BE OF GOOD CHEER!

Tears of joy and relief poured down my face as the Spirit washed over me. I was listening to a prophetic word given through a sister in Christ and it unexpectedly touched me deeply.

Because your light shines so bright in the darkness you have become a beacon of hope to those in the dark. You have done well my faithful servant. Continue. Do not be discouraged by the course of events. It must be so. I will give you wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Stay on the narrow path. Help guide my sheep. Feed my sheep. Be encouraged. I am always with you. 

And know this. The adversary has seen the brightness of your light and has stood up to take notice. This is why the trial is so difficult and suffering so great. I will greet you when the mission is finished. Be of good cheer for it is almost time to go home.

Not that I count myself as one who has suffered greatly or that I fit the description precisely as given above, but this became a living word to me because the Spirit of the Lord made it so. Also I will not give the source of this utterance because it is not pertinent. I believe that Y’shua, our Jesus, gives gifts to His people. Not that we are always perfect in carrying out these gifts, but somehow God is able to orchestrate good out of our clumsy efforts and this was the case here. I believe this is a word for the Church as a whole.

The Night of My Pleasure

Wars and rumors of wars are continuing to brew as NATO 'pokes the Bear' known as Russia and the UN votes to take jurisdiction of Jerusalem from Israel. As I sought the Lord this morning I was led to Isaiah 21 and look what I found!

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing [of it]; I was dismayed at the seeing [of it].

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. Isaiah 21:2-4 KJV

I decided to take a look at Informed Christian’s Event Study Calendar and the note printed on December 3 of this year was, “Rev. 12 sign approx. starting 42 weeks”. As I have written before, the Revelation 12 sign of the woman is to be completed on September 23, 2017, according to the Stellarium software.  

  

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. Revelation 12:1-2 KJV

That would mean that today, December 3, 2016, could be the beginning or conception of this celestial pregnancy if it were a 42-week gestation (42 weeks being the longest normal cycle). In a natural pregnancy cycle, first there would be a time of intimacy between a man and woman. Could it be that this is what is being referred to in Isaiah 21:4 where it reads, “The night of my pleasure”?

Elam and Media are references to modern day Iran. With this in mind while reading Isaiah 21 we get a picture of a time of tribulation coming upon Israel—a time that is compared to the pains of a woman in travail. The Revelation 12 sign, therefore, is the celestial picture of this time of trouble coming upon Israel, and the ‘conception’ of this sign could be today!  

Not only that but if you go by torahcalendar.com sunset tonight marks the last day of Hanukkah—the season associated with the conception of the Messiah! (For more on this watch the spectacular presentation given by Rick Larson entitled, The Bethlehem Star.)

This does not mean that Jacob’s Trouble, another name for the Tribulation period, begins this month. What I am saying is that first comes the conception, then the approximate 9 months of gestation, THEN labor or travail—tribulation. The entire Tribulation period is divided into two named parts—the wrath of the Lamb (Rev. 6:16-17) and the wrath of God (Rev. 14:19). 

But to those of us who are not appointed to wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9)--BE OF GOOD CHEER! It is almost time to go home!