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What is God’s solution for His people in the midst of escalating darkness and storms, where there will be increase in persecution, hatred, betrayal and offense, set in the context of widespread political, economic, social and environmental crises?

Fixing our eyes on YAHWEH Ra’ah as we sit with Him at the Psalm 23 Table!

It was 6 January 2023…

Exactly one year after the open vision on the Jeremiah 23:18 hour, Kay-Chong had a prophetic encounter.

In this encounter, the LORD came with the kingly rod and the shepherd’s staff and invited Kay-Chong to sit with Him at the Table of the LORD. It was a strange table — a three-tiered table. Each tier was labelled with a Scripture verse. From the lowest to the highest tier, the Scriptures were Revelation 3:20, Jeremiah 23:18 and Psalm 23:5.

As he sat at the Table with the LORD opposite him, there was a huge swirl of wind and a storm around the Table. The LORD exhorted him not to be troubled by the swirling winds and storms but to focus on the One seated across the table, YAHWEH Ra’ah, who is more than able to lead as the Great Leader and guide as the Good Shepherd. Whenever he did so, he was filled with peace, joy and rest!

(A full account of the encounter can be found here)

This is the Psalm 23 Table that the Lord is inviting His people to.

Why Psalm 23?

Psalm 23 is a psalm that gives us revelation of the beauty of the leadership of God as our Shepherd King. It reveals nine covenantal names of God:

1. YAHWEH Ra’ah — “The LORD is my shepherd” (v.1)
2. YAHWEH Jireh — “I shall not want” (v.1)
3. YAHWEH Shalom — “He leads me beside the still waters” (v.2)
4. YAHWEH Rapha — “He restores my soul” (v.3)
5. YAHWEH Tsidkenu — “He leads me in the paths of righteousness” (v.3)
6. YAHWEH Shammah — “For You are with me” (v.4)
7. YAHWEH Nissi — “You prepare a table… in the presence of my enemies” (v.5)
8. YAHWEH M’Kaddesh — “You anoint my head with oil” (v.5)
9. YAHWEH Chesed — “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me” (v.6)

As we encounter and grow to truly know the LORD according to Psalm 23, it will produce confidence in us. This is absolutely necessary in this season of escalating challenges and darkness. We will have full assurance and confidence only when we know our Shepherd King intimately and follow His leadership. We will fear no evil because He is with us and leading us.

Through this psalm, the Lord highlighted two issues to us: that of lordship and trust.

If we want the Lord to be our Shepherd, we have to first deal with the issue of Lordship. This is something that the Lord is confronting His people with — He has to be the Lord in every area of our lives. He has to be the owner of our lives and not just the tenant. He is challenging us to surrender the title deed of our lives to Him once and for all.

If we settle this fundamental issue of Lordship, many issues in our lives will be settled, including the issues of provision, protection and guidance.

Sheep are weak, defenceless and unintelligent creatures. The role that we have as His sheep is to simply submit and wholly follow the Good Shepherd who is committed to guide, protect, provide and lead His flock to what is best for us.

This is closely tied with the second issue our Lord is highlighting — the trust that He wants us to fully place in Jesus.

The reality is that we cannot fully surrender to the Lord if we do not fully trust that He is good and His plans for us are perfect.

This especially applies to when the Lord leads us through the valley of the shadow of death. It is during difficult seasons of life that we are tempted to doubt Him. However, He is doing something deep in our lives. He is laying the foundation of greater trust that will make us ready for receiving the overflowing of our cup.

We need not fear because Jesus Himself has walked through the valley of death and overcome it! We need not fear because our greatest enemy — death — is now only a shadow! We need not fear because this same Jesus is YAHWEH Shammah — the One who is with us in the valley!

It is as we walk through this valley that we will discover and know more of the Lord in a manner that will establish our trust in Him. Only after developing that strong and deep trust will we be ready for God to pour out the fullness of His blessings through us.

