I am not an American but I love America as if I was born there. I have only been to the US a couple of times; but I have deep interest in studying America’s history; and I follow events and developments in the country as if I have a special calling to be a watchmen on her wall. Part of what fascinates me about the history of the US is how the seasons of the nation fit into patterns revealed in the Bible. Whenever I read or study the history of America, I find myself thinking, “this is just like what is written in the book of….” My heart blesses all who are battling in prayer and intercession for the soul of America. Do not give up. As always, the Light will triumph over darkness.
As someone watching from the sidelines, I want to share an understanding the Lord gave me about praying over the United States in this season. There is a lot I do not know about the United States; and I do not think there is anything the Lord has shown me concerning the US that He has not already shown someone or some people in the US. I feel a burden to share this; and I am committing what I believe the Lord has shown or taught me to all of you watchmen and intercessors who are experiencing this season of the US from the inside for confirmation. Let me begin with my motivation for writing this:
I was praying recently, and I heard a voice in my spirit say, “Turn on the light, America, darkness is coming”. It was like overhearing a conversation between Someone and America. The voice didn’t say, “Go and tell America that darkness is coming”. I believe I overheard what the Lord was saying to America. I paused to understand what I heard; and perhaps to hear more. As I reflected, the Spirit of God began to guide me into the truth concerning what my spirit caught. He threw light on America’s past and current prophetic seasons to help me see what He said. What I saw and felt made me a little uncomfortable; but the good side of it is that His voice implied Americans have all it would take to handle what is coming – just turning on the light. It doesn’t matter how thick the darkness is, light will prevail; especially if the light is strong and bright. Let me share the light God gave me concerning America’s seasons:
MOVING FROM DEUTERONOMY TO JOSHUA
Since July 1972, the United States has been in her fifth 49 years – counting from 1776 – the year of independence. In this prophetic season, the nation has seen blessings but also seeming curses. The fifth prophetic seasons of nations, or her leaders, is like living in the book of Deuteronomy – the book of blessings and curses. The fifth 7 Presidents of the United States were Warren Harding (29th), Calvin Coolidge (30th), Herbert Hoover (31st), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd), Harry S. Truman (33rd), Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th), and John F. Kennedy (35th). Three of those Presidents died in office- the 29th, the 32nd, and the 35th. That doesn’t sound like a blessing. The fifth season (5th year, 5th seven years, fifth 49 years, or fifth 343 years) of any nation can be a turbulent season if it is not jealousy guarded.
The United States is going through the last year in the fifth seven years of her fifth 49 years. By July 5, 2021, the United States would have completed her fifth 49 years; or her 35th seven years since independence. Then she would be stepping into the sixth 49 years; beginning with the 36th seven years of her nationhood. The Lord told me that transition to the sixth 49 years is like moving from the book of Deuteronomy into the book of Joshua. Don’t forget the death that was in-between. He also said it is like moving from the fifth seven books of the Bible (Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk) into the sixth seven books of the Bible (Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, and Luke) – each book representing seven years from 1972 when the fifth 49 years began; to 2070 when the sixth 49 years will end. It means the New Testament of the US is still ahead. There is a great battle to fight but the Promised Land is worth fighting for. There are hurdles and mountains to cross but the redemption of the United States is the prize.
FROM LINCOLN TO JOHNSON; AND FROM KENNEDY TO JOHNSON
The Lord said the immediate crossing to the 36th seven years (by July 4, 2021) is like moving from Habakkuk to Zephaniah. America has been in the book of Habakkuk since July 2014. Read Habakkuk to understand the season that’s about to end in the US. The United States would be crossing over, prophetically, to the book of Zephaniah by July 2021. Without the help of God, a seven-year book-of-Zephaniah season is a tough season to be in. The book of Zephaniah speaks about the dark and gloomy Day of the Lord. The only way to escape the negative side of the 36th season is to depart from the things Zephaniah spoke against. The Lord also said moving from the 35th seven years to the 36th seven years is like moving from the battle season of Lincoln to the turbulent seasons Johnson and Grant in the 19th century; and like moving from Kennedy to Johnson in the 20th century. What does that mean? Abraham Lincoln was President in the 35th seven years – counting from 1620. The president was assassinated and that season ended. Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant were presidents in the 36th seven years from 1620. Andrew Johnson’s season was tumultuous and he became the first US President to be impeached. J. F Kennedy was the 35th President and Lyndon Johnson was the 36th President. The assassination of the President ended the season of the 35th President. COVID-19 deaths is ending America’s 35th seven years. There is a ‘seasons factor’ to everything that happens under heaven. The Holy Spirit is indicating that living in the 36th seven years of the US could be like living in the days of the 36th President when both Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King were assassinated. Think of Vietnam War too.
