THE BETROTHAL - FEAST OF SHAVUOT

     While the Bride of Messiah keeps her lamp trimmed and fills her jar with oil, TODAY we celebrate the Season of our Betrothal to the Bridegroom.  It is the Festival of the Ingathering--Shavuot, which is Hebrew for "Weeks."  Israel was to count the omer of wheat for 49 days following the Feast of Firstfruits (Resurrection) and on the 50th Day (Pentecost), the celebration would begin.

(Acts 2:1-4)

     This is the day Yashua, the Risen Messiah betrothed Himself to His New Covenant Bride. It is the fulfillment of the betrothal of the Jew (Boaz) and the Gentile (Ruth) as the One New Man.  We celebrate with two leavened Challah Loaves of Bread according to Torah ~ Leviticus 23:17

"You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord."

~ Leviticus 23:17

EKSTASIS WORSHIP

There appears to be "Strange Fire" blowing through the sanctuaries of many celebrated ministries. Recently, I witnessed a phenomenon called Ekstasis worship and dance. Ekstasis is a Greek word meaning a displacement of the mind; a trance. The word appears in the New Testament 7 times, but seems to have taken on a new definition in the modern day church service.

Ekstasis dance is practiced in Shamanistic and Voodoo rituals with the intention of stirring up the Kundalini spirit within.   Its origins are quite ancient and Yashua (Jesus) our Bridegroom warned of great deceptions like this would come at the End of the Age to deceive even the Believers.   And now, we see its emergence in the Holy Sanctuary:

THE CHURCH IN AMERICA IGNORES THE HARBINGER OF 9-11

I am taking a Sidebar this week from my usual health and wellness focus to address what I perceive is a Harbinger of things to come unless repentance is quickly embraced.  Deceptive spiritual winds are blowing throughout the Church in America.  Today the Church mirrors the Culture, rather than the Culture reflecting the Church.  The lines are no longer blurred--they have merged to become one sound. JCTV is the new MTV; Piped-in Smoke and Rock Music pass for Sanctuary Worship; Fire-Eating rituals performed on the platform.  Many voices are calling for flexibility and compromise in this New Era and to become agents of change for this Laodicean gospel.  Their "Prophets" speak of power, revival, miracles and prosperity while the "Harbingers of God" sound the warning of impending judgment upon America because there is no repentance.

Shofars (Trumpets) are sounding loud and long calling for a turn from the Church's love affair with the world and a return to a holy, righteous God.  This season of "turning" in the Hebrew Scriptures is called  "Teshuvah"  and it immediately precedes the time of judgment throughout Biblical History.

Yashua (Jesus) warned that in the Last Days to "Be Not Deceived; signs and wonders will be so great, even Church members will be deceived."  The Warnings to the Churches in the Book of Revelation carry one message:  REPENT!  The Harbingers have been sounding for the last 27 Years and still there is no repentance:

THE HARBINGERS

1985 - David Wilkerson's Vision of Judgment Coming to America

1984-85 - Romanian Prisoner Dumitru Duduman Sees Same Vision

September 11, 2001 - Ground Zero - History Repeats (Click to see Video)