2012 Blue Moon

Posted: August 4, 2012 in Signs In The Heavens
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The next Blue Moon is scheduled for August 31, 2012.

The last was December 31, 2009. I wrote a blog on that year June 1, 2011 and called it 2009- When the Heavenly Birth Pains Began. https://mbostrom2.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/2009-when-the-heavenly-birth-pains-began/

What is a Blue Moon? It is the 2nd full moon in one (solar) month.  That year would have 13 full moons instead of the usual 12. The first moon this month was August 1st so 2012 will have 13 full moons. Below is a really cool photo of an airliner leaving Orlando during the first full moon this month.

When someone says “Once in a blue moon” they are saying it is absurd,  may not  or rarely happens.

The color will not actually be blue unless there has been a volcanic eruption, fires or other gases in the atmosphere. The color would only change during unusual sky conditions. The Associated Press reports this week that 220 counties in the United States are in severe drought conditions and many are experiencing out of control fires. For these areas, the moon may actually look blue August 31st.

Click this link for stories of people who have experienced sighting an actual full moon in a blue color: http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/bluemoonstories.html

The next Blue moon is scheduled to happen July 31, 2015. This is significant to me because 2014 and 2015 will have back-to-back blood red moons on Passover and Tabernacles both years. This is called a Tetrad. In history, there have only been 3 times this has happened on these lunar mid-month Feast of the Lord days. There will not be another Tetrad on Passover and Tabernacles in this century following 2015 according to NASA’s computers.

  • 1493 and 1494- After the Jews were expelled from Spain and the Spanish Inquisition
  • 1949 and 1950- After Israel became a nation and immediately went into the War of Independence
  • 1967 and 1968- After the Six Day War when Jerusalem came back into the hands of the Jewish Nation of Israel

All 3 had to do with the Jews and followed wars. Question, will there be a war involving Israel before 2014? Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Psalm 122:6.

Tu B’Av 5772 – August 3, 2012

Posted: July 31, 2012 in Holidays- Holy Days
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The Mishnah tells us that: “No days were as festive for Israel as the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur.”  Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) symbolizes God’s forgiveness for the Golden Calf and Tu B’Av symbolizes God’s forgiveness for the unbelief of the 10 spies culminating the spread of fear and unbelief that kept the nation of Israel from entering into the Promised Land for 40 years.

The 9th of the Hebrew month of Av is the lowest point in month and the 15th of Av is the highest. Both have historical meanings that carry through to this day. This day has become known as the “Jewish Valentine’s Day“, when unmarried women would become betrothed.

There are multiple negative historical events that have followed the cycle on Tisha B’ Av (9th of Av) which began with the nation of Israel choosing to follow the negative report of 10 of the 12 spies coming out of the Promised Land. There are five major historical events associated with Tu B’ Av (15th of Av).

  1. End of the Wilderness deaths- 40 years following God’s decree that those who were 20 years of age and above ended. History teaches that each year on the 9th of Av all those who had been 20 or above would dig graves and lay in those graves on that day. The next morning those who were still alive would get out of the grave and know they had at least another year of life in the Wilderness. On the 40th year no one died. They thought they had the date wrong so they kept changing the date and by Tu B’Av they realized all was forgiven and they could not enter the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.
  2. This was first precedent of equal rights for women in the Bible. The daughters of  Manesseh’s lineage dared to believe God for a new thing, land given to women. (Numbers 27:1-11 & Numbers 36) Their father Zelophehad died in the wilderness, but not because of his sins- his daughters made sure it was on the record that he did not side with Korah. These women were pushers, not quitters, “Lord I want the blessing! I want it in my body, I want it in my spirit, I want it financially, I want to be blessed in my ministry, I want it for my family, I want my blessing!”  All 5 daughters manifest a balance between the spirit of confrontation and a spirit of cooperation.
  3. Benjamin’s Tribe allowed to continue– Following the consequences of the sins of the perverted men from Tribe of Benjamin as recorded in Judges 19-21, only 600 males from the Tribe of Benjamin remained. The other 11 Tribes had taken an oath not to allow marriage from their tribe and now there was great mourning realizing Benjamin’s tribe would cease. On the 9th of Av they allowed the 600 males who were left were allowed to snatch virgins during an annual dance, so that the vow would not be violated and the tribe of Benjamin would continue.
  4. Wood for the 2nd Temple – Following the restoration of the Second Temple, wood was needed for the Temple altar and none was available near Jerusalem. Brave men were sent out to bring satisfactory wood before winter set in and the dead line to have the wood in the Temple was Tu B’ Av.
  5. Burials allowed during Bar Kochba Revolt, 132 AD– The Hebrew custom for burial was to bury the same day as the death so the bodies could not begin to decompose.   In 135 AD, the army besieged Bethar and on  the 9th of Av, the Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the first  and second Holy Temples, the walls of Bethar fell. After a fierce battle,  every Jew in Bethar was killed. Six days passed before the Romans allowed the  Jews to bury their dead.  This was a double miracle, in that, first, the Romans finally gave permission for the burial, and, second, in spite of the long period of time that had elapsed, the bodies had not decomposed. The permission was granted on Tu B’Av.

Thursday, August 2nd will be a full moon since it is Av 14, middle of the Hebrew lunar month. Tu B’Av always begins at sundown and a full moon. Let your light shine with beauty and the joy of our Lord!

Let the Bride dance before her King!

Av 5772 Begins July 19, 2012 at Sundown

Posted: July 19, 2012 in Hebrew Months
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The Hebrew month of Av (Ab) begins tonight at sundown. Ramadan also begins with this new moon.
  • Av is the most dreaded month on the Hebrew calendar with history repeatedly showing that if anything tragic is going to happen to Israel it will happen in the month of Av.
  • Tisha B’ Av (9th day of the month of Av) is the most dreaded day in the Hebrew calendar. This year this day is the same as the opening ceremony of the London Summer Olympics. Please check out my blog for that article.
  • Ramadan is the most religious observances of the Islamic year, a month long fast during the daylight hours.
Every Hebrew month has a Tribe, Constellation and Hebrew letter associated with it. These hold keys to our promises for that month and help us to pray in line with God’s timing and to get our lives into time with His specific appointed times.

The three months of Tammuz, Av & Elul are the most challenging months for Israel. History repeatedly has shown that if anything tragic is going to happen to Israel it will happen in the months of Tammuz & Av. These three summer months heat up both naturally and spiritually. The kingdom of this world is fighting against God’s plans and promises for Israel. The beginning 9 days will continue prayerful struggle through Dire Straits, ending with the fast of Tisha B’Av, leading to the Love Dance of Tu B’Av on the 15th.

Av (Ab) is known as the ‘fifth month’ in the Bible according to the Biblical Calendar and is the Eleventh month on the civil calendar. According to E.W. Bullinger’s book on Numbers in Scripture,  5 carries the meaning of Grace & 11 signifies disorder, disorganization, imperfection and disintegration.  Together 5 & 11 perfectly fit this month, with Av 9 being the lowest day on the Jewish calendar and Av 15 being the highest, a month for mountains and valleys in our life and world.

Av means father, and is used for the first 9 days of the month, then the name “Menachem Av” is used, meaning “The One Who comforts, the Av“, speaking of Father God who brings comfort to His people. Av is actually Ab from the first letters of the Aleph Bet.

Av is the month that the 12 spies returned from the Promised Land, 10 with an evil report and Joshua and Caleb believing God was bigger than the giants of the land. This is a month to hear, believe and proclaim the greatness of our God. Everyday the news will be speaking fear, but it is the time for the Church to speak faith and overcome all fear. It is high time to believe the report of the Lord!