If we respond to Jesus’ invitation to sit at the Psalm 23 Table and focus on our Shepherd King, He promises to fill us with peace, joy and rest! Around the Table the torrential rains may fall, the storms may swirl and the floods may surge, but none of these can touch the hearts of the ones seated at the Psalm 23 Table.

As our eyes lock gaze with His, our hearts will be stabilised and have immense peace and rest that the world cannot take away. (Watch a prophetic teaching on Psalm 23 from 27 January 2023.)

The King-Breaker

More than just filling us with peace, joy and rest, He is the One who will fight the battles for us! At the Psalm 23 Table, Jesus is also coming as the King-Breaker of Micah 2:13. He is going to break open for His people to walk into the fullness of our destiny as the John 17 Generation.

He is giving the breaker-rod and the shepherd-staff to His prepared Ekklesia, who will in turn break open for the corporate Body of Christ among nations, in order for His Body to break out and walk into fullness of His plan and promises — the emergence of the John 17 Generation!

God wants to anoint our head with oil. He is setting us apart to become the Isaiah 60:1–3 light that will thrive, shine and burn in the time of the greatest darkness. In the time when many in the world will be struggling, our cups will overflow. We will be the source of life, hope, light and blessings for many in the hour of greatest need.

Indeed, YAHWEH Ra’ah is good and His leadership is perfect. He has prepared the Table and is inviting us to come and sit with Him. In this time of increasing storms and rising global evil, it will be crucial for us to do so.

We will have rest, peace and confidence in our hearts as we engage our Shepherd King at His table. Like David, we will say

“I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

The Three Tables

Putting together the past two encounters (issues #18 & #19) given by the Lord with this one, the Lord has given us this three-tiered Table in His preparation plan to make us ready for the Dawning of a New Era in the midst of the Isaiah 60:2 darkness.

1. The Revelation 3:20 Table is a table of nourishment. It is the place of fellowship and tender relationship where we develop real, deep and authentic history and intimacy with Jesus.
2. The Jeremiah 23:18 Table of Counsel is where Jesus as the King is going to give us divine orders, strategies and battle plans so we can partner with Him as the Matthew 16 Ekklesia in this crucial hour of human history.
3. The Psalm 23 Table is where we sit and focus on the Good Shepherd (YAHWEH Ra’ah) and the Great Leader (YAHWEH Nissi) who will lead us in triumphant procession. As we do so, our hearts will be stabilised and we will receive the anointing to break open for many more in this generation.

May we take heed of His exhortations and come to His Table in this decade of Preparation for the Times!

A Call to Pray for Israel

Even as the nation of Israel has come under attack, we exhort every believer to pray for God’s chosen people in her current hour of war and crisis. Let’s pray for her protection and deliverance, and also Psalm 23 over her — that Yeshua would be her Good Shepherd and that He would manifest His Names from Psalm 23 over His people in this time.

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“The Council of the Lord is about to convene. The invitation is given to all who would hear, prepare, and come before the Audience of the King…”

Exactly nine months after the Revelation 3:20 Moment prophetic dream, the Lord once again spoke through a supernatural visitation in the form of an open vision.

Through this encounter, the Lord spoke about the second table that He is inviting His people to in this decade of Preparation for the Times. This is the Jeremiah 23:18 Table of Counsel. (A full recounting of the vision can be found here.)

An Invitation to An Audience with the King

It was the morning of 6 January 2022. Our community was on a 20-day fast in response to God’s prophetic word regarding the Revelation 3:20 Moment.

In the midst of a time of prayer, the Lord gave Kay-Chong an open vision. In it, he saw a round table, at which Jesus came to sit as King and Commander of the LORD’s army. He came as One full of authority — with a crown on His head, a rod, staff and book in His hands, and keys tied around His waist.

