The Season of The Silver Trumpets

The Fall Feasts of Israel are foreshadowings of future events in the plan of God. The Feast of Trumpets, known a Rosh Hashanah, we believe is a type of the rapture of the church that could take place at any moment. The messages hidden in the Old Covenant Feast of Trumpets are just as vital today as they were then. We must hear the Spirit and the Bride say "COME" in these last days for the time is short and judgment is near.

Rosh Hashanah Season, 2005, October 3-15, 2005; Days of Awe October 4-14, 2005

TEXT: Numbers 10:1-8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shall thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. [3] And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. [4] And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. [5] When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. [6] When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. [7] But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. [8] And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

Leviticus 23:23-25 - And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, [24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. [25] Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Numbers 29:1-6 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. [2] And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: [3] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,

As we write this journal a few days into the high holiday season of Israel we have seen dramatic events within the past few weeks rock the earth. Neighbor, if you've ever had any doubt to the late hour we live in - doubt no more, JESUS IS COMING! A 7.6 earthquake has hit southern Asia killing nearly 30,000 people near the India-Pakistani border. The Islamic "Ramadan" season is also being celebrated at the same time as Israel's high holidays. This is an unprecedented event as well. America continues to shake from two devastating hurricanes that have hit our coastlines in August - Katrina and Rita. Just a little over 10 months ago the world witnessed a 30-foot wall of water slam the SE Asia rim killing hundreds of thousands more. We are living in the days of the beginning of sorrows friend. The earth is shaking because of the corruption it holds right now as a result of the Fall. At no other time in history have we seen such events of such magnitude. And it's only going to get worse!

Matthew 24:3-10
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? [4] And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [5] For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. [6] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. [8] All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Romans 8:22-29
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. [23] And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. [24] For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? [25] But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

The Fall Feasts of Israel give us pause to ponder the prophetic times we live in. As you have heard us say many times, the feasts of the Lord are prophetic foreshadows of events as they relate to Messiah Jesus, Yeshua Ha'maschiah. Israel's four Spring feasts - Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits and Pentecost - were a prophetic foreshadowing of Messiah's FIRST COMING. They spoke of His death, burial, perfect sinless life, resurrection and the advent of the Holy Spirit upon the church of the Lord Jesus:

The fall feasts which begin Israel's civil calendar with Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets, are prophetic foreshadowings of Messiah's SECOND COMING. The Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the Feast of Tabernacles begin about 4 months after the end of the Spring festivals. All three of these feasts took place in Tishri, or our September and October. Rosh Hashanah began October 3 in 2005. The Days of Awe, a 10-day period of judgment and repentance lasts from the 4th through the 14th. More on the Days of Awe in a later journal. (See Chart of Jewish Calendar)

These three feasts speak of the Rapture of the Church by Messiah, Israel's National day of atonement after the outpouring of God's wrath, and the Millennium Kingdom which is typified by the branches of peace used in the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Between Pentecost and Trumpets which leads to the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), there was an interval of time of 3 months, these being the 4th, 5th and 6th months. Passover and Pentecost were linked together by a few weeks but Tabernacles stands alone at the end of the sacred year on Israel's holiday calendar. So will the Millennium stand alone in God's prophetic plan for man. The months in between were historically the driest months of the year for Israel. There were no holy convocations when the nation gathered before the Lord and His sanctuary.

Some Bible scholars call these feasts (Trumpets, Tabernacles and Atonement) the FEASTS OF PROPHECY that is, a feast which has yet to find fulfillment. These feasts as we have taught are both literal feasts celebrated in national Israel every year and TYPES of God's prophetic calendar of events for both Israel, the Church and the world. The Feast of Trumpets probably carries great significance for both the CHURCH and ISRAEL for we are waiting for the Rapture of the Church which will be heralded by the sound of a trumpet. After the trump sounds and the Church (made up of both Jew and Gentile) is taken out, National Israel, along with the entire world that is left behind, will face the wrath of God, awaiting the sound of another trump - the trump that will herald MESSIAH'S SECOND COMING, Israel's Day of Atonement, and usher in the FEAST OF TABERNACLES - the Millennium. Passover was fulfilled in Christ. Pentecost is being fulfilled TODAY in the church. Tabernacles will be fulfilled in the national atonement of ISRAEL.

The purpose of God's wrath is to bring Israel back to Himself and to judge a sinful world for its continued rebellion. Israel is the apple of God's eye and even in His wrath He will always remember MERCY when dealing with His own people. It may look like Israel will be destroyed by the Antichrist but neighbor, THE CHRIST will come in clouds of glory with the saints of God and destroy the man of sin with the brightness of His coming!