Here are some historical events connected with this month (specifically watch the 9th day of Av)

  • Av 1, 1272 BC; Aaron’s death on Mount Hor, Numbers 20:22-29
  • Av 2, 1942; first trainload of Jews from Holland sent to concentration camps
  • Av 3, 1881 AD; first shipload of Russian Jews reached New York City beginning European immigration of Jews to America
  • Av 4, 333 BC; Nehemiah began to repair the walls of Jerusalem
  • Av 9, 1312 BC; 10 of the 12 spies brought back an evil report and Joshua and Caleb brought back a good report. Because the nation of Israel chose to believe the evil report they were not allowed into the Promised land for 40 years. (Nu 13)
  • Av 9, 586 BC; Solomon’s Temple was destroyed (Jer 39)
  • Av 9, 70 AD;  Herod’s Temple was destroyed
  • Av 9, 132 AD; Bar Kochba revolt crushed. Betar destroyed over 100,000 Jews (3rd Jewish-Roman War)
  • Av 9, 133 AD; Turnus Rufus ploughs site of Temple. Romand build pagan city of Aelia Capitolina on site of Jerusalem
  • Av 9, 1095 AD; First Crusade against the Jews declared by Pope Urban II. 10,000 Jews killed in the first month of the crusade
  • Av 9, 1290 AD; Expulsion of Jews from England, accompanied by pogroms and confiscation of books and property
  • Av 9, 1492 AD; King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled all Jews from Spain and Portugal. The last boat of Jews was beside Columbus’s ship waiting for the tide to set sail. I believe at this time the mandate to bring the gospel to the world changed hands from Sapin to the new America.
  • Av 9, 1914; First World War begins- Britain and Russia declare war on Germany.
  • Av 9, 1942; Deportation from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka Concentration camp and killings begin
  • Av 9, 1989; Iraq walks out of talks with Kuwait setting stage for the Gulf Wars
  • Av 9, 1994; The deadly bombing of  the building of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina killed  86 people and wounded some 300 others
  • Av 9, 1994– Shoemaker Levi Comet broke into 21 pieces and began to bombard the planet Jupiter, which represents King David and Israel
  • Av 9, 1994- Metting were taking place in Oslo, Norway regarding ‘land for peace’, Oslo Accords
  • Av 10, 2005; Jews pulled out of Gaza Strip by Jewish military, evicting 9,000 from their homes and opening the door for Gaza to be a terrorist headquarters.
  • Av 11, 1990; Persian Gulf War begins
  • Av 15: On this date, four historical events occurred: (1) the Jews of the Exodus generation stopped dying in the desert, (2) intertribal marriage was permitted to post-Exodus generations, (3) the tribe of Benjamin was saved from extinction, (4) the Romans permitted the burial of Jews killed in the Beitar revolt (138 CE)
  • Av 15- Tu B’Av- the Jewish Valentines Day
  • Av 16, 1946; In 1946, the British government ordered all illegal immigrants bound for Palestine to be deported to camps on the island of Cyprus
  • Av 18, 1928; Arab mobs attacked Jewish throughout Israel after sermons filled with false accusations about the Jews were preached in the mosques
  • Av 22, 2003; An Arab terrorist blew himself up on a Jerusalem bus killing 23 and wounding 136
  • Av 24, 1938; Jews were forbidden to teach in public schools in Italy.
  • Av 27, 1868, the Klu Klux Klan lynched a Jew in Franklin, TN. Most people do not realize the KKK was against the black colored people and also the Jews.
  • Av 30, 1903; The 6th Zionist Congress met in Basle, Switzerland. Herzl presented a British proposal for a temporary Jewish homeland in Uganda, as a refuge for Russian Jews in immediate danger. The Uganda Program was rejected two years later. One project that gained traction was the Galveston plan which sent 9,300 Jews to Texas. In the end, it was understood that only the Land of Israel, with its deep historical and spiritual connections, would succeed as the Jewish homeland.

The 3 week period between Tammuz 17 and Av 9 (Tisha B’Av) are called ‘bein haMetzarim’, aka Between the Straits, Dire Straits. Lamentations 1:3, “Judah has gone into captivity, under affliction and hard servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.” Fear is strong during these 21 days because of the historical events connected with these two dates. Av 9 this year will be at sundown July 27.

 Av 9 is a fasting day listed in Zechariah 8:19. “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the   truth and peace.” Feast Days were appointed by God, but these Fast Days are appointed by man. These fasts centered on themselves, not sorrow for sin, but sorrow for thier loss. God is promising them that these days of fasting in fear and mourning will become days of gladness and joy.

TRIBE- Simeon, (Shimon) Simeon’s name is the same root word as the word ‘hearing’, but means to ‘hear and obey’.  His symbol is a pitcher with sword through it. His weaknesses were he was cruel and a fighter. His redeeming strengths were when he was teamed with Judah (praise)  he was able to hear and receive spiritually revelation knowledge.

Historically 10 of the 12 spies came out of the Promised Land on Av 9 with an evil report and the nation of Israel heard and believed the evil report. Av is the month to correct mistakes in regard to hearing– listening to gossip, slander and lies. Remember, Simeon means ‘to hear & to obey’.

Simeon is the 2nd son of Jacob and Leah. Jacob’s parting word to Simeon are found in Genesis 49:5, “Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; instruments of cruelty [are in] their dwelling place. (6) Let not my soul enter their council; let not my honor be united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox. (7) Cursed [be] their anger, for [it is] fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.”

Dividing Simeon and Levi was action a redemptive gifting. Together they were cruel and got the Israelites into trouble, as recorded in Genesis 34 when these two brothers sought revenge for Diana’s being violated and disgraced by Shechem. Together the devised a plan that resulted in the killing of all the males in the city.

Simeon and Levi were divided by Simeon’s land being in the midst of Judah’s land and Levi not owning land, but being divided into all the territory of the Promised Land. Simeon became mighty in the army of God by being in the midst of praise, Judah. Left to himself he was a fighter, cruel, self willed, cursed with a demonic anger. But when he was teamed with Judah, he was strong in revelation, hearing and discernment.

CONSTELLATION/MAZAL- LEO “The Lion”- The lion symbolizes our encounter with raw force. The Lion is the king of the jungle and demands to rule alone. He represents pride– the collective noun for  a group of lions is a ‘pride’ of lions.

As the lion roars- this is the month for God’s people to roar! When God’s people roar it creates a protective covering and unlocks what is above you. The roar brings a vibration that brings a change into the atmosphere. My prayer, “May God give PM Benjamin Netanyahu the courage and strength of a lion as he takes Israel through to God’s perfect will, peace for the city of Jerusalem.” (photo by Natalia Rubin, used by permission)

The contellation of Leo is made up of Leo (the lion), Hydra (the serpent that takes up 1/3 of the ecliptic circle), Crater (the cup) and Corvus (the crow or ravin). Altogether they tell the last of the story of the heavens that began with Virgo (the virgin) and the birth of our Redeemer.  In Leo we see the Lion of the Tribe of Judah aroused for the rending of prey. Leo’s paws are over Hydra’s head as Crater pours out the cup of God’s wrath upon the serpent and Corvus is the bird of prey to devour the serpent. The brightest star in Leo is Regulus, ‘the king star’ which mean ‘treading underfoot’. 

LETTER- TET– (ryhymes with ‘mate’) is the 9th letter in the Hebrew with the value of 9. It means ‘to surround or to twist’. The ancient meaning is of a snake and the pictograph of Tet is a snake coiled inside a basket. The classical Hebrew script below resembles a snake.

 

The letter Tet also resembles a womb, which represents 9 months of pregnancy and the Hebrew word womb or belly is be-ten (Bet- house, inside & Tet- surround), meaning ‘a house that surrounds life’. 

The Hebrew word for adversary or satan is sa-tan (Sheen- teeth, devour & Tet- snake), and tells us that an adversary is like Satan and is like the snake that devours life.

Tet is the least used letter of the scriptures. The first time it is used is in Genesis 1:4, “And God saw the light, that [it was] good (tov): and God divided the light from the darkness.” To me this reminds me that we are to take what the devil means for bad, and turn it around for the good by speaking, roaring and decreeing the Truth and the will of God.

