Thank you for joining me today for this edition of my weekly podcast known as Faith to Live
By.
Each week I seek to help us discern current events from a biblical and prophetic perspective
so we, as God's children, can know how He wants us to respond.
Today I will discuss the signs of the times, which includes the April 8th eclipse, and
much more.
As I'll explain, the eclipse is just one of many ways I believe God is communicating with
His people today.
As you'll learn from this and next week's podcast, God is speaking to all the people
of the world today about His will, about what He is and will be doing, and how He wants
us to respond.
God always speaks to us in many different ways.
One significant way is through His prophets, which have yet again come under serious attack
in recent days.
I see this as evidence of God revealing who His true Church leaders are and who are not.
But before I get into today's topic, I want to connect with new listeners by sharing what
my regular listeners know.
I started this podcast in July 2020 upon realizing how the governments of the world had been
conspiring against the people, lying and deceiving and controlling us, for what I've come to
learn was much longer than I initially thought.
I was greatly upset for not seeing Christians rising up against the rampant increase of
evil, and in great frustration, I inquired of God why we were not seeing God's people
do greater works than Jesus, which Jesus Himself said His followers would do.
With all this, I set out to do extensive research to help us discover and live in life-giving
truth and experience all the hope truth provides.
I had no idea at the time just how much I would be investing of my time, my efforts,
my abilities, resources, finances, and so much more, including the emotional and mental
toll this project of nearly four years now has taken on me and my family.
I am called by God to be a speaker and a teacher, to present truth, and as anyone who knows
me would say, I'm always seeking to promote justice.
So in these days, especially since 2020, you get an idea of why this podcast would be so
taxing upon me.
I am a charismatic apologist, which means as a charismatic, I believe in the supernatural
gifts always being accessible for Christ followers.
And as an apologist, I believe in the Bible as the supreme, complete, and inerrant communication
God has provided us so we can be confident about our knowledge of God and how He wants
us to live.
Today I'm rather upset with the lack of maturity in the body of Christ and the division the
enemy is making among God's people.
We are living at a time when the whole world is seeking to know the truth and those of
us who belong to Jesus by an act of our will, choosing to be devoted to Him above all else,
we are commissioned to share the truth with those who need it.
This has always been the case, but today with the whole world experiencing entirely unprecedented
events, where there is more evil and wickedness and corruption in the world than at any time
in the earth's history, clarity of truth is more essential than ever.
If the enemy, who is a liar, bent on destruction, can divide Christians in their understanding
of truth, then he can prevent many who are seeking to know the truth from discovering
it.
Am I saying I believe the condition of humanity is worse than that of the days of Noah when
the Lord was grieved He made man?
Genesis chapter 6 verses 5 to 7 reads, quote, Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man
was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually.
The Lord was sorry that He had made man on earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
The Lord said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from
man to animals to creeping things to birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I have made
them.
End quote.
Yes, I am saying the evil in this world is even greater today than it was in the days
of Noah.
I can easily say the whole earth is more wicked than any other time in history based on the
population of the world alone.
We all know this is true.
Just look at world events since 2020.
Look at what we have been learning to be true.
Look at how the enemy of God whom God has been exposing to reveal truth has worked even
harder to keep people deceived and divided about truth.
The recent public display of disunity among well-known Christian leaders means some are
promoting deception.
And as I've said many times before, the nature of deception means the victim is unaware of
their condition.
So this is a very dangerous and real potential for any and all Christians to fall into.
Based on the Bible, we can know without a doubt God will judge all evil beginning with
his own people according to 1st Peter 417.
I have been warning for some time that the time of grace for people to repent and be
rightly restored unto God is drawing to a close.
And today with the division among Christians, especially as it relates to prophecy, is in
my opinion evidence that God is indeed at work in these very days judging his people
first.
So I ask the Christian leaders who are publicly calling out other Christian figures to consider
your ways.
Because I am very concerned that people know the truth.
Because I want to be certain that I am a trustworthy voice for God according to his call on my
life.
Because I follow what scriptures say about people in the New Testament era being able
to prophesy because all Christians, men, women, and children now have the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit and can therefore prophesy, though not all hold the office of a prophet, indulge
me today to go on record about the growing disunity specific to prophecy.
Because the Bible is very clear that God wants to see his kingdom will done on earth as it
is in heaven, which is always to redeem and restore, God's decisions are continually manifest
in our world.
We could say God's heavenly decisions are punctuated by earth events.
Signs and wonders on earth confirm God's heavenly decrees and declarations.
So today and next week you can expect from me biblical instruction to help us know when
signs and prophecies are of God, insight about upcoming calendar and heavenly events and
what God seems to be telling us through them, and highlights of prophecies that have been
formerly given that are coming to pass in these present days.
To begin with, scriptures proclaim that the heavens declare the glory of God.
The stars are symbolic for divine guidance, such as the Magi experienced when following
the star to find the Christ child.
The sun has always been symbolic for Jesus.
The moon has been symbolic of Israel and God's protection of Israel.
