Welcome to week 25! The 25th week is the fourth week in the fourth seven weeks (49 days) of the year. It is a core fourth-season week – the fourth of the fourth. It is the bridge-week within the fourth 7 seven weeks of the year. What is the mystery of the 25th season? This is the week of June 18-24 in a Clear Year; and June 17-23 in a Leap year. The Bible patterns for understanding the 25th week are the fourth day of creation narrative, the five chapters in the fourth division (17-21) of the fourth book of the Bible, the 25th book of the Bible, the 25th chapters of the Bible and the last 9 books of the Old Testament.
Week 25 is a fourth day of creation season in the fourth seven weeks of the year. God made luminaries on the fourth day of creation. He made them to give light, to rule the day and the night, to divide the darkness from the light, and to regulate seasons. It is supposed to be a season of the dominion of light. If light fails in the fourth season, darkness takes over. The 25th season is a season to depend on light to escape fear, deception, and stumbling.
Week 25 is a Numbers 17-21 season. The five chapters in the 4th division of the fourth book of the Bible are applicable to the fourth week in the fourth 49 days of the year. Aaron’s rod budded and bore ripe almond fruits overnight in Numbers 17 to end contention. Numbers 18 and 19 are about laws surrounding the duties and privileges of priests and laws of purification. Numbers 20 is about the error of Moses at the waters of Meribah. This is where he made the mistake that cost him entering the Promised Land. Miriam and Aaron died in this chapter. The 21st chapter is about the fiery serpents and the defeat of three Canaanite kings. The 25th season is a season of reaction against foolishness and rebellion.
Week 25 is a book of Lamentations season. Every dated or numbered season expresses the book and chapters of the Bible that correspond to its number. The book of Lamentations is the 25th book of the Bible and is applicable to the 25th week of the year. The 25th book of the Bible reveals that the 25th has something to do with number ’22’. The first, second, fourth and fifth chapters have 22 verses each. The third chapter has 66 (22×3) verses. The number 1-22 (signifying comprehensiveness, exhaustiveness, and fulfillment) is the number of the perfect Word of God. The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters; and when applied to the word of God, it shows that the Word is completeness. Psalm 119 is about God’s Word and has 22 sections subtitled after the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The 25th season is the season of the fulfillment of God’s word. In the first chapter of Lamentations, the author reflects on the condition of Judah and Jerusalem. In the second chapter, he acknowledges their problem came as judgment from the hand of God. In the third chapter, he dwells on his personal burdens. He used “I”, “Me”, and “My” 66 times in this 66-verse chapter. In the fourth chapter, he looks at the nature and weight of the judgment and challenges the people to cry out to God. In the fifth chapter, he calls on God to look on the state of Jerusalem and intervene,
Week 25 is a 25th chapters of the Bible season. The 25th chapters of the Bible reveal that the 25th season is for tests and trials. It is a test bridge-season when men reveal what is in them – wisdom or folly.
GENESIS 25: Abraham married Keturah and had sons from her. Midian, father of the Midianites, was one of the sons of Abraham through Keturah. Abraham died here after settling his children. Ishmael also died here. Isaac battled barrenness with prayer and Rebekah struggled with pregnancy until she gave birth to the first twins in the Bible. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for food in this chapter. Decisions we make in the 25th season matter a lot. Pray and seek God’s help concerning physical conditions.
EXODUS 25: Israel is tested: the Giver of all things asks Israel to bring Him an offering for the Tabernacle. It is a season to raise a tabernacle for God. It is a season to give back to the Lord.
LEVITICUS 25 – (honor God and rest. Life is not all about labor and acquisitions). God gave commands concerning the Sabbath year and Jubilee, lending to the poor, and redemption of slaves.
NUMBERS 25 – (be self controlled and restrain your flesh): Israel fell into Balaam’s trap and committed idolatry and immorality with Moabites. God commanded Moses to harass the Moabites for harassing Israel. It is a season to deal with the enemy ruthlessly. Numbers 25:16-18 says, “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: [17] “Harass the Midianites, and attack them; [18] for they harassed you with their schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”
DEUTERONOMY 25 – (overthrow darkness): God gave commands to Moses: Justify the righteous and condemn the wicked in judgment. Let a surviving brother take over the widow of his dead brother – to build up his brothers house. Pursue justice and fairness without sentiments. Destroy the Amalekites. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 says, “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, [18] how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. [19] Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget”. Those who made you cry will cry this week!