Tammuz 17 and the Season of the Basilisk

Posted: July 3, 2012 in Hebrew Months
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It has been said, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Please learn from the history of this Hebrew month and pray. This is going to be a very challenging month world-wide.  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Israel’s enemies acknowledge historical dates and plan attacks on those dates.

Zechariah 8:17,  “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘The fast of the fourth [month], The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.’

Bob Jones and Paul Keith Davis wrote a great article in the Elijah List June 21, 2007 called The Season of the Basilisk. www.elijahlist.com  This season for 2012 will be July 6 through July 28. The teaching is lengthly but worth reading. Bob Jones had visions of Basilisk in 1996 and 1997, each year it was larger.

We must not forget that prayer changes things, that our God will give us song of deliverance. We must never forget that if God be for us who can be against us. We must never forget that the Covenant making and Covenant keeping God never slumbers or sleeps, He preserves and protects His chosen people and His Promised Land.

BUT HE NEEDS TO HEAR OUR PRAYERS!! Isaiah 62:6, “I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent. (7) And give Him no rest til He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”

Here are some historical events connected with this the 17th of Tammuz

  • 1312 BC, Moses descended from Mount Sinai and found the people worshiping the Golden Calf, breaking the 2 tablets containing the Ten Commandments- 3,000 Israelites were killed by Levites that day
  • 2 Kings 21:7, evil King Manasseh of Judah set up an idol in the Holy Sanctuary of the Temple
  • 586 BC, Jerusalem were breached after many months of seige by Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian forces (First Temple was destroyed 3 weeks later on Av 9)
  • 70 AD, Titus & Rome breached the walls of Jerusalem. Beginning of the end of the Second Temple, which was destroyed three weeks later on Av 9)
  •  135 AD, Second Jewish-Roman War. Roman military leader Apostomus burned a Torah scroll prior to Bar Kokba’s revolt
  • 1239, Pope Gregory IX ordered the confiscation of all manuscripts of the Talmud
  • 1391, More than 4,000 Spanish Jews were killed in Toledo and Jaen, Spain
  •  1559, The Jewish Quarter of Prague was burned and looted
  • 1944, The entire population of Kovno ghetto was sent to the death camps
  • 1970, Libya ordered the confiscation of all Jewish property
  • 1981, Israel attacked the Tammuz-1 nuclear reactor at Osiraq in an attempt to scuttle Iraq’s nuclear program
  • 1994, Shoemaker Levi Comet began to break up, ending with bombarding Jupiter with 16 fragments on Av 9, each with an impact of a nuclear bomb
  •  Tammuz 24, 2002, one week following the 17th of Tammuz fast, water started to come out of the Western Wall. One of the stones, 15 meters up the wall, has suddenly become dripping wet with no earthly explanation
  • 2006, Lebanon and Israel went to war after Hezbollah kidnaped 2 Israeli soldiers. (Chuck Pierce prophesied January 29, 2006, “watch Lebanon. I will bring conflict into Lebanon, because it is the boundary that I will deal with this year concerning My promised land of Israel. The warlike tribes of Lebanon will once again arise. But in the end, I will win this war, and the riches that have been withheld from My Kingdom plan will be released.”)
  • 2010,  GAZA STRIP – The U.S. has asked Hamas not to talk about contacts with Obama administration officials, a source close to Gaza-based Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh told London’s Arabic-language al-Quds al-Arabi, according to a report in YNet news. The Washington paper said the U.S. administration has decided it must work with Hamas because of its status in the Arab and Islamic world

The 3 week period between Tammuz 17 and Av 9 (Tisha B’Av) are called ‘bein haMetzarim’, aka Between the Straits, Dire Straits. Lamentations 1:3, “Judah has gone into captivity, under affliction and hard servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.” Fear is strong during these 21 days because of the historical events connected with these two dates.

Isaiah 62:1, “For Israel’s Sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not hold my peace”

 


2012 Summer Olympics and Tisha B’ Av

Posted: July 2, 2012 in Hebrew Months
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The XXX Summer Olympics will be held in London and will begin on Friday night, July 27. I saw some startling coincidences that I am using for prayer points.
  • 2012 is the 40th anniversary of the Munich Massacre. This was the XX Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany. A Palestinian group called Black September kidnapped Israeli athletes and murdered 11 of them.
  • July 27 at sundown begins Tisha B’Av, the most dreaded day on the Hebrew calendar (see timeline history below). At the same time of the opening ceremony of XXX Summer Olympics, Tisha B’Av begins as Shabbat begins over Israel
  • The Logo for the XXX Summer Olympics resembles ZION. In fact, Iran has threatened to boycot the Olympics because they say it ‘does‘ spell ZION.
  • The month of Av is the most dreaded month on the Hebrew calendar with history repeatedly showing that if anything tragic is going to happen to Israel it will happen in the month of Av. Israel is already on high alert with all the surrounding countries in turmoil. In 2005 Iranian President made a statement that Israel ‘must be moved off the page of time’, a phrase than came to mean that Israel ‘must be moved off the map’. Today’s headlines read Iran Threatens Israel as EU Sanctions Kick In (TheStar.com 7/1/12)

NOTE: Intercessors appreciate prayer points, but I am going to leave that open so they can be led by the Holy Spirit as how to pray. My intention is to inform intercessors so they can pray focused.

The 3 week period between Tammuz 17 and Av 9 (Tisha B’Av) are called ‘bein haMetzarim’, aka Between the Straits, Dire Straits. Lamentations 1:3, “Judah has gone into captivity, under affliction and hard servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.” Fear is strong during these 21 days because of the historical events connected with these two dates.

  • Tammuz 17 this year will be July 7 (7/7/12), begins at sundown July 6
  • Av 9 this year will be July 28 (7/28/12), begins at sundown July 27

The three months of Tammuz, Av & Elul are the most challenging months for Israel. History repeatedly has shown that if anything tragic is going to happen to Israel it will happen in the months of Tammuz & Av. These three summer months heat up both naturally and spiritually. The kingdom of this world is fighting against God’s plans and promises for Israel. The beginning 9 days of Av will continue prayerful struggle through Dire Straits, ending with the fast of Tisha B’Av, leading to the Love Dance of Tu B’Av on the 15th.

Av is the month that the 12 spies returned from the Promised Land, 10 with an evil report and Joshua and Caleb believing God was bigger than the giants of the land. Av is a month to hear, believe and proclaim the greatness of our God. Everyday the news will be speaking fear, but it is the time for the Church to speak faith and overcome all fear. It is high time to believe the report of the Lord!

Here are some historical events connected with the 9th day of Av

  • Av 9, 1312 BC; 10 of the 12 spies brought back an evil report and Joshua and Caleb brought back a good report. Because the nation of Israel chose to believe the evil report they were not allowed into the Promised land for 40 years. (Nu 13)
  • Av 9, 586 BC; Solomon’s Temple was destroyed (Jer 39)
  • Av 9, 70 AD;  Herod’s Temple was destroyed
  • Av 9, 132 AD; Bar Kochba revolt crushed. Betar destroyed over 100,000 Jews (3rd Jewish-Roman War)
  • Av 9, 133 AD; Turnus Rufus ploughs site of Temple. Romand build pagan city of Aelia Capitolina on site of Jerusalem
  • Av 9, 1095 AD; First Crusade against the Jews declared by Pope Urban II. 10,000 Jews killed in the first month of the crusade
  • Av 9, 1290 AD; Expulsion of Jews from England, accompanied by pogroms and confiscation of books and property
  • Av 9, 1492 AD; King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled all Jews from Spain and Portugal. The last boat of Jews was beside Columbus’s ship waiting for the tide to set sail. I believe at this time the mandate to bring the gospel to the world changed hands from Sapin to the new America.
  • Av 9, 1914; First World War begins- Britain and Russia declare war on Germany.
  • Av 9, 1942; Deportation from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka Concentration camp and killings begin
  • Av 9, 1989; Iraq walks out of talks with Kuwait setting stage for the Gulf Wars
  • Av 9, 1994; The deadly bombing of  the building of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina killed  86 people and wounded some 300 others
  • Av 9, 1994– Shoemaker Levi Comet broke into 21 pieces and began to bombard the planet Jupiter, which represents King David and Israel
  • Av 9, 1994- Metting were taking place in Oslo, Norway regarding ‘land for peace’, Oslo Accords

 Av 9 is a fasting day listed in Zechariah 8:19. “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the   truth and peace.” Feast Days were appointed by God, but these Fast Days are appointed by man. These fasts centered on themselves, not sorrow for sin, but sorrow for thier loss. God is promising them that these days of fasting in fear and mourning will become days of gladness and joy.