The rainbow is a sign from God that he will never judge the earth by way of flood again.
And throughout history, God has provided signs in the sky and on the earth to confirm his
will.
Think of the burning bush God used to get Moses' attention.
Think of the pillar of smoke by day and fire at night that guided the Israelites on their
journey to the promised land.
Think of how God caused the ground to open up and swallow about 250 men in response to
Korah's rebellion.
Think of the tongues of fire that seemed to land on the heads of the 120 people in the
upper room waiting for the power from on high as Jesus had instructed them.
This is just a small sampling of how God uses signs and wonders through events and in the
sky to, as I like to say, punctuate his will.
The enemy knows this, so as a deceiver, he has always sought to confuse God's people
by creating counterfeit events or deceiving narratives that keep God's people at least
partially unclear about God's will.
For this reason, we must use caution and balance when seeking to interpret spoken prophecy
or actual world events.
Being balanced is key, else we could fall into the enemy's trap of religiously interpreting
matters or using our own understanding which causes us to miss the truth.
The same religious mindset of human reasoning that prevented the Jewish leaders of Christ's
day from recognizing him as the fulfillment of the prophecy concerning the Messiah can
prevent us from properly recognizing the fulfillment of prophecy in our day.
So, if you have heard specific Christian leaders of our day making claims that this person
or that person is a false prophet, if you have heard people entirely dismiss any spiritual
meaning to the upcoming solar eclipse, especially in light of the eclipse of the year 2017,
I ask you to intently listen to today's podcast.
I don't profess to have all the answers, but I do profess to laying aside my own understanding
as I seek to learn more about God's will and his ways.
Natural matters cannot be understood from our natural mind, so let me offer a primer
on prophecy and prophets.
True prophets will speak for God and what they predict will come to pass as they said
it would.
Because prophets often predict distant future events, individuals are not necessarily able
to see the fulfillment of the prophecy they've spoken.
Many prophecies take generations to be fulfilled, and today we still have many prophecies recorded
in the Bible that are yet to be completed.
This does not make the prophet who spoke the word a false prophet.
The Bible as the written word is known as the Logos word.
In addition to God's written word, we have his spoken word known as his Rhema word.
Because God is immutable, meaning he cannot change, any spoken word that is presented
as prophecy from God must fully align with his written word.
In fact, the written word clearly instructs us to test all spirits and prophecies to discern
if they are from God or not.
Even what we believe to be God's spoken word must be tested.
First John chapter 4 verses 1 to 3 reads,
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from
God.
For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
By this you know the Spirit of God.
Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit
that does not confess Jesus is not from God.
This is the Spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world
already.
End quote.
Then, in 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 29, the Apostle Paul instructs, quote,
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
End quote.
The New Testament prophecies are different from Old Testament prophecies.
Why do I say this?
Well, because in the Old Testament the Holy Spirit had not been given to indwell those
who chose to be faithful to God of the Israelites.
Special gifting, or impartation, was given to particular men to be a spokesman for God.
I've heard people say that the test to validate a New Testament prophet is different from
that of an Old Testament prophet.
And to that I say, yes and no.
Old Testament prophets had a specific call and a download, if you will, from God to be
his spokesman.
In the New Testament era, prophets are many more in number because the Holy Spirit has
been given.
The Apostle Paul explains that all Christians can prophesy because of the indwelling of
the Holy Spirit.
However, not all Christians are called to the office of a prophet.
This means we have many more people who are able to prophesy available to us today through
believers who seek to hear God and then share what they learn.
Additionally, as events on earth become more and more threatening to God's people, God
increases his communication to forewarn and protect his children.
This was the case in the Old Testament and it is today.
The difference, however, is that we have far more people alive today than any other time
in history, meaning there is a need to increase the prophecies given and the frequency of
the prophecies to reach all the people.
The argument that some have made, that God doesn't give daily prophetic utterances, to
me, is entirely invalid.
I believe God will give as many prophetic words and as often as needed so he can reach
all the people of the world.
God is clear he doesn't want a single person to perish but all to have everlasting life.
He has always done whatever it takes to get through to his people.
He speaks through dreams, visions, prophecies, words of knowledge, through events, nature,
and so much more.
Also, Amos chapter 3 verse 7 from the English Standard Version reads, quote, For the Lord
God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants, the prophets, end quote.
This is specific to those who hold the office of the prophet.
And before you apply Old Testament understanding, note that it is written in Ephesians chapter
4 of the New Testament where we learn God has equipped the church to be led by people
who hold positions as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers.
Some may hold more than one office as a leader of the church.
So clearly, prophecy is for today, prophecy is available through many more people today,
and prophecy will be furnished by God as often as he deems necessary through both those who
hold the office of the prophet and those who seek to hear God and share what they learn
from him, not to mention through nature, events, and so on.
So let's consider a quick test we can use to validate a prophet and prophecy.
The Bible provides 10 key indicators that determine whether a person is truly receiving
visions from God or words from God.
According to Scripture, true prophets, number one, make predictions that come to pass.
Jeremiah 28, 9.
