PROPHETIC SIGNS THAT WE ARE IN THE END TIMES [A good summary of SOME key evidences--QX]

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The Bible gives many examples of signs that should warn us of the coming end of the age. Six such signs are given by Jesus, two characteristics are given by Paul, and eleven other occurrences are given by the prophets to occur prior to or soon after the end of the age. While we are also told we will not know the time of the End, God obviously wanted us to know when that time was getting closer. As the Christian church is increasingly drawn into the interfaith movement, and as more and more churches go into isolation, preparing to sleep through the growing attacks on their faith, perhaps God knew it would take a few signs to wake us up and remind us that we have work to do.

Unfortunately, many Christians take the verses that tell us we won't know the time of His coming to mean they should ignore any and all scripture that might warn us of this time of tribulation. Others have fallen into the trap of fearing being labeled a "conspiracy theorist" should they display an interest in the Biblical prophecies about our future on Earth. My philosophy is simple. God included it in the Bible and, since God is all knowing, we should trust that it is something we should know and study along with the rest of His Word.

It is increasingly obvious that the time of our Lord's coming is drawing near. Prophecy is being fulfilled daily, and at a faster pace than ever before. Whether you believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, or believe Christians will be witness to the full tribulation, wrath, and final judgments, matters not. The beginning of birth pains and the signs of the times should have the same effect on all of us. It should motivate us to save as many souls as we can in the time that we have left. The Great Commission tells us to be disciples to all nations, bringing the message of salvation through Christ to all people. If the Church is raptured before the tribulation, it is important that we leave behind an explanation for the trials and judgments those left behind will face. How else will they recognize the deception of the anti-Christ and seek instead the truth of the Bible? If we are to endure the tribulation along side them, we will need to be prepared to not only share the message of salvation, but share with them the reasons for God's judgment and hold it up as further proof of their need to be saved.

Below is a study of the prophetic signs God gave us as a warning of the approaching end of the age. Many of them are being fulfilled now and many will be fulfilled in the near future. I would encourage you to study prophecy, know what is coming and be prepared to share it with others.

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In Matthew24:3 Jesus was asked, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" Jesus told his apostles to look for the following signs prior to his second coming and the end of the age.

Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and will mislead many."

In the last several years many have claimed to be the Messiah. Jim Jones and David Koresh are examples of these false christs as well as countless others who are not as newsworthy. These false prophets are a prelude to the ultimate false christ, the antichrist. Many New Age groups, some even NGO's working for the United Nations, are anxiously awaiting the antichrist, preparing the way for his acceptance as the head of the hierarchy of gods and the one who will usher in world peace.

Matthew 24:6 "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end."

Rumors of wars in all areas of the world now occur frequently thanks to instant media coverage and the availability of a multitude of 24-hour news sources.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

More people have been killed in warfare in this century than at any other time in history. As the death toll rises in the Middle East, more and more countries work feverishly to develop devastating weapons of mass destruction. Add to that the expanding threat of terrorism and unpredictable dictators such as Saddam Hussein, and the potential for the outbreak of war exists in nations, kingdoms and places across the globe.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

As white, Christian farmers are driven out of Africa in increasing numbers, and foreigners move in to replace life-sustaining crops with poppies that now supply 25% of the worlds drugs, famine spreads across the African continent. The undernourished are not limited to Africa, however. A large portion of the worlds 5 billion people suffers from a shortage of food.

Matthew 24:7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes."

The number and intensity of earthquakes this century is at a level higher than any other time in history. A staggering number of seismic events occur around the world daily. The earthquake seismic monitor IRIS shows all major earthquakes for the last year. Indicated by yellow and red circles, the seismic events of the last 15 days provides strong evidence of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:7 in our day. By contrast, in the years from 1890 to 1900 there was only one major earthquake in the world.

Matthew 24:8-9 "But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name."

