Author: lisagreatenebeli

Tishri 1, the first day of the Hebrew New Year 5783. Today begins the first of ten days of awe. For the religious Jews it is a time of repentance in preparation for Yom Kippur the day of atonement, but for Christians and Messianic Jews it is a time to be in awe and wonder of who God is and what Jesus the Christ did on the Cross at Calvary when He shed His blood once and for all for the forgiveness of our sins. I am not sure what these next 10 days will hold for the world, but we may look back on them in true awe that makes us wonder.

Yesterday Italy elected their first female Prime Minister and she is a strong conservative. This will be 10 days of eyes wide open on the world to see how God is moving in the nations. Keep your ears open to the Lord by reading your Bible, keep your eyes open to the news now and then for the big headlines and watch how God is about to shift nations.

It has already begun with the past two weeks experiencing 12 major earthquakes around the globe. The seismic activity is evidence, of a seismic shift taking place. Then this morning before I woke up I saw the number 61 and then it inverted to 16, so it was 6116. I first looked up Psalm 61:16, no such verse, then I went to Isaiah 61:16 again, no such verse, so I look up Strongs number 6116, bingo. 6116 in Strongs Concordance means assembly or solemn assembly and it is connected to the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles. This number 6116 is tied to Nehemiah 8:18 “Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God on each of the seven days of the festival. Then on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, as was required by law.”

The Feast of Tabernacles starts on Tishri 15, which is October 9-16, then the Eighth Day Assembly is Tishri 22, October 17. Again, I am not sure what will happen during these high holy days for Israel, but what I do know is we are a Judeo Christian nation as the United States, so I watch and listen to both the Hebrew and Gregorian calendar and listen carefully to the voice of the Holy Spirit, for He leads us into all truth. My friends, it is a great time to be alive. Happy New Year!

It can be challenging to know what to believe when so many people are talking. The main stream media is saying one thing, the prophets are saying one thing, the politicians are saying one thing, the pulpits are saying one thing, the many voices are saying many things. In an Information Age, with social media, the World Wide Web, the news is abundant. So many words, makes one wonder what is God saying in the midst of all the noise.

While reading my Bible this morning I heard the Lord say clear as day, “Let God be true and every man a liar!” I knew it had to be a scripture for that is how God speaks to me through and with His word. Sure enough, Romans 3:4 says, “Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.”

In the midst of all the voices, all the choices of who to believe, one voice will prevail, one sound will be heard around the world, one Name will be exalted not only in heaven but here on earth; not only in the future, but in the now. YAHWEH and His son YESHUA along with the RUACH HACHODESH (the Holy Spirit) this voice will be heard loud and clear. We will not wonder who to believe, for this voice is going to pierce the darkness, cut through the clutter, triumph over all the other voices and what He says will be what happens.

Isaiah 18:3 says, “All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth,

As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.” When God speaks, we are all going to hear it. The trumpet (shofar) will sound and we will hear the voice of God declare what He has said and we all with know it was God. It won’t be long now!

A couple weeks ago the Lord spoke to me and said, “Eat the scroll of Isaiah.” I knew that meant to read, listen, meditate on the words of this prophet for they are for such a time as this. Everyday I slowly read through, pray about and journal thoughts based on what the Lord is saying to me in this prophets scroll. It is the very scroll Jesus quoted from in Luke 4 after coming out of the wilderness, and is quoted more in the New Testament than I realized until I started eating this scroll.

Everyday I could find something to share with you all about how Isaiah is speaking into now time. He speaks of the fall of Babylon, the redemption of a remnant, the restoration of a nation, the destruction of the spirit of the enemy. It is a powerful scroll filled with prophecies for many nations and just like other prophecies there is a word for then, for now and for the future as the word of God is eternal.

Today, I read Isaiah 29 and verse 5 was highlighted to me as a now word for us. “Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.” We have heard prophetic words that it is harvest season, the end of an age, and all of these words align with what Isaiah is saying, for Jesus said the harvest is the end of age when the wheat and the chaff are separated. He didn’t say the end of time, but the end of the age, or a specific time. There are many ages and we are at the end of one.

The other reason I sensed this is for now time is because we hear a lot about corruption, but see very little justice. This is about to change. The Lord is saying, our foes, the foes of our nation, and the multitude of terrible ones will pass away like chaff in an instant. God does not wink at injustice, He does not tolerate wickedness and in this time of harvest he is dealing swiftly and suddenly with the chaff. Fear not, justice is here, and a new era has begun!

