Welcome to the 37th week of the year! This is the second week in the sixth 49 days of the year. This is the week of September 10-16 in a clear year and September 9-25 in a leap year. The Bible patterns for understanding the 37th week are the second day of creation narrative, the 37th book of the Bible, the 37th chapters of the Bible, and the second four chapters of Joshua, the sixth book of the Bible.

Week 37 is a second day of creation week in the sixth 49 days of the year. On the second day of creation, God created the firmament to destroy the barrier created by the bloc of waters. The second season is for thwarting monopolies and breaking controlling powers to make way where there is no way for people. God makes a way where there is no way in the second season. It is a season to refuse to be stopped by barriers.  It is a season to open doors by exerting spiritual force. It is a season to triumph through  prayer and prophetic decrees.

Week 37 is a Joshua 5-8 week. The second four chapters of the sixth book of the Bible are applicable to the second week in the sixth 49 days of the year. In Jodhua 5, the circumcised among the men of Israel were circumcised. The preproach of Egypt was rolled away from Israel on that day. Manna also ceased and Israel began to eat the fruit of the land. In the sixth chapter, Israel penetrated conquered Jericho by the wisdom of God; and saved Rahab and her family. Israel suffered a humiliating defeat in Joshua 7. Joshua fell on his face and cried to the Lord. He had deep communion with God. This led to the identification of Achan as the sinner in the camp. He and his family were destroyed. That was how the barrier between Israel and Victory was removed. In the eighth chapter, Israel defeated Ai through a heavenly idea he received. The 37th week is for breaking through barriers; and finding a way where there is no way. This is a week of intense and decisive battle in the sixth 49 days.

Week 37 is a book of Haggai week. Haggai is the 37th book of the Bible. In that book, God challenged the returnees from captivity to return to the work of rebuilding the temple although it was halted by a royal decree. See Ezra 4. The house of God is important in the 37th season because prayer and prophetic decrees should go forth from the house of God to break barriers in the season. The house of God is a house of prayer. The people suffered in the 37th book of the Bible because they neglected the power house of the season. In the 37th week, the House of God is a war-house. The importance of the House in this 37th week is in the prayers rising from it. We are the house of God and prayer-fire should be burning on the altar of our lives. The enemy uses fear and pressure to drive people away from majoring in the major program of the week. This week, you should not allow fear or anxiety to move you away from the House of God. Let the pressures of the week drive you to the place of prayer. Take the troubles of the week to the Lord in prayer. Position yourself to stand in the gap for the world in need of answers from God. The 37th book of the Bible reveals that prayer is top of the agenda in the 37th week.

Week 37 is a 37th-chapters-of-the-Bible week. The 37th chapters of the Bible draw attention to the different sides of the season. 

In Genesis 37, Joseph’s brothers thought they had found opportunity to kill their younger brother. God made way for Joseph to escape death at the hands of his brothers. At the counsel of Judah, they sold him to slave merchants who took him to Egypt. That was how he became a slave in Egypt. He was more than a slave though. He was the house of God in Egypt. That was an unfolding of the divine plan to reposition the house of Jacob for dominion and global significance. There is a place called ‘Dothan’ in the spirit. It is a Fountain out of which the Law and the Decree go forth. Evil plans do not prosper there. The physical Dothan is first mentioned in Genesis 37; where Joseph escaped being killed by his brothers. The second and last mention is in the 6th chapter of Second Kings; where Elisha blinded and arrested the Syrian troops sent to capture him. This 37th week, your dwelling is in ‘Dothan’. You are in the Fountain of Life. There, the Law and the decree will go forth from your mouth; and no harm will come on you. Amen!

In Exodus 37, Bezalel made the Ark of Testimony, the Lamp-stand, the Table of Shewbread, the Altar of Incense, the anointing oil and the incense. He and his men worked on the tabernacle. The house of God (the tabernacle) is the powerhouse of the season. Prayers go from the house of God, to make a way in the 37th season. That is the reason God was not pleased that His people gave up rebuilding His house of in the 37th book of the Bible (Haggai). 

Job 37 is the end of Elihu’s speech. He spoke of the wondrous works of God and the awesome thunderous voice of God by which He makes things happen. In the 37th season, voice is one of the ways to make the things you desire happen. When men raise their voices to God in prayer, in the 37th season, God raises His voice against circumstances. Job 37:2-6 says, “Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth. [3] He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth. [4] After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard. [5] God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend. [6] For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength”.

