Welcome to the 42nd week of the year! The 42nd week is the seventh week in the sixth 49 days of the year. The Bible patterns for unlocking the mystery of the 42nd week are the seventh day of creation narrative, the 42nd book of the Bible, the 42nd chapters of the Bible, and the seventh three chapters (plus the remaining chapters) of the sixth book of the Bible.
Week 42 is a seventh day of creation week. This is a seventh season week. It is a Sabbath-week! It is a season of rest from toil and struggles. It is a week of salvation and redemption. It is a week of release. It is a week of realizing dreams and receiving expectations and answers to prayers.
This is the week of “Your prayers have been answered”. Those who have been pushing forward with secret tears of agony will be comforted this week. Those who have been mockingly asked “where is your God?” will have answers this week. Those who have been asking God, since the beginning of this year, “why have you forsaken me?” or “when will you answer me?” will see the glory of God this week. This is the 42nd week of the year. This week, impossible doors will open before you in answer to prayers and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Week 42 is a 42nd chapters of the Bible week. In Genesis 42, Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent his sons to go and buy food. That was an answer to prayer. Eventually they never spent a dime to buy food in Egypt because Joseph was there. Joseph’s dreams also came to pass. When he saw his brothers bow to him without recognizing him, he remembered his dreams. In the 42nd season, God leads us to find ready-made answers to problems. In Job 42, God turned around the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes – after he prayed for his friends. In Psalm 42, the psalmist prayed sorely with expectation of divine intervention – feeling cast down and his enemies mocking him and his faith in God.
Isaiah 42 is the end of contentions and the public presentation of God’s Elect. This is the week to reward secret labors. The one God has chosen is also the answer to the prayers of people. Isaiah 42:6-7 says, “I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house”. Isaiah 42:15-16 says, “I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools. I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them”. In Jeremiah 42, the Prophet is honored and consulted for the word of the Lord. In this chapter, the Lord heard Jeremiah’s prayer and gave an answer to those who inquired of Him from the Prophet. In Ezekiel 42, there were measurements to separate the Holy areas from the common. The 42nd is the dividing line between the old and the new; between pains and gains.
Week 42 is a book of Luke week. In the 42nd book of the Bible (Luke), God answered Zechariah’s prayers through Angel Gabriel; and Elizabeth conceived. Mary received the message of virgin conception from Angel Gabriel. Angels are on assignment in the 42nd season to bring answers to praying people. There is a lot about praying in the 42nd book of the Bible. Zechariah was praying in the temple before Angel Gabriel came to him. Simeon and Anna were prayer warriors. Jesus was praying when a voice from Heaven acknowledged Him both at baptism and at the transfiguration. In the eleventh chapter of Luke, the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus taught them importunity in prayer in the eleventh and eighteenth chapters of Luke. In the 22nd chapter, He agonized in prayer; and sweat from His body became like great drops of blood. The 42nd book of the Bible reveals that prayer is the key to prevailing and breaking through in the 42nd season.
This week, you will pray as Jesus prayed, and taught His disciples to pray, in the 42nd book of the Bible; and praying will work wonders for you. “Lord, show up this week for those who are oppressed, for those who are depressed, for those who are mocked, and for those who have been long in the waiting room”.
Week 42 is a Joshua 19-24 week. The seventh three chapters, and the remainder of the sixth book of the Bible are applicable to the seventh week in the sixth 49 days of the year. In this section of the book, Joshua and Israel acknowledged that God fulfilled every promise He made to the nation and not one word failed. This is a week of fulfilling promises.
It is a great thing to receive help in the 42nd season. About 1.5 million Jews were killed in 100 days between August and October 1942; making it, according to Times of Israel, “the period of the highest death in the 20th century”. It is a marvelous thing to find help in the 42nd season. The Rwanda genocide of 1994 that claimed about a million lives between April 7 and July 15 happened in the season of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton. This is a week of full recovery and restoration (physically, materially, spiritually, and socially); it is not a week of decimation.
This week, following the pattern in God’s Holy Word, I will ask you to do the following:
1. Persevere in the place of prayer. Jesus taught importunity in prayer in the 42nd book of the Bible. Job was restored in the 42nd chapter of the 18th book of the Bible after he prayed for his friends. Pray for deliverances.
2. Believe and expect the impossible to be made possible for you. This week is for the release of great faith. In the 42nd book of the Bible, the centurion, the Syrophoenician woman, and Jairus exercised great faith. The fulfillment of Joseph’s dream in Genesis 42 was an impossible thing made possible. The restoration of Job’s health, wealth, and family, was an impossible thing made possible.
3. Expect vindication and validation. Expect the fulfillment of prophecies and promises. The 42nd season is the end of waiting and the time for the confirmation of God’s word.
4. Expect strange good messengers of God with strange good news of answers to prayers. Expect positive visitations. Expect strange callers with good news. Expect a great turnaround. Happy 42nd week!
Apostle, (that is who you are, though you have bluntly refused to be so called), this is a great exposition of spiritual truths, too deep for most to understand.
That God gave you this great insight and depth in ‘times and seasons’, is not surprising.
I pray that The Father of Glory, whose manifest presence is not in doubt, will continue to endue you with His virtues.
Let God continue to reveal to us, through you, the DEEP things of the word, and the mystery of Godliness. Let His love dwell upon you eternally, granting purposes and the grace to run the race of life and finish well.
God bless you sir. Agbai John
Apostle John Agbai,
Thank you so much for your very kind words of praye, blessing, and encouragement.
Indeed, GOD is deploying every available vessels and means to prepare me for the coming kingdom.
May GOD BLESS YOU IMMENSELY with deepest revelations.
Dear Chigozie Eze, I say Amen to your prayers for ne. Thank you for your words of Blessing and encouragement.