back word to him about how his brothers were doing. This was the battle with the Philistines where we hear about Goliath. When David inquires about what is happening with Goliath, his brothers accuse him of being conceited and wicked, just wanting to watch the battle. None of this moved David.

The Difference 

The difference between Saul and David was David’s confidence, identity and authority was in Yahweh. This is evidenced not only in what he says on the battlefield to Goliath, but what is also recorded at the Psalms. David processed everything with the Lord and did not come into agreement with the actions and accusations of others against him being his truth unless he knew it came from the Lord himself. Saul turned from the Lord, David turned to the Lord.

 Freedom in Christ

Sword of the Spirit

Cleansing & Renewing

Further scriptures to study

Daniel 10:13

Job 4:15

Matthew 8:31, 12:29, 12:45

Mark 1:21-27, 3:27

Acts 19:13-16

1 Corinthians 10:20-21

Ephesians 6:10-12

Colossians 2:15

1 Timothy 4:12

Peter 2:4-10

Need to start some deeper cleansing work with Christ? Watch this short video to find out about how we keep “record books.”

Between the Straights – Tammuz to Av

We are in a very important season in the spirit realm. We are in the midst of a three week period where a lot takes place, in us, and around us. Maybe you have felt it already, maybe you have heard others wondering what is going on. First of all lets, look at the Hebrew month we are in and what that means.

Tammuz

We are in the 4th Hebrew month called Tammuz. Yes that’s right this month is named after the Babylonian demi-god. He was associated with shepherds. He was also the god of fertility that embodied the power of new life. We see Tammuz in the Bible in the book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel writes in chapter 8 verse ¹⁴ Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

The Israelite’s in the time of Ezekiel adopted many pagan beliefs one of which was about this false god Tammuz. They would weep because of his tragic death, which brought life to the world.

They kept the name they were use to in Babylonian captivity and the name stuck.

Many notable events occurred during this month.

• Joseph was born and died on the 1st of Tammuz
• Joshua stopped the sun (Joshua 10:1-15)
• Ezekiel receives his vision of the chariot (Ezekiel 1:4-26)

Along with 5 great catastrophes in biblical history have happened on the 17th of Tammuz

• Moses breaking the tablets at Mt. Sinai in response to the golden calf sin
• Daily offerings cease when the priest could no longer get animal sacrifices due to the Babylonian armies
• Walls breached just prior to the destruction of the temple by the Roman armies
• The burning of the Torah by the Roman general Apostomus
• An idolatrous image placed in the Holy Temple, an act of blasphemy and desecration

This month is linked with the sense of sight. Letting the light flood your eye.

Matthew 6

²² “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, ²³ but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

²⁴ “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.^f]

We want to make sure during this time our eye, our sight, is healthy and full of light. We will talk more about that in a little bit.

Tammuz is also associated with the tribe of Reuben. His name means “I see a son, or a son that sees”

In Genesis Reuben had his birthright stripped because of some ill actions on his part.

Gen 49

3 Reuben, you are my firstborn,
    my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,
    preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
⁴ Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
    because you went up to your father’s bed;
    then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!

Reubens mother was named Leah. She was said to have “weak” eyes.

Genesis 29

¹⁷ Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

This was not a medical condition. The Hebrew word “rak” means: tender, soft, delicate.

The rabbi’s teach her eyes were puffy and red because of all the crying she had done. It was know back then that there was supposed to be an arranged marriage between Esau and Leah, and Jacob and Rachel. Leah wept over this arrangement. Esau went and married other woman and changed this plan. Jacob loved Rachel and went to work for her father Laban. After 7 years of working he was tricked into marrying Leah. She realized she was not Jacob’s first love, and he had to be tricked into marrying her.

Genesis 29 states

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. ³² And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” ³³ She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.

Did Reuben see the many tears of his mother and in spite defile his fathers bed, or could he just not control his lust?

In her weeping Leah’s vision was obscured, blurry.

There was redemption for Reuben. Moses reversed the curse on him in Deuteronomy 33

⁶ “Let Reuben live, and not die,
    but let his men be few.”

So even though many things point to this as a time of weeping and mourning it does also have a redemptive quality.