THE DEATH BETWEEN THE 35TH AND THE 36TH
The Bible has a numbering pattern that helps us to understand our dated and numbered seasons. The Bible shows that, in the 35th season, the kingdom of darkness partners with the spirit of death to make the 35th season a season of death and dying. The devil knows this and goes out to terminate lives in 35th season. Many of God’s people do not understand this.
The 35th is an endpoint that opens the door to a new season.
In Genesis 35, Jacob lost three people – Isaac his father, Rachael his wife, and Deborah, his mother’s nurse.
In First Chronicles 35, King Josiah died from battle injury following his sweeping reforms in Judah.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 – the year closing the 35th seven years of America from 1620.
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President was assassinated in 1963; and Lyndon Johnson became the 36th president.
September 2, 1935, on the last day of the 35th week of the year, Labor Day Hurricane – the strongest hurricane ever to strike the United States – made a landfall in the Upper Florida Keys and killed 423 people. On September 8, in the 36th week of the year, Carl Weiss shot and fatally wounded ‘The Kingfish’, Huey Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana at the Louisiana Capitol Building in Baton Rouge.
King George VI died February 1952, the year ending the 35th seven years of the United Kingdom from 1707. His daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, succeeded him.
Think of this: in 2020, the year before the end of the 35th seven years of the United States. COVID-19 claimed over 215, 000 lives in the United States. This is besides people lost to shootings, brutality, violent protests, and other health issues.
WHAT IS GOD’S WILL FOR THE SEASON?
The closing verses of Isaiah 35 and Jeremiah 35 reveal how God wants the 35th season to end. Isaiah 35:10 says, “And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away”. Jeremiah 35:18-19 says, “And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you, [19] therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me forever.”
The 35th seven years is the season ending the fifth 49 years. It is a sabbath season of rest and was never intended to be a season of unrest. It is violating the values and principles of the Sabbath-season that makes it a season of unrest. The deaths that occur in the 35th season are not predestined deaths. They are avoidable deaths; but so much depends on sensitivity to the season; and on which side of the season we’re living in. They are also a spiritual statement announcing the end of an era of wandering; a time to put off the old and put on the new. The Spirit of the Lord is indicating that an era has ended, and is ending, in the United States. America is stepping into a new day – into a new prophetic week.
THE 36TH BOOK AND CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE
The 36th seven years of the United States is a 36th-chapters-of-the-Bible season. The 36th chapters reveal that a 36th prophetic week is a season of serious conflict between light and darkness; ad between problems and solutions. The 36th chapter of Genesis is given to Esau the father of Edomites – the enemies of Israel. In Exodus 36, God called Bezaleel and his company to undertake the work of the tabernacle. What does the tabernacle have to with 36th season? It is the war room of the season – from where battles are won. In Numbers 36, Moses solved the problem that could arise from the daughters of Zelophehad marrying outside the tribe of Manasseh. The 36th season is a time to ensure your heritage does not fall to another. Jerusalem and Judah fell to Babylon in Second Chronicles 36; but the chapter ended with the Proclamation of Cyrus allowing the Jews to return and rebuild the Temple at Jerusalem.
In Job 36, Elihu proclaims the majesty of God – the Majesty of Light. Psalm 36 opens with the works of the wicked, moved on to the mercies of God, and ends with “Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. [12] There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise”. In Isaiah 36, the king of Assyria threatened Judah and king Hezekiah. That was darkness rising over Judah. In Jeremiah 36, king Jehoiakim burnt Jeremiah’s scroll (the light of Judah) after hearing the contents of the scroll read to him. Jeremiah rewrote the words of the scroll. The king wanted to turn off the light from God’s word; but Jeremiah brought back the light. The king brought curses upon himself and his family by his arrogance. Darkness may rise in the 36th season but light will prevail. I believe that is the reason the Spirit of God said, “Turn on the light, America; darkness is coming”. You cannot stop a season of darkness from coming; but you can make the darkness powerless with light.
THE NATURE OF THE NEW DAY AND WHAT GOD EXPECTS FROM US
The word of God is lamp and light. Psalm 119:105 says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path”. That means the Word of God can help us to see where we are and where we are going.
