Author: lisagreatenebeli

Living in Malaysia for 9 years afforded me a vantage point on the word of God that I could not see by living in America. The reason being is because the writers of the scriptures wrote from an Eastern not Western worldview and culture. Little details are easily skipped over due to no context in which to place them. But once told what is meant by what is said, a whole new picture is painted and the Bible starts to come alive in ways it didn’t before.

A great example of this is found in Acts 12 where it says, “When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.” In the West we knock with our hand on the door, but in the East they knock with their voice. Henceforth, why it says, Rhoda recognized Peter’s voice, for he did not knock with his hand, but his voice.

If you now take what we just read in Acts 12 and add it to what Jesus said in Revelation 3:20 it makes better sense. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with me.” Rhoda in her joy of hearing Peter’s voice did not open the door and let Peter in the house, Jesus says, I am standing at the door, I am speaking to you, if you can hear My voice, open the door.

Hearing the voice of God is like water to our soul, but that is only the beginning, even if hearing His voice produces joy in us, we must go a step further and open the door. Obedience to the voice is how we open the door. God doesn’t speak just to talk, He speaks to be obeyed. That’s why the Bible says, “Today if you hear HIs voice, do not harden your hearts” (Hebrews 3:15), because if you can hear you are invited to obey. We open the door when we obey, because obedience opens the door for God to show us great and mighty things we know not. If you can hear, obey, this is God’s way!

Have you felt overlooked? Have you been relegated to what feels like the sidelines? Have you been sent away? The Babylonian church does not have room for the kingdom of God, for it is a system of mixture, not authority and power. What if what you perceived as rejection, was actually protection? Now is the time to shake off any residue of the grave clothes and arise for the gospel of the kingdom is gaining traction in the earth and your voice, your giftings, what is inside of you is needed for this historic time. You were set apart for this moment in time.

Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9 had a powerful conversion, of the likes very few since have had. He had his religious teachings transformed into revelation about Jesus Christ in a way that only the power of God could do. This man would go on to write 2/3 of the New Testament, yet he was sent back to Tarsus because the religious system did not want him and the new disciples of Christ did not trust what had happened to him. By Acts 11, the gospel had spread due to the stoning of Stephen in Acts 7, to many places, one of which was Antioch. Now there was a need for Saul and what God had revealed to him.

Acts 11:25-26 says, “And he (Barnabas) left for Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Did you hear that, Barnabas went looking for Saul for he needed him in Antioch. Saul was set apart and God sent Barnabas to come find him. God is raising up people who see what is in you and they are going to come and find you, for you are needed at this time. The days of being hidden are over, it is time to release the revelations God has placed inside of you, for the hunger is there and now those with food are needed.

Babylon is Burning 8.6.22

Two days ago the Lord spoke to me through Song of Solomon 2:12 saying, “The flowers have already appeared in the land; the time has arrive for the pruning the vines (singing), and the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.” The Lord was crystal clear, no matter what we hear on the news it is time to sing!

Yesterday, I wrote a blog called Smoke Alarm and shared an experience I had of waking up at 2:12am and the smoke alarm going off. A friend of mine, Clay Sikes in Georgia, contacted me and said, his smoke alarm went off the same night mine did, but his said, “Fire!” The Lord said, Joel 2:1-2 (212) was the verse, blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy mountain, for the day of judgement is at hand.

This morning in prayer the Lord spoke to me about the smoke alarm and said, “Babylon is burning.” I knew when Israel would capture a city, they would burn the city to the ground after they plundered it. Babylon is burning…yes, listen to Revelation 18 says, “She will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.” And it says, various groups of people will lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning. “Babylon is burning!” Henceforth, why the smoke alarm is going off.