Again, it can take generations for prophecies to be fulfilled.
We need to consider the prophecy, for example, of the second coming of Christ.
Number two, prophets point out sin.
Micah chapter 3 verses 5 to 8.
Number three, prophets warn of coming judgment.
Isaiah 24, 20, and 21.
Number four, prophets speak in the name of the Lord, not some other God, and are obedient
to the will of God.
Deuteronomy 18, 18.
Number five, prophets give messages that harmonize with the Bible.
Isaiah 8, 20.
Number six, prophets glorify God rather than themselves.
John 16, 13.
Number seven, prophets do not give their own private interpretations.
2 Peter chapter 1 verses 20 and 21.
Number eight, prophets edify the church.
First Corinthians 14 verses 3 and 4.
Number nine, prophets teach that Jesus came in the flesh.
First John 4, 1 to 3.
And number 10, prophets have a Christ-like character.
Matthew chapter 7 verses 16 to 20.
Lastly, the pattern for all prophecy and God's promises is never to speak of judgment or
destruction without also providing a way of hope or escape.
Second Chronicles 7, 14 is one excellent example, as is the prophecy of Jonah, spoke over the
Ninevites, providing them 40 days for the people to repent and reduce, if not avoid,
the destruction they deserved.
When all these elements of prophecy coexist, the 10 I mentioned and the prospect for hope
or redemption or a way of escape, we can have a confidence.
It is a legitimate word from God.
Now let's consider the upcoming eclipse and surrounding calendar events in light of what
I believe to be a most unfortunate division in the body of Christ today concerning the
prophets and prophecy.
I think these upcoming weeks are certain to be sobering at the very least.
We have entered a time when God is punctuating his prophetic words.
God's prophetic words are revealed in both the Bible, the Logos word, and through the
spoken or the Rhema word with radical signs and wonders given in evidence that he is fulfilling
his words.
As always, when God intervenes with signs and wonders, it is to get the attention of
all the people of the world to come to the realization not only that he exists, but that
he is who he claims to be and he will do what he says he will do.
It seems everyone is talking about the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse and there are many different
perspectives.
I've actually enjoyed learning different aspects from different people, including Amanda Grace,
who spent considerable time on this topic of the eclipse.
You can find a link to her podcast in the show notes this week and next.
But after careful study, I want to share my perspectives with you while asking you to
use your own discernment, seeking the Holy Spirit's input for you to come to your own
conclusions.
And I welcome you contacting me following this podcast to share what you discern.
Depending upon the feedback I get, I'll respond to you personally, of course, but I might
also share some of your input with the audience in the upcoming weeks.
There's a great deal for us to learn from God, not only specific to the eclipse, but
the many events surrounding the eclipse.
These are truly awesome days for all the people of the world, as we will see God as minister,
his justice, and judgment.
I've said for some time that the days of grace for the people of the world to choose
with whom and what they want to be aligned, either God and all that is good, or Satan
and all that is evil, are coming to a close.
This means for those who choose to repent and be aligned with God, there will be supernatural
protection while he administers his judgment upon those who willfully reject God and thereby
remain aligned with Satan.
I've said before, but it is even more important for me to say today, any attempt to remain
neutral is by default choosing alignment with Satan.
There are only two choices for people in the world, God or Satan, and not to intentionally
choose God is to remain aligned with Satan.
I do not claim to hold the office of a prophet, but I do claim to be able to prophesy just
as the Bible says all Christ followers can prophesy.
I hope to have your individual attention with this podcast especially because what I bring
up specific to the days ahead of us represent the most important and truly unprecedented
times the world has ever before experienced.
I ask you to share this podcast with every person you know because of the highly significant
times we're living.
Not to share what you will hear today, either through your own personal sharing or by sending
people a link to this podcast, will be a matter you will have to answer before the Lord.
First I do not believe there are any coincidences when it comes to God.
God is highly strategic and has a purpose and meaning in everything he does.
Consider Proverbs 25 verse 2 which states, it is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings to search things out.
And remember, 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9 refers to all believers as a royal priesthood, meaning
we are God's kings and priests here on earth, so we need to be searching things out.
People who are claiming there is nothing of any spiritual significance to extraordinary
natural events that we are experiencing and will experience in the near future are in
my opinion denying the power of God and they very well could miss the blessings God intends
them to have.
Because of the overwhelming magnitude of meaning and symbolism in what lies ahead, let me start
with the specific dates before us.
Now I'm recording this podcast on March 22nd.
By the time you hear this podcast, some of the dates I'll be mentioning will have already
passed.
Regardless, you need to understand how all the dates are interrelated as God is earnestly
and intricately communicating with us what he wants us to know.
March 23 and 24 of 2024 is Purim.
Purim is the holiday that came from the events recorded in the book of Esther where God's
people came exceedingly close to being wiped out in the city of Susa because of an evil
plot of Haman who was the closest official in the court of the king in the city at that
time.
Because of the faithfulness of Esther at the urging of her uncle Mordecai, the Jewish people
of the city fasted and prayed and sought the Lord to deliver them from destruction as decreed
by Haman.