1. America’s sixth 49 years is a season of intense spiritual warfare. The sixth book and chapters of the Bible bear witness that the sixth season is a season of war. The 20th century was a sixth season century. It was the sixth in the third 7 centuries of Our Lord. Two world wars happened in this century; and WW2 began in the sixth 7 years of the century. The War of 1812 happened within the sixth 7 years of the United States. The battle of America’s sixth 49 years is not about Republicans and Democrats. It is not a fight between the Whites and the Blacks. It is a war between light and darkness. It is about possessing the Land God promised His people. This is a season to conquer or be conquered. The Amorites in the land won’t let go. To win the battle, the church in America must be prepared and equipped with the warfare principles in the sixth book and chapters of the Bible. Unity is key! In the sixth book of the Bible, Israel was united in the battle for the Promised Land. The tribes are not mentioned until the land was taken and mapped out for distribution. Americans must unite in the battle for the land. Divisiveness at this point is extremely costly.
America must listen to God to win the battles of her sixth 49 years. It was by listening to, and following, divine instructions that Joshua and Israel overthrew the Canaanites. From the crossing of the Jordan to the last battle against the Canaanites, Joshua followed instructions. The only time they (through Achan) disregarded the word of God, they lost the battle with Ai. The sixth book and chapters of the Bible reveal that receiving and adhering to instructions is the way to prosper in a sixth season. If America does not listen to God in this season, she cannot stand even before the least of her enemies. You need to read the sixth book of the Bible to understand this. The reason God made man in His image on the sixth day of creation and gave him dominion is because the one who will win the battle in the sixth season must be in alignment with God – operating with His Spirit, wisdom, and power,
2. The leadership of the nation and church in America must transit from the Moses style to the Joshua-type leadership. Moses was a Do it for the People leader. He prayed for the people, fasted for them, provided food and water for them, met with God for them, and also heard fromGod for the them. Joshua was a DIY leader. He gave the people instructions from God; and the people did whatever needed to be done. A lot more can be said about this. The days of Manna falling in America are over! This is not about Trump or any other leader. The season has changed. He that has an ear, let him hear what what the Spirit of God is saying. This is the time to fight for, and possess, the land the Founding Fathers saw ahead. Better days are ahead; but America must understand the times to know what to do.
3. God’s people must walk by faith and never be intimidated by the giant nature of the problems facing America. God’s promise to Joshua is His promise to the remnant Church in America: “No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. [6] Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. [7] Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. [8] This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. [9] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
The battles of the sixth season are fought and won by faith. America needs FAITH now! By faith, the giants will fall before her.
4. Call a ‘Return to Bethel’ solemn assembly to mark the end of the 35th seven years; and make it a time for America to return to the God of her foundation. This is a Bethel season in the United States. Let America end the 35th seven years with a Return to Bethel, the House of God, the place of first encounter with God. As I write this, I hear the Spirit of God saying, “I have changed your name from ‘Jacob’ to ‘Israel’”.
5. Let the Church in America begin the ‘first season’ of the sixth 49 years (or 36th seven years) – from July 5, 2021 – with prayer and worship; to seek God’s favor and receive instructions for the new season. Proclaim it in all your states that darkness WILL NOT dominate America’s 36th seven years.
6. Pray that the darkness and gloominess spoken of in the 36th book of the Bible will not overtake the nation in her 36th seven years (July 2021 – July 2028).
7. Give attention to production and preservation of food. Americans are very generous with food. The sixth book and sixth chapters of the Bible reveal that food is important in the sixth season. God spoke about food on the sixth day of creation. In the sixth book of the Bible, God took Israel to fight for the land flowing with milk and honey and said they should not destroy fruit trees. Almost every sixth chapter of the Bible (from Genesis to Revelation) has something to say about food – especially the scarcity of it. The enemy will work hard to throw America into a massive economic depression; but I pray her bans and storehouses would not be dry and empty in this season. I pray she will not lack favorable rain in this season. I pray she is delivered from hurricanes, tornadoes, and destructive fires. I am not talking about something that must happen next year or the year after. The Lord is beaming on some years within the next 49 years. Time is a gate and should be guarded. What more can I say?
America has been a blessing. I bless her in the name of the Lord. May those who favor her just cause triumph. “Turn on the light, America….” Do it in the November 2020 Presidential elections. “Turn on the light…darkness is coming! God Bless America!!!