Christians are under attack throughout the world today. In the United States Christians still enjoy freedom to worship God without suffering much more than ridicule, hatred, or discrimination at work and school. However in many other countries such as China, Sudan, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Russia, and many Muslim nations, Christian suffer much greater persecution and often times death for their faith. During the tribulation this suffering will be worldwide and will continue even to the point of martyrdom. These first 5 signs will increase in intensity and severity as the tribulation approaches, much like the birth pangs or contractions of a pregnant woman worsen as the delivery time approaches.

Matthew 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."

This prophecy has already been fulfilled through television, radio, missionaries, the translation of the Bible into many languages, and the internet. People all over the world now hear the message of Christ from missionaries who have the means to travel the globe, and via technology that allows us to communicate with people on the other side of the world right from our own homes, churches and offices.

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II Timothy 3:1-5,7 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god; holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

For anyone who has watched television, read a newspaper, lost a retirement to corporate greed and corruption, or just walked outside their front door, it is obvious this prophecy has been fulfilled by our generation. Our leaders are often corrupt; our cities are filled with crime, brutality, and neon signs proclaiming our sinful, godless nature. The New Age Movement brings in increasing numbers of mystics who claim to be the enlightened ones. They are some of the most educated and influential people in our societies, and yet the most lacking in real truth.

I Timothy 4:1-3 "But the spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. By means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth."

Churches today are becoming more and more ecumenical, embracing the New Age interfaith agenda, and denying Christ as the only way to salvation. Giving in to the politically correct media and a corrupt society, they have embrace homosexuality as an acceptable alternate lifestyle and preach tolerance and compromise in place of God's truth for the salvation of the world. The environmentalist movement within the New Age movement lures them into a worship of mother earth, belief in past lives, reincarnation, and Karma while demonizing all those who would eat the meat God gave us as nourishment for our bodies.

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Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them."

An army of that size had never existed until China's army reached that number in the 1960's.

Daniel 2:32-33 "The head of the statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay."

Daniel 2:40-43 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. And in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have the toughness of iron, and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery."

The fourth kingdom of iron is the Roman empire according to Daniel's interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The two legs are the division of the Roman empire into an eastern portion called the Byzantine empire which ended in the 1400's and a western portion based in Rome which ended in the 400's. The nations of Europe since the Roman empire dissolved have never adhered or formed one empire but continue as separate nations, however, the European Union now has 15 Member States and is preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and southern European countries.

Zephaniah 3:9 "For then I will return to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent."

Prior to the restoration of Israel in 1948, Hebrew was a dead language. Now Hebrew is spoken throughout Israel.

4. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE, RESTORATION OF TEMPLE WORSHIP AND ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN JERUSALEM

For several end time prophecies to be fulfilled, the temple will have to be rebuilt.

Revelation 11:2 "Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the oly city for forty-two months."

Daniel 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolation, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."

Daniel 9:26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary."

Some archeologists believe that the temple mount is actually 340 feet south of the Dome of the Rock site, putting the Dome of the Rock within the Court of the Gentiles. This may be the court outside the temple that is left out.

There are many groups already working on preparations for the new temple. The blueprints are already done, the temple garments have been made, and there have already been attempts to lay the cornerstone of the temple. The only thing standing in the way of the construction of the new temple is Islam's third holiest site, the Dome of the Rock and government support for such an undertaking. Some possible scenarios for the rebuilding of the temple are as follows:

1. The persuasion and performing of miracles by the Antichrist and False Prophet convinces the Islamic world to approve the rebuilding.

2. The United Nations will negotiate the rebuilding of the temple following a war with the armies from the North (Russia and Islamic forces). This assumes that the war with the armies from the North is not the battle of Armageddon as some feel and that this attack occurs before the rapture or tribulation period begins. The supernatural destruction of the Russian army and Islamic forces will cause an outpouring of Christian worship and zeal amongst the Jewish people who will reconstruct the temple.

3. It is determined that the site of the first two temples is actually south of the Dome of the Rock, and the court of the gentiles (Dome of the Rock) will be left out of the 3rd temple.

