Congratulations you are 51 and stepping in the 52nd year. It is important to understand the season of your next 12 months.
Year 52 is the third year of the eighth 7 years of life. It also the third year in the second 49 years of life. Year 52 begins after the 51st Anniversary or birthday. Year 52 is a third season year. Each year consists of 52 weeks. So, the 52nd year is actually the 52nd 52 weeks of life. The number 52 represents a full cycle. Nehemiah built the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days and book of Jeremiah ends at the 52nd chapter.
The Bible patterns for understanding the 52nd year are 1) the third day of creation narrative; 2) the 52nd book of the Bible; 3) the 52nd chapters of the Bible; 4) the third of the seven sections of Ruth (Ruth 2:1-10), the 8th book of the Bible.
Year 52 is a third day of creation year in the 8th seven years of life (50-56). God moved the waters that was over the earth and set boundaries around it. God commanded the dry ground to show up; and subsequently, bring forth seed-yielding grasses and fruit-yielding trees. On the third day, God overthrew the waters, established the dry ground as solid platform, and released the life-sustaining vegetation. Year 52, therefore, is a year of overthrows in which dysfunctional people, systems, and structures are laid aside; it is a year of establishing new platforms of good; and a year of bringing forth new life. The third day is a game-changing day.
Year 52 is a book of First Thessalonians year. The book of First Thessalonians is the 52nd book of the Bible; and is applicable to the 52nd year. The 52nd book of the Bible was Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians; was addressed to a church that had the least chance of survival. Persecution drove Paul and his team out of Thessalonica before they could do substantial work there; yet the church survived – amid great affliction. Even the Bereans were more noble than the Thessalonians (Acts 17:11) yet the Thessalonian church came up stronger than the Berean church. The purpose of this epistle was to encourage the young church and establish her in the truth. A third season like the 52nd year is for the emergence of things and people that have the slimmest chance. The Thessalonian church became a platform for spreading the gospel to other regions. Like the vegetation of the third day, she bore fruit and yielded seed. Of this church, Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 1:8: “For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything” Year 52 is for the emergence of people and things that have the slimmest chance.
Year 52 is a Ruth 2:1-10 year in the 8th seven years. This third section of eighth book of the Bible is applicable to the third year in the eighth seven years. This is the passage where Ruth met Boaz. She came into the field of Boaz as ‘a beggar’ seeking permission to pick up what the reapers had left behind. On that day, the owner of the farm entered the farm and saw Ruth. Boaz had no idea that Ruth was the woman that would bring him into the line and genealogy of the Messiah. The 52nd year is a year of breakthrough. It is for the emergence, or manifestation, of new vessels and their game-changing stories. Year 52 is a turning-point year.
The 52nd season is the doom’s season for the proud. It is a season of breakthrough for the Word and all who lean on it. This may involve the uprooting of the wicked. As the Lord moved the waters out of the way on the third day of creation, so, he uproots the wicked in the 52nd season. Psalm 52 bears witness to this. Psalm 52:1-7 says, “Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually. [2] Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. [3] You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah [4] You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue. [5] God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah [6] The righteous also shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying, [7] “Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.” The Psalmist also spoke of being like the green olive tree in the house of God forever and ever. This Psalm is about overthrow and establishment. The 52nd book of the Bible, First Thessalonians, says it is a righteous thing for God to recompense evil to those who persecute you. In Jeremiah 52, the word of the Lord concerning king Zedekiah, which came through Jeremiah, is fulfilled. Jeremiah 52 is about the disaster and misfortune that befell Jerusalem and King Zedekiah. The word of the Lord, and those who stand on it, are vindicated in the 52nd season. May disasters and misfortunes of the 52nd year be far from you. God reigns in the 52nd season. In this season, He fights for His own against those who oppress them. Isaiah 52 confirms this. Isaiah 52:1-6 says, “Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. [2] Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! [3] For thus says the LORD: “You have sold yourselves for nothing, And you shall be redeemed without money.” [4] For thus says the Lord GOD: “My people went down at first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. [5] Now therefore, what have I here,” says the LORD, “That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail,” says the LORD, “And My name is blasphemed continually every day. [6] Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore they shall know in that day That I am He who speaks: ‘Behold, it is I.’”
The year 1952 was a turning point year in the 20th century. Dwight Eisenhower was elected 34th President of the United States. Republicans regained control of White House and both houses of Congress after 20 years of being the minority and opposition. The same year, Princess Elizabeth ascended the British throne and was coronated Queen Elizabeth II upon the death of her father, King George VI. She rose up because her father went down. This is the third day of the week. God is unveiling the hidden and obscure. He is restoring the displaced; and delivering the oppressed. God is compassionate and merciful. He does not disregard the lowly and humble. This year, cry out to God; and hope for ‘a positive twist in the story’.
Happy 52nd year! Receive your breakthrough and enjoy it!
