I invite you to join me each day as we pray for our nation until the election crisis has resolved. I’ll be reading the daily Give Him 15, making comments, and then we will pray together. You can join me here as we Appeal to Heaven for America. The Lion of Judah Will Triumph I feel I’m to do another prayer post on China. My friend, Greg Hood, had the following dream a few days ago: “I dreamed this afternoon of a fight between a Lion and dragon. The dragon came into the ring first - he was the challenger. In the dragon’s corner I could see Chinese men, an Arab man, and a man I knew was from North Korea, though he had a Russian flag tattooed on his forehead. “When the Lion came into the ring Dutch, Ken Malone, and I were carrying trophies of the Lion’s past victories. The fight was to the death. The fight started; it just erupted and it was loud! At that moment, Dutch turned to a VIP area roped off in the stands and shouted “NOW, START NOW!” I saw many faces of the team members who have been traveling on the prayer tour with Dutch. They began to prophesy and decree, releasing prophetic insight from their dreams. Everything everyone said, the Lion did. “I could see, just below the dragon’s corner, men dressed in old Chinese attire pulling handles on what appeared to be slot machines. These slot machines were to give the dragon points for the win. Every time they pulled the handle, its point system calculations gave the number they were hoping for, but didn’t affect the fight as they had hoped. “The dragon and the Lion shuffled around. The dragon tried to stay away from the Lion as much as possible, and it was as if for the first few minutes the Lion was offering the dragon mercy, giving him the opportunity to yield (this was said in the decrees and prophetic words), but the dragon would not. “Suddenly, without warning, the Lion leaped forward with a powerful thrust, caught the dragon by the neck, and ripped his neck and head from his body. The fight was over quickly. The Lion began walking toward the White House. As he arrived at the White House, Dutch and I noticed that every step the Lion made left a paw print with a different state flag in each one. There were 50 steps for the Lion and 50 State flags left behind tracing his steps. “When reaching the White House the Lion walked through a set of double doors and went to the Oval Office. President Trump and General Washington were standing and praying while facing a painting of the Appeal to Heaven flag. (I knew in the dream that Washington was there as a General, not a president.) “When the doors opened and we entered they both turned around. The Lion dropped the dragon’s head and neck on the President’s desk, then spoke to President Trump and said, ‘Sign it, make it official,’ speaking of the dragon’s head and neck. Turning to Dutch the Lion said, ‘Dutch, you sign it too. I never want this dragon to live again.’ President Trump said, ‘Does anyone have a pen?’ General Washington said, ‘Here, use mine.’ He pulled from his coat pocket an old feather pen with a small bottle of ink and said, ‘This is the pen I took from Cornwallis at his surrender.’” End of Dream. Obviously, in this dream, the Lion is the Lord himself, and the dragon is China. Let me clearly state that the dragon represents the evil communist government of China, not the people. God loves the people and wants to free them from their oppression and bring them into His family. It is also obvious that this battle is regarding America, and the timing is now (50 States, White House, President Trump). I believe the slot machine’s attempt to cheat, giving points to the dragon, refers to China’s involvement in the election. Ken, Greg, and I represent the role of prayer. We, too, had to sign the dragon’s head. The appearance of General Washington is a reference to the beginning, the roots of our nation - our purpose and destiny when God birthed us. The surrender of Cornwallis - whose pen Washington offered - took place at Yorktown, the final land battle and essentially the end of our war for independence. The dream is saying God is going to defeat the dragon but will use the prayers of the Ekklesia, the church, to do so. China will not succeed in destroying America or in taking out President Trump. God will keep America’s destiny of partnering with Christ alive and well. Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Remind Yourself of Who God is—His greatness; His majesty. Thank the Lord for guarding our nation and preserving our destiny. Thank Him for raising up intercessors to watch and build His Kingdom in this nation together with Him. Command the removal of China’s governmental presence and influence from America. Pray against the globalism, communism, and Marxism they bring with them. Determine that we will have no Sovereign over us but the Lord Himself. Pray for the Chinese people. Pray for a mighty harvest in this hour. A prayer you can pray: Father, we agree today with You: China, globalism, communism, and Marxism are not winning. They are being subdued by You. You are the Mighty God. You are the Lion of Judah. You are the Prince of peace, shalom. Jesus, the government of the nations is upon Your shoulders. We acknowledge that You are guarding our nation. We pray also that intercessors and our government will work together to guard our nation so that Your purpose prevails. We know, Lord, it is Your hand that is delivering us. We are working, but more importantly, You are working. You always succeed in Your purpose and Your plan. Therefore, we thank You in advance for victory. We choose to trust You and rest in the knowledge that Your ways are always right. They are higher than our ways. Undo all the works of the dragon in this land. Remove all of their government’s tentacles, even if it costs us, Lord. Bring a great revival to China. Save millions of them in this coming revival. And Lord, we bless our President. We ask for you to bless him with grace, strength, and wisdom, and for his legal team. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Today’s decree: China’s infiltration is being brought into the light and they will be turned back from our shores. You can find out more about Greg Hood here.

What Does the Bible Say about Christians and Politics Satan is the master of deception. He is crafty, wily. This is actually the first thing spoken about him in scripture. “Now the serpent was more crafty (arowm) than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made” (Genesis 3:1.) Based on the Law of First Mention, that makes this truth the most important thing God wants us to know about satan. Arowm means “shrewd, wily, cunning, crafty, or sly,” usually in a bad sense. Its root word, aram, means to be “slick, bare, or smooth.” We still use the concept today when we say of one who is shrewdly deceitful, they are “slick,” or “a smooth operator.” Satan is much more dangerous to us as the wily serpent than he is as the roaring lion. Satan is crafty, a master deceiver and distorter of truth. He is the father of lies. This is how he rules. Though not the subject of this teaching, the concept of ekklesia is a prime example. The devil’s strategy centuries ago was to influence King James to translate this word as “church” and define it as a building or worship service. King James did not like the true meaning of ekklesia due to its governmental concept. Because this demonic deception worked, for centuries the body of Christ was blinded to the fact that we are God’s legislative, governing body on earth, not just Christ’s bride. In this context, satan did not overpower us; he deceived us and thereby gained influence. Another area where satan has used his crafty, deceptive abilities, and the subject I want to discuss in the next couple of posts, is in the area of government and politics. My desire is to instruct, enlighten, strengthen good information and understanding, correct some wrong paradigms, and arm you with truth as you speak to others. The title, Lord, which certainly refers to God’s rule or government, is used 7946 times in Scripture. The first chapter of the Bible mentions the Lord delegating His governmental authority over the earth to human beings…right next to the family mandate, “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:26-28). That is placing it at a pretty high level of importance! When He gave Adam dominion, the word in Hebrew is mashal, which means government or management. God told Adam, “You will govern, manage, or rule the earth for me.” Actually, the entire Bible is about who is going to rule the earth. And yet, the subject is taboo to most Christian leaders. This is almost shocking. One pastor I know, during the 2020 election controversy, told his congregation, “We are not going to get involved in this one way or the other.” And that included, by the way, praying regarding the election process. While conversing several years ago with another influential pastor of a large, charismatic church, I asked him if he taught his congregation about the necessity of voting based on biblical ideals and principles. His response to me was, “Why would I defile what God is doing in our church by discussing something as evil as politics?” Both of these sincere men are pro-life, pro-biblical marriage (between one man and one woman), and would vehemently oppose the movement to teach kindergartners that they can choose to be a gender other than what God made them. These, of course, are all biblical issues, critical to the moral fabric of individuals and nations. And to a great extent, they are determined through government legislation, yet these leaders felt the church was no place to discuss them, make a stand, or even pray regarding them. By saying we will not discuss government and moral issues in a church service, is this not the equivalent of saying some parts of the Bible are off-limits in our services? By refusing to pray for elections, asking God to give us righteous leaders and refusing to speak about these issues, are we not separating ourselves from part of who God is? He IS government! (Isaiah 33:22) (I will talk more about this subject tomorrow.) The following developments have taken place thus far under the Biden administration: They have created the worst border situation in our history. Millions of undocumented people are flowing into our nation; people are being trafficked by the hundreds, if not thousands; hundreds of children are coming into our nation without parents; terrorists are no doubt entering; and the drug problem is at an unprecedented level. Our reckless withdrawal from Afghanistan has resulted in one of the worst debacles in our history. We left hundreds, if not thousands, of people behind to be slaughtered by the Taliban, wasted 20 years of effort, gave $70-$80 billion worth of weapons to the Taliban, and allowed them to re-establish a stronghold for terrorism. We were energy independent, but now are dependent on our enemies for oil. Gas prices are skyrocketing and there is no end in sight. By buying their oil, we are arming our enemies with billions of dollars to use against us. None of this makes any sense whatsoever. The authoritarian COVID-19 mandates have been ridiculous beyond comprehension. They have destroyed lives, livelihoods, and people's health, including the cognitive development of our children. Crime has surged, and murder rates are off the charts. Our government’s politics against police agencies have compounded this significantly. We now have record inflation. Many experts are saying we have not come close to where this will ultimately end. Frankly, their spending is out of control by trillions of dollars, and our economy is hanging by a thread. They have declared war on parents, who do not want their children taught transgenderism, a new and revised history of America, and woke-ism. The Biden administration threatened these parents and called them terrorists. (1) I point out these things not to attack President Biden. I point them out to emphasize the importance of government. It is not peripheral; it is not extra-biblical. It is critical, and it is spiritual. We, the church must shift in our thinking. Here are some readily accepted concepts by many in the body of Christ regarding government, which I will address in tomorrow’s post, and perhaps subsequent posts, as well: Politics and government are the same thing. Politics and government are corrupt, even evil, therefore we should stay away from them as much as possible. Politics and government are divisive. Since they are evil and divisive, politics and government have no place in the church or our Christian gatherings/services. Even if a Christian does become involved in politics/government, she or he should leave this out of church settings. It is illegal to talk about politics or government in church. A church could lose its tax-exempt status by doing so. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that with these philosophies and beliefs, we will inevitably hand over control of much of the earth to unbelievers. At that point, our only hope for righteous laws and principles being legislated is that God will sovereignly overrule those who don’t agree with Him. We sit back, hoping and praying that He will overthrow evil and give us righteous laws, in spite of our lack of involvement. He will not. Let’s fix this. Let’s see what God says about government, and through the tools Holy Spirit has given us, turn this nation around! Pray with me: Father, You are doing much in this season of time to equip Your people. Obviously, this involves paradigm shifts in what we believe and in the way we approach portions of our lives. None of us are perfect in our theology and understanding of Your ways. We humbly acknowledge this and ask You to increase our knowledge and revelation. Teach us Your ways regarding government. Show us how to involve You in our lives, families, cities, and nations through authority, through government. As we learn Your ways, the crafty serpent will not be able to take advantage of us. Many are so often destroyed through a lack of knowledge. Help us to correct this in the incredibly important area of government. We want righteous laws and statutes governing our lives and nation. We believe You can help us turn around this country and correct this horrible mess we have made. We ask You for this, and all of these things, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Our decree: We decree that revelation is coming to the body of Christ regarding her role in government. Click on the link below to watch the full video. _____________________________________ Adapted from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/02/28/7-major-failures-of-the-biden-presidency/