2 Thes. 2:3-8
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; [4] Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. [5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? [6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. [7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. [8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

The season of the silver trumpet literally comes from a Hebraic word meaning, "Zikhron Teruah" or the "Memorial of Blowing of Trumpets." <Lev. 23:24> Other terms related to this day include: "Yom Teruah" (Day of Blowing Of Trumpets) <Num. 29:1> and the "Feast of Trumpets," which literally celebrates a day of sounding trumpets in the Temple and throughout the land of Israel.

The Feast of Trumpets finds its BIBLE fulfillment in the future regathering of long-dispersed Israel. The interval between Pentecost and Trumpets is likened to the present dispensation and the work of the Holy Spirit. Many Bible scholars call this time the "times of the Gentiles," which are coming quickly to an end. The Lord is soon (and already is in many respects) His attention to bringing home His chosen people into their land and revealing Himself to them as their Messiah. When the present era is ended and the church or "Pentecostal" period expires, then the elect of Israel will be gathered to keep the Feast of Trumpets in Jerusalem. This feast also finds its fulfillment of the "catching out" of the church and then the regathering of Israel at the Second Coming of Christ:

Matthew 24:31 - And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Romans 11:25 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

Joel 2:1 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Joel 3:21 - For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwells in Zion.

In the Bible, the Feast was celebrated as a one-day holiday. For Jewish communities living outside the land of Israel many holidays were and still are celebrated for an additional day. The reason is rooted in the uncertainty of the Jewish calendar. The beginning of each month was originally dependent upon the sighting of the New Moon. The precise timing of the New Moon was not always easily determined due to weather conditions and a lack of witnesses. The holiday even to this day is now celebrated as a two-day feast to decrease the chance for error. The Biblical record for Rosh Hashanah observance is neither lengthy nor complicated. Israel was simply commanded to memorialize the day by blowing trumpets and to keep the day as a sabbath day of rest: <Lev. 23:23-25; Numbers 29:1>

Leviticus 23:23-25 - And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, [24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. [25] Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Numbers 29:1 - And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

Numbers 29:2-6 - And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: [3] And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, [4] And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: [5] And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: [6] Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

A special burnt offering was offered consisting of a YOUNG BULL, a RAM and SEVEN LAMBS. A kid goat was also sacrificed as a sin offering. Both of these offerings were in addition to the daily required sacrifices (Numbers 28:1-8) and those for the new moon (Numbers 28:11-15) which were also offered on that day.

It speaks to us today of the simplicity of our Lord. Christ and Him Crucified has never been complicated. All God desires of fallen man is repentance and faith in the finished work of His Son. Religion and the enemy have complicated that plan so much that many fall into severe deception when it comes to their walk with God. Many don't know how to enjoy the very salvation purchased for them through the blood of Christ. The church world today tends to tie salvation into the amount of money one has in their bank accounts. Earthly riches will do us no good standing before our Lord lost and undone for eternity. We can't take anything with us this side of the grave except what we have invested in eternal things. Hell is filled with rich people, just as hell is filled with poor people. Being rich doesn't qualify one for heaven no more than being poor qualifies one for hell. That's how the Jewish religious leaders viewed those type things in the day of Christ - but it was not true then and it is not true today.

Paul warned the Corinthians that he feared the serpent would attempt to draw them away from "the simplicity of Christ," unto another gospel. As we progress rapidly to the rapture two things are happening - the church by and large is apostatizing and the true remnant of God is preparing for harvest. The prophets foretold harvest, especially an ingathering of Israel in the last days, while the apostles foretold much of the apostasy that would come to the church on earth in the last generation.

2 Cor. 11:1-4
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. [2] For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. [3] But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. [4] For if he that cometh preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

1 John 2:18-20 - Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. [19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. [20] But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

2 Tim. 3:1-8
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. [2] For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, [4] Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; [5] Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. [6] For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, [7] Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. [8] Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

The spirit of Antichrist is exploding upon Planet Earth. The spirit of anarchy and lawlessness are rapidly increasing as well. What we witnessed in some of the citizens of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina this past August should give us cause for alarm. We are living in the season of the blowing of the silver trumpet!!! We're getting close to the rapture of the church neighbor. Jesus is coming soon! Jesus is coming. The times ahead of us are not going to get better - they will certainly without doubt get worse.

