Welcome to a new day!
FIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DAY
Today Is
- 1. June 8 (in a Clear year); June 7 (in a Leap year).
2. The fifth day of the 23rd Week (June 4 –10 in a Clear year/ June 3 – 10 in a Leap year).
3. The 12th day in fourth 7 Weeks of the year. (May 28 July 15).
4. The 159th day of the year (from January 1). In this article, this day will be called Day 159
5. A fifth-season day because it is the fifth day of the 23rd week of the year.
FOUR BIBLICAL PATTERNS FOR THE DAY
There are four basic biblical patterns for this day:
1. The fifth day of creation (Genesis 1: 20-23)
2. Isaiah 40-48
3. The 12th book of the Bible (Second Kings)
4. The first 9 books of the New Testament
Day 159 is a fifth-day-of-creation season. On the fifth day of creation, God began to bless creation. He did not pronounce blessings on anything He created before the fifth day. On that day, He made His first flesh and blood creatures in abundance; and blessed them with fruitfulness and multiplication. He made them to move. All flesh and blood creatures are mobile creatures. They need movement to keep the blood flowing and their flesh active. In the fifth season, God intends abundance, life, sensitivity, freedom, movement, blessing, fruitfulness, and multiplication to the characteristic. He desires the same thing in the twelfth season.
In the same seasons (the fifth and the twelfth), the enemy fights with scarcity, curses, bondage, death, barrenness, and decimation. Predators and prey also came into existence on the fifth day of creation. It is a season, creatures that prey on weaker creatures also move about. The 12th book of the Bible, Second Kings, attests to this; so also the 12th chapters of the Bible. Why would the 12th president of the United States die, barely 16 months in office, in a season of deliverance from deaths? Nigeria’s 10th National Leader, Sani Abacha, died in office on this day in 1998. The fifth (12th) day is a day to declare “I shall not want” and “I shall not fear” and “I shall not die”.
Day 159 is Isaiah 40-48 season. The fifth nine chapters of the 23rd book of the Bible is applicable to the fifth day of the 23rd week. These nine reveal that a fifth season like Day 159 is a season of prayer, hope, comfort, change, and blessing.
From the 40th to the 45th chapters of Isaiah, God spoke comfort and hope to His people. He spoke of the restoration of Israel and about Cyrus – His instrument of restoration. Isaiah 43:1-6 says, “But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth”.
From the fifth-section chapters of Isaiah (40-48), we learn that going through Day 159 is also like going from the book of Matthew (the 40th book the Bible) and landing in the book of Galatians – the 48th book of the Bible.
On this fifth-season day, declare that only God’s will for the fifth season shall manifest in your life. Call upon God to turn your crisis and cries into comfort and consolation; and your battles to victories.
Day 159 is a Matthew – Galatians day in the 23rd week. It is a day of the compassionate intervention of God. Every week is like a journey through the Bible having an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first four days of the week belong to the Old Testament side and expresses the 39 books of the Old Testament. The remaining three days of the week constitute the New Testament side and express the 27 books of the New Testament. The fifth day of the week is the beginning of the New Testament side of the week; and expresses the first nine books of the New Testament. The first 9 books of the NT are about Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Church. The books are about the love and grace of God granting salvation and justification to humanity by faith. This is a day to enter experientially into the New Testament side of the week. It is a day of answers to prayers, fulfillment of prophecies, and delivery of promises. The New Testament side is the spiritual and deeper side. The New Testament side is the side of manifestation. The old has passed away; and the new has begun. Dreams for the week are expected to come to pass and promises should be fulfilled. Expect deliverance and divine intervention.
DECREE AND DECLARE: At creation, God spoke His will into each day. He made us in His image and likeness; and expects us to release His will into each day. Decree this day that the flesh will not overtake the spirit in your life, family,, organization, and nation. Decree a change in the week and declare that today is the beginning of the New Testament side of the week. As a Book-of-Matthew day, decree that Emmanuel (God is with us) takes over. As a New Testament type day, decree that the love of God will overtake human error and failure. Today, submit to the spirit against the flesh. Walk in the spirit and make no room for the flesh. The fifth season is a season of giving spiritual interpretations to earthly manifestations. Today, make it your watchword to walk in the spirit and obey God’s Word. Walking in the spirit is the key to gaining all. Birds (representing the spirit) fly above and eat from the land, the sea, and the air. Today, cry out to God against oppression and for the pains in your life. Speak out also. Trust Him to intervene in your affairs and in the affairs of people around you. Determine to make a next-level move. It’s time to shift base in the spirit! Today, put yourself on the side of blessing by choosing obedience instead of curses by choosing disobedience. Have a happy 159th day!
General Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s 10th National Leader, died on this day in 1998.
Learn more about this day in history: http://timelines.ws/days/06_08.HTML
