In 2012, when the Lord began to lead me into understanding times and seasons from the Bible, I was studying the book of Psalms. The 119th Psalm caught my attention because of its unique features and I spent 22 days meditating on the 22 sections of this psalm. I was so blessed by the exercise. I asked the Lord why this Psalm, dedicated to the word of God, has 22 sections after the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. I also asked the Lord if there is a relationship between His Word and the number 22. That was when light came. He opened my eyes and I became a new student of the Word and of times and seasons. The things I learnt from Psalm 119 in 2012 became revolutionary in 2022 when I applied them to Israel’s new season beginning with year 5783. That is the reason I am sharing these insights on the prophetic significance of the Hebraic year 5783. I hope it blesses you as it blessed me.
What is the significance of the year 5783?
God began the creation of time with evening and morning as day and with seven days as week. In the book of Daniel, He represented years in weeks when He spoke to Daniel about 70 weeks of years. When God spoke to Daniel about 70 weeks, He meant 490 years. So, a prophetic week is seven years and a prophetic week of weeks is 49 years. Seven prophetic week of weeks (or 49 prophetic weeks) is 343 (7x7x7) years. The year 5783 is the beginning of a new prophetic week of weeks.
Israel’s time and the Biblical interpretation of it is key to understanding events happening in the world. The Hebrew Calendar is currently in the 17th cycle of three hundred and forty-three (343) years. Since 1728 (when the 17th three hundred and forty-three years began) Israel has experienced six 49-year seasons: the 113th forty-nine years (1728-1777), the 114th forty-nine years (1777- 1826), the 115th forty-nine years (1826- 1875), the 116th forty-nine years (1875- 1924), the 117th forty-nine years (1924- 1973) and the 118th forty-nine years (1973- 2022). This is a total of 294 years.
BIBLICAL PATTERNS FOR ISRAEL’S CURRENT SEASON
There are three Biblical keys to understanding the 17th three hundred and forty-three of the Jews. They are the 17th book of the Bible (Esther), the 17th chapters of the Bible and the 17th seven Psalms (113-119).
THE 17TH CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE
The 17th chapters of the Bible indicate that the seventeenth 343 years of the Jews is a season of revival and triumph over death and dryness. In the 17th season, life surges from least expected places. In Genesis 17, Abraham and Sarah experienced change at 99 and 90 years respectively. In Exodus 17, Israel drank water from a dry rock after Moses struck it by the word of the Lord. In Numbers 17, Aaron’s dry rod budded and bore ripe fruits overnight. David killed Goliath in First Samuel 17. The first record of raising the dead in the Bible is in First Kings 17 at the house of the Widow of Zarephath, whose last meal did not run out. Jesus was transfigured in Matthew 17 and Peter fetched tribute money from the mouth of a fish. in the same chapter. The book of Esther is about triumphs over death and hopelessness. This is like how scattered Israel became a nation within this 343-year season.
PATTERNS IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER AND THE PSALMS
This seventeenth 343 years that began 1728 is a Book of Esther season. Esther is the 17th book of the Bible. Israel and the world, have already experienced, prophetically, a large portion of the 17th book of the Bible. We’re in the last chapter of the book at this time. This season is also a Psalm 113-119 season. Those are the 17th seven psalms. Six of those Psalms (113-118) have passed over her. Since 1728, Israel and the world have been journeying prophetically from Psalm 113 and have just entered Psalm 119. The Hebrew year 5783 is the beginning of a new 49 year season – the 119th! It is a 49-year Sabbath season. It is the seventh and last 49-year season in the 17th three hundred and forty-three (343) years of Israel’s history.
The first 49 years of this season (1728-1777) was an Esther 1-2 season. That was when Vashti was rejected and Esther was found. Those who wanted the king dead were executed here. The Declaration of Independence of the United States came at the close of this 49-year season (1776). That was the founding of the then Esther-nation that will do what pleases the King. This 49-year season was also a Psalm 113 season. Psalm 113:3,7-9 says, [3] From the rising of the sun to its going down The LORD’s name is to be praised. [7] He raises the poor out of the dust, And lifts the needy out of the ash heap, [8] That He may seat him with princes- With the princes of His people. [9] He grants the barren woman a home, Like a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
The second 49 years of this season (1777-1826) was an Esther 3-4 season. The king promoted Haman in Esther 3. Haman clashed with Mordecai and the plan to exterminate Jews in the kingdom was established. Esther took the challenge. This second 49-year season was the time of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. It was a season war for total freedom. America’s last war of independence was fought in this season (1812-1814). This was a Psalm 114 season. This psalm is a reflection of Israel’s freedom from Egyptian bondage.
The third 49 years of this season (1826-1875) was an Esther 5-6 season. Esther obtained favor from the king against the law of the land. Mordecai was honored and Haman humiliated in the 6th chapter. Within this third 49 years was when President Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation that gave freedom to slaves in America. The American Civil War happened in this season. Slaves were freed and their arrogant slave masters were humiliated. This season was also a Psalm 115 season. This psalm is about the trustworthiness of God and the futility of trusting in idols. Psalm 115:9-11 says, “O Israel, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. [10] O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. [11] You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield”.