The true Body of Christ will soon be literally "EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS," before this is all over. I know many in certain regions of the world already cry out for that today. It will become more prevalent as we get towards the end. We will not be crying to the world, "come join us" as we do today. The world is turning on the true church as we speak now. Only those who would betray the cause of Christ for worldly acceptance would disagree. We are not to make a pact with the world to win the world. We are in it, but NOT OF IT. We don't listen to their music, we don't go to the places they go to, we don't shake hands and make the same type deals they do - we are DIFFERENT. We don't dance to the same music or drumbeat or listen to the same tune. We are children of God, called unto LIGHT, not darkness. If your religion friend is not enough to keep you from the entanglements of this world and fallen society - something is WRONG with your religion. You are in need of more than religion in these last days - you need a RELATIONSHIP! You need a REDEEMER! And His name is Jesus Christ.

Eph. 5:5
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Eph. 5:8 - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: [9] (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) [10] Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. [11] And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. [12] For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. [13] But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. [14] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. [15] See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, [16] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. [17] Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. [18] And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

The Season of The Silver Trumpet Begins the First Day of The Seventh Month - When The Moon Is Dark

Rosh Hashanah is the only Jewish holiday which occurs on the first day of the month, at the New Moon, when the moon is DARK and only a thin crescent. All other Jewish holidays occur later in their respective months when the moon is bright. Even as the seventh DAY and the seventh YEAR were holy under Mosaic law, so, too, was Tishri, the seventh MONTH. Significantly this feast occurs on the first day of the SABBATH MONTH in which all three of Israel's autumn feast and holidays occur. In ancient Israel, the New Moon was normally announced by short blasts of the trumpet, but the NEW MOON OF THE SEVENTH MONTH was celebrated by long blasts, emphasizing its solemnity and uniqueness among months.

There were basically two types of trumpets used in Israel for the blowing of these blasts:

The shofar was a curved trumpet fashioned from a ram's horn. In the Hebrew language, the shofar (ram's horn trumpet) was clearly distinguished from a "keren," the "horn of an animal," when not used as a musical instrument. The ram's horn came from some type of sacrifice, from the bullock or the ram. The ram's horns were especially used to blast out the note of shouting at the fall of the walls of Jericho. It was the trumpet of Jubilee. Trumpets constructed from cows' horns were rejected due to the reminder of Israel's idolatrous worship of the golden calf in the wilderness. The ram's horn was seen as a much more pleasant reminder of God's deliverance of Isaac through the ram caught by its horns in the thicket. (The Binding Of Isaac)

When the Lord designated Tishri 1 as a "day of blowing" and a "memorial of blowing," the type of trumpet for Rosh Hashanah was not specifically identified. Almost without exception, historical observance and rabbinic tradition specified the shofar (ram's horn), not the silver trumpets of the priests, as the primary instrument intended by scripture. Perhaps the original reason for specifying the ram's horn is to be found in the announcement of the Jubilee Year. Scripture designated the shofar (ram's horn), not the trumpet fashioned from precious metal, as the trumpet to be blown on Yom Kippur:

Leviticus 25:9 - Then shall thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.

Every 50th year, this shofar announced the arrival of the Jubilee Year in which the slaves were freed and the fields were given rest from the farming cycle. The modern custom of sounding the shofar at the end of Yom Kippur preserves this ancient command even through Jubilee years are no longer reckoned. This speaks to us of the Jubilee we have in CHRIST! The believer's jubilee is more than just a day! It's an experience of freedom through the cross over sin, the flesh, the world and Satan. The jubilee in Israel's day was past and historical, the one today is spiritual and present, and there is one yet future and eternal. The future Jubilee to which these trumpets point to is the RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH!

One day and one day soon friend the TRUMP OF GOD will sound and there will be another Jubilee! We will be set free from this mortality and corruption and put on immortality and incorruption! We will set free from the body of sin and death that has enslaved us for so long. The power of the blood of Jesus Christ is able to set us free! Oh, Glory to God.

The hatzozerah, or trumpet of silver, was a straight metal silver trumpet that was flared at the end. It was this type type trumpet God commanded the sons of Israel to fashion in Numbers 10 for the feast of trumpets:

Numbers 10:1-2 - And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, [2] Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

The priests sounded these silver trumpets over the sacrifices as a memorial to the Lord:

Numbers 10:10 - Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

In Solomon's day, the number of silver trumpets in the Temple had grown to a magnificent ensemble of 120 trumpets:

2 Chron. 7:6 - And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endures for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

2 Chron. 5:12 - Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets.

Psalm 98:6 - With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

Silver was the symbol of the price of redemption of the soul. It was used as ransom or the atonement money and it is possible that the two trumpets from one piece of silver came from the atonement money after the numbering of the firstborn

Exodus 30:11-16 - And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, [12] When thou takes the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. [13] This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. [14] Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. [15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. [16] And thou shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

There were two trumpets made for the various callings in Israel. The number "two" is the number testimony, the number of WITNESS:

Deut. 17:6 - At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deut. 19:15 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

John 8:17-18 - It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. [18] I am one that bear witness of myself (one), and the Father (two) that sent me beareth witness of me.