Tammuz a time to check your prophetic vision. We want light flooding into our eyes which means we need to dethrone idols in our heart. Notice in Matthew 6 it ties the light of the eye with not serving more than one master. It is a time to check your heart and remove anything that has taken the place of Adonai.

https://sturgeonministries.com/2019/07/14/prophetic-revolution/

A time of pressing

From Tammuz 17 to the 9th of Av is a three week time of pressing. It is a time when the heat gets turned up and spiritual warfare increases. We must PRESS to enter the promise. During this time what is in your heart will come out. Good and ugly. How will you deal with it? This is a time to press into the Lord and allow Him to help us cultivate our heart. Get rid of idols and sin. Repent. We must deal with anything ungodly in our heart this season.

This 3 week period is called Between the Straights or Dire Straights. A straight is a narrow passageway between two bodies of water or through a body of water. This is a difficult passageway, but one of extreme importance that we make our way through. There will be a squeezing that takes place in your life in this season.

The first day of this 3 week period and the last day are two fast mentioned in Zechariah 8:19

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.

See the redemptive quality I was talking about earlier. God does not want this to just be about judgement and destruction and mourning. This is a time period set apart to repent and ask for forgiveness for the things we allow in our lives that do not line up with the Holy Word of God.

The infamous 9th of Av

Av is an interesting, although not for good reasons, month. With it is a day that has brought destruction and exhile to the Jewish people for a long time.

The spies returned from their scouting mission into the Promised Land and 10 of the 12 gave an evil report filled with fear. Standing in doubt, they were slanderous of God’s Word and promise because He said He would go before them, fight their battles and deliver them into the land. Only Joshua and Caleb gave a report filled with faith. The Israelite’s were sentenced on the 9th of Av to wander in the wilderness for 40 years until that generation had died out. Only Joshua, and Caleb, were permitted to enter the Promised Land. (Num. 13-14)

The 1st Temple, Solomon’s Temple, was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. 100,000 Jews were slaughtered and millions more exiled. The tribes of Judah and Benjamin were carried captive to Babylon. The actual fire was set on the 9th of Av. (2 Kings 25:8-9; Jeremiah 52:12-13)

The 2nd Temple, Herod’s Temple, was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD on the 9th of Av led by Titus. Some two million Jews died, and another one million were exiled. The Roman army laid siege to Jerusalem and on the 17th of Tammuz the Daily Sacrifice was again stopped. Roman centurions on the 9th of Av burned the Second Temple. The extreme heat of the fire caused gold of the Temple to melt and run into the cracks and crevices between the stones. When the fire cooled the Roman soldiers used wedges and crowbars to overturn every stone in their search for the gold.  Luke 19:44 fulfilled. One year later on the 9th of Av the Romans plowed the Temple Mount and the city of Jerusalem to prepare the area to be turned into a Roman colony. Micah 3: 12 fulfilled

The Bar Kokhba revolt was crushed by Roman Emperor Hadrian. The city of Betar — the Jews’ last stand against the Romans was captured. Over 100,000 Jews were slaughtered. (135 AD) The Temple area and its surroundings were plowed under. Jerusalem was rebuilt as a pagan city — renamed Aelia Capitolina — and access was forbidden to Jews.

In 1290 King Edward I ordered the expulsion of all Jews from England on the 9th of Av.

During the Spanish Inquisition, Ferdinand and Isabella issued the Alhambra Decree, on March 31, 1492, ordering all Jews to leave Spain by the end of July 1492. Later was postponed until August 2nd. Aug 2nd, 1492 was Tisha B’Av (9th of Av). It was during this time August 3rd, one day later, that Christopher Columbus, who may himself have been of Jewish descent, left to ‘discover’ America.

They were forced out of their home in France on the 9th of Av

World War One broke out on the eve of Tisha B’Av in 1914 when Germany declared war on Russia. German resentment from the war set the stage for the Holocaust.

On the eve of Tisha B’Av 1942, the mass deportation began of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, en route to Treblinka.
The beginning of the end of the Warsaw Ghetto coincided with Tisha B’Av. Indeed, it was the day of Tisha B’Av itself, July 23, 1942, that the first trainload of Jews arrived at their destination, Treblinka, and sent to the gas chambers.
One year earlier, on July 31, 1941 (on the evening of the 8th of Av), Hermann Goring signed a document to implement the “final solution of the Jewish problem,” i.e. extermination.

On Tisha B’Av, August 14, 2005, 8,000 Jewish settlers were forcefully expelled from their homes in Gush Katif,

This did not all happen by coincidence. Can you see why this date is so important for the Jewish people, and why they mourn and repent and fast for 3 weeks leading up to this date.

