September 23 & 24
As I was communing with the Lord leading up to the Feast of Trumpets this year, I was inquiring if He had a word to share for the upcoming year. The Holy Spirit once again came in a new way! I was not hearing or feeling anything until just before we went to prayer the night of the 23rd.
The single scripture that He took me to is:
“And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.” (Leviticus 20:26)
Then I heard this phrase:
- Awaken Church
He then reminded me of one of the churches in Revelation:
- Sardis Church
Both of these are two words each with six letters in each word (26)!
When we read of the church in Sardis, the Lord Jesus opens with the comment below.
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.” (Revelation 3:1-3)
It was a church who in their eyes was alive, however in the eyes of the Lord was actually dead… This is a fearful thing, and I believe is where the church in the West currently is.
There is hope, and I believe and pray for the ones Jesus acknowledges are found in the midst of this overall dead church.
“You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.” (Revelation 3:4)
As I continued to think upon the word from 2025 and even that of 2024, what He said to me next started to become more clear.
He said “Acts 2-6”. Now some time ago in prayer the Lord gave me this acronym, Apostolic Church Training Saints (ACTS), which is the assignment of the church!
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” (Ephesians 4:11-16)
The connection I started to see from what He gave in 2024 and 25, is that those who sought the Lord for where they are to be planted (2024), who are aligned under His wise leadership (2025), He will continue to mold into an Acts 2-6 (2026) people!
There is much to be seen and understood in these five chapters, so I am only going to give some of the highlights I have noticed.
- Outpouring of the Spirit (chapter 2)
- Community marked with 10 attributes (chapter 2)
1. Apostolic teaching
2. Fellowship
3. Communion
4. Prayer
5. Fear of the Lord
6. Signs & Wonders
7. One mind and accord
8. Radical generosity
9. Praise
10. Favor with all people
- Boldness in gospel proclamation (chapter 3)
- Souls added (chapter 2 & 4)
- Persecution (chapter 4)
- A people who look like Jesus (chapter 4)
- Continual fillings of the Spirit (chapter 4)
- Continued community (chapter 4)
- Genuine Fear of the Lord (Chapter 5)
- Souls increasingly added (chapter 5)
- Everything built was by the Lord (chapter 5)
- Faithful servants ordained and sent on assignments (Chapter 6)
The Lord also gave me a couple of other scriptures that I believe speak into what He is looking to make known and understood.
Exodus 26 is where Moses begins to build the tabernacle that the Lord gave him the blueprints for while he was on the mountain.
“And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.” (Exodus 26:30)
This lets us know that what the Lord has just begun to reveal can only be understood and built through a life of genuine seeking in prayer! It must be from Jesus, reveal Jesus, and glorify Jesus!!!
The second verse is below and as seen is packed full of promises to those who are obedient in what I believe the Lord wants to do in and through His people!
“You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord. ‘If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts, and the sword will not go through your land.” (Leviticus 26:2-6)
I began to see the number 26 in Hebrew. This is the “Bet” and the “Vav”
- Bet- Ancient Hebrew is a picture of a tent/floorplan, and means family/house
- Vav- is a picture of a tent peg, and means to add, secure and connect
Next is the Most Holy name of the Lord is Yahweh (YHWH) and in Hebrew is יְהֹוָה, and every Hebrew letter has a numerical value, so from right to left it is (yud=10, hey=5, vav=6, hey=5) which is 26!
So what we can see is the Lord adding, connecting and securing Kingdom families in the Earth, built by Him!!!
Houses of God!!! Sound like the Book of Acts?