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The Second 7 Weeks of the Year: February 19 – April 8

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Nkem Okemiri
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Welcome to the second 49 days (seven weeks) of the year. The second 49 days of the begins on the 50th day and ends on the 98th day. It runs from February 19 to April 8 in a Clear Year; or April 7 in a Leap Year. The major Bible patterns for understanding the second 49 days of the year are the second day of creation narrative, the second book of the Bible (Exodus), and the second seven books of the Bible.

The Second 49 days of the year is a Second-Day-of-Creation season: The second day of creation is applicable to the second 49 days of the year. On the second day of creation, God created the firmament (space or heaven). Before God created the firmament, water covered everywhere. There was no space for anything else. Water monopolized space. That is what oppressors do. They do not want rivals or competitors. Water was like an oppressor because it did not leave room for anything else to exist. That was the reason God released the firmament to thwart the monopoly of the waters and make room for other things to exist. The second 49 days of the year is for battles against monopolies and obstacles to the visions for the year. It is a time to breakthrough and crack barriers; to do the things you desire. How did God create space? He commanded that there be a firmament between the waters to divide the waters horizontally. One part of the waters was above the firmament while the other part was under the firmament. God’s plan is to divide the camp of the enemy in this season to favor you. May the Lord make room for you and your dreams in the second 49 days of the year. Pray!

The Second 49 days of the year is a book-of-Exodus season: Exodus is the second book of the Bible; and is applicable to the second 49 days of the year. In the book of Genesis, Israel went into Egypt in the days of Joseph; but the good days was not meant to last forever. In the book of Exodus, they became slaves. The Egyptians were threatened by the growing population of Israelites in Egypt. They found a way to enslave them and control their population. Oppression heightened by the day until Moses grew and began to think and seek deliverance for his people. His initial attempts to fight Egyptian oppression, from the sidelines, and deliver Israel, was unsuccessful. He went into self-exile in the land of Midian. As Israel prayed, God revealed Himself to Moses and sent him to Pharaoh to demand that Israel be released to go. He fought Egypt spiritually with plagues until Pharaoh yielded to his demand for Israel’s freedom and independence. Then began the journey to the Promised Land and the organization of the nation. Exodus is a pattern and guiding light for second seasons. It illustrates how God makes way where there is no way for His people in second seasons.

The book of Exodus has 40 chapters; and so, each week of the second 49 days, except the last, would express six chapters of Exodus. The last week would express the last four chapters: Week 1 (Exodus 1-6); Week 2 (Exodus 7-12); Week 3 (Exodus 13-18); Week 4 (Exodus 19-24); Week 5 (Exodus 25-30); Week 6 (Exodus 31-36); Week 7 (Exodus 37-40).

The kingdom of darkness wants to choke life out of people in this season of the year but God fights to preserve lives and give freedom. Nigeria experienced about 46 airplane mishaps between 1950s to 2021 but 9 of the airplane mishaps happened in this season of the second 49 days:

  1. 1. February 24, 1990, a British Helicopter crashed in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, killing all nine people on board.

2. February 25, 2005, ADC’s B73 aircraft had its tyre burnt while landing at Yola Airport.

3. March 1, 1978, Nigeria Airways F28-1000 crashed in Kano, killing 16 people.

4. March 6, 2004, an Aenail spray aircraft with registration number 5NBEF belonging to Berfieex Nigeria Ltd, crashed at the Bauchi Airport

5. March 8, 2011: HS-125 chartered aircraft crashed in Bauchi. No casualty.

6. March 14, 2002, a helicopter belonging to the Joint Task Force (JTF) crashed in Kabong, Jos, killing all on-board including four senior police officers.

7. March 14, 2012, a helicopter conveying the newly promoted Deputy Inspector General of Police, Haruna John, with three other senior police officers crashed in Jos. The Police helicopter was to convey the officers from Jos to Abuja, and took off from the Jos prison field.

8. March 15, 2008, Beechcraft 1900D plane marked 5N-JAH, belonging to Wing Aviation crashed in Cross River State. The wreckage was not found until six months after. All four crewmembers died.

9. March 27, 2005, a Boeing 737 belonging to Bellview had one of its engines caught fire.

In the first week of this season in 2022, Russia declared war against Ukraine.

The second 49 days of the year is a second-seven-books-of-the-Bible season. The second seven books of the Bible are Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles. In these seven books, Israel became a monarchy and David became the model kingffrf of Israel. The nation prospered under God but suffered when it became unfaithful to God. In these seven books Israel rose to great heights but also declined woefully. The nation suffered from both f crisis and external aggression. She did not manage her freedom well. She ended up in captivity. May the second 49 days of the year be, for you, a season of moving from limitations to permanent liberty.