Even though we are not all Jewish we are still affected by what is going on during this season. Take advantage of knowing the time and partner with God to get all you can out of this season.

Pay attention what is coming out of your heart during this squeezing

Cast down any idols in your life

Let the light of revelation fill your eye, cleanse your vision

Lift up your head

Pray and fast that as the heat gets turned up and spiritual warfare increases you do not get burned up but purified

Let your roar out. Av is associated with the lion. Amos 3:8

⁸ The lion has roared;
    who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;
    who can but prophesy?

Let your roar out this season! Prophesy your promise.

What’s happening Now, I hear a sound, the Prophetic Revolution Rising, and shaking the ground!

There is a lot of rumbling going on, the kingdoms are shaking now, the winds are blowing and more are AWAKENING! Wombs and Tombs are contracting now! Call forth, empty them where movement is found!
As the wind blows and the earth shakes, contractions bring sounds and releasing. And much will be moved, repositioned, transitioned, even seem displaced.
Kingdom clashes of power and might become like a showdown in the realm of the spirit, as the enemy throws down his rod arrogantly to threaten and intimidate, the King of GLORY throws down His rod to raise and deliver!
The stakes are raising, and values being appraised as many awaken and examine that which is taking place! Epic showdowns for those with eyes to see, but get ready all you who have been on your knees; for the Almighty is about to make some moves, and religion and fears He will confuse, for He has a plan and laborers ready to go, but strategic placement is something every good General knows!
There is no earthly playbook nor sound for alarm for this is the Kings inheritance Hes taking with arms! Waste no time and beg no pardon, for the way He will move is not to be LACED with religous jargon!
An entire generation held captive by Baal and those in forced prisons lured away by witchcraft–will begin to shake and make AWAKENING moves, sneezes and coughs and arousing in the hour as God begins to display His mighty power.
Move out of the way you passive types for gone are the ways of hindering the gates. Prophets have been hidden away in secret caves a sound of revival and such a great praise will cause a mountain ascending to be seen in these days. The epic of showdowns being strategized now, who will lap the waters and who will be the fount. The All Consuming One will show with Fierce Blaze, for this is a move only the Heavens can make!
A marked generation yet to be found they will finish the fight as they throw her down! With cries for righteous and holy ways there are thousands upon thousands of youth who will storm the gates. Never has the likes of any been seen, for these were counted out while they were asleep!
Woe to those with fingers who point, for Jehovah with oil will come to appoint, the misfits, the lost, and the broken who sing, With the God of Elijah we call for our King! Horses trampling, increasing hooves sounds, the PROPHETIC REVOLUTION will mark this showdown.
Suffer the little ones not Jesus said to the crowd, for out of the mouth of babes, HEAVEN Speaks the profound. The seed that crushes the serpents head will be sons and daughters appearing as dead. Up from the ASHES like clanking bones, will stand a Mighty Army in Christ Alone!
April 12 2019
On the King’s Record

The Holy Spirit works progressively both in our individual lives and corporately. We often find ourselves in a place of not knowing what God is doing or when He will bring specific things to pass. There are multiple words and phrases used throughout the Bible for “time”. Personally the more I come to understand that God moves in times and seasons the easier I rest.

Fullness of time

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Gal. 4:4-5

A fullness of time is a time when things have been added together, or summed up. It is the time when the time has become full. Time collects, adds, gathers to itself.

God had already pre-planned a time of redemption for humanity. There had been prophecies and stories foretold about the coming Messiah, the Anointed One, who would come to save mankind.

Most prophecies, promises, even miracles and healings are progressive; meaning they happen over time. Deliverances individually and corporately can be progressive, making progress as time continues to add up.

Prophecies

Christ came when He did in part due to prophecies that were due to come to pass, it was time. In Daniel there are passages written speaking of the 70 years. ( Seventy weeks= Seven years)

“Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.

 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times. Dan. 9:24-25

Promises

Abraham and Sarah had been promised by God that they would conceive and have a child. Time passed on and turned to years. They tried to take the promise into their own hands, but at the appointed time, the promise was brought to pass.

The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.  She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. Gen. 21:1-2

Everything has a time

For everything there is a season,
    a time for every activity under heaven. Eccl. 3:1

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. Eccl. 3:11

Beauty in Time

A time to be born and a time to die.
    A time to plant and a time to harvest. Eccl.3:2

In Psalms 90, David cried out to God to teach us to number our days, that we may gain wisdom in our hearts and see the works of our hands established.

