Jerusalem,
Israel
APRIL
26, 2024 PRAYER UPDATE
Israel
and the Nations
GPW News and Prayer Update
DELAYS
AND TIME STOPPING, DIVISIONS AND SIGNS: In Israel and the Nations
DELAYS in the spiritual realm are often GOD
delays:
*He allows delays for His purposes, as well as to test
the hearts of men and nations.
DELAYS in the natural realm -- What we are
seeing when it comes to Israel:
*Heads of State, presidents, prime ministers, defense and
diplomatic officials, and negotiators… meet with Israeli officials, here and abroad.
They offer, or demand, their diplomatic solutions which continue
to delay Israel’s military actions against its enemies.
*Israel’s military plans have been thwarted by the
nations that hold Israel back from carrying those plans through.
*Israel’s ground invasion into Gaza was delayed by a few
weeks because of world leaders coming to Jerusalem with diplomatic responses
and suggestions.
*The Rafah invasion has been delayed until, maybe now,
mainly because of whatever leverage the U.S. Administration has been using against
the Netanyahu government.
*The expansion of the war in the north has been delayed,
to allow the diplomatic arena to play out.
*Residents returning to their homes in the north and the
south has been delayed. For over 6 months many of them are living, with their
whole families, in a small hotel room. Or, have found places to stay with relatives
and friends, temporarily. But, they want to go back to their own homes!
WATCH ISRAEL CLOSELY:
The Lord is showing “His hand” In this hour,
if we will look and see. The God of Israel is signaling the Jews in the
nations, especially in the west, to return to their homeland, “eretz Israel.”
The lawlessness happening on university and
college campuses, is a sign that God will fulfill His scriptures of the
release of the Jews from the nations. They will return to Israel, from the
west, with trembling! May their eyes and
ears be opened, and may their feet follow the LORD, as He roars over them in
the nations to return to Zion! (See Hosea 11:10).
THE STOPPING OF CLOCKS AND TIME:
In a recent prophecy, a brother in the Lord mentioned the
stopping of the Big Ben clock in London on April 24.
On April 23, in Jerusalem, a home clock stopped
working and a personal watch stopped working at the same time. Both were fixed
and both started working again, Then, on April 24, about two hours after
the Big Ben clock stopped, both stopped working again!
On April 25, the home clock started working,
again, but the personal watch was off and on again.
INTERPRETATION FROM THE LORD ON CLOCKS STOPPING
IN ISRAEL:
In a personal way, we must spend time in
self-reflection and prayer. Are we, as a household, doing everything we can to
prepare for the Lord’s Kingdom purposes to be fulfilled in the nation of Israel
(in your nation, as well)?
In a national way, on April
24, the sense was that, symbolically, we were drawn to TIME stopping in Israel. A majority of Israelis
are living “in the moment.” Plans change, “moment by moment”.
Some Israelis stopped functioning, normally,
on October 7, 2023. Those Israelis have not known how to move forward.
They are stuck.
Currently, citizens in Israel, cannot easily
plan. We are “in the moment” of God doing something that needs to be
done. It’s a GOD MOMENT here! So, we must wait until He completes His
actions, in this season.
Few Israelis know how to plan, right now, or
what to do. For example:
TRAVEL: Most of the international airlines (with the exception of El Al), cancelled
flights right before Passover. Many Jewish families could not get to Israel for
Passover, and many Israelis could not get to their families abroad.
What is similar today, to the actual biblical
version of the Israelites in Egypt?
THE PASSOVER:
*Exodus 12 starts out with all these regulations
about the lamb. If you were a small household, then you had to involve your
neighbors -- calculating and dividing up the portions. That took time…
*There were restrictions about what kind of animal the
Israelites were able to eat.
*They had to bring the lamb into the house, and the lamb
was part of their family for 4 days. Then, they had to slaughter the
lamb! Can you imagine how the
children must have felt about their new pet, which then got slaughtered so
quickly?
*As the regulations are implemented, the Israelites had a
lot of work to do in a short period of time.
(1) First, they had to
slaughter the lamb at twilight; at dusk.
(2) Then came the ritual of
spreading the blood on the doorposts, without delay, as
the Lord’s judgement was coming to the land.