Each Hebrew month has a Tribe, Constellation and Hebrew letter associated with it. For intercessors I have listed Av information below.

TRIBE- Simeon, (Shimon) Simeon’s name is the same root word as the word ‘hearing’, but means to ‘hear and obey’.  His symbol is a pitcher with sword through it. His weaknesses were he was cruel and a fighter. His redeeming strengths were when he was teamed with Judah (praise)  he was able to hear and receive spiritually revelation knowledge.

Historically 10 of the 12 spies came out of the Promised Land on Av 9 with an evil report and the nation of Israel heard and believed the evil report. Av is the month to correct mistakes in regard to hearing– listening to gossip, slander and lies. Remember, Simeon means ‘to hear & to obey’.

Simeon is the 2nd son of Jacob and Leah. Jacob’s parting word to Simeon are found in Genesis 49:5, “Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; instruments of cruelty [are in] their dwelling place. (6) Let not my soul enter their council; let not my honor be united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox. (7) Cursed [be] their anger, for [it is] fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.”

Dividing Simeon and Levi was action a redemptive gifting. Together they were cruel and got the Israelites into trouble, as recorded in Genesis 34 when these two brothers sought revenge for Diana’s being violated and disgraced by Shechem. Together the devised a plan that resulted in the killing of all the males in the city.

Simeon and Levi were divided by Simeon’s land being in the midst of Judah’s land and Levi not owning land, but being divided into all the territory of the Promised Land. Simeon became mighty in the army of God by being in the midst of praise, Judah. Left to himself he was a fighter, cruel, self willed, cursed with a demonic anger. But when he was teamed with Judah, he was strong in revelation, hearing and discernment.

CONSTELLATION/MAZAL- LEO “The Lion”- The lion symbolizes our encounter with raw force. The Lion is the king of the jungle and demands to rule alone. He represents pride– the collective noun for  a group of lions is a ‘pride’ of lions.

As the lion roars- this is the month for God’s people to roar! When God’s people roar it creates a protective covering and unlocks what is above you. The roar brings a vibration that brings a change into the atmosphere. My prayer, “May God give PM Benjamin Netanyahu the courage and strength of a lion as he takes Israel through to God’s perfect will, peace for the city of Jerusalem.” (photo by Natalia Rubin, used by permission)

The Hebrew letter TET is the letter for the month of AV.

LETTER- TET– (ryhymes with ‘mate’) is the 9th letter in the Hebrew with the value of 9. It means ‘to surround or to twist’. The ancient meaning is of a snake and the pictograph of Tet is a snake coiled inside a basket. The classical Hebrew script below resembles a snake.

 

The letter Tet also resembles a womb, which represents 9 months of pregnancy and the Hebrew word womb or belly is be-ten (Bet- house, inside & Tet- surround), meaning ‘a house that surrounds life’. 

The Hebrew word for adversary or satan is sa-tan (Sheen- teeth, devour & Tet- snake), and tells us that an adversary is like Satan and is like the snake that devours life.

Tet is the least used letter of the scriptures. The first time it is used is in Genesis 1:4, “And God saw the light, that [it was] good (tov): and God divided the light from the darkness.” To me this reminds me that we are to take what the devil means for bad, and turn it around for the good by speaking, roaring and decreeing the Truth and the will of God.

Psalm 122:6, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”

Tammuz 5772 Begins June 20, 2012 at Sundown

Posted: June 14, 2012 in Hebrew Months
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Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NLT) “History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.” 

It has been said, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Please learn from the history of this Hebrew month and pray. This is going to be a very challenging month world-wide.  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Israel’s enemies acknowledge historical dates and plan attacks on those dates.

Every Hebrew month has a Tribe, Constellation and Hebrew letter associated with it. These hold keys to our promises for that month and help us to pray in line with God’s timing and to get our lives into time with His specific appointed times.

These next three months of Tammuz, Av & Elul are the most challenging months for Israel. History repeatedly has shown that if anything tragic is going to happen to Israel it will happen in the months of Tammuz & Av. These three summer months heat up both naturally and spiritually. The kingdom of this world is fighting against God’s plans and promises for Israel.

Tammuz is known as the ‘fourth month’ in the Bible according to the Biblical Calendar and is the tenth month on the civil calendar. The number 4 carries the meaning of learning, teaching, testing and trials. It also is the number of material completeness, a world number since on the 4th day material creation finished. It is the number of the great elements (earth, air, fire, water) regions of the earth (north, south, east, west) divisions of day (morning, noon, evening and midnight) seasons (summer, fall, winter, spring). The number 10 signifies the perfection of Divine order, beginning a new series of numbers. It also stands for completeness of order, marking the entire round of anything, whole cycle is complete. Putting those 2 numbers together we see that there will be a completeness of things that have been sown these past months and many people will be reaping things they do not want to reap. It is a good time to pray for a crop failure on all the negative words and deeds sown and to stand in the gap for our nation like never before.

Tammuz is the name of a Syrian god, but was also worshipped also by the Hebrews women with lamentations, in the fourth month of every year. Their idol worship was an abomination to God! It is a proper noun and means ‘sprout of life’, a Sumerian deity of food and vegetation. The only time the Bible records that name is found in Ezekiel 8:14 when God was showing Ezekiel all the abominations that were going on in the Temple, “So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.” Vs 17 tells of how they were smelling the branch. The cedar branch is used in the worship of this Syrian god and instead of the Hebrew women trusting God for life, they had turned to trusting a cedar to give them fertility and life, IN THE HOUSE OF GOD!

Here are some historical events connected with this month (specifically watch the 17th day of Tammuz- this year begins at sundown July 6)

