The Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders met in late November to
seek a word of the Lord for the coming year, as they have since 1999.
Due to world-wide shaking, this was probably the most sobering council
gathering to date. Many prophets around the world believe that the
United States must make a major shift toward reformation in 2012 and
that it will be a "do-or-die" year for the country to be re-established
on the course of becoming the "city set on a hill" envisioned by our
Founders.
Twelve in scripture represents government. This presidential election
cycle will determine where we stand as a nation. The United States has
already lost a measure of its greatness but, without a shift, will lose
even more in the coming days. In the Word for 2011, we felt it would
either be a "tipping point year" or the year of the "perfect storm".
Internationally, this seems to have been very accurate, as it was quite
literally the perfect storm for Japan, much to our sorrow.
However, there was a sense that 2011's shaking was nothing like we'll
see in the coming world-wide shaking. In the coming season, the whole
Body of Christ must find her voice and authority in the nations of the
earth and learn to "occupy" until He comes. The Council does not
believe, however, that the end of the world will come in 2012, as some
predict.
Shaking
There was a sense that
Hebrews 12:27-29 was pertinent, as well
as
Revelation 12:10-12.
27
Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those
things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the
things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28
Therefore, since we
are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by
which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29
For
our God is a consuming fire. Heb 12:27-29 NKJV
Remember, our reality is that we live in a kingdom that cannot be
shaken. We must hold fast to the unshakable one. What do we have in
our lives that cannot be shaken" Find out. Those things that have
shifted in this past season of purging and pruning will take us to a new
and higher place in our lives and faith.
"10
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation,
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ
have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our
God day and night, has been cast down. 11
And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they
did not love their lives to the death. 12
Therefore rejoice, O
heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth
and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath,
because he knows that he has a short time."
Rev 12:10-12 NKJV
There is a coming shift where the Body of Christ will rise up as the
"ekklesia" or legislative authority. Many pastors will throw off the
bondages of political correctness and find their voice. Preachers will
thunder from the pulpits and not compromise scripture. This will cause
many politicians to realize that they have gone too far by standing in
the place of the "accuser of the brethren" and the fear of the Lord will
fall upon many.
This ekklesial shift will, for a time, cause the enemies' wrath
towards believers, but they will find they have gone too far. The
pastors of the United States and Europe will become the mouth pieces for
both an awakening and a reformation. A new generation of Wesleys and
Wilberforces will stand together and once again call for the church to
rise as a moral authority.
This is an Acts chapter four season, where the enemy will persecute,
but the church will counter in prayer like in days of old. Signs and
wonders will break out and many will be saved. Religious systems will
fall and what remains will be God"s remnant. We must hold our positions
without wavering.
Counter-attacks against reformers will be fierce, as Satan fights
back with great wrath. This will happen in the media, but those who
attack will find themselves under fire as God takes up the battle. Out
of this will arise the ekklesia as a shining light that cannot be
shaken!
Do not be intimidated by these attacks and you will win. The church
will find her voice. The liberal media will particularly come against
those who are pro-life and pro-biblical defense of marriage. Hate crimes
will be tolerated and called acts of justice.
First, a holiness movement will come to the church and sin will not
be tolerated. Those who will not repent will be exposed, because the
Lord will remove those who are in sexual sin and pornography from His
pulpits.
Economies Will Shake
Several additional scriptures were given that point to global
economic shaking.
"34
You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which
struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
35
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold
were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing
floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found.
And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled
the whole earth."
Dan 2:34-35 NKJV
This will be the time when God"s kingdom will become that which fills
the whole earth. The ekklesia will be the mountain that fills the whole
earth. It was not given to us what this all means, but we had a surety
that He has a plan. As the mountains crumble, God has prepared His
people in banking, economics, education and governments who will have
the answers. Even the military will change its systems.