A group in Israel called the Temple Mount Faithful have obtained most of the clothing, instruments and other equipment required for temple worship and are actively preparing for the laying of the third temple's cornerstone.

Numbers 19:2-7 "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, "Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. "You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. "Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. "The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening."

A red heifer will be required to be used in the process of purification described in the book of Numbers. In May 1997 the first Red Heifer was born in 2000 years. Another red Heifer was born in Israel in March of 2002.

Daniel 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."

Billy Graham was quoted as saying, "ninety percent of all the engineers and scientists who have ever lived are alive today." Air travel, space travel, DNA research and human cloning are all examples of the rapid increase in knowledge in our generation.

Zephaniah 3:10-11 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, will bring My offerings. In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain."

In 1984, Operation Moses saw the airlift of 15,000 Jews who had already fled to refugee camps in Sudan to escape starvation. In 1991, Operation Solomon flew 20,000 Jews to Israel from Ethiopia itself. A further airlift began in June of 1999, aimed at transporting the last 3,000 members of the Quara Jewish community from northeastern Ethiopia to Israel.

Ezekiel 38:2,4,8 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords. After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them."

In order for some end time events to occur Russia will have to be a strong nation with a strong military.

Jeremiah 23:7-8 "Therefore behold, the days are coming declares the Lord, when they will no longer say, as the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, but as the Lord lives, who brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I have driven them. Then they will live on their own soil."

In the 1970's and 1980's there was a mass exodus of Russian Jews out of Communist Russia. In 1999 the Associated Press reported a dramatic increase in the number of Jewish immigrants from Russia, bringing the largest number of Russian Jews to Israel since the early 1990's.

Revelation 13:16-17 "And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name."

On May 10, three members of a family in Florida became the first people to receive the biochip implant. Each device, made of silicon and called a VeriChip, is a small radio transmitter about the size of a piece of rice that is injected under a person's skin. It transmits a unique personal ID number whenever it is within a few feet of a special receiver unit. VeriChip's maker describes it as "a miniaturized, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) that can be used in a variety of security, emergency and healthcare applications."

Is the biochip the mark of the beast to be used by the antichrist? We can't really know. What is significant is that people are being softened to the idea of a mark or an implant as a means of maintaining security, providing medical information, and regulating a more interdependent world. As attitudes change, fears subside, and people are convinced of the need for such a mark, the true mark of the beast will be easily introduced to the world by the antichrist.

The United Nations, World Trade Organization, International Criminal Court, UN peacekeeping/police force, numerous UN NGO's, and other agencies are preliminary steps to the formation of a one world government. We now have the communications technology, transportation, and the pro-globalization media necessary to usher in the one world government headed by the antichrist. The increasing terrorist threat and the middle east conflict will only speed up the formation of this governing body as fear and promises of better security make more people willing to give up their national sovereignty for global governance.

Revelation 11:3, 7-10 "And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophecy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth."

Television and the 24-hour news networks make it possible for people around the world to see the dead prophets and rejoice at their deaths.

Luke 21:28 "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

Luke 21:32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place."

I think the boil may come down the road. Perhaps after repeated queries from the scanners over months or years.

Following is CALL TO PRAYER and a post which mentions a prophecy about the Tsunami situation 90, 60 and 30 days before it happened. Some interesting other stuff, too. From:

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10-Day Prayer Focus: Developing a Mind for Victory

Dear Friends and Faithful Warriors:

I just returned from the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders (ACPE) Meeting in Colorado Springs. This was our ninth and best meeting. Peter Wagner and Cindy Jacobs did a great job of leading our time together. I then spoke at Apostle Dutch Sheets’ prophetic gathering for Colorado. I am now flying to Atlanta. Please pray as I seek the Lord to order my steps this year.

The Starting the Year off Right Gathering on January 6-8 was really amazing. The revelation and release of anointing by the speakers was just incredible. Please order the tapes or CD’s. More importantly, put this on your calendar and plan to be with us next January. I spoke on Waves of Change. The Lord had shown me this in mid-December.