  • Tammuz 1, historically it is the date Joseph was born and died. Rabbinical teaching says that if someone fulfills their earthly assignment well they will die on the same date of their birth. This is also said to be the day that Joseph was given the coat of many colors and created major jealousy with his brothers
  • Tammuz 17, 1312 BC, Moses descended from Mount Sinai and found the people worshiping the Golden Calf, breaking the 2 tablets containing the Ten Commandments- 3,000 Israelites were killed by Levites that day
  • Tammuz 3, 1271 BC, Joshua commanded the sun to ‘stand still at Gibeon’, Joshua 10:12.
  • Tammuz 17, 2 Kings 21:7, evil King Manasseh of Judah set up an idol in the Holy Sanctuary of the Temple
  • Tammuz 9, 587 BC, 2 Kings 25:3, I Chronicles 27:7, Jeremiah 39:2, 52:6- famine in the land of Israel which resulted in Jerusalem being destroyed a year later and the cease of the daily sacrifices in the Temple
  • Tammuz 17, 586 BC, Jerusalem were breached after many months of seige by Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian forces (First Temple was destroyed 3 weeks later on Av 9)
  • Tammuz 10, 423 BC, King Zedekiah was captured by Babylonian troops in the plains of Jericho, as recorded in Jeremiah ch. 39. The evil Nebuchadnezzar forced Zedekiah to witness the slaughter of his sons, and then Zedekiah’s eyes were gouged out.
  • Tammuz 5, Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel began to have prophetic visions of end time events
  • Tammuz 17, 70 AD, Titus & Rome breached the walls of Jerusalem. Beginning of the end of the Second Temple, which was destroyed three weeks later on Av 9)
  • Tammuz 17, 135 AD, Second Jewish-Roman War. Roman military leader Apostomus burned a Torah scroll prior to Bar Kokba’s revolt. They believed the Torah was made by man and not by God.
  • 325 AD, Constantine started Roman Christianity. The cross Constantine had was for the god of Rome called Tammuz, for which he had a dream of conquest.
  • Tammuz 23, 1099,  Crusaders captured Jerusalem to “liberate the Holy Land from the infidels.”  (En route, the Crusaders carried out a campaign of rape and pillage; an estimated 40% of European Jewry was slaughtered in the process.) The day following their conquest of Jerusalem, the Crusaders murdered all the city’s Jews, by herding them into a synagogue and setting it on fire. Jews were barred from Jerusalem for the next century.
  • Tammuz 27, 1205 AD, Pope Innocent III published official Church doctrine that saw Jews doomed to eternal damnation for the curcifixion of Jesus. This charge of deicide was the basis for much anti-Semitism. This was reversed in 1963.
  • Tammuz 17, 1239, Pope Gregory IX ordered the confiscation of all manuscripts of the Talmud
  • Tammuz 17, 1391, More than 4,000 Spanish Jews were killed in Toledo and Jaen, Spain
  • Tammuz 17, 1559, The Jewish Quarter of Prague was burned and looted
  • Tammuz 29, 1922, the League of Nations confirmed the British Mandate of Palestine, territory taken from the Ottoman Empire following World War I. The Mandate charged Britain with securing the establishment of the Jewish national home, and safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine.
  • Tammuz 2, 1927, The town of Nablus (biblical Shechem) was convulsed by an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale. Nearly 300 people were killed and 1000 injured, many of Shechem’s historical buildings were destroyed.
  • Tammuz 7, 1938, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a conference at Evian, France, where 32 world leaders discussed the problem of Jewish refugees. Unfortunately, little was accomplished, as nation after nation offered excuses for their refusal to accept Jewish refugees. Chaim Weizmann was quoted as saying: “The world seemed to be divided into two parts — those places where the Jews could not live, and those where they could not enter.” The conference failed to pass even a resolution condemning German treatment of Jews. The lack of action further emboldened Hitler, proving to him that no country had the moral fortitude to oppose the Nazi assault on European Jewry.
  • Tammuz 17, 1944, The entire population of Kovno ghetto was sent to the death camps
  • Tammuz 5, 1946 (15 months after WWII & Holocause ended), Jewish refugees from the Holocaust, with no other place to go, returned to their hometown of Kielce, Poland and were attacked by the townspeople in a blood pogrom that left 42 Jews dead and 80 wounded. The pogrom began with rumors spread that Jews had kidnapped a Polish child.
  • Tammuz 17, 1970, Libya ordered the confiscation of all Jewish property
  • Tammuz 6, 1976 On July 4, 1976, as America was celebrating its bicentennial, Israeli commandos performed a spectacular raid to rescue 100 Jews held hostage at Entebbe airport in Uganda.
  • Tammuz 17, 1981, Israel attacked the Tammuz-1 nuclear reactor at Osiraq in an attempt to scuttle Iraq’s nuclear program
  • Tammuz 17, 1994, Shoemaker Levi Comet began to break up, ending with bombarding Jupiter with 16 fragments on Av 9, each with an impact of a nuclear bomb
  • Tammuz 16, 2000, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut was nominated as Al Gore’s running mate in the presidential election, becoming the first Jew nominated for this post by a major party.
  •  Tammuz 24, 2002, one week following the 17th of Tammuz fast, water started to come out of the Western Wall. One of the stones, 15 meters up the wall, has suddenly become dripping wet with no earthly explanation
  • Tammuz 17, 2006, Lebanon and Israel went to war after Hezbollah kidnaped 2 Israeli soldiers. (Chuck Pierce prophesied January 29, 2006, “watch Lebanon. I will bring conflict into Lebanon, because it is the boundary that I will deal with this year concerning My promised land of Israel. The warlike tribes of Lebanon will once again arise. But in the end, I will win this war, and the riches that have been withheld from My Kingdom plan will be released.”)
  • Tammuz 1, 2009, Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem on the eve of Tammuz. Rabbis called for fasting and prayer, that the abominations could cause God to ‘vomit out’ the Jewish inhabitants of the Promised Land.
  • Tammuz 8, 2010, US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran
  • Tammuz 17, 2010,  GAZA STRIP – The U.S. has asked Hamas not to talk about contacts with Obama administration officials, a source close to Gaza-based Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh told London’s Arabic-language al-Quds al-Arabi, according to a report in YNet news. The Washington paper said the U.S. administration has decided it must work with Hamas because of its status in the Arab and Islamic world

The 3 week period between Tammuz 17 and Av 9 (Tisha B’Av) are called ‘bein haMetzarim’, aka Between the Straits, Dire Straits. Lamentations 1:3, “Judah has gone into captivity, under affliction and hard servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.” Fear is strong during these 21 days because of the historical events connected with these two dates.

Both Tammuz 17 and Av 9 are fasting days listed in Zechariah 8:19. Feast Days were appointed by God, but these Fast Days are appointed by man. These fasts centered on themselves, not sorrow for sin, but sorrow for thier loss.

TRIBE- Reuben, the first son of Jacob and Leah. As the first born, he should have recieved a double portion of inheritance, leadership and priesthood of the family after Jacob’s passing. Because of his sin of sleeping with Rachel’s handmaiden, he lost all 3 firstborn privileges. The rulership went to Judah, the priesthood went to Levi and the double portion went to Joseph. He was a lover, unpredictable, many bi-polar tendencies, will not fight even to defend his family, stubborn, headstrong.

The prophetic word given to Reuben at Jacob’s passing is found in Genesis 49:3, “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power. (4) Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed; then you defiled it– he went up to my couch.”

This shows us the instability facing this coming month, but the redemptive gift to Rueben is “the excellency of”. To those who overcome the weak areas of Reuben, their work will be rewarded for excellency. Remember, Genesis 49:1 said those prophetic words were for the LAST DAYS. We can learn about how to overcome now by those prophetic words and aligning ourselves correctly.

CONSTELLATION/MAZAL- CANCER, “The Crab”- In the summer months,  when the weather is hot, the crabs multiply in the water. Crabs pinch and hurt and this month was basically a time in which the Jewish people were hurt.

The Hebrew name is Sartan. This is composed of two words, sar & tan, which literally reads, “remove the body’ (in order to reveal the soul). This month the pressures of life cause us to reveal what is really inside of us. (Interesting how this name is so close to the name of satan.)

LETTER- CHET– (rhymes with ‘mate’ and has a sound of ‘ch’ as in Bach) is the 8th letter in the Hebrew Aleph Bet and has the numerical value of 8. Since the number 7 is the number of completeness, the number 8 stands for new beginnings. Jewish boys are circumcized on the 8th day, a covenant sign of his new beginning.

Chet is the pictograph of a wall, a fence or inner chamber and means to separate, to cut off from, to protect.  number of ‘spiritual perfection’.

Grace/favor is a Chet word in Hebrew spelled Chet Nun (action, life). The word picture created is to fence or protect life, like a fence surrounds a garden. (Genesis 6:8)

Refuge is also a Chet word, spelled Chet (fence), Samech (support), Hey (feminine ending, what comes from). The word picture says that refuge is a fence of support. (Psalm 7:1-2)

Life (chayim) and Living (chayah) are both Chet words.

Let’s speak life, grace, favor and life to this coming Hebrew month.

Isaiah 62:1, “For Israel’s Sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not hold my peace”

 

 

Draw Me!

