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February 9, 2023
Invited to Intimacy
Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Jesus is in your past, present, and your future–all at the same time. He had a plan for you before time began. The Lord knows the end of your story, and nothing surprises or shocks him. He knows how to get you to your destination so fear not! Your destiny is greater than your history.
Declaration: My past has been paid for by the blood of Jesus. Good things are in my future because I belong to Him. I will walk out every step of my purpose and destiny.
Invited to IntimacyGod is inviting us into incredible places today and we need to hear that. We need to understand and embrace it, but how?
By setting yourself apart in a very specific way for God to bless you in a very specific way. This is the new norm. It’s what you have to do and it’s who you have to be in these chaotic times.
In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus said, “When you pray,” “When you fast,” and, “When you give.” These things are not special. They are common and expected. These are things you need to be doing and doing cheerfully, but it’s not about the act. It’s about the expectancy.
There are some ways we seek the Lord that are totally unique to each of us as individuals because King Jesus has invited us into an intimate place with him. We must recognize the green light – the invitation.
When that invitation comes, you must have a yes in your spirit. Declare this right now: “I say yes to King Jesus.” Amen.
Jesus went to the mountain. Jeremiah went to the cave. Ezekiel went to the river. Daniel went to the window. David danced before the Lord. Moses wrote. Hannah prayed, Mary pondered and Solomon thought. That is how those men and women of God met with the Lord for encounters that not only changed their lives, but the course of history.
So it is with you in this crazy, dark, confusing and amazing day.
God Almighty is inviting you to say, “I don’t care what they headlines say. It doesn’t matter what’s trending or tweeting. I am seeking the Lord. King Jesus! I can’t live without you. I need you to show up in an incredible way in this place.”
Will you accept that invitation?
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; – Jeremiah 29:13-14
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February 8, 2023
Your Big Boy Pants
Philippians 2:9 – Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name.
All of mankind will someday openly make God bigger than them. Get in on that now. There is no way God can be big in your life without you getting small. Train yourself to magnify the Lord above all else: situations, relationships, money, your own plans. Get small and still.
Declaration: I will magnify the name of my Lord. The smaller I get, the more He can use me. I will be humble.
Your Big Boy PantsThe mature body of King Jesus doesn’t think like a little boy or little girl. We can’t be some whiny, burly baby. The mature body of King Jesus should be full of wide-eyed wonder, fascinated with the heart of the Father.
The mature body of Christ needs to say, “W may not see the Lord’s hand in this, but we know His heart and we have faith in His character even as all hell is breaking loose around us.”
Believers should be full of faith. We should answer the agenda of hell and say:
We understand the dangers of the world that we live in and we’re still going after Jesus.
We choose to not be afraid.
We choose to be a fearless demonstration of freedom, redemption, and the goodness of God.
We choose to answer evil with the goodness of the Lord.
We don’t hide behind the rock when the giant shows up. We show up on the battlefield and we say, “Friends, is there not a cause? Is there not a cause?”
Well, there is a cause today. Life. Liberty. Love. All of these are the very character of God:
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. – 2 Corinthians 3:17
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. – 1 John 4:8
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” – John 14:6
There are people in your life who need you to be the body of King Jesus in this hour. They need you to be full of the Holy Spirit and just go, “No. This is what I believe. This is how I stand with Jesus. I will not apologize for standing with biblical principles.”
The battle is at hand, and the lost and fearful are looking for hope. Do you have on your big boy or girl pants and your Belt of Truth? Stand against the schemes of the devil and bring the Kingdom of heaven to earth today.
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February 7, 2023
Even If…
Proverbs 2:8 – He guards the paths of justice, and preserves the way of His saints.
The Lord, the righteous judge, brings justice like no one else. No matter how long since the injustice against you, cry out to the Lord and He will return what has been stolen. He will render judgment in your favor and continue to bless and protect you.
Declaration: The Lord is my vengeance. Justice will be done because He is a righteous judge.