In addition, today, I receive an email from my friend Clu in the Northeast part of the USA and she speaks about today, August 6, 2022 at sundown being Tisha B’Av of the 9th of Av on the Hebrew Calendar and she explains how this day in Jewish history has severeal tradgedies associated with it. For one, on this day, both temples were destroyed by their enemies. First temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586BC and the second temple was destroyed in 70CE by the Romans. What Babylon and Rome being highlighted today? Yes, because we are witnessing the fall of the iron and clay kingdom once and for all (Daniel 2).

Tying this all together, it says in Revelation 18:20 “Rejoice over her (Babylon), O heavens, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.” No wonder the Lord said, Sing; then He released the sound of the smoke alarm; and now He says, Babylon is burning. My friends, God is fighting for us in a way only the Bible understands. What is our response to be, SING! REJOICE! You can’t make this stuff up. Babylon is burning!

We must stop creating theologies around what we are going through. Our current reality is not the place to declare a theology. He is the Ancient of Days! Our theology needs to match His reality not ours.

I was praying with Psalm 66 this morning when I penned the above words. He is so kind; generous; loving; faithful; strong; trustworthy; powerful; fun; just to name a few things. How can I create a theology about my circumstances when this is just some of who He is? Theology is the study of God not the study of my circumstances.

Psalm 66:12 says, “You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.” People have a tendency to want a theology that matches their reality, to validate what they are going through. When you are going through something it feels like it is never going to change, because you are going through it. The challenge is, leaders have created theologies out of things we go through so when an earthquake happens, a volcano erupts, a solar eclipse is seen, a recession goes into effect, or something else shakes, people decry Matthew 24, Jesus is coming, the rapture is near.

People reveal their theology, what they believe about God when something is shaking. When all is well we sing with a loud voice, God is good! But the news shares something bad and we declare, the end is near! My friends, God is not unstable, He is not shakable, He is not worried about our current reality and we are not to be either. Matthew 7 says, do not worry about what you will eat, drink, or wear, for God knows you need all these things. It is time to get a true theology of God, not our circumstances if we are going to stand in the shaking, for everything that can be shaken is going to shake, this we know, but we also know the kingdom of God is an unshakable kingdom, so there is nothing to fear.

Last night I heard in my spirit “Smoke Alarm” then almost simultaneously to hearing those words I hear a smoke alarm beeping and I jolt out of bed with heart pounding. As soon as I am awake the sound stops. I thought was that in my sleep I heard the alarm or in reality. The time was 2:12am. I go back to sleep and at 2:47am I wake up again to the sound of the smoke alarm going off again. I wake up and as soon as I do, the sound stops. This time I check the whole house to see if there is something happening, all is calm, all is clear in the house. I lay back down and I know this is prophetic, so I start to ask the Lord what is He saying. Silence. I check my Ipad for any news, I check my phone for any messages, nothing. So, I go back to sleep.

I knew the smoke alarm going off was prophetic, but what did it mean I was not sure, so I start with the time, 2:12 and I look up what 212 means and the first thing I learn is, 212 degrees is the boiling point for water in which steam is released, steam so powerful it powers machines. Noted. Then I look up verses for 2:12 and consistently throughout the OT prophets 2:12 is a verse about God’s anger toward His enemies. Next it is time to check Strong’s number 212 and in the Hebrew it means wheel (Exodus 14:25) and in the Greek it means boastful. Research reveals revelation. Now I am shaking, trembling, listening with the fear of the Lord on me and the Lord says, Joel 2:1-2 (212). “Blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, surely it is near.”

Yesterday the Lord told me Song of Songs 2:12 “The time has arrived for the pruning of the vines.” I wrote my blog yesterday about the time for us to sing is now, despite what we see on the news. Now last night the Lord says, “Smoke Alarm” and it goes off at 2:12am. I believe the Lord is dealing with our enemies as we speak. I believe the smoke of God’s glory is setting off alarms in the spirit to warn God’s enemies that their time is up. The enemies of God are being dealt with and that is why He is calling us to sing, for He is chopping off their control; removing their influence; destroying their plans. This is a time of rejoicing for us, not a time to be afraid. The smoke alarm is to tell us two things, the glory of God is filling the temple, which is the people of God and the enemies of God are being consumed by the fire of God.

