What is Prophesy?

What do we mean by Prophecy?

1 Cor 14:1-2
Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. NKJV

Prophecy is tuning into the heart of the Father and hearing what He wants to speak to people in the form of edification, encouragement and comfort. It is hearing the voice of God for another. Prophecy releases blessing and in blessing gives the receiver an opportunity to experience the love of the Father toward them and of His kingdom. It is a personal impartation from the Father’s heart. Prophesy gives people the experience of having a special touch from God and that God really does love them and have a purpose and a plan for their life. It enhances an individual’s personal vision and confirms the deep things that God has placed on another’s heart. It releases the kingdom of God here on earth. Not only is it used for equipping and empowering the church, but it is for expanding the kingdom.

Joel 2:28
8 “And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions. NKJV

In the book of Acts we see the fulfillment of the outpouring of Holy Spirit to the disciples in the upper room and after the outpouring of the gifts of the Spirit to all believers. Prophesy was now experienced through many instead of a select group as in the older covenant. Prophesy is in the context of grace because Jesus became our judgment and sin. Prophesy through grace and encouragement motivates one through the goodness of God to repent. In blessing with grace even unbelievers can be open to experience the Father who loves them and learn that Jesus did not come to condemn them, but to reconcile them to the Father. It draws one closer to the Father.

2 Cor 5:18-19
8 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. NKJV
Prophecy is for the common good. Its delivery must come from a place of humility instead of judgment. In prophetic foretelling – the prophet receives from the Lord the “instead” for an individual. Instead of judgment – grace, instead of condemnation – mercy, instead of isolation – restoration, instead of ashes, beauty, instead of depression, garments of praise.

We are created for the supernatural. People were made to desire the revelatory whether in Christ or not – this is why so many seek out psychics. But the truth of the unseen spiritual realm is found in Jesus Christ and in His Kingdom, only…not that of darkness or the soul’s realm of second heaven psychics. This comes through accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior and being baptized in Holy Spirit. Through Him we have access to the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God Set your mind on things above, no on things of the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:1 – 3) NKJV

Movement

April includes the Hebrew month of Nissan and Iyar according to the Hebrew calendar. This is the month of Passover and the Resurrection of our Lord Yeshua. It is a season of restoration, introspection and self improvement. Because the Lord’s times are intentional we can look at the physical and spiritual context of His appointed time.

Nissan means for us to cross over or pass over into the promises God has placed on our hearts. It is a time of redemption and of miracles. It is a beginning time of seeking greater revelation from God and a season of blossoming – springing forward with declarations of the words the Lord has spoken over you. It is a season of self realization, to remove the hindrances of the past and to make movement into bringing our future into our now. This month and next month are a time for blossoming into the spiritual. It is a time that we become more aware of the physical surroundings and the spiritual surroundings. In this spring season it is a time of new ideas, to start something, for developing new relationships, and risking our faith on engaging in the steps it takes to bring personal and corporate growth to our life purpose.

A prophetic act Holy Spirit led all of us through on Sunday was to stand with readiness to leave our wilderness, or our Egypt and make steps into the promised land He has for each of us. I suggest you try it now. Seek Him, let the words He has spoken to your heart about your destiny rise up again and bring faith. Release the excuses, hindrances, fears, doubts, trauma and other things this last season has held you back in…yep, hope deferred has gotta go! As faith is stirred up in you again, step out of the wilderness (make a physical movement forward) and step into Your Promised Land. See it, taste it, feel it and experience it!