A voice proclaimed, “The Council of the Lord is about to convene. The invitation is given to all who would hear, prepare, and come before the Audience of the King. This is the divine summons to come before the Table of the LORD for an Audience with the King. It is for the receiving of My divine order, strategy and battle plan for the battle that is to come!”

The Lord then spoke about the process He would bring us through to prepare us for this audience with Him and from there, partnership with Him: He will bring us through a season of perfecting, unto promotion, unto emergence and finally unto procession as His glorious Bride — equally yoked in love and partnership with Him.

Indeed, through this encounter, Jesus Himself is inviting His people to stand in His counsel as His Ekklesia that will partner with Him to advance His Kingdom here on earth. His divine order, strategy and battle plan will be absolutely necessary in the intensity of the warfare that is ahead. Surely there will be no other way except His!

However, this entrance into His Council is not automatic. While it is not meant for an “elite” group of people, we need to accept His invitation and respond the way He wants us to in order to be part of it.

Preparation for An Audience with the King

In the open vision, the Lord highlighted three passages that are vital to prepare His people to come to this Jeremiah 23:18 Table of Counsel — Revelation 3:20, Zechariah 3:1–8 and Zechariah 4:14.

The Lord spoke, “The ‘Revelation 3:20 Moment’ is also the ‘Jeremiah 23:18 Hour’. If you would open the Revelation 3:20 door of your heart, I will open the Revelation 4 door of My glory. It is My desire to bring you higher for this is the season of encounters, visitations and impartations.” 

The door of glory is open in this kairos hour! The Lord desires to visit and give us things of His Kingdom:

• The torch — this is about His glory;
• The staff — Kingdom authority;
• The book — the End-Time narrative and redemptive story of human history, as well as His divine orders and strategies;
• The sword — the Word of God and authority in prayer.

However, we need to respond by first opening the doors of our hearts to Him.

God further emphasised how He will prepare and make us ready — it’s all by His grace!

The Lord spoke through Zechariah 3:1–8, “Come, stand before Me for a time of washing, removing, purifying and sanctifying,” and Zechariah 4:14, “Now, come and stand beside me for a time of preparation, impartation and receiving of grace.”

Just like how it was by grace that Joshua the high priest was cleansed (Zech. 3:4–5), the Lord wants to cleanse us by His blood and wash us by His Word, renewing our minds and purifying our hearts by His fire, until holiness and confidence are formed and forged in us.

Jesus Himself will silence every accusation, shame, guilt and condemnation that would keep us from drawing near to Him to stand in His counsel, and from speaking forth His prophetic word (Eph. 3:12; Heb. 4:16). He will also refine and purify our every motive, removing everything in us that seeks to exalt itself above Him.

He will establish us in this Zechariah 3 grace as we stand before Him!

Then, just like how the Lord promised Joshua authority and influence in the heavenly places (Zech. 3:7), the Lord will impart to us the power of His might and give us a divine upgrade in things of the Spirit to strengthen and establish our hearts and hands for the battle ahead.

He will establish us in the Zechariah 4 grace as we stand beside Him so that we can be made ready to receive His battle plans and fight with Him!

Responding to this Isaiah 42:23 Summons

Being able to have a seat at the Table of the Council of the Lord is not automatic. Just as a subject has to respond to the summons of his king, we have to respond to the summons of our Commander-in-Chief for this time.

His summons to us in this Jeremiah 23:18 Hour is this:
Come to the Table of the Lord and give ear to listen and hear for the time that is to come (Isa. 42:23)!

It is only at the place of standing before Him and beside Him, that we will be made ready to have a seat in His Council to receive His orders and to fight alongside Him.

Indeed, this is such a privilege! That He would invite us, mere mortals, to sit with Him on His Council at the same round table, as His friends and equally yoked Bride, reveals the heart of our humble King.

We say yes to Your invitation Lord! We open the doors of our hearts to You. We will come and stand in Your counsel. We are expecting Your supernatural encounters and visitations.