The Journey of Awakening (Part 4) I shared four posts a few months back unpacking a powerful dream given to my friend, Greg Hood. The dream dealt with Holy Spirit reopening four past wells of revival. The four wells had to do with prayer, spiritual leaders being renewed with holy fire, world missions, and a great harvest. Greg has now had an incredible sequel to the dream, revealing four more wells that Holy Spirit intends to reopen. I covered wells 1, 2, and most of 3 last week. If you did not see them you may want to use the links to read those before you read, listen to, or watch today’s post (well 1, well 2, and well 3). Also, after today’s prayer, I will include the dream in its entirety for your convenience and/or review. (I won’t read it on the post.) Today’s post is regarding the remainder of the third well and also the final one, well number four. The third well was named Addereth (“mantle, glory”) and was filled with mantels for believers in the body of Christ, not just for those in leadership. Leaders were assigned to distribute these mantels and giftings to believers, as Ephesians 4:11-12 instructs us. Here is the remainder of the dream: THE DREAM “Gabriel then led Dutch and me back to the door and just before stepping out of the Addereth Well, he handed us both a golden key and said to us, ‘These keys work the same as keys to a safety deposit box. You will need them both to enter this well and remove these coats. Turn the keys together and this entire room will unlock to you. You may access it at any time you feel it’s needed. You will know which coat to pull and on whom to place it.’ “We heard knocking on the door. It seemed as if many people were knocking all at once. We opened it and were taken aback. There were so many people outside this door. It seemed to be a little disorderly. We could see in the dream that there were many other apostolic leaders there, bringing the people into lines and groups to receive a coat. I recognized some but not all of the apostolic leaders.” FOURTH WELL “As we stepped outside the door, we could see another well to our right that had not been visible when we went into the door of the Addereth Well. It was now visible as we exited. Dutch said to these leaders, ‘Bring these people into order as we prepare this next well.’ “As we came near to this fourth well, we could see that it was bulging. It was in the form of a silo, and was so full it looked as though it was going to burst. We knew this well had great value. I pointed out to Dutch that this well had a plate on it, also. This plate was not like the others, however. It was not damaged in any way, nor was the name engraved on it, as had been done to the others. The name of this well was handwritten on a burial cloth, which also had what I knew was the face of Christ on it. It read, ‘My Harvest Well - Mantle and Release Workers - Your Keys Work Here - Matthew 13:30.’ “Dutch and I both knew intuitively what this meant. We took the keys Gabriel had given and inserted them into the two keyholes in the side of this well - right on the bulge! We turned our keys and the well simply bulged all the more. “We quickly returned to the Addereth Well, inserted our keys in the door, and opened it. We began accessing coats from this well, laying them on the shoulders of those lined up outside. The other leaders also had access to this well and began doing the same thing. As we mantled each person with these coats, we would direct them to the ‘My Harvest Well.’ We did this for what seemed like hours. Those we mantled began entering the ‘My Harvest Well.’ The more they entered, the more the well would swell. “We then noticed that we were no longer in a graveyard but a garden and the old, iron fence had become a fortified wall.” End of Dream MY THOUGHTS The fact that Greg and I were each given keys to this Addereth Well, both of which were necessary to open it - like safe deposit boxes - is very revealing. It is obviously telling us that the 5-fold gifts Christ gave the church, listed in Ephesians 4:11, must work together to prepare and mantle believers. No single leader or gift can accomplish this by him or herself. In the dream, many leaders were mantling a multitude of people. As I stated in Friday’s post, the fulfilling of Christ’s commission by all believers, rather than just the clergy, will be the greatest game-changer since the book of Acts. This can be seen through the fourth well. It is titled, My Harvest Well, which was written on a grave cloth that obviously symbolized the death of Christ. It is through His sacrifice, the power of His shed blood, that this great harvest can occur. Greg and I, representing leaders in the body of Christ, could not handle this harvest by ourselves. We had to go back to Addereth Well and “enlist” the body of Christ, at large. Only then could this overwhelming harvest be reaped. At the conclusion of the dream, the location of the wells had been transformed from a graveyard to a garden. Incredible! The prophet Ezekiel saw a valley of dry bones and was asked, “Can these bones live?” (Ezekiel 37:3) The answer, of course, is “Absolutely!” Much of the earth is about to be transformed from a spiritual graveyard, filled with spiritually dead individuals, to a fruitful garden, destined to be harvested. The greatest spiritual harvest in the history of the world is about to take place. And we all can experience the privilege of being the harvesters. After the name of this last well, is the phrase “Your keys work here.” This is most certainly a reference to the keys of the kingdom Jesus promised us in Matthew 16:18-19. These keys work in this harvest! And the verse listed after this statement is Matthew 13:30, which ends with the phrase, “Gather the wheat into my barn.” To recap the dream, the first well represents the transformation of those who are disillusioned and dispossessed, into believers walking in the kingly anointing of Christ, the Lion of Judah. The second well pictures restored spiritual leaders, now on fire and igniting churches with the fire of God. The third well demonstrates the fruit of this: the members of the body of Christ being mantled with glorious gifts, enabling them to fulfill the great commission of Christ. And the fourth well reveals the great, overflowing harvest that is now beginning. Pray with me: Father, in the words of the Moravian missionaries many years ago, “May the Lamb who was slain receive the reward of His suffering.” We are confident You are about to enact the greatest campaign of Kingdom activity in the history of the world. You have been preparing the church, Christ’s Ekklesia, for this. We ask for the preparation to continue: Awaken the lions of Christ; restore leaders to passionate, holy fire; mantle believers with glorious gifts and anointings, and bring in this great harvest. As You do so, continue to transform our nation. Shake all that needs to be shaken, until America has been restored to the calling and destiny You placed on her. Continue to awaken Americans to the evil that is taking place in our country. Deliver us from ungodly leaders who oppose what You stand for and that have impure desires to transform America into something else. Do not allow this to happen. Save us! And we not only ask for this, we boldly declare what You have said, “America shall be saved!” And even though it is not the theme of this post or dream, we continue to pray for the Supreme Court Justices as they decide the Dobbs case. Move upon them until there are enough willing to reverse the evil decree of Roe versus Wade. Let nothing convince those who intend to vote accordingly to change their minds. And we ask these things in Christ’s name. Amen. Our decree: We decree that Christ’s great harvest cannot be stopped. You can find out more about Dr. Greg Hood here. _______________________________________________________________________________ The Journey of Awakening Dream “The dream started with Dutch and me walking through a field containing many wells, just as we did in the first dream. We were commenting about how there were a lot of wells that looked abandoned. As we were talking I said to Dutch, ‘Do you hear that? I hear the sound of metal grinding against metal. It sounds like gears grinding.’ “Dutch said, ‘I hear it.’ “We began walking towards the sound and as we did, Gabriel, the Archangel, appeared walking beside us. He said, ‘It’s time to re-open other wells in America. She has reached another milestone within the journey of awakening.’ “Dutch replied, ‘Journey?’ “Gabriel said, ‘Yes! She has been in the process of this awakening since late 2000.’ “We were approaching the well making the loud grinding noise. Upon arrival, we saw that it was sitting in a field with other wells, which were all fenced in by an old, rusted, iron fence. We knew immediately that we were in some sort of graveyard. Gabriel spoke again, ‘Gentlemen, these wells will live again. Resurrection power is here! The time was set and is now for these wells to begin to function at full capacity. They will give you the insight and strategies you’ll need for the advancement of awakening, in a way that darkness will not be able to hold back.’ He went on to say, ‘You are in a great time of war, in the seen, and the unseen. Go to work!’ FIRST WELL “As we approached the first well, the one making the loud grinding noise, we began to realize that it was not a grinding, but a groaning. This well, like those we had seen in the previous field (in the previous dream), had a bronze, engraved plate on it. Dutch took his hand and wiped away a tarnished film on the bronze plate, just as he had done with the previous wells. He said, ‘I can read it. It says, “Rappahannock River Well - No Rank Needed - Not an Old Light but a New Light.” Underneath that is written, ‘Romans 5:17.’ “As Dutch finished reading, Gabriel touched the well and it opened up. We could see inside, and when looking into it saw a scene, a vision. What we saw was shocking: people of many different ethnicities, ages, and walks of life, traipsing around a battlefield. I said to Dutch, ‘These people are in hope deferred. They’re dazed!’ We could see in the vision within the dream, that there were thousands of crowns laying on the ground around the people. No one knew whose crown was whose. This was causing them to just wander around, slumped over, as if they were defeated. They didn’t know it, but they were not truly defeated! We could also see that each of them had a bronze key attached to and hanging from their shoulders. “Dutch said, ‘Hood, give me the horn from your bag.’ I reached into a bag slung over my shoulder and pulled out a bronze battlefield bugle, which I handed to Dutch. He stuck his head into the well where the open vision was being seen, placed the bronze battle bugle to his lips. But instead of blowing into it, he used it as a microphone. Pointing it into the open well he began to declare loudly, ‘KINGS, HUMBLE YOURSELVES AND RETURN TO YOUR CROWNS! TAKE UP THE CAUSE! ALIGN WITH COURAGE AND DISCIPLINE! IT MAY BE BLOODY BUT YOU WILL REIGN!’ “Dutch then pulled his head and the bronze battle bugle from the opening of the well and, as he did, we could again clearly see into the vision. Some individuals were kneeling down on both knees, picking up their crown and placing it on their heads. They began to stand upright and a straightening of their backs occurred. Some then began bending down and picking up the crowns of others, placing them on the rightful owners’ heads. All of this was happening quickly. We then heard a roar from the vision within this well. Gabriel quickly reached with his arm and pulled Dutch and me to his side. “Immediately, crowned LIONS began jumping from the well into the graveyard, landing so forcibly that they shook the ground. The people had become lions! They immediately placed their noses to the ground and began smelling. They laid on their bellies and roared mightily. Many lions were sniffing and roaring, and doing so in different directions. They would then stand for a moment, with noses in the air, run forward a good ways and drop to their bellies again, roaring forcefully. “This was occurring with every lion that jumped from the well - there were thousands of them! Their roars were so forcible and loud that we could literally feel the ground and the heavens shaking. “Gabriel began to laugh with joy! “He then said, ‘You will teach them to keep their crowns on and straight. You will teach them to amplify their roar so that darkness will always be in a state of shaking. This is a key to continual kingdom advancement.’ He went on to say to us in a matter-of-fact voice, ‘Teach them to keep the keys on their shoulders from tarnishing. The tarnishing will hinder their ability to lock and unlock the supernatural.’ “Dutch then looked at Gabriel and said, ‘Let me make sure I understand this correctly. We are not enlisting Christians; we are enlisting kings!’ “Gabriel replied, ‘King is the only order in the Kingdom.’ “As he was speaking with us, we could see that these lions had made their way off into the far distance. Dutch said, ‘That’s the Ekklesia!’ SECOND WELL “We then heard an alarm sound. It was like a steam whistle attached to a time clock at a factory in bygone days, signaling the beginning or end of shift work. We turned our attention to this sound. It was coming from another well in this fenced-in, graveyard-like area. As we approached this well, we could see that it was in the shape of a steeple, and had what looked like stained glass windows along the bottom. “Dutch located the engraved plate on this well; it had moss growing on it. He pulled the moss from it and we could see the plate was made of pure silver. He read the writing on the plate: ‘Frelinghuysen Well of His Rising Heat - Set Temperature at 600° - Stand With Courage In A House Full of the Lost. John 15:25-27.’ “As Dutch finished reading from the silver plate, Gabriel said to us, ‘The heat from the furnace in the belly of the preachers will burn at 600°, then God’s house will return to a house of birthing and fathering.’ “Dutch turned to me, pointed his finger with a great intensity, and shouted ‘PROPHESY!’ “It was as if a lightning bolt shot from his finger, hit me in the chest, and I began to prophesy, ‘The Spirit of the Lord says unto His called, His gifts - turn again your face to Mine that I may ignite you to burn again! For My passion I will impart into your eyes. Your eyes will burn as my eyes burn, says the Lord. My passion will consume you and you’ll begin to see as I see. I am opening the unseen to you as I have not opened it to My sons and daughters thus far. Open your mouth, says the Lord of hosts, I am releasing through you the sword of My word. Your words are forming into My words. And My words will become a sword that I use to sculpt My Body, so that I may release her into the deep flow of My awakening.’ “As I finished prophesying, Dutch began to decree, ‘I STOKE THIS FURNACE AND COMMAND THE COALS TO RECEIVE THE BREATH OF GOD! FATHER IS BLOWING ON YOU! FROM YOUR BELLY YOU ARE BRINGING FORTH THE FIRE OF COURAGE TO STAND. YOU WILL NOT BE MOVED BY THEIR FACES OR THEIR THREATS. YOU WILL RESTORE, RECHARGE AND RELEASE THE EKKLESIA INTO HER FIREBRAND ASSIGNMENTS. FIRE OF GOD, CONSUME!’ “Immediately when Dutch finished decreeing, what seemed like thousands of angels flew into this well through the stained glass windows. (They broke the windows out as they did this.) We could see through the broken windows that angels were standing beside many ministers from many congregations. The ministers began igniting the people with a very bright fire, which came from a light piercing through the broken stained glass windows. “The top of this steeple-shaped well caught on fire and was consumed, reconnecting these congregations to an open Heaven… THIRD WELL “Gabriel said, ‘There are two more wells that are primed and ready to open. Heaven has released the reopen order. This is also a part of “Operation Redeem All.” Before you reopen this well, you must know and prepare yourself for what will be released. This well has been guarded and hidden for many years.’ “Dutch said to Gabriel, ‘Where is this well and how do we get to it?’ “Gabriel then said to us, ‘It's just here, next to Frelinghuysen Well of His Rising Heat. Look into the thicket of overgrown brush. You will find it in there.’ “Dutch and I began to pull back a thick mass of overgrown briars and thorns to get to what was hidden within them. Our hands started to bleed some and we were spending more time pulling the thorns from our hands than we were uncovering this well. We took a step back and I said to Dutch, ‘We are going to need some help with this.’ “Dutch replied to me, ‘Yes, I am recognizing now what we are up against. This type of briar responds to SOUND, not hands.’ We turned to look back at Gabriel for some assistance and as we did, we could see that Jeremy Burk was approaching us with his guitar, and a few other people. Dutch said to Jeremy, ‘Son, it’s so good to see you. I was just about to ask Gabriel if he could assist us with a sound barrier breaker and you showed up. Take your guitar and your team, and remove these briars so we can get to this well.’ “Jeremy and his team started to worship. As they did, the briars began to wilt and disappear. The sound he released was like no other sound we have heard in worship or the church. It was a new sound. We were now able to see this old well. We only had to take a few steps to get to it after this new sound was released. “We were amazed at what this well looked like. It was simply a door on a frame standing by itself. Dutch approached the door and, like the others, there was an engraved plate on it. The plate was covered with mud as if someone had thrown a blob of mud at the door and it stuck to the plate. The mud was dried, not wet. [More defilement and hiding of this well.] Dutch reached up to the engraved plate and begin removing the mud with his hands. It became clear to us that the plate was gold. It too, had writing on it. Dutch said, ‘It reads, “Well of Addereth - Recover, Redeem, and Activate.”’ “The Archangel Gabriel said to us, ‘Open the door and go inside.’ Dutch opened the door and we walked through it, entering a very large, previously unseen room. Gabriel walked us into a portion of this room which looked like an old-style cleaners. It had many rotating, moving mechanisms that held many coats, robes, capes, sportcoats, and jackets. These coats had all kinds of symbols on them and were in every color and size you could imagine. They were also arranged according to the seven spheres of influence. “Gabriel said to us, ‘Examine them, look them over; you will know exactly how to recover, redeem, and activate them.’ As we began to look at the different types of coats, we could see that all of them had the number 142 handwritten inside their lapels. When we would touch a coat, this number would begin to illuminate as a light, going from bright to dim, then back to bright. Gabriel said to us, ‘Some of these coats have never been worn. Some have been abandoned and others have not been passed on to their rightful successor. Your assignment is to disburse them back into the Ekklesia. It’s time for the old and the new to merge and bring forth the full weight of Heaven on the earth.’ “Gabriel then led Dutch and me back to the door and just before stepping out of the Addereth Well, he handed us both a golden key and said to us, ‘These keys work the same as keys to a safety deposit box. You will need them both to enter this well and remove these coats. Turn the keys together and this entire room will unlock to you. You may access it at any time you feel it’s needed. You will know which coat to pull and on whom to place it.’ “We heard knocking on the door. It seemed as if many people were knocking all at once. We opened it and were taken aback. There were so many people outside this door. It seemed to be a little disorderly. We could see in the dream that there were many other apostolic leaders there, bringing the people into lines and groups to receive a coat. I recognized some but not all of the apostolic leaders. FOURTH WELL “As we stepped outside the door, we could see another well to our right that had not been visible when we went into the door of the Addereth Well. It was now visible as we exited. Dutch said to these leaders, ‘Bring these people into order as we prepare this next well.’ “As we came near to this fourth well, we could see that it was bulging. It was in the form of a silo, and was so full it looked as though it was going to burst. We knew this well had great value. I pointed out to Dutch that this well had a plate on it, also. This plate was not like the others, however. It was not damaged in any way, nor was the name engraved on it, as had been done to the others. The name of this well was handwritten on a burial cloth, which also had what I knew was the face of Christ on it. It read, ‘My Harvest Well - Mantle and Release Workers - Your Keys Work Here - Matthew 13:30.’ “Dutch and I both knew intuitively what this meant. We took the keys Gabriel had given and inserted them into the two keyholes in the side of this well - right on the bulge! We turned our keys and the well simply bulged all the more. “We quickly returned to the Addereth Well, inserted our keys in the door, and opened it. We began accessing coats from this well, laying them on the shoulders of those lined up outside. The other leaders also had access to this well and began doing the same thing. As we mantled each person with these coats, we would direct them to the ‘My Harvest Well.’ We did this for what seemed like hours. Those we mantled began entering the ‘My Harvest Well.’ The more they entered, the more the well would swell. “We then noticed that we were no longer in a graveyard but a garden and the old, iron fence had become a fortified wall.” End of Dream (dreamed by Dr. Greg Hood 3/24/22) Click on the link below to watch the full video.

The Journey of Awakening (Part 3) I have been discussing a dream Holy Spirit gave my friend, Greg Hood. The dream is profound and relates to past and future awakenings, symbolized by four wells. It is a sequel to a previous dream regarding reopening four other past wells of revival. We’ve looked at the first two wells of the most recent dream (Part 1 and Part 2); today we will look at the third well. THIRD WELL “Gabriel said, ‘There are two more wells that are primed and ready to open. Heaven has released the reopen order. This is also a part of “Operation Redeem All.” Before you reopen this well, you must know and prepare yourself for what will be released. This well has been guarded and hidden for many years.’ “Dutch said to Gabriel, ‘Where is this well and how do we get to it?’ “Gabriel then said to us, ‘It's just here, next to Frelinghuysen Well of His Rising Heat. Look into the thicket of overgrown brush. You will find it in there.’ “Dutch and I began to pull back a thick mass of overgrown briars and thorns to get to what was hidden within them. Our hands started to bleed some and we were spending more time pulling the thorns from our hands than we were uncovering this well. We took a step back and I said to Dutch, ‘We are going to need some help with this.’ “Dutch replied to me, ‘Yes, I am recognizing now what we are up against. This type of briar responds to SOUND, not hands.’ We turned to look back at Gabriel for some assistance and as we did, we could see that Jeremy Burk was approaching us with his guitar, and a few other people. Dutch said to Jeremy, ‘Son, it’s so good to see you. I was just about to ask Gabriel if he could assist us with a sound barrier breaker and you showed up. Take your guitar and your team, and remove these briars so we can get to this well.’ “Jeremy and his team started to worship. As they did, the briars began to wilt and disappear. The sound he released was like no other sound we have heard in worship or the church. It was a new sound. We were now able to see this old well. We only had to take a few steps to get to it after this new sound was released...” My Thoughts We’ll see the name of this well momentarily, but first I want to comment on Gabriel’s opening remarks and the process of finding/uncovering it. Gabriel stated that “Heaven has released the reopen order.” This statement lets us know that it IS time for past and present outpourings to merge, bringing us into The Third Great Awakening. Heaven has released the order! Gabriel then told us to prepare ourselves for what was coming next. I questioned Greg about this statement, and what he was feeling in the dream when Gabriel spoke it. He said it seemed that we were being told to count the cost and be prepared to steward the magnitude of what is coming. I have felt for years that when this revival comes to the earth, stewarding it will be almost overwhelming. It will be glorious but challenging. Then Gabriel said this well had been guarded and hidden for years. As we shall see, this well represented mantels and authority being given to all believers in all walks of life, not just leaders in the church. Some refer to this as marketplace ministry; Bishop Bill Hamon has referred to it as the Saints Movement, meaning a movement involving all believers, not just the five-fold ministry. Call it what you will, it is simply a revelation that all believers are called to minister, regardless of their vocation. As the dream states, this has been “hidden” by demonic doctrine and wrong teaching for “many years.” Gabriel pointed out the well to us, which was surrounded, however, “guarded,” by briars and thorns. We tried but could not get the well uncovered or “revealed” by human strength and effort. This well could only be revealed through worship. Worship clears and opens the heavens, producing an atmosphere conducive to revelation. New revivals and outpourings of Holy Spirit always produce new “sounds,” new levels of worship. This one will be no different. Revival produces fresh hunger and thirst for God, which draws believers into greater intimacy. This coming awakening will be no different. THE DREAM (Cont’d) “We were amazed at what this well looked like. It was simply a door on a frame standing by itself. Dutch approached the door and, like the others, there was an engraved plate on it. The plate was covered with mud as if someone had thrown a blob of mud at the door and it stuck to the plate. The mud was dried, not wet. [More defilement and hiding of this well.] Dutch reached up to the engraved plate and begin removing the mud with his hands. It became clear to us that the plate was gold. It too, had writing on it. Dutch said, ‘It reads, “Well of Addereth - Recover, Redeem, and Activate…”’” MY COMMENTS Addereth is a Hebrew word meaning “glory, splendor, magnificence; mantle, cloak” (as worn by Old Testament prophets). Addereths were mantles that signified gifts and glory. This is why Elijah’s mantle was significant to Elisha - it represented his gift and Yahweh’s glory. In Greg’s dream, this was a well of mantles and gifts which needed to be “recovered, redeemed and activated!” THE DREAM (cont’d) “The Archangel Gabriel said to us, ‘Open the door and go inside.’ Dutch opened the door and we walked through it, entering a very large, previously unseen room. Gabriel walked us into a portion of this room which looked like an old-style cleaners. It had many rotating, moving mechanisms that held many coats, robes, capes, sportcoats, and jackets. These coats had all kinds of symbols on them and were in every color and size you could imagine. They were also arranged according to the seven spheres of influence. “Gabriel said to us, ‘Examine them, look them over; you will know exactly how to recover, redeem, and activate them.’ As we began to look at the different types of coats, we could see that all of them had the number 142 handwritten inside their lapels. When we would touch a coat, this number would begin to illuminate as a light, going from bright to dim, then back to bright. Gabriel said to us, ‘Some of these coats have never been worn. Some have been abandoned and others have not been passed on to their rightful successor. Your assignment is to disburse them back into the Ekklesia. It’s time for the old and the new to merge and bring forth the full weight of Heaven on the earth.’ MY COMMENTS This is profound. These “addereths,” mantles, came in all colors, styles, and sizes. They also had different symbols and were arranged according to the seven spheres of influence in society (also called “pillars” and “mountains” by some). These spheres are generally seen as family, religion, government, business, education, arts and entertainment, and media. The point in the dream is that all believers, in all walks of life will be mantled in this coming awakening, as we stated above. This important truth will be rediscovered and reactivated, moving ministry from the church building to all of society: homes, schools, businesses, parks, street corners, everywhere! Salvation, deliverance, miracles and restoration will take place EVERYWHERE! Those in positions of spiritual leadership will know how to mantle and release believers. No longer will the leaders attempt to do all the work of the ministry; it will be done by all in the body of Christ. This will be the biggest game-changer since the book of Acts. Some of the mantles will have been received/imparted from past fathers and mothers in the faith - the dream says the old and new merge; others will be new gifts and anointings never before seen. Each coat label had the number 142 on it. The Hebrew word numbered “142” in Strong’s concordance is adar, meaning “great, glorious, honorable, noble or majestic.” These mantles, gifts, will be great and glorious, demonstrating the majestic nature of our King. There will no longer be a hierarchy of so-called “ministers” versus “laity” in the body of Christ. We will all be seen as “able ministers of the new covenant” (2 Corinthians 3:6). The dream states that this will bring forth the full weight of heaven to earth! Incredible!!! Pray with me: Thank You, Father, for this dream. It is so filled with revelation for us. And it is so encouraging to know You are saying the time to re-open the wells of revival is here. We bring ourselves into submission and agreement with Your words and command these wells to open. We command the Rappahannock well of restoration to open and the Ekklesia to come forth as lions. We command the Frelinghuysen well of restored fire to open. And we command the Addereth well of glorious mantles to open. We bind every spirit that would suppress believers and inappropriately exalt leaders. We thank You, Father, for the new sound that is coming. Take the church to new levels of worship and intimacy with You. Cause this worship to clear the debris in the atmosphere of our homes, cities, and nations, releasing a fresh flow of revelation into the earth. We call this forth in Jesus’ name. Amen. Our decree: We decree that the body of Christ is moving into its highest level yet of revelation and maturity. Click on the link below to watch the full video.