Due Time

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Gal. 6:9

There is a “due time”, a time to reap that which has been sown. A time for the promise to come to pass, and the prophecy to be fulfilled. Don’t give up and don’t give out for there is a season when you are due!

It is already “due to you” if you do not faint. Keep believing and speaking in faith that You might see all that God has spoken and promised to you come to fruition.

We must learn to trust the discerning Spirit of God in you. When we recieve a word, dream, thoughts, whatever the case, even if coming from well meaning Christian’s, the accountability and responsibility to discern the Voice of the Holy Spirit is with you.
Well meaning believers can speak out of their own fears, anxieties and worries, or even worse from a religous spirit. This is a powerful lesson I have learned. Warnings given, words spoken over your life carry power- all words carry power. We are to discern if they are of God’s Holy Spirit or the enemy’s or the human soul.

Even though most people mean well and may even be people of prayer, the written word, they stand from a different position; looking at your life from outside, not inwardly. When the Spirit of God gives the insight from the inside into anothers life, it is Truth and Truth is truth. But when the human soul stands from an outside perspective and looks at your life, your choices, where you are it is important to understand that they could be worried for you, confused about what you are doing, or anxious, fearful, even jealous or insecure.

Wisdom from the Word

We are commanded in the Bible to be slow to speak and quick to listen. ( Jam. 1:19)
There is a time to speak and a time for silence. ( Eccl.3:7)
So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. ( John 8:28)
• ignoring/ not discerning the voice of God can bring consequences and cause sufferings unnecessarily.
• trying to recieve a word/warning that you do not believe came from God is highly dangerous.
• You can shut down your own giftings by trusting man over the Spirit of God in you. Dont ignore the checks.
• God gives hearing ears

Other believers, no matter how well meaning, even leaders will at times speak from their soulish insight and put a religous or spiritual sound in their perspective. When these words come to your ears, you must be mature enough to take it before God. If it does not resonate with your spirit and is not confirmed by God- trust Gods spirit in you- not them.
This may sound simple, but in moments when your broken, or going through a season of hardship it is easy to trust another believer over your own self. However if you are in right standing and right communication with God and you get checked then you must learn to trust your own “gut”. Your well.

Recieving from God can depend on willingness of recieving from others. Don’t miss out on God’s speaking into your life due to unbelief or lack of discerning His voice.

Study to show yourself approved

As a young believer I was taught through good well meaning people to allow my voice to be silenced time and time again. I was taught that spiritual gifts were meant for the prayer closet only, and any speaking or releasing words, even scriptures could anger or harm people. This became a bondage of fear over my life for many years, even when being called to preach. When God calls you to be a voice and yet those around you teach you to be silent; what will you choose?

Accountability and Responsibility

Accountability and Responsibility is a big part of PURIFYING. We are always first and foremost accountable to God Almighty above any man. We are RESPONSIBLE to work out our own salvation in fear and trembling before God. You as well as I will stand before God Almighy and saying they told me not to speak will not work. You must SEEK, humbly and honestly; not eager or ambitious to speak, but humbly honestly walk before your God.
There are multiple spirits in the earth that cut off the true voice of God. It is time for a generation to FEAR GOD ABOVE MAN. Take the risk and when neccesary take the correction; but speak when God commands you to speak! Do not let fear, religion, or anothers fears silence you!

Protocol

That being said, remember God is a God of order, and when it comes to being in a coorporate setting, submit to protocol. Above all remember Jesus spoke and ministered when many constantly commanded Him not to. Trust the Spirit of God in you and walk humbly before God. In all you do, do it as unto the Lord❤

There is a balance between fear of man and submission.

Freedom to speak

We are living in a time when the freedom of speech is under attack. Religous freedom is under fire. Whether it’s your employer, spiritual leader, or neighbor, without faith it is impossible to please God. God will test those He calls, we have to know the rules and protocol and really truly honor God by knowing when He is really impressing us to speak. Know when to break what man made rules in the days ahead!

Who will speak?

¹⁴ But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?¹⁵ And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” Rom. 10:14-15

But if they had stood in My council, Then they would have announced My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds. Jer. 3:22

God wants out! He is about to move! The righteous are bold as lions, and God is with their mouth!