More on “Behold! “

Let’s take the first letter of “Behold” which is the letter Hey. It means reveal and breath. The actual picture language of the Hey means to “Behold.” It means that to behold you are shown something distinct and clear – that what you behold may be the answer to your question. It is represented as the ‘heart of God revealed.” It describes this declaration as what comes from the action (movement attracts attention.)
HEY! Have I got your attention now?
The pictograph is represented as a person holding both arms up to behold what one is looking at. It is looking toward someone or something of interest. The symbol of Hey is of Divinity, Gentility and Specificity and the sound of the Hey is that of a mere exhalation of breath. It requires little effort. It is the sound of being present. As we “behold” Yeshua, no works are required – we behold Him; we become present to Him. He attracts our attention.
Hey means to “shout’ or sing with joy as what comes out of a person of life.
It is the 5th letter of the alphabet and represents the 5th commandment to honor your mother and your father that life may go well with you. 5 is also the number of grace, favor, abundance and redemption.
I see a similarity within the ancient letter “Hey” of the “seed” which is the ancient pictograph of the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet the Nun. The number 14 represents double measure of spiritual perfection, Passover, deliverance and liberty! Today’s Modern Hebrew shows the Hey comprised of the Hebrew letters Yud and Dalet. And to look at the latter interpretation of the combination of Hebrew letters there is an understanding that the letter Hey brings you closest to God – why? Because we are beholding Him.
The “seed” which the ancient letter nun represents is continuation. The pictograph is representative of a fish darting through water which represents life and action. We can also take the seed to represent the sperm and the action of movement to find the egg and bring forth life.
The nun is a symbol representative of God’s faithfulness. His faithfulness continues without interruption. He is always trustworthy, unchanging and reliable.
The two letters combined for the word Hen which is the Hebrew word “Behold” mean a continual looking toward something. As we behold Yeshua, we see His heart of love revealed to us which transforms us. As we behold Him as in a mirror we are changed into His Glory.

Behold!

Behold Part 1

2 Cor 3:16-18
6 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The context of veil in the Greek is to hide or cover. In the Hebrew it is a dividing wall. Removing the veil is to understand through one’s own ability and to discover. It is to reveal.
As we turn to Yeshua (Jesus)– things that separated our soul/spirit man from discerning and understanding the aliveness and truth of the word becomes Christ revealed, our hope and our glory! The truth of His word becomes alive, and we enter into the ability to understand the freedom and liberty that we have in Him.
The word I want to focus on here is the root word “behold” from beholding as in a mirror. I will cover the word “glory” and “become” in the next newsletter.
The Lord spoke to me as Holy Spirit had highlighted this scripture. He said – “in beholding me, you become and as you become you understand and know your belonging.”
I think that although there are many excellent teachings on “Fathering” and healing the orphan spirit, we have still missed the mark. We need to believe first that when we see Yeshua we see the Father. In believing through faith, we behold the Son!
I realize in my day to day conversations with people and the wounds they face around “fathers” that to know God as father has been very difficult – they get it in their heads, but the actions of their heart still speak to me that they are of an orphan spirit or mentality.
As we come to “behold” Yeshua, we learn that in beholding him, we truly “become.”
When we examine the Hebrew definition of “behold” it is the word Hen. So the Hebrew alphabet that makes up the word is the alphabet letter “Hey” and the letter “Nun.”
So let me back track here a bit for those of you who may be new to my teachings. Every Hebrew letter has a picture that is associated with it that can tell so many stories in and of itself. You know the saying – a picture says a thousand words…hmm, I wonder where that came from. When one Hebrew letter is combined with other Hebrew letters, the picture language brings even greater depth to the letter that had stood alone. The letters (and language) when spoken send vibrations that may bring healing to people. It is written in Jewish Torah commentaries, that when the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai that the sounds of the trumpet and lightning appeared to the nation in the 22 Hebrew letters which is considered the divine language and constructed the 613 commandments of Adonai. Each Hebrew letter represents a number which also adds to the divine language that reveals the Father’s heart in many ways.
There is also equipment (the Tonoscope) that measures frequency and when the Hebrew words are spoken, the sound waves changed sand into beautiful shapes.
Another is a Spectrum Analyzer that when the ancient Hebrew is spoken correctly and captured via a microphone, the Spectrum Analyzer screen will show the shape of each Hebrew letter as if it were physically written.