Continue to pray for Southeast Asia

Great shaking! Great devastation! And great opportunity for the Lord to touch many! We are connected in Sri Lanka, and recently had a couple who minister in that nation visit us.

On December 4, 2004 at our Firstfruits Service at Glory of Zion Outreach, Keith Pierce prophesied that Sri Lanka would be before world attention within 30 days, then 60 days, and then 90 days. He also prophesied that the Buddhist temples would be flooded and Buddhist priests would be jumping like grasshoppers to get out of the water. He then went on to say that the Lord would do a strange work to crumble the Buddhist temples from within. Well, now I understand!

I find it interesting that they are saying few animals in the game preserves were injured. Jack Hanna was on TV and said that the predator and prey warn each other when something is up. The elephant can feel in its feet and signals, the giraffe. The lion sees the giraffe is alerted and alerts others etc. This must be a year that we, people, become more alert and discerning.

Last Year: The Number 4 - Rearranged Boundaries

Remember last year that I wrote the following about the number “4”:

“I feel it’s important we understand the Biblical meaning of the number ‘4’. Four denotes God’s creative works. This number is related to material completeness, or many resources taking a new form. This is a year that we must relate to the land, the world around us, and especially our city or territory. This is a year that God will be doing things so that heaven will begin to manifest in the earth realm.

Four is the number for the great elements (earth, air, fire and water), the regions of the earth (north, south, east, west), the divisions of the day (morning, noon, evening, midnight), the number of seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter), and the four phases of the moon. Four also marks division.

Four is the first number that can be evenly divided by a number other than one or itself. Therefore, this will be a year that we see division in order to bring about a completeness of God’s purposes by the end of this seven year season. Watch for certain religious structures to divide. Watch for political parties to become polarized. Watch for earth boundaries to be reestablished so God’s covenant purposes can be accomplished.”

The following article is interesting in light of above: Quake rattled Earth Orbit, Changed Map of Asia

“An earthquake that unleashed deadly tidal waves on Asia was so powerful it made the Earth wobble on its axis and permanently altered the regional map, US geophysicists said.

The 9.0-magnitude temblor that struck 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Sumatra island Sunday may have moved small islands as much as 20 meters (66 feet), according to one expert…’Based on seismic modeling, some of the smaller islands off the southwest coast of Sumatra may have moved to the southwest by about 20 meters. That is a lot of slip.

The northwestern tip of the Indonesian territory of Sumatra may also have shifted to the southwest by around 36 meters (120 feet),’ Hudnut said…In this case, the Indian plate dived below the Burma plate, causing uplift, so most of the motion to the islands would have been vertical, not horizontal." (12/28/04, AFP). The earth, the nations, God’s people, the churchwe are all shifting and changing rapidly.

This Year: The Number 5 - Superabundant Grace in the Midst of Confusion

This is the year that ends with “5”. This numbers means grace or favor. This is a year where our “five senses” will recognize the Presence of a Holy God. Where God moved with the elements of the earth last year, He will move on us this year. This will be a year of unusual VICTORY. Just as David picked up five stones to defeat Goliath, the Lord has increasing victory planned for us.

I feel we are as in the days of Noah again. Noah gained favor from the Lord. He built a prototype that had never been built. As I was reading in Genesis 8, verses 5 and 6 illuminated or “jumped out” and quickened in my spirit: “And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, the tops of the mountain were seen. So it came to pass at the end of 40 days, Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.”

This was a rhema word to me…the next ten months we can go from victory to victory so that in the tenth month we can see the blessings of God flowing through the windows of opportunity that He has established in the heavens for each of us.

Break Old Cycles and Watch for New Opportunities

As I was reviewing the Word of the Lord for this year

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, I read the following:

“Be surrounded and sealed by the Holy Spirit. Develop a new level of discernment through worship. Reality is produced when we worship in Word (Truth) and Spirit. End old cycles. Do not cycle through your wilderness again. Break the cycle of Mt. Sinai (don’t get around that mountain again!) and head toward and up Mt. Zion. In the face of your enemy, violently praise! Let praise BIND the strongman and then plunder, take and repossess your spoils.”

