“At the end of every
seven years you shall grant a remission of debts. This is the manner of remission: he shall not
exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lords remission has been
proclaimed” (Deut. 15:1-2).
Hey Gang: After rereading yesterday’s ‘What’s Happening Man’
message I felt the need to expand on it this morning with this special
additional blog. As I mentioned, since
Jonathan Cahn’s books, The Harbinger and the Mystery of the Shemitah
came out, the interest in these two prophetic issues have become a focal point
of many prophet gurus, pro and con.
A side point: I
believe God is releasing the prophecies of Daniel that God said to seal up
until, the last days (Daniel 12:9). And I also believe we have seen the rise of
anointed prophets who are telling it just like it is today.
A point that I neglected to emphasize yesterday is that when
God gives a precept, statute or commandment it is designed for our good. Notice in the Scripture above: God designed
the Shemitah year for the good of His children, but, how man handles His
precepts, statutes and commandments is a horse of a different color.
Keep in mind, as you walk your walk, that the Abrahamic
Covenant given to Abraham thousands of years ago is still as much in effect as
it was the day God gave it to him. The promise
states very clearly, “I will bless those
who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all he families of the earth will
be blessed” (Gen. 12:3). In Paul’s
words we find the same principle but stated in a more personal way “You are
going to reap what you sow” (Gal. 6:7).
So, the principle of the Shemitah, as given to Ancient
Israel. God told Moses the Israelites
were to observe a Sabbath year once every seven years- allowing the land to
rest with no sowing or reaping, and fellow Israelites were to be released from
their debts. Elul 29, the last day in
the Hebrew/Biblical calendar became a super important date of nullification. It was also a day of hope.
Remember, the Biblical Calendar is a solar-lunar calendar
based on 29-30 day cycle with an extra month every so many years. Since it is a lunar calendar the Festival
Days are related to the phases of the moon.
Check the web for more information about the Biblical months as related
to the calendar we use.
As long as the ancient Jewish nation followed the one true
God, the Shemitah resulted in economic, spiritual and material blessings. But the people also had the choice to abandon
God’s ways and embraced pagan customs.
Now, before you push the Shemitah aside as an ancient Israelite custom
and say we are in the New Testament era, be advised, when one traces the
catastrophic things that have happened in our country, most have coincidentally
or un-coincidently happened during Shemitah years.
All of the economic downturns since WWII have coincided with
the Shemitah, including the last two stock market crashes in September 2001 and
September, 2008 both of which occurred on the fateful day of Elul 29. The next Shemitah cycle reaches its climax
on Elul 29 or September 13. 2015.
Cahn also points out that the fall of Vietnam to the
communists occurred in a Shemitah year.
The removal of prayer from the schools in the 1960s followed by the Roe
vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion also occurred in the Shemitah year of
1973, which Cahn believes touched off a period of judgment. The 90’s were
fairly quiet years, but the ominous pattern returned with the terrorist
attacks and resulting record stock-market crash of September 2001 (on Elul 28),
followed by another record crash exactly seven years later in September 2008,
also on Elu. 29.
The next Elul 29 in a Shemitah year looms like a laser beam
on September 13, 2015. But it falls on a
Sunday- which brings us to a very important point. God makes up His own mind when He will hit
the “go” button - trying to get the attention of a wayward nation and
people.
Sooo, my friends, before closing this epistle I want to
clarify a point: In preparing these
prophecy centered blogs I use many sources but sources I have checked out
thoroughly and am confident they are locked into God and His ways. Jesus said the key to knowing whether a
prophet is a true prophet of God is to see if their past prophecies have come
true. I also believe one of God’s neat
signs of the times is that He has raised up a number of young men who are
totally sold out to Christ and He is using them to bring hope to those who love
Him as Lord.
I tell you this to say “Not much of what I am writing here
is original with Kermit.
The last part on Shemita will be on Monday.
Blessings,
Gramps
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