"G-d designed the agricultural and weather season in Israel to parallel the life of every believer in Yeshua who seeks to love HIM and serve Him with all his/her heart. With this in mind, let us examine how this is true.
Every time a person receives Yeshua the Messiah as his/her own Savior, he spiritually experiences Passover (Pesach). He is to flee Egypt (Mitzrayim; the world's evil system and ways); trust (emunah) in the Messiah, the Lamb of G-d; and allow Yeshua to be the doorpost of his/her heart. As believers, we are then to seek to live holy lives before G-d and experience Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah). Just as Yeshua rose form the dead, we are to consider our former ways dead to us and experience the newness of life in the Messiah. Once we do this, we can be immersed (baptized in the Holy Spirit (Ruach Hakodesh) and have the power of G-d (the anointing) in our lives. Spiritually, we have experienced the spring harvest of Israel in our lives. When we accept Yeshua into our hearts and lives, He begins to teach us the Bible and show us how much He loves us, and we begin to grow in the knowledge of HIM.
At the time, G-d will begin to take us on a spiritual journey through the wilderness of life. Spiritually, we will begin to experience the dry summer season of Israel. Many things in our lives will not go the way we expect them to or how we trust G-d for them to go. IN the process of experiencing life's bitter disappointments and struggles, if we keep our eyes upon G-d, He will take us from Passover to Shavuot (Pentecost). There He will reveal His ways and His Word, the Bible, in a deeper and more progressive way. By keeping our eyes on the Messiah through life's struggles, G-d will no only reveal His Word, the Bible, to us in a greater way, but He also will refine our faith like fine flour, just as was done to the wheat during the days of counting the omer between Passover and Pentecost. Meanwhile, if we put our entire trust in Yeshua while on our spiritual journey in the wilderness of life as G-d refines our faith and reveals Himself to us in a greater way, then our spiritual journey will not end in the wilderness of life (Hallelujah!). Instead G-d will take us forward to spiritual experience the fall festivals and our spiritual promise land.
It is when we spiritually experience the fall festivals - especially the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - and enter into our spiritual promised land that G-d will anoint our lives for HIM in an awesome way, as we live and serve HIM, and we will then experience the greatest joy in our entire lives. Joy unspeakable!! But we will experience no only joy, but also dancing, praise, victory, peace, and the power of G-d in our lives. Spiritually, we will be experiencing the fall harvest of Israel. The rain in the Bible speaks of two things: the great ourpouring of the Holy Spirit (Ruah HaKodesh) and an in depth understanding of Yeshua and His Word, the Bible, in our lives. Both the anointing of the Holy Spirit and great knowledge of spiritual truths will be present in our lives in order that we may accomplish the purpose G-d has for every one of our lives. Therefore, we have the anointing of G-d upon our lives so we may help to our part to build up the Body of Messiah to full maturity and to establish the Kingdom of G-d on earth until we come to that day when we will rule and reign with the Messiah, the King of kings and Lord of lords on earth during the Messianic age, the Millennium, and for all of eternity.
When G-d created man and put him in the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Eden was like paradise, Heaven, or the world to come, known in Hebrew as the olam habba. However, man sinned and as a result, both man and the earth was diminished in comparison to the original glory and beauty in which it was created. As a result, G-d laid out a 7,000 year plan to restore both man and the earth back ot the glory and majesty of the Garden of Eden. The Messiah was to play a central role in this redemption.
In Hosea 6:3 and Joel 2:23, the Scriptures tell us that the coming of the Messiah Yeshua will be like the rain. As previously discussed, in Israel there are the spring rains that are in the form of dew and showers, and the fall rains that make up the great rainy season. In His wisdom, G-d gave the weather season in Israel to teach about the coming of the Messiah. Just as there are mainly spring rains and fall rains in Israel, G-d designed for two comings of the Messiah. During the first coming of the Messiah, the Messiah would fulfill the role of the Messiah ben Joseph, the suffering Messiah. During the second coming, the Messiah would fulfill the role of Messiah ben David, the King Messiah. Those who would receive the Messiah in the season of His first coming would, spiritually, be like the spring rains in Israel and G-d would pour out His Holy Spirit upon all people at this time. However, the greatest number of people who would accept the Messiah would be during the season of the fall rains in Israel, which speaks of the Messiah's second coming. The greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit would be at this time as well."
"The Seven Festivals of the Messiah" by Edward Chumney 1999. pg 192-195
Will you be ready for the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit for the great harvest or will you be spiritually packed and only waiting chasing after date and more dates? Yes, He is returning but there is still much to come. The days of greater works are upon us. Where are His prayer warriors? Where are His forerunners? Where the Living Army of God who is to be marching on their knees in prayer?
Ephesians 5:14 Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light.
Fire of God Ministries International
Pastor Steve Yong Kim
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