FIRST SAMUEL 25 (deal with temperamental emotion): Samuel died here. Nabal died here. Abigail saved David from shedding the blood of Nabal after Nabal insulted him and humiliated his men. David marries Abigail.
SECOND KINGS 25 – (preservation): The fall and captivity of Judah is recorded here. Gedaliah, whom the Babylonian King made governor of Judah is killed here – with the people who were with him. The survivors, fearing the Babylonians, fled to Egypt. Jehoiachin, King of Judah is released from prison and favored by the king of Babylon.
FIRST CHRONICLES 25 (giving praise to God): David separates 288 singers and musicians unto God to prophesy with harps.
SECOND CHRONICLES 25 – (be ruthless with the wicked): Amaziah became king and executed his servants who had murdered his father, Joash, the king. God forbade Amaziah from joining forces with Israel against Edom. Amaziah became idolatrous and obstinate after defeating Edom. Israel defeated him in battle. Amaziah died in this passage. 2 Chronicles 25:1-3 says, “Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. [2] And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a loyal heart. [3] Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king”.
JOB 25 reveals that Man cannot stand before the holiness of God. This is shortest chapter of Job. Bildad exalts God’s holiness and dominion against the thought of a man being righteous and pure before God.
PSALM 25: Deliver the godly from shame and give shame to the wicked. A time of prayer to God.
Proverbs 25 is wisdom for kings and those who relate with royalty. It is about conducting yourself with a sense of royalty. The words ‘KING’ (Kings), ‘prince’, ‘ruler’, ‘rule’, and ‘court’ stand out in this passage. The fourth season is for rulers. The 25th is the fourth of the fourth-seven. Rulers rise up or go down in the 25th season. Ruling others begins with ruling yourself. Those who cannot rule themselves cannot rule others or even relate properly with them. A ruler over people should be able to relate with all manner of people.
ISAIAH 25: This is the season of the Lord’s battle against darkness. He will destroy the surface of the covering cast over all people and the veil that is spread over all nations. He will trample Moab under His feet. This is a week of war against death.
JEREMIAH 25: The Lord’s cup of fury to the nations. It is the time for the Lord to roar against the wicked in the nations. It is the time to vent anger from above.
EZEKIEL 25: Proclamations of Judgment against Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia.
MATTHEW 25: Parable of the ten virgins, parable of the talents, and the judgment of the sheep and goat nations. The 25th season is separation time. The season separates the wise from the foolish, the diligent from the indolent, and the righteous from the wicked. Keep yourself on the right side.
ACTS 25: Paul is delivered from the hand of Festus and the Jews. He appeals to Caesar. Paul escaped death the hands of Jews lying in ambush. It was wise of him to have appealed to Caesar.
THINGS TO WATCH AGAINST IN THIS SEASON:
1. REBELLION: This season has zero tolerance for rebellion. It does not spare the rebellious. Moses committed his fatal error in the fourth division chapters of the book of Numbers. Miriam and Aaron died there. The fiery serpent killed many Israelite for rebellion against God. In Numbers 25, twenty-four thousand Israelites perished at Baal-peor because of sin. The 25th book of the Bible is about the judgment that befell Judah because of rebellion against God.
2. FOOLISHNESS: This season does not smile at, or sympathize with foolishness. In Genesis 25, Esau gave his birthright to Jacob in exchange for a bowl of food. That was a costly price for any kind of food. First Samuel 25 reveals the wisdom of Abigail in her time]y intervention to stop bloodshed and save her foolish husband. Matthew 25 tells the story of the ten virgin; five of whom were foolish. The other two parables in Matthew 25 also show how people miss great opportunities through lack of wisdom. Paul’s appeal to Caesar in Acts 25 sacred his life. Wisdom is a lifeline in the 25th season.
3. LAMENTATION AND MOURNING: The 25th book and chapters of the Bible indicate that there is a spirit that pushes people into weeping and gnashing of teeth in the 25th season. The 25th book of the Bible is called Lamentations. This week, we should watch against choices, decisions, and steps that could lead to lamentations. The US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened within the 25th seven years of the US. That was the first use of atomic bomb in world history. It brought lamentations to Japan.
4. FALL OF THE PROMINENT: Abraham died in Genesis 25. Samuel died in First Samuel 25. Gedaliah, Governor of Judah was murdered in Second Kings 25. The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley,. was assassinated. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, died in office within the 25th seven years of the United States (July 4, 1944 – July 4, 1951). Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler also died within the 25th seven years of the United States. The the Buhari-led military government was toppled in the 25th year of Nigeria.
PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK
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Happy 25th week!
