It is clear that business-as-usual discipleship will not be sufficient moving forward, that the New Era will present unprecedented darkness and intensity like never before, and that God is calling His Gentile Church to take a stand for Israel.
It is clear that this season is intense Preparation for the Times.
While preparation will enable God’s people to overcome and be the answer for many in the New Era, it is more than just preparation in order to fulfil a function or role.
The end goal of preparation is to become the kind of people that God is looking for. God is preparing a people firstly for Himself. He is arising over us with His glory in this Isaiah 60:1–3 moment. Being able to overcome and shine in the midst of the greatest darkness will be an outflow of who we are!
The Specific Kind of People that God is Raising Up
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Lord began speaking to His people across nations about the generation that was going to be born. This will be the “finest generation” who will walk in the fullness of maturity and power, and be courageous in the midst of opposition — the End-Time Gideon army of God (Judg. 6 – 7).
Over the next 40 years, God spoke at various times and brought increasing clarity to what He was doing in this hour and what this End-Time generation will look like.
This generation will walk in a lifestyle of intercession, holiness unto Him, extravagant offering for His Kingdom, be led by the prophetic Spirit and move in great power!
This generation will be a people of extravagant devotion who will partner with Him to do extraordinary acts.
This generation will be wholehearted in love, radical in obedience, relentless in trust, and reckless in abandonment!
It has nothing to do with the size of our ministry, but everything to do with a people who walk closely with God and possess the character and the values that He highly esteems.
Daniel 11:32–33 gives one of the clearest pictures from Scripture that sums up the kind of people that the Lord is raising up:
“…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…”
It is out of the place of an intimate walk with God (knowing God) that we have strength in our character and inner man, and we partner with Him in supernatural power.We will also have understanding of the times and be a light that directs many to God’s heart, giving His divine wisdom to those who need it.
This is the end goal of these seven years of preparation!
A Major Stepping Stone Unto Our Fullness at Jesus’ Second Coming
Indeed, the Lord is hastening His work in His people in these seven years as a pre-emptive strike against the kingdom of darkness.
He already knows the storms and floods that are on the horizon. He has already ordained this kairos time for His people as a season to prepare. And His grace will be sufficient even as we put our hands to the plough and run the race of preparation!
In God’s End-Time narrative, these seven years are a crucial stepping stone — a major one — towards the ultimate fullness of God’s people at Jesus’ Second Coming.
Scripture clearly defines the people Jesus will return for at the End of the Age. It will not be for a people who are fearful, weak, dull, and powerless (although we all start out as such in varying degrees), but for a people who are full of faith, strong, vibrant in spirit, and move in His authority.
We will walk in fullness as the Daniel 11:32–33 people.
We will be the mature Sons of God who will look like our heavenly Father (Matt. 5:45; Rom. 8).
We will be the equally-yoked Bride of Christ who so long and yearn for our Bridegroom that we will not love our lives even unto death (Rev. 12:11).
We will be the John 17 Generation who is in complete oneness with God and who fully expresses Him on this earth (John 17).
We will function as His Ekklesia, being led by and moving in the authority and power of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 16:18).
In deepest darkness, light will shine the brightest!
Time to Put Our Hands to the Plough
The end of this decade will see the emergence of the firstfruits of this End-Time army, especially among the young people.
The question for each of us as individuals is — will we put our hands to the plough now so that we can be counted among them?
“Arise, shine; for your light as come!
And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.”
(Isaiah 60:1)
The Isaiah 62 Fast
The Lord is on the move! He is issuing the Mordecai call to Gentile believers globally not to remain silent, but to begin to pray regularly, intentionally, and fervently for Israel until Jerusalem is established as a praise in the earth (Esth. 4:14; Isa. 62:6–7)
!It is God’s Sovereign Appointed Time and IHOP – One Thing Ministries will be part of this Isaiah 62 Fast as a hub based in Singapore. In addition to hosting live prayer sessions, we are providing resources to equip the Body of Christ in understanding God’s heart for Israel and how we can pray for her.
Participating in Singapore
We will be providing daily prayer focuses and videos for the duration of the fast. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram or visit our website for daily updates.
Truly, God is summoning us to align with His heart for Israel. Will you respond to His divine summons and His call in such a time as this?
Visit our Loving Israel Mandate webpage for resources to equip yourself in understanding God’s heart for Israel and how to pray for her.