Even If…However much I’ve ever loved King Jesus before, it’s not enough. If you thought I was crazy before this whole COVID mess, I’m going cray-cray-crazy for Jesus now. Amen.
I want to be so full of hope that it gets on other people’s nerves and they ask me, “Why in the world would you have hope in this dark day and this awful hour?” Believe me – I’m have a ready answer.
My friend, you have to change your wineskin as the enemy pummels you with the left hook of wokeness, the right cross of compromise, uppercuts of financial fear and body blows of drama in your family and friendships. A big part of the wineskin that you’re gonna have to change is this: You’re not just sitting around hoping God is going to show up.
You are I are people who are going after the presence of the Lord just like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who had to stand against the tyranny of a godless government all those centuries ago. When they refused to bend a knee to the idolatry of a wicked, idolatrous king, they didn’t blink at the death sentence that king handed them.
“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” – Daniel 3:17-18
They didn’t say, “What if.” They said, “Even if, we’re going to serve our God.”
They knew God would show up and do something, even if He showed up to usher them home to glory. Did they have a clue He would show up and literally take the heat in the fiery furnace for them? Not a chance! Oh, I love me some King Jesus.
Well, the furnace is getting hotter in these last days, and more and more is being asked of the body of Christ. As the world comes against you, are you prepared to say, “Even if things don’t go as I want, I know my God’s character and He will work all things for my good”?
Don’t bow your knee to the compromise that is the world system. Give it to Jesus and let Him take the heat. He did it before. He will do it again for you.
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February 6, 2023
Liar, Liar…
Revelation 2:7 – “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”
The major difference between survivors and overcomers is survivors don’t inherit the promises of God. There are 17 promises reserved for overcomers in the book of Revelation. These are a promise of total restoration and redemption of all that was lost in the garden of Eden. And best of all, it’s for you.
Declaration: I’m an overcomer. I overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. God’s promises are mine. He is restoring my health, relationships, family, and finances.
Liar, Liar…If you are feeling hopelessness in any part of your life, you are under the influence of a lie. “But Pastor Troy, you don’t know what I’ve been through and how it’s still affecting me.”
To that I say, “Buckle your seatbelt because I have a word from the Lord that I’m excited about.”
God Almighty is speaking and he’s saying this is not a terrible day to be alive. This is a wonderful day to be alive. I know that the onslaught of evil has come against God’s people all over the Planet Earth and here’s what I can tell you:
“Where sin does abound, grace does much more abound.” – Romans 5:20
There is much more for you than there is against you. You have to change the wineskin these days and you’re gonna have to stand up to some things you’ve never had to stand up to before. You’re going to have to know the truth when the world insists you believe a lie – and if you watch the news, the lies just keep coming, don’t they?
Funny thing is, the world elites demand you believe their globalists nonsense. There really is nothing new under the sun!
Going back to the time of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, anytime that you see a great spirit of control, such as you saw in the book of Daniel, there is a demand of 100 percent compliance. When just three people out of the masses of Babylon are not in compliance, the masses turn on you and say, “You put us at risk because you have not pleased our idol god. You must be punished.”
We live in a time that you have got to know the truth when the world insists you embrace the lie. They will mock you, cancel you and persecute you – heck, they might even hate you. But what did Jesus say?
“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” – John 15:18-19
If the world, or those you love within your world, are turning against you because you will not conform or because you will not believe their boloney, know that it’s not you they don’t like. It is the King Jesus in you that they hate.
The people of God are lovers of truth and the light of truth is being poured out by the Holy Spirit in this day. Say it with me: “I will not be afraid of the day I’m living in. I was made for such a time as this and I am full of hope.” Anything else is just a lie.
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TPL – GLOBAL SHAKING: The Prophetic Word in the Turkish Earthquake
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
Matthew 24:7 – For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places
Earthquakes in Scripture
Isaiah 29:6 – You will be punished by the Lord of hosts With thunder and earthquake and great noise, With storm and tempest And the flame of devouring fire.
Major earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale brought widespread devastation to southern Turkey and northern Syria.