Psalm 37 is an exhortation to trust God and never be afraid of the wicked. Psalm 37 is about the triumph of the just and the failure and fall of the wicked. “The wicked” is mentioned 14 times in this psalm. If we trust the Lord, rest in Him, wait on Him, delight ourselves in Him, and commit our ways to Him, in the 37th season, He will handle the wicked and take care of every detail. 

In Isaiah 37, Hezekiah responded to the words of the king of Assyria first by reporting the matter to Isaiah the prophet; and secondly, by praying to God himself with the letter spread on the altar before God. Isaiah told him that the plans of the king of Assyria would not prosper. He assured him that God would defend the city and that the king of Assyria would hear a rumour, withdraw from Judah and would be killed in his own land. Prayer and the prophetic word are tools for collapsing the plans of the wicked in the 37th season. 

In Jeremiah 37, God overthrew the plan of man to enthrone the son of Jehoiakim whom God said would not have a son to sit on the throne of David. The king of Babylon made Zedekiah the son of Josiah king instead. Jeremiah also warned Judah of the futility of seeking help from Egypt against the Babylonians.  Trusting in man in the 37th season is a waste of time and a hopeless venture. Jeremiah was imprisoned in this chapter but the word of God was not. He was falsely accused of defecting to the Chaldeans. The king rescued him and put him in a better place and with better conditions. Those who trust in God in the 37th season will triumph. 

In Ezekiel 37, the prophet, in a vision, was sent to prophesy to dry bones in the valley. He obeyed the voice of God and dry bones of dead people came back alive, rose and became a mighty army. It was a revelation of God’s plan to restore the house of Israel. The 37th season is a time to undo the works of the enemy against God’s people. In the 37th season, the word of God in your mouth is key to undoing the work of the enemy. 

Disasters are common in the 37th season. 1937 was a year of notable disasters. Ohio River flood of 1937 that happened between January-February left a million people homeless and 385 people dead. On March 18, 1937, in New London School, Texas, a natural gas explosion killed over of 295 students and teachers. This is the worst school disaster in American history in terms of lives lost. On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg disaster occurred. A German airship burst into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey. 36 people died. On May 30, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed 10 unarmed demonstrators in the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre. On July 28, George VI escaped assassination by Irish Republican Army. On September 2, the Great Hon Kong Typhoon killed about 11, 000 persons. On October 2-8, President of Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo, ordered Dominican troops to kill thousands of Haitians living in Dominican Republic in what is now called the Parsley Massacre. On November 11, the Kogushi Sulphur Mine collapsed in western Gunma, Japan, and killed at least 245 people. The 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, was caught up in a coverup scandal that led to his unprecedented resignation. Charles Colson, founder of the Prison Fellowship International emerged from that saga to become a major house of a God. In the 37th year of the United States, on January 23 1813, the River Basin Massacre took place, in which 30-60 captured American soldiers were executed by Native in Michigan. In the 37th year of Nigeria (October 2, 1996 – October 1, 1997), there were at least 8 bomb explosions targeting citizens in different parts of the country. 

There are four kinds of disasters that come in the 37th season: 1. Disasters that come to facilitate people’s journey to destiny. In Genesis 37, there was disaster in the House of Jacob. Joseph went out to see to the welfare of his brothers – in obedience to his father, Jacob. He never returned. He was to be killed by his brothers but God intervened and scattered their plans. They rather stripped him of his clothes, sold him to strangers as slave; dipped his clothes in animal blood ,and lied to their father that a wild beast had destroyed him. That was a heaven-sent transport to his royal destiny; and they couldn’t cover the scandal. The Watergate scandal happened in the season of the 37th president of the United States, Richard Nixon. The president resigned. Chuck Colson was among those indicted in Watergate-related crime. He spent seven months in jail, encountered God there, and became founder of Prison Fellowship International operating in over 150 countries today. God used that 37th season mess to give him a message and a ministry. God uses disasters, in the 37th season, to advance his purpose.

2. Disasters that come to test your knowledge of God and your confidence in Him; and to reveal God’s sovereignty and power. In Isaiah 37, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, threatened to overrun Judah and to sack her king, Hezekiah. The king of Judah cried out to Isaiah, the prophet, and to the Lord. The Lord of heaven and earth and sea assured him that the cause of Sennacherib would not prosper. True to His Word, the Lord defended the city and stoped the king of Assyria from invading or entering Judah. He heard rumors of an invasion of his country, returned home, and was murdered by his own children. 