The second season is for laying foundation for the future. If God did not create the firmament on the second day, nothing else could have existed. The exodus of Israel from Egypt is the foundation of Israel as a nation and as a sovereign political entity. The second 49 days of the year is time to fight and win the battle that makes other desired things happen in the year. Following the era of the judges, God began to restore the glory of Israel in the second seven books of the Bible. America’s civil war took place in her second 49 years. It was war between those who favored slavery and those who favored the freedom of slaves. Those who did not want to give freedom to the slaves lost the battle. They misread the time. Nigeria is in her second 49 years; and Nigerians are in a battle against oppressive political and terrorist monopolies. Syria and Libya began to collapse in the second 49 years of existence because of war against monopolies. Nature demands freedom and liberty in the second-49 season. I pray that the freedom and liberty you desire would be your portion in this season.

The second 49 days of the year is a Second Samuel to Proverbs season. Every year has an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The second 10 books of the Bible are applicable to the Second 49 days of the year. The second 10 books show us how Israel declined, went into captivity, and returned. The book reveals why people and nations decline. It shows that turning away from God is the name of nations. The second seven books of the Bible is the foundation of the poetic books and the the major prophetic books.

HOW TO LIVE IN THE SECOND 7 WEEKS

  1. This is a season of intense prayers before God.

2. It is a season to build supportive relationships

3. It is a season to confront monopolies and space blockers.

THE FIRST 49 DAYS OF THE YEAR

By
Nkem Okemiri
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Welcome to the first 49 days (seven weeks) of the year. The God of Israel is the God of ‘sevens’. His signature is ‘seven’!. He created time and gave the first seven days to the work of creation. That became the pattern and foundation for all things that happen on earth. The Bible is full of the sevens of God: seven days, seven years, seven priests, seven trumpets, seven spirits, seven lamp stands, seven churches, seven seals, seven bowls, and so on. There are seven 7 weeks (7×49 days) and a remainder of 22 days in a (clear) year; or 23 days in a (leap) year. These seven seasons in the year are patterned after the seven days of creation. This means each day of creation is light and pattern for each 49 day (seven-week) season. The seven-week seasons of the year also have their patterns in the books of the Bible.

1st 49 Days (Genesis – Second Samuel)

2nd 49 Days  (First Kings – Ecclesiastes)

3rd 49 Days  (Song of Songs – Amos)

4th 49 Days  (Obadiah – Malachi)

5th 49 Days  (Matthew – Second Corinthians)

6th 49 Days  (Galatians -Second Timothy)

7th 49 Days (Titus – Second John)

Last 22/23 Days (Third John – Revelation)

The major Bible patterns for understanding the first 49 days of the year are the first day of creation narrative, the first book of the Bible (Genesis), and the first seven books of the Bible, and the first ten books of the Bible.

The first 49 days of the year is a first day of creation season.  when God said, “Let there be light”. It is the season to release light into the new year. Light helps us to see. It is the time to see the year without uncertainty.  It is the season to begin to shape the year with the word and presence of God. God is Light and His Word is also light. God is first; and the first belongs to Him. The battle of life is First a battle of Light and darkness. God is Light and there is no darkness in Him. So, God, with His Word, is the light of the year; and should dominate the first 49 days of the year. The presence of God drives darkness away. The first 49 days of the year is for battling spiritual darkness, mental darkness, environmental or social darkness. It is a time to get clarifications concerning the year ahead. It is a time you need light to make decisions that would matter in the year and even beyond. 

The first 49 days of the year is a book of Genesis season. Each week of this 49 days is an expression of seven chapters of Genesis: first week (Genesis 1-7); second week (Genesis 8-14); third week (Genesis 15-21); fourth week (Genesis 22-28); fifth week (Genesis 29-35); sixth week (Genesis 36-42); seventh week (Genesis 43-50). The book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible and is the foundation of the entire Bible. This book helps us to understand the rest of the Bible, the earth, and human existence. The Bible and human existence would not make sense without the book of Genesis. The first 49 days of the year is the time to lay foundation for the year. That is the time to give your year its form and shape. The first seven weeks of the year is the key to understanding the 7 seven weeks of the year.

In the book of Genesis, God told man how to live but man chose to go a different way; and that was the reason for the disasters of Eden, the flood, Babel, Sodom, and the Amorites. The first 49 days of the year is the time to receive God’s Word and instructions for the year; which we must also run with. It is a time to receive God’s word and do it. This is a time to honor God with devotion. The first 49 days of the year is the first-fruit of your 365/366 days in the year; and should be given to God – in worship, prayer, meditation and study, or some special service. 

