Read: Daniel 1-3
What a powerful reading! If God be for us, who can be against us. Today should encourage us to stand up against the world and not compromise. Daniel didn’t when he was commanded to eat the best food of the land. Daniel and his friends knew that eating what God’s Word said would be healthier than eating the king’s meat and wine. He and his three friends chose water and vegetables and God proved them right. When all the wise men were to be killed, Daniel stood up for all of them and asked for time because he knew his God knew everything, even things hidden and would reveal them to him if he asked. God proved him right. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah put their life on the line and refused to bow to the golden statue Nebuchadnezzar had set up and God proved them right.
God is looking for men just like these four that will dare to love their life not unto death and prove God. God will come to our defense. He is the best lawyer and defender.
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was prophecy about the future. I love that he couldn’t contain it but it took a believer to interpret the future. There are many seers in the world but God’s seers have the total truth.
Lord, I thank you that you know what is in the darkness and the light dwells with You. Thank you that you give us wisdom and might and will make known unto us whatever we desire of you. (Daniel 2:23)
Monday, September 14, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Sun.’s Devo. - Roshashana!
Read: Joel 1-3
I wondered what today’s reading would be and knew it would be prophetic. Today is the day of the full moon, the blood moon and Roshashana starts at sunset. It is also the beginning of a new year in the Jewish religious calendar and the beginning of a Jubilee year. Could this be the day when Jesus comes down to tabernacle with his people and call them to the huppa? He will do that on a Roshashana and this one is prime for it. The prophets have had a lot to say about this day and some say because of the Shemitah or Sabbath rest, the stock market will crash. I don’t think this is the end but I believe that something big is going to start on this night in the spirit world that will overflow to the natural. Just remember when it happens who is in control.
Joel is addressing a people who have lost their joy. He tells them to gird themselves up and repent for the sin of their nation. They are to fast and assemble together to pray. I think we are going to see more and more of this happening in these days.
God told them to blow a trumpet and sound an alarm. Roshashana is the feast of trumpets. It is the warning of the Lord coming. After the feast of trumpets is a 10 day period called the Days of Awe or Yom Kippor. Joel 2:2-14. Ezekiel uses language which depicts the Assyrian army as locusts who swarm in and destroy everything in their path. This is the time of great tribulation in which people are given a time to repent. God’s gates open at Roshashana and close at the Feast of Tabernacles (Sept. 23rd) When God fulfills this prophecy it will be during these 10 days that people will have the last time to repent. The judgement day is at the Feast of Tabernacles. Ironically, my husband’s birthday is September 13 and mine is September 23.
Though this sounds awful and it is hard not to be afraid, God says “Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice; for the Lord will do great things.” Then he goes through a list of blessings that will be given his people. The best one being that God will pour out his spirit upon all flesh… The moon will be turned to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord. We see this happening in preparation.
Joel three is the description of the Feast of Tabernacles. Everyone will be gathered to be judged for their works. God will cleanse the land.
Lord, make us ready for what is ahead. We say, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
I wondered what today’s reading would be and knew it would be prophetic. Today is the day of the full moon, the blood moon and Roshashana starts at sunset. It is also the beginning of a new year in the Jewish religious calendar and the beginning of a Jubilee year. Could this be the day when Jesus comes down to tabernacle with his people and call them to the huppa? He will do that on a Roshashana and this one is prime for it. The prophets have had a lot to say about this day and some say because of the Shemitah or Sabbath rest, the stock market will crash. I don’t think this is the end but I believe that something big is going to start on this night in the spirit world that will overflow to the natural. Just remember when it happens who is in control.
Joel is addressing a people who have lost their joy. He tells them to gird themselves up and repent for the sin of their nation. They are to fast and assemble together to pray. I think we are going to see more and more of this happening in these days.
God told them to blow a trumpet and sound an alarm. Roshashana is the feast of trumpets. It is the warning of the Lord coming. After the feast of trumpets is a 10 day period called the Days of Awe or Yom Kippor. Joel 2:2-14. Ezekiel uses language which depicts the Assyrian army as locusts who swarm in and destroy everything in their path. This is the time of great tribulation in which people are given a time to repent. God’s gates open at Roshashana and close at the Feast of Tabernacles (Sept. 23rd) When God fulfills this prophecy it will be during these 10 days that people will have the last time to repent. The judgement day is at the Feast of Tabernacles. Ironically, my husband’s birthday is September 13 and mine is September 23.
Though this sounds awful and it is hard not to be afraid, God says “Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice; for the Lord will do great things.” Then he goes through a list of blessings that will be given his people. The best one being that God will pour out his spirit upon all flesh… The moon will be turned to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord. We see this happening in preparation.