3. Disasters that come to wake God’s people from slumber. Haggai is the 37th book of the Bible. In that book, God’s people suffered terrible disasters. When they sought God concerning it, the Lord said He made it happen to awaken the people to their responsibility of rebuilding the temple. Haggai 1:9-11 says, “You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the LORD of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.” Haggai 2:17 says, “I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me,’ says the LORD”. On Tuesday, September 11, the second day of the 37th week of 2001 (a core second-season day), terrorist hijackers plane-crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and destroyed it. Many lives were lost. That was the work of evil men; but I also believe it was a wake-up call to the United States. 

4. Disasters that glorify God by showing His power, not to stop what could happen but, to undo what had been done. In Ezekiel 37, the prophet was transported, in a vision, to a valley of dry bones scattered all over the place.. God told him to speak life into the dry bones. He did. The bones came together, received flesh and breath, and became a mighty army.  It was in the 37th year of Joash king of Judah that a dead man’s body thrown into Elisha’s tomb revived. It was in the 37th year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, that Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon and released him from prison. The 37th season is for undoing what the enemy had done.

The 37th chapters of the Bible reveal that the enemy wants to see people dead in the 37th season; but God intervenes to save life in the same season. He gives the wicked for a ransom for the wicked. Genesis 37:18 says, “…even before he came near them, they conspired against him to KILL him”. Psalm 37:32 says, “The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to SLAY him”. Isaiah 37:36 says, “Then the angel of the LORD went out, and KILLED in the camp of the Assyrians…and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses-all dead. Isaiah 37:38 says,  “…it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons… STRUCK HIM DOWN WITH SWORD…” Ezekiel 37:9 says, “…breathe on these SLAIN that they may live.”

This 37th week, put your confidence in God. Pray and speak the word. Wickedness and the wicked will not triumph over you. Whatever slays men in the 37th season will not succeed in your life! There were three attempts to assassinate the 37th President of the United States (April 1972, May 1972, and February 1974) but all failed. This week I decree in the name of Jesus, that wherever sunlight touches and moonlight reaches, evil and wickedness shall not triumph. Heaven has overruled the conspiracy of ‘the darkness’ and ‘the waters’ against the plans and purposes of God. The situation may seem hopeless but God will turn it around for His glory and for the good of His people. Psalm 37 guarantees that God will not leave His own to the desire of the evil one. This gives us hope that evil and wickedness will not triumph in the 37th season and especially this 37th week of the year. Happy 37th week!

Welcome to the 38th week of the year! The 38th week is the third week in the sixth 49 days. It is a third season week. It is September 17-23 in a clear year and September 16-22 in a leap year. The Bible patterns for understanding the 38th season are (1) the narrative of the third day of creation, the 38th book of the Bible, the 38th chapters of the Bible, and the third three chapters of Joshua, the sixth book of the Bible. 

Week 38 is a third-day-of-creation week. On the third day of creation, God dismantled the water-veil sitting between heaven (firmament) and earth (dry ground). The moving of the waters made the earth visible, connected heaven and earth, and released the earth to bring forth vegetation (the sustenance locked up within the earth. Heaven gives access to the earth in the 38th season. The third season is the season of ‘the last battle’ against barriers. The season is a season of breakthroughs. It is a season of answers to prayer. It is a season when desires are granted. It is the season when God grants salvation to the distressed. It is a season of deliverance. It is a season of escape from death and bondage. Death comes in this season; the wicked also rise in this season; but God grants deliverance from both death and wickedness in this season. Heaven overthrows the wicked and wickedness in the 38th season. Be hopeful and expectant. This is a week of manifestation, access, visibility, and release for those who are in the trap of the wicked and oppressive.

Week 38 is a 38th-chapters-of-the-Bible week. In Genesis 38, Judah had three sons but lost two of them  to death because of their wickedness. He also lost his wife, Shuah, in this chapter. The first son died because he was wicked before the Lord. His younger brother died because he refused to do the lawful by raising children for his deceased brother. In Judah’s bid to protect his third son from death, he took steps that would have closed the tribe-line of the Messiah; until Providence intervened and gave him twin boys through his inadvertent night-affair with his veiled daughter in-law. The enemy did everything to hinder Tamar from having children. The enemy wanted her to be a fruitless sex machine. The men that came to her only wanted her for pleasure; but she knew she should have children for the House of Judah. The kingdom of darkness sensed the Ruler in Judah would come through her; and fought hard to see her name does not appear in the Messiah’s genealogy; but God destroyed the veil of hindrance to fruitfulness over her life. She engaged a strange idea that changed things for her. God showed her mercy. In this 38th week, the Lord will deliver you and your family from disasters and reproaches targeting families in the 38th season. This week, the Lord will keep you from losing the seed of your next generation as it happened to Judah’s family in the 38th chapter of Genesis. He will also overthrow any circumstance that wants you to be unproductive. 