Give us Your divine strategy, blueprint and battle plan Lord, even as we sit at Your round table as Your friends and as Your equally yoked Bride!

God’s emphasis and exhortation for His people in this decade is that it is the season of Preparation for the Times — the kairos season of global training and preparation for the people of God to be ready for the challenges of the New Era (Rhema Now Issue #2, #6).

God has also spoken about how He wants His people to prepare — it is through coming to His table to feast and dine with Him!

The Revelation 3:20 Moment

On 6 April 2021, Kay-Chong (the director of IHOP – One Thing Ministries) received a prophetic dream. (The full account of the dream can be found here.)

This dream was about the Revelation 3:20 Table that the Lord is inviting His people to in this season. It is the first of a series of three “tables” that the Lord is highlighting as part of the preparation process for the Body of Christ for the decade of the 2020s. (The other two tables are the Jeremiah 23:18 Table and the Psalm 23:5 Table which will be elaborated upon in upcoming issues.)

In this dream, a door was opened and Kay-Chong was taken in his spirit to the Revelation 3:20 Table where he dined with Jesus. This is an invitation for the people of God to zealously open the door of our hearts to Jesus, to take time to feast on His Word, and to intentionally listen and dialogue with Him.

The Lord highlighted and emphasised ten key passages of Scripture for this decade of preparation (these were highlighted in issue #6).

The LORD spoke, “Come, listen carefully to Me, eat what is good, incline your ear to Me and hear! Abide in Me and let these words (the specific passages of Scripture) abide in you!”

He went on and said, “I am giving you the light now as you diligently buy oil. It is what is inside and what is internal that matters. You have to be real, deep and authentic in your walk with Me. I AM increasing the fire and the glory in you IF you would consistently and diligently sit with Me at My Table and feast with Me. I AM giving you gold, godliness and glory.”

This decade of the 2020s is the Revelation 3:20 Moment! It is part of God’s divine plan to prepare His people!

This is the kairos moment to hear, to open the door, and to fellowship and feast with Jesus! If we do, we will arise as the burning and shining lamps!

Jesus Himself Will Prepare Us

When it comes to running a race, being well-meaning or having good intentions will count for nothing if we do not actually begin the training.

This is a holy moment, a divine moment! It is not a time to be busy or be distracted with lots of activities. This is the season for us to wisely prioritise the acquiring of the oil of intimacy with Jesus by taking time to engage Him at the table of communion. It is a time to re-order, re-align and re-prioritise our lives!

In this moment, Jesus Himself comes to impart things to our hearts and to strengthen us. If we do not make time for Him, we will miss out on what He wants to give us! He is standing at the door of our hearts and knocking. If we open the Revelation 3:20 door of our hearts fully to Him, He will open the Revelation 4 door of glory to us!

It is a season where we can expect encounters and visitations with significant impartations. Through these, Jesus Himself is preparing us for the time to come. Being totally prepared will be vital as we head into this New Era of unprecedented global darkness and evil.

He desires to do three things for us and in us:

1. To equip our hearts with deep intimacy and union with Him so that we have confidence in the coming storms.
2. To empower our spirit with strength to prevail and overcome the challenges that are coming. We will be like gold refined by fire.
3. To set us free from the Laodicean spirit — the spirit of lukewarmness that dulls our hearts and kills the vibrancy in our spirit.

Remember what the Lord promised in the prophetic dream? If we would consistently and diligently sit at His Table and feast with Him, He will increase the fire and the glory in us! This is our confidence.

Repent Zealously, Open Constantly, Buy Diligently!

So how should we as His people respond? Where should we direct our focus?
Revelation 3:18–20 is a key for God’s people in this decade!

God is calling us to:

Repent zealously — More than just minor adjustments, Jesus calls us to re-order our schedules to re-prioritise what is truly important so that time is set apart daily to engage the Lord at His Table.

Open constantly — More than just a one-time decision and action, Jesus calls us to open the door of our hearts afresh to Him every day in the process of engaging Him.

