Tisha B’Av To Tu B’Av: The End Of A Desert Generation

Black Sabbath Has Passed

It’s Time for the Saints to Possess The Kingdom

Daniel 7:21 As I watched, the horn was waging war against the saints (qedoshim) and defeating them,  22  until the Ancient of Days came and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.

I’m writing this today because the LORD wouldn’t let me pass by this prophetic appointed time without proclaiming the truth of the day called Tisha B’ Av (the 9th of Av). Yet this appointed time is far more than just a mere day but it’s also a season of an open door similar to Tisha B’ Av (9th of Av).

For those that have no understanding of the 9th of Av (the 9th day of 5th month on the Biblical Calendar) just hang on for a moment and I will explain in detail. I have declared this prophetic word/insight in a couple of gatherings that I have spoken at since July 22nd but I felt strongly that I need to write this down and proclaim it over the media airwaves.

I want to take time to explain the historical background of Tisha B’ Av so the reader can truly understand the importance of this prophetic time gate. The application of the time and season for the Gentile Believers is in the second half of this writing. Hopefully this will help you discern the season that we are entering and what the LORD is calling us to as His Saints in the earth.

Daniel 7:22 is a scripture that has become very popular and often referenced throughout various expressions of charismatic christianity. On this July 22nd I was honored to be a guest speaker at a very strategic gathering in Washington DC centered on Daniel 7:22. My dear friends, Jon & Jolene Hamil have been strategic gatekeepers in Washington DC for many years and have seen multiple undeniable expressions of Daniel 7:22 throughout their ministry.

During this strategic gathering we saw the news flash that literally said, “Ozzy Osbourne, The Prince of Darkness is dead at age 76.” Ozzy took on the title ‘Prince of Darkness’ early in his career as the lead singer of a band called “Black Sabbath.”

Actually the first concert I ever attended was a Black Sabbath concert in 1977. That season of my life was very dark and demonic which almost led to my death but in Father God’s mercy I encountered the true sabbath, Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha Maschiach).

A Prophetic Marker Of Transition At The Death Of Significant People

Josh. 1:1   After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.

I believe most Christians have some understanding of that whenever great men and women pass away there’s something that transpires in the realm of spirit. Sometimes there’s a spiritual mantle to be picked up that they carried or their death is a prophetic marker of a time of transition concerning the Kingdom of God in the earth. One Biblical example is the death of Moses. In Joshua Chapter 1 God speaks to Joshua and says,  “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them. God goes on to tell Joshua to send officers throughout all the tribal camps and tell the people to make provision and be ready for the 3rd day because within 3 days they will crossover and possess their kingdom inheritance.

Now hear me, I am not saying Ozzy Osbourne was a great man of God but he was a man who shaped the culture of a generation through his Prince of Darkness sound. Many reading this might not know that Ozzy Osbourne‘s fame and influence upon culture came through a band called Black Sabbath.

I want to take a moment to explain why I felt that Ozzy Osbourne’s passing on July 22nd was very significant and a harbinger of a predetermined time gate in the earth.

Black Sabbath - The Sabbath Before Tisha B’ Av - 9th of Av

In Judaism, the sabbath that precedes the ninth of Av (the ninth day of the fifth month) is referred to as Shabbat Chazon - the Sabbath of Vision. Isaiah 1:1-27 is read on this sabbath according to the yearly Torah reading cycle. Shabbat Chazon is also called Black Sabbath due to Isaiah's prophecy of rebuke predicting the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem and its status as the saddest sabbath of the year. It’s considered the sabbath of great morning for the Jewish people and an appointed time of fasting.

Practically, it’s a day of great mourning and fasting because throughout Jewish history, the ninth day of the month of Av has been an unprecedented time of tragedy and destruction. Father God (Yahweh) originally intended the ninth of Av to be a time of rejoicing and making provisions for entering into their kingdom possession and inheritance. For those who are unaware, the fifth month of the Jewish calendar is named Av. Av is the Hebrew word for Father, so the fifth month is the month of the Father. It’s an appointed time to behold that the Father is good and a time to behold your kingdom inheritance as a child of God.

Num. 13:1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

How Did a Time Gate of Blessing Become a Time Gate of Destruction?

