The sixth 49 days of the year begins this week, September 3 and will end October 21. The sixth 49 days of the year (weeks 36-42) represents a major sixth season in the year. What does the Bible reveal about this intermediate sixth season? The key to understanding the sixth season are 1) the story of creation on the sixth day; 2) the sixth book of the Bible; 3) the sixth chapters of the Bible; 4) the sixth seven books of the Bible, and 5), the sixth seven chapters of the Bible. I will share a few things about this season from the sixth day of creation narrative, the sixth book of the Bible, and the sixth seven books of the Bible; and trust the Lord to help you read and make applications:
A. The sixth 49 days is a sixth day of creation season. God did four things on the sixth day; and each of those things have implications.
1. On the sixth day of creation, God made land-animals and formed man’s body from dry ground. The sixth season is, therefore, a land and dry-ground season. The sixth season is for losing or possessing lands and possessions. It is when disasters rob the ground of her possessions. Since God looked in the direction of the dry ground in the sixth season of creation, it means that the evil one thinks famine, flood, earthquake, hurricane, fire, and other disasters, for the dry ground – to devastate and rob her. The Brazil Museum fire disaster that happened on September 2 was the news that opened the sixth 49 days of 2018. The 9/11 WTC disaster happened in the sixth 49 days of 2001. As the dry ground brought forth living creatures for God on the sixth day, the kingdom of darkness wants living creatures to fall on dry ground and perish in the sixth season. This is a season to pray against destructive disasters.
2. God blessed man with fruitfulness and multiplication and commanded man the subdue the earth and rule the other living creatures. Note that it is from the creatures of the sixth day that rebellion against God came into the earth and continues to happen. So, the sixth season is when rebels appear; and that is also when rebels are crushed. The sixth season is a season of heaven’s reaction against rebellion. The sixth season is for subduing rebellion against God. As God made man on the sixth day to represent Him, Satan also seeks and recruits men to do his work in sixth seasons. In this sixth 49 days, therefore, you take a stand against, and subdue, things that oppose the counsel of God in your life. You must also remove yourself from the camp of rebels and plead the mercy of God over your life and all yours. The sixth season is a season of fruitfulness and multiplication. Genesis 6 opens with men multiplying on earth. Acts 6 opens with multiplication in the church.
3. God made the last creatures on the sixth day. The sixth season is for finishing all work – in preparation for rest in the seventh season. He did not create anything on the seventh day. He also instituted for man that work must end on the sixth day of the week; and in the sixth year of every seven years. In this sixth 49 days of the year, you must rise up to work; and give no room to slothfulness. Don’t kill yourself with work. Just take on things that need finishing; and see them finished. Whether it is the overthrow and displacement of the wicked, the possessing of your inheritance, the creation and production of your masterpiece for the year, or the generation of life and sustenance from your spirit. Let the work be done in this season! Walk and work by faith.
4. The sixth season is for special Creator-creature communication. It is a prayer season. Jesus taught His disciples in Matthew 6; and the apostles affirmed their commitment to prayer in Acts 6. Prayer is communion with God. The sixth day was the first time God communicated deeply with His creation. This sixth 49 days, give yourself to prayer and let ears be open towards Heaven to receive guidance concerning your purpose and provisions. Firstly, God spoke to man concerning his work. He blessed man to be fruitful and multiply; to fill the earth and subdue it; to have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” The sixth season is a time to work with a fruitfulness and multiplication mindset. It is also a time to work to subdue and have dominion. The sixth chapter of Proverbs shows that the sixth season is a time to kick out laziness and work.
Secondly, He spoke to man concerning his food and what the other creatures would eat. Genesis 1:29-30 says, “And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so.” God gives food to men in the sixth season. In Genesis 6:21, God said to Noah, “And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”. In the sixth book of the Bible, He planted Israel in a land that flows with milk and honey; to eat bread without scarceness. In Judges 6, Gideon was harvesting crops and hiding them from the Midianites. In Second Kings 6, there was famine in Israel and two women pledged to cook and eat their children. Earlier in the chapter, Israel made a great feast for Syrian soldiers that Elisha made blind. Proverbs 6 directs the lazy man to go to ants and learn how they gather their food. Food is important in the sixth season. In Matthew 6, Jesus taught us ask the Father to give us our daily bread; and to not worry about what to eat or drink. In Mark 6, Jesus fed multitudes with five loaves and two fish. In the sixth chapter of John, Jesus fed multitudes and introduced Himself as the bread of life. In the sixth chapter of Acts, the deacons were appointed to serve tables and distribute food to widows. First Timothy 6 says we should be content with having food and raiment. It is a curse to be without food and necessities in the sixth season. Revelation 6:6 says, “And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
Herbs represent the Word of God that heals. The sixth season is a time to prosper or be sustained through the word of God or divine instructions. It is a season of special divine guidance. The word is man’s food in the sixth season. That is the reason God said man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. That is also the reason God told Joshua the word of God shall not depart from his mouth in the sixth book of the Bible.
B. The sixth 49 days is a book of Joshua season. Joshua is the sixth book of the Bible. In this book, God gave Israel the Land He Promised their Fathers. They overcame barriers and fought their enemies through divine guidance; and took possession the land of the Canaanites. The sixth 49 days is the time to lay hold on the Promised Land of the year. It is the season to come into, and settle in, the inheritance for the year. May the Lord make it so for you. In this season, I pray you will not be like the Canaanites who lost their lands, possessions, and lives, in the sixth book of the Bible. As the seed of Abraham, this sixth season is not for losses but for gains; it is not for defeat but for victories.
C. The sixth 49 days is a sixth-seven-books-of-the-Bible season. The sixth seven books of the Bible are Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In the sixth seven books of the Bible, the Old Testament ends and the New Testament begins. In the sixth 49 days of the year, the Old Testament stories of the year will end and the New Testament of the year will begin. The sixth seven books of the Bible are about judgment and mercy. May the mercy of God overtake judgment in this season. The Savior and Messiah appeared within the sixth seven book of the Bible to fulfill prophecies, manifest God among men, heal the sick, deliver the oppressed, raise the dead, and preach the good news. May this sixth 49 days of this year, be for you, a season of experiencing the raw manifestation of the power of God to heal, deliver, and change stories. Happy sixth 49 days.