Joel three is the description of the Feast of Tabernacles. Everyone will be gathered to be judged for their works. God will cleanse the land.
Lord, make us ready for what is ahead. We say, “Come, Lord Jesus!”
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Sat.’s Devo- Jesus in Us
Read: Ezekiel 46-48
The first verse of today’s reading says that the eastern gate to the inner court will be shut for the six working days but on the seventh day it will be open. Hebrews talked about this seventh day. It is the day of rest and it is the seventh millennium. This is the gate that the prince will then enter. This is a picture of Jesus coming to earth to tabernacle in us.
It says in verse nine that you enter one gate and exit another. You never leave the same way you came. That should be the way it is every time we come before God. We should never leave the same way. We should be changed.
Verse sixteen tells us that the gifts given our parents are our gifts also and are passed to our children. I can attest to this in my life. I have the same spiritual and natural gifts that my parents had and I can see them in my children.
Ezekiel 47 is a picture of how God is going to heal the land after it is destroyed by fire in the end. He is going to send forth water which is his spirit to flow across the land and it will heal whatever it touches. This is also a picture of the last days revival that is going to spread across the land. Many fish will be brought in to the nets of salvation. No matter what a person has gone through his spirit can bring healing and restoration.
Everyone is going to naturally be drawn to their tribe. We already are even though we don’t know it. I am a prophetic teacher and people that have the same calling are drawn to me and vice versa. My tribe is the tribe of Levi. You have a tribe that you belong to too. Just ask the Lord what it is and he will tell you. I love people from all the tribes and we all need each other. Together we make up the body.
Lord, may people see us and know that You reside in us. Show us our tribe that we might know our purpose in the kingdom.
The first verse of today’s reading says that the eastern gate to the inner court will be shut for the six working days but on the seventh day it will be open. Hebrews talked about this seventh day. It is the day of rest and it is the seventh millennium. This is the gate that the prince will then enter. This is a picture of Jesus coming to earth to tabernacle in us.
It says in verse nine that you enter one gate and exit another. You never leave the same way you came. That should be the way it is every time we come before God. We should never leave the same way. We should be changed.
Verse sixteen tells us that the gifts given our parents are our gifts also and are passed to our children. I can attest to this in my life. I have the same spiritual and natural gifts that my parents had and I can see them in my children.
Ezekiel 47 is a picture of how God is going to heal the land after it is destroyed by fire in the end. He is going to send forth water which is his spirit to flow across the land and it will heal whatever it touches. This is also a picture of the last days revival that is going to spread across the land. Many fish will be brought in to the nets of salvation. No matter what a person has gone through his spirit can bring healing and restoration.
Everyone is going to naturally be drawn to their tribe. We already are even though we don’t know it. I am a prophetic teacher and people that have the same calling are drawn to me and vice versa. My tribe is the tribe of Levi. You have a tribe that you belong to too. Just ask the Lord what it is and he will tell you. I love people from all the tribes and we all need each other. Together we make up the body.
Lord, may people see us and know that You reside in us. Show us our tribe that we might know our purpose in the kingdom.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Fri.’s Devo - Preparing for the Passover
Read: Ezekiel 44-45
The Jewish calendar is a little confusing since there are two calendars. One is the civil calendar which starts with Tishri. The religious calendar starts with the 7th month of Nissan. God gave them the second calendar when he gave them the feasts in Exodus 12:2. Today, God refers to the religious calendar because Passover is in Nissan.
Ezekiel is brought in a vision to the eastern gate. He is told that this gate will one day be shut because this is the gate that Jesus will enter through and teach the people. It is also the gate that he will return and walk through. To this day it has been shut and walled up with stones because the Islamic people know that Jesus is suppose to enter through it. They think that stones will keep him out. How absurd!
God gave the Levites a new job since they had profaned the altar the first go around. This time they will only be in charge of maintenance and killing the sacrifices. Only the sons of Zadok will be able to come into the holy place and the Holy of Holies and minister to the Lord because they remained faithful when all of Israel strayed away.
The priests were to have no inheritance in Israel because the Lord was to be their inheritance. They were given land around the temple to live in and the first of the first fruits and sacrifices of the people was to be their wages. Most of all they were to lead the people justly and fairly. They were to cleanse themselves and the people and prepare themselves for the passover. The passover is the feast of salvation.
Lord, may we prepare our hearts to carry your salvation to everyone we meet. May we be like the sons of Zadok who remain faithful when times are hard.