The Book of Numbers, chapters 13 and 14 recount the story of Israel’s rebellion to the Word of the LORD. According to the direction of the LORD Moses sends 12 tribal leaders (12 spies) to observe the kingdom inheritance that the LORD was giving to them. They were not sent to judge whether they were capable of possessing the land, but they were sent to behold and taste a portion of their future inheritance. The 12 spies/leaders were commanded to bring back some of the fruit of the inheritance for the rest of the nation of Israel to see. Their report was to be one of encouragement concerning the Word of the Lord. The Talmud (Rabbinical Commentary on the Old Testament) says the day that the 12 spies returned from Canaan was on the 9th of Av. The spies had been gone 40 days walking in the Promised Land beholding what Father God had set before them. They were to return to Moses and give their report but they actually reported to Moses before all the people which in turn incited a rebellion.

Num. 13:26   Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.  27 Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.  28 Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of (the Giants) Anak there.  30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”  31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” 32 And they gave the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

The 12 spies initially said what God had said, “the land is very fruitful flowing with milk and honey.” However, they went on to say the inhabitants of the land were fearsome and there were even giants living there. They began to report the facts concerning fortified cities, giants and heavily armed inhabitants and the people of Israel became fearful. Caleb and Joshua 2 of the 12 spies tried to reassure the people that they were well able to go in and possess the land but fear set in and spread like wildfire.

Our Factual Report Can Actually Become An Evil Report

There’s a very important Kingdom truth that resides in this Biblical account and we must understand it if our generation is going to possess their Kingdom Inheritance. Our factual reports can sometimes become evil reports. The LORD called the 10 spies factual report evil. Actually everything they said was factually true according to the natural eye, but it was evil according to the eye of the spirit of God. The principle to be gleaned here is the truth is what God says, even though your eyes say something different. You see, the truth of the word of the Lord overrides the facts that we encounter with our natural eyes. If we are going to be people who fulfill our mandate to possess the Kingdom, then we must be governed by the eyes of our heart. If we live by our natural eyes we will miss our 9th of Av season of an open door just as the Israelites missed theirs. How many times do we allow our natural eyes to keep us from possessing our blood bought kingdom inheritance?

Only 2 of the 12 spies (Joshua & Caleb) brought back what the LORD calls a good report. Joshua and Caleb simply said what the LORD had previously said, even though the facts that they saw with their eyes declared something contrary. It is so sad that only 2 men out of 600,000 Israelites would eventually enter their promised kingdom inheritance. All the rest would die in the wilderness over a 40 year period.

Forerunners of Prophetic Promise or Forerunners of Fear

Num. 14:1 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the LORD brought us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”   4 So they said to one another, “Let us select a leader and return to Egypt.”

The 10 tribal leaders (spies) caused the whole nation of Israel to be filled with unbelief. Their factual report caused the hearts of God‘s covenant people to be filled with fear and darkness. Their factual report of fear and unbelief incited a rebellion of complaining against Moses and God. The rebellious leaders wanted to stone Moses and choose a new leader to replace him and return back to Egypt. The Lord was deeply grieved at their unbelief after they had seen all his mighty wonders and works in crushing the empire of Egypt and providing for them throughout their journey in the wilderness. The LORD was going to give them what they deserved (Death) but Moses laid before the LORD in intercession saving the very Israelites who were going to stone him.

The LORD relented and showed mercy towards Israel but ultimately there came a judgment from the LORD declaring that Israel would wander in the wilderness for the next 40 years. One year for every day they walked in the promised land. The LORD also decreed that every man of age 20 and above, would die during that 40 year period.

From that day forward, the 9th day of the fifth month (9th of Av) became a time of unprecedented tragedy. Jewish history records that both temples (Solomon’s Temple & Herod’s Temple) were destroyed on the 9th of Av.  You can look at the image that I made and see the other tragic events that took place on the 9th of Av throughout Jewish history.

The Heart Of The Father Is Restoration - The 9th of Av Turn Around

Zech. 8:18   Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 19 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘The fast of the fourth month, The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.’

Verse19 says that the Lord will make the fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months a joyful feast. The fast of the fifth month is a direct reference of the 9th of Av, ‘Tisha B’ Av.’

So, what does this have to do with us as Gentile believers in Christ? Does the 9th of Av hold any significance for us, or is it merely a designated time frame set by the Jewish community? While I believe the promise of Zechariah 8:19 is primarily addressed to the Jewish people, the underlying principle of the Kingdom is highly relevant to Gentile believers. As Romans 11 clearly states, we are grafted into Israel’s olive tree of covenant promises.

Rom. 11: 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,

18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

19  You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”

20  Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear.