2 Cor. 13:1 - This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

When the trump of God sounds - the Lord is coming back for One Body of Christ made up of two main groups of people - the Jew and the Gentile. We are all ONE in Christ Jesus. He has made the TWO one - the Jew and the Gentile. Christ is the HEAD of this Body. We are His witnesses to His power on earth today. One cannot function without the other to make the Body complete. And the Body cannot function without the HEAD! Christ must return to Headship over the church and bring the HOLY SPIRIT back in control!

One of the slogans of the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. is "we must bear witness - for the dead and for the living." I believe that is a very appropriate statement for the body of Christ in this hour. We are bearing witness on earth of the death, burial and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. And neighbor our witness will determine a great deal on how many will LIVE or DIE spiritually! Our message is CHRIST CRUCIFIED to both the living and the dead! Paul said he did ALL things for the gospel sake! We must return to that mentality when it comes to ministry. Ministry today in the modern church has become nothing more than a self-serving vehicle to many so-called preachers looking to make themselves rich and gain prestige and applause from human means.

That witness is going to be sorely tested in these last days but we will see the Lord's harvest in its reality very soon. The season we live in - the season of the silver trumpet - is heralding a change in Planet Earth. The atmosphere is about to change even more dramatically. It's changing now friend. I am not a Rhodes scholar nor a Bible genius but I can look around and see the signs of the times point to something MAJOR coming to the world and to the church.

Matt 16:3- And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Acts 2:17- And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

2 Tim 3:1-2 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

James 5:3- Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

2 Peter 3:3-4-Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

About a month ago a well known prophetic voice in America spoke the following prophecy concerning a coming cleansing to the nation:

"'There are four regions in the United States of America where cleansing will take place,' says the Lord. 'There are four regions in this nation,' The Spirit of God said. One shall be a Twin Territory. And God said, 'I will cleanse this nation, for an odor and a stench has come before Me.' And when it is all said and done, and the end of October comes, and they say, 'We will celebrate Halloween,' God said, 'There will be remorse, and I will end that day with My voice through this nation. 'Four regions shall be cleansed. And I will cause this nation to tremble. 'They will say, "We're Next! Is it a Hurricane? Is it a furnace? What is it?"' The Spirit of God said, 'But Listen!' The elements are crying out and reacting to a Heaven that is opened over this nation. Gatekeepers, gatekeepers, gatekeepers of America, listen to the voice of the Lord – 'I will stop discord and division – enough is enough! 'And when the cleansing has taken place, there will be a mighty rushing wind that shall come in and restore this nation back to order,' says the Lord of Hosts. 'I will bring them back to the place that their forefathers dreamed. I will shut the mouths that have brought division. 'There is one gatekeeper that has prayed: your President.' And God said, 'I will show him in these three months, how a nation can be shaken and restored at the same time,' says the Spirit of God.

(Keep praying with me) Everyone is focused on this nation. Everyone is focused. . . everyone is focused on California.

When will God come and judge? But the spirit of God said, 'I've sent prophets together on the West Coast, to make declaration that God shall take the "fornia," the fornication, and the spirit that has brought so many untold millions of people to a place of degradation, and I will do something unusual. 'I will build an altar in the midst of the perversion, and show them who is in charge of the media. WHO is in charge of the media?!

'I will take CNN, and I will take some of the most powerful voices, and I will change them. And I will say, "You will no longer speak as secular humanists, but you will speak as the voice of God." 'I created the mouthpiece. I created the fog horn. I created the trumpet. I created it.' God said, 'I created the news media; now I will infiltrate and take over and speak to this nation MYSELF,' says the Lord."

Another prophetic voice said this on September 5, 2005:

For a few days now I have felt very unsettled in my spirit. The New Orleans disaster has been on my heart but also I have been receiving warnings that more upheaval is coming. It is almost as though I can smell war and crisis. It is not good It is not good, but can be thwarted IF we come into proper alignment. I sense upheavals in many nations, but my spirit is especially feeling a warning for North America with a specific prayer burden for the USA.