Now doesn't that sound like the plight of God's people today?
Haven't we become aware of evil leaders plotting our demise?
If we will fast and pray, God who never changes will hear our prayers and deliver us just
as he heard the prayers of the people in Esther's time.
And the evil Haman intended upon God's people was committed against Haman and his family
instead.
We who are alive today are in the same kind of a moment as the Jews in the time of Esther.
There are those in favor of a one-world government who have plotted for our destruction.
Just as he did in the days of Esther, God will turn their events back upon them if we,
his people, repent and fast and pray seeking God's holy intervention.
March 24th is also Palm Sunday.
The Sunday Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey while all the people celebrated and
hailed him and the religious leaders plotted to have him crucified.
The religious leaders who knew the Old Testament scriptures well were so bent on their own
understanding they could not see Jesus for who he was.
And I'll go so far as to say this is the same spirit that has hold over many people
today including Christians.
There is no other way to explain the public division against prophets that is growing
in this season.
In response to the enemy's all-out effort to control the narrative, God is speaking
to his people in a variety of ways.
We need to recognize what God is doing instead of being deceived by what the enemy is doing.
A lot has been said about the upcoming total solar eclipse, especially in light of the
previous two eclipses that crossed America.
This is another area the enemy has raised his voice and is working overtime to cause
confusion.
Reports about these three eclipses are not entirely consistent with one another, but
there is ample information worthy of contemplation.
So let's look at the dates and specific events between Purim and Pentecost this year of 2024
while keeping in mind this is the Hebrew year of 5784.
Again, God is a God of details and intentionality.
Numbers have always been a way for God to reveal matters to mankind.
Hebrew gematria assigns meaning to different numbers based on scriptures.
The evil God has been exposing since early 2020, a number we understand to mean perfect
vision.
The evil God has been exposing has had much to do with the enemy's effort to create
a one-world government against God and his people.
In gematria, the sum of the numbers of the Hebrew year 5784 is 24, or double 12.
12 is the number of government.
The number 2 means difference, division, double, or portion.
I take this to mean God is showing the difference, creating division between good and evil, and
affirming double portion of his promises to govern this world regardless of how things
appear.
And as long as we're adding the digits of the year, the sum of the numbers of our Gregorian
year 2024 is 8, which is the number of new beginnings.
No matter what happens in this world, please keep in mind the Bible is very clear.
The government is on Christ's shoulders, according to Isaiah chapter 9 verses 6 and 7.
Also scriptures are clear.
The nations are Christ's inheritance.
Look up Psalm chapter 2 verses 6 to 9 and Psalm 82 and pray, declaring and decreeing
these passages to align yourself with God and overcome any fear about what the governments
of the world are trying to do.
There is nothing the enemy can do that will ever overrule God.
When scriptures state the government is on Christ's shoulders, this means the government
of the kingdom of God, which overrules all earthly governments.
In addition to communication through numbers, God communicates to us through times or dates
and events.
March 29 is Good Friday, which commemorates the day of Christ's crucifixion.
On that day some 2024 years ago, the Bible and history reveal the sun went dark and the
day seemed like night for three hours.
March 31 is Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday when Christ rose from the grave after
three days and three nights, having completely overcome all evil.
The number three has the meaning of divine wholeness, completeness, and perfection.
Eight days after March 31, on April 8, the world will experience a rare solar eclipse
that will be visible extending from the southwest section of the United States traveling up
to the northeast section.
Again, what is the meaning of the number eight?
It's the number of new beginnings.
Let's also note this April eclipse will occur seven years after the 2017 eclipse.
The number seven in the Bible represents the complete and perfect work of God.
The path of the 2017 solar eclipse started in the northwest of the United States and
exited in the southwest, meaning the paths of the two solar eclipses will form an X where
the paths intersect.
Then 14 days after April 8, which is two times the number seven, implying a double measure
of spiritual perfection, on April 23, Passover begins.
Passover, you will recall, is the holiday that celebrated the night the death angel
of judgment against evil in Egypt recorded in the book of Exodus passed over the homes
of those who had an X or a cross from the blood of the sacrificial lamb smeared on the
doorposts of their homes.
Exodus chapter 12 verses 13 to 28 reveals the blood on the doorposts will be assigned
to mark the houses in which you live.
When I see the blood, I will pass over you and I will not harm you when I punish the
Egyptians.
You must celebrate this day as a religious festival to remind you of what I the Lord
have done.
End quote.
Then 40 days later on May 19, with 40 being the number representing new life, new growth,
transformation, or a change from one great task to another great task, is the Jewish
Sabbath before Pentecost Sunday, which begins at sundown on May 19.
In the Old Testament, Pentecost was celebrated as the day of harvest feast.
It was on Pentecost, as recorded in the book of Acts, when the Holy Spirit was given to
all Christ followers beginning with the 120 believers who were waiting in the upper room
in obedience to Jesus to wait for the power of Monhi.
Among these 120 people, Holy Spirit brought in as many as 3,000 new believers in Christ
in a single day.