21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

This Friday night, August 1st through sunset Saturday August 2nd is Shabbat Chazon (Black Sabbath) a dedicated time of fasting and morning for the Jewish people. It’s a designated time to evaluate your lifestyle and return back to wholeheartedness towards the LORD and His divine timing and plans for our lives.

Ozzy Osborn, the legendary lead singer of Black Sabbath, was born on December 3, 1948, the same year Israel officially became a nation, sanctioned and recognized by the United Nations. I firmly believe that his passing heralds the downfall of the Prince of Darkness and the return of the true chazon (VISION) to the Jewish people, allowing them to witness their Messiah, Yeshua Ha Maschiach.

The question remains: will we emulate Moses, presenting ourselves before the LORD and interceding on behalf of the Jewish people to gain (Chazon) vision and behold their Messiah? The LORD seeks intercessors who will reflect His heart of mercy before His Court (Daniel 7:9-10).

The Gentile Church Is Being Summoned To Return

Also, for the Gentile church, I believe this 9th of Av marks the demise of our subtle rebellion, akin to the Black Sabbath. It serves as a prophetic signpost, indicating a designated time and season for our generation to respond to the Lord’s word. Some may argue that they are not engaged in subtle rebellion, but I believe our eyes are being opened to witness the gradual corruption that has infiltrated the Church. Regardless of our awareness, we stand at a pivotal moment in the redemptive timeline of Church history. This is our 9th of Av door of restoration, a time to return to the Lord’s original intent and design for His covenant people. I believe it is a time when the Lord is releasing judgment in favor of the saints, breaking the oppressive power of the antichrist horn that has been oppressing them for generations. Throughout redemptive history, there have been various manifestations of this antichrist horn, but I sense that the influence of the deaf and dumb spirit of religion is weakening Christians globally. The Lord is exposing the fusion of Greco-Roman culture, particularly through the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, which occurred 1700 years ago this August.

Shabbat Chazon - The Sabbath Of Vision For The Gentile Church

The LORD is breaking the power of mind control that operates through the spirit of religion and setting His People free to see who He really created them to be, sons of the Kingdom Come! The LORD is exposing the golden calf of the Greco-Roman Jesus created through the Roman Emperor Constantine and opening the eyes of His People to see The Revelation of the true Jesus, the Messiah. Many of the Reformers throughout the reformation era of the Church (1,381-1600’s) called the Church at Rome the beast system and the Pope a manifestation the antichrist. They also believed that the horn that was waging war against the saints was manifesting through the Papal system under the Holy Roman Empire. Many reformation writers directly see Daniel 7:21 as referring to the cruel persecutions of the popes of Rome against the Waldenses and Albigenses, and the Protestant Church during the reformation era. That might sound extreme and judgmental but most Christians are uniformed concerning Church history and the war that was literally wagged against the reformation movement for almost 250 years. Literally millions of people were brutally butchered and burned in the name of Christ but it was actually a manifestation of the antichrist horn. Unfathomable numbers of Christians were burned at the stake for owning a portion of the Holy Scriptures, children were buried alive because their parents would not renounce their faith (their stance against the corruption of Papal hierarchy) and receive the eucharist from the corrupt priesthood.

Today it amazes me that so many solid Christians don’t really want to hear about how apostolic Christianity was divorced from its covenant root through the Council of Nicaea. The apostolic movement that began on the Day of Pentecost 2,000 years ago was unstoppable. No matter how many Christians the Roman Empire martyred, the apostolic Church empowered by the Holy Spirit kept growing and thriving through persecution. Constantine’s false conversion account of having a vision of the cross in the sun was a diabolical plot to seize control of the unstoppable Church and Romanize it. In 312 AD Constantine was vying for the throne of Rome against his rival Maximus which eventually resulted in a civil war and take over. It was during that time that Constantine had a vision of the Cross of Christ in the sun and heard a voice saying, “by this you shall conquer.” I have a very detailed powerpoint clearly displaying how Constantine married Sol Invictus (Mithras) worship with Christianity. For those that don’t know Sol Invictus was the Roman sun god whose name meant “Unconquered Sun.” The Romans built temples, offered prayers and sacrifices, and dedicated vows to Sol Invictus. He was also invoked by soldiers for protection and by newly freed people for their freedom. The annual festival on December 25th, the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Birthday of the Invincible Sun), was a significant event in the Roman Empire. The Sol Invictus Cult had a priesthood very similar to the Catholic Church and was financed by the Roman Empire. If one would honestly and openly study the vast information it is obvious that the Emperor Constantine married Sol Invictus worship to Christianity and made Roman Catholicism.