The Jewish calendar is a little confusing since there are two calendars. One is the civil calendar which starts with Tishri. The religious calendar starts with the 7th month of Nissan. God gave them the second calendar when he gave them the feasts in Exodus 12:2. Today, God refers to the religious calendar because Passover is in Nissan.
Ezekiel is brought in a vision to the eastern gate. He is told that this gate will one day be shut because this is the gate that Jesus will enter through and teach the people. It is also the gate that he will return and walk through. To this day it has been shut and walled up with stones because the Islamic people know that Jesus is suppose to enter through it. They think that stones will keep him out. How absurd!
God gave the Levites a new job since they had profaned the altar the first go around. This time they will only be in charge of maintenance and killing the sacrifices. Only the sons of Zadok will be able to come into the holy place and the Holy of Holies and minister to the Lord because they remained faithful when all of Israel strayed away.
The priests were to have no inheritance in Israel because the Lord was to be their inheritance. They were given land around the temple to live in and the first of the first fruits and sacrifices of the people was to be their wages. Most of all they were to lead the people justly and fairly. They were to cleanse themselves and the people and prepare themselves for the passover. The passover is the feast of salvation.
Lord, may we prepare our hearts to carry your salvation to everyone we meet. May we be like the sons of Zadok who remain faithful when times are hard.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Thurs.’s Devo - We Are the Temple of the Holy Spirit
Read: Ezekiel 42-43
The description of the temple gets to be pretty wordy and complicated but after reading it the third time out loud I started seeing something. This temple is a picture of our individual spirits. 1 Corinthians 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” In us we have the holy and the profane and in this verse God is measuring it. Jesus said that he would tear down the temple in three days and rebuild it. He was talking about the old temple as being the old covenant of sacrifices and works. It was going to be rebuild through his blood on the cross. He was also referring to our individual temples of our bodies that would be rebuilt by salvation on the cross. I don’t profess to come close to understanding it but I do love chapter 43 because that is what happens when the spirit of God is poured into a person’s temple. 2 Corinthians 6:16 “And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” In this verse, God says he will dwell in our temple. In Revelation 11, John is given the same reed to measure the temple of God, the altar, and those that worship in it. He was told not to measure the court because it was given to the Gentiles. I used to think he was talking about us, but he is talking about the enemies of God because they are the ones that are going to tread down the temple for 42 months. Once we become Christians we are considered Jews in God’s eyes. There is no longer Jew nor Greek. (Galatians 3:28). All the promises of God’s chosen people are ours. Paul goes on to say in Colossians 3:11: “Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.”
Lord, thank you for your sanctifying process. You are cleansing our temple so that we can be accepted by You.
The description of the temple gets to be pretty wordy and complicated but after reading it the third time out loud I started seeing something. This temple is a picture of our individual spirits. 1 Corinthians 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” In us we have the holy and the profane and in this verse God is measuring it. Jesus said that he would tear down the temple in three days and rebuild it. He was talking about the old temple as being the old covenant of sacrifices and works. It was going to be rebuild through his blood on the cross. He was also referring to our individual temples of our bodies that would be rebuilt by salvation on the cross. I don’t profess to come close to understanding it but I do love chapter 43 because that is what happens when the spirit of God is poured into a person’s temple. 2 Corinthians 6:16 “And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” In this verse, God says he will dwell in our temple. In Revelation 11, John is given the same reed to measure the temple of God, the altar, and those that worship in it. He was told not to measure the court because it was given to the Gentiles. I used to think he was talking about us, but he is talking about the enemies of God because they are the ones that are going to tread down the temple for 42 months. Once we become Christians we are considered Jews in God’s eyes. There is no longer Jew nor Greek. (Galatians 3:28). All the promises of God’s chosen people are ours. Paul goes on to say in Colossians 3:11: “Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.”
Lord, thank you for your sanctifying process. You are cleansing our temple so that we can be accepted by You.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Wed.’s Devo - The Temple of God
Read: Ezekiel 40-41
They have been in captivity for 25 years and Jerusalem has been destroyed 14 years. God comes to Ezekiel on the 10th day of the month. Since it tells us it is the beginning of the year I would think that would mean the 10th day of Tishri making it the Day of Atonement. This was the day the high priest would make atonement for the whole nation. He would bring two goats to the entrance of the tabernacle and present them to the Lord. He would cast lots and the one that was chosen would be the one sacrificed for their sins and the other one stood for the people who were free from the judgment of death. This goat was set loose to go free.
God appeared to Ezekiel on this day and told him to follow him as he measured every door, gate, building, chamber, porch, etc. He was to report everything he did to the people. Then he was taken to the temple to measure it. Remember a few days ago how we said that the number 10 means to measure. This is really portrayed in this reading.