In Exodus 38, work continues in the tabernacle with the making of the altar of burnt offering, bronze laver, and other materials of the tabernacle. It is on the altar of burnt offering that sacrifices are laid. That’s where heaven and earth come together. The tabernacle was, in the Old Covenant, the meeting place between God and men. In Job 38, God took over and began to question Job. That servant of God had never heard the voice of God since his trouble began. He had spoken. His wife and friends had spoken; but God remained silent. Now a breakthrough came from God. Week 38 is a week of open heaven. Psalm 38 is a desperate cry to the Lord for mercy, intervention and help. The Psalmist began with his fears and circumstances, continues with his response and attitude, and ends with an SOS (save our soul) or SMS (save my soul) call: ‘But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. [20] Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. [21] Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! [22] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!” (Psalm 38:19-22). The 38th season is for crying out to God for intervention. In 1998, the 38th year of Nigeria, the tenth Nigerian leader, Sani Abacha, died in office. Unfortunately, many Nigerians rejoiced at his death. That same year, Olusegun Obasanjo, the 12th Nigerian Leader, was released from Sani Abacha’s prison.

This 38th week, the Lord will show you great mercy and deliver you from enemies and adversaries. In Isaiah 38, God sent Isaiah, the prophet with a word to Hezekiah, to tell the king, in the fourteenth year of his reign, that he would die from his sickness. The king had no son at this time. The king cried to God. The Lord heard him and extended his life by 15 years. Within the 15 years, his son, Manasseh was born. The Lord grant you escapes from death as He granted king Hezekiah in Isaiah 38; and as he granted the 38th ‘breakthrough’ President of the United States, Gerald Ford; who narrowly escaped assassination, twice in September 1975.  The second and last attempt happened September 22; in the 38th week of that year. The two women who wanted to kill him, each spent over three decades of their lives in jail. This week, those who want to hurt you will hurt themselves. In Jeremiah 38, the princes of Judah threw Jeremiah into a miry dungeon so he could starve and die there – because he told them the truth. Ebed-melech, the eunuch, pleaded to king for Jeremiah’s life. The king authorized him to get 30 other men and pull the prophet out of the dungeon. In this week of escape from death, the Lord give you such breakthrough as He gave His prophet, Jeremiah; and as He granted Olusegun Obasanjo in 1998, the 38th year of Nigeria, when he was released from prison – about one month after the death of Sani Abacha. In Ezekiel 38, God said He would rise against Gog and her allies “with pestilence and bloodshed…flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone” for daring to attack God’s people. This 38th week, the Lord will rise against those who rise against you.

Week 38 is a book of Zechariah week. In Zechariah, the 38th book of the Bible, the Lord rose against the horns that scattered Judah; rebuked satan for resisting Joshua the high priest, and changed the filthy garment of the high priest. He also made decrees to restore the glory of His people. The Lord gave  Zechariah visions (revelations) in the first six chapters of the book; and released His Word in the remaining 8 chapters. This week of mercy, intervention, and escapes from death, may your inner eyes open to see and understand what God would be showing you; and may your ears be open to hear what Heaven will broadcast; as it happened in the fourteen-chapter, 38th book of the Bible. Zechariah had deep communion with God in the 38th book of the Bible. He had opportunity to ask questions and receive answers. The Lord showed, and taught, him things on a very intimately level. The 38th week is a season of deep communion between heaven and earth. The veils of the season will not blind your eyes or close your ears.

Week 38 is a Joshua 9-12 week. The book of Joshua is the sixth book of the Bible; and is applicable to the sixth 49 days (seven weeks) of the year. The 4 chapters in the third division of the sixth book of the Bible is applicable to the third week in the sixth 49 days of the year. Joshua 9-12 are about Israel’s conquests and victories in Canaan. In the ninth chapter, the Gibeonites submitted to Israel after deceiving Joshua. They deceived Israel into making a treaty and a covenant with them; for fear of destruction. That was how they escaped being wiped off. Though they became servants in Israel, the idea that saved their lives must have come from deep thought and meditation. In the tenth chapter, Joshua conquered the south lands. In this chapter, the heavens and  the luminaries (creatures of the fourth day) cooperated with Israel against her enemies. In the eleventh chapter, Joshua and Israel conquered the northern lands. The chapter closed with a record of Joshua’s victories. The 12th chapter is a record of kings conquered under the leadership of Moses; and those conquered under the leadership of Joshua. After the 12th chapter of Joshua, the remainder of the book is about the distribution of the land. The 38th week is a season of recovery and triumphs in the year. It is a season of victory over death and barrenness through deep communion. This is a week of generating productive yoke-breaking ideas.

