“The decade of the 2020’s is a Historic Transitional Decade that requires the Preparation for the Times in order to be ready for the Dawning of a New Era.” (Issue #2)
The end goal of preparation is to become the kind of people that God is looking for. (Issue #8)
This decade will indeed see the acceleration and intensification of things both in the negative and the positive. We are already seeing it with the recent breaking out of the Israel-Hamas war that has polarised many groups across nations. There is an urgent need for intentional preparation in this season that the Lord has preordained for us!
These next few issues will delve deeper into the different aspects of the kind of people that God is raising up. By God’s grace, we are preparing to become the Daniel 11:32–33 people, the mature Sons of God, equally yoked Bride of Christ and the John 17 generation!
A People of Extravagant Devotion
In 2012, the Lord spoke to Kay-Chong in an internal audible voice, “I am raising up a people of extravagant devotion who will partner with Me to do the extraordinary works in this unusual hour of human history.”
The corresponding verse that was given was Daniel 11:32–33:
“…but the people who know their God shall be strong,
and carry out great exploits. And those of the
people who understand shall instruct many…”
The Lord emphasised that it is out of a place of an intimate walk with Him that these people will have strength in their inner man and partner with Him in supernatural power.
This is who we want to arise as at the end of this decade!
The Context of Daniel 11:32–33
Daniel 11 and 12 are End-Time passages that set the context for the emergence of the Daniel 11:32–33 people.
These two chapters are important to pay attention to because:
- They reveal five important trends — four positive and one negative, that will take place during the End Times;
- Jesus Himself referred to a key End-Time event — the Abomination of Desolation — found in these two chapters during His teaching on the End Times (Matt. 24:15; Mk. 13:14), and highlighted its importance with the statement, “whoever reads, let him understand”.
(As we will not go into details on the Abomination of Desolation here, we encourage you to refer to Session 12 of our Introductory Series on the End Times to learn more.)
Why did Jesus highlight these chapters in the Book of Daniel? Because they are of utmost importance for the End-Time generation. He wants us to pay attention, study and understand them so that we can prepare ourselves.
Jesus, out of His pastoral heart, highlighted Daniel 11 and 12 because He is warning His people — especially the End-Time Church — of the unprecedented trouble that is coming and the need for preparation, so that we can arise as a victorious and overcoming people.
The single negative End-Time trend in these two chapters is the “time of trouble” for Jacob which Daniel says will be unprecedented in its severity and intensity (Dan. 12:1). In Matthew 24, Jesus calls it a time of “great tribulation” and also emphasises its unprecedented nature. It will not be a normal time of trouble, but will be one that “has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matt. 24:21).
During this time, there will be the distressing of nations with unprecedented economic, social, environmental and political crises. There will be wars, famines, natural disasters, deaths, intense persecution of believers, betrayal, and martyrdom…
However, in the midst of all these, Scripture says that a group of people will arise and thrive! The four positive trends speak about the victorious people that God is raising up.
- There will be many walking in intimacy with God and having an understanding of His heart, His will and His plans (Dan. 11:32–33; 12:3,10).
- There will be multitudes who will walk in righteousness (Dan. 11:35; 12:3,10).
- They will move in supernatural ministry. Angelic visitations will be the norm (Dan. 11:32; 12:1).
- God promises supernatural deliverance for these people (Dan. 12:1). Some people will be martyred, but others will experience the supernatural deliverance of the Lord!
The Daniel 11:32–33 people are the kind of people for this unprecedented time of trouble! They will bring God’s light and wisdom to many amidst the greatest darkness.
Furthermore, Daniel 11:32–33 also gives us God’s divine preparation plan and strategy. Jesus, the Alpha and Omega, the greatest Leader of all time, has first strategically placed it in the Book of Daniel, and then highlighted it in the Olivet Discourse for us to search out!
Wow! Brilliant!
What will the Daniel 11:32–32 people look like?
More importantly, how do we prepare ourselves to become such a people?
These people will know their God
This group of people will walk in intimacy with the Lord. They will be the ones who live out the First and Great Commandment and are extravagantly devoted to the Lord.
If we want to become such a people, we have to be wise in preparing ourselves. We need to prioritise acquiring the oil of intimacy so that we can be the ones who have a real, authentic and deep walk and history with the Lord (Matt. 25:1–13).
These people shall be strong
Out of truly knowing God, these people shall be stabilised and strong in their inner man and character, in order to stand in a time of great pressure and persecution.
The strong ones are those who walk in faith, integrity, humility, purity of heart, righteousness and devotion to the truth. Many have to go through the fire of refining in order to become the ones who are holy and without mixture (Dan. 11:35; 12:10).
Walking in God’s prescribed lifestyles will grow this strength that we need. This includes the Sermon-on-the-Mount Lifestyle, the Joel 2 Lifestyle and a lifestyle of prayer, holiness, extravagant offering and the prophetic, and being led by the Holy Spirit.
These people shall carry out great exploits
The Daniel 11:32–33 people will move in great power and authority, partnering with God to advance His Kingdom, and move in the greater works (Jn. 14:12)!
They will be people of prayer who move in the supernatural and spirit realm, living out the very prophetic promises that God has for the End-Time generation.
This requires us to relentlessly contend for and step out to move in the fullness that God has in store for the End-Time Church. May we not accept institutionalised, programme-based but often powerless Christianity as the norm!
These people shall understand and instruct many
These people will also understand God’s heart, will and plans, and can make sense of the things that are happening. They will provide direction and light to many in the time of darkness and turn many to righteousness (Dan. 12:3; Isa. 60:1–3).
Only those who begin to cultivate understanding now will be able to make sense of the things that are to come. If we do, we will be able to instruct many who will be searching for answers in a time of great turmoil and confusion.
This is the Time for Preparation
The Lord has clearly spoken that this is the kairos season of preparation before the time of trouble. What’s more, He has directed us and given us the divine blueprints of preparation using the framework of Daniel 11:32–33, so that we can arise as the Daniel 11:32–33 people at the end of this decade.
May we be wise, take heed, and respond today!
Preparation for the Times (Intro)
Online Equipping
A Call to Pray for Israel
We also encourage you to keep praying for the nation of Israel.
