The 31st season is a time to make or declare an end of one thing and the beginning of another thing. It is Heaven’s time of change. So, it is a time for watchmen, gatekeepers, and intercessors to draw the line, shut the door to the old narrative and open the gates to the new. It is time to overthrow evil and block any agenda to make an end of the godly. This is a gate of time for progressive change. So be it in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
BIBLICAL PATTERNS FOR THE 31ST WEEK OF THE YEAR
In Genesis 31, Jacob fled the house of Laban by the word of the Lord and ended his twenty-year sojourn with his uncle. It was the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another phase for Jacob.
At the end of receiving the pattern for the Tabernacle, in Exodus 31, God appointed Bezaleel and Aholiab to undertake the construction of the Tabernacle as revealed to Moses. The Written Word also began in Exodus 31, with the two tablets of the law “written with the Finger of God”. In the 31st season, new people and new things move in. In Numbers 31, God commanded Moses to fight against the Midianites and overthrow them. They did and also killed Balaam there.
In Deuteronomy 31, Joshua became the new leader of Israel. Moses gave his farewell speech to Israel in that chapter.
In First Samuel 31, Saul and his three sons died in the battle field. That made way for David to become the new king of Israel.
In Second Chronicles 31, Hezekiah carried out sweeping religious reforms that overthrew idol worship in Judah. It was a positive new season in the history of Judah.
In Job 31, the servant of God gave his last long speech. Job 31 ends with “The words of Job are ended”. In the 31st season, certain things end and give way.
In Psalms 31, the psalmist prays for deliverance and against coming to an end. He also prays for the end of the wicked.
Proverbs, the book of divine wisdom, ends at Chapter 31; and the 31st chapter ends at verse 31. In Proverbs 31, the male teacher stopped and the female teacher took over.
Isaiah 31 is a pronouncement of judgment against those who rebel against God.
Jeremiah 31 is the promise of return, comfort, and the end of sorrow and weeping in Judah. It is in this chapter also (Jeremiah 31:31-34) that God spoke of ending the Old Covenant and introducing the New Covenant.
In Ezekiel 31, the prophet spoke of the overthrow and humiliation of Egypt.
Obadiah is the 31st book of the Bible and reveals that the 31st season is for deliverance and possessing possessions. The word ‘possess’ (or possession) is used 8 times in this 21-verse book. Deliverance is the end of the ‘old chapter’. ‘Possessing possessions’ is the beginning of a new season.
THE WITNESS OF OUR CALENDAR
The months of the year (in the Gregorian calendar) bear witness that the 31st season is an endpoint. The 7 longest months month of the year end on the 31st day.. Each year ends on the 31st day (of December).
THE WITNESS OF HISTORY
Ancient and modern history also bear witness that the 31st is an endpoint. In 2022, the 9th of Av (a day of mourning and fasting, yearly, for atrocities committed against Jews in history – especially the destruction of the first and second temples) is August 5 – the last day of the 31st week of the year.In the United States, The Spangled Banner was adopted as the National Anthem in 1931 (March 3). In Africa, three countries gained independence on the 31st week of 1960: Benin (August 1), Niger (August 3), Burkina Faso (August 5). In Nigeria, the military administration of Yakubu Gowon began in the 31st week of 1966 and the first week of the short-lived administration of Murtala Mohammed was the 31st week of 1975. Twelve of Nigeria’s 36 states began in her 31st year (1991) either by creation or change of name. The same year (1991), Nigeria’s Capital moved effectively from Lagos to Abuja The Russia – Ukraine War that started February 24, 2022 began in the 31st year of the Collapse of the Soviet Union.
PRAYER POINTS FOR THE 31ST WEEK OF THE YEAR
1. Pray that this 31st week of the year is a time of deliverance and possessing possessions in the nations. Pray that this a week of moving into freedom and independence for many people.
2. Pray that saviors will arise to from every quarter in the nations and judge ‘the house of Esau’ in the nations; that the Lord may possess His possession on earth. This week, declare Obadiah 1:21 – “. . Saviors shall come to Mount Zion To judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the LORD’s”.
3. Pray that this 31st week of the year will be the end of the old narrative of wickedness, oppression and exploitation, and the beginning of a positive new story in the nations.
4. Pray against destructions and the wasting of lives in the nations this week.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK
Isaiah 31:4-5: “For thus the LORD has spoken to me: “As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. [5] Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it.”
Happy 31st week of the year.