Now from just this much so far, certainly, you realize the tremendous symbolism and meaning
and great significance for the present times, but there's even more.
While there are people declaring the eclipse is God's warning of passing judgment on America,
based on Bible history, I see it as a time when God has declared he will rescue his people
while he passes judgment on evil.
We are most definitely in a time where we are about to see God intervene in the affairs
of humanity to correct the advancement of evil.
But so are we in a time when God's people are being prepared to actually do the greater
works than Christ did.
Yes, I firmly believe God has been preparing his faithful children to become the conduit
for his supernatural powers to manifest, and we will finally see God's people doing the
greater works that Christ said we would do.
Romans chapter 8 verses 19 reads, All of creation is waiting eagerly for the children of God
to be revealed.
I believe all signs and evidence reveal these days we are living in are ushering in the
greatest harvest of souls the world has ever known, and we who are alive today are appointed
by God to partner with him to see his kingdom will done on earth as it is in heaven.
Hallelujah.
And because of the greatest increase of evil in our day, God's people need the supernatural
gifts at work more than ever before.
I don't profess to have a complete understanding of all of this, but I realize enough to know
I have to bring all of this to your attention so we can be better positioned to see what
God is doing.
So we are in place of obedience and among those who are under the protection of God
instead of under his judgment.
Just this much of what I've shared is truly marvelous, but there's still more.
Did you know the solar eclipse of 2017 that traveled from the northwest to the southeast
of the United States went through seven cities named Salem, each city being in a different
state?
Seven is the number of God's complete and perfect work.
Salem means peace.
Using your discernment, what do you sense God is communicating to us through the path
of the eclipse?
Well, before you answer, know that the Jewish holiday Rosh Kodesh Elul began on sunset on
August 21, 2017, the day of the eclipse.
Elul begins the 12th month on the Jewish calendar and means harvest begins.
On the Jewish calendar, August 21, 2017 was the 29th of Av, the month of Av, in the year
5777.
Five is the number of grace and three sevens means the three-fold perfection of the Trinity.
777 signifies God working to completely fulfill good purposes and doing that work with absolute
perfection.
So the first path of the recent total eclipse occurred in 2017, went through seven cities
named Salem, and took place seven years ago in the Jewish year of 5777.
Are you following me?
Now interpreting the 2017 eclipse along with the eclipse of April 8, 2024, some have said
it represents seven years of peace before the judgment of God is evident.
Looking at the symbolism and all I've shared so far, and this interpretation seems to have
merit.
However, as we learn from the story of Esther and the Exodus, judgment comes against those
who oppose God, not against God's faithful and obedient children.
Now check this out.
The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, which is seven years after the 2017 eclipse, will
travel through America from the southwest to the northeast and will travel through seven
United States cities named Nineveh, each in a different state.
The significance of the repetition of the number seven in all of this cannot be discounted.
Let's also consider the name Nineveh.
The original meaning of the name is unclear, but may have referred to a patron goddess.
The city was said to be devoted to the goddess Aenina or Nineveh of Nineveh.
The Assyrian cuneiform for Nineveh is a fish within a house.
Well this certainly is another prophetic revelation from God since Jonah's disobedience to God
resulted in him being in the belly of a great fish for three days and three nights.
You likely know the story of Jonah, an Old Testament prophet who God sent to the city
named Nineveh in ancient Assyria to tell the people that the destruction would come upon
them because of their godless ways in forty days.
Jonah knew of the gross wickedness of the people of Nineveh and he wanted to see God
judge them.
But knowing God's character, will, and intentions and that God was graciously proclaiming judgment
over the people of Nineveh forty days in advance, Jonah knew.
This gave the people a chance to repent and escape their judgment, which is exactly what
the people did under the direction of their king.
With being the story of Jonah and the repentance of the Ninevites in mind, I want to repeat
for our understanding that we will have forty days from the April 8th complete solar eclipse
to the Sabbath day of May 18th, the day before Pentecost.
The number forty in the Bible represents a time of trial, testing, and judgment.
Just being alive the past few years has allowed us to know the grave seriousness of the days
we're living in and how evil has advanced in the world well beyond our imagination.
Add to this obvious reality all the extraordinary symbolism we are considering today.
I expect it brings you the same sober mindset it does me.
These days between Purim and Pentecost are certain to be explosive and revealing where
God seems to be identifying the final days of repentance before he visibly administers
judgment.
Time will tell.
Truly, we are living in the greatest days the earth has ever known, which many of the
trusted modern-day prophets have foretold.
Next week, we'll look more at the symbolism of our time and consider exactly what the
prophets have revealed to evaluate the accuracy.
I'll pick up from here next week and I have a lot more to share with you, so make a point
of returning to listen to next week's podcast and invite friends and family to do the same
so you can better know how to be fully prepared and be in God's protection.
Just as God's obedient children were protected when God intervened and brought judgment against
Pharaoh and they were protected when God intervened and brought judgment against Haman, so will
God's obedient children be protected today.