Buy diligently — It takes intentional effort and investment of our time to “buy” from Him (Isa. 55:1–3). Jesus calls us to listen intently and dialogue intentionally with Him daily as we feast on His Word. Specifically, the gold, white garments and eye salve refer to John 13–17, Revelation 2–3 and Matthew 5–7 respectively.

If we would take heed and respond, Jesus will come and strengthen us in these areas of our lives:

• Spiritual strength
• Godliness
• History with the Lord
• Confidence in His leadership
• Intimacy with Jesus
• Walking in and being led by the Spirit
• Clarity and conviction in God’s End-Time narrative
• Vibrancy in the spirit and
• Depth and authority in our prayer

We will be established on a strong foundation that will empower us to withstand the coming storms!

Jesus is Knocking on the Doors of our Hearts

We are living in the Laodicean Church age. Many of our hearts have become dull because of the comforts of life and material success. Many of us may be busy with church and ministry activities but lack true spiritual vibrancy in our hearts. Yet we think that we are okay. We do not see our true spiritual condition and we lack true poverty in our spirit (Matt. 5:3).

But Jesus, whose eyes are like flames of fire, is zealous for our fullness. He will not relent or let us go. He is standing at the doors of our heart and knocking!

Just like what Jesus said through the prophetic dream, “…do not focus on the lamp on the outside (our external works and ministry)… It is what is inside and what is internal that matters.”

If we open up the doors of our hearts and dine with Him at His table, He is going to bring the fires of revival and transformation that will shift us into spiritual maturity, and deep intimacy and union with Him. We will become the ones with fiery hearts, vibrant spirits, and strength in our inner man to prevail and overcome.

May we not keep Him outside!

Imagine you’re John the Baptist. For years you have been living a life of consecration unto the Lord in the wilderness. You have been told the prophecy given by the angel to your father regarding your life’s call and you begin your ministry of preaching repentance in light of God’s coming Kingdom.

Furthermore, the God of Israel has spoken to you: “Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptises with the Holy Spirit” (Jn. 1:33). Thus, as you baptise many in the Jordan, your heart awaits in eager expectation for the revealing of the Messiah…

The third Jordan River crossing that God is bringing His people through is signified by the transition from John the Baptist to Jesus. It is a transition into greater glory and intimacy with God that will result in God’s people carrying, walking in, and manifesting an unprecedented measure of His glory!

We get a glimpse of what this transition into glory is about at Jesus’ baptism (Matt. 3:13–17).

With John the Baptist baptising Jesus, he was in essence passing on his ministry to Jesus. And what a transition it was! The heavens opened, the Holy Spirit descended and rested on Jesus, and the Father broke in and spoke His affirmation over Him. This is the glory that the End-Time Church will have!

The End-Time Church will walk in these realities that Jesus walked in as a Man on earth:

Open Heavens
Just as the heavens opened over Jesus, the End-Time Church will experience open heavens, with His Presence and the supernatural being a norm in our midst. Zechariah 8:23 will be a reality for the End-Time Church as God’s Presence, leadership, power, and glory are evident in the midst of His people.

God’s Spirit Resting in Fullness
Jesus was the only One upon whom the Spirit came and rested. Nowhere else in Scripture do we see this, because nowhere else in Scripture do we see Someone who is so aligned with God the Father, that the fullness of the Holy Spirit (Isa. 11:2) can come and rest on, and not have any strife with.

This means that the End-Time Church will be in complete alignment with God! This means that the fullness of God’s Spirit is going to rest upon the End-Time Church in the way that it rested on Jesus!

Encounters with God
Just as the Father broke in with His audible voice to make Himself known, the End-Time Church will have an unprecedented revelation of God and encounters with who God is — Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We will be people who truly know our God (Jn. 17:3, Dan. 11:32)!