I have seen a vision of the enemy planting grenade-like objects in the land and getting ready to detonate them. I believe this involves terrorism and a "sudden" attack. I have also seen further shakings in the land of such magnitude that many people's lives could be lost. I also see critical economic shakings coming that man will have no control over. I see increased taxation and escalation of interest rates and commodities. I see crime and violence out of control as lawlessness increases. Prayer and repentance can thwart disaster
The answer is to go to prayer and to repent from our sins. This is an urgent call! There must be a returning to God and His ways in order to see the nation abide in peace. If we can secure enough prayer --- a mass move of prayer and repentance, then we will see the intervention of God. Like Nineveh, God will then withdraw His hand of judgment from the land and we will live in safety. If not, then we will live in unrestrained crisis.

The following prayer directives are things that we must intercede for until righteousness is established: Pray for all Christians to turn away from all sin.
The Lord has revealed that the Body of Christ is full of sin. Sins such as pride, religiosity, gossip, slander, immorality, dishonesty, unbelief, selfishness, injustice, and perversion -- Sins of commission and sins of omission. Sin must be addressed in Body. There is much sloppiness in the church regarding unaddressed and unrepented of sin. This must come into alignment in order for a revival of righteousness and morality to come into the land. As long as there is sin, the enemy has a landing strip. As long as there is unaddressed darkness in the church, we lack authority. Pray for Christians to rise up in their God-given authority.
I hear many Christians say at times of crisis, "Why doesn't God do something about this." God is always right. He is always good and true. He is looking for His people to use their God-given authority. The heavens belong to the Lord but He has given the earth to man (see Genesis 1:27,28). All of creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. We must rise up.

This is for every nation but especially for the USA. Pray for THREE new U.S. Court Judges to be put in place who are godly and wise in judgments. Pray for these to be righteous, moral, and favored individuals. Pray for all the judges to be in perfect alignment with the will of God.

Pray fervently for government leaders.
This is absolutely essential in this hour. Bind their minds to the will of God. Do not project your own judgments or biases into the prayer. Pray much in tongues and pray the Word of God concerning wisdom, justice, truth, and righteousness. Believe for a prayer movement to sweep over the land. Pray for individuals, ministries, and Christian leaders in arenas of economy, education, medical and political spheres to lead prayer meetings. Believe for daily prayer meetings in every community where people can call on God together.
Pray for "Righteous Revolutionaries" to arise. Invite the Lord to pour His Spirit out upon individuals (all ages) who will courageously rise up to call for righteousness in the world around them. Pray for Homeland Security. The safety of a nation lies in the Lord. Only the Lord can give this freedom and it can only be released if we are in alignment to His holy ways. Pray, Pray, Pray. Pray for the discovery of the enemy's plans. Believe for security institutions to discover plots that would threaten the security of the nation. Pray for the church to increase in prophetic and revelatory sensitivity] and precision. Pray that the church will inform the government as to what the plots of threat are and give details concerning timing and place. Pray for the Lord to have His rightful place of worship in the earth. Call forth many more 24 hour worship mandates and for a new call on individuals to worship and exalt the righteous rule of Christ. Spend time in focused worship every day. Pray for a reversal of all ungodly decisions made through the last generation (i.e. taking prayer and Bible reading out of the schools; abortion laws; opening stores and businesses on the Lord's Day, etc). Pray for the emergence of the Josiah Generation -- the younger generation who like King Josiah, can potentially restore the righteous foundations of the land in one generation. Again, I cannot begin to communicate how critical I believe this time is. Let's go to prayer. Let's remain in prayer!

Another prophetic voice spoke this on September 8, 2005:

The Lord has been very merciful to us this year. Many hurricanes have promised to be catastrophic and yet Jesus did the unimaginable and disallowed the forecasted destruction. Truly His mercy endures far beyond our evil deeds as a Nation and personal failures as a commonwealth of American Citizens. Dennis was problematic, but a teaser compared to Katrina. Since Katrina came with her death defying winds and water, many have sought to explain the mystery of her rage. Some, but certainly not all revert to making this a Divine argument for Israel. I would like to share another side of Katrina and the situation with Israel. The Lord covered the sin of dividing the Land of Israel in 2000, long before the land was practically divided. Jesus appeared to me in the fall of that year in connection with an important Congress concerning this very issue and shared His heart regarding His judicial decision to put this sin behind Him in light of His greater purpose for Israel. At that time He covered Israel and America who both stood to be disciplined for this act. This is what He told me.