Speak when He commands, be silent when He does not, and learn to know the difference🎯

God gives ears to hear, and eyes to see! Do you hear? Do you see? Cultivating the prophetic giftings in our lives is important to deepen our relationship with God. Watch this👇

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our heartsknows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Roman’s 8:26-27

The water is breaking, the groans and travail of intercession have begun as many are consecrating themselves unto Me. Can I not birth a nation in a day? Have I not said that I can and will do it. Release your groans, release your cries, allow yourself to release cries on behalf of my Spirit on behalf of My people and yes even My nations.
In order to continue in this level of prayer, an entering into My Presence must be a top priority. Pushing back the things which distract and entering into My gates with Thanksgiving, yes then My Courts with praise. I am summoning you into My Gates to sit in gratitude, but do not stop to rest there for too long, for you have been SUMMONED into My Holy Courts. Stand before Me as the Righteous Judge who brings Justice yet again. Make your petitions known, converse with your Advocate and stand in opposition with your Accuser, for this I have pre ordained. That My Children’s cases be heard and their Accuser be found fraudulent. That the laws and precepts were already fulfilled by the Firstborn Son. Stand before Me, blameless, blood washed, Cleansed and Bold in knowing that I am for you. Enter in Beloved and let the inner groaning of My Spirit establish My righteousness in your midst.

Bible Study/Reading

Psalm 100:4-5
Roman’s 8
1 King’s 8:64
Isaiah 66:8
Ezekiel 8:16
Ezekiel 8:3
Ezekiel 10:3
2 King’s 21:5
1 John 2:1
Proverbs 31:8-9
1 Timothy 2:5

Resources on how and what to Pray for our Nation – safe link😊👇

I am voice with a human heart

The enemy will try to break a relationship in order to remove a godly voice from your life. It is a tactic. The people who speak God’s word, truth, blessing, correction, reproof, sound doctrine, encouragement, edification, instruction into your life. They are pouring into your life like a pipeline. The devil hates these types of pipelines and will try his best to remove them from your life!

Protect these, God calls them gifts in the Body of Christ. If you allow the enemy to shut these voices off from your life and send voices of darkness in their place, you will find yourself in danger of traveling a broad road.

As a mother, leader, woman, role model etc I see this tactic all too often. Unfortunately honor is still a lost diamond in many lives. Everyone wants a Mr. Miyagi so to speak but one they can control like a puppet. Only speak what I want to hear or I will muffle your pipeline and not hear. It dont work that way.

A pipeline with a heart

When one chooses to shut these voices out of their life much heartbreak follows. Dont lecture me, dont tell me what to do, dont tell me how to live my life attitudes point to rebellion not submission. Godly council is wise the Proverbs says, but some do not want it. That is absolutely their choice! One hundred percent, God gives us each free will! No one should chase after or be aggressive to be a voice.

Release, let them fall, they will learn just as we did. Keep em covered in prayer, but know when they have shut the pipeline down and taken another path.

I am not just a walking heart. I am a voice. A pipeline that carries a heart filled with love. You do not get to say which party of me you want. For I am free to be me, just as you should be. ❤

A voice with a human heart

God is coming after your comfort zone! Bending famaliarities and moving pieces around!

Warfire to Gloryfire

transition

The Body of Christ is in transit👈 Glory Train on the move, picking up passengers and dropping them at new stops😁🚉 Feelings of being lost and many say Where is God? I can’t hear Him, He is being so quiet! No, No, No your listening for the old sayings of yesterday! Hear this! He is the God of Today!He is saying a new thing, can you not hear it? He is doing a New thing, can you not percieve it?
Why do we think we got it all figured out🤔 thinking we know how it’s all gonna go down🤣🤣🤣 He is the God of Suddenlies, the Supernatural Living God, the God of miracles, signs and WONDERS! He will make ya wonder! What is going on in this season! It is time to go Beyond!
Beyond your thinking
Beyond your fears
Beyond your ways
Beyond your comforts
Beyond your interpretations
He is still the God who is mysterious and without faith, you know what they say! No pleasure! Many are so stuck in religous interpretations and indoctrinated thinking they cannot hear, see, or know that God is Moving!
There is a storm all around Him, and darkness shields His Glory!

Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Isaiah 45:7
The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.

Job 26:10
He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.

We are in the Hebrew month ” Iyar” meaning transition! In transit, “passing- over” from Passover to Pentecost. Check this encouraging message out and get POSITIONED in faith!

Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.

Radical faith! Radical obedience! Radical Reward!

times and seasons

Stop fighting the changes, and surrender afresh! Step in fearlesslessly to the unknown!

I am walking in the unknown, everything is dark! Glory to God in the Highest, I am in transit!!!!