Week 38 is Ecclesiastes – Amos week in the sixth 49 days of the year. Going through any seven weeks is like taking a journey through the Bible. Every seven-week season has an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first four weeks of the season belongs to the Old Testament side and express the 39 books of the Old Testament. The remaining three weeks of the season constitute the New Testament side and express the 27 books of the New Testament. The third week of the season is the third week in the Old Testament side of the seven weeks; and expresses the third 10 books of the Old Testament and the Bible. In the third 10 books of the Bible, God sent His prophets to speak to the people. They confronted the people, warned them against judgment, comforted the faithful, and brought judgment on the arrogant. The third week is for the overthrow of the rebellious and establishment of the humble and just. How you fare in this week depends on your attitude and response to the word of God. This is a day of prophetic confrontation and judgment. Repentance and crying out for mercy is a game-changer.

This week, I pray the Lord will grant you deep and productive encounters; and open doors for you to receive great ideas that will change lives and things around you.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Pray that God will pour out abundant mercy and turn things around for people in distress as the psalmist prayed in Psalm 38; as God had mercy on Hezekiah in Isaiah 38, and on Tamar in Genesis 38 and on the man who suffered 38 years in John 5. This is a week to cry out to God and receive intervention.

2. Pray that God will raise an intervention-force for people in need as He used Ebed-melech to help Jeremiah in Jeremiah 38.

3. Pray that the Lord will bring down hindering oaks and cedars in the nations as He did to Gog In Ezekiel 38.

4. Pray that you would see, hear, and understand what the Lord will be showing you in this week of revelations as it was with Zechariah in the 38th book of the Bible.

5. Pray that the Lord will raise His craftsmen to terrify the horns scattering communities and nations as He did for Judah in the 38th book of the Bible.

6. Pray that this will be a week of reconstruction and restoration in the House of God (locally, nationally and globally) as in the 38th book of the Bible.

Happy 38th week – of mercies, interventions, and escapes from death!

Praying Into the 38th Week

Welcome to the 39th week of the year! The 39th week is the fourth week in the sixth 49 days. It is the bridge (mid-point) week in the sixth 49 days. The 39th season, being a fourth season, is the link-season between the three battle-seasons and the three blessing-seasons in the sixth seven seasons (36-42). 

This week is both a fourth season week and a 39th season week. The Bible patterns for understanding the 39th week are found in the fourth day of creation narrative, the 39th book of the Bible, the 39th chapters of the Bible, and the fourth three chapters (10-12) of Joshua, the 6th book of the Bible.

Week 39 is a fourth-day-of-creation week. God created the luminaries on the fourth day. They were designed to give light and hold darkness in check, rule and regulate day and night, and signal seasons. The first three days of creation were days of battle against the tyranny of the darkness and the waters.  The last three days were days of blessing. The fourth season is a fight back season for darkness. It is a season when darkness seeks to overtake people and ruin their destinies through temptations and wrong decisions. That is the reason God created luminaries on the fourth day. If have you light (revelation, wisdom, counsel) in the fourth season, darkness will have no power over you.

Week 39 is a 39th book and 39th-chapters-of-the-Bible week. Here are three things about the 39th season – from the 39th book and chapters of the Bible.