Back to Katrina! Katrina was sent to stop us from going over the edge from which there would have been no soon return. The Lord spoke to me while I was in New Orleans with my leadership of the Gatherings. He said: I will destroy this city in a day! I was shocked, but I shared it with all the leaders. This was July 2nd of this year. The reason He stated for this stern discipline is the following. The foundation of the judgment is found in the shedding of innocent blood and the brutality against the First Nations People and the African Americans which span over 400 years. Of course the abortion issue falls next in line. After that, idolatry including, the occult and false religions, and the sins of decadence and the like. Every kind of licentious behavior falls into this category. These are the reasons He gave to me that day! He never mentioned Israel and the dividing of the land as that is a settled issue to Him. What we as a Nation need is repentance for our sin-sick heart! New Orleans never would have happened if that city and surrounding areas were not a Sodom and Gomorrah in God's eyes. The suffering of the innocent and the guilty brings tears of horrific grief both to the Lord and the world. But, He does have a plan for our good in aftermath.

Why am I going through such great lengths to explain this? Because we have more to travel through. After Katrina, the Lord began to speak to me about the Nation once again. He said: "There will be two more battles with hurricanes. Prayer can overcome." The next day He said: "Sodom and Gomorrah!" Later He said: "The sin of decadence." The next day He said: "Horse racing." Later that night He spoke in a vision: "Chaos." The next day He spoke in another vision: "Along the Gulf Coast." Right now, Ophelia is spinning around off the coast of Florida, a level one hurricane. One prophet said she is going to rip through Florida then into the Gulf. If she does what he said I would assume she stands a real good chance of being the storm that will bring about the fulfillment of our Lord's strong warnings to me. We are about to take another hit, dear Friends. This is not over Israel, it is over our sin-sick heart! It is a Divine attempt to bring us back to the Cross before we cross over the line of no return. What were the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah? Ezekiel 16:49 & 50 says: Pride, overabundance of food, prosperous ease, idleness, neither did she strengthen the hands of the poor and needy and finally, haughtiness and terrible abominations.

What falls into the sin of decadence? Wantonness, lewdness - addiction to fornication and unlawful lusts, unrestrained lustfulness, indulgence in unrestrained sensuality as men grown wanton through prosperity. The apostle James said: Ye have lived in pleasures on the earth and grown wanton. (Js 5) It further speaks of luxuriant living and extravagance. All these fall under this category. We must as a people who belong to Jesus repent of our Nation's sins until our Nation can repent of its own sins. (Mk 7:22; II Cor. 12:21; GA 5:19; Eph. 4:19; and Jude 4) Romans Chapter 1 verses 23 - 32 says that anyone guilty of these sins is worthy of death. We have lived in the mercy of God all these years because He does not want any man to perish, and also, because of His great love for His Church. This is what the Lord is looking for. In our repentance we will win the soul of our Nation. Chaos is once again coming to the Gulf unless we can pray it through and stop or greatly reduce this next calamity. Please pray for Israel as she comes through to her destiny. But, also pray for America as she comes through to hers. And remember, we are teetering on revival if we will pray!

The purpose of listing these words is to underscore the use of the silver trumpet - to bear witness on earth to God's power and might and bring a prophetic word to the church and to the world. In the mouth of TWO or THREE witnesses ALL things are established. Each of these words give us WARNING of things to come that not too pleasant for the nation of America. The last prophetic word we listed also contained an interesting view of Israel's land issue and how America handles the sons of Abraham.

The trumpet stood for several things. First, the trumpet stood for the prophetic voice, the spoken Word of the Lord coming to His people through the ministry of the prophet. Prophets were told to lift up their voice "like a trumpet."

Isaiah 58:1 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Hosea 8:1 - Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

If there is ever a time the church in America needs a prophet it is now. The modern church says "we need a psychologist" to help us get over our ills; the Bible says "you need a prophet." The Bible says to us today "lift up your voice like a TRUMPET," "show my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins." Instead of us doing what the Bible tells us to do we placate the fallen nature of man by telling him his ills are not sin-related but psychological. Adam and Eve were NOT the world's first dysfunctional family - they were creation's first SINNERS.

