Gathered Around the Fire

In the Book of Esther, Haman cast the 'Pur' (cast lots, similar to rolling the dice but calling on occult arts)  with evil intent, it was  to determine the best day to attack the people of God.  In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur (that is, the lot) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month.  And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar. Esther 3:7 The scripture indicates that the day Haman cast the Pur was the 13th day of Nisan.  Then on the thirteenth day of the first month , the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces, and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring . Esther 3:12 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to ...

In October 2021 I shared about Gideon threshing wheat in the winepress . You might want to read that post before reading part two of that topic. The wheat harvest came in the late Spring and the grape harvest is brought to the wine press 4 months later in the fall.  Threshing the wheat harvest in Scripture always speaks of the purification of the people of God, Israel, the Hebrews, the Jews, and the Church. even the two big events that happened on the Feast of Weeks declare this.  At the First 'Feast of Weeks' in the Old Covenant God gave his people the Torah = His Instructions.  At The First Feast of Weeks in the New Covenant, He gave His people His Instructor (the Holy Spirt)  Whereas, when the winepress is mentioned in Scripture it speaks of the judgment of the peoples of the world, the pagan nations, the unsaved, or the gentiles.  Today, I want to go on to reveal the significance of Gideon's harvest. What does it reveal about Gideon's heart condition?  ...

About Numbers - A Couple  of 22s just discovered Minneapolis has 22 lakes within the city limits.  Mankato  is the  22nd -largest city in Minnesota by population (42,264).  The top 10 cities in Minnesota are:  Minneapolis,  Saint Paul,  Rochester,  Duluth,  Bloomington,  Brooklyn Park,  Plymouth,  Maple Grove,  Woodbury,  St. Cloud. If you want to see more content like this ... please bookmark this URL:    https://upsettingbroca.blogspot.com  Blogger no longer offers a subscribe by e-mail option.  Various writings from the past The Road Not Taken At Home In MN    

We have many modern prophetic voices that are saying God is going to show us His Glory.   What can we expect to see when His Glory comes?  Will we find ourselves in unity with God or opposing God Himself when his glory comes?   To answer those questions...  Let's look at the encounter of Moses when he asked God to see His Glory. This eyewitness account is found in Exodus chapters 33 & 34 ”And Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory.” Exodus 33:17-18 What do you think Moses expected?   Well, what would you expect?  A bright light, with golden rays emanating from his being, a sparkling aura with some fog-like mist rising from the earth?  Let's look at Moses' eyewitness account you might be surprised at what He experienced during this encounter.   Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you , and I will proclaim the name of the L ORD before you.   I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I ...

Hanukkah – The Festival of Lights - While Hanukkah is not one of the official Feasts of the Lord –  It does commemorate a Miracle, a supernatural act of God to re-dedicate, restore and cleanse His temple.   I share it here because it can reveal God’s power over the ‘spirit of the age’ for the times we are living in.  By looking back at this supernatural intervention of God to keep the lights burning in the Holy Temple, He confronted and overcame a wicked ‘Madman’ who was determined to destroy God’s people and desecrate the dwelling place of the Living God. Think of this, today there is no earthly temple in Jerusalem, Scripture says, your body is his temple.  So if He was to restore the temple today that illumination and restoration would take place within you.  We can find a parallel to Hanukkah the Festival of the Lamps in Matthew 24 - Jesus tells a story about 10 virgins, the one thing that separates the foolish virgins from the wise was having enough oil to ...

 THE PHRASE "In that day" appears 108 times in Scripture. It appears (100) times in the Old Testament and (8) times in the New Testament It appears throughout the book of Isaiah foretelling of the ultimate fulfillment of Yom Kippur in the last days on the prophetic timeline of redemption. Isaiah uses the phrase 'in that day (44) times spanning across 50 chapters, from 2-52. Although he doesn't use the phrase 'in that day' in chapter 58 it is still about the Day of Atonement. It was the only required fast day of the entire year.  Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,  only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed  and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast,  a day acceptable to the  Lord ? Isaiah 58:5 It appears that in one sense the entire book of Isaiah was prophesying about the final days on the earth as portrayed in the Fall Feasts.   1. Trumpets -  2. Yom Kipp...

 Isaiah the prophet invested at least the first 58 chapters of his 66 chapter book by prophesying about the Day of Atonement. Starting in Isaiah chapter 2 verse 11 and continuing until the end of Chapter 58.  The phrase "in that day" is used 44 times in the book of Isaiah. In the Hebrew language, this phrase refers specifically to the Day of Atonement, not simply the annual observation of this Holiest of Holy Days, but it refers to the Prophetic Fulfillment which will come to pass in the last days.  The SPRING FEASTS prophetically foretold of Messiah's first coming,  and they were all fulfilled by Jesus Christ in His first coming. We can prove this from the Scriptures with the words and actions of Jesus recorded in the gospels. With references that specifically say this was done so that the prophecy would be fulfilled. With that understanding as a backdrop, those of us alive today should be pressing into understanding the FALL FEASTS because... The  FALL FE...