SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PASSOVER

This morning I reviewed a post that was talking about how before each Passover, or promotion, there would always be an opposition. This prompted me to review the past journals to see what happened during Passover or even crossing over of Jordan. I saw clearly that I had indeed encountered resistance or increased pressure before each Passover in the previous years. 

But for this Passover, the warfare was unprecedented. It wasn’t so much of a personal attack on my life but a worldwide crisis. No one could really say that they are not affected by this pandemic. Even if one has no fear of this virus, the way it has changed our lifestyle was so evident. It is very uncomfortable and if we look at the natural, there seems to be no answer. No one knows exactly how long we can carry on like this. Many people are becoming more wearied. Running out of steam. 

I was just telling Heng last night that for almost six weeks, Singapore managed to keep the infected cases low like around 100. But once this virus became a pandemic, it became more out of control. Suddenly we had more than 800 infected cases in just the past month, mostly imported cases. Pressures surmounted as government clamped down on social gatherings. They were trying to avoid a total lockdown because it would be very disruptive.

There were a few waves of attacks in Mar, starting from the announcement of this outbreak being a pandemic. First the churches were closed. Then Malaysia shut its borders as they also had a lockdown. This triggered another round of panic buying. Next, the droves of returning Singaporeans also posed a threat of imported infections. Then we heard of people flouting the stay at home restrictions. As time passed, businesses and the economy was being hit badly.

Besides there was also increased pressure for Ministry of Education (MOE) to shut down schools. Instead of resorting to that, MOE declared a day of staying home for the students from 1 Apr. As for Heng’s company, they were told to stay home as much as possible, maintaining only 20% of the workforce in the office. This would ease the traffic on public transport. The rules about not meeting in groups of more than ten people effectively stopped our CG meetings. Even when we went for miracle workers meeting last Sat, we had to be discreet for fear of getting our hosts into trouble.

These are actually birth pangs. With each wave of contractions, we are drawing nearer to the birth. Indeed the stage is being set for Jesus to show up. And this will be the greatest show on earth. Like in those days preceding Passover, there was a plague of darkness where people stayed at home for three days, I see a parallel now. Though it wasn’t a full lockdown, people mostly stayed at home since last week. So this is the second week. Next week will be Passover.

Even during the night of Passover, the Israelites were told to stay at home and sacrifice the lamb then sprinkle its blood on their doorposts. Then they were to eat the roasted lamb as a family but fully dressed to go. In fact, on the tenth day of Nisan, which would be 4 Apr this year, the lamb was to be brought into their house. I take it to mean that we are to stay at home during this time and to make room in our hearts for Jesus, the Passover lamb.

The reason for taking the lamb into the house was so amazing. The family had time to develop a relationship with the lamb but it was to be killed four days later. That would make a bigger impact on the significance of the sacrifice of the lamb. I think God is trying to make His church really value the sacrifice of His Son this time round. I cannot even fathom what He is going to do to deliver us from this virus. This Passover is really very special and like a reset, things will never be the same anymore.

Our lives will be defined by this event. Things that happened before the Passover and things after this Passover. The Lord is not revealing to me what He is doing yet. But I know He wants to let us know the strategies for Passover. He wants us to seek Him in preparing for this event and what comes after it. The other day during my personal worship, I saw Jesus appearing as a commander. Immediately I knew there was a war going on and He has come to fight for us. In His visitation to Joshua in the bible, His purpose was to reveal the battle strategies for taking down Jericho.

So I asked the Lord what kind of strategies He has in store for us in this current battle. I am pressing in for the strategies. Specifically I am also seeking Him for strategies on wealth transfer for I know it is coming very soon. On the night of the Passover, which will be on 8 Apr. Will there be a sudden end to this virus? What else do we need to prepare now for the rebound? How to position oneself to prepare for the wealth transfer?

