PREAMBLE:
Discovering our life’s blueprint (what is written about us in the scrolls) is the key to a life of self realisation, self actualisation and accomplishment of our divine mandate.
Prophetically speaking, the sorry state of the dilapidated temple in exile is a reflection of the status of the present day global church.
Reflecting on the book of Ezra’s series from the Watchmen perspective:
DANIEL a typology of the 21st century saint.
“In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Daniel 9:1-3.
Daniel activated the exit of God’s chosen people from exile by embarking on certain spiritual activities – Intercessory Prayers and Fasting.
Like Daniel and the sons of Issachar, grace and mercy is repositioning this present generation of believers to function with an accurate understanding of the times and season, and how the church ought to respond to divine stimuli.
Since every revelation ought to produce in us a holy spirit-inspired response, the church should be presently preoccupied with – studying patterns and seeking the face of the Lord in prayers.
THE PROCLAMATION:
The present heavenly broadcast – THE EXILE IS OVER; is supposed to impregnate us with divine pathos and set our hearts in a travailing mode like Daniel. Dan.9:1-3, 2 Pet. 3:10-13.
Such intercessory prayers could activate proclamations from the most unusual places. Ezra1:1.
RESPONDING TO THE PROCLAMATION:
The portrait of a man impregnated with the divine pathos.
Neh.1:1-4, 2:1-3 (NKJV)
“The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel, that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.” So I became dreadfully afraid, and said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire?”
CONCLUSION:
For men and women whose heart pulsate after God and his prophetic mandate, acute sensitivity to Gods disposition and desires for the present day church is critical to our kingdom relevance and significance.
REFLECTIVE PRAYERS:
Lord open the eyes of our hearts to see, understand and come to full realization of your present desire and expectation for the 21st century church