The first 49 days of the year is a first-seven-books-of-the-Bible season. The first seven books of the Bible are Genesis, Ezodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges; and they are applicable to the first seven weeks of year – each week expressing one book of the Bible. The first week of the year is a book of Genesis week. The second week is a book of Exodus week. The third week is a book of Leviticus week; and so on. The first seven books of the Bible show how all things began. The books show how man began and failed God. The books show, especially, the origin of God’s election of Israel. It shows how Israel began, how they were enslaved by Egypt, how God delivered Israel from bondage, how she became a nation, journeyed through the wilderness and inherited the vast land God promised their fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The seventh book shows how Israel began to fail God in the Promised Land, began to suffer at the hands of her enemies, and how God showed mercy to Israel by raising the Judges to deliver her from her enemies. The first seven books of the Bible indicate that the key to peace and goodness is alignment with, and submission to, God’s will. Failure or success, in any year, does not happen in the middle of the year, or at the end of the year. It begins in the first 49 days of the year. The entire year is in the first 49 days of the year. The other seasons of the year will be built on the foundation you lay in the first 49 days, or first seven weeks of the year. Often, what happens s that people spend the year trying to undo, correct, or save themselves from the misdeeds of the first 49 days. 

The first 49 days of the year is a Genesis – Second Samuel season. I asked the Lord to speak to me about His agenda for the beginning of the year. He told me the beginning of the year is when He recruits people after His heart who will run with His purposes in the year. He said He considers those who are positioning their hearts to go the direction He is going. He would partner with them and give them every grace necessary for fulfilling His purposes in the year. He led me to see there is a pattern for this in the Bible. Every year has an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first 4 seven weeks of the year (196 days) constitute the Old Testament side of the year. The following 3 seven weeks and the remaining 22/23 days constitute the New Testament side of the year.

The first 10 books of the Bible are the pattern and guiding light for the first 49 days of the year. In the first ten books of the Bible, God began to search a man and a people. He wanted a representative people through whom He could work and touch the entire world. He wanted people who could represent His interests on earth. He wanted a people who are hungry for Him, a people who will seek Him, who will Hear Him, trust Him, obey Him, love Him, and be holy, clean, and separate for Him.

He searched from Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Joseph, Moses/Aaron/Bezaleel, Joshua, Samson, Samuel, and Saul; until He came to David – the man after His heart. In David, He laid a new foundation for Israel. He also searched among women – Eve, Sarah, Rebekah, Rachael and Leah, Tamar, Jechobed, Miriam, Rahab, Deborah, Samson’s mother, Naomi, Ruth, Hannah, Bathsheba. 

God is looking for people after His heart who will war in the spirit, in the place of prayer and intercession, to birth His purposes for the year. He needs people to win souls and disciple them. He needs people to care for the needy. He needs messengers who will receive word from His mouth and declare the same where it is meant. He is looking for people who are willing to give resources for kingdom work in the year. He is looking for those who will give themselves to serve where they are needed. Some people will never be ready for God, or wake up to His call, until the middle of the year; or even the last quarter. Sadly, some may never go God’s direction this year. They may be waking up next year.

Will you be a vessel in God’s hand in the year? Now is the time to position and align your heart with His agenda for the year. Happy first 49 days.

Hymn of the first 49 days:

When we walk with the Lord

In the light of His word

What a glory He sheds on our way

When we do His good will

He abides with us still

And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey

For there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus

But to trust and obey.

How to spend the first 49 days of the year. 

1. Thank God for the grace of a new year. The gift of life is the gift of gifts. It is the greatest.

2. Give attention to God’s word. Hear it. Read it. Study it.

3. Believe God’s word and trust His wisdom

4. Obey God’s voice and submit totally to His will. Follow His direction for the year. Seek the help of God concerning this.

THE MYSTERY OF WEEKS

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Nkem Okemiri
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The 21st century, is in God’s plan, the fullness of time releasing understanding concerning times and seasons from the Bible. The Holy Spirit arranged that by giving Ecclesiastes the 21st place in the Bible. That is the book that tells us there is a season and time for every purpose under heaven.

Days and weeks began from creation. Since creation, the seven-day week has been the the major and fundamental time-gate for purposes under heaven. There are 52 weeks in a year 7×49 days and a remainder of three weeks. Every seven-week season has a purpose in God’s plan. The kingdom of darkness also has an agenda for each seven-week season. So, in each week, men are expected to align with either the Kingdom of God or the kingdom of darkness. There are consequences in each direction.

God’s word is the believer’s guide into the regular or prophetic weeks. The Psalmist says, “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path”. Through number-narrative patterns, the Bible reveals God’s intention for each week or set of weeks, the intention of the evil one for each week, the optional human responses and their consequences. This devotional material, with scripture readings, is intended to guide you to understand and pray, ahead, over each week or week of weeks; and to prepare you to make right decisions and choices in every week.

A regular week lasts seven days. A prophetic week of weeks lasts 49 days or seven weeks. It is important to see each regular week in light of the seven weeks it belongs to; and the seven weeks in light of the year; and the year, in light of the seven years it is part of; and the seven years, in light of the century. For example, this is “the first day of the first week, in the first 49 days of the sixth year in the third seven years of the 21st century”. For example, the year 2020 is the 6th year in the third seven years of the 21st century. I hope you would find this a blessing.

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