1. The 39th is the end of a phase, and the beginning of a new story. Malachi, the 39th book of the Bible, is the end of the Old Testament. It is the book before the New Testament. In Genesis 39, Jose byph’s time in Portiphar’s house began and ended. He parted with his garment of slavery in this chapter. He never returned to that house. The work on the tabernacle, under Bezalel, ended in Exodus 39 with the preparation of the garment of the priests. The tabernacle was dedicated in the 40th chapter. Job 39 marked the end of God’s first round of questions to Job. Isaiah’s four-chapter story about Hezekiah that began in the 36th chapter, ended in Isaiah 39.   In this chapter, Isaiah spoke of the captivity of Judah. Isaiah 39:5-7 says, “Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: [6] ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the LORD. [7] ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'” The remaining chapters of Isaiah are about restoration. In Jeremiah 39, Jerusalem finally fell to the Babylonians according to God’s word; and Jeremiah was freed and favored by the Babylonians. In Ezekiel 39, the Prophet saw Israel restored to her land. How has this played out in modern history? Nigeria became independent on October 1, 1960; the day following the end of the 39th week of the year. Nigeria also moved from military rule to democracy in 1999, the 39th year of her nationhood. That was when she began to move into the New Testament of her political destiny. IPOB Leader,Nnamdi Kanu was rearrested in the 39th week of Nigeria’s 61st year on June 27, 2021. The War of 1812-1814 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ended with a Peace treaty in the 39th year of the United States. That war was the second and last war of America’s independence. The Camp David Accord between Israel and Egypt happened in the season of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. It was the beginning of a new day for the two countries. Margaret Thatcher became UK Prime Minister in the 39th seven years of the United Kingdom; and she was the first woman to hold that office. The stories of men and nations confirm there is a shift that occurs in the 39th season.

2. In the 39th season men ought to reflect on the frailty of human life and call upon God for deliverance from death. In Psalm 39:4-6, the psalmist says, “LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. [5] Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah [6] Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them. In Jeremiah 39, Jerusalem fell as Jeremiah prophesied. In Ezekiel 39, Tog is deceived to march against Israel. The forces of Gog were defeated and destroyed; and their carcasses given to the birds of the air. 1939 was a year of great loss of lives. January 13 was Black Friday in Victoria where 71 people died in one of Australia’s bushfires. On January 24, earthquake killed 30, 000 people in Chile. On December 27, earthquake shook eastern Turkey and left over 32, 700 people dead. This is besides the lives consumed by the Second World War that began September 1. The war was an invite from the spirit of death. 

3. In the 39th season, heaven permits men to be tested for their destiny. In Genesis 39, Joseph was tempted to commit immorality. He refused, and was victimized. His mind was on truth instead of fantasy. He passed the test of the season. In Exodus 39, God gave commandments to Moses about the priestly garment and the Ephod. The ephod was used to determine the will of God. The 39th season is a time to discern the will of God before taking action. It is not a time to do your own thing. If only Adolf Hitler knew that, he would not commanded the invasion of Poland in 1939. At least, he would have saved his own life. He was deceived and deceived others to go with him on a journey that did not favor him and his large company. In the 39th chapter of Psalms, the psalmist speaks of using his mouth carefully. In Psalm 39:1-2, the psalmist says, I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.” [2] I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up”. Words matter in the 39th season. The season is also when the worth of men are weighed in a balance. In Isaiah 39, Hezekiah unadvisedly received Babylonian guests and showed them everything in his palace. Isaiah rebuked Him for that; but the king did not understand the weight of what he did. In Malachi, the 39th and last book of the Old Testament, the Lord entered into controversy with Israel but they were full of defenses. The contested every point God made n the point. How can a man argue, or contend, with God?

Week 39 is a Joshua 13-15 week. The 3 chapters in the fourth division of the sixth book of the Bible is applicable to the fourth week in the sixth 49 days (7 weeks) of the year. In these three chapters, Israelites began to receive inheritance in the Promised Land. In the 13th and 14th chapters, Joshua mapped out and divided the land among the tribes. Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, received his inheritance in the 14th chapter. The tribe of Judah received her inheritance in the 15th chapter. Week 40 is for allocations! The ‘big battle’ is over. It is time to begin to take your portion in the year. The 40th is time to begin sharing the booty. This agrees with what is written in Isaiah 40:1-2. It says, “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. [2] “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD’s hand Double for all her sins.” The war is over! This 39th week is a week of battles; but it is also a week of victories ending the 9-month battles and struggles of the year. Portiphar’s wife fought Joseph in Genesis 39. The Second World War broke out in 1939. This 39th week, in 2019, was a week of legislature-executive wars both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. God have mercy!

Week 39 is Obadiah – Malachi week in the sixth 49 days of the year. Every 7-week season is like a journey through the Bible. Every 7 weeks has an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first four weeks of the season belong to the Old Testament side and express the 39 books of the Old Testament. The remaining three weeks of the season constitute the New Testament side and express the 27 books of the New Testament. The fourth week of the season is the week closing the Old Testament side of the season; and expresses the last nine books of the Old Testament. Week 39 is the bridge-week leading to the New Testament side of the sixth 49 days. The books of ‘the minor prophets’ are part of the last 9 books of the O.T. They are about judgment and promises of restoration. Week 39 is a week of the dominion of the Voice of God in the nations.