Posted: May 13, 2012 in Song of Songs
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Shir Hashirim is the Hebrew name of the Song of Songs, aka Song of Solomon (Shlomo). It is the best of the best of all he wrote and according to I Kings 4:23, he wrote 3000 proverbs and 1005 songs. He is most known for Solomon’s Temple which has 3 sections. The Outer Court, The Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. Proverbs is likened to the Outer Court, Ecclesiastes is likened to the Holy Place, but The Song of Songs is as the Holy of Holies where you are invited in, one at a time, on God’s fixed appointed time. More on this later maybe.

All I can say is, when the Ruach HaChodesh, the Holy Spirit of God draws you into this holy book, your life will never be the same.

Until the summer of 2011 this was the most unused book of my Bible. Nothing was underlined, no notes added, pages still stuck together.  But, thanks be to God, the Holy Spirit drew me gently night by night into this book and I have never been the same.

This morning I woke very early with the cry “Draw Me!”. We are coming into the summer of 2012 and again I am too busy, the little foxes have come in as the many distractions and obligations and my intimacy with by Beloved has been stolen again. It is my fault alone, the garden of my heart is my responsibility alone. Now my heart’s cry to Yeshua is “Draw me!”

To get to the full meaning of the word you need to go to the original language source, in this case Hebrew. Draw is the Hebrew word mashak (Strongs H4900). It means to draw, to drag, to be drawn out or postponed or to seize.

The first time mashak is used is fournd in Genesis 37:28, “Midyanim who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Yosef (Joseph) out of the pit, and sold Yosef to the Yishme`elim for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Yosef into Mitzrayim.” (HNV)

Another time mashak is used is Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.” (Hope has been drawn out, prolonged to the point that it actually made the heart sick.)

Joshua 6:5 reads, “It shall be that when they make a long blast (mishak, mishak) with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the shofar, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. ”

What is my cry this morning? “Yeshua, Draw me! Please, lift me up from this pit of busyness and distractions I have dug for my self. Draw me! I have lost hope and my faith is weak! Draw me! May all the walls I have built up for protection fall down flat. Those walls have closed off our intimacy! Draw me! I need You.”

That is where the true rest is found, only in Him. Is your cry today “Draw me?”

Selah, pause and think about it.

April 19 in History

Posted: April 14, 2012 in April 19 in History, Ecclesiastes 1:9
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Ecclesiastes 1:9 reads in the NLT,  “History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.”

We see world-wide events happen in cycles.  We see from Israel’s history that the enemy’s plans seem to fall on certain times. For instance, both Temples were destroyed on the same Hebrew date, Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av. Scientists and meteorologists understand cycles. This does not mean something ‘will’ happen, but for us to be watchful and pray.

April 19 is one of those cycle times and I am asking you to please keep our nation and Israel in prayer. Below is a chart of happenings that I have found. I hope you find it helpful.

April 21, 753 BC 3007 ? Birth of Rome Day the city of Rome was   founded
45 BC 3715 ? The New Year’s Day was changed from April 21 to January 1 Changed by Julius Caesar
April 20, 571 Iyar 8, 4331 Birth of Mohammad
April 19, 1775 Nisan 19, 5535 Start of the   Revolutionary War
April 19-21,   1836 Iyar 2, 5596 Battle of San   Jacinto/End of Texas Revolution
April 25, 1846 Nisan 29, 5606 Start of   Mexican-American War
April 12, 1861 Iyar 2, 5621 Start of Civil   War
April 19, 1861 Iyar 9, 5621 US President   Lincoln ordered a blockade of Confederate ports
April 19, 1889 Nisan 20, 5649 Birth of Adolph Hitler
April 19, 1898   Start of American-Mexican War
April 19, 1927 Nisan 17, 5687 In China,   Hankow communists declared war on Chaing Kai-shek
April 1, 1933 Nisan 5, 5693 German Reichstag passes the Enabling Act giving Hitler dictatorial   powers until April 1, 1937
April 19, 1933 Nisan 23, 5693 Franklin D   Roosevelt announces US will leave the gold standard
April 19, 1936 Nisan 27, 5696 Anti-Jewish riots   break out in Palestine
April 19, 1936 Nisan 27, 5696 Israel face the   Great Arab Revolt
April 19, 1938 Nisan 18, 5698 General Francisco Franco declared victory in the Spanish Civil War
April 19, 1941 Nisan 22, 5701 British troops arrive in Iraq Anglo-Iraq war of  May 2-31,   1941
April 19, 1943 Nisan 14, 5703 The Warsaw Ghetto   Uprising beganThe Jews fought the   Germans for 28 days PASSOVER
April 18, 1954 Nisan 15, 5714Passover Ascension of Gamal Abdel Nassar of Egypt Nassar   was Israel’s led antagonist for almost 2 decades. He was responsible for   three wars with Israel from 1956-1970. He was also responsible for the first   United Arab Republic in 1958-1961, a concept that could reach a more cohesive   realization in the coming years.
April 17-19,   1961 Nisan 14, 5714 Bay of Pigs failure PASSOVER
April 19, 1967 Nisan 9, 5727 Surveyor 3 landed on the moon and began sending photos back to the US
April 4, 1968 Nisan 6, 5728 Dr Martin Luther   King shot in Memphis
April 19, 1971 Nisan 24, 5731 Russia launched the Salyut into orbit    around the earth The first space station
April 19, 1975 Iyar 8, 5735 India launched its first satellite with the help of the USSR
April 30, 1975 Iyar 19, 5735 End of Vietnam   War
April 19, 1985 Nisan 28, 5745 USSR performs nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, E Kazakhstan
April 19-25,   1985 Nisan 28- Iyar   4, 5745 ATF Raid on   Covenant of the Sword and the Arm of the Lord OK bombing 10 years later on this date
April 18, 1988 Iyar 1, 5748 Operation Praying   Mantis Attach by US   naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and   the subsequent damage to an American warship. This battle was the largest of   the 5 major US surface engagements since WWII
April 19, 1989 Nisan 14, 5749 Explosion of USS Iowa – 47 sailors were killed PASSOVER
April 19, 1989 Nisan 14, 5749 Giant asteroid passed within 500,000 miles of earth PASSOVER
April 19, 1993 Nisan 28, 5753 Waco/Branch   Davidian raid by FBI/ATF 51 Day standoff.   86 people were killed
April 19, 1995 Nisan 19, 5755 Oklahoma City
Bombing, Murrah Federal Building		 Killing 168   & wounding 450
April 20, 1999 Iyar 4, 5759 Columbine High   School  Shooting Killing 12   students &  1 teacher, injured 24
April 19, 2005 Nisan 10, 5765 Pope Benedict   XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger becomes the 265thPope15 years after   Oklahoma City bombing 111th  Pope from Malachy’s time, prophesied “The Glory of the Olive”- some speculate   that the olive, standing for Israel, will mean that this Pope will work   towards bringing peace between Muslims and the Jewish NationHe comes from   the order of the Olivetans.It was alleged according to some Catholic  traditions, that Benedict predicted that   just before the coming of the Antichrist, a pope would be elected from his   order
April 3, 2006 Nisan 5, 5766 Iran test-fired the fasted torpedo in the world
April 18, 2007 Nisan 30, 5767 IAEA inspectors reported that Iran was enriching uranium and had over   1,300 centrifuges
April 9, 2008 Nisan 4, 5768 Iran celebrated ‘Nuclear Technology Day’ while revealing they had   added 6,000 centrifuges
April 20, 2009 Nisan 26, 5769 Diplomats walked out of UN anti-racism conference during   Ahmadinejad’s speech as he described Israel as ‘total racist’
April 3, 2010 Nisan 19, 5770 US President said all evidence indicates Iran is pursuing the   capacity to develop nuclear weapons
April 9, 2010 Nisan 25, 5770 Iran unveiled the 3rd generation of domestically built   centrifuges
April 11, 2010 Nisan 27, 5770 Jerusalem Post reported Iran is developing a new more advanced   air-craft system
April 13, 2010 Nisan 29, 5770 Iran announced it will join the ‘world nuclear club’ within a month “No country would even think of attacking Iran after Iran’s   membership in the club” said Behzad Soltani, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic   Energy Organization
April 14, 2010 Nisan 30, 5770 Russia said Iran reactor on track for August launch
April 14, 2010 Nisan 30, 5770 US Congress urges US President to impose ‘crippling sanctions’ on   Iran After 47-nation nuclear summit in Washington, DC
April 15, 2010 Iyar 1, 5770 volcano in   Iceland erupts Halts air   traffic in East Europe for days, airlines lose $200 million a day
April 19, 2011 Nisan 15, 5771 PASSOVER
April 19, 2012 Nisan 27, 5772
April 19, 2013 Iyar 9, 5773
April 19, 2014 Nisan 19, 5774
April 19, 2015 Nisan 30, 5775
April 19, 2016 Nisan 11, 5776
April 19, 2017 Nisan 23, 5777