The Hittites and Assyrians both controlled this region also known as Anatolia.
These lands play a major role in both the Old and New Testaments.
It has long been thought that Turkey and Syria are part of the Gog-Magog alliance in Ezekiel 38 and 39. Two of the nations who attack Israel and God Almighty miraculously smites them with His own hand.
It is thought that Russia is Magog and Putin is Gog, the leader of Magog.
That alliance has been made in the natural in just the last year.
Four major fault lines – tectonic plates – merge here
Counting the earthquakes in the past two days, this area has had 8 earthquakes over 7 on the Richter scale in 25 years.
Current reports say more than 4300 dead as of Tuesday night
7.8 quake 23 km east of Nurdagi
4:17 a.m. on February 5
Torn by war, a refugee crisis and economic troubles, this predominately muslim nation doesn’t have the infrastructure to withstand such powerful tremors. Watch as this building, which seemed to withstand the quake and several of its aftershocks, suddenly collapses
The earthquake and at least 8 aftershocks hit in the middle of the night so most people were home in bed.
Snow and freezing temperatures made the initial devastation even worse. Huge humanitarian crisis.
2/5/2023
Psalm 2:5 – Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure:
1 Timothy 2:5 – For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
7.8 – first quake
Ezekiel 7:8 – Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, and spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will repay you for all your abominations.
Daniel 7:8 – I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.
(Very likely the anti-Christ will come from this region)
Micah 7:8 – Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.
Matthew 7:8 – For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
4:17 a.m.
4 a.m – global impact, 4 corners the world, all of creation
17 – Overcoming Victory
Matthew 4:17 – From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
2 Timothy 4:17 (The Lord Is Faithful) – But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Romans 4:17 – (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
Depth of the epicenter: 24.1 km – God’s perfect Government; God is in control
24 km = 14.9 miles
Proverbs 14:9 – Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor.
Numbers 14:9 – Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they[a] are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
Zechariah 14:9 – And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be— “The Lord is one,” and His name one.
John 14:9 – Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Location: Gaziantep – “Kings land” in Arabic
SECOND MAJOR QUAKE
1:24 p.m., 9 hours after initial quake, 7.5 aftershock hit 95 miles south of initial quake
Psalms 95 – “ A Call to Worship and Obedience”
1:24 pm – time of 7.5 aftershock
Colossians 1:24 – I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church,
Romans 1:24 – Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
Jude 1:24 – Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.
7.5 Aftershock
Jeremiah 7:5 – “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,
Genesis 7:5 – And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.
Matthew 7:5 – Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
INTERESTING SIDE NOTE:
The Turkish Lyra went through the floor just before the quake. 20 Lyra to the American dollar.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a close friend to Vladimir Putin, has been attempting to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. The war has destabilized the region and brought hardship to Turkey.
On January 20, Erdogan called Ukrainian President Zelensky offering to broker a “Permanent Peace” between Russia and Ukraine.
This has angered the NATO nations including the US, Great Britain, France and Germany.
Is the sudden tanking of the Turkish Lyra payback from the globalists of NATO and the World Economic Forum?
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HEBREW CALENDAR: Tu b’Shevat
PASTOR TROY BREWER
Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 / 15 Shevat
Like the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7), the Book of Psalms begins with a “beatitude,” a pronunciation of blessings on the godly man.
Psalms 1 (The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly) – Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
MAN IS A TREE? WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
Fruitfulness! Bringing the word of God to the lost; bringing people into the Kingdom
It’s a great big word on redemption in the year 2023 on the Gregorian calendar, which is marked for death.
Isaiah 61:2-3 – “To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
On the Hebrew Calendar, this is the year 5783
80 is about the PEY – the mouth, speaking, declaring and decreeing things into existence
Romans 4:17 – (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
The 3 in the 83 is the Gimmel – it’s the prophetic picture of a camel; divine supply lines, provision and burden bearing. Do you need help in your finances. Let Father God be your burden bearer in this area and ask him for supply and provision. He wants to rescue you so you can rescue others.