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Before I close, I have even more information about the trip to Greece that I hope to make
happen in 2025.
We are looking at traveling in the month of October and I'm interviewing three highly
recommended Christian travel tour companies at this present time to get the best deal.
What I'm looking at is a tour group of about 30 people, a good size to work with, and we
already have about 10 people who've expressed interest.
We'll be landing in Athens and then be escorted on a tour we can call the Steps of Paul.
Each of us need to get our own air travel to Athens International Airport arriving on
what we will consider day one.
Hotel accommodations, ground transportation, and some meals are included from day one through
day seven when we'll return to Athens so you can catch your return flight home.
We want to plan one night where we can all dine together in a banquet room or some such
thing, allowing us the opportunity to worship together and learn together.
The cost for the tour is estimated to be about $3,000 per person.
Again, that's just an early advance estimate.
However, we won't know the actual cost until the details are agreed upon.
I would like to have the details agreed upon by the end of February 2025, about eight months
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Lastly, the pattern for all prophecy and God's promises is never to speak of judgment or
destruction without also providing a way of hope or escape.
Second Chronicles 7-14 is one excellent example, as is the prophecy of Jonah, spoke over the
Nevites, providing them 40 days for the people to repent and reduce, if not avoid, the destruction
they deserved.
When all these elements of prophecy coexist, the ten I mentioned and the prospect for hope
or redemption or a way of escape, we can have a confidence.
It is a legitimate word from God.
Now, let's consider the upcoming eclipse and surrounding calendar events in light of
what I believe to be a most unfortunate division in the Body of Christ today concerning the
prophets and prophecy.
I think these upcoming weeks are certain to be sobering at the very least.
We have entered a time when God is punctuating His prophetic words.
God's prophetic words are revealed in both the Bible, the Logos Word, and through the
spoken or the Rhema Word with radical signs and wonders given in evidence that He is fulfilling
His words.
As always, when God intervenes with signs and wonders, it is to get the attention of
all the people of the world to come to the realization not only that He exists, but that
He is who He claims to be and He will do what He says He will do.
It seems everyone is talking about the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse, and there are many
different perspectives.
I've actually enjoyed learning different aspects from different people, including Amanda
Grace, who spent considerable time on this topic of the eclipse.
You can find a link to her podcast in the show notes this week and next.
But after careful study, I want to share my perspectives with you while asking you to
use your own discernment, seeking the Holy Spirit's input for you to come to your own
conclusions.
And I welcome you contacting me following this podcast to share what you discern.
Depending upon the feedback I get, I'll respond to you personally, of course, but I might
also share some of your input with the audience in the upcoming weeks.
There's a great deal for us to learn from God, not only specific to the eclipse, but
the many events surrounding the eclipse.
These are truly awesome days for all the people of the world, as we will see God as minister,
His justice, and judgment.
I've said for some time that the days of grace for the people of the world to choose
with whom and what they want to be aligned, either God and all that is good, or Satan
and all that is evil, are coming to a close.
This means for those who choose to repent and be aligned with God, there will be supernatural
protection while He administers His judgment upon those who willfully reject God and thereby
remain aligned with Satan.
I've said before, but it is even more important for me to say today, any attempt to remain
neutral is by default choosing alignment with Satan.
There are only two choices for people in the world, God or Satan, and not to intentionally
choose God is to remain aligned with Satan.
I do not claim to hold the office of a prophet, but I do claim to be able to prophesy just
as the Bible says all Christ followers can prophesy.
I hope to have your individual attention with this podcast especially because what I bring
up specific to the days ahead of us represent the most important and truly unprecedented
times the world has ever before experienced.
I ask you to share this podcast with every person you know because of the highly significant
times we're living.
Not to share what you will hear today either through your own personal sharing or by sending
people a link to this podcast will be a matter you will have to answer before the Lord.
First, I do not believe there are any coincidences when it comes to God.
God is highly strategic and has a purpose and meaning in everything He does.
Consider Proverbs 25 verse 2 which states, it is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings to search things out.
And remember, 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9 refers to all believers as a royal priesthood, meaning
we are God's kings and priests here on earth, so we need to be searching things out.
People who are claiming there is nothing of any spiritual significance to extraordinary
natural events that we are experiencing and will experience in the near future are in
my opinion denying the power of God and they very well could miss the blessings God intends
them to have.
Because of the overwhelming magnitude of meaning and symbolism in what lies ahead, let me start
with the specific dates before us.
Now I'm recording this podcast on March 22nd. By the time you hear this podcast, some of
the dates I'll be mentioning will have already passed.
Regardless, you need to understand how all the dates are interrelated as God is earnestly
and intricately communicating with us what He wants us to know.
March 23 and 24 of 2024 is Purim.
Purim is the holiday that came from the events recorded in the Book of Esther where God's
people came exceedingly close to being wiped out in the city of Susa because of an evil
plot of Haman, who was the closest official in the court of the king in the city at that
time.
Because of the faithfulness of Esther at the urging of her uncle Mordecai, the Jewish people
of the city fasted and prayed and sought the Lord to deliver them from destruction as decreed
by Haman.