Prophets are not liked too much. Most of them get sawed in two - ask Isaiah. Some get boiled in hot oil - ask John the Apostle. Some get thrown into iron chains and imprisoned for prophesying the word of the Lord to kings - ask Jeremiah. Some get thrown in lion's dens - ask Daniel. We have so many so-called "prophets" running around the country prophesying nothing but grand and glorious things for the church and America too. These are not true prophets and you'd be wise not to waste your money going to hear these imbeciles spew their ignorance and stupidity. If they need to hold a conference and charge people to come hear what they are saying then believe me - the LORD IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND! When God anoints a prophet believe me - He will also provide the pulpit for that prophet to speak. It is sinful and demented and demonic what some men do in the name of prophecy. There is a sure prophetic word but that word will always do four things - two positives and two negatives -

1. It will also declare the sinfulness of the people they are prophesying to and demand repentance before God with a pure heart.

2. It will point those in sinful need to the cross of Christ and the cross of Christ alone for their deliverance

3. It will NEVER and I mean NEVER (underline that about 100 times) glorify a man, movement, denomination or doctrine.

4. It will NEVER contradict or add to something already found written in the Word of God.

Prophecy is not given to add to the word of God. Prophecy is given to illuminate what the Lord has given to us through the scriptures. If any man or woman comes in claiming "new revelation" on an issue - get away from that like a diamondback rattlesnake. They are a false prophet and are there following another spirit other than the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not come to speak of Himself - He has come to point us to the finished work of Christ. That is the only parameter He works within - when our faith in anchored in the cross of Christ. NO EXCEPTIONS!

We need a PROPHET for the last days to speak a word so hard that we all fall on our knees prostrate before God crying out for mercy and repentance. The trumpet of the prophetic voice must sound or we will miss the trumpet of the Lord Jesus when He comes for the church. Many are listening to a lot of things right now that claim to be "prophetic" but they are not. Prophetic words come a dime a dozen but PROPHETS do not. We don't need a shrink and a sofa to be delivered - we just need to return to the Lord God in heaven whom we have left because of our arrogance and pride. The days we live in - the season of the silver trumpet - require a PROPHETIC VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Second, the voice of the Lord Jesus is also symbolized by the sound of a trumpet.

Rev. 1:10 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Rev. 4:1 - After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

I'm afraid the Lord has stopped talking to this nation corporately. I have stated many times in past journals that the call today from Jesus is to the individual heart. His word is "'if any MAN' hear my voice, then I will come in and My Father and we will sup with him and him with us." He spoke that to the Laodicea church who had pushed Him out of their midst to the point He found Himself outside their door, knocking waiting to get in. I know many predict revival in America and that may happen. But for it to happen on a corporate level like many predict I'm afraid the price tag may be the destruction of many innocent lives. I know that sounds caustic to some and even hard to comprehend. But I remind you that God Himself is the one orchestrating the judgments of Revelation 6-19, not man.

When the Lord stops speaking to a nation, judgment and calamity always follow - ask National Israel. God would send prophet after prophet, apostle after apostle to her and she refused to listen. America has done the same thing. Unfortunately instead of the church continuing to preach in a prophetic tone we have chosen to make our message more comfortable for a wicked society so we can be "accepted." It won't work ladies and gentlemen and the end result will be DEATH for both the listeners and the church.

For Israel, Aaron and his sons were responsible as priests to sound the trumpet message on the special occasions.

Exodus 28:1 - And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

We are in such a time as this. This IS a special time on Planet Earth. This is the harvest generation. The generation of all generations that will witness things no other generation will. The last 24 months here in this nation should tell us we have entered into a different time in history. When those planes struck America on 9-11-01, which now seems to have been forgotten by most even though it's just four years ago now, no one was left unchanged by that. People who had spewed their venom out towards God's people prior to that were now calling God's people to find refuge because of the fear that gripped this land. It's coming again and coming again soon.

The same liberal media who berates God and blasphemes the Christ in every stroke of their pen will one day be writing of the horrific events foretold by scripture and looking for the very people they lampoon and lambaste. It's time to sound the trumpet Church. It's time to sound the trumpet man of God. It's time preacher to open that dainty mouth and preach something more than just a message that tickles your congregation's ears every Sunday and makes everyone say "oh what a great preacher you are." Friend, when you're preaching what you need to be preaching they won't be patting you on the back believe me. WE NEED A TRUMPET SOUNDING IN THE CHURCH before the TRUMP OF GOD sounds. Don't you feel that neighbor?

Amos 3:6-8 - Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? [7] Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets. [8] The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Isaiah 18:3 - All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifted up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

Isaiah 27:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:8 - For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 19:2 - And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

Jeremiah 51:27 - Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.