Psalms 114:11-13 – Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood— 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style; 13 That our barns may be full, Supplying all kinds of produce; That our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
BE A TREE. GET PLANTED. CONNECT TO THE TRUE VINE
PARTNER WITH THE LORD TODAY.
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February 5, 2023
Tribe of Heroes
Colossians 2:6 – As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.
Here is what’s true: We walk in Jesus by God’s grace. Until we receive Jesus and He makes us able, we feel tired, frustrated and we work ourselves to death. But Jesus gives us a power to progress that can’t be found outside His grace. Let go and let Him.
Declaration: I walk by the grace of God and accomplish more than I can imagine. I will not grumble nor complain because the joy of the Lord is my strength.
Tribe of HeroesThere is one group of people the Bible says the entire world is not worthy of: the men and women who have faith in God. The world doesn’t have a clue who they are. If they notice them at all, they treat them with indifference, pity, or contempt. Despite circumstances, people of faith rise up and persevere no matter what. It’s people like this who make up Jesus’ tribe.
It’s a tribe that believes in the promises of God even if those promises aren’t fulfilled in their lifetime. It includes stories of people who suffered and died for their fear of the Lord and triumphed over enemies, illness, famine, drought, and disease. It includes people who resurrected from the dead or never died at all.
We remember them for their faith in King Jesus, either looking ahead from before he was born or remembering who he is and that he’s been resurrected. These veterans walked with God in powerful ways. Their faith made them willing to risk their own lives for him so generations after them would believe. They persevered when most would’ve fallen out. Since King Jesus honors them, so should we.
They are waiting on the rest of us to join them so we can all enjoy the fullness of the promises of God together. The party can’t start until everyone’s arrived. They’re cheering the rest of us on to the finish line so, one day, we can all enter his rest together.
“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” – 2 Timothy 4:6-8
So when you’re feeling tired or discouraged, remember you’re not alone. Remember the heritage of the tribe you’re from. Ask the Spirit to strengthen your heart and that of anyone you know is struggling. You are of the tribe of Jesus.
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LOOKING UP 1: Arise and Shine – The Wonder of Orion
Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
What does the Bible say about wonder and awe?
Luke 5:26 ESV – And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
Exodus 15:11 ESV – “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?”
Psalm 33:8 – Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
Hebrews 12:28 ESV – Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
Proverbs 9:10 ESV – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Psalm 86:8-10 ESV – There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
Romans 15:13 ESV – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
King David
Psalms 8:3-9 (NKJV) – When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
Isaiah 60:1-22 – Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 “Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
5 Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover your land,
Look at verse 19
19 “The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory.
20 Your sun shall no longer go down, Nor shall your moon withdraw itself; For the Lord will be your everlasting light, And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
21 Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”
Just like Isaiah chapter 60 is all about a theme God wants us to understand, there is a constellation in heaven that represents that same theme – Orion.
The best time to see Orion is in late January at 9 p.m., but you can actually see him long before that and way afterward.
ORION MEANS “ LIGHT”
A long time ago, Orion was spelled Oarion, which comes from the Hebrew root word for “light.” Others called him Ur-ana, which means “the light of heaven.” This is Jesus in His grandest form showing us who He conquers, why He conquers and how.
The name Orion comes from an ancient Hebrew word which means “light” and it actually translates as “coming forth as light.” This is Jesus coming back, and it’s the greatest day ever.
John 12:46 – I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
John 9:5 – “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John 1:9 – That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
Make no mistake: the sky is not falling. The Kingdom is coming!
The Babylonians called Orion MULSIPA.ZI.AN.NA, and that means “The Heavenly Shepherd” or “The true shepherd of God.” Here Jesus has arrived and His sheep will lack for nothing from this day forward.
Psalms 23:1 – The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…
As He returns like a shepherd, He will divide the sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:32 – All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats
It’s interesting to note that Mitaka, the star furthest right in Orion’s famous belt, is an ancient word that means “dividing.” He is definitely going to do His job!