Shouts of “Grace, Grace to it”

I saw heaven opening and gold and silver being loosed over the body of Christ. I also saw coins, lots of coins, (hmm – manmade currency) and gems, lots of gems. There was showering of “new revelations”, and new ideas that will bring forth wealth into the lives of His people. These revelations and ideas will be activated…activation bringing movement.

He is activating a movement now where the waters had been stagnant – where several in this past season laid down by the pools waiting for someone to activate and stir the waters…many felt the stagnation of life – yet now – He has come to tell us to take up our beds and walk…the time is now for motion. He is locking people’s arms together to help one another in the season ahead. To give us a tunnel vision for Him and His word spoken over us. Faith without works is dead…works without faith is dead…

He is exposing the religious spirit and the independent spirit, who work hand and hand to isolate us from the “new thing” He is doing. He is increasing faith for the works He has for us.

He says to me – “prepare to be astonished & startled!”  Startled in this context is to be shocked in a good way, – as He releases His Power through us in the simplest, least unexpected ways……………Behold Him, and as we behold Him, we become just like Him.  (See blog post of teachings on behold, and become.)

Lord – we shout grace, grace to the mountains of financial restraint and oppression. We renounce the lawlessness of debt over us, and decree and declare that we, Your people are the head and not the tail. We cut off the unhealthy attachments that we have had with lack, not enough, and We declare your blessings are overtaking us because of your mercy and your loving kindness.

Zech 4:6-7
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the LORD of hosts.
7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth the capstone
With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”‘” NKJV

Shout to the walls of Financial Oppression

Although this prayer shares the process that the Lord walked me through one morning last week – please personalize it for yourself and expect God’s breakthrough.

One early morning (really early) I heard Holy Spirit direct me to get up and to pray that the walls of financial oppression come down over His Kingdom people.  We are “to destroy the works of the devil” by speaking with authority in praise and thanksgiving and that in our authority we are to command…that the walls of financial oppression come down… so that the kingdom of God through us, is not restrained from advancing. In so doing His covenant is established, finished, done…through us.  It is finished! Meaning “the debt has been paid in full.” It is to complete something, bring to perfection, not merely end it.

He showed me a sledge hammer removing the restraining walls as His people shouted and decreed “financial restraints and oppression come down now!” …(“Is not my word like a fire?” says the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”)

Words were directed at the remaining walls reminding the walls of God’s spoken promises to us, and of the dreams, and visions of “what God has said”, according to His covenant with us.

The tactic of the enemy is to put doubt and unbelief into our hearts…”did God really say?”…YES GOD DID SAY! (Keep affirming and speaking the word that God has given you! Speak it to the walls, to the earth, to the heavens, to the atmosphere you have authority over. This is our year! I actually call the angels to attention to what God has spoken over me and bless them to heed the word of the Lord that will not return empty.)

Back to the vision – The walls tumbled down…!!!
As Holy Spirit led me, I commanded that the morning take its place and the dawn to take hold of the 4 corners of the earth – I watched as a blanket formed over the heavenly atmosphere and I commanded that the mountains of wickedness that is locking the flow of the kingdom and finances from breaking through to us be shaken from its place. It appeared as if angels from each corner of the dawn were shaking the blanket. I saw wickedness in high places start shaking from their place and fetters were put on the wicked.

I commanded that we be loosed from the restraints of the past and that we would come into God’s alignment, His order of our day and our time and His overly abundant provision. I commanded that the lack, the hope deferred, the poverty mindset, the unbelief and doubt be shaken off our spirits, our emotions, off of our soul, our thinking, and the stress of deficiency off of our bodies. (Shake it off now!) (Seriously – get up move – shake it off as a prophetic declaration) Agree with the kingdom and the realm of His angels for the Word the Lord has spoken over you now!  (more of this vision tomorrow)