WATCH AND PRAY

During last Sunday service, Pastor Prince said we are in the time of the ninth plague. The plague of darkness. As in those times of the Jews in Egypt, there was three days of darkness. The people all stayed in their homes during this time. Isn’t it what is happening now? People are staying at home because of the coronavirus. But unlike the heathens, we have light in our dwelling. I have this sense that the tenth plague is coming soon. I wonder what this plague could be. The death of the firstborn.

This morning I had a tsunami dream. I dreamt that we were in the sea swimming when suddenly a huge wave rose up in a distance. It became bigger as it came near us. I forgot if I commanded the wave to stop enveloping us but what happened next was the waves suddenly crashed before it came over us. Though it didn’t envelop us, there was still the effects of the waves crashing. We were still swept underwater for a while.

When I came up to the surface, I was beside a sister. I noticed that people around me had passed out because the life guards were busy swimming to them to save them. I asked the sister if she was ok and thank God she was. I told her I was going to swim to the shore with her. The shore looked a good distance away but once I started swimming there seemed to be an acceleration. Sooner than I expected, we were at the shore. This had to be God.

When I woke up, I bind the tsunami in Jesus’s name. There wasn’t any fear in my dream. I think this dream was a reflection of how I felt about the last plague. I didn’t know what was coming but I had a sense it would impact many. Of course we, the children of God would be safe and protected. But still there would be an impact. In the next two weeks, I was impressed to watch and pray.

In Oct 2018, I also had a tsunami dream. There was a monster in my dream that was creating havoc. He caused a huge wave of tsunami to come over the place where people worked like in Shenton Way (Singapore financial district). Many people panicked but I wasn't in fear. Somehow I was protected from the impact of the waves and wasn't swept away. As soon as the tsunami came, it ended.

Was this dream pointing to the current virus outbreak? It affected Shenton Way just like an economic tsunami. This also reminded me of the vulture that appeared over Shenton Way in Jan 2020. A prophetic brother and I came against this spirit of death in Jesus name and pleaded the blood of Jesus over Singapore. He said it was attacking the economic fabric of our nation because it was spotted at Shenton Way, our financial district.

I believe God is trying to preempt us to the enemy’s plans in advance. We have to pray against it. I had a sense that the enemy was trying to bring another natural calamity in the midst of this epidemic. That would be disastrous to whichever country it happened to. I plead the blood of Jesus and stand against this attack in Jesus’ name. I speak peace to the storm.

Well the good news is that as soon as the enemy released this last plague, as soon as it started, it will end. I kept wondering what the last plague would be. The death of the first born. The last straw which broke the camel’s back. A brother once told me that to the rich, their first born is their wealth. I also thought it could be anything that they held dearly to, things of great security to them. This would all be taken away. It made sense because without the money, the evil doers cannot plan anything against Israel and the children of God. Hence I submit to you that the last plague would be in the financial markets. There will be a transfer of wealth after this last plague.

Another meaning of the first born could be the actual descendants of the evil doers. They would be taken out in this last plague. I was reminded of the dream I had some time ago about the dead eels with their stomachs cut out. Their eggs were gone. This meant that the offsprings of the evil doers had to be cut off so they would give up completely. Because without these descendants, everything that the unrighteous did would be meaningless. This tenth plague is not from God. The enemy meant for harm to God’s people but God turned it against his own head. Without these evil doers, the devil was dealt a heavy blow. 

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY

In Feb, I was prompted to watch the series of ‘Spirit, soul and body’ by Andrew Wommack. It is truly the foundation of the Christian life. I don’t know why I could not persist in watching it some time ago. Maybe some mental block. But the Holy Spirit has been prompting me to persist in watching the entire series. So I finally got back to it eventually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm-VV7Edv-o

This teaching is simple yet profound. As I was watching it, I felt my mind being renewed. As in physically. I had this sensation before in 2011 when God told me that I have the mind of Christ. As I listened to his teachings, I realised that the new man was created in me when I got saved. And the spiritual mirror is the word of God. We have to look at the mirror of His word in order to know how we look like in the spirit.