THIS WEEK, be hopeful that a phase is ending and a new phase is beginning – even if war breaks out against you. Also, be alert and watch against the tempter and destroyer. May the Lord grant you a shift from those who want you just for themselves; to those who seek to draw out the real value in you for the benefit of all. Ensure and treasure the presence and counsel of God. The presence of God is the secret of success in the 39th season; and you should not do anything to grieve or offend the Holy Presence. Walk in the spirit. Stand for God and believe Him for the transition to a new day. Happy 39th week!

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Welcome to the 40th week of the year! The 40th week is the fifth week in the sixth seven weeks, or sixth 49 days, of the year. The Bible keys for unlocking the mystery of the 40th week are the fifth day of creation narrative, the 40th book and chapters of the Bible, and the 5th three chapters (13-15) of the sixth book of the Bible.

Week 40 is a fifth day of creation week. On the fifth day, God made abundance of living creatures; the sea creatures to fill the waters and the birds of the air to fly across the firmament. He made swimmers and flyers. The fifth day was the beginning of flesh and blood on planet earth. It was also the beginning of motion and voice-sound in creation. It was also the beginning of blessings on creation. God never blessed creation until the fifth season. On the fifth day, He blessed the living creatures with fruitfulness and multiplication. 

The things God did on the fifth day gives clue to what the evil one has in mind for the season. God made living creatures because the evil one plans death. God made flesh and blood because the enemy wants disembodied spirits to dominate the season. God put creatures in the water because the enemy wants to send fire to cause destructions in the season. Water and fire are opposites. God made the creatures in abundance because the enemy wants to attack with scarcity. God made the creatures free to move because the thought of the evil one concerning the season is stagnation and bondage. God equipped the creatures with sensory perception because the enemy wants to strike unnoticed and rob the earth through insensitivity. God imputed balance into the creatures (the fins of sea creatures and wings of the birds) because the enemy thinks injustice and inequity in this season. God blessed on this day because the enemy intends to spread curses. God blessed with fruitfulness and multiplication because the enemy wants to plague with barrenness and decimation. The fifth day of creation narrative reveals that Week 40 is a time to stand up against schemes of the enemy causing fire disasters, disease, death, bondage, stagnation, barrenness, scarcity, decimation, evil surprises, and curses. It is a season to strengthen your spiritual sensitivity for safety, survival, and success.

Week 40 is a 40th-chapters-of-the-Bible week. The 40th season is for the manifestation of God in the affairs of men. In Genesis 40, God manifested Himself through Joseph to interpret the dreams of Pharaoh’s servants. Joseph told them that “interpretations belong to God”; yet it came through him. He was Emmanuel in that prison. In Exodus 40, the glory of God filled the tabernacle in the form of cloud; and Moses could not enter the tabernacle of meeting. In Job 40, the servant of God laid his hands in his mouth and said he would not speak again. He gave up the floor so God would have His way.  In Psalm 40, the psalmist testifies of God’s intervention and deliverance following a season of waiting. Isaiah 40 says, “Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. [11] He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those who are with young” (Isaiah 40:10-11). In Jeremiah 40, the prophet was set free to choose where to live. In this chapter, God sent a savior, Johanan, to Gedaliah; to save his life by revealing the plot of the Ammonites to assassinate him; but he did not believe him. He rejected the truth. He lacked spiritual sensitivity. The 40th season is a season of freedom and salvation for those who believe. The 40th is a season of revelation and faith. It is not a season of rationalizations. Sensitivity in the spirit is key to succeeding in the 40th season. In Ezekiel 40, the prophet began to receive a revelation of the Jerusalem and new temple. God comes in the 40th season; so, it is necessary to prepare the way for His coming. The 40th season is a time to see into the spirit realm. This vision came in the 25th year of Ezekiel’s captivity; and in the 14th year after Jerusalem was captured; but it is recorded in the 40th chapter for our learning.

Week 40 is a 40th-book-of-the-Bible week. The Gospel according to Matthew is the 40th book of the Bible. It is also the beginning of the New Testament. This simply shows that the 40th is the point of New Beginning. The 40th is the boundary that blocks and cuts off the old. That is where ‘the old’ hands over to ‘the new’. That is the mystery of fasts that end on the 40th day. In the 40th book of the Bible, Jesus is called ‘Emmanuel’; “God with us”. The 40th book showed the ministry of John the Baptist and Jesus to be the fulfillment of prophecies. The 40th season is the beginning of restoration. It is the season of God’s manifestation in the affairs of men. The 40th book of the Bible has 28th chapters. Each day of the 40th week would express 4 chapters of the book. From manifestation in 1-4 to modeling in 5-8 to miracles in 9-12 to maintenance in 13-16 to molding in 17-20 to meditations in 21-24 to multiplication in 25-28.