Living and Walking in the Father’s Love
Jesus lived and walked in a deep love relationship with His Father. He was God’s beloved Son, and He loved God the Father back with all His heart, mind, soul and strength.

Similarly, the End-Time Church will experience the love of the Father and live out the First Commandment, loving Jesus the same way the Father loves Him (Jn. 17:26).

Wow! What an inheritance the Lord has prepared for us to step into!

The Kairos Prophetic Moment

But wait, haven’t these realities always been available for the saints since the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus? Yes, they have! In fact, Jesus has always wanted to give this glory that He had to His people (Jn. 17:22), and He has already made the way.

However, this is the kairos hour where we will see this coming to pass for an entire generation. This is the prophetic moment that God is especially inviting His global Church to enter into.

Indeed, this prophetic moment has been about 30 years in the making. God set it up through the supernatural healing and death of a woman whose life was used to prophesy about this important moment in God’s Kingdom.

It was April 1990…

Anna Cain, a 105-year-old prophetic woman of God from Texas, USA, was on her deathbed. She had been in a coma for about two months, and her son, Paul Cain, was at her bedside. Before lapsing into the coma, she had told Paul that before she died, she would give him one of the most important prophetic words he’d ever receive.

However, with her in a coma, would she be able to before passing on?

On the day of her passing, she suddenly awoke from her coma just long enough to prophesy to her son, before losing consciousness again. The message was this: what Jesus did in Luke 4:18 would be a reality in Paul’s life and in the lives of many others in this generation.

She died shortly after. The date of her death was April 18 (4/18) exactly at 4:18pm! Wow, surely this is God’s supernatural confirmation of His Word through her!

(Anna Cain’s life was marked with astounding miracles and supernatural works of God. However, as the full story would be too lengthy to recount here, some links to her story are provided at the end of this issue.)

Luke 4:18 At Last

20 November 2019…

Chris Reed (the current acting president of MorningStar Ministries) receives a prophetic word from the Lord: “When the prince will pass, it will be 418 at last.” He does not know the meaning of it, but understands that it will be a timing indicator for an important season in God’s kingdom.

Fast forward to 9 April 2021…

Prince Philip of England passes away. Chris Reed, who is at IHOPKC for a visit on that day, is reminded of the prophetic word he received. He releases it to Mike Bickle and the IHOPKC family. They immediately know it refers to the prophecy given by Anna Cain on her deathbed.

With yet another supernatural confirmation from God, we have, without a shadow of a doubt, entered into the Luke 4:18 season in His Kingdom!

What is The Luke 4:18 Promise About?

In essence, it is about the fullness of the Isaiah 11 seven-fold Spirit of God resting upon God’s people, just like how the Spirit came and rested upon Jesus at His baptism (Matt. 3:16, Lk. 3:22)!

The implications of this are huge!

Just like how Jesus went forth after His baptism in the authority and power of the Holy Spirit and walked in the reality of the Luke 4:18 mandate, we too will be able to walk in the same way He did.

Not only did He overcome Satan’s temptation in the wilderness, but He advanced the Kingdom of His Father with signs, wonders, and miracles, from a place of walking in deep intimacy and oneness with God the Father (Matt. 4:1–10,23–24; Jn. 5:19–20).

This is the glory that is available for us to enter into in this Luke 4:18 season!

Entering Into the Glory of God

In the midst of the escalating Isaiah 60:2 deep darkness, God promises the Isaiah 60:1 glory that will rise over His people. It is His pre-emptive strike!

However, knowing that God is going to increase His glory in our midst does not automatically translate to us being able to receive and carry it. We need to posture and prepare ourselves correctly so that we can carry it and walk in it.

The Lord spoke to us that if we would open up the “Revelation 3:20 door of our hearts”, He would open up the “Revelation 4 door of glory” to us.
More than just asking for His Spirit to come and rest on us, or for an increase in signs and wonders, we need to intentionally open our hearts to Him unto aligning ourselves with Him in every area of our lives.