Shall we NOT hear the trumpet and be afraid. Shall we NOT hear the word of the Lord and not fear? Man of God, preach the word of Almighty God without fear or favor in this hour. Man of God stand up stand up for Jesus ye soldiers of the CROSS. LIFT HIGH the royal banner it must not suffer LOSS. The prophet Ezekiel was distinctly told to be a Watchman to Israel and BLOW THE TRUMPET voice of warning to them to call them back to God before it was too late. Preach the word during this season of the silver trumpet - the season prior to the rapture of the church as foretold by prophets and apostles.

Ezekiel 33:1-7 - Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: [3] If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; [4] Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. [5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. [6] But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
[7] So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

Apart from the sacrificial ceremony, the trumpet had several uses for the nation of Israel. The two main uses were to gather an assembly before the Lord and it sounded an alarm. We're living in such a time when we need to sound the alarm and sound it quick! We're in the last days friend. We're living in monumental times. There is no turning back. The harvest of over a billion souls is about to come into the Kingdom along side one of the greatest outpourings of wrath and judgment this world has ever seen. God's MERCY will be poured out to those who will but CALL upon His name AND BE SAVED!

Romans 10:13 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Joel 2:28-29 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: [29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. [31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

Joel 2:30-3:1 - And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. [31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. [32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. [3:1] For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

Numbers 10:2-4,9 - Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shall thou make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. [3] And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. [4] And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 9 - And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

Neighbor, as National Israel celebrates their annual feast days, the fulfillment of these in Christ for us in the Church hold tremendous prophetic significance. The purpose of this journal is to not even remotely try to set dates. Those are in the Lord's hand. This journal is sent today to encourage us to make our hearts ready for His return. Lanny Wolfe wrote it so beautifully so long ago -

"I can hear the sound of the trumpet everywhere. In the headlines resounding by the score; and when I hear of another earthquake or just another war; for every child of God its so much more. And when I hear revival sounds sounding here and everywhere then I know it's almost over - I CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR."

1 Thess 4:17-5:3 - Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

The world is crying "peace, peace," right now. Even some in America still refuses to admit we're at war with an enemy called Islam that wants to destroy us. SUDDEN destruction is about to descend upon a planet that is in revulsion over the corruption in it. Paul said the planet "travails," and "groans," and those travailings and groanings are just going to get more and more pronounced! This is the season we live in neighbor. Rosh Hashanah, 2005, comes on the brink of the Islamic holiday Ramadan which rarely occurs. That in itself is prophetic in nature. On the seventh day of both events - an earthquake shakes the center of Islamic fundamentalism and kills 30,000 people. Jesus called it "earthquakes in divers places." These events are just the beginning - the beginning of sorrows. Since the tsaumi of December 2004 we wake up each day holding our breath wandering what has happened over night in parts of the world. That too will become more and more pronounced.

Luke 21:25-35 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. [27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [28] And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. [29] And he spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; [30] When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. [31] So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. [32] Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. [33] Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. [34] And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. [35] For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. [36] Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. [37] And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. [38] And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

Matthew 24:4-14 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [5] For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. [6] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. [8] All these are the beginning of sorrows. [9] Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. [10] And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. [11] And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. [12] And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. [13] But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. [14] And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

I ask you today as we do each time we close a journal - are you saved? Are you born again? Are you washed in the soul cleansing blood of the Lord Jesus Christ? He is the one coming with the Trump of God - no one else. When the trump sounds we are celebrating HIS death, HIS burial, HIS resurrection and HIS victory. There are no other ways to victory other than HIM. It's time to repent and get our hearts ready.

No one knows for sure the future of the United States of America. As I write this journal, the 4 year anniversary of 9-11 has just taken place and we're in the middle of the High Holiday season in Israel. We're in the 'Days of Awe' celebration which is a time of deep introspection and meditation over one's personal spiritual condition. That is really the only thing that matters for each one reading this journal - the state of your eternal soul!!!! What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and LOSE his own soul?

America has not repented corporately. If anything we are more divided, more political, more racist, more wicked than we were four years ago when this nation was brought to its knees termporarily. I know God's mercy is deep but there will come a time when His mercy reaches a point He will have no other choice but to move in a way to bring this nation back to Him through whatever means necessary. Those means may not be too pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. So this call today is not to the nation - but to the church. It's to you child of God to make your calling and election sure. It's to you man of God to preach the gospel at all costs in this dark hour - the season of the blowing of the silver trumpet. In our next journal, we will talk about the Days of Awe and how the full moon is the darkest phase of the moon. We are living in those type prophetic moments in history - DARK. But as dark as it may get the Glory of the Lord is going to reign down from heaven and we are going to see the harvest of the Lord.

Be ready to go at any second child of God. It's getting late and it's harvest time friend. God Bless. Shalom.