Europe is going to shake, shake, shake. The EU, who felt they could
leave God out of their government and even imprison pastors for
preaching the gospel, is going to be dealt with by God, Himself. In the
midst of the shaking, God is going to awaken the church as never before
seen in history. Other nations such as Russia and parts of Asia will
shake as well. In some nations, dictators will topple who have seemingly
had such a deep hold on their nations that they have been considered
immovable.
Many nations will experience rioting in the midst of the economic
shakings. God will use this season to uproot the anti-Christ spirit, as
many who were formerly favorable to "isms", such as Islam, will see it
for what it truly is and turn to Christ. Turkey and Egypt will try to
intimidate Israel. Again, the Lord spoke to us that we must stand with
Israel.
Egypt will have its own
Isaiah 19 season as God awakens the
church in the squeeze and a great move of God will prevail in the end,
even though for a season it will seem like the devil has the upper hand.
Even the United Nations will be shaken in this hour as never before
and its agenda against Israel will be revealed.
Things are going to "crack open" financially. There will be a shaking
of economic systems across the face of the earth. However, during this
time, God will raise up his Josephs who have been prepared for this
hour. The Lord was clear to us that we were not to get into fear.
We asked how to prepare and He said that we must have "crisis
preparedness". This, we felt, meant that it was good to have some sort
of provision, such as one would have in the event of an earthquake or
some other disaster. While storing some amount of provisions was felt
wise, there was a caution against hoarding motivated by fear.
"10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11
'Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, 'Prepare
provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over
this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is
giving you to possess.'" Josh 1:10-11 NKJV
There were three important things to remember in this season:
1.
Face your fears.
2.
Prepare provisions
3.
Realize that the Kingdom of
Heaven cannot be shaken.
Israel will continue prospering in the midst of this shaking and many
will go there for advice about how to establish their banking systems.
Israel is in an
Isaiah 60 season.
Shut the Door
It was sensed from
Isaiah 22:15-22 that God wants His church
"shut the door" to those who will try to stand in the highest offices of
the nations who do not have a father"s heart for the people. Dramatic
shifts will take place in election cycles. Some politicians are in the
balance and will either vote righteously or go into a deep darkness.
In the United States elections, God is going to "blow away" the
covering of some people and reveal the truly righteous and conservative.
We are calling for a year of prayer and fasting for the nation. The
United States has one year to shift or be seriously shaken.
Three Mountains of Influence
"25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had
fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose
surname was Mark." Acts 12:25 NKJV
"1 Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain
prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of
Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,
"Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have
called them." 3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them,
they sent them away." Acts 13:1-3 NKJV
It is a new season for the prophets and the teachers to function
together. The teaching gift and a strong foundation in the word of God
must team up to keep deception out of the church. We need to recognize
those who are in the office of the teacher and "set them in" just like
we do the other ministry gifts.
This is especially important this year as the three most important
mountains this year will be the church/religion, the family, and the
government. God told us that He is bringing families back together and
that we should place a focus on them. He is going to heal and restore
family relations.
Also, the local church, functioning as the ekklesia of God will
change nations in a greater way than we have seen in America since
revolutionary days, when pastors went to war for freedom. The spirit of
religion will be exposed in the places where it has operated with
political correctness.
As the above scripture shows, with Barnabus, Saul and Mark, this is a
time of God connecting the generations for ministry. It is a season of
mentoring. The Elijah's and Elisha's will stand together. Mantles will
shift, as from Moses to Joshua and from the John the Baptist's who have
been preparing the way for a new Jesus People generation.
We will see a new missions move where many will hear the call of God
to go to the ends of the earth in a measure that we have not seen since
the Student Volunteer Movement with J.R. Mott. Many new women will arise
in leadership as God raises up a great company of women. It's a
Psalm
68:11 season:
"The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish
the tidings are a great host."