The fourth 49 years (1875-1924) was an Esther 7 season. Esther reported Haman’s plot to the king and the king was provoked. Haman was hanged. This fourth 49 years ended with the First World War that saw the collapse of mighty anti-Semitic empires. The Soviet Union was born in this season. This 49-year season was a Psalm 116 season. Psalm 116 is a testimony of deliverance from death.
The fifth 49 years of this season (1924-1973) was an Esther chapter 8 season. Although Haman had died, the law to destroy the Jews was still in force and needed to be revoked. The king told the Esther and Mordecai to write a new law to supersede the Haman-law. Although the First World War had ended and great empires had fallen, anti-Semitism was still alive. Adolf Hitler rose in this season; then the Second World War, the Holocaust the defeat of the Axis Powers, the fall of Hitler and the establishment of the Nation of Israel. In this season, God’s people went through the 117th forty-nine years of her history and expressed the two-verse Psalm 117 that says, “Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! [2] For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!” God’s people survived anti-Semitism of the season, the Holocaust, and became a nation again and executed the triumphant six-day war. It was a season of praising God for His merciful kindness toward the seed of Jacob. Israel lived in the season of the shortest Psalm and, prophetically, did not have much words to speak except to praise God for survival. The enemy had planned to destroy her completely but God preserved her.
The sixth 49 years of this season (1973-2022) was an Esther 9 season. The plot of Haman against the Jews was to be executed in Esther 9. The opposite occurred. The Jews defended themselves and overpowered their enemies. Purim was established. At the beginning of this sixth 49 years, October 1973, the Yom-Kippur War broke out. Arab states, led by Egypt and Syria attacked Israel. In this season, Israel went through the 118th forty-nine years of her history and expressed the 29-verse Psalm 118. It opens and closes with a call to give thanks to God. Psalm 118:1,29 says, “Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. [29] Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” Within the 118th forty-nine years that opened with the Yom Kippur War (October 1973), the nation experienced hatred, opposition and resistance but lived confidently. Psalm 118: 8-18 says, “It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man. [9] It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes. [10] All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. [11] They surrounded me, Yes, they surrounded me; But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. [12] They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. [13] You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the LORD helped me. [14] The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. [15] The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. [16] The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. [17] I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD. [18] The LORD has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death”.
Pray that Israel’s confidence will truly be in God.
The seventh and last 49 years (2022-2071) of the current 343-year season is an Esther 10 season. The last chapter of the book of Esther is the shortest in the book. It has only three verses and is just about King Ahasuerus and his deputy, Mordecai. Esther 10:1-3 says, “And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. [2] Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? [3] For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen”. This is not a bad ending at all.
APPLICATIONS FROM PSALM 119 AND ESTHER 10
1. Psalm 119 is the longest psalm and the longest chapter of the Bible. As Israel and the nations expressed the shortest Psalm (117) between 1924 and 1973, she would be expressing the longest Psalm from 2022 – 2071! When Israel expressed the shortest psalm was the season the enemy wanted to exterminate her in the 20th century. In this season of the longest psalm, she will experience population explosion. More and more Aliyah is expected to happen in this season.
2. Psalm 119 is the longest communion-prayer in the Bible. Here, you have 173 verses of unbroken communion with God! This is a season to give attention to prayer and communion with God for Israel and the nations. The situation in the world will drive many to seek God and commune with Him. The top three prayers in Psalm 119 are “Teach me” (10 times); “Give me understanding” (5 times) and “Revive me” (9 times). Prayer will be a live-wire in this season. It is a time to pray for, and seek, understanding of God’s word and revival.
3. Psalm 119 is about the perfect, seven-dimensional, word of God. In this psalm, it is called law (25 times), commandments (22 times), precepts (21 times), statutes (22 times), testimonies (22 times), Word (42 times), judgments (17 times) and ordinances (2 times). Holding on to the word is the way to peace and rest in this season. This is a time press into the covenant and the fulfillment of promises. Of the 23 times the phrase, “according to your word “, is used in the entire Bible (NKJV), 12 is in Psalm 119. Psalm 119 is a psalm of communion with God about the perfection and sufficiency of God’s word and the psalmist’s confidence in, and commitment to, the Word. He tells God how he delights and trusts in the Word, how he hopes in it, how it has helped him, how he longs for it, and expects it to be fulfilled in his life. Psalm 119 is a dedicated chapter of the Bible. It is dedicated to the Word of God in all its forms. This 49-year season is a time to bring God’s word back to Him. This is a season to give all attention to the Word. It is a time to hunger for, and get immersed in, the Word of God. In this season, circumstances in the world will drive people to God’s Word. Psalm 119:1-6 says, “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD! [2] Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! [3] They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways. [4] You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently. [5] Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes! [6] Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments”.
