The Shemitah, Blood Moons, Ezekiel 38, and Israel
So, much has happened since the end of the Shemitah and the last blood moon, it almost seems like things have hit overdrive in prophecy fulfillment! Wouldn’t you agree? From Ezekiel 38 war, The Feast of Trumpets, Blood Moons and the Temple Mount. Now before we dig in here, I want to quickly address some questions so many of you, especially our American partners, have had about the Shemitah and Judgement. Let’s start by saying this; the Bible is a Jewish book. When you read it you must always read it from that perspective, realizing to whom God is talking to in the passage you read; The Church, The Jews, or to The Nations. Let’s take the Shemitah for instance. The word was one of warning. The warning was that if we did not repent and return to God there would be consequence. What did many Christians do? I am happy to say many congregations heeded the warning and began prayer groups much like thePrayer Force and asked God for mercy. We went repented for the actions of our leaders and nation and went into intercession for them, much like Daniel did (Daniel 9). The previous cycles, did not have such prayer, actually I wonder if America ever had so many people praying and interceding for her at once. Even Australia, called a national day of prayer and fasting FOR AMERICA! This reminded me so much of Abraham pleading with God for Sodom and Gomorrah. The plea was to find a few righteous, not a righteous nation. I can tell you there are much more than ten righteous in this nation. So, when the days passed and it seemed like nothing happened, were you disappointed? Hmm, we prayed, we repented for our nation, we asked God for mercy and He listened! We should be rejoicing! Now, I do not think that we stopped what is coming but I do think that we were able to hold it off. Did you know the bible says that? As long as the church is here she can hold back the enemy and judgement. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 (NIV) For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. Now it is not time to stop praying. It is time to keep the prayer pressure on! Many Christians have woken up but still so many are lost. While we are here we should be taking every opportunity to be a light, to bring hope and love to a lost and scared world, redeeming the time, seeing that the days are short. Ephesians 5:14-16 (KJV) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, andChrist shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. The Shemitah cycle is significant in so many ways. Daniel tells us that the tribulation period of seven years, with be a Shemitah cycle. This particular shemitah cycle ended on Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets) September 13, 2015 and a new one began. Like I said above many of us held our breath waiting for some major financial crisis to happen in America. (Actually it had begun a few weeks before with the Chinese market, which now since 2008, sets the tempo for the world market much like US used to. It wiped out half of Chinese market, 2 Trillion of America's market, & 11 Trillion of the world market.) To many people it seemed that nothing happened many were confused, the thing to remember is to LOOK AT ISRAEL! Israel is God’s time clock! The blood moons have to do with Israel! The sages say a blood moon is negative for Israel, a solar eclipse are negative for the nations. (If you'd like more info on the solar eclipses send us an email and we will get it to you.) So back to the Feast of Trumpets, the trumpet on this day is to be an awakening to God! An Alarm to wake up and repent, beginning the days of awe when the books of life and death are open. The Jewish people begin a time of self-examination, repenting and hoping that as they pass before God their sins would be covered for another year, as their sins are placed on a goat, praying that their names would written in the book of life for one more year. This is why Jesus tells His disciples rejoice that their names are written in the Lamb’s book of life His blood doesn't just cover our sins it washes them away!! In that Blood the blood of the Lamb our names are forever written in the Book of Life!! This Rosh Hashanah,9/13/2015 did not end eventless, not even close. On the feast of trumpets, the Muslims hatred of the Jews and their presence on the temple mount boiled over. As the Jews ascended, Muslims were waiting with “rocks” (more like cinder blocks) to throw at them. Since this day rocks, shooting, stabbing, and bombings have been a daily occurrence, all since Tishri 1. Each side blaming the other as fear has tried to fill the streets.
The blood moon cycle ended on the feast of Sukkot 9/28/2015, with a Super blood moon over Jerusalem. The past three blood moon tetrad cycles coincided with the acquisition of land. America, Israel, Jerusalem, and this one… could it be the Temple Mount? We know the third temple must be rebuilt. This year the Temple institute announced that they will rebuild the temple. Since the Feast of trumpets is a time of repentance, and a time of awakening there has been a shaking, and the focal point is the temple mount. (More on the Blood Moon cycle, The Star of David in the Blood Moons, and Sukkot) Then, two days later, September 30th, Russia begins it's air strikes in Syria. We did a teaching on Ezekiel 38 & 39 this past April that we will add the link to that here. We encourage you to read this and watch as prophecy unfolds before your very eyes! Do you see that God is crying out for awakening, crying out to everyone to, “Arise and shine! Wake up! Return to ME! Turn your hearts to ME! Look a see the times that you are in!”? Jesus is now walking through the menorahs, showing us places we need to be strengthened. Preparing us for what is coming just like God prepared Noah, He is preparing us. God wants the awakening far more than we ever could! Our Father wants us strong filled with His Spirit and burning brightly for Him, especially as the world gets darker. Today the Lord showed me some menorahs that are broken down, pipes completely gone, no oil, on the ground in a heap. I had seen this before but today He showed me these same menorahs now covered by a beautiful cloth, as if to hide it. The leader of that church tells Jesus, “No need to inspect our menorahs, or look at our lamps. We are fine.” It reminded me of a small child who cleaned their room by shoving everything under the bed. We have to allow Him to inspect our hearts. Remember He isn’t doing this to shame us or punish us! He wants to help us clean up and to fix the broken parts in your life. It is nothing to be ashamed of, He already knows, He knows it so well in fact He took the punishment for it. (Click here for Trim Your Lamps and Be filled Teaching series and materials)
So here is our part. First we must open our hearts to the Lord and allow Him in to help us. Then we must do what He says to do. While we (us and God) are fixing our foundations, let’s get into the flow of God! Move with Him! Get into agreement with Him. (God has been talking to us a lot about flow lately and we will soon be doing a teaching on that.) To get into His flow, get into His Word, spend time in prayer, receive and meditate on his love!
Now that we are in His flow let's line up our desires with His, for this revival and awakening! Pray what He says. For Israel pray what the Messiah prayed for her in Isaiah 62. Think about joining Tens of Thousands of others in God’s Prayer Force. Let’s keep the prayer pressure on and Love like God! Shalom Shalom
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