The alarm is going off to wake people up, but once their awake the alarm will stop. They will look for something harmful, thinking that is what the alarm is going off for, but just like I found nothing to cause fear, so will we when we wake up after hearing the alarm. Our natural response to an alarm is fear, but not all alarms are to scare us, some are to wake us up for a new day is upon us. The smoke of God’s glory is here, this my friends is why we are called to sing not fear!

All morning long, I have been hearing the word pruning. I even had an image of God with pruning shears in His hand. But the verse that accompanied it did not seem to carry the idea of being cut back, but of coming out. I have been wrestling this out in prayer and study this morning and then the voice of God broke through and said, “It is time for singing!”

Song of Solomon 2:11-14 “The winter is past, The rain is over and gone. The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, and the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. The fig tree has ripened its figs; the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come along! O my dove, in the clefts of the rock; in the secret place of the steep pathway; let me see your form; let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet; your form is lovely.”

The days of being hidden, the days of being locked down, the days of being undercover are over, it is time to come out of hiding and the first command is to sing. Pruning in this verse is synonymous with singing and is better translated as such based on context. Abundance is all around and singing is the natural response to abundance. The winter rains, that kept us indoors have given way to abundance and when we see it we sing. I know it doesn’t look abundant if you watch the news, I know the narrative of the nation is recession, but the report of heaven is abundance. Who’s report are you going to believe?

If we will believe the report of the Lord we will sing, for the time of singing is here. The winter is past, the rains are gone, its time to come out of hiding and sing for you are standing in more abundance than you can see in the natural right now. I am telling you sing, sing, sing to the Lord for everything in the natural is about to be abundant in ways you would have never imagined. The pruning shears in God’s hands are cutting off the head of the enemy so we can sing!

As I was praying Psalm 63 this morning, the very last line of the chapter struck my spirit and immediately tears fell down my face. “For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.” If I could sum up in one verse what I desire for the nations, it would be Psalm 63:11. It is not a verse we memorize, preach or even talk about, it is not one of the common verses we share with each other, but it is a verse that is going to transform the nations. Psalm 63:11, “The king will rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him will glory, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.” The king in this verse is David and this chapter is about seeking God in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

The Lord showed me that debt, depression, distress, loneliness, anxiety, fear, anger, violence, all the negative emotions we deal with are because of the lies spoken over the nations. Lies create droughts in our soul and what we do out of dryness is usually negative. We know Jesus said, Satan is the father of lies, so it is nothing new to realize these are all the work of the enemy. But when the word tells me THE MOUTHS OF THOSE WHO SPEAK LIES WILL BE STOPPED, tears fall down my face, because I know that is the answer we need. We need the lies to stop. Those who have access to amplify their voice are spewing lies continually with no regard for how it is destroying people’s lives. Then we as friends argue because some know the truth while others only know the lies.

I feel the heart of God on this today and He is declaring to us the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped. I know it is hard to believe, for we have only lived with the narrative of lies in the atmospher, but I see a narrative shift coming of cosmic proportion. I was at lunch with a friend yesterday and even though it was hard for her to grasp all the good news I was sharing with her at the end she said, you are speaking a much better outcome than we are being told. It’s not my opinion, it’s God’s word. He said, the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped. I am declaring what God is saying. We are about to experience what Jesus promised, life and life abundantly.

Last night and then again this morning there was a foreboding familiar spirit seeking to disrupt the peace. For two weeks now there has been atmospheric interference coming with voices which have been defeated. I sense as we enter fully into this new season, old voices are trying to tag along and attach themselves to us in order to come with us into this new season. Resist them, shake them off, do not let them attach to you as barnacles, they cannot come into the new season, they must remain dead on the wilderness floor.