The Journey of Awakening (Part 2) Yesterday we began discussing a very encouraging and revelatory dream Holy Spirit gave to my friend, Greg Hood. It was the second dream he has been given regarding repairing and re-opening wells - often used by Holy Spirit to symbolize revival - from past seasons in America. However, the first well in this dream not only represents a well of revival, but disoriented, disillusioned, and hopeless people. The well was called Rappahannock River Well. Under that name was written, “No Rank Needed; Not an Old Light but a New Light; Romans 5:17.” I began discussing this well yesterday and will finish it today. This is quite a long dream, with MUCH information to consider. We won’t be able to cover it all in this series of posts. And for the sake of time, I will not reread the first portion of the dream. If you did not see or hear it yesterday, you can do so now by using this link to yesterday’s post. In review, Archangel Gabriel told Greg and me that we were entering a new phase of America’s awakening journey, a journey that he said began in 2000. He then led us to a well that contained a multitude of disillusioned and confused people, of various ethnicities, and from various walks of life. These people had lost their crowns, which represented authority, and could not find them. They were restored through a word from the Lord, found their crowns, and were transformed into powerful lions. There is so much more to yesterday’s post; again, if you didn’t see or hear it, you may want to push pause and do so. Continuing where we left off yesterday… “The terms Old Lights and New Lights were used in Protestant Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same but have come to a disagreement. The terms were first used during the First Great Awakening (1730s–40s). In that day, Old Lights and New Lights generally referred to Congregationalists and Baptists in New England who took different positions on the First Great Awakening from the traditional branches of their denominations. New Lights embraced the revivals that spread through the colonies, while Old Lights were suspicious of the revivals.”1 When God put the phrase on the name-plate of the well (No Rank Needed; Not an Old Light but a New Light) He was not taking sides in a 300-year-old argument. He was reminding us that we must be open to the change created by revival, to new revelation and insight - we are ever changing from glory to glory. None of us have arrived at full understanding or maturity - our wineskins must be continually changed and renewed. Although the Rappahannock River has some painful history due to numerous battles, much bloodshed, slavery, and land taken from the Rappahannock First Nations people after whom it was named, it has positive history, as well. During and after the first battle at Fredericksburg in late December 1862 (the Civil War), about 10,000 enslaved African Americans from area plantations crossed the river to gain freedom behind Union lines. This exodus and its "Trail of Freedom" was commemorated in 2010 by the installation of historical markers on both sides of the river, in Fredericksburg and in Stafford County, Virginia. The exodus to freedom is now celebrated in an annual re-enactment starting in Fredericksburg. There is freedom in this well! Another incredible picture of restoration regarding the Rappahannock region occurred on April 1st of this year, one week after this dream was received by Greg. The Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia reestablished ownership of more than 460 acres of sacred, ancestral homeland along the river that bears its name. The acquisition returns a section of river frontage known as Fones Cliffs to the tribe. There is absolutely no way it is a coincidence that this incredible dream occurred one week before the Rappahannock land was restored. Its restoration to the First Nations people is an incredible sign of restoration and turnaround in our nation. Crowns are being restored. I have known since the late 90s that the First Nations people will be an important part of the next Great Awakening coming to America. I have also known that black Americans will also have a significant role in this great outpouring. Satan‘s attempt to divide our nation will not succeed in the future - he is the author of all injustice, prejudice, hatred, and strife. God is the healer. There will be a great coming together through the coming outpouring of Holy Spirit. Love, forgiveness, unity, and justice will flow from His nature and heart. He can do this! SECOND WELL (The dream continued) “We then heard an alarm sound. It was like a steam whistle attached to a time clock at a factory in bygone days, signaling the beginning or end of shift work. We turned our attention to this sound. It was coming from another well in this fenced-in, graveyard-like area. As we approached this well, we could see that it was in the shape of a steeple, and had what looked like stained glass windows along the bottom. “Dutch located the engraved plate on this well; it had moss growing on it. He pulled the moss from it and we could see the plate was made of pure silver. He read the writing on the plate: ‘Frelinghuysen Well of His Rising Heat - Set Temperature at 600° - Stand With Courage In A House Full of the Lost. John 15:25-27.’ “As Dutch finished reading from the silver plate, Gabriel said to us, ‘The heat from the furnace in the belly of the preachers will burn at 600°, then God’s house will return to a house of birthing and fathering.’ “Dutch turned to me, pointed his finger with a great intensity, and shouted ‘PROPHESY!’ “It was as if a lightning bolt shot from his finger, hit me in the chest, and I began to prophesy, ‘The Spirit of the Lord says unto His called, His gifts - turn again your face to Mine that I may ignite you to burn again! For My passion I will impart into your eyes. Your eyes will burn as my eyes burn, says the Lord. My passion will consume you and you’ll begin to see as I see. I am opening the unseen to you as I have not opened it to My sons and daughters thus far. Open your mouth, says the Lord of hosts, I am releasing through you the sword of My word. Your words are forming into My words. And My words will become a sword that I use to sculpt My Body, so that I may release her into the deep flow of My awakening.’ “As I finished prophesying, Dutch began to decree, ‘I STOKE THIS FURNACE AND COMMAND THE COALS TO RECEIVE THE BREATH OF GOD! FATHER IS BLOWING ON YOU! FROM YOUR BELLY YOU ARE BRINGING FORTH THE FIRE OF COURAGE TO STAND. YOU WILL NOT BE MOVED BY THEIR FACES OR THEIR THREATS. YOU WILL RESTORE, RECHARGE AND RELEASE THE EKKLESIA INTO HER FIREBRAND ASSIGNMENTS. FIRE OF GOD, CONSUME!’ “Immediately when Dutch finished decreeing, what seemed like thousands of angels flew into this well through the stained glass windows. (They broke the windows out as they did this.) We could see through the broken windows that angels were standing beside many ministers from many congregations. The ministers began igniting the people with a very bright fire, which came from a light piercing through the broken stained glass windows. “The top of this steeple-shaped well caught on fire and was consumed, reconnecting these congregations to an open Heaven…” (End of Part 2) My Thoughts Neither Greg nor I had heard the name Frelinghuysen before. But Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen came from The Netherlands to the Province of New Jersey in 1720. He was an evangelizing Dutch-Reformed minister during the First Great Awakening, one of the fearless missionaries of the First Great Awakening in America. He trained young men for the clergy, often ordaining them without permission. Frelinghuysen actually served as a precursor to the First Great Awakening, where his evangelistic contributions culminated in a regional awakening within the Middle Colonies. His ministry was greatly assisted by the efforts of Gilbert Tennent and George Whitefield. Notably, none other than Jonathan Edwards credited Frelinghuysen with the beginning of the awakening in New Jersey: "But this shower of Divine blessing has been yet more extensive. There was no small degree of divine blessing in some parts of the Jerseys…under the ministry of a very pious young gentleman, a Dutch minister, whose name as I remember, was Frelinghuysan.”2 Frelinghuysen’s efforts led to the charter in 1766 of Queen's College in New Brunswick, now Rutgers University. Frelinghuysen Hall on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University is named after him. One need only reread the prophecy of Greg and my decree (in the dream) to see that Holy Spirit is saying the fire of the First Great Awakening, symbolized by Frelinghuysen, is coming to churches and leaders again today. The same thing was mentioned through Tennant’s Well in Greg’s first dream. In this dream, ministers were on fire, churches were ablaze, and the body of Christ was sculpted by the sword of the Spirit of God. (From the dream:) “The heat from the furnace in the belly of the preachers will burn at 600°, then God’s house will return to a house of birthing and fathering,” Gabriel said. WOW! What an incredible statement. I am not positive what the number “600” represents, but it is Strongs’ number for the Greek word meaning “restoration.” The heat from the furnace in the belly of the preachers will burn “at restoration level.” Profound! The top of the steeple-shaped well, symbolizing churches, caught fire and was consumed, “reconnecting congregations to an open heaven.” This will be profound. Pray and decree with me: Father, we pray the words You gave in this dream. As we turn our faces to Yours, cause our hearts to burn again with holy fire. Re-baptize leaders with Holy Spirit and fire! Turn up the heat to restoration level. Consume us with passion and cause us to see what You see. Open the unseen to us in new ways. Give leaders Your words, that they may sculpt Your body in the way You would have it sculpted, so You can release her into the deep flow of awakening. And we decree once again the words You gave us in the dream: We stoke the furnace and command the coals to receive the breath of God! Father is blowing on us! From our bellies will be brought the fire of courage to stand. We will not be moved by faces or threats. We will restore, recharge and release the Ekklesia into her firebrand assignments. Fire of God, consume! We pray and decree these things in Jesus’ name. Amen. Click on the link below to watch the full video. ___________________________________ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_and_New_Lights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorus_Jacobus_Frelinghuysen

The Journey of Awakening (Part 1) I did four posts a few months back unpacking a powerful dream given to my friend, Greg Hood. The dream dealt with Holy Spirit re-opening 4 past wells of revival. The 4 wells had to do with prayer, spiritual leaders being renewed with holy fire, world missions and great harvest. (Here are links to those 4 posts: Fulton Street Well, Tennant's Well, Haystack Well, and Cane Ridge Well.) Greg has now had an incredible sequel to the dream, revealing four more wells that Holy Spirit intends to re-open. Some wells from the past are not wells of revival, however, but are filled with polluted water that must be cleansed. The first well of this second dream is one of these, filled with both good and bad water. Here is the first portion of the dream: (3/24/22) “The dream started with Dutch and me walking through a field containing many wells, just as we did in the first dream. We were commenting about how there were a lot of wells that looked abandoned. As we were talking I said to Dutch, ‘Do you hear that? I hear the sound of metal grinding against metal. It sounds like gears grinding.’ “Dutch said, ‘I hear it.’ “We began walking towards the sound and as we did, Gabriel, the Archangel, appeared walking beside us. He said, ‘It’s time to re-open other wells in America. She has reached another milestone within the journey of awakening.’ “Dutch replied, ‘Journey?’ “Gabriel said, ‘Yes! She has been in the process of this awakening since late 2000.’ “We were approaching the well making the loud grinding noise. Upon arrival, we saw that it was sitting in a field with other wells, which were all fenced in by an old, rusted, iron fence. We knew immediately that we were in some sort of graveyard. Gabriel spoke again, ‘Gentlemen, these wells will live again. Resurrection power is here! The time was set and is now for these wells to begin to function at full capacity. They will give you the insight and strategies you’ll need for the advancement of awakening, in a way that darkness will not be able to hold back.’ He went on to say, ‘You are in a great time of war, in the seen, and the unseen. Go to work!’ FIRST WELL “As we approached the first well, the one making the loud grinding noise, we began to realize that it was not a grinding, but a groaning. This well, like those we had seen in the previous field (in the previous dream), had a bronze, engraved plate on it. Dutch took his hand and wiped away a tarnished film on the bronze plate, just as he had done with the previous wells. He said, ‘I can read it. It says, “Rappahannock River Well - No Rank Needed - Not an Old Light but a New Light.” Underneath that is written, ‘Romans 5:17.’ “As Dutch finished reading, Gabriel touched the well and it opened up. We could see inside, and when looking into it saw a scene, a vision. What we saw was shocking: people of many different ethnicities, ages, and walks of life, traipsing around a battlefield. I said to Dutch, ‘These people are in hope deferred. They’re dazed!’ We could see in the vision within the dream, that there were thousands of crowns laying on the ground around the people. No one knew whose crown was whose. This was causing them to just wander around, slumped over, as if they were defeated. They didn’t know it, but they were not truly defeated! We could also see that each of them had a bronze key attached to and hanging from their shoulders. “Dutch said, ‘Hood, give me the horn from your bag.’ I reached into a bag slung over my shoulder and pulled out a bronze battlefield bugle, which I handed to Dutch. He stuck his head into the well where the open vision was being seen, placed the bronze battle bugle to his lips. But instead of blowing into it, he used it as a microphone. Pointing it into the open well he began to declare loudly, ‘KINGS, HUMBLE YOURSELVES AND RETURN TO YOUR CROWNS! TAKE UP THE CAUSE! ALIGN WITH COURAGE AND DISCIPLINE! IT MAY BE BLOODY BUT YOU WILL REIGN!’ “Dutch then pulled his head and the bronze battle bugle from the opening of the well and, as he did, we could again clearly see into the vision. Some individuals were kneeling down on both knees, picking up their crown and placing it on their heads. They began to stand upright and a straightening of their backs occurred. Some then began bending down and picking up the crowns of others, placing them on the rightful owners’ heads. All of this was happening quickly. We then heard a roar from the vision within this well. Gabriel quickly reached with his arm and pulled Dutch and me to his side. “Immediately, crowned LIONS began jumping from the well into the graveyard, landing so forcibly that they shook the ground. The people had become lions! They immediately placed their noses to the ground and began smelling. They laid on their bellies and roared mightily. Many lions were sniffing and roaring, and doing so in different directions. They would then stand for a moment, with noses in the air, run forward a good ways and drop to their bellies again, roaring forcefully. “This was occurring with every lion that jumped from the well - there were thousands of them! Their roars were so forcible and loud that we could literally feel the ground and the heavens shaking. “Gabriel began to laugh with joy! “He then said, ‘You will teach them to keep their crowns on and straight. You will teach them to amplify their roar so that darkness will always be in a state of shaking. This is a key to continual kingdom advancement.’ He went on to say to us in a matter-of-fact voice, ‘Teach them to keep the keys on their shoulders from tarnishing. The tarnishing will hinder their ability to lock and unlock the supernatural.’ “Dutch then looked at Gabriel and said, ‘Let me make sure I understand this correctly. We are not enlisting Christians; we are enlisting kings!’ “Gabriel replied, ‘King is the only order in the Kingdom.’ “As he was speaking with us, we could see that these lions had made their way off into the far distance. Dutch said, ‘That’s the Ekklesia!’” (End of Part One) My Thoughts Gabriel first said to us that America had reached another phase of her awakening, a journey that began in 2000. This is incredibly fascinating to me, for a couple of reasons. This is the year I had a dramatic encounter with the Lord, during which He mantled me for my calling to America. I am certainly not suggesting that what happened to me caused or initiated the awakening process in America. God no doubt moved upon many people at that time, launching them into their role as He began the process. But the journey began in 2000. I also found it fascinating that Holy Spirit referred to America's awakening as a “journey.” I have known America was on a journey toward revival, that it was a process, but for God to reference it in this way was a great faith builder in me. We are not late! He is not late! Much has been happening in the spiritual realm to prepare America and the earth for what God is about to do. Gabriel then led us to the first well, which was the Rappahannock River well. The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia. It traverses the entire northern part of the state. An important river in American history, the Rappahannock was long an area of occupation by indigenous peoples. Sadly, as often occurred in America’s history, the First Nations people, some of whom actually bear this name, were displaced by the Europeans. During the colonial era, early settlements in the Virginia Colony were formed along the river. During the War of 1812, the Battle of Rappahannock River was fought on the river. During the American Civil War, due to the river's acting as a barrier to north-south troop movements, it effectively functioned as the boundary of the eastern theater of the war between the "North" and the "South.” It was at the center of a major theater of battle where tens of thousands of troops fought against each other. Significant battles fought along the river include the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Rappahannock Station. It is easy to see how this well, filled with a great diversity of people, represents thousands of disoriented, disillusioned, and hopeless people. God created them to walk with Him as kings and priests, but evil had knocked the crown from their heads. First Nations people who had been displaced; slaves, represented by the Civil War; and thousands of soldiers who perished in the Civil War - all are pictured by this well. However, the word of the Lord was released, enabling them to pick up their crowns. They began assisting one another in doing so, and were quickly transformed into strong lions, leaping from the well. They were strong, healed and fully restored, ready to demonstrate their great strength and prowess. Gabriel was ecstatic. He then instructed us to teach the lions how to wear their crowns and to roar with even more ferocity. He said they would be a key to continual Kingdom advancement. We were then instructed to show them how to keep their keys from tarnishing, which would enable them to lock and unlock the supernatural. Crowns and keys speak of authority. They were called “the Ekklesia” which, according to Matthew 16, has the keys of the Kingdom, with authority to lock and unlock. When I said to Gabriel, “Let me make sure I understand. We aren’t enlisting Christians, but rather Kings, right?” his answer was profound. “King is the only order in the Kingdom,” he replied! We are not simply called to be Christians, on our way to heaven. We are called to reign as Kings in life, through Christ. This is what the verse that was written on the nameplate, Romans 5:17 says: “For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” What a strong word. And there is much more to understand from this first well. We will look at that, along with the second well, in tomorrow’s post. Pray with me: Father, thank You for the journey of awakening. Thank You for working in our nation and the nations to prepare us for the coming revival. America is well pictured by the disoriented people in this well. We have most certainly misplaced our crowns. But we are not defeated. You are restoring us, commanding us to pick up our crowns. You are transforming us into the Ekklesia Christ assured us He would build. We are not just Christians waiting to get to heaven. We have been given the nature of our King, Jesus, who is the Lion of Judah. And You are teaching us how to roar, as was intended. We ask You to teach us to wear our crowns properly and to keep our keys polished and ready. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Our decree: We decree that Holy Spirit is helping us find our crowns and our roar. Click on the link below to watch the full video.

Impossible People There is an obvious diversity of thought in the body of Christ regarding the future of America and, indeed, the world. Some believers hold no hope for a great, worldwide revival. There are various reasons for this. One of them is due to an eschatological view that there will be an across the board, worldwide increase of evil and deterioration of righteousness, including within the Church. In their thinking, a pre-tribulation rapture of the church is the only thing that can and will save us. Others do not see a revival and turnaround in America simply because of the degree and depth of our sin, compounded by the fact that more Americans aren’t repenting of and turning from our evil ways. (I write of my feelings toward this in my book, An Appeal To Heaven.) They also would point to the continued trending toward darkness by so many. This thinking that America is heading toward destruction has recently been confirmed in their minds by recent dreams and prophecies warning of America’s judgment and destruction. While I am not disputing anyone’s dream or word in this post - as yesterday’s post stated, great shakings are coming - I am contending that judgment can be lessened and, at times, stopped by intercession (Genesis 18:22-33; Ezekiel 22:30-31). I am also contending that if judgment is reaped/does occur, it will be redemptive and America will survive. God is not finished with America! I first heard the words, “America shall be saved,” from the late Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, who contended that he heard it from Holy Spirit. Then, God gave a powerful dream to our friend, Gina Gholston, in which an angel announced the words at the U.S. Capitol. I know there will be some shaking, but I also know America SHALL be saved. My friend and fellow-believer in America’s unfinished destiny, William Ostan, agrees and wrote the following case for continued prayer for our nation. His belief in prayer’s effectiveness is why he introduced me years ago to the Appeal To Heaven flag. Will knows, “It still works.” He states: “As world events have continued to spiral out of control with massive inflation crippling an already weakened America, a resurgent Russia’s illegitimate war in Ukraine, and an aggressive China making its intentions plain for eventual world domination by the end of this decade, the church now has a stark choice on how it responds to these and other difficult circumstances. Will we retreat in the face of overwhelming odds and prepare for what some deem an inevitable defeat? Or will we stay engaged in the culture through prevailing prayer and a resolute determination to overcome the odds, becoming ‘impossible people’? “In his book, Impossible People: Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization, author Os Guinness[1] writes, “‘In the golden era of the Roman Empire, Pliny the Younger advised Emperor Trajan that Christians should be executed solely for their tenacity and intransigence. “Whatever the nature of their admission, I am convinced that their stubbornness and unshakable obstinacy ought not to go unpunished.”’[2]. “Christians in the early church confronted far more dire consequences than we do today, including instantaneous death or dismemberment for illegally proclaiming the gospel, yet they refused to stay silent and cower in fear! Instead, they became known as ‘impossible people’ because of their courageous stand marked by ‘unshakable obstinacy.’ We would be wise to draw inspiration from their strength for our current cultural moment! “Guinness accurately describes the thinking in America by stating, “‘Christians throughout the West often appear to be on the back foot. They have been told repeatedly that their prospects are hopeless. In a thousand withering dismissals we have heard that we are fighting a losing battle and the game is already over. [As] Christians…our day is done, our disagreements with others are a matter of bigotry, and we are reactionaries and on the “wrong side of history.”’3] “We are fed these lies by the world daily and, sadly, at times by some leaders in the church. For years, countless books, articles, and speeches have stated that a ‘post-Christian’ America is fait accompli, and her eventual doom is imminent. “How did we come to believe these lies? In my opinion, one of the reasons is that some leaders have constructed an idol of comfort in the hearts of millions of American Christians. But instead of being lulled into complacency, we need to be reawakened to our holy calling as ‘impossible people,’ those who will suffer anything for the glorious cause of Christ and stand resolutely in the face of cultural decay, come what may. “Guinness teaches us that, “‘As salt and light in today’s extraordinary world, our contribution is indispensable. We are not simply guardians of some of the best of the past, but pioneers whose task is to stand against the world for the future of the world – and for the very sake of humanity.’[4] “‘Standing against the world’ simply means to resist the unbiblical ideals and control of those who oppose the church. And I want to home in on Guinness’ ‘very sake of humanity’ phrase. Recently, there have been some prophetic words and dreams matriculating through the body of Christ that predict several states seceding from the union, significant food shortages, and a total dismantling of our monetary policy. I’m not qualified to say if these predictions are true or not. “However, I am confident that if these things occur, there will be major rioting and looting, leading to much death and destruction. The ‘thin red line’ between order and chaos will rapidly cease to exist. Storing up a few cans of food and bottles of water would likely be the least of our concerns. If the dreams are from God and come to pass, I believe we will experience widespread suffering in America at a level unknown since the Civil War. “One of the reasons God gives His people dreams of this nature is so we can pray fervently for mercy and turn the tide of history. At times, however, the unintended consequence of hearing a warning dream can be to short-circuit the praying church, causing them to acquiesce and hunker down for the inevitable. This is human nature. The worst may indeed come to pass. BUT, I believe ‘history belongs to the intercessors’[5] who are willing to change it through prayer and fasting.[6] Mercy may once again triumph over judgment! “Some of you may be thinking that I’m ‘Pollyannish’ or ‘blindly love America too much’ to see the impending judgment. I ask you to consider the heroes in the book of Hebrews’ ‘Hall of Faith.’ Their incredible exploits compel us to continued engagement. Allow these words from Hebrews 11:32-34 and 12:1-2 to permeate deep into your heart and mind: “‘And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets – who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight…Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.’[7] “Overcoming overwhelming odds by being ‘impossible people’ is not just in our spiritual DNA, it is our destiny. Winston Churchill echoed this truth during WW2 by teaching the following to all freedom-loving people, ‘When great causes are on the move in the world…we learn that we are spirits and not animals, and that something is going on in space and time, which, whether like it or not, spells “duty.’”[8] “Friends, if a time of worldwide crisis is imminent, that is precisely why this is the greatest time to be alive, courageously following in the footsteps of the mighty men and women of the past who did their duty as ‘impossible people!’” Pray with me: Our Father, we ask You to show mercy to America. We plead with You to send another Great Awakening to our beloved country. We remind You of the memory of all the “impossible people” You used in our founding, during the civil war, the two world wars and other times of national crisis. Help us to do our duty today as “impossible people” while we serve Your purposes in our generation. Lord Jesus, help us to run the race in this life while we look to You to for strength and encouragement. We acknowledge that the course laid out before us hasn’t changed; the conditions have simply become uncomfortable and unfavorable. Therefore, Holy Spirit, fill is afresh and anew as we set our faces toward the mark and run with endurance…for the sake of humanity. Our decree: We decree that as “impossible people” we will stand against the world, for the future of the world, and that America shall be saved! Bio: William J. Ostan is a medically retired U.S. Army Major and combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the Founder and President of Arc of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for wounded warriors still on active duty. Will is currently spearheading the Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights (H.R. 6043) in Congress. You can find out more about his story at www.arcofjusticeusa.org Click on the link below to watch the full video. [1] This post draws heavily from insights gleaned from Os Guinness’ books. In my opinion, he is one of the most important public intellectuals for the church today. He is extremely intelligent, humble, and sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I’ve found this to be a rare trifecta. Os still has a paradigm for the possibility of nation-wide reformation through another Great Awakening. I highly recommend all his books but especially Renaissance, Last Call for Liberty, The Magna Carta of Humanity, and Impossible People. [2] Os Guinness, Impossible People: Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2016), 30. Quoting Robert Louis Wilken, The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1983), 23. [3] Guinness, Impossible People, 26. [4] Ibid., 27. [5]https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8333426-history-belongs-to-the-intercessors---those-who-believe-and [6] In World Order, Henry Kissinger wrote “Each generation will be judged by whether the greatest, most consequential issues of the human condition have been faced, and that decision to meet these challenges must be taken by statesmen before it is possible to know what the outcome might be.” Accessed in Guinness, Impossible People, Quote Section. Put another way, the future is never inevitable so we must face it full of fiery faith empowered by the courage of our convictions while believing that we can partner with the Lord of History to fulfill His purposes in our generation (Acts 13:36). To choose abdication, appeasement, or acquiescence is to lose by default as nature abhors a vacuum and evil will inevitably fill the void. British statesman Edmund Burke put it best by stating, “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” [7] ESV [8] Guinness, Impossible People, Quote Section.