The Slow Sun Burn (Perversion) of The Apostolic Church

What occurred at the Council of Nicaea was the beginning of the mixture of Apostolic Christianity with Greco Roman Paganism. They began to form another gospel, a different Jesus (a Greco Roman mixture Messiah instead of the Jewish Messiah - the Seed of David) and manifest a different spirit than the Holy Spirit! The Apostle Paul warned the Church of this in 2 Cor. 11;2-3) Unfortunately over a period of the next 100 years that’s exactly what happened. In 382 AD, Pope Damascus I at the Council of Rome commissioned St. Jerome to translate the Bible into Latin which became the initiation of taking the Holy Scriptures out from the hands of all Believers. Latin became the official language of the Catholic Church which kept common people (Believers) from truly understanding the Scripture and making them dependent upon the Roman commissioned priesthood. It eventually became illegal for anyone but the Priest of Rome to open the Scripture or serve the Holy Communion. This seized the power of the apostolic church and led the true church underground. The LORD has always had a remnant that would not bow to the horn of the antichrist system of slavery. The Romanized Church progressed into 1,000 years of great corruption and truly spiritual dark ages.

So many people want to defend the traditions that were birthed by the Romanizing of the Apostolic Church, but if one would just be willing to honestly study history it’s diabolically undeniable. The other approach of those that want to defend their Romanized Christian Culture is to just say, “It really doesn’t matter because it’s all about Jesus anyway.” That might sound good and even possibly Biblical, but that’s absolutely NOT what the Bible says!

Repurposed Pagan Altars Are Forbidden By The LORD

Deut. 12:1 “These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.  2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.  3 And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.  4 You shall not worship the LORD you with such things.

2Kings 17:7  And this occurred (captivity) because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods. 8 and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced.

The LORD repeatedly told His Covenant People that they could not worship Him on repurposed pagan altars or festivals. 2 Kings 17:7-8 says that Israel repeatedly allowed the customs of the surrounding nations to shape their worship and this resulted in Israel’s captivity in Babylon. Why does this really matter? Or why does the LORD emphatically command His Covenant People not to repurpose pagan altars? Christianized repurposed pagan altars, festivals and holidays are a big deal because they’re directly tied to a fallen angel/fallen son of god. Cultural mixture is the go to plan of the Devil throughout human history. Any culture that is not submitted to the Kingdom of God is cultic in nature and rooted in a fallen son of god/angel!

The Biblical account (Numbers 22) of the sorcerer Balaam hired by King Balak to curse the children of Israel is a perfect example of the consequences of allowing cultural mixture creep within the Kingdom mandate. Balaam tried to curse the children of Israel 3 times but was unable to because Israel was under the divine protection of covenant fidelity with the LORD. King Balak was furious with Balaam the sorcerer because all Balaam could do is bless the Israelites. Yet, Balaam did inform King Balak how to get Israel out from their place of divine protection, it’s called compromise or mixture. King Balak got the women of Midian to seduce the men of Israel to come into their tents and partake of the feast of the Baal Peor. This compromise removed Israel’s hedge of protection and made them vulnerable to the enemy's sorcery and even worse, the judgment of the LORD. There are multiple Biblical examples of this trick of the Enemy which ultimately resulted in the LORD giving them over to what they wanted, worshiping what the other nations worshipped. The LORD would send prophet after prophet to His Covenant People warning them to turn and return to covenant fidelity but after multiple warnings the LORD gave them over to what they wanted. Romans 1:18-30 speaks of this Kingdom principle and truth.

Cultural Mixture Results In Captivity To Babylon

Gen. 12:1   Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Babylon, literally meaning confusion, has its roots in the Tower of Babel rebellion. The original 70 nations rebelled against the Lord and were disinherited or separated from Yahweh (as mentioned in Genesis 10 and 11). The Lord chose one man in Babylon to initiate a restoration process for the 70 nations. This man was Abram, who received a prophetic promise of becoming a great nation and a blessing to all the nations of the earth (a vessel of redemption). However, this promise was conditional upon his response to the Lord’s command. Abram was instructed to leave Babylon and enter the Land of Covenant Promise! After 470 years, the descendants of Abraham crossed into the Land of Covenant Promise and received their Kingdom Inheritance.