We must not miss our windows of opportunity this year! We need to break old cycles that would cause us to half-heartedly enter in to all that the Lord has this year. We need PASSION to PRESS! Coming full circle and breaking old cycles are keys to our victory ahead.

Receive a new anointing! The anointing will give you victory over death cycles and the fear of death. Be anointed to have victory over demonic forces that would try and stop you in the future (particularly through the end of March)! Be anointed for increase and harvest so you begin to fill His storehouse!

Receive an Issachar anointing to interpret the times so you know what decisions to make! To anoint or, mashiach, refers to one who is anointed with oil, symbolizing the reception of the Holy Spirit, enabling Him to do an assigned task. Mashach means "to smear with oil or paint.” Allow the Hand of the Lord paint you with His anointing and may your enemies know you have been set apart!

VICTORY!

What is victory? Victory means final and complete supremacy in battle/war, or a specific military engagement ending in triumph. Victory can also mean success in any contest or struggle involving the defeat of an opponent or the overcoming of obstacles. Now is the time to move past the obstacles that would prevent you from succeeding in what God is asking you to do!

The primary biblical assertion is that victory belongs to God (Jon. 2:9; 1 Cor. 15:54-57; Rev. 7:10). This is succinctly expressed in the phrase “the battle is the Lord’s” (1 Sam. 17:47), i.e. victory belongs exclusively to the Lord and is His to bestow at will. Victory is only assured when we are operating in the will and timing of God in the earth realm. There are three special features of the Lord’s victory.

First, the Lord’s victory is the exercise of holy sovereignty in the course of history. ‘Victory’ is another way of saying that the government of the world rests in the hands of a Holy God, who orders all things according to inflexible principles of morality, so that sometimes His holiness must be asserted against His people, and becomes ‘His strange deed’ (Is. 28:21).

Second, this holy government and the power of victory are annexed to the holy rule of the only God. Therefore, there is no doubt who will ultimately win the war. Before long we will know His voice so well, that He will speak, we will obey, and victory is assured (Ezk. 38-39; Rev. 19).

Third, the people of God enter into victory by the obedience of faith. We experience victory in God’s victory (Ex. 14:13-14; Dt. 28:1-14; Ps. 20; Eph. 6:16; 1 Jn. 5:4-5).Peace, righteousness, and salvation are associated with victory (Ki. 22:28; Is. 41:3, Heb. Text) and are evidenced by the enjoyment of total well-being that victory brings.

Victory through salvation is personal enlargement and deliverance (1 Sam. 14:45; Jdg. 6:14). Righteousness is the personal quality which guarantees victory (Is. 59:16-17). All these cluster in a unique way around the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, the supreme victory of God (Eph. 2:14ff., Tit. 3:4-7) and His righteousness (Rom. 1:17; 3:21-27) (J. Pedersen, Israel, 1-4, 1926-40, Index s.v. ‘Victory’; J.-J. von Allmen, Vocabulary of the Bible, 1958, s.v. ‘Victory’).

OUR VICTORY IN THE WAR AHEAD IS DEPENDENT ON GOD’S PERFECT TIMING

1 Chronicles 12:32-33 refers to, “the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command” (NKJV).

One of the first prophecies I ever received over my life was from a well known individual that was being used in the Charismatic movement in the 1970s. He prophesied that I would understand time and have an anointing for timing. On the march in the desert Issachar was on the East with Judah and Zebulun his brothers. They led the march toward the Promised Land (Num 2:5; 10:14-15). Therefore, the Issachar anointing is very important if we are going to advance in victory.

Issachar means "he will bring reward." Men of Issachar, approximately 200, knew how to ascertain the periods of the sun and moon, the intercalation of months, the dates of solemn feasts, and could interpret the signs of the times. Also, Jacob's prophecy was, "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds. When he saw that a resting place was good . . he bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, and became a slave at forced labor" (Gen 49:14-15).