Psalms 147:4 – He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
LET’S LOOK AT THE STARS
The brightest star in Orion is located in his left foot. It is called Rigel, which means “The foot that crushes.”
FACTS ABOUT RIGEL, THE HEAVENLY CLOD HOPPER
Overall, Rigel is about 40,000 times brighter than our local star, the Sun. Earth would need to be about 200 times farther away, or about five times as far as Pluto, to bear life in orbit around Rigel. Even then, the light would be a weird bluish light. Rigel is 66,000 times more powerful than the Sun, has 17 times more mass, and 70 times the width of our Sun. Rigel is the seventh brightest star in the heavens. It is a blue supergiant star, and is 773 light-years from Earth. In other words, the light you see from Rigel on any given winter night, started on its journey a least 250 years before Columbus stumbled upon the outskirts of North America.
The brightest star in Orion is located in his left foot. It is called Rigel, which means “The foot that crushes.”
Revelation 1:15 – His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters
Ephesians 1:22 – And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
When Jesus comes back, His feet are as brass, a symbol of judgment (Revelation 2:18). The Bible goes on to say that He stomps the enemy out, the way that Lucille Ball danced on grapes back in 1956.
And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs. – Revelation 14:20
Revelation 19:15 – He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
The “Battle Hymn of the Republic” sang about “the grapes of wrath.” So did Elvis in “American Trilogy.” John Steinbeck wrote a book about those infamous grapes in 1939, which won a Pulitzer Prize. John Ford made a movie about it and won the Oscar for best director.
I am telling you God will bless you if you start writing or singing about how Jesus is going to stomp out all of our enemies. A long time before John even had a revelation of it, the heavens declared it through Orion and Rigel.
IT’S SHOW TIME
The next brightest star is called Betelgeuse. It is pronounced “Beatle Juice,” just like the Tim Burton movie.
Betelgeuse means “The coming of the BRANCH”
Malachi 3:2 – “But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderers’ soap.”
Betelgeuse means “The coming of the BRANCH”
Isaiah 11:1 – There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
Yes, before that was ever written prophetically in the Bible, it was prophetically written in the heavens, in the names of the stars which God loves to name.
BETELGEUSE FACTS
A red supergiant, which is a rare thing – we know of only about 200 in our galaxy – it’s hard to imagine how big this thing actually is. If this star were our Sun, we would be in big trouble. You know how far our away our Sun is from us? Something like 92.96 million miles away, and it takes the light from the sun eight minutes and 20 seconds to reach us. Light travels at 186,282 miles per second and that’s hauling the mail! Ok, so you need to know that the Sun is a long long way away, big in our sky and extremely hot. So our Sun has to be monstrous huge.
Betelgeuse is so much bigger than our Sun, if it were placed where our Sun is, it wouldn’t be far away at all. In fact, it would not be away at all. We would be deep within the inside of the star itself because Betelgeuse is much bigger around than our rotation around the Sun! It would go all the way into Jupiter’s orbit, and Jupiter is three times farther away from us than the Sun is.
When the two planets are at their closest point, the distance to Jupiter is 365 million miles. At its farthest, the gas giant lies 601 million miles away from us.
Betelgeuse is bigger than you can possibly imagine and it is 642 light years away.
That’s what Betelgeuse looked like in 1381.
Isaiah, using the same prophetic numbers, says what Orion is all about in representing Jesus:
Isaiah 64:2 – As fire burns brushwood, as fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
That’s what ORION IS ALL ABOUT!!!
The light of the world is coming back soon and the nations will tremble!
Before that was prophetically written in the Bible, it was prophetically written in the heavens in the constellation Orion.
When Jesus comes back, the light of the world – Orion – comes back.
BELLATRIX
Bellatrix is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion, 5 degrees right of the red giant Betelgeuse. It is the 27th brightest star in the night sky and 250 light-years away.
