Welcome to the 8th week of the year. The 8th week is the week beginning the second 49 days (seven weeks) of the year. The eighth is a new beginning. We can gain understanding about this week from the first day of creation, the eighth book and eighth chapters of the Bible, the eighth seven books of the Bible, and the first six chapters of Exodus.
The 8th week of the year is a first day of creation week in the second 49 days. On the first day of creation, God released light against darkness. The light was released to undo darkness. The eighth season is a time of undoing and redoing. It is a time to undo the error of the previous seasons. It is a season of intense battle between light and darkness.
The 8th week is a book of Ruth week in the year. Ruth is the eighth book of the Bible; and is applicable to the 8th week of the year. In that book, the family of Elimelech ran into misfortune following their relocation from Judah to Moab. The man and his two adult sons died making their wives widows. It was a major attack because the Messiah was destined to come through this family. They left their home country in a time of famine. When Naomi , the man’s widow heard that famine had ended she decided to return to Judah. Her daughter in-law, Ruth, decided to go with her. Eventually Ruth gets married to Boaz and both became great grandparents to David, the king of Israel. The wrong had been undone. Light prevailed over darkness. The season began with pain and ended with joy.
The 8th week is an Exodus 1-6 week in the second 49 days of the year. The oppression of Israel by the Egyptians began in the first chapter of Exodus. Moses was born in the second chapter and made attempt to fight Egyptians one man at a time. His plan did not work. Things changed when he encountered God in Exodus 3 and received a call to go to Egypt and deliver his people, the Israelites. He was reluctant to answer the call and made excuses in Exodus 4. In the fifth chapter, he and his brother Aaron, went to Pharaoh to demand Israel’s release. He continued with the demand in Exodus 6. That was a new beginning for both Moses and Israel. May this eighth week be the beginning of a positive new story in your life.
The 8th week is an eighth chapters of the Bible week. The eight chapters of the Bible reveal that the eighth season is for making a new beginning. Noah’s family began a new earth in Genesis 8. In First Samuel 8, Israel asked Samuel for a king. In Acts 8, the church made a new turn as Philip went to Samaria with the gospel.
The eighth book and chapters of the Bible reveal that the 8th season is a season of pressure-driven movements and relocations. In Genesis 8, Noah and his family (eight people) came out the ark that saved them from the flood to begin life in a ‘scary world’ of only 8 people. The rest of humanity had died in the flood; having their flesh and bones littered all over. In the 8th book of the Bible, Elimelech and his family moved from Judah to Moab because of famine. Even Naomi’s return to Judah from Moab, with Ruth, was still out of pressure. In First Samuel 8, Israel made the decision to move from theocracy to monarchy. In Second Kings 8, the Shunemite woman moved to the land of the Philistines, by the word of the Lord, because of famine. In Acts 8, the believers in Jerusalem moved into the regions of Judea and Samaria because of persecution. The 8th season is a season of movements that may be rough at the beginning but will eventually end with rejoicing. May the Lord order your steps in this 8th week of the year. This week in 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine; causing many Ukrainians to flee their country.
The eighth book and chapters of the Bible also reveal that the eighth season is a season of fierce battles. Darkness-orchestrated war rages in the spirit in the 8th season. Elimelech’s family was victim of, and casualty in, spiritual warfare in the 8th book of the Bible, Ruth. Moses released the second and third and fourth plagues (frogs, lice, and flies) against Egypt in Exodus 8. Israel fought Ai in Joshua 8. In Judges 8, Israel, under Gideon’s leadership subdued the Midianites. Gideon also killed Zebah and Zalmunna. In First Samuel 8, Israel wanted a king who could lead the nation to war and fight her battles. In Second Samuel 8, David fought battles and subdued the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites. The nations became his servants. In Daniel 8, ‘the male goat’ nation confronted the warring and conquering ‘ram’ nation and subdued it. The goat was eventually overpowered. In Acts 8, Philip’s ministry in Samaria overthrew demons and dethroned Simon the Sorcerer; who had bewitched an entire nation to believe he was the great power of God. In Revelation 8, by the opening of the seventh seal, heaven declared war against the earth with the successive sounding of four devastating trumpets. This week, be sensitive to the Spirit, arm yourself for spiritual warfare, and get in the war against darkness.
The 8th week is an eighth-seven books of the Bible week. The eighth-seven books of the Bible are Philippians, Colossians, First Thessalonians, Second Thessalonians, First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus. These are Paul’s letters to encourage, correct, teach, and guide. Most of these epistles were written to challenge error and get things done the right way. In The epistle to the Colossians, Paul challenged Gnosticism. In this epistles to the Thessalonians, he challenged the errors concerning the Second Coming of Christ. In the epistles to Timothy and Titus, he gave instructions that would help the young pastors do the right thing in the churches they worked with. Those books were light against deception and error. They were a great support from Paul to the leaders and their churches. May the Lord bring necessary support to you in this week.
The 8th season is associated with movements and relocations. Sometimes, it is forced relocation (or relocation driven by pressure); and sometimes it is planned or guided. This is true in the Bible as in modern history. ‘Trail of Tears’, the forced hazardous relocation of Native Americans to a reserved territory west of the Mississippi River, happened in the season of the 8th US President, Martin Van Buren. The relocation of Nigeria’s Capital from Lagos to Abuja happened in the season of the 8th national leader, Ibrahim Babaginda. In the 8th book of the Bible, a family relocated from Israel to Moab because of famine. In Genesis 8, Noah relocated from the Ark. In Second Kings 8, Elisha guided a family to relocate from Israel because of famine. In the 8th chapter of Acts, the disciples fled Jerusalem because of persecution and scattered to other lands. Welcome to the 8th week of the year! This week, the Lord will help you against forced relocation. He will keep you from moving back and forth because of problems. He will deliver you from famine and scarcity. He will cause abundant divine supplies to come your way. This will be a week of guided movements and operations for you Happy 8th week of the year!