Now doesn't that sound like the plight of God's people today?
Can we become aware of evil leaders plotting our demise?
If we will fast and pray, God who never changes will hear our prayers and deliver us just
as He heard the prayers of the people in Esther's time, and the evil Haman intended upon God's
people was committed against Haman and his family instead.
We who are alive today are in the same kind of a moment as the Jews in the time of Esther.
There are those in favor of a one-world government who have plotted for our destruction.
Just as He did in the days of Esther, God will turn their events back upon them if we,
His people, repent and fast and pray seeking God's holy intervention.
March 24th is also Palm Sunday, the Sunday Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey while
all the people celebrated and hailed Him and the religious leaders plotted to have Him
crucified.
The religious leaders who knew the Old Testament scriptures well were so bent on their own
understanding they could not see Jesus for who He was.
And I'll go so far as to say this is the same spirit that has hold over many people
today including Christians.
There is no other way to explain the public division against prophets that is growing
in this season.
In response to the enemy's all-out effort to control the narrative, God is speaking
to His people in a variety of ways.
We need to recognize what God is doing instead of being deceived by what the enemy is doing.
A lot has been said about the upcoming total solar eclipse, especially in light of the
previous two eclipses that crossed America.
This is another area the enemy has raised his voice and is working overtime to cause
confusion.
Reports about these three eclipses are not entirely consistent with one another, but
there is ample information worthy of contemplation.
So let's look at the dates and specific events between Purim and Pentecost this year
of 2024 while keeping in mind this is the Hebrew year of 5784.
Again, God is a God of details and intentionality.
Numbers have always been a way for God to reveal matters to mankind.
Hebrew gematria assigns meaning to different numbers based on scriptures.
The evil God has been exposing since early 2020, a number we understand to mean perfect
vision, the evil God has been exposing, has had much to do with the enemy's effort to
create a one-world government against God and His people.
In gematria, the sum of the numbers of the Hebrew year 5784 is 24, or double 12.
12 is the number of government.
The number two means difference, division, double, or portion.
I take this to mean God is showing the difference, creating division between good and evil, and
affirming double portion of His promises to govern this world regardless of how things
appear.
And as long as we're adding the digits of the year, the sum of the numbers of our Gregorian
year 2024 is eight, which is the number of new beginnings.
No matter what happens in this world, please keep in mind the Bible is very clear.
The government is on Christ's shoulders, according to Isaiah chapter 9 verses 6 and 7.
Also scriptures are clear.
The nations are Christ's inheritance.
Look up Psalm chapter 2 verses 6 to 9 and Psalm 82 and pray, declaring and decreeing
these passages to align yourself with God and overcome any fear about what the governments
of the world are trying to do.
There is nothing the enemy can do that will ever overrule God.
When scriptures state the government is on Christ's shoulders, this means the government
of the kingdom of God, which overrules all earthly governments.
In addition to communication through numbers, God communicates to us through times or dates
and events.
March 29th is Good Friday, which commemorates the day of Christ's crucifixion.
From that day some 2024 years ago, the Bible and history reveal the sun went dark and the
day seemed like night for three hours.
March 31st is Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday when Christ rose from the grave after
three days and three nights, having completely overcome all evil.
The number three has the meaning of divine wholeness, completeness, and perfection.
Each day after March 31st, on April 8th, the world will experience a rare solar eclipse
that will be visible extending from the southwest section of the United States traveling up
to the northeast section.
Again, what is the meaning of the number eight?
It's the number of new beginnings.
Let's also note this April eclipse will occur seven years after the 2017 eclipse.
The number seven in the Bible represents the complete and perfect work of God.
The path of the 2017 solar eclipse started in the northwest of the United States and
exited in the southwest, meaning the paths of the two solar eclipses will form an X where
the paths intersect.
Then 14 days after April 8th, which is two times the number seven, implying a double
measure of spiritual perfection, on April 23rd Passover begins.
Remember you will recall is the holiday that celebrated the night the death angel of judgment
against evil in Egypt recorded in the book of Exodus passed over the homes of those who
had an X or a cross from the blood of the sacrificial lamb smeared on the doorposts of
their homes.
Exodus chapter 12 verses 13 to 28 reveals the blood on the doorposts will be assigned
to mark the houses in which you live.
When I see the blood, I will pass over you and I will not harm you when I punish the
Egyptians.
You must celebrate this day as a religious festival to remind you of what I the Lord
have done."
End quote.
Then 40 days later on May 19th, with 40 being the number representing new life, new growth,
transformation or a change from one great task to another great task is the Jewish Sabbath
before Pentecost Sunday, which begins at sundown on May 19th.
In the Old Testament, Pentecost was celebrated as the day of harvest feast.
It was on Pentecost as recorded in the book of Acts when the Holy Spirit was given to
all Christ followers beginning with the 120 believers who are waiting in the upper room
in obedience to Jesus to wait for the power from on high.
From these 120 people, Holy Spirit brought in as many as 3,000 new believers in Christ
in a single day.
Now from just this much so far, certainly, you realize the tremendous symbolism and meaning
and great significance for the present times.
But there's even more.
While there are people declaring the eclipse is God's warning of passing judgment on America,
based on Bible history, I see it as a time when God has declared he will rescue his people
while he passes judgment on evil.
We are most definitely in a time where we are about to see God intervene in the affairs
of humanity to correct the advancement of evil.
But so are we in a time when God's people are being prepared to actually do the greater
works than Christ did.
Yes, I firmly believe God has been preparing his faithful children to become the conduit
for his supernatural powers to manifest.
And we will finally see God's people doing the greater works that Christ said we would
do.
Romans chapter 8 verses 19 reads, All of creation is waiting eagerly for the children of God
to be revealed.
I believe all signs and evidence reveal these days we are living in are ushering in the
greatest harvest of souls the world has ever known.
And we who are alive today are appointed by God to partner with him to see his kingdom
well done on earth as it is in heaven.
Hallelujah.
And because of the greatest increase of evil in our day, God's people need the supernatural
gifts at work more than ever before.
I don't profess to have a complete understanding of all of this, but I realize enough to know
I have to bring all of this to your attention so we can be better positioned to see what
God is doing so we are in place of obedience and among those who are under the protection
of God instead of under his judgment.
Just this much of what I've shared is truly marvelous, but there's still more.
Did you know the solar eclipse of 2017 that traveled from the northwest to the southeast
of the United States went through seven cities named Salem, each city being in a different
state?
Seven is the number of God's complete and perfect work.
Salem means peace.
Using your discernment, what do you sense God is communicating to us through the path
of the eclipse?
Well, before you answer, know that the Jewish holiday Rosh Kodesh Elul began on sunset on
August 21, 2017, the day of the eclipse.
Elul begins the 12th month on the Jewish calendar and means harvest begins.
On the Jewish calendar, August 21, 2017 was the 29th of Av, the month of Av, in the year
5777.
5 is the number of grace, and three sevens means the three-fold perfection of the Trinity.
Seven seven seven signifies God working to completely fulfill good purposes and doing
that work with absolute perfection.
So the first path of the recent total eclipse occurred in 2017, went through seven cities
named Salem and took place seven years ago before the Jewish year of 5777.
Are you following me?
Now interpreting the 2017 eclipse along with the eclipse of April 8, 2024, some have said
it represents seven years of peace before the judgment of God is evident.
Looking at the symbolism and all I've shared so far, and this interpretation seems to have
merit.
However, as we learn from the story of Esther and the Exodus, judgment comes against those
who oppose God, not against God's faithful and obedient children.
Now check this out.
The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, which is seven years after the 2017 eclipse, will
travel through America from the southwest to the northeast and will travel through seven
United States cities named Nineveh, each in a different state.
The significance of the repetition of the number seven in all of this cannot be discounted.
Let's also consider the name Nineveh.
The original meaning of the name is unclear, but may have referred to a patron goddess.
The city was said to be devoted to the goddess Aeneina or Nineveh of Nineveh.
The Assyrian cuneiform for Nineveh is a fish within a house.
While this certainly is another prophetic revelation from God, since Jonah's disobedience
to God resulted in him being in the belly of a great fish for three days and three nights.
You likely know the story of Jonah, an Old Testament prophet who God sent to the city
named Nineveh in ancient Assyria to tell the people that the destruction would come upon
them because of their godless ways in forty days.
Jonah knew of the gross wickedness of the people of Nineveh, and he wanted to see God
judge them.
But, knowing God's character, will, and intentions, and that God was graciously proclaiming judgment
over the people of Nineveh forty days in advance, Jonah knew.
This gave the people a chance to repent and escape their judgment, which is exactly what
the people did under the direction of their king.
Keeping the story of Jonah and the repentance of the Ninevites in mind, I want to repeat
for our understanding that we will have forty days from the April 8th complete solar eclipse
to the Sabbath day of May 18th, the day before Pentecost.
The number forty in the Bible represents a time of trial, testing, and judgment.
Just being alive the past few years has allowed us to know the grave seriousness of the days
we're living in and how evil has advanced in the world well beyond our imagination.
Back to this obvious reality, all the extraordinary symbolism we are considering today, I expect
it brings you the same sober mindset it does me.
These days between Purim and Pentecost are certain to be explosive and revealing where
God seems to be identifying the final days of repentance before he visibly administers
judgment.
Time will tell.
Truly, we are living in the greatest days the earth has ever known, which many of the
trusted modern-day prophets have foretold.
Next week, we'll look more at the symbolism of our time and consider exactly what the
prophets have revealed to evaluate the accuracy.
I'll pick up from here next week and I have a lot more to share with you, so make a point
of returning to listen to next week's podcast and invite friends and family to do the same
so you can better know how to be fully prepared and be in God's protection.
Just as God's obedient children were protected when God intervened and brought judgment against
Pharaoh and they were protected when God intervened and brought judgment against Haman, so will
God's obedient children be protected today?
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