Matthew 12:38,41: Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you." He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign. But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. "
I have wondered for a long time about this statement from our Lord Yeshua. Because most of us usually made the assumption that the important part of this passage is verse 39, about Yeshua being in the heart of the earth three days and three nights, as Jonah was in the belly of the whale, I omitted that verse. Now that we are coming to a time when this passage is about to be fulfilled through the Eclipse across America on April 4, I realized how important it is that we pay very close attention to the deeper understanding - that the sign of Jonah was actually a HUGE CALL TO REPENTANCE TO A WICKED NATION. I'm going to share some exceptionally exciting revelations about this upcoming eclipse, all straight from the Scriptures and we need to start be re-examining the book of Jonah to see how the patterns of that story are about to be repeated. The first clue, I learned, came from the discovery that this eclipse will traverse a path that goes through SEVEN CITIES OF NINEVEH. Yes, you read that right! The pathway starts, as I have written before, in Eagle Pass, Texas and goes through Nineveh, TX, Nineveh, MO, Nineveh, IN, Nineveh, OH, Nineveh, PA and Nineveh, NY. SEVEN - God's number of completion! Oh, how He is speaking to us through these heavenly signs and how He longs for us to hear His message! So, what WAS the message that Jonah brought to the ancient city of Nineveh? Jonah 3:4: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be destroyed." We all know that Jonah was reluctant to bring this message at first, and his disobedience resulted in "three days and nights inside the great fish." But after that terrible experience, Jonah submitted to the Lord and obeyed His command to "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim the message I give you." It was a great call for the wicked, adulterous people there to repent and return to God. They were a part of the Assyrian Empire, built by Nimrod. These people were brutal, violent and cruel. But they considered an eclipse a great and terrible omen of imminent destruction and they were in a period of chaos, struggling with revolts, famines, and two separate plagues. DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? Chaos, revolts, famine and plagues? So, my friends, when the huge Bur Sagale solar eclipse began to pass over them, bringing darkness to the land (as documented on June 11, 763 BC, the exact time when Jonah prophesied), the people were afraid. So Jonah, the messenger of God, came to them and proclaimed, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be destroyed" and the people believed him! Jonah 3:5: "The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast and ALL OF THEM, FROM THE GREATEST TO THE LEAST, PUT ON SACKCLOTH. When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in the dust. " Jonah 3:7-10: Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles; Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock taste anything, do not let them eat or drink. But let them be covered with sackcloth. LET EVERYONE CALL URGENTLY ON GOD. LET THEM GIVE UP THEIR EVIL WAYS AND THEIR VIOLENCE. Who Knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from His fierce anger so that we will not perish." When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction He had threatened. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Lord God Almighty has orchestrated these two solar eclipses across the United States of America in order to speak to us directly and get our attention. The 2017 eclipse went through SEVEN CITIES NAMED SALEM. And Salem is a form of JeruSALEM, also meaning shalom or peace. He was letting us know we would have seven years of peace - but if there was no repentance from all our wickedness and sin by 2024 (seven years later), there would be another eclipse, and this time the message would be "FORTY MORE DAYS AND AMERICA WILL BE OVERTURNED" - just as in Nineveh. I don't think there are any coincidences here. God does not do coincidences! He carefully, purposely places His signs in the heavens and in Luke 21:11 we are told there will be "great signs from Heaven" in these days. In fact, on