Week 40 is a Joshua 13-15 week. Joshua is the sixth book of the Bible and is applicable to the sixth 49 days of the year. The fifth 3 chapters of the sixth book of the Bible is applicable to the fifth week in the sixth 49 days (7 weeks) of the year. In these three chapters, Israelites began to receive inheritance in the Promised Land. In the 13th and 14th chapters, Joshua mapped out and divided the land among the tribes. Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, received his inheritance in the 14th chapter. The tribe of Judah received her inheritance in the 15th chapter. Week 40 is for allocations! The ‘big battle’ is over. It is time to begin to take your portion in the year. The 40th is time to begin sharing the booty. This agrees with what is written in Isaiah 40:1-2. It says, “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. [2] “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD’s hand Double for all her sins.” The war is over!

The number ’40’ and ‘the 40th’ are not the same. It is easy to confuse the two but they are not the same. The number ’40’ is summative; but the 40th is about sequence, rank, or position. There’s a lot in the Bible about the number ’40’. Moses fasted 40 days in the wilderness. Israel journeyed 40 years through the wilderness.  Saul, David, and Solomon, each, ruled Israel for 40 years. Elijah journeyed 40 days in the strength of one meal to get to where he would hear God. Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness after His baptism and the Voice that came to Him from Heaven. This is the 40th week of the year. By the end of this week, we would have gone through 40 weeks in the year. What is it about ’40’?  Completing 40 weeks in the year is a prophetic statement that the journey is completed; and it is time to enter into the purpose of the journey.

What about the 40th? It is the finishing point. That is WHEN the journey or count is completed. Without the 40th, the journey is not complete. The 40th is where God comes to meet man and take over from man. That is where He comes to show His power and glory. The 40th season is the season of God and His Word. That is when the word of God is fulfilled. In Genesis 40, Joseph gave a word to Pharaoh’s Butler and Baker; and the word was fulfilled in the same chapter. In this chapter, Joseph was transformed from man’s messenger and slave into God’s Messenger. In Exodus 40, it is recorded, seven times, that Moses did everything “as the Lord had commanded him”. When he did as God commanded, God also fulfilled His word by coming to dwell in the Tabernacle as He said in Exodus 25:8-9: “And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it”. When the glory of God filled the Tabernacle in Exodus 40, Moses could not go in. God takes over from man in the 40th. Israel entered Canaan in the 40th year of journeying from Egypt. Psalm 40 is about the fulfillment of God’s word. Psalm 40:1-3 says, “I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry. [2] He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. [3] He has put a new song in my mouth- Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD”. The 40th book of the Bible makes references to the Old Testament to show that events in the life and ministry of Jesus fulfilled prophecy. The appearance of Jesus in the book of Matthew was a fulfillment of prophecy concerning the Messiah. In that book, Jesus said He came to fulfill the Law; not to destroy it. In the 40th book of the Bible also, John the Baptist fulfilled Isaiah 40. Isaiah 40 tells us that God’s word stands forever. 

THE NATIONS AND THE 40TH: Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. His administration initiated steps that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1940 – succeeding the Neville Chamberlain (the 40th PM) as the 41st PM. He led the United Kingdom through the Second World War. The death and destruction that come to men in the 40th season happen through spiritual insensitivity. The world shouldn’t have been at war in 1940. The 40th year of the 20th century should have been a season of comfort as Isaiah 40 reveals. If we do not man the gates of time, the enemy will pass through them. Nigeria became independent in the 40th week of 1960; and her 40th year (2000) was the first year of her transition and return to democracy – with Olusegun Obasanjo as President. In the 40th year of Nigeria, a sad new testament began in Nigeria with the introduction of Sharia law in Kaduna State. Religious riots that lasted three months (February 21 – May 23) broke out in Kaduna State and claimed 2000 – 5000 lives.

This week, get ready to see the glory of God and redefinitions of the old. What is of man in this year will end this 40th week! As the stripes of Jesus ended with the 39th, I declare that the season of stripes in the year has passed with the 39th week. Get ready to see God’s word fulfilled in your life and in the nations. Get ready to receive a confirmation of God’s word to you. This week, let your spirit rise above your flesh; exalt revelation above reasoning; faith above feeling and sight; and life above law. Happy 40th week!

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