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December 21, 2004
"Another SIGN TODAY FOR ISRAEL AND ALL ISRAEL'S DESCENDENTS!"
by Steve Shultz
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God loves signs!
He loves signs (and wonders) so much that He not only talks about them a lot -- but He DOES them a lot.
Just get out your Bible concordance and look up the words "signs," "wonders," or "signs and wonders."
Let's just say there are a LOT of references, yes?
God has eternity to think up and create new signs and wonders...and yet, with the millions of signs we see all the time, those signs are but a few of the sum total of the signs and wonders He has made or we have yet to see.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE
Personally, since we just hit WINTER today (some call it Winter Solstice), December 21, 2004, in the Northern Hemisphere (and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere), we just entered into the fulfillment of yet another one of what I believe to be one of God's FAVORITE SIGNS.
God waited only four full days into creation to create this sign:
Genesis 1:14-16
14 "And God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so.
16 God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars." (NIV)
Now, since the sun became responsible for our seasons, God then connects the Sun and its seasons with Israel itself (and you and and I can grab hold of this assurance as well, and these promises -- just as they were given to Israel and ALL his relatives)...
Jeremiah 31:35-37
35 "This is what the LORD says, HE who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar — the LORD Almighty is his name: 36
[QX: Of course, as Scriptures indicate, fools tend to ignore and/or disbelieve The God of Truth and His Scriptures.] 37 This is what the LORD says:
"'Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,'
declares the LORD." (NIV)
Go figure!
GOD WILL NOT REJECT ISRAEL OR HIS DESCENDANTS
God made the seasons from Creation onward...and yet He used those same seasons to be a sign that He would not, indeed He chose by His will, that He COULD not reject Israel from being a nation before HIM, nor could He or would He reject ALL of Israel's descendents -- even though HE knew of the evil Israel and His descendents had done.
Now, let me say it again this way -- lest the Church forget -- notice verse 36 above.
Not only is Israel blessed -- but ALL of Israel's descendents would not cease to be a "nation" before God. Now, just to be clear, two of Israel's sons were Ishmael and Isaac. They get to be NOT FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD AND ALL OF HEAVEN!
Today, we see the World Church, of which I'm a life member, blessing Israel, while simultaneously choosing not to bless Israel's children...that is, Israel's OTHER descendents.
But we must bless ALL of Israel's children.
What does that mean?
BLESSING ALL THE DESCENDANTS OF ISRAEL
Well, as an analogy...in America, we lock up the bad guys, and hopefully bless all the rest. (Of course, Jesus "upped the ante" and said we should even bless our enemies -- which means we should even pray FOR Bi*n Laden; but he must be punished, of course.)
So, at this time, we are trying, in this war on terrorism, in America -- to take care of the "bad guys," while at the same time blessing ALL of Israel's descendents. That is, we bless both the Jewish people and also we bless the children of Ishmael as well, plus the other descendents of Israel -- all of them.
This all occurred to me last night.
Another prophetic person and I were talking about the evil that happens on the Winter Solstice by those who practice the magic arts. My response was, "That occult stuff must be a counterfeit to something real!" What did God intend the season changes to symbolize? (For instance, seasonal changes such as is happening today.) And what is the enemy stealing through his evil occult practices that are done on Summer and Winter Solstices?
The Lord then led me to HIS GREAT and PRECIOUS PROMISES for ISRAEL and "ALL THE DESCENDENTS OF ISRAEL."
WHY BLESS ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE?
So, rather than curse the darkness that often takes place on this day (some of you might even be feeling the evil that takes place on Winter Solstice because you are that spiritually sensitive)... why not come against these occult practices done on Winter Solstice in the opposite spirit by BLESSING ALL THE DESCENDENTS OF ISRAEL.
In this, you will please the Lord, I believe, and demonstrate your faith in HIS WORD.
And after all, wasn't it Jesus Who asked, "However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8)
Jeremiah 31:35-37
35 "This is what the LORD says, HE who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar — the LORD Almighty is his name:
36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the LORD," will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me."
37 This is what the LORD says:
"'Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,'
declares the LORD." (NIV)
Steve Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
Wheee, now an 8.5 off Sumatra off Maylaysia.
There's a group of Wycliff translators on an island off Maylaysia's peninsula. I don't know which side of the peninsula. Prayers for them.
Though at 8 miles deep--maybe there hasn't been a Tsunami.
Given this one at 8.5 and the one very recently between New Zealand and Antarctica . . .
IF we have another 8.+ within the next week or so, I will take that as a big clue that God has racheted things up another notch or 3. . . . and that indeed, the new year will be much more interesting than the last one in a number of respects.
very well put.
Thanks for the ping!