Moving From Past to Future

Ancient Nineveh, the capital of Assyria

Last week we entered the new season of 5773 with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah and Yom T'ruah (the Feast of Trumpets).  Then yesterday after sundown through today, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, was observed.  Tradition is that the Book of Jonah is read as the haftorah of the Yom Kippur afternoon services.  One of the reasons for reading the Book of Jonah is to remember that God spared the people of Nineveh although He had already decreed that they would be destroyed because of their evil ways. This teaches us that no matter our past behavior, God's benevolence and mercy awaits us if we only repent full-heartedly.

Under the new covenant, we should read John 4 and remember the woman at the well.  Jesus revealed his knowledge of her past and His offer of "living water".  In John 4:39 we are told, "And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did."  With her repentance, an entire city was redeemed in a very short period of time.

This is a season of ending the things of the past to open the path to the future (to destiny) - repenting of the sins of the past so we can have a clear vision of (so we can see) the future.  As Hebrews 12:1 tells us, "...Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us..."

While we are no longer under the Law and should therefore move in forgiveness and release throughout the entire year ahead, we should end those hinderances from the past as soon as possible this year.  The sooner we end, the sooner we see the future.

Are you ready to see and run to your future?

A 'Life Transition' Year is Coming

As we approach the Hebraic Year 5773 in the next couple weeks, we are headed to a year of transition. Not that we do not experience or walk through transitions or changes all the time, but this next year will be a year when God 's timing is about transition.  It will be a year when your transitions need to align with God's transitions for you to end your past and move you into your future.

Seldom is the time from transition ending to beginning very short but when we move in time with God, the transition period can be very short even suddenly.  The word 'suddenlies' appears 44 times in scripture with 41 being in the New Testament.  A 'suddenly' occurs when the Timing of God and the Word of God intersect.  So, if you have been moving - transitioning - toward the new beginnings - promises - that God has for you, during this next year that movement will intersect with God's timing to create a 'suddenly' in your life.  So, Keep Moving!Because this year will be such an important transition year for you, I want to encourage you to learn all you can about the Hebraic Year 5773.  My resource each year is the Head of the Year Conference at the Global Spheres Center (Glory of Zion) with Chuck Pierce.

Here is what Chuck Pierce has to say about the coming year, "The Camels are Coming: A Year to Bridge the Past and Enter the Future! Move from Recovery to Wholeness!  This will be the year of Ayin Gimel (73). Gimel is the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet as well as the number 3, and originally pictured a camel. This is a year that we will be looking for the camels to come! This is a time to keep your feet moving and go beyond where you have been in the past, until you drink and eat of the produce of your promise! The Kingdom of God will become the greatest influence in the earth realm."

The conference will be September 20-23 and if you are not able to attend on site, you can view the entire conference live on the web.  Even if you cannot attend all the sessions, view the ones you can.  It is that important for success in you transition.  Click Here for more details.

Are you ready to move beyond your past and eat of the produce of your promise?