This anointing is very important if we are going to carry God’s burdens in the earth realm, and bring them to birth at the appropriate time. Issachar was positioned on Shechem at Mt. Gerizim, "to bless the people" (Deut 27:12). To summarize, the Issachar anointing understands the timing of God, the government of God, carries the burden of the Lord, and releases the blessings of God into the earth realm at the intersection or crossroads of every season. Receive the Issachar Anointing!

In the Word of God, the timing element is built around the Feasts. The Old Testament contains two calendarsa civil and a religious oneand this complicates our understanding of the origins of the New Year. Therefore, Rosh Hashanah begins what is known as The Head of the Year and culminates with the Feast of Tabernacles. This is different from the first month of the year, which actually begins at Passover.

When the Bible is read with this concept of time, we seem to better recognize God’s purposes in the earth. Hebraic numbers have word and pictorial meanings. This helps us understand time and stay very focused prophetically. We should begin the Head of the Year with God’s revelation for that year. We should pass over or cross over into the fullness of the year with this revelation guiding our path.

I know we have entered a key kairos time that we could not afford to miss. In God’s Timing for Your Life, Dutch Sheets says the following…“At the Pool of Bethesda, Jesus came to the man who had been in his paralyzed condition for 36 years and asked him what seemed to be a strange question: ‘Do you want to get well?’ (John 5:6, NIV).

The man’s answer revealed that although he was waiting at the pool, he really had no hope of being healed. He was in a kairos moment, close to fullness, but hopelessness had set in. Jesus asked him this question to make him realize that, although he was waiting for the miraculous stirring in the pool, he had lost all hope of actually being healed. Only seconds away from experiencing the new, just a handclasp away from total restoration, the man was too disillusioned to recognize it. Somewhere along the way, as he went through the process of time, he lost his expectation. There wasn’t anything within him that could respond in hope to Jesus’ question.

When God brings a shift, we must be ready to shift with Him. If we’re not careful, we won’t believe that He can bring us from the chronos stages through the kairos seasons and into fullness.”

This is a kairos time for developing a mind for victory. The following 10-Day Prayer Focus will help us shift our thinking into a victory mode.

10 DAYS TO SHIFT YOUR MIND INTO A VICTORY MODE!

DAY 1. Read John 5. Get past any self pity. Defy the method of the day and enter into victory.

DAY 2. Read Genesis 6-9:17. Know that God has a plan and new prototype for your ultimate victory. Declare that any “waters” will recede and that you will receive the open window of His blessings.

DAY 3. Read Ruth 1-3. Receive a new anointing. The anointing represents physical refreshments after washing. In Ruth 3:3 we find where Ruth had to make her shift. Naomi told her to take off her widow’s garment, wash and anoint herself. You have toiled too long. I decree all weariness breaks from you. Ruth then went to the threshing floor and found her Redeemer. May His redemptive plan and key connections come clear in your life.

DAY 4. Read 1 Kings 17-18. Agree with the Lord that you will follow Him into new arenas of supply and provision. Ask Him to move you past any poverty structure. Travail and ask Him to bring heaven’s plan into sight for you.

DAY 5. Read John 2:9, I Cor. 15:54-57, and Rev. 7:10. See that God is a victorious God.

DAY 6. Read Psalm 60. Know that our God will do valiantly for you.

DAY 7. Read Acts 12. Get passed any past failures and watch the Lord open doors unexpectedly for you. Be sure to recognize when He is moving on your behalf.

DAY 8. Read II Kings 4. Know that God has victory plans to overcome your debt structures.

DAY 9. Read Luke 5. Even though you have worked hard, the Lord has a simple way to multiply you. Repent for not embracing His goodness.

DAY 10. Read Ex. 14, Deut. 28, and Eph. 6. His blessings are there for you. Violently praise, war, stand and receive.

We should war for the victory of the Lord each month for the next ten months. We should expect to go from VICTORY TO VICTORY. Be like David in 2 Samuel 23:10 “He arose, and attacked the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.”

Blessings,

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Chuck D. Pierce

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