Jer. 29:10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

The LORD imposed 70 years of captivity on Israel in Babylon as a consequence of their desire to worship the deities worshipped by the 70 nations. Despite their cultural compromise, they remained the covenant people of God. Their cultural fusion did not entirely negate their covenant relationship with the LORD (Yahweh), but it did diminish their ability to serve as an effective witness and light to the other nations. Israel never fully comprehended the significance of their divine calling to be a witness and light to the 70 nations that had been severed at the Babel rebellion. The key to Israel’s effectiveness lay in their holiness, their unwavering dedication to the word of the LORD.

Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession (segulla) among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

This passage in Exodus 19 recounts the first day of Pentecost (Shavuot). It was essentially a marriage ceremony between Yahweh and the Nation of Israel. It was also a commissioning ceremony into the priesthood of the Kingdom of God. The conditions were clear: Israel was commanded to KEEP (shamar - guard) their covenant with Yahweh. They were commissioned to be a Holy Nation, a Kingdom of Priest, and the very possession of God. The Apostle Peter references this passage and applies the same calling and kingdom principles to the New Covenant believers.

1Pet. 2:9   But you are a chosen race, a royal (basileios - kingly) priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11   Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against your soul.

The calling of all New Covenant Believers is to be a royal kingly priesthood or priest of the Kingdom. The effectiveness of our priestly call is directly tied to our response to be Holy, and become the literal possession of God. The Apostle Peter spells it out very clearly! Earth is our assignment, we’re just sojourners from another realm, the eternal realm of Yahweh’s Kingdom. Our identity is royalty, sons of God. Our function in the earth is as a priest of the eternal kingdom! Our effectiveness as a priest of the Kingdom is in direct correlation to our response to becoming the possession of God. Some might wonder what this looks like practically? I believe it’s simply what Jesus (Yeshua) said is the first and greatest commandment of God.

Mark 12:30 And Jesus said, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Deut. 4:23 Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the LORD your God has forbidden you. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

We were made to be the possession of God and exclusively His. The LORD our God is an all consuming fire, a jealous God. The LORD wants to possess us spirit, soul and body, mind, will and emotions. Not because He needs something from us, but this was His original intent from the beginning of creation and His design which will enable us to walk in His dominion mandate of releasing Heaven on earth. The first and foremost function as a priest is to minister unto the LORD and behold His Beauty and in this place of unveiled face. As we behold Him there is a supernatural exchange that occurs a literal transformation into the image of the ONE we behold.

2Cor.3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Religion sews the veil back up that Jesus (Yeshua) tore when He declared, “It is Finished” upon the cross! The LORD is rending every veil of every system of religion right now and truly restoring His Royal Priesthood of ALL believers in the earth. Satan LOVES religion and will finance big buildings and ministries that will keep us so busy with the activities that seem Christian but will drain us spiritually  and leave us with NO TIME to spend cultivating a place of encounter.

The LORD’s true royal priesthood will behold His Face in the days ahead and release the light of His Face, shifting the atmosphere everywhere they walk. The priests of the LORD are actually designed to become the walking lampstands (menorahs) of God. The 7 lamps on the Menorah literally represent the 7 spirits of God, the Eyes of the LORD that search to and fro throughout the earth Rev. 1:5 & 5:6). The Tabernacle/ temple of the LORD had no windows for natural light to come in. The only light allowed in God’s Temple was the light that emanated from the 7 lamps of the Menorah.

1 Cor. 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be made no effect (powerless).

1 Cor. 6:19  Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Titus 2:14 He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

The Apostle Paul declared our bodies are the true temple of the LORD, the purchased possession of God. He tells the Church that natural light (human wisdom) makes the Cross of Christ no effect (literally powerless). The reason revival or the great awakening tarries is the mixture of natural light with the light of God’s Kingdom. Natural light (wisdom) causes the light we have, to be of no effect.

We were redeemed by the blood of Christ, to become the possession of Christ, a latter glory temple (Hag. 2:9) that fills the earth with a true witness of the eternal light of His Face. Our American culturally shaped Jesus that is rooted in Greco-Roman mixture is losing the culture war of wisdoms. We must honestly evaluate who’s winning the war in culture? Is culture shaping us or are we shifting and shaping culture? The answer is obvious if we just look at the past 50 or 100 years of the Church in our nation. Again, we have enough Jesus to be saved and get to Heaven but Jesus does NOT possess enough of us to manifest the undefiled pure light of His Kingdom in the earth. Remember what I’m referencing is NOT a salvation issue but a stewardship and an effectiveness issue.