I was with three incredible women yesterday and hearing their history, seeing their redemption, and celebrating their victories was delightful on a level that is hard to put into words. With this fresh on my mind this morning I was reading Isaiah 19:19-20 and praise shot out of my mouth, because the same God who rescued Israel, rescued me, rescued you. Listen to how Isaiah says it…”In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near its border. It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them.”

One of the ways we remain lovers of God and lovers of people is by never forgetting that altar the Lord opened our eyes to while we were living far from God in Egypt. If we never forget where we came from, who rescued us and who put that altar in our land of unbelief, we will always be grateful to God and for people. Where you lived in Egypt may be different than me or it may have been in the same neighborhood. But nonetheless, we made it to the altar in that land and we cried out to the Lord and He came as a Savior, as a Champion and He delivered us. It is so important we don’t forget where we came from as we move further into where we are going.

One final thought this morning, that altar in Egypt is still there as a sign and a witness. People we love may not have found it yet, but just like we did, they will. It is an altar where lives have to be laid down, that is why many see it but don’t lay their lives down on it. But take heart, the same God that woo’d us to lay our lives down and let Him rescue us will do the same for them. We must remember where we came from because now we are the sign and the witness that will draw them to that altar.

There has been much talk about shaking. Financial systems are going to shake; the earth is shaking, another large earthquake rocked Mexico, that is two in a week; the political system is shaking; the religious system is shaking; there is a whole lot of shaking going on. But what is the shaking for? If you only hear about a shaking, see a shaking, but don’t know the why behind the what, then it will creates fear. However, if you know what the shaking is for, you can rejoice, be at peace and watch the salvation of the Lord. People do us a disservice if they prophecy a shaking but don’t give us the redemptive purpose of it.

This morning the Lord prompted me to read the book of Haggai. It is only two chapters, so it is an easy read and very encouraging. Haggai is the prophet who works with the governor, high priest and the king of Judah to get the people moving on the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. Now we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, so it is not about a building but a body, yet the same truths apply. God has been and continues to rebuild His body, so the harvest of souls can be added to a healthy body of Christ. It’s been tough, but we are being built and it is exciting.

Back to the shaking, listen to what Haggai the prophet says about the reason behind the shaking that we are experiencing and will see intensify. “For thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the LORD of hosts. ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the LORD of hosts.” Did you hear that the shaking is bringing the resources and the glory. Now that is why we rejoice that things are shaking.

In prayer this morning I was thinking about the month we are in the Hebrew Calendar calls it the month of Elul, it is the month that they say, The KIng Is In The Field. Each of their months have a meaning or promise connected to them, similar to our month of September being the 9th month many calling it a birthing month. As I was thinking about this month drawing to a close and the new Hebrew Year beginning on Saturday at sundown and then Feast of Trumpets beginning on Sunday at sundown, the veil was thin as I began to press into the Lord. As I was lingering in the thin place with the King of kings, who is in the field, the Holy Spirit spoke to me the story of Paul and Silas in Acts 16.

Acts 16:23-26 says, “When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely; and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.”

We as nations have gone through some really hard times, from the virus of 2020 to the challenges in Ukraine, then add inflation, supply shoratages and personal challenges it can be a lot. No we are not physically going through what Paul and Silas went through, but it has been a very challenging season. Yet many still lift their voice in worship, they still sing, they still pray, they are still standing, waiting for the God of the breakthrough to come into the nations.

Friends, I think we are about to experience a suddenly this weekend. As we worship, as we lift our voice, I know it is a midnight time, but as we pray this weekend corporately, as we worship together, as we release the sound of the shofar, I sense a suddenly is going to happen. What? I am not sure, but God is a deliverer and He knows the nations need His deliverance. My hands will be lifted high, my voice will be raised to the sky, and my eyes will be on Him the lover of my soul.

One of the deceptions of our generation has been to put present realities into a future fulfillment. If we are continually longing for some future event we will never be empowered to overcome in our current reality. It is like always waiting for something in the future, but never occupying anything in our present reality.

One manifestation of this deception is found when people read the book of Revelation. Most believers, cannot read the book of Revelation with a right now mindset, because we have been taught we are going to be left behind, be raptured out of here or because the book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible it means it is the “end”. The Greek mindset is linear, the Hebrew mindset is cyclical, if you read Revelation 22 which speaks of a new heaven and a new earth, it is a perfect match for Genesis 1 which speaks of a new heaven and a new earth. The Bible is cyclical, not linear, just like when the clock strikes midnight, it ends one day and begins another.

Now listen to Revelation 11 “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.” This is not a future reality, this is a present reality. The kingdom of the world HAS BECOME, present reality; HAVE BEGUN TO REIGN, present reality. My friends, Jesus the Christ is reigning over the world right now. What we are seeing is the residue of an old kingdom that Satan used to rule, but it is no longer in control, it no longer has power.