We cannot see ourselves in the spirit using our five senses. Spirit, soul and mind are totally independent entities. Last Dec, I was saying goodbye to my old self. I thought it was just my old self in the past season but it was my old self before I got converted. I talked about how I would not remember how I used to look like spiritually. And this spirit man is not the one I see in the mirror or the photos.

Andrew Wommack was teaching us to renew the soul part of us. Our spirit is redeemed. It is always joyful, happy and never sick or weak. It is perfect right now and has the exact DNA as Jesus. This teaching is bringing us to a place where we can don’t be affected by our emotions or our five senses. Or not let our emotions pull us down for long. Yes we may still get hurt but our spirit bounces back if we allow the spirit man to have predominance.

Spirit gives birth to spirit and flesh gives birth to flesh. This truth was ingrained into my mind in Dec 2011 over a swollen gum issue. The Lord opened my eyes to see that there was a spiritual cause to the disease. And in order for me to be completely healed physically, I had to get rid of the root cause. Once the stronghold was destroyed, the manifestation will always come.

We cannot sin in the spirit realm because our spirit has been transformed. So God sees us in the spirit and is always pleased with us. He sees us in the image of His Son. Hence the condemnation and feelings of unworthiness really is from the soul realm. God never makes us feel condemned. He never once blamed me for missing my Jordan. I don’t know why it took me so long to realise it.

God has to bring me through a process of mind renewal over the decade. He dealt with the soulish part of me so many times. The sentimental and emotional part of me. That is not in line with my spirit or His spirit. It is precisely this part of me that has been holding me back from my destiny. Like how I was sentimental about cutting ties with relationships from my past.

God is doing a deep work to release me from the soulish part. The incumbrance had to be ridden of. I believe this was also the part that kept me from receiving my promise. I kept looking in the natural when God told me so many times that this promise had already been given in the spiritual realm. Because my eyes were still on the natural, I couldn’t see the reality of the spiritual realm.

In fact, before the physical realm existed, the spirit realm was always there. So all that I see in the physical realm existed in the spiritual realm first. The spiritual realm is more real than what you can see. It is that part that will never die or pass away. Hence the Lord has been teaching me to see things like He saw. He has been retraining my soul or mind to see into the spiritual realm. My spirit is redeemed but my soul isn’t yet.

My soul may make mistakes or be angry with people but my spirit is not angry. My spirit has so much compassion for the people who transgressed against me. I have that love. I may not always feel it but it is there in my spirit. So the key is letting the spirit man dominate in my life. This part of me that is identical to Jesus. I have the same love as Jesus. Jesus is living in me. That is being spiritual minded. What you feel is not reality.

There’s another part of you that is beyond what you feel. The spirit in you allows you to live as God lives. Christ in us, the hope of glory. We can choose not to feel helpless because change is possible. All we have to do is to cooperate with Him and change our minds. There is nothing impossible with God. All things are possible with Him. The key is to see the spiritual realm more real than the physical realm.

When you get the revelation, it changes everything. It changes the way you see yourself. You know who you really are in Christ. You are not an old sinner. Old things had passed away. You got power and authority in you. You can overcome all things in Christ. This will change your life. We need to keep listening until this truth sinks into your mind. Like a light coming on in your brain. Your spirit knows things long before your mind does.

There’s a part of me that will not be affected by emotions and sin in my life. It affects my actions and the way I think. My spirit cannot sin and it will never die. It is never sick or downcast or weak. We walk by faith, not by sight. Focus on that part of you that is holy and powerful and having the nature of God. It will give you a new dose of the power of God to live the overcoming life.

If you get your soul part aligned with the spirit part, then two thirds of your spirit, soul and body are working for you. Your soul and spirit is aligned to God’s word. Only the body is not yet aligned but eventually it will. What is of the spiritual realm will eventually manifest in the natural realm. I have a sense that this teaching may very well cause me to have a breakthrough in overcoming how I feel in my body. 