(3) Next, they had to roast
the lamb and eat it, preferably all of it. Otherwise, the next day they
would have to burn what they didn’t eat, and since they would be leaving Egypt,
that got complicated in terms of time and efficiency.
(4) Not only did they have
to roast a lamb, but they also had to put together bitter herbs, and begin to make
the bread without the yeast. The Israelites were in a hurry!
*Basically, they were cooking and eating
their food while getting ready to leave their homes.
*Clothes on; cloak
on; sandals on; staff in hand. Eat in haste... It
was a perfect recipe for “acid reflux!”.
*If that wasn’t enough… after eating, they
would be hearing, at midnight, the screams in Egyptian households of the
slaying of the first born! Who could
sleep through that?
*In the middle of the night, Pharoah
summoned Moses and Aaron and asked them to get out of Egypt. They all missed a
night of sleep!
SCRIPTURES:
Exodus 12:42: “Because the Lord kept
vigil (a solemn observance) that night, to bring them out of Egypt… on this
night, all the Israelites are to keep vigil (a solemn observance) to honor
the Lord for
the generations to come.”
Another version of Exodus 12:42: “That night the LORD
kept watch to take them out of Egypt. (All Israelites in future generations
must keep watch on this night, since it is dedicated to the
LORD.)”
*The directives are specific, and for those watchmen who
observe and honor Passover, look at the timetables carefully!
Other key verses when the Israelites had fled Egypt… Exodus
14:10-13:
“As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites
looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were
terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt
that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by
bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t
we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would
have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
Moses answered the people: “Do not be
afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will
bring you today. The Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. The Lord will
fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Isn’t this what God has been saying over
and over again -- about being still and seeing our deliverance out of the hands
of our enemies. This is part of our battle strategies.
Remember Jesus resting in the boat during
the storm; (Matthew 8:24). Remember Elijah in the cave hearing the still small
voice; (1 Kings 9:12-13). Remember the mountains toppling into the sea; waters
roaring; mountains quaking; nations raging; kingdoms crumbling; and devastation
on the earth. (Psalm 46). What is His answer? Be still and know that I am
God!
MOSES SAID IT: “THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR
YOU. YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL!”
*God could have made it easier at the time of
the exodus. He could have allowed the Israelites to plan a quiet meal at home,
and take their time, and prepare to move out of Egypt. However, the Lord didn’t
give them much time at all!
*How often we want to plan ahead? Yet, we
don’t get clarity. HE wants to direct our every step!
*He is preparing us, but for a new walk in
Him. “It’s moment by moment.” We will know what to do in the midst of the circumstances that
bring on the birth pangs. We will see "order" in chaos!
*We MUST be ready, and “on alert,” while at
the same time… BE AT EASE!
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS – A good
example:
MATTHEW
CHAPTER 25:1-13:
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be
like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the
bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were
wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not
take along any extra oil. But the wise ones took oil in
flasks along with their lamps. When the bridegroom
was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
HOW
DO WE HANDLE DELAY? THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF DELAY.
THIS
PASSAGE ALSO MENTIONS SLEEP. THERE IS A TIME TO BE AT REST, CALM, AND SLEEPING. BUT,
NOT ON YOUR WATCH FOR THE LORD! WHY?
BECAUSE IT COULD BE THE HOUR WHEN YESHUA COMES!
*At
midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet Him!’
*Then
all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones
said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
*‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not
be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some
for yourselves.’
*But
while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were
ready went in with Him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
*Later
the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’
*But
he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
*Therefore
“keep watch,” because you do not know the day or the hour.”
THE
ADJUSTING OF TIME, ITSELF, IS PART OF OUR ‘KEEPING WATCH’ AS IT IS A SIGN AND
WONDER FROM THE LORD:
In
Joshua 10:13, we read that the sun stood still, and the moon
stopped until the people had revenge upon their enemies. The sun
stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
May
God do the kind of miracles He did at the time of the Passover (the parting of
the Red Sea); and in the time of Joshua (stopping the sun and moon) – as a
sign and wonder for us to see and prepare ourselves, as we keep the watch of
the Lord!
(Source: Global Prayer Watch News and Prayer Update)