In Revelation 2:1-5 Jesus said, to the Church of Ephesus, they had fallen from the intimate place of His Face, their 1st love. He informed the Church if you do not repent I will come and remove your lampstand from its place. Jesus basically said, the Church of Ephesus was about to lose their ability to shift culture with Kingdom light because they have allowed business and culture to shape them. Years ago the  LORD said to me, “If you're shaped by culture you cannot shift culture that is why I called you to be Holy like me.”

The Revelation of Jesus Christ - A Judgment in Favor of the Saints

Rev. 1:1   The Revelation (apokalupsis) of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,

The Book of Revelation is the Revelation of Jesus Christ not the revelation of the antichrist, the beast or the false prophet. Actually the word revelation in the original language (Greek) means unveiling or full disclosure. There is a judgment being rendered in favor of the saints and we’re coming into the season of the FULL DISCLOSURE, the unveiling of the True Jesus, The True Christ, The Seed of David (the Jewish Messiah) the Bright and Morningstar (the uncreated Son of God). There’s a divine verdict from Heaven’s court being released which will result in the removal of every religious veil of the antichrist horn system and the complete unveiling of the true face of Messiah, Yeshua Ha Maschiach. This is not an automatic thing that will happen to everyone but those who turn aside like Moses to behold the burning bush will encounter the eternal flame of God within the bush. The Apostle John also tuned to see the voice and he beheld the Burning One with eyes of fire! The LORD is raising up His Holy Ones, His Possessed Priesthood who will release His undefiled light and voice causing regions to turn and behold the Burning One.

Through this unveiling of Christ we will begin to see an exposure of the antichrist system that was initiated by the Harlot Woman who sits on 7 hills (Rome sits on 7 hills) and we must be resolute not to partake of her cup or eat from her table anymore as Jesus clearly said in Revelation 17:1-9.

The Church At Rome Was Warned In Its Infancy

Most people are unaware of the Council of Nicaea and its actual events. While it wasn’t entirely negative, the Nicene Creed emerged as a significant positive outcome. The Nicene Creed declared Christ’s deity. However, the Council of Nicaea also played a sinister role in the spread of antisemitism within Christianity. The Roman Emperor Constantine explicitly stated, “We shall have no dealings with those detestable Jews and their bloody Passover. We shall set the date of the resurrection of the Lord according to the spring equinox (the SUN).”

The Apostle Paul warned the Church at Rome in its infancy that it should not be ignorant of the Mystery of Israel. Paul declares boldly that defending their ignorance (lack of revelation) of the mystery of Israel would cause them to become arrogant and would result in them being broken off just as the Jews who defended their ignorance (faulty theology lacking revelation) of Messiah and became arrogant resulting in being broken off. Many Jewish people (NOT ALL Jewish people) missed their 9th of Av Door and the fulfillment of Zechariah 8:19 prophecy that the fast of the 9th of Av would become a joyful feast. Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) was the fulfillment of that Zech. 8:19 prophecy.

Today Gentile institutional arrogance prevails and many are blind to the truth that resides in the heart of the Book of Romans (chapters 9 through 11). Most Christians today have never studied to show themselves approved, a workman of God that need not be ashamed but one that rightly divides the Word of Truth. We blindly believe what we’ve been told and this has gone on for generations, the handing down partial truth but not the full truth. The Apostle Paul declared to the gentile Church at Rome you are a wild olive shoot grafted into a cultivated olive tree and God can graft the NATURAL BRANCH (representing the Jewish People) back into THEIR OLIVE TREE! The New Covenant that The Jewish Messiah initiated through His Blood was initially promised to the house of Judah and Israel and not the Gentile nations.

Jer. 31:31   “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.

Rom. 11:25  For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26  And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:m“The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them (Jewish People),When I take away their sins.” 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Romans 11:27 says, “For this is My Covenant with them, when I take away their sins.” The Apostle Paul was rebuking the Church at Rome of their Gentile arrogance by quoting Isaiah 27:9 and Jeremiah 31:31 declaring the New Covenant is Jewish to the root and the Gentiles were grafted in because of the mercy of God and His initial promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:3. The prophetic promise was that all the nations of the earth would be blessed through his seed (the Messiah). The Apostle Paul tells the Gentiles at Rome, you’re receiving nourishment from the root of their olive tree and Jesus declares in His final words of the Bible, I AM THE ROOT!