On this day, 8/2/2022, the Lord said, “I am giving you (all) a new (8) key (2222) of access to express the kingdom of God inside of you (all).” In prayer this is what the Lord showed me and when I was done praying, I opened to Isaiah 22:22 which says, “Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open.” This is the OT partner to the Matthew 16:19 NT verse “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” Both scriptures are in the context of authority (key) being removed from one and given to another. In Isaiah 22, the key was being removed from Shebnah and given to Eliakim; in Matthew 16, the key was being removed from the religious leaders and given to the apostles. Same key, new leader.

I see the keys of access to power and authority being removed off of the shoulder of one person and given to another. There are going to be many transfers of power taking place in every mountain of society. The Lord is removing the key from the shoulder of those who oppress and giving it to those who liberate; it is being removed from those who control and given to those who steward; it is being removed from those who hurt to those who help. We are about to see a major transfer of power and authority and the key of access is being given to those who will express the kingdom of God inside of them in order to liberate the people around them.

Manifestations are evidence of the new season we have entered into. Some are more obvious than others, but they are everywhere and it is so refreshing to be living in a new day. Every season, every epoch has its joys and challenges. Each is unique and necessary as we move through the annals of time from glory to glory. This new season is ear marked with distinctions that are no longer blurred. Wickedness is obvious, righteousness is revealed and there is no middle ground any longer. This is a gift from God we need to be grateful for, as it gives us understanding into where we stand and where others have chosen to stand. For some it is very uncomfortable, they feel exposed, for others it is joyful for they finally sense they are being revealed. The Bible is clear, sin loves to hide in the shadows under the cover of darkness, but life loves to live in the light and shine brightly for all to see. The seeds of both sin and righteousness have sprouted.

With this being our reality, conviction is going to be an experience that is restored, for truth speakers are not ashamed of the truth any longer. How people respond to conviction will be telling to both the person who is being convicted and the one who spoke the truth that brought conviction. Acts 5:30-33 says, “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross. He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. But when they heard this, they were cut to the quick and intended to kill them.” When people are convicted by truth, they will respond in one of two ways, they will repent and return to the Lord or they will resent the one who spoke the truth to them. This will reveal their heart. The truth speakers must not take this personally, for if they do they will become silent and we need truth speakers to speak and keep on speaking. For only the truth is going to set people free.

The season has changed, truth is going to be the narrative of the nations. The response to this truth is going to be obvious, but the reponses will be different, just like what Peter and the apostles experienced. Truth is not going to be silent, because some people get violent when convicted. Truth will continue to pour down like torrential rain for the drought is over! The only question is, how will you respond when you hear the truth that is coming to set you, your family, your city, your nation free?

Intellectual accent; theological strength; and titles that come with completion of a course; is identifiable by others who are swimming in the same waters called the doctrines of men. Pharisees in Jesus’ day recognized fellow Pharisees. Sadducees understood each other, for they had the same doctrine of no resurrection. But when some men, who used to be fishermen, tax collectors, or fig tree sitters, came to Jerusalem and starting healing the sick, the religious elite stood up and took notice. They were not taught how to heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons or cleanse the leper in their theological institutions. They were taught hermenutics, exegesis, and literary analysis. This blew their rational minds, how could this be. They had the big titles, the paychecks, the temple, but they did not have the power of God.

It amazes me how the Bible can be so crystal clear in its articulation of truth and yet, we can be completely unaware of truth that sets us free. Acts 4 says, “Now as they (religious leaders) observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.” Peter and John were not trained in their seminaries, bible schools or discipleship programs, but they had been with Jesus. Being with Jesus, following Jesus, fellowshiping with Jesus, learning from Jesus, transforms you into a new creation. This change was obvious to the religious leaders. They knew these men were different, for they didn’t argue theology they manifested power; they demonstrated grace; they spoke the truth in love.

We get to decide who we are going to be. As for me, I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back!