DISCERNING THE TIMES AND SEASONS

As I was writing down the highlights of the recent posts I read, I saw a common thread. One of which was to focus and set our faces like flint. The other was don’t give up now because you are right there and you are about to occupy. You must march in to possess your promised land. It’s a month of action and movement. There shall be a release from captivity of those things holding you back. Especially for the past seven years. Not only that, expect a repayment and restoration of all that the enemy had stolen.

There is a significant shift happening right now. Especially from 10 Mar, which is the Feast of Purim, the happiest day in the month of Adar. It is also a time of cross over from the wilderness into the promised land. Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew year and a month of miracles and new beginnings. His deliverance is about to explode over our lives in a magnificent way. This is your set time. You are clothed in your cloaks and sandals in your feet. The move from captivity will be sudden, much like the Israelites on the night of Passover.

As I write, I am also reminded about how deliverance is forming in the month of Adar. Moses was born on 7 Adar and he also died on this day 120 years later. Two things are happening now leading up to the month of Nisan which will start on 26 Mar. I am taken back to the time when God sent the ten plagues in Egypt. I don’t know exactly how long the plagues lasted but some commentaries said it could be about 20 weeks or about 4-5 months for all the ten plagues.

The last plague occurred on the 14 Nisan, night before Passover feast. This date typically falls in late Mar or early Apr. This year the Passover will begin on 8 Apr. Now drawing a parallel to the world which is like Egypt, isn’t this what is happening? The virus outbreak is like a plague except that it wasn’t sent by God. But God is using it to work things out for our good. During this time, the enemy is being flushed out. He is forced to show hands. He is being chased out, his time is coming to an end. That is why he seemed to be fighting back with a greater ferocity. He wants us to give up by making us crumble to fear.

This outbreak started last Dec. If I didn’t hear God wrongly, I believe the end of the outbreak would be around Passover. 7 or 8 Apr. It shall happen suddenly just as the children of Israel was suddenly delivered from Egypt. They didn’t have the time to let the bread raise. They ate the Passover lamb in haste. They were told to dress themselves and to put sandals on their feet when they ate the Passover. They were getting ready to leave Egypt.

What happened next was that they plundered the Egyptians and was loaded with gold and silver. But before the tenth plague, Moses already told them to ask for articles of gold and silver from their Egyptian neighbours. It was backpay for their wages. No wonder God kept saying there will be a restoration of the things the enemy stole from us in the past season. We will be weighed down with the wealth of Egypt. This is also when the great transfer of wealth is taking place.

The other major thing that happened in Nisan was the crossing over of Jordan. This occurred on the 10 Nisan, which will be on 4 Apr in our Gregorian calendar. We are also at the place of crossing over, the final step taking us into our promised land. Moses had died and it represented the old us, so the old captive places are now dead. That is why there is a release from captivity and things that were difficult to overcome in the past are falling away in ease. Gods people are coming out of famine and barrenness into overflow.

Joshua 3:5 was given to God’s people the day before they crossed Jordan. So it means that it will take place on 3 Apr this year. There is a call to consecrate ourselves, to surrender to His will and stay close to the Lord now more than ever. The reason is clear. We are crossing over to our promised land very soon. And this is also why the prophets kept telling us not to give up now. Press into the pressure and we will break out into the new place. Pressing into the pressure is how we provoke a suddenly to manifest in our lives.

It seemed to me that the first week of Apr this year will be very significant. Things will begin to turn around from tomorrow but will culminate in the first week of Apr. So many things will happen in that week. 3 Apr: call to consecrate ourselves. 4 Apr: cross over Jordan. 7 Apr: last plague. 8 Apr: Passover feast. It also occurred to me that four days before the Passover feast, the Jews were told to bring an ewe lamb into their household to be slaughtered on the day of Passover. So this date coincided with the crossing of Jordan.