God’s Calendar: The Unraveling Continues We are in extraordinary times. Much in this week’s posts will be of a prophetic nature, pointing us toward what God is saying, and what we are to do. And of course, we will pray into all of it. Today’s post is prophetic insight, and a portion of a prophetic word, Holy Spirit gave my brother, Tim Sheets. I believe it is very timely and will be very encouraging. Tim says: “Recently, Holy Spirit gave me a vision of a calendar, showing me February 6th through March 31st, 2022. On each day the word “change” was written. We have indeed seen major changes occurring in our nation and world in these recent months. “After seeing the word “change” on those days, the remainder of the calendar was blank. I had a sense that some of the future calendar would be decided by us, the King’s Ekklesia. In other words, actions the Ekklesia takes, or doesn’t take, will fill in the calendar, as well as events God has already planned. “I am confident God has “suddenlies”planned that will take hell by complete surprise. I have heard Holy Spirit say, ‘There are surprises on My calendar.’ I’m confident that notable miracles, supernatural deliverances, outpourings, revivals and turnarounds are on the calendar. Days of shaking and change will now gain momentum, building in intensity and strength to fulfill the purposes of the Godhead. This should fuel our hope, faith and expectation. “Hebrews 12:24-28 gives us insight into the shaking of our present days. God’s creative and transformative voice is declaring from heaven: ‘Shake!’ ‘Change!’ Reorder!’ He is bringing order to chaos. We know His Word does not return void. Verse 27 in The Message Translation says ‘God is going to clean His house during this shaking and get rid of religious junk.’ The ‘junk’ will be shaken and removed, so that essentials of the Kingdom can be seen. The voice of the Lord is declaring against religious lies, deception, compromise, self-righteousness, and sin. God is cleaning His house. “These scriptures also say world systems will be shaken. A system is a set of principles by which something is done, a set of procedures that are followed, an organized method of operation. In the context of Kingdoms, it is a set of rules by which cultural, social, political and governmental orders operate. “There has been demonic intrusion into those systems. World orders have been corrupted by demonic influence. Procedures have been put in place to oppose God, His ways, His will and His church. The world’s order…is out of order. So God says, ‘I’m going to shake those systems, procedures, and methods. I’m shaking the world order and through it, will change things. I’m going to shake demonic activities that are infecting world systems against Me. Corporate, business and government bodies that have busied themselves with opposing Me and My will are going to experience system failures.’ “In the coming weeks, you will see these system failures, as God opposes them. Days of shaking and change are accelerating. “Recently, I heard Holy Spirit characterize it another way: ‘The unraveling has begun.’ I knew another supernatural aspect of God’s plan was beginning to unfold. As always, I began to pray, asking for insight into this. Holy Spirit responded by clearly saying, ‘Deep systemic corruptions are now unraveling. Conspirators, co-conspirators and enablers will see their schemes revealed, just as Cain, Haman and Judas did. What is hidden will be revealed.’ “I was then reminded of a prophetic word I received that I believe is now in its moment. Here are portions of it: “‘My angels are unraveling the plans of the enemies of our Kingdom. They are unraveling demonic schemes and government corruption. They are carrying out decrees of the King’s Ekklesia. The camouflaging garments of hidden agendas are being torn apart to reveal and expose the schemers aligned with hell’s kingdom. My angels are pulling on threads that hold together wicked cover-ups. The cover-ups will now unravel. I have commissioned Michael to release sufficient warriors from his army to assist my Ekklesias and unlock America. They will swing the battering rams of heaven, energized by your decrees of My word. My Ekklesia and the angel armies will explode on strongholds and destroy them, sending shockwaves around the earth. “‘I will release an acceleration of sweeping change across the nation. I will unravel evil plans, cover-ups, coups, conspiracies, diabolical dynasties, and fraud. For the decrees of my governing Ekklesia have fueled and activated vortex fire tornadoes against the enemies of heaven. They will spin with My angels, rolling through the land to level demon strongholds and systems of evil. Supernatural reversals to demonic activity against My church will be seen. My angels are riding the winds, pulling the ropes of change. I am turning the tide for My people, turning the battles, turning the war, turning the fortunes and overturning injustice. I am overruling leviathan.’ “We, the body of Christ, are in awesome days of revelation. When I first began prophesying the aforementioned 54 days of shaking and change, God gave a window of time - from February 6 to March 31. I wondered why this window didn’t begin on February 1, but have learned not to question God’s timing. When this time-frame ended, I pondered what Holy Spirit would speak next. He showed me that the day after this time period ended, the month of Nisan began, something I hadn’t realized. “Israel has two calendar years, one civil and one sacred. Nisan is the first month on the ancient Hebraic calendar God gave to Moses when they left Egypt, as told in Exodus 12. The first day of Nisan is New Year’s Day on God’s calendar. New times and new seasons begin. There is no way it is a coincidence that the new year began the day after the days of change ended. “This is why they began on February 6, not the 1st. God was bringing us into the order of HIS calendar so that we could pray and decree into that. We were brought into HIS supernatural timeline, and an alignment has taken place spiritually. “Nisan comes from the root word nes, which means “miracle.”(1) Nisan is miracle month. It was the month a million slaves in Egypt left bondage. It was the month Passover, the Cross, and the miracle of Christ’s resurrection took place. It was the month the Red Sea opened and Pharaoh’s army drowned. It was also the month when God’s presence manifested over them as a cloud and fire. Nisan is a month of notable miracles. “God is bringing us into His timing. He has events on the calendar that only He can do. Just as with Israel, there are notable times of great deliverance, the destruction of His enemies, manifestations of His tangible presence, and days of supernatural provision on the calendar. We are accelerating into this biblical new year and season with our King!” Pray with me: Father God, we believe Your words. We are stepping into a time of notable miracles. Release Your power and let Your healing river flow. We decree and declare “It is time!” Pour out Your Spirit. Come and do what only You can do. We decree: great deliverance come now, supernatural provision come now; government oppression cease in Jesus’ Name. Father, release Your suddenlies! We are moving into new seasons and times. We pray that this revelation by Your Spirit would be activated with power and confirmation through signs, wonders and miracles. Do miracles across this nation and all across this world. Our trust in is You, God. We pray this in Jesus’ Name. Amen. Our decree: God will confirm His word with signs, wonders and miracles. Today’s post was contributed by my brother, Tim Sheets. You can learn more about Tim here. Click on the link below to watch the full video. _________________________________ https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4333602/jewish/12-Facts-About-the-Month-of-Nisan-Every-Jew-Should-Know.htm

Passion Week - It Is Finished Good Friday, called this because of an ancient usage of “good” as a synonym for holy. (In the same way as the Holy Bible was called the “Good Book.”) Holy Friday, indeed. After Gethsemane, there is far too much that occurred over the next 15 hours or so to include it all in this post. This is especially so if we tried to point out the Old Testament scriptures fulfilled and what each event meant regarding our redemption. From Gethsemane, Messiah was led to a mock trial, after which He was beaten mercilessly with a cat-o-nine-tails. This procedure was so brutal that some recipients didn’t survive it. The leather cords, tipped with sharp metal, tore at the flesh of the victim ripping off pieces of flesh. They not only lacerated the back, but wrapped around to the front of the victim’s body, including the face. It is hard to describe this lashing without being too graphic for most readers. Suffice it to say that when finished, the victim was often unrecognizable. The soldiers also beat Christ with their fists and spat on His face. To mock Him as “the King of the Jews,” a crown made of thorns was placed on His head and pressed into His skin, causing great pain and more loss of blood. When the ordeal was finished, Messiah was so mangled and covered with spittle and blood that He truly was unrecognizable. “Many people were shocked [astonished; appalled] when they saw him. His appearance was so damaged [disfigured; marred] He did not look like a man; His form was so changed they could barely tell He was human.” (Isaiah 52:14; The Expanded Bible) The added punishments and torture, much more than the average victim of crucifixion was afflicted with, can only be explained as the fury of hell, trying to snuff out the life of the Son of God. Yeshua received this for you and me. Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 2:24 tell us it was through this beating that we can be healed. Place your faith in this today. Receive healing by placing your faith in His substitutionary sacrifice. Christ was then led to His crucifixion. There are several prophetic references or pictures in the Old Testament pointing to the Cross. One passage that is extremely important is Deuteronomy 21: 22-23, which references one who experiences death by hanging on a tree as being cursed. It is certainly clear that this verse refers to Jesus hanging on the “tree,” taking our curse. Galatians 3:13 makes this clear: “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.’” Yeshua’s crucifixion took place at Golgotha, “the place of the skull.” God, centuries before, had ordained that this would be the place and carved a picture of death onto the side of the hill. Also, this had been the location of Isaac’s interrupted sacrifice (Genesis 22), which pictured the Cross. Like Isaac, we went free and God Himself provided the sacrifice. “Then Abraham looked up [lifted his eyes] and saw a male sheep [ram] caught in a bush by its horns. So Abraham went and took the sheep, offering it as a whole burnt offering to God, and his son was saved [in the place of his son]. So Abraham named that place The Lord Provides [or Sees; Hebrew: Yahweh Yireh]. Even today people say, ‘On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided [or seen]’” (Genesis 22:13-14; The Expanded Bible). In this chosen place, pictured hundreds of years earlier, God provided the sacrifice for our sins. Jesus carried His own Cross to Golgotha, or, at least He was able to carry it part of the way. It was actually the crossbeam that He carried. When He arrived at the place of crucifixion He was first tied and nailed with spikes to this crosspiece. After a victim was tied and nailed to this portion, it was lifted and placed onto the top of the upright section, whereupon it would slide down and slam into place. This is often when dislocations would occur in the crucified person, as the crosspiece slammed down. And indeed we know this occurred in Christ; it was prophesied of Him in Psalm 22:14. The sliding down of this crosspiece is why the spikes were placed at the bottom of the hands where they joined the wrist; this would sustain more weight. It’s also why the victim was tied to the crossbeam. If they were not secured in this way, they would often be torn loose. Yeshua hung on the Cross for six hours in this emaciated state. While there, He spoke seven times. Time does not permit me to comment on each of them, but they are all significant. Halfway through the ordeal, at noon, the sun disappeared and the sky grew dark (Luke 23:44-45). This was a fulfillment of Amos 8: 9-10: “‘It will come about in that day,’ declares the Lord God, ‘That I will make the sun go down at noon and make the earth dark in broad daylight. Then I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins, And baldness on every head. And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day.’” Surely this is a prophetic picture of the Light of the World being snuffed out for us. It is also a picture of what He is entering into - the darkness of sin and death, when our sins were placed upon Him. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). After three more hours of suffering, it was enough. Christ made His final two statements. The first, “It is finished,” I have written of before in the GH15 posts. This was not a statement referencing His death. It was a loud declaration by Christ at the end of this ordeal, quoting from Psalm 22:31. It was one word in Greek and also in Hebrew, and was a declaration that He had paid the debt in full and was bringing forth the new creation! Yeshua then released His spirit to the Father. Death did not take Him, He yielded up His spirit (Luke 23:46). It was 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The priests in the Temple were beginning their customary duties when, at the very moment Jesus made this last statement, the veil in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). The purpose of this veil was to separate everyone from the Holy of Holies, the dwelling place of God on earth. With this symbolic act, God was showing us that the separation of sin was gone, and we could now enter His presence once again! Why don’t you enter in and spend some time with Him today? He would like that. Pray with me: Thank You, Father, for the Cross. Thank You for sending Christ. Thank You for placing our sins upon Him in order to bring us back into Your family. Thank You for the stripes, the wounds, the crown of thorns, and the bearing of our shame. And thank You, Jesus, for Your heart of humility and love. You are Son of Man, Son of God. And through our identification with You, You have made us sons and daughters of the Most High, also. We thank You for this. Now, by faith, we appropriate all of the cleansing power of Your shed blood, and the healing virtue that flows from every wound You suffered. By Your stripes we are healed! And as we prayed yesterday, we do again today. For the glory of Your name and the pleasure of Your heart, send revival to the earth. Save a billion or more people in this great revival. Your Father promised You the nations of the earth as Your inheritance - reap them now. Our decree: We decree that the Lamb who was slain has overcome and will forever reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. 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I think it is appropriate to pray a prayer of agreement regarding the 40-day prayer strategy Holy Spirit gave Jane Hamon before I actually read today’s post on Christ’s Passion Week. Father, we agree in prayer with many people around our nation, asking for the hearts of any deceived leaders in our government to turn, just as Jonah’s heart turned. Save them, deliver them from deception and all demonic influence. And we pray for America, that a spirit of repentance would indeed invade our land, turning the hearts of millions back to You. If this could happen in Nineveh, it can happen in America. They were spared great judgment, and received great revival. We pray that for this nation, in Christ’s name. Passion Week: The Agony of Gethsemane “Leaving there, He went, as He so often did, to Mount Olives. The disciples followed Him. When they arrived at the place, He said, ‘Pray that you don’t give in to temptation.’” (Luke 22:39; MSG) “The Place” spoken of by Luke was Gethsemane. It had become Christ’s favorite place of prayer. This is how Judas, who had left the last supper early, knew where to take the soldiers to find Him. Christ would spend three hours there that night agonizing over the ordeal He was facing. During this time He would wrestle with His human desire for this cup of suffering to pass from Him: “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” (Luke 22:42) The agony of these three hours was horrible beyond description. Combining the accounts of the gospels, we know that Christ started this prayer time on His knees (Luke). But Matthew tells us that He eventually fell on His face as He agonized. Mark added that He fell repeatedly. Christ would kneel, fall on His face, get up, and repeat the process. At one point, the agony of what He was experiencing, as well as what He knew was coming soon, was so great that the capillaries in His face burst and blood mixed with sweat oozed through the pores of His skin (Luke 22:44). This is a medical condition known as hematidrosis. I believe our redemption was actually beginning here when the first drop of Christ’s blood was shed, not when He finally made it to the Cross. Again, through a harmony of the Gospel accounts, and by more in-depth definitions of the words chosen by Holy Spirit, we can get a much more complete look at what Jesus truly experienced in the garden. When Christ “withdrew” from the disciples to pray by Himself (Luke 22:41), Luke uses a stronger word than the other Gospel writers (apospao). It means “to tear away.” Wuest translates it accordingly, “He tore himself away from them.” Probably more than any time in His life, Christ wanted the comfort of being with friends, yet He knew He would have to face this ordeal alone. We are told that Yeshua became “sore amazed, exceedingly sorrowful and very heavy” in His emotions (Matthew 26.37-38; Mark 14:33-34). More literal definitions of the words used by Holy Spirit give us powerful descriptions of what He was feeling: Ademonein: “to be troubled and in anguish, to be in a state of great anxiety; used of one who is rendered helpless, disoriented, agitated, and anguished by the threat of an approaching event.” Perilupus: “to be very sad, environed or surrounded with deep grief.” Ekthambeisthai: “to be exceedingly astonished, either with wonder or fear; to be in the grip of a shuddering horror.” Wuest says Christ was “thoroughly alarmed.” The intensity of what was happening was even greater than what He had expected. It was alarming to Him! Matthew 26:38 says He was agonizing “to the point of death.” The word used demands that this is taken literally. Though death could NOT take Christ before it was time for Him to yield up His spirit, humanly speaking, He was close to death in the garden. Again, I believe our redemption - specifically, the taking of our emotional wounds, rejections, and sorrows upon Himself - began in the garden of Gethsemane. Isaiah prophesied of Christ: “He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging, we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:3-5; NASB) Don’t waste a moment of Christ’s suffering for you. Everything He did was redemptive. Every second of suffering and abuse was for you and me, taking our place. Let it bring healing to every part of your soul that may be hurting. Jesus can heal every form of abuse, rejection, betrayal, and loss. He paid for this! Receive it now. After three hours of this agony, Christ prevailed. He broke through into peace and was now in complete control of every emotion. At this point, Judas came with soldiers and betrayed Christ with a kiss, kataphileo. This form of the word was more than just the friendly kiss on the cheek (phileo), a common greeting in many countries. This form of the word implies a stronger affection, perhaps with a hug or a lingering kiss on the cheek. That is why in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus questions Judas, “Are you betraying me with this type of affection, Judas?” (Luke 22:48) Christ then asks the soldiers, “Who are you seeking?” When they told Him they were looking for Jesus, He simply said, “I AM” (John 18:4-5). Not, “I am He,” as most translations say. But Jesus spoke His God-name from throughout eternity: “I AM.” And the power of His name, of His words, knocked the soldiers backward onto the ground. Christ is, indeed, the Almighty. At this point, Peter pulled out a sword and cut off the ear of Malchus, a servant of the High Priest. Jesus promptly touched it and healed it! (Luke 22:51) The great I AM, indeed! The Healer! The Great Physician! And in this time of His redemptive suffering, He is seen ministering even to his enemies. At this point, Jesus was led away to be tried and crucified. We will look at this tomorrow. Pray with me: Father, we can think and muse on the sufferings of Christ, but we can never fully understand what it must have felt like for God, Himself, to be placed in a human body so He could feel our pain and agonize for us. As His Father, the agony You must have felt on that day had to have been immeasurable. The temptation to answer Christ’s prayer, “Let this cup pass from Me,” must have been overwhelming. But You knew there was no other way to save us - we had to have a perfect, sinless substitute. You who spared not Your own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall You not also with Him, freely give us all things! (Romans 8:32) Thank You! And Jesus, words fail us. You, the Prince of Peace, suffered mental anguish and emotional trauma for us. You allowed Yourself to feel mental and emotional pressure until Your capillaries burst and Your skin oozed blood. Now, You truly are our unexplainable peace and unspeakable joy. You are! We worship You today. We exalt You above all others. We love You from the depths of our hearts. May our incense of worship rise before You, bringing You the pleasure You so deserve. And for the satisfaction of Your heart, not ours, send revival to the earth! Bring a billion souls into the family in this coming revival. Satisfy Your love-filled heart with a billion more family members. You love them all. In Christ’s name we pray, amen. 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Passion Week - The Fragrance of Worship “Now Jesus was in Bethany, in the home of Simon, a man Jesus had healed of leprosy. And as He was reclining at the table, a woman came into the house, with an alabaster flask filled with the highest quality of fragrant and expensive oil. She came to Jesus, and with a gesture of extreme devotion, she broke the flask and poured out the precious oil over His head. But some were highly indignant when they saw this, and they complained to one another, saying, ‘What a total waste! It could have been sold for a great sum, and the money could have benefited the poor.’ So they scolded her harshly. Jesus said to them, ‘Leave her alone! Why are you so critical of this woman? She has honored me with this beautiful act of kindness. You will always have the poor, whom you can help whenever you want, but you will not always have Me. When she poured the fragrant oil over Me, she was preparing My body in advance of My burial. She has done all that she could to honor Me. I promise you that as this wonderful gospel spreads all over the world, the story of her lavish devotion to Me will be mentioned in memory of her.’” (‭‭Mark‬ ‭14:3-9‬ ‭TPT‬‬) We are looking at events in the life of Christ during His final week on earth, often referred to as the Passion Week. In the above verses, Mark 14:3-9, we are told the story of a woman anointing Christ’s head and feet with perfume. It was very expensive, worth a year’s wages based on the average income of the day. What is your annual income? That’s the equivalent for you of this extravagant gift. We know from John’s account (John 12:1-8) that this was done by the same Mary who sat at Christ’s feet, mesmerized by His words, in Luke 10:38-42. She was the sister of Martha and Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead. The timing of Mary’s offering was just days before His death, and Jesus said she was anointing Him for His burial. Whether Mary had grasped the reality of His words about His imminent death and resurrection, or whether Jesus was simply accepting the offering in that light is unclear. Two things we do know: It was a very costly offering from Mary, and it was precious to the Lord. “Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done shall be spoken of in memory of her,” He stated (Matthew 26:13). Some speculate that the scent of this powerful perfume would have lingered in Christ’s hair for several days. Did the fragrance help sustain Him as He agonized in Gethsemane? Perhaps the sweet aroma comforted Him through the tortuous six hours on the Cross. Never underestimate the fragrance of worship. Others in the room thought Mary’s offering was a waste. Some actually scolded her (Mark 14:5). I know the feeling. When I canceled all other activities for three months in our church in Colorado Springs, lavishing ninety days of 24/7 worship on the Lord, I, too, was criticized. One well-known Christian leader severely scolded and rebuked me, calling the ninety days of worship “a complete waste of time.” It’s fascinating how much perspectives can differ. For me, those three months remain the best three months of my life. They were my alabaster box of costly perfume, the greatest offering I’ve had the pleasure of giving Christ. For the man who rebuked me, it was a complete waste of time. But never let the lack of revelation in others cheapen your offering. Don’t water down your perfume, either, just to save a little money, or substitute your best “myrrh” with some cheap off-brand. Like Mary, give Christ your best. Others may mock your sacrifice of time, but go ahead and “waste” it on Him. Some will scold you, calling your passionate praise too radical, but pour out your offering in spite of their ridicule. Still others will label your extravagant worship as excessive, religious zeal. Don’t let their misguided criticism deter you - pour out your costly perfume! The list of Christ’s followers in the room that day as Mary anointed Jesus is mind-boggling. The twelve disciples were there. You’d think they would have understood that He was more than worth this offering, but they were too practical: “It should have been given to the poor,” was their protest. Christ’s thoughts? “Go ahead and anoint Me; there will be ample time to care for the poor after I’m gone.” Simon the leper (or