I want to encourage you to not submit to a defeated system, to not believe the residue of a conquered kingdom, to not listen to the narrative of a dead ruler. The old has gone, the new has come and right now Jesus is reigning over the kingdom of the world and is making it His kingdom for He will reign over it forever. Welcome to forever my friends!

Biblical prophets like Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Isaiah, Zechariah spoke words in a mystery of which many people in their day did not understand what they were saying. They, like us, believed their prophetic words were for their day and age, but little did they know the mystery that was hidden in their prophesies. Prophetic words that God gives to share with us about what is coming, are a mystery to the hearer and the speaker. We think it means one thing, but when time converges with the prophetic word, delay is broken and the mystery is revealed.

The Bible says, “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10. What that means is, the prophets of the Old Testament prophesied the Messiah in ways they did not even realize they were doing. In Isaiah 9 Isaiah named his son Immanuel not realizing this would be the name of the son of God, the Messiah. When Jesus manifested Himself as Immanuel, God with us, the spirit of Isaiah’s prophecy became the testimony of Jesus. Remember the book of Revelation is the revelation, the revealing of Jesus the Christ (Revelation 1).

We are living in a biblical narrative that is a mystery, Revelation 17 even calls it mystery Babylon. Mystery means we don’t understand it all upon speaking it or hearing it, but when time converges with the prophetic words God has been speaking, Revelation 10:6-7 happens, “There will be delay no longer, the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.” The end of the mystery is the revealing. My friends, we are about to see a revealing that will surprise us and awaken us to the revelation of Jesus Christ. This is not the rapture, this is the new era and what you are going to see and hear because fallen, fallen, Babylon has fallen is going to blow your natural mind. Don’t try to figure it out, just be still and know that He is God! For we are about to see in living color the salvation of our God.

The knowledge of the Lord is found in the mountain of the Lord, which Isaiah 2 says is the chief of all the mountains. The more we know the Lord the less harmful we are to other people. Our lack of knowledge about God actually makes us dangerous to others. Humanism wants us to believe love is love; my truth is truth; and that I am a good person. All of this apart from the knowledge of God. It is not true. It is actually a deception that has penetrated culture and masqueraded as a counterfeit gospel of which many people believe, quote and receive.

Isaiah 11:9 says, “They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”

In the mountain of the Lord is the knowledge of the Lord and the knowledge of the Lord is not a weapon used against other people, nor is it a shield for self-protection. The true knowledge of the Lord, actually softens you not hardens you. When the Bible says, the name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it (Proverbs 18:10), it is an invitation to embody His names. His names according to Exodus 34:5, 7 include merciful, gracious, patience, goodness and truth. These names are our strong tower, our safe place.

When we know the Lord, we treat people differently. People know it when you know the Lord, they can feel it, they can see it in your actions and they can hear it in your voice. My friends, get to know the Lord, come into the mountain of the Lord, learn from Him, learn about Him, you will be transformed from the inside out. The knowledge of Him will cause us as believers to stop harming and hurting one another.

1 Corinthians 14 tells us everyone can prophesy. We all can exhort, encourage and comfort. Acts 2 was the pouring out of God’s spirit upon all flesh, both sons and daughters, so they can prophesy. We need people to prophesy more than ever right now. Prophesy to your cities, prophesy to your friends, prophesy to your family, prophesy to your nation. Prophesy, prophesy, prophesy.

Prophetic people, hear the voice of God and speak. It is not complicated. Prophets are mouthpieces for God, they hear God and they speak. If you can hear the voice of God you can prophesy. If you can read the word of God you can prophesy. Open your Bible, find some good news and prophesy. We need the voices of the messangers without microphones to prophesy.

The atmosphere is filling with fear more and more everyday. If you live on earth you are subject to the atmosphere. People are panicking and for some rightfully so, but for others there is no need. Many are panicking because of what is in the atmosphere not because it is going to be their reality. This is why we need to prophesy. We need the atmosphere to be seeded with what God is saying, not what is about to happen to the Babylonian system. The system is petrified, as it should be, because Fallen, fallen, Babylon has fallen.

In Isaiah 7 news of impending doom came to the house of David and it struck fear in the king and all those around him. So, God sends Isaiah (the prophet) to the king to say, “Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted. Thus says the Lord GOD: “It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass.” This is a word for us, what the enemy has planned to do shall not come to pass, so prophesy to the nation as Isaiah did to the king. It shall not come to pass. The enemy is projecting on you what God is about to do to him, fear not my friends, God is about to blow our minds with His goodness at least that is what I hear.