Rev. 22:16   “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

A Judgment in Favor of The Saints - Will You Possess The Kingdom?

Daniel 7:21 As I watched, the horn was waging war against the saints (qedoshim) and defeating them,  22  until the Ancient of Days came and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.

Within this scripture passage, there are key Kingdom principles that reside in key words. This proclamation is very overused and barely understood. If we truly expect to overcome the antichrist horn and enter into the judgment of favor of the Ancient of Days to possess the kingdom, we must identify with these kingdom truths. Many prophetically claim this prophetic decree of favor by the Ancient of Days without answering the summons and call given to His Covenant People.

The first key principle that resides in key words is, the saints. Who are the saints? What does that mean? The Hebrew word (qedoshim) literally means holy ones.

The Holy Ones: Given The Judgment of Favor & Possession of The Kingdom

This was the original summons and mandate given to the nation of Israel.  It was also given to Gentile Believers grafted into the New Covenant. The Holy Ones are not the legalistic self-righteous ones with their list of rules. The Holy Ones are the consecrated ones, the ones given over to the eternal purpose of the Father. They’re a people that do not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Father. The Holy Ones have answered the call of the LORD throughout both Old and New Covenants, (1 Peter 1:13) “Be holy as I Am Holy.” Father God called His Covenant People to be like him, Holy. Holy is not what we’ve been told or what we think it is. Holy is to be like Father God who is completely set apart and is defined by no one but Himself. There’s no one like Him, He stands outside of time and space because He is the Ancient of Days, the Timeless Eternal One (Olam El).

We as the Redeemed of the LORD are called to be completely set apart unto the Holy One (Yahweh) and become a Holy One (a fully redeemed restored son) that is defined by no person, no circumstance, no culture, no skin color, no environment but only defined by the King of the Kingdom. You might think this is unattainable or even crazy but it's just apostolic Christianity that was modeled by the original Apostles of Jesus (Yeshua) and other generations throughout Church history.

The Saints Are Those Governed By The LORD

Therefore They Can Release Divine Government

If we’re going to be effective during our earthly assignment we must understand that the LORD governs time and space with his timeless words of eternity released through his Holy Ones in the earth. The saints (Holy Ones) are those that have answered the call to surrender all and become the possession of God. They are those who are no longer governed by time or space or but governed by the timeless words of eternity from the mouth of the Ancient of Days. All government begins with self government. Whatever we do not govern will govern us! We have been given a dominion governmental mandate, but to be truly successful and effective in that mandate we must be those that are governed completely by the King of the Kingdom.

As we’ve observed in various scripture passages, the Lord’s intention for His covenant people is to be His possession. I emphasize this point strongly because I’ve heard the phrase “the time has come for the saints to possess the Kingdom” used prophetically numerous times over the past two decades, yet we consistently fail to fully enter into the possession or the full manifestation of the Kingdom.

We can say we're apostolic but are we living as SENT Ones? Do we have the same worldview, foundation and mindset as the first apostolic era? The first apostolic era was composed of people who truly laid down their lives to live exclusively for the Kingdom of God to manifest in the earth. That era was truly possessed by the Kingdom therefore they had the ability to release it. Remember apostolic authority is only released through apostolic authenticity.

Mankind was Created to Release Heaven in Earth

The ultimate goal in the creation of Adam, mankind, was not to get people to heaven, but to manifest the kingdom of heaven on earth. The first Adam failed in the garden and chose by his natural eye just like the 10 spies. But the last Adam, Jesus Christ prevailed in the Garden of Gethsemane and chose wisely to live by the eye of the spirit and every word that proceeded from the mouth of His Father. The Body of Christ is being summoned back to the Father’s original intent for mankind.