We need to walk on the highway of holiness, remove every mixture in our hearts and lives, and imitate our ultimate Model — Jesus Himself. That the Holy Spirit could rest upon Him was because of His total obedience, utter surrender, and complete oneness with God the Father.

Indeed, this is a glorious transition that the Lord is inviting us to enter into.

May we take heed and arise as a generation walking just like Jesus did when He was on this earth!

Some links to Anna Cain’s story and the significance of Luke 4:18:

Story of Paul Cain’s Miraculous Birth & Life

YouTube: A New Season & Chris Reed’s Vision Related to Luke 4:18

4:18 At Last — The Briefing

“We are now at a Jordan River crossing moment: we are at the divine moment of entering into God’s promises for the End-Time generation.”
(Rhema Now Issue #11)

The second Jordan River transition is signified by the transition from Elijah to Elisha (2 Kings 2). It is a transition unto the arising of the most prophetic generation the world has ever seen. The authority and the prophetic anointing of the End-Time generation will surpass the prophets of old and even the early apostles in the Book of Acts (Joel 2:28­–32; Jn. 14:12; Rev. 10–11)!

Just as the mantle of the prophet passed from Elijah to Elisha, we are in the prophetic moment of the passing of prophetic mantles from the generation that has gone before to the generation today.

Some of us may be thinking, “But haven’t some ‘prophets’ got it wrong recently? And haven’t some in the previous generation fallen into sin?” Indeed, we would be untruthful if we were to deny these realities.

Yet we do not want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. God is so zealous for our fullness to become a prophetic people that He is bringing forth a prophetic reformation in His Body!

An Indictment unto Reformation

In 2022, the Lord spoke to us that this was the year for “Prophetic Reformation”. This comes on the heels of God’s indictment of us for a lack of prophetic insight and a slew of missed “prophetic predictions” during Covid (Rhema Now #1).

Indeed, over the past four decades since the Lord began to restore the prophetic ministry in the 1980s, the prophetic has undeniably gone awry in some aspects.

He has surfaced these faultlines at this crucial juncture, in order for us to realign to His heart regarding the prophetic, so that we can be established and arise as the most prophetic generation in the history of God’s people.

We often focus all of our attention on chasing prophetic words and anointing that we forget the more important issues to God — that of the foundations and character of a prophet. We have been so busy proclaiming and foretelling events that we have ignored what truly matters to the Lord — the speaking forth of what is on His heart from vessels who truly image forth who He is.

But thanks be to God for His zeal over us!

He is going to bring a reformation in the prophetic unto the End-Time prophetic generation!

What Does This Prophetic Reformation Look Like?

Firstly, He is bringing us back to what being a “prophet” is all about. Ultimately, being a “prophet” is about being God’s friend (Amos 3:7). A friend is someone who shares in the burdens and cares about what the other person is concerned with.

More than just a voice that proclaims, “Thus saith the Lord!” a prophet is firstly one who shares in the burdens of God’s heart. Furthermore, a mature prophet is one who will only share what God tells him to share. There are times when the Lord simply wants to share His heart with those who are willing to listen, without requiring them to proclaim to others.

Secondly, the Lord is raising up not just one or two “super-saints” as His prophets, but an entire generation! The prophetic anointing and mantle are for the entire End-Time generation, and available for whosoever reaches for them!

Thirdly, prophetic voices will emerge who move in the anointing like Bob Jones or Paul Cain, but at an even greater level. The prophetic anointing will be unprecedented! In God’s grace, He has ordained it as an inheritance for those who are alive in this time. Truly, eye has not seen, nor ear heard, what God has reserved for this generation!

The Fullness of a Prophetic People

Indeed God is so zealous for His people to step into their fullness that He is bringing correction and realignment to the prophetic ministry. In this hour, He is emphasising what is important to Him and raising up a new generation of prophets.

