up to the mountain.

 06.20.08 l 2.38am l Mount Carmel, Israel

We’ve come to the mountain of the Lord!

Its the original place of burning and fire. Its a place of devotion, zeal, faith and victory. In a time of corruption, wickedness, and godlessness during the rule of Ahab and Jezebel thousands of years ago, Elijah summoned the 450 prophets of Baal to a contest of fire as the entire nation of Israel looked on. Elijah’s deep devotion to the Father led Him to the revelation that God is not in the slightest bit scared by the spirit of Jezebel (even though Elijah he was!). His zeal rose up to contend and prove that God ALONE is faithful to His people and will not be put to shame. His faith led him to stand alone and against the powers of his day to call down the fire of God to consume the sacrifice on the altar. His victory released him to destroy the prophets of Baal while the nation saw “the God who answers by fire” (1 Kings 18:24) reveal Himself to an entire generation.

We are once again in time of absolute corruption and wickedness with a spirit of Jezebel reigning in our midst. Not only is Israel in shambles with wickedness, corruption, and unrighteousness supreme in the land…but the entire planet is in crisis! Nations are raging and the earth is groaning through floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires and storms (