A Global Garden of Gethsemane Moment

The LORD said, "You kiss Me with your songs every Sunday but deny Me by your lifestyle. I don't want your songs, I want you!" The question is will we pass the test in our Garden of Gethsemane Moment? Whether you realize it or not, we are currently entering a Global Garden of Gethsemane moment. We are entering a season of testing concerning Kingdom stewardship. Will we overcome in the garden of testing, will we declare Father not my will be done but your Kingdom come. The garden is the test of sonship, sons who have resolved in their hearts that the Father is good regardless of what they see with their natural eye. This is the door to the Hill of the Lord into the place called Zion. We are a generation marked with the signet ring of the Father and He will not let us settle for something far less than our destiny and destination in Christ. The Bible is very clear, one generation will come to maturity unto the full stature of the image of Christ (Eph. 4:13). One generation will manifest a greater glory than Moses because we have a better covenant with greater promises (Read 2Cor. 3:1-18) There will be a glorious Bride who is radiant without spot or wrinkle longing for her Bridegroom King. There will be a generation who seeks Yahweh’s Face like Jacob who was transformed at Penial (Gen. 32:1-f) The LORD is summoning you personally up His Holy Hill called Zion will you answer the call?

Psalm 24:3  Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place?

4   He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

5   He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6   This is the generation of those who seek Him,  Who seek Your face — even Jacob.   Selah

I see one generation answering the call and laying everything they think they know down at the bottom of the hill. They will overcome the spirit of this age manifested in religion and the wind of the Spirit of God will be at their back and in their lungs giving them the strength and ability to ascend the Hill of the LORD unto maturity in Christ. This will be the LORD’s generation, the generation that seeks His Face. The generation of ascension will stand in the place of Yahweh’s unveiled Face and be SENT back down to build the places of His unveiled Face in the earth. These places will be the authentic apostolic church, places of transformation where one glimpse of the unveiled Christ will result in men and women being instantly transformed and LOVE STRUCK by the beauty of the one with the nail pierced hand. This is actually my personal testimony of encounter and transformation on 12/121990. I was a 17 year drug addict, alcoholic, perverse spiritual dark man and I encountered 1 glimpse of the Burning Man, Yeshua Messiah and my life was completely transformed. The LORD desires to establish places of His unveiled Face, a place where true transformation occurs. There’s much talk about apostolic centers these days but true apostolic centers begin with apostolic foundations which are simply apostolic lifestyles that model our Apostle and Great High Priest, Yeshua Messiah.

Are We Truly in Daniel 7:22 Moment?

Has a judgment been made in favor of the saints? Is this an appointed time for the saints to possess the kingdom? The ultimate fulfillment Daniel 7:22 will be in a future time at the climax of redemptive history. Thankfully were not quite there (read Rev. 13:5-8) but that doesn’t nullify the partial fulfillment and expressions that have occurred throughout redemptive history. Any student of the scriptures can testify there are times of a partial expression/fulfillment of prophetic promises like Daniel 7:22. I believe a Daniel 7:22 judgment has occurred multiple times where the Lord’s Saints were being oppressed and a judgment from the Throne was rendered breaking the oppression of the enemy and giving them them the insight and ability to possess a greater dimension of the Kingdom. We would call those Daniel 7:22 moments, times of epic revival or great awakenings. These shadow expressions can be seen throughout various era’s of church history. The reformation era is definitely a clear example of Daniel 7:21-22.

I have great concern in my spirit for the Church in America. Are we raising up disciples that are made ready to stand in times of great spiritual war and hardships?

From Tisha B’ Av to Tu B’ Av - The End of a Desert Generation

The story of Tisha B’ Av (the 9th of Av) doesn’t end with gloom and destruction but a moment of divine reversal. Jewish commentary on the Old Testament (the Talmud) declares that on the evening preceding the 9th of Av, Moses would have the man of Israel go dig graves, and sleep in them. It’s recorded that 15,000 men would die every 9th of Av and in the morning the survivors would cover them with dirt. This process went on for 40 years but in the 40th year no one died so Moses. So Moses concerned that the had miscalculated the days had them sleep in the grave another night on the 10th of Av and again no one died. Moses had them sleep in the graves for five additional days then on the 15th day of the month Moses declared “this is the end of a desert generation!” It was time for the next generation to go in and possess the Kingdom. For the Saints to go in and possess the kingdom. The 15th Av (Tu B” Av)  is a time of great joy and celebration in Judaism, when many marriages occur and many other restoration events occur.

I felt strongly to write on this prophetically in light of the death of the Prince of darkness and Black Sabbath. I truly believe it’s time for the eyes of the Jewish people to be open to behold their true Messiah Yeshua. Yet, I also believe it’s contingent on the response of the Gentile believers returning back to the Father‘s original intent. Paul declared to the church at Rome, that for this reason, salvation‘s come to you, Gentiles, to provoke the Jewish people to jealousy. It’s time for Gentile Christianity to return back to its covenant roots and model something that is Jewish to the root.