Jim Kaler, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, University of Illinois says,
“If constellations could talk, they might well shout “unfair” at great Orion, one of only four constellations to have two first magnitude stars (the others being the Southern Cross, the Centaur, and Canis Major, Orion’s Hunting Dog). Moreover, it also has the fourth, seventh, and eighth-brightest SECOND magnitude stars. The brightest of these, Bellatrix, magnitude 1.64, follows immediately behind Castor (in Gemini), Gacrux (in the cross), and Shaula (In Scorpio).”
Bellatrix, which means “quickly coming,” is what the Bible is talking about when Jesus comes back to defeat His enemies.
Bellatrix means “ quickly coming”
Revelation 2:16 – Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
Bellatrix means “ quickly coming”
Revelation 22:7 – “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Bellatrix means “ quickly coming”
Revelation 22:12 – “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.
You should also see this theme in Revelation 2:5, Revelation 11:14 Revelation 3:11. This is what our response to the proclamation of Bellatrix should be:
I Am Coming Quickly
Revelation 22:20 – He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
BEHOLD, ORION!
Orion the conqueror is a picture of a “warrior prince”and “the Light of the World” with his left foot positioned over the head of the enemy. His world-famous belt of three beautiful stars has a sword hanging off of it. In Orion’s right hand, he holds a mighty club, which is the rod for his enemies. In his left hand, he holds the skin of the roaring lion whom he has defeated. He is showing off his trophy and displaying the spoils of war. He is undefeatable, unstoppable and undeniable. Orion is Heaven’s greatest rockstar.
ORION ’ S BELT
Orion stands wrapped about with a belt of truth.
Ephesians 6:14 – Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth…
The three stars on Orion’s Belt are famous in cultures everywhere. In the Bible, the belt is represented as truth.
Al Nitak: located 815 light-years away, means “ the wounded One”
Isaiah 53:5, Genesis 3:15 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities:
Al Nilam: located 1,350 light-years away. The buckle of the belt is loosely translated as “a string of pearls.” but it comes from a root word meaning “to honor” and “being exalted.” (Psalms 21:5; Psalms 66:2; Psalms 96:6; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 5:13)
AL NILAM means “The One honored and exhalted”
Revelation 4:11 – “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”
Mitaka: located 916 light-years away, it is an ancient word that means “dividing.” (Psalms 29:7, Isaiah 51:15, Matthew 25:32)
Genesis 1:4 – And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
ORION’S SWORD
The center of Orion’s sword is the great Orion Nebula. It’s the only nebula you can see with the naked eye. Located over 1,300 light-years away, scientists say it’s a stellar nursery where new stars are being born. According to modern astronomers, the Orion Nebula is an enormous cloud of gas and dust, one of many in our Milky Way Galaxy, and it is making new stars even as you are reading this.
The dark-sky aficionado, Stephen James O’Meara, described the nebula as “… angel’s breath against a frosted sky.”
The Sword of the Lord is His word (Ephesians 6:17).
On the handle of the sword and pictured on all the old star maps, is supposed to be the head of a lamb. This is proof of who He actually is. He is the Lamb that was slain.
Revelation 5:12 – saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
AMAZING MESSAGES THAT ORION PREACHES :
Jesus is the Light of the World: The name Orion (John 12:46)
Jesus is coming back quickly: the star Bellatrix (Revelation 22:7)
He will stomp on His enemies and put them under His feet: the star Rigel (Revelation 14:20)
AMAZING MESSAGES THAT ORION PREACHES
He will divide the goats from the sheep: The Star Mitaka (Matthew 25:32)
This is the truth: Orion ’ s belt (Ephesians 6:14)
A Sword will come from His mouth against the nations: Orion ’ s sword (Revelation 19:15)
He will ultimately defeat death and take away tears
Revelation 21:4 – “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
When Orion arises, Scorpio disappears. Orion and Scorpio can never be seen in the same sky. The light of the world (as represented through Betelgeuse) literally chases away the heart of darkness (as represented through Antares and Scorpio).
CASSIOPEIA: WHEN JESUS COMES BACK, HIS BRIDE IS RIGHTEOUS
“…Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God… – Revelation 21:9-11
Cassiopeia looks like a W, a 3 and finally an M as she makes her way around the North Star. She is seen as a queen on her throne, but she is upside down when she first rises above the horizon in the east. Then, dramatically, as her lover and glorious redeemer, Orion, arises, she is made righteous at His appearing. She is right side up as Orion climbs into the same sky.
2 Timothy 4:8 – Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
This is what the heavens declare through Orion, and it is AWESOME!
Cassiopeia & Scorpio
John 1:1-12 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not (Overcome) comprehend it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
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February 4, 2023
Consecrated and Contemplative
Philippians 2:5 – Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.
Do you have mental boundaries set up by the Holy Spirit? You need to because your thoughts take you into dangerous places. Make a conscience effort to have true holiness of mind so your mind is acceptable to the Father.
Declaration: The mind of Christ is at work within me. I submit how I think to the way Jesus thinks about things.
Consecrated and ContemplativeThere are a couple of things you and I need to pay attention to in these last days as we get closer and closer to the eminent and the glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are two words I want to introduce to you: consecration and contemplation.
They sound alike but they’re actually not the same.
Consecration means to be set apart. To actually lean into something, and to be intentional about being at a certain place, at a certain time, for a certain miracle to happen.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. – Psalms 84:5
I love this verse because it is a wake up call that there’s a certain place the Lord has called me to and I’ve got to go. I can’t stand still. That’s why they call it a “walk” with God. It’s a pilgrimage to a specific destination and I have to lean into that.
Now, contemplation is thinking about the Word of God. It’s about remembering the promises of God, your history with King Jesus, and knowing the things the Spirit of the Lord is always highlighting to you.
I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. – Psalms 119:15
When you love somebody, you contemplate their ways. What makes them smile? What things do they always say? What is important to them? It’s like that with God Almighty too. It’s crucial that we know the Lord Jesus so well, we actually fear Him.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. – Proverbs 8:13
Just to be clear, in 2023 fearing the Lord is a very big deal. Why? Because if we’re going to be consecrated this year, we have to contemplate who He is to us in every way. Is your heart set on pilgrimage?
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February 3, 2023
Tribe of Jesus
1 Corinthians 2:4 – And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
Be the person of God who not only teaches Jesus but demonstrates His character to the world through selfless acts of service. Let your motive for everything you do and say be simply “Jesus.” Determine to do everything with excellence and commitment. Live in a constant awareness that nothing is impossible.
Declaration: I live to see God’s will done on earth as it is in heaven. I treat people the way people in heaven are treated.
Tribe of JesusIn Mark 2, four reckless friends dig through someone’s roof to get their friend to Jesus. And Jesus, Creator of the Universe, keeps right on preaching until they’ve finished, ignoring the commotion around him while people protest and debris falls on his head. Jesus waits and the crowd either wonders what he’ll say or assumes he’s about to put these line-cutters in their place.
At this point, Scripture says Jesus sees their faith, then both heals the paralytic’s body and forgives his sins, raising the ire of the ultra-religious in the crowd. And, at this point, the scribes start accusing him of blasphemy.
By now, everyone’s wondering what kind of person Jesus is and what kind of people make up his tribe. His crew isn’t cautious. They aren’t caught up in social graces, education, or flawlessness.
One look at the demographics of the disciples tells you his tribe consists of people from across the spectrum. On top of all that, people called him a glutton, a “friend of sinners,” and a blasphemer in league with Satan, which reflected on each one of them!
What every one of them had in common was: Get to Jesus and take your friend with you.
Jesus has a tribe. Everyone in the tribe identifies as his disciple, his follower. Everyone has the same goal. They believe Jesus is who he claims to be, the Messiah, and that he can do anything.
Are you part of Jesus’ tribe? Do you know someone you need to bring into Jesus’ presence? Figure out what it will take to get them there. If you don’t know, good news! Jesus knows. Accept Jesus’ invitation and ask the Holy Spirit to prepare others’ hearts to do the same.
“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.” – Matthew 12:50
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