April 8 all the planets are going to align in a straight line across the universe on the side of the sun, and this is an extremely rare event! April 8 in the Hebrew is Nisan 1, the very first day of the Biblical calendar. The first day of Nisan has a significant meaning. It's the beginning - and just like it's the beginning of the biblical year and the inauguration of the tabernacle, it surely is also going to be the beginning of judgment upon America. Look up 4/8 in Exodus 4:8 and you will read: Then the LORD said, "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first miraculous sign, they may believe the second"! And so on 4/8 we receive the second sign of the solar eclipses over America and there is much more God has to say about it when we look at the very CENTER of the big "X" these two eclipses make across our nation. The only spot in the path of both eclipses, the place plunged into total darkness during both events, is a part of southern Illinois known as Little Egypt. Apparently a Baptist minister in 1799 dubbed the fertile plains near the Mississippi River "Goshen," a biblical reference to ancient Egypt. The nickname stuck and in the 1830s poor harvests in the north of the state drove people to southern Illinois to buy grain, recollecting the story of Joseph in Egypt. And so, having documented all this, I sit and ponder a few things. Michael Snyder, in his blog, pointed out that the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt for 400 years. The Mayflower arrived in the U.S. in 1620, just over 400 years ago and a great and powerful new government was formed that guaranteed liberty and freedom for all, based upon the Torah of God. Could America be facing the end of her great rise to world dominance and economic wealth, as she has abandoned God? Have we become a Nineveh in His eyes? Is He allowing a Pharaoh to enslave us as part of His righteous judgments? Personally I think that's true. This 2024 eclipse takes place in the midst of the constellation Pisces. Pisces means "fish" - but it did not refer to just any old fish! It referred to the ANTHIUS FISH; and there is something quite striking about that species. It is known as a hermaphroditic fish. When a male dies, it becomes a female. It changes gender! These messages from the signs in the heavens are truly remarkable, friends! The eclipse in 2017 was in the constellation LEO (the Lion)! The message was "GET READY THE LION OF JUDAH IS COMING!" The message of this upcoming eclipse in PICSES IS "REPENT OF YOUR SIN! PUT ON SACKCLOTH. CALL A FAST. YOU HAVE 40 DAYS." In the book of Jonah we see an entire huge area of the Assyrian Empire repenting before the Holy One of Israel, and they were saved from destruction. Will we see this in our nation? What happens 40 days from April 8? It will be in the week of Shavu'ot (Pentecost). What does this Feast represent? Outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The end of the counting of the Omer - thus, the purification of the Bride from the fleshly barley season to the time of the loaves made from pure, refined wheat. And so we must pray. Pray for the judgments of God in our country to bring the people to their knees. Pray that these great weather disasters will wake people up to their need for a good and faithful God. Pray for all the evil and corruption in our government and our judicial system to be EXPOSED to the light and brought down. Pray for the people of God to rise up in boldness and courage, unashamed of the Gospel. Pray that we have wisdom and strategy in confronting the evils of abortion and homosexuality and pray that parents will bring back prayer and the teaching of the tenets of our faith in our schools. LET EVERYONE CALL URGENTLY ON GOD. LET THEM GIVE UP THEIR EVIL WAYS AND THEIR VIOLENCE. Who Knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from His fierce anger so that we will not perish.
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The LORD has been speaking to me about all the many people who are spiritually asleep in this time. And He began to make it very personal to me as He showed me how easily I give in on some days to the temptation to "just veg" and watch a movie with John, forget about starting our day reading His Word or even blow off the little voice in my ear telling me that my body needs some exercise!