The Blood Must Be Applied

Posted: March 28, 2012 in Power of the Blood of Jesus Teachings
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God supplied the precious blood of Jesus, but we must apply it with our mouth to the door posts of our lives.

Exodus 12:1 reads, “Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, “This month is the beginning of month; it shall be the first month of the year to you.”….(7) “and they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it”

If they had not applied the blood of the lamb to their doorposts, any first-born in that house would have died that night.

My friend Rhonda shared this testimony: “On Thursday, I was attending the NASA Aglow meeting. Mary was the speaker. As she was speaking to us she said that we needed to start taking authority over storms. She gave us several articles and scriptures on the Blood of Jesus. On Friday afternoon we were having a very bad lightning storm at our home. I found the articles she had given us. I began to confess the scriptures on the Blood. All of a sudden I heard a very loud noise. I knew that it had hit very close to my house. About an hour later I saw the power company at my next door neighbor’s home. The house had been struck by lightning. I was so grateful that I heard Mary speak about taking authority the day before. There is power in the Blood! I believe my house was protected by the Blood. Praise God!”

Today is Nissan 5 on the Hebraic calendar. Nissan 14 will be the annual remembrance day of the Passover recorded in Exodus 12. But don’t limit the powerful protection of the shed Blood of Jesus to an annual holy day (holiday) of Passover, Resurrection Day or Easter.

My favorite track is Honor the Blood. It ends with “Do not limit the power of the blood of Christ to what you understand….Apply it by faith. Be a child of God who practices the ‘sprinkling of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ’. Sprinkle it anywhere there is evidence of pressure, tension or any kind of satanic effort to thwart the complete will of God in your life.”

Revelations 12:11, “And they overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death.”

In other words, the blood gave them boldness to stand in the gap when protection was needed.

Nisan 5772 Began Friday at Sundown

Posted: March 24, 2012 in Hebrew Months
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Nisan 5772 begins Friday Night at sundown, March 23, 2012. This year we have Rosh Chodesh Nisan on the eve of Shabbatt- a double blessing for the Month of Redemption!!
What to expect this month (cycles repeat themselves):
  • Praise to prepare the way for the King (Judah means praise)
  • Praise to over through the works of the enemy (Judah goes first to war)
  • Revelation (month of spring, direct light, unveiling of hidden things)
  • Things that looked dead to come back to life (Spring and raising of Lazarus)
  • Deeper revelation of our redemption (month of Passover)
  • Deliverance (when the Hebrew children were delivered from bondage in Egypt)
  • Crossing Over into your Promised Land (when Joshua led the Hebrew children through the Joran River)
  • Payback of back pay, finances stolen from you (women ‘asked’ the Egyptian neighbors for riches, Ex 3:22; 12:35-36)
  • Take new ground, expand your territory as this is the month ‘Kings go to war’ (2 Samuel 11:1, not defensive, but offensive battle against the enemy)
  • Family deliverance (Exodus 12) from captivity, from bondage, from sickness and loss of strength, from no hope, from lack, from oppression…….
  • Fresh revelation of the Power of the Blood for cleansing, deliverance, redemption, protection, drawing you near to God!!!
Begin to declare and decree  these things over your life. Job 22:28 teaches us, “Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.”
Nisan is the 1st month on Biblical calendar, 7th month on the Civil calendar. It begins at sundown April 4 and lasts 30 days, with the month closing on May 4th at sundown. Rosh Chodesh means the first day of a new month on the Hebrew Calendar. The months on the Hebrew calendar are based on the moon cycle or  lunar calendar. Normally the Hebrew calendar is 12 months, but on a leap year it  has 13 months. This year is a Leap Year (full year) so we have just passed 2 months of Adar.
Nisan begins the new Biblical year or Cycle of Redemption and Blessing. This  being the first month was first instituted by God in Exodus 12:2, “This  month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month  of the year to you.” This month was first called the First Month of the  year. In Exodus 13 we see this month having a name Abib (pronounced A-veev). Abib in Hebrew means ‘the barley is in the  ear’, and represents the barley harvest that is celebrated the middle of  Abib on Passover. By the time of Nehemiah it was called Nisan, meaning  ‘their flight’.
So this month stands for when God delivered the Israelites out of Egypt after  400 years and the Jews out of a 70 year Babylonian captivity. This past month we were to press into ‘no matter what joy’  with  Adar. If you did, I am sure that you  experienced many turn-arounds, insteads because you were expecting them. As we go through this next cycle on the calendar God chose, let  us expect redemption in every area of our lives and our loved  ones.
Redeem is an interesting Hebrew word, H1349, ga’al. It means to buy  back, ransom, as buying a slave out of a slave market and setting them free. A  kinsman redeemer, as we see of Boaz in the Book of Ruth, would bring a person  back to their inheritance or original position. May your eyes be opened this month to the truth of Redemption, for when you  really know that truth you will be free indeed!!! Who the Son sets free is free indeed.
Calendar of Events– Remember days begins at sundown  the night before
March 24      Nisan 1      Rosh Chodesh Nisan
April 6      Nisan 14    Fast of the Firstborn
April 7       Nisan 15    Passover (Pesach)
April 7-14     Nisan 16-22 Feast of Unleavened Bread
April 8      Nisan 16     Begins the counting of the Omer (50 days to  Pentecost)
April 26         Nisan 27     Holocaust Memorial Day
Spring  Housecleaning will begin as people begin to clean all the leaven out of  their homes for the feasts of Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread & First  Fruits. It seens as if we have a special grace from God at this time to get rid  of things that clutter, cause stress (mess creates stress), and prepare for a  new season. Out with the old and in with the new. During the 7 days of  Unleavened Bread all yeast (leaven) items will be totally cleansed from thier  homes. This is also a great way to detox your body since yeast infections are a  major health problem. Our bodies and the temple of the Holy Spirit (I Cor 6:19)  and it is a good things to get rid of things spiritually and phyically.(Hebrews  12:1-2)
The  Tribe for Nisan is Judah. Judah means ‘praise‘ and is the 4th son of Jacob and Leah.  Judah  is the tribe of the king (David, Solomon & Jesus who is the King of Kings).
Over 2000 years ago Jesus bore the crown of thorns for us. Pilate even  wrote the title “JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS” and put it on the cross  (John 19:19). When they put this crown on Him and His precious blood began to  flow, the curse of the land was broken. Adam’s sin brought thorns, and the sweat  of our brow (Genesis 3:17-19).  But in heaven King Jesus is on the Throne, at the right hand of the Father. This month is known as “The King of all  Months“, and New Year for Kings. Psalm 8:2 in  the NLT reads, “You have taught children and nursing infants to give you  praise.They silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.” Leah was not  loved or wanted by Jacob and she experienced rejection, her number one enemy.  When she made a decision to stop fighting and begin praising she became the  original ‘No Matter What Woman’.
Judah  always goes first in all journeys. God knew to send out the Tribe that  had courage and strength because they were praisers. His weaknesses were too  much drink, women & money. In fact, the first words recorded from Judah was  in the sale of Joseph, “What profit is this” and “let’s sell him.” His strengths  as he overcomes his weak areas were praiser, leader, victorious warrior (Caleb),  Kings. By far, his strengths outnumbered his weaknesses.
The  last letter in the Hebrew Aleph Bet is Tav and it means ‘a  sign’. The ancient Hebrew letter for Tav is a picture of a  cross. The Hebrew word dat which means  ‘religion‘ is made up of Dalet Tav. Dalet in ancient  script a picture of  ‘a door’. So, put them together and it is clear  that religion is the door of the sign (cross). When the Hebrew  children put the blood of the lamb on their door posts it formed a cross over their threshold (door). John 10:7, Jesus said “I am the Door of the sheep.” No  man comes to God unless they go through the door of Jesus, washed in His precious Blood. He is forever our Passover Lamb (I Cor 5:7)
Hebrew Letter: Hei
Hey is the 5th letter in the Hebrew Aleph Bet with the numerical value of 5. The number 5 stands for grace, God’s unmerited, unearned favor. The pictograph of Hei is a man with his hands raised up praise and thanksgiving and it also is a represents a window.  It means to look, to behold, to show, to reveal, and it is used before a word meaning ‘the’ .     Hey represents the breath of God and his divine creative powers. In the Talmud (Menachot 29b) it is said that the  ” breath of His mouth’ refers to the sound of the letter Hey- the outbreathing of His Spirit.”

