Welcome to Year 114! The 114th year is a second season year. It is the second day of the 17th seven years. It is also the sixteenth year in the third 49 years. The basic Bible keys to understanding the 114th year are the second day of creation narrative, Psalm 114, and the second two chapters of the seventeenth book of the Bible.
Year 114 is a second day of creation year in the 17th seven years. On the second day of creation, God made a way where there is no way; when He made the firmament to divide the bloc of waters. There was no space for anything else to exist before that day. The 114th year is when nations must find a way for you where there is no way.
Year 114 is a Psalm 114 year. This psalm draws attention to the potency and power of God’s presence; demonstrated in the parting of waters for Israel to cross and in the provision of water from dry rock.
THE MYSTERY OF THE DOMINION AND SANCTUARY
Psalm 114:1-6 says, “When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, [2] Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion”.[3] The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. [4] The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. [5] What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back? [6] O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?
Nothing can stand in the way of the presence of God. The presence of God manifests in His sanctuary (where He is worshipped) and in His dominion (where He is served and obeyed). When Israel left Egypt, they left the land as the sanctuary and dominion of God. The Lord lived in them and ruled in them. They worshipped Him and served Him. Mercy flowed from the sanctuary and authority flows from the dominion. The result was that the sea saw them and fled, Jordan turned back, the mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. Nations passing through the 114th year should press for Psalm 114 kind of testimony – that obstacles also fled before the nation.
The presence of the Lord makes the earth tremble and commands all forces to bow. Psalm 114:7-8 says, “Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob, [8] Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters”.
If we go with the presence of God (as His Sanctuary and Dominion) in the second season, nothing can stand in our way. All forces bow to the presence of God. Year 114 is a season to invite the presence of God to touch challenges we face.
Year 114 is Esther 3-4 year in the 17th seven years. The second two chapters of the seventeenth book of the Bible is applicable to the second year of the seventeenth seven years. In the third chapter of Esther, Mordecai’s conflict with Haman began. Haman was promoted above all the king’s servants. The king also gave a command that all should bow to him. Mordecai refused to bow to him because of his faith. Haman was enraged and sought to destroy Mordecai and all Jews in the Persian kingdom. He got the king to sign and issue a decree that all Jews in all the Persian provinces would be killed on the thirteenth day of twelfth month. In the fourth chapter of the book of Esther, Mordecai began a one man protest against the Haman’s plot and the king’s decree. Esther 4:1-3 says, “When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. [2] He went as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. [3] And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes”. Esther was troubled by Mordecai’s actions but did not understand what was happening until Mordecai ‘awakened her’ to the situation. He wanted her to go to the king and intervene; but it would be at the risk of her life to go to the king uninvited. She chose to fast with her maids for three days and three nights before going to the king; and wanted Mordecai and the Jews in Shushan to fast for her as well. The fasting was to prepare Esther to go before the king; and it didn’t matter to her if that would end her life. Year 114 is a season to battle evil monopolies through the power of God. It is a season to find or make a way where there’s no way. Year 114 is for those who believe and know that power belongs to God; and not to any man or spirit. Governments that are oppressive in this season May face revolutions. Such governments (or powerful people in the nation) should aim at easing pain for the people.
Year 114 is a Book of Nehemiah year in the third 49 years. The sixteenth book of the Bible is applicable to the 16th year in the third 49 years. In the 16th book of the Bible, Nehemiah was moved by the ruined condition of Jerusalem and prayed to God until he received a vision to go and rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. He could not do that without the king’s permission and release; because he was the cupbearer of the king. God made a way where there was no way. The king learnt of the burden of his heart and gave needed permission and support to carry out what was on his heart. He was made the governor of Judah. Amid tense opposition from the adversaries of Judah, Nehemiah mobilized the people to rise and build the wall. The wall was completed in 52 days through the help of God; and to the shame of their adversaries. Nehemiah made arrangements for people to settle in Jerusalem so that proper worship can be carried on in the temple and city. Ezra the scribe was on hand to teach the Law in Israel. Nehemiah and Ezra led the restoration of true worship and separation in Judah. The 16th year in the third 49 years is a season of prayers. It is a season to bring the power of God to bear on tough earthly conditions- through prayer and worship.
May the Lord lead your nation to find a way where there is no way. Happy 114th year!