The End-Time prophetic generation will step into the fullness of what it means to be a prophetic people of God!

There are five aspects to our fullness as a prophetic people:

1. Prophetic Mantle — This is the role and responsibility of a prophetic voice. More than just predicting events (foretell), a prophet is meant to speak forth God’s heart (forthtell) and turn the hearts of the people back to God. For the End-Time generation, we get the additional privilege to proclaim and prepare the nations for the return of Jesus!

2. Prophetic Anointing — This is something we are most familiar with: the power that accompanies the giving of the prophecy, whether through its accuracy or the impact it has on our hearts when it is released.

3. Prophetic Foundations — Laying strong foundations in the lives of God’s people are crucial. They help to ensure that the people of God mature in their character and not go astray, even as they grow in their prophetic gifting and anointing. These foundations involve consistently reading and meditating on God’s Word, spending time in prayer, loving God, choosing the fear of the Lord, and cultivating a deep and abiding relationship with the Holy Spirit.

4. Prophetic Character — Godly and righteous character is crucial to ensure that God’s people do not abuse the prophetic gift or take the glory for themselves. Specifically, humility, devotion to truth, purity, and integrity are what God wants His people to cultivate in their lives so that they can carry the prophetic anointing.

5. Prophetic Activation — This refers to the “suddenly” of God where He does a work in a person’s life (sometimes through one encounter or at other times over a period of time) and activates a level of prophetic anointing that is beyond what has been the norm for that person.

At the end of the day, our generation’s prophetic mantle is pre-ordained. The prophetic anointing and activation are by God’s grace. But it is the foundations and character that God requires us to be diligent to lay and cultivate.

Reaching for The Fullness

In this Historic Transitional Decade, the journey of transition from Elijah to Elisha in 2 Kings 2 gives us a picture of what God is doing and how we should position ourselves in response.

Just like how the Lord first sent Eljiah from Gilgal to Bethel in 2 Kings 2:2 (westwards, away from the Jordan), it might seem like the prophetic movement has taken two steps back in recent years.

However, the journey to Bethel revealed that Elisha understood the significance of the hour: he knew that Elijah would soon be taken away from him (v3), and this would mark a change in the prophetic ministry in the nation of Israel.

In our current day, God has revealed His heart to bring forth a reformation in the prophetic movement. The recent years have also seen the passing of anointed prophetic ministers such as Paul Cain in 2019.

Can we see and understand the significance of the hour?
And if we do, how should we position ourselves in response?

Elisha’s response to Elijah as the latter returned eastwards and crossed the Jordan informs us how we should respond:

1. Elisha did not stop following Elijah, despite being told multiple times to stay (v2, 4, 6)
Often, during the time of delay, the Lord holds back and “tests” us to awaken a deeper hunger for the things of God and to direct us to cultivate depth and character in Him.

Now is not the time to shrink back from the prophetic but to believe, ask and step out in faith until the fullness comes.

2. Elisha asked for the double portion of Elijah’s prophetic spirit (v9)
Just as how Elijah cried out for the double portion, the End-Time generation has to contend and lay hold of our portion in the prophetic. While God promises this for the generation, each of us has to press in and lay hold of it for ourselves individually.

We will move in unprecedented prophetic anointing that has never been seen before. We will carry greater mantles than the previous generation of prophetic voices. We will possess a oneness in heart with the One whose burdens we will share and carry!

Wow!

Elijah’s reply in 2 Kings 2:10, “You have asked a hard thing,” reveals what appears to be a difficult thing in the eyes of man. But to Yahweh, the Almighty God, the God of all flesh, is there anything too hard for Him? (Jer. 32:27)

In this Sovereign Appointed Time of God where there is the passing on of prophetic mantles, Jesus is inviting us to press in like Elisha to lay hold of the double portion of the prophetic spirit — our inheritance unto becoming the most prophetic generation of all times!

Will you be the Elishas of this generation?