Constellation- Aries, The Lamb.

The lamb, slain at Passover, became a sign of Redemption. Israel is like a lamb among 70 wolves (nations formed in Genesis 10). The lamb possesses the innate ability to arouse merchy by its voice. The Blood of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the earth, is crying out ‘mercy’ every time a drop hits the Mercy Seat in the Throne Room of Heaven.
1 Nisan– Exodus 40:1,2
  • The erection of  Moses Tabernacle was completed. Moses completed the consecration rites of Aaron  his sons. Aaron performed the first sacrifical rites. Death of Nadab &  Abihu.
  • King Hezekiah  commenced the reconstruction of the Temple.
  • The plot of  Bigtan and Teresh to assassinate Ahasherus was discovered by  Mordecai.
2  Nisan
  • King Ferdinand  and Queen Isabella signed a decree expelling Jews from Spain,  1492
3 Nisan
  • In 1944, the Nazis perpetrated the Children’s Action in the Kovno Ghetto. That day and the next, German soldiers conducted house-to-house searches to round up all children under age 12 (and adults over 55) — and sent them to their deaths at Fort IX. Eventually, the Germans blew up every house with grenades and dynamite, on suspicion that Jews might be in hiding in underground bunkers. They then poured gasoline over much of the former ghetto and incinerated it. Of the 37,000 Jews in Kovno before the Holocaust, less than 10 percent survived. One of the survivors was Rabbi Ephraim Oshri, who later published a stirring collection of rabbinical responsa, detailing his life-and-death decisions during the Holocaust. Also on this date, in 1937, American Jews held a massive anti-Nazi rally in New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
4 Nisan
  • In 1948, a convoy of 78 Jewish medical personnel, en route to Hadassah Hospital in the Jewish enclave of Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, were killed in an Arab ambush. The ambush cut off the hospital from the rest of Israel and forced Hadassah to relocate, eventually opening a larger medical center in 1961 at Ein Kerem. The Mount Scopus facility would reopen after Jerusalem was reunited in 1967
5 Nisan
  • In the Hebrew year 2488, Joshua sent scouts to survey Jericho in anticipation of the Jewish conquest. The mission was risky in the sense that 40 years earlier, Moses had sent scouts to Israel, only to have them recommend against entering the land. This time the mission was successful, and in the ensuing siege, Joshua’s troops — amidst shofar blasts — encircled Jericho seven times until its walls came down. The events are recorded in the biblical Book of Joshua, chapters 2 and 6
8 Nisan
  • On this date in 1915, the Zion Mule Corps, a Jewish militia, was formed. Zev Jabotinsky had proposed that Jewish volunteers fight to liberate Palestine from the Turks, but the British resisted the idea of Jewish soldiers on the Palestinian front. So instead Jabotinsky established the Zion Mule Corps, whose 650 members were commanded by the famed one-armed fighter, Joseph Trumpeldor. It was essentially the first organized Jewish fighting force since Roman times, and a precursor to the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)
10 Nisan (Joshua 4:19-14)
  • The Jews, led  by Joshua, crossed the Jordan and erected 12 monuments at Gilgal
  • Death of  Miraim
13  Nisan
  • Haman published  decree callng for the extermination of all Jews the Persian Empire. Esther  ordered the 3 day fast for the Jews of Shushan.
  • Nazi party  emerged on the anniversary of Haman’s decree to kill all the  Jews
14 Nisan  (Passover)
  • Joshua lifted  up his eyes and saw the Lord with a sword in His hand. Jericho march (Joshua  5:10-15)
  • Cain & Able  offer their sacrifices to God
15 Nisan
  • Rabbincal teaching belives in the Hebrew year 2018 (1742 BCE), God made a covenant with Abraham, granting him and his descendents the Land of Israel, as recorded in Genesis chapter 15
  • Feast of  Unleavened Bread begins
  • Birth of  Isaac
  • Isaac summoned  Esau and requested that he prepare a tasty meal for him and receive his  blessing
  • Moses saw the  burning bush
  • The Tenth and final plagues of Egypt: Eqyptian  first-born were slain
  • The Hebrew children were protected by the blood of the lamb on their doorposts as the Death Angel passed over (Passover instituted)
  • The defenders  of Masada died, 73 AD
16 Nisan
  • 3 million Jews left in the Exodus from Egypt, in what is known as the “birth” of the Jewish nation.
  • Wicked Haman was hanged
  • Mordecai was  appointed chief minister to replace Haman
19 Nisan
  • Adolph Hitler  made his first appearance on the very anniversary of teh same day Pharoah set  out pursuit of the Jewish people
21 Nisan
  • Jacob left  Laban’s home to return to Israel
  • 2448 BC, The Hebrew children crossed  the Red Sea as God opened it for them and covered their enemies.  Moses & the people of Israel sang the Song of Moses as Miriam danced and played her tambourine
22 Nisan
  • In the Hebrew year 2488, Joshua began a seven-day march around Jericho in anticipation of the Jewish conquest. The Jews circled the walls one time each day, for six days, and then on the seventh day marched around Jericho seven times — until its walls collapsed amidst shofar blasts. The events are recorded in the biblical Book of Joshua 6.
23 Nisan
  • In 1921, Arab mobs attacked Jewish residents of Jaffa and stormed the Zionist Immigration Center, killing 47 Jews
24 Nisan
  • In the Hebrew year 2448 (1312 BCE), after crossing the Red Sea, the Jews came to a place called Mara — literally “bitter,” because the water there was bitter. The people complained and Moses miraculously made the waters turn sweet. It was here that God gave the Jews some of the first mitzvot — the laws of Shabbat and some civil laws — in anticipation of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, some six weeks later
28 Nisan
  • In 1912, the RMS Titanic sank after crashing into an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
29 Nisan
  • In 1945, U.S. soldiers liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. Although not technically an extermination camp (prisoners were used as slave labor in local armament factories), mass killings took place at Buchenwald, and many inmates died in the course of gruesome medical experiments. Elie Wiesel, who went on to write stirring accounts of the Holocaust, for which he earned the Nobel Peace Prize, was an inmate at Buchenwald. Toward the end of the war, the Nazis evacuated inmates from Buchenwald to Flossenberg, where they were liberated.
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