A rising movement of compassion ministries who will fight human
trafficking will give the church a voice in society as never before. A
plumb line from heaven will drop against sex traffickers. Revelations
will come out, even about the involvement of top political leaders who
are in sexual sin and it will shock the world. (Note: subsequent to our
meeting, a world-wide exposure of sex trafficking made the news)
The Year of the House
"12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those
who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the
money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to
them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but
you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" 14 Then the blind and the lame
came to Him in the temple, and He healed them." Matt 21:12-14
NKJV
This is the year of the house. The family represents the house as
well as the church. The ekklesia will become the house of prayer for
all nations. This will purge those who have not shifted away from all
political correctness. We will be able to see where the true wheat is
and where the tares have grown up alongside. This is in God"s purpose so
we will be able to see on what side people are standing. We must even
be willing to sacrifice our not-for-profit status to speak the truth.
Pride will be revealed and a new humility will come to Christian
leaders. The result will be that those willing to become a house of
prayer will see great signs and wonders. Mass deliverance will break out
and many will be supernaturally set free of deep bondages. There will
be another Jesus People movement.
We received the word that the Lord wants a "prayer saturated church"
and that He wants the whole church to pray - not just a select few. This
word led us to see that God wants us to pray that the prayer movement
in the United States would be restored. He reminded us of our prayer
history:
1980's - A great move of God with an emphasis in the local
church of early morning prayer and of praying the Lord's Prayer.
1990's - The prayer movement became mainly para-church and
much was accomplished through initiatives such as AD2000 and Praying
Through the Window. This opened many nations for the gospel as they had
never been opened before. Also, Dr. Bill Bright led a movement of
fasting and prayer.
2000's - God raised up the house of prayer movement on
campuses. This will continue and escalate, but prayer is going to
return to local churches in a measure that we have not seen, until the
whole church is praying. The zeal for His house of prayer is going to
return.
(John 2:17)
Children and Youth
"42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem
according to the custom of the feast. 43 When they had finished the
days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And
Joseph and His mother did not know it; 44 but supposing Him to have
been in the company, they went a day's journey, and sought Him among
their relatives and acquaintances. 45 So when they did not find Him,
they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him. 46 Now so it was that after
three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the
teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all
who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. 48 So
when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, "Son,
why have you done this to us" Look, your father and I have sought You
anxiously." 49 And He said to them, "Why did you seek me" Did you not
know that I must be about My Father's business"" Luke 2:42-49
NKJV
Even the children and youth will be affected by this coming prayer
movement. Awakenings of both children and youth will sweep the earth.
Jesus was twelve when he astounded the wise. There will be a generation
of children and youth, especially the "tweens" who will arise in this
hour like at no other time.
The prophetic promise to Jesus of
Psalm 110:3 will be
manifest,
"Your people shall be volunteers in the day of your power.
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the
dew of your youth."
Lou Engle puts it this way, "In the dark hours before dawn, the youth
begin to collect. The ground that was dry before now sparkles as far
as the eye can see. It is the enemies' worst nightmare to go to sleep,
only to awake the next morning surrounded by an army that materialized
out of thin air! What had been an empty field is now filled with
soldiers whose weapons glint in the sunrise. Literally overnight, an
army of devoted young people is going to arise out of this present
darkness. This vast youth army is already mobilizing. Invisible now -
Invincible later."
Cindy Jacobs adds, "This is God's breaker-of-the-dawn army! Fresh
troops for the battle, burning with holiness and fiery with passion for
the Lord! They are beautiful in holiness, and have the anointing to
throw off the shackles of abortion, poverty, pornography, and sexual
sins of all kinds, including homosexuality."
"Extreme holiness will be the order of the day. Counter-culture
warriors who love God more than sleeping in, who give up the thrill of
entertainment because they are enamored with the beauty of holiness.
There is nothing more beautiful than holiness. The seduction of the
world cannot hold a candle to it. It is lovely beyond description. No
poet can use human words to describe its essence. They have fallen in
love with the Lord Jesus Christ and He is beautiful beyond description."
via Generals International.