4. Psalm 119 has 22 sections of 8 verses each. Each section has a Hebrew letter for a title. The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. Psalm 119 teaches that God’s word runs from the beginning to the end as in A-Z (or Aleph – Tav). The 22 divisions of this dedicated psalm expresses the comprehensiveness of the word of God. This is a season of fullness (the complete package) for Israel and the nations. This is a time of the outpouring of fullness – a visitation of fullness. It is a time to swim in the river of the aleph – tav of the Word. This is the season of the One who is the Beginning and the End. This is a time to awaken to the completeness and sufficiency of the Word.
5. Psalm 119 is the seventh and last Psalm of the 17th seven psalms. This 49-year season is the Lord’s Sabbath in the broader 343-year season. It is a 49-year Sabbath season. It is a season of rest in the plan of God but the kingdom of darkness will want it to be a season of distress. The rest of the Sabbath is imposed rest. It is rest that comes with intervention. The seventh book and seventh chapters of the Bible are about interventions or the absence of it. Jesus intervened in the lives of people on the Sabbath to usher them into rest from troubles and affliction. The Jews of His day did not understand His ‘violation’ of the Sabbath. Without intervention, there will be no rest in this season. As we pray, this will be a season of salvation, deliverance, and diverse interventions for Israel and the nations. The pursuit of God’s pleasure is paramount in this season because it is the Lord’s Sabbath. Isaiah 58 holds a promise that is applicable to this season. Isaiah 58:13-14 says, “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, [14] Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
6. This is the season of Ahasuerus type leaders. The 119th forty-nine years of Israel is an Esther 10 season. It is the last part of the 343-year Book-of-Esther season. Esther 10 reveals two kinds of leaders that will rise in this season. The first is the Ahasuerus type. Esther 10:1 says, “And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. [2] Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? The passage speaks about how Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and the islands of the sea and about the acts of his power and might. What does King Ahasuerus signify? He is a type of leadership focusing on conquests and control. The highlight is on the acts of his power and might. It’s about the lands under his control and what he gets from them. This is a season when some leaders will show their power and might by seeking to dominate others. It’s already manifesting. God, in His wisdom, will use such powers to make room for leaders who will do His will and advance His Kingdom as He used Ahasuerus to advance Mordecai. It is time to watch and pray. It is time to reset things in the nations.
7. In this 119th forty-nine years of Israel, the Lord is going raise Mordecai-type leaders and governments. Esther 10 speaks of Mordecai’s greatness and his commitment to his people. Mordecai signifies servant-leadership. Esther 10:3 tells us five things about Mordecai: He was second to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews. He was well received by the multitude of his brethren. He sought the good of his people. He spoke peace to all his countrymen. The world needs Mordecai-type leaders. May the Lord raise such leaders for Israel and in the nations in this season – leaders who will use their position and power for the good the of the people and for the glory of God.
WE ARE IN THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS
The first seven years of Israel’s 119th 49 years corresponds to the fourth seven years of the 21st century (2022 – 2028). The difference is just about nine months. The fourth 7 years of this century expresses the fourth seven books of the Bible – Song of songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Hosea. The spirit of imperialism is rising. Nations will rise to swallow others is this season. There will be forced relocations that will eventually cause the rising of leaders in the order of Daniel, Nehemiah, Mordecai, Esther and Nehemiah in the nations. It is time for prophets who speak the Word of the Lord to run and overtake kings and nations as Elijah overtook Ahab’s chariot in First Kings 18. Kings will sit on the thrones but the prophets of God will rule. Amen!
Happy Psalm 119 season to Israel and the nations
THE SEVENTEENTH 343 YEARS OF THE HEBREWS
(5488 – 5831 / 1728 – 2071)
Book of Esther/Psalm 113 – 119 Season
| 49-Year Season | Hebrew Year | Roman Year | Esther Pattern | Psalms Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113th Forty-Nine Years | 5488-5537 | 1728-1777 Season of: George II/George III Declaration of Independence in America | Esther 1-2 | Psalm 113 |
| 114th Forty-Nine Years | 5537-5586 | 1777-1826 Season of George III/George IV; Revolutions in America & France | Esther 3-4 | Psalm 114 |
| 115th Forty-Nine Years | 5586-5635 | 1826-1875 Season of George IV/William IV/Victoria Emancipation Proclamation | Esther 5-6 | Psalm 115 |
| 116th Forty-Nine Years | 5635-5684 | 1875-1924 Victoria/ Edward VII/ George V WW1/Fall of Empires | Esther 7 | Psalm 116 |
| 117th Forty-Nine Years | 5684 -5733 | 1924 – 1973 George V/ Edward VIII/ George VI/ Elizabeth II WW2/ USSR/ Holocaust/ Israel a Nation/Battle for Land. | Esther 8 | Psalm 117 |
| 118th Forty-Nine Years | 5733-5782 | 1973 – 2022 Elizabeth II Yom Kippur War, opposition from Palestinians, Arab States and Iran | Esther 9 | Psalm 118 |
| 119th Forty-Nine Years | 5782-5831 | 2022 – 2071 King Charles III | Esther 10 | Psalm 119 |