should we say, “former leper”?) was present. They were actually in his home. You might think his new skin, replaced appendages, and restored life would merit the “wasting” of some costly perfume on Jesus. Evidently not - he didn’t come to Mary’s defense. And then there was Lazarus, Mary’s brother, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Surely he would see the validity of his sister’s sacrifice. But no, he didn’t come to her defense, either. Could it be that the others’ familiarity with Christ had lessened their wonder of Him, their awe? We don’t know. They certainly didn’t come to Mary’s defense. And we know that only one worshiper that day had the fullness of revelation necessary to anoint the Savior. How sadly typical. So many miss opportunities to do so. It is not uncommon for me to see worshipers waste opportunities to break their alabaster box of love and pour it onto the Master. They’ve been around Him so much, sang so many songs, and prayed so many prayers that the experience isn’t worth quite what it used to be. So they give Him token praise and watered-down worship. Cheap perfume. I doubt if the fragrance makes it past Sunday lunch. But while the others that day wasted an opportunity to comfort God, Mary poured out her perfume. Its fragrance sustained Him through the beatings, mocking, spittle, spikes, and thorns. Don’t allow another day to go by without becoming one of the “fragrance creators.” Let nothing deter you. Your alabaster box is your heart; your love and worship are the perfume. Break it open and pour it out. At the scent of your offering, He’ll meet with you. And He’ll cherish your worship, just as He did Mary’s. The Last Supper We cannot cover every teaching and event of Christ’s last week, but this is a fitting place to mention The Last Supper. It was during this meal that Christ washed the disciples’ feet and initiated the common practice of Communion, the partaking of the symbolic bread and wine. At the portion of the Passover meal during which the head of the house would ceremonially wash everyone’s hands, Jesus parted from tradition and washed their feet (John 13: 3-11). The word describing the “towel” Christ used while doing this denotes the towel used by slaves during the washing of people’s feet. He had come to earth to serve, and even at the end, Yeshua demonstrated His serving heart. In that day, people traveled by foot, wearing only sandals, on dusty roads and paths. Their feet became sweaty and caked with dirt. It was the task of the lowest servant to wash the feet of arriving guests. But on this night, the unthinkable occurred. Jesus took this servant’s towel, and angels probably gasped as they watched the Creator wash the sweat, dirt, and stench from His disciples’ feet. It boggles the mind! Truly, there is no one like Him!!! Just before relating this, the passage begins by saying, “…having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” Most people interpret the phrase “to the end,” as meaning “until His death.” However, this is not the case. The word in Greek means “the fulfillment or completion of anything, not its cessation.” It denotes, not the ending of the old, but the arrival of that which is complete or perfect. The verse is telling us Christ loved them fully, completely, to the uttermost or the highest possible degree. What a fitting statement as Christ prepares to visit Gethsemane, which we will discuss tomorrow. Pray with me: Father, thank You for including Mary‘s story in Your Holy Book. We are impressed and motivated by her example, yes. But just as importantly, we are awed by Christ’s moving acceptance and appreciation of it. May we today always give Him our best. May the fragrance of worship ascend to Him daily from our hearts and lives. And may You, Abba, always find a sweet fragrance of worship ascending before Your throne. We love You very much. Jesus, thank You for Your amazing, unfathomable humility. We will never know just how much You humbled Yourself to serve us as You did. You became human, touchable, breakable. Your love is unmatched. We worship You today with our hearts and our words. And we gratefully partake of Your life, righteousness, strength, healing, and wholeness. And honoring the 40-day call to prayer we spoke of yesterday, we partner with You in the ministry of intercession as we pray for the turning of our nation and for our government to be transformed. Change those who can be changed, replace the others. We ask for a turning of our nation, just as Nineveh turned, and an awakening unlike any seen before. You are the God of salvation, bring it to this land. And we wholeheartedly include other nations in this prayer - send revival throughout the earth. We pray all of this in Jesus’ name. Amen. Our decree: We declare that we are passionate worshipers of our great God, and will follow His example of serving our fellow humans. Click on the link below to watch the full video.

Passion Week - The Entrance (Before we get to the Passion Week, I have one other thing to mention.) I have often described prayer as a siege. In other words, it isn’t one prayer or one prayer strategy that will turn the tide, but many. This is especially true for America. Sustained prayer, with many people and groups involved, has been necessary; and more will be needed. With this in mind, I want to share with you a word and strategy recently given to our friends, Tom and Jane Jamon. We are actually jumping in a few days late, but can still participate with much of it. Here is their word and plan, then I will continue to share regarding the Passion Week of Christ. Jane says: “On March 30th, 2022, Tom and I flew into Reagan National Airport in the Washington, DC area. As we stepped off the plane, I heard the Lord say, ‘You have entered the “Belly of the Beast.”’ I could feel the darkness that sits over the city. However, I recognized God didn’t speak this to highlight the darkness, but rather to bring a strategy of hope for America. We Need Righteous Messengers “I knew that ‘Belly of the Beast’ was a reference to Jonah being in the belly of the whale (or great fish) when he ran from his prophetic assignment to decree judgment over Nineveh. However, when Jonah was in the belly of the fish, it became a point of turning for him. Those 3 days in the belly caused Jonah’s heart to be turned back to God and realigned with his divine purpose and assignment. Washington DC, in its earliest days of governance, was a place the message of the First Great Awakening was preached and received. But the city, and many of those governing from it, are operating as Jonahs - rebellious, misaligned, and not accomplishing their divine purpose or assignment. DC, is a dark place in a dark time, just as it was in the belly of the fish. In the midst of darkness, however, God visited the wayward Jonah, turned him back to his purpose, and renewed the assignment to preach righteousness to a land. Can He do this again? I believe He can! God Desires to Turn the Entire Nation “I Googled the phrase and it came up as a descriptor of ‘being in the heart of hell or the middle of trouble.’ It is also used as an analogy of ‘being in the central command of an enemy’s headquarters.’ I believe these are apt descriptors for Washington, DC these days. “Jonah was then spat out on dry land and went to deliver the message of God’s impending judgment on the city of Nineveh. He declared the word of the Lord - that God would destroy the city in 40 days. But God takes no pleasure in judging the wicked; He always prefers mercy. And when the people of the city cried out to God and repented, turning their hearts toward righteousness, He relented of His decreed judgment. Instead, the wicked city of Nineveh became the first city in history to experience an awakening! If God could do it for Nineveh, He can move on the heart of our nation to cry out for forty days to see judgment turned to awakening. “In Washington DC, and later in Springfield that weekend, we were led to declare April 1 to May 10 (2022) as 40 days to cry out for America’s leaders and to experience an awakening. Let’s pray for our capital to see wickedness and iniquity broken, corruption exposed, and Jezebel defeated; and let’s pray for awakening to come to America. Just as Nineveh was saved, so ‘America Shall Be Saved!’” The Passion Week Yesterday I wrote on the emotional turmoil that began in Christ weeks before what we call the Passion Week. It actually began when He started His journey toward Jerusalem. Then, the passion week itself began with Christ’s entry into Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday (this past weekend). On that day, tens of thousands of Israelites - some estimates say 150,000 to 180,000 people - were also making their way to Jerusalem for the observance of Passover week. It was a very festive time as the Jews celebrated their deliverance from Egypt. Also, Messianic expectations were high, as many Jews believed the Messiah would reveal Himself at Passover. Thousands of them, having heard of the numerous miracles Christ had performed and the recent raising of Lazarus from the dead, believed that Jesus might indeed be the Messiah. This raised the celebratory mood and expectations even higher. Each year, thousands of people lined the road into Jerusalem welcoming the travelers, and this year many more went forth in order to meet Christ as He made His way into the city. As people entered Jerusalem, they and those welcoming them chanted from Psalm 118. The familiar word they shouted to Jesus, “Hosanna,” meaning “save us now,” comes from this Psalm. They, of course, were thinking of a savior along the lines of Moses, who delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage, a Messiah who would overthrow the Roman yoke and set up His earthly kingdom. That is what they meant when they chanted “Save us now” (Hosanna). Other portions of the Psalm are also messianic. It speaks of the gates of righteousness being opened once again (verses 19-21), binding the festival sacrifice to the altar (which to them referenced the Passover lamb they sacrificed each year) (verse 27), and the stone which the builders rejected (verses 22-23). The multitude had no idea what they were actually chanting about, that Messiah would be bound to the altar (the Cross), and become the rejected cornerstone. While they were celebrating the possibility of an earthly deliverance, Jesus, the actual Lamb, was thinking of the Cross which would produce our spiritual deliverance. As Messiah climbed the hill to Jerusalem, He, no doubt, remembered Abraham and Isaac climbing the same hill to picture His sacrifice (Genesis 22:13-14). Isaac was spared, Christ would not be. He may have thought back to John’s announcement 3 years earlier when he saw Jesus approaching and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,” (John 1:29). This was the 10th day of the month, the day the Passover lamb was brought into the city and set apart for inspection until the 14th. Everything Jesus did this week would correspond to God’s calendar and the events which had been repeated for centuries to picture Him. As the Passover lamb - the animal - was being inspected for those 4 days, THE Passover Lamb was, as well. He was questioned, examined, and cross-examined by the religious leaders who were trying to find a flaw in Him. But they could find no blemish - He was the Spotless Lamb. At the end of the day on which He entered the city, Jesus again spoke of His impending death and the emotional strain it was causing Him (John 12:20-36). “Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour?’ But for this purpose I came to this hour,” (Verse 27). “Troubled” is the Greek word tarasso, which also means “agitated, stirred up.” This strong word was used to describe roiling water, internal commotion, becoming anxious or distressed, and being struck with fear or dread. Jesus knew He was approaching the time. The Cross and all of its violence were near. He was able to press through the anxiety, but not without feeling its hideous effects. But He, the Father, and Holy Spirit had waited 4000 years for this, and nothing would deter Him from accomplishing our redemption. Think about these things today…and give Him some praise. Pray with me: Father, we thank You for the Passover lamb, Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Thank You for sending Him to take away the sin of the world. We know the anguish it caused You and Your Son. We are so grateful. We receive all that it purchased for us. We accept being made righteous, given health, and being welcomed back into Your family. And based on the fruit of this, we ask You to send revival to America and the nations of the earth. We ask You to turn hearts in DC, just as You did Jonah’s heart. We ask that this nation be turned back to You, just as Nineveh did. Deliver us from our evil ways. Shake everything that must be shaken, and send the greatest revival to our land we have ever experienced. May it go from these shores to Asia, Europe, Africa, Central & South America, Australia, North America, and all the islands of the sea. Send the fire of revival! In Christ’s name alone we pray these things. Amen. Our decree: We decree that the Lamb has come, we have received His sacrificial work, and will preach this message to the ends of the earth. 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