The temple has the number six in it many times because six is the number of man and the temple of God is within us. The height of the door into the temple is 10 which is two fives - double grace and its width is five - grace. The way to God is only by grace.
The whole house was 100 by 100 cubits. A hundred is the number for fullness; full measure; full recompense or reward. This is our full reward! It is decorated with faces of cherubs and palm trees. These cherubs weren’t the faces of baby angels but young lions and the face of a man. The palm tree is a symbol of strength and flexibility in the storm. It can bend and be tossed around during a storm and still stand in the end. It’s fruit is at the top and you have to climb high to get it. So these palms were the picture of the over comers who make it though life’s storms. They may be a man on the outside but they have the lion of God standing behind them. These people will be pillars in the temple of God. Revelation 3:12 says “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”
Lord, make us a pillar in Your temple. May we overcome in this life that we might reign in the next.
They have been in captivity for 25 years and Jerusalem has been destroyed 14 years. God comes to Ezekiel on the 10th day of the month. Since it tells us it is the beginning of the year I would think that would mean the 10th day of Tishri making it the Day of Atonement. This was the day the high priest would make atonement for the whole nation. He would bring two goats to the entrance of the tabernacle and present them to the Lord. He would cast lots and the one that was chosen would be the one sacrificed for their sins and the other one stood for the people who were free from the judgment of death. This goat was set loose to go free.
God appeared to Ezekiel on this day and told him to follow him as he measured every door, gate, building, chamber, porch, etc. He was to report everything he did to the people. Then he was taken to the temple to measure it. Remember a few days ago how we said that the number 10 means to measure. This is really portrayed in this reading.
The temple has the number six in it many times because six is the number of man and the temple of God is within us. The height of the door into the temple is 10 which is two fives - double grace and its width is five - grace. The way to God is only by grace.
The whole house was 100 by 100 cubits. A hundred is the number for fullness; full measure; full recompense or reward. This is our full reward! It is decorated with faces of cherubs and palm trees. These cherubs weren’t the faces of baby angels but young lions and the face of a man. The palm tree is a symbol of strength and flexibility in the storm. It can bend and be tossed around during a storm and still stand in the end. It’s fruit is at the top and you have to climb high to get it. So these palms were the picture of the over comers who make it though life’s storms. They may be a man on the outside but they have the lion of God standing behind them. These people will be pillars in the temple of God. Revelation 3:12 says “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.”
Lord, make us a pillar in Your temple. May we overcome in this life that we might reign in the next.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Tues.’s Devo - The End and the Beginning.
Read: Ezekiel 38-39
The battle between Israel and Gog. Gog is believed to be located in the north east steppes of Central Asia, north of the Hindu- Kush, now a part of Turkestan, a region about 2,000 miles north- east of Nineveh according to Eaton’s Bible Dictionary. They will come against Israel and fight the last battle in the valley of Magog. Revelation 16:16 calls this the battle of Armageddon. Revelations 20 explains it further. It will happen after the thousand years of Satan’s exile from the earth. During these years Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit and not able to deceive the nations anymore. Those that were martyrs and over-comers during the tribulation will be judged and live during this thousand years according to Rev. 20:4. After the thousand years, Satan will be let out of prison and he will go out to the ungodly nations and gather his army through deception. God will come down as fire and consume Satan’s army and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone to be tormented day and night forever. Then we will have the great white throne judgment where everyone will be judged for what they have done on earth. This is when people will be sentenced to hell or eternal life. It will be the end for some but the beginning for many.
Lord, keep us mindful of the big picture and what we are living for. We are living for eternity.
The battle between Israel and Gog. Gog is believed to be located in the north east steppes of Central Asia, north of the Hindu- Kush, now a part of Turkestan, a region about 2,000 miles north- east of Nineveh according to Eaton’s Bible Dictionary. They will come against Israel and fight the last battle in the valley of Magog. Revelation 16:16 calls this the battle of Armageddon. Revelations 20 explains it further. It will happen after the thousand years of Satan’s exile from the earth. During these years Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit and not able to deceive the nations anymore. Those that were martyrs and over-comers during the tribulation will be judged and live during this thousand years according to Rev. 20:4. After the thousand years, Satan will be let out of prison and he will go out to the ungodly nations and gather his army through deception. God will come down as fire and consume Satan’s army and Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone to be tormented day and night forever. Then we will have the great white throne judgment where everyone will be judged for what they have done on earth. This is when people will be sentenced to hell or eternal life. It will be the end for some but the beginning for many.
Lord, keep us mindful of the big picture and what we are living for. We are living for eternity.
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