Apathy has overtaken us on many levels. Perhaps this happens when we come face-to-face with the reality that we want to contribute to the good and make changes in our government, only to find that we aren't even in a constitutional republic anymore and there is no avenue for us to take. Perhaps apathy sets in when we get excited about sharing the Gospel with others around us, and for the most part no one wants to hear. So as I've been pondering those thoughts, the Spirit has led me to several scriptures that have really shaken me awake! I do believe that we really ARE in a season when God wants us to come out of our apathy, pursue a deeply close relationship with Him, and begin to follow the instruction he wants to give us. It is to be a season of awakening spiritually slumbering people - and it starts with us! Isa. 52:1 1 Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again. Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! This verse illustrates for us that to be awake is to be clothed with strength, splendor and light in these dark days! It is to shake off the “dust.” We are covered with apathetic dust particles. The Lord calls to us, "Free yourself from your chains!" I think we are chained by this modern world of DISTRACTIONS. Cell phones, Facebook, Instagram, TV....these are all things that keep us chained and prevent us from spending intimate time with the Lord. Let's take a look at Matthew 25:5-9: The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. "At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.' " 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'" ALL the virgins became drowsy and fell asleep! That is the season of the past few years - a time of spiritual slumber. But then there is a midnight cry, a great blast of the shofar, when Yeshua, the Bridegroom comes, and they all awaken. The virgins who did not have oil in their lamps desperately seek those who DO have oil and beg them "Give us some of your oil!" But those who do have oil reply, "Go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves." This used to be very astonishing to me and I could not understand why, as a Spirit-filled believer, I would not be willing to share my oil with someone who has none. Then the Spirit showed me what this oil represents - the ONLY thing I couldn't give my sisters and brothers even if I wanted to: A RELATIONSHIP WITH YESHUA. He showed me that each one has to cultivate that precious, intimacy with the Lord for themselves and they cannot get it from someone else. The virgins who did not have enough oil in their lamps, and then were prevented from going into the Kingdom with Jesus, the Bridegroom, had been lazy, asleep for a long time, and maybe even disinterested in knowing Him. Matthew 26:40: Then Jesus returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." Yeshua was in the garden waiting for those He knew would come to arrest Him. He wanted His disciples to be near Him, close to Him, sharing this agonizing time with Him. I wonder, is that US? Is our slumber keeping us from sharing some incredible, cross-bearing time with our Master? Our scarcity of oil prevents us from yada- knowing HIM and his ways. Yada is the Hebrew word for "knowing" your spouse in deep intimacy. It's time for us to wake up and seek Him! Proverbs 6:9-11 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. Being spiritually lazy results in poverty - financially, physically and spiritually. Dry, thirsty, uninterested, without faith; unprepared for His coming and caught like a thief in the NIGHT. Ephesians 5:13-16 says, "But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you. Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil." We live in evil (dark) days. Messiah calls, “Wake up O Sleeper! Rise from the dead! Apathy sets in, there is no desire (or time?) to want to study His Word, and spend time with Him. I confess that when one day sort of melts into another, with little change and no variety, I become lax and find it hard to invigorate myself and motivate myself to spend time with my Heavenly Bridegroom. But He tells us that when we DO SPEND TIME WITH HIM, HE WILL SHINE ON US AND THEN WE WILL REFLECT HIM TO OTHERS! Mark 13:32-37: But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” This is, as you know, something I've always loved to do. This blog is called "Doorkeeper Watch" because I truly do love to watch what is occurring in the world and track it with the Word of God. In this way we can glean important insight as to where we are in the Bible prophecies we've been given. And in this way, we will not be found sleeping when He comes. Remember that the Bridegroom came while five of the virgins were out looking for oil from somebody else and they MISSED HIM! A beautiful verse in Song of Songs 2:10 says, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with Me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.” Winter in this text referred to spiritual barrenness. The Lover calls, "Now winter is over, come with Me and participate with Me in this great harvest!" Song of Songs 2:14-15: "My dove in the cleft of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face. Let me hear your voice. Catch for us all the little foxes that ruin the vineyards." This is Yeshua (the Lover) saying, “Show Me your face.” That means, “Look up! I’m here, near you – let me hear your voice – TALK TO ME!” The phrase "catch all the little foxes" is a Hebrew idiom for distractions. What constantly distracts you from spending time with Him? Song of Songs 5:2 says, "I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! My Lover is knocking: 'Open to Me, my sister, My darling!'” Think about that for a minute: "I slept, but my heart was AWAKE." What does it mean to sleep with your heart awake? I believe it means that the Holy Spirit will speak in dreams and visions – or a voice in the night. Be ready with a journal! Have your spiritual ANTENNA UP! Job 33:14-18 14 For God does speak—now one way, now another-- though man may not perceive it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, 16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, 17 to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, 18 to preserve his soul from the pit his life from perishing by the sword. I want to be heart-awake from now on, all through my days and all through my nights. I believe that time is growing very short and if we are still slumbering in apathy, we may miss some very glorious and exciting things that the Lord has planned. Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor! Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned! Free yourself from the chains on your neck! And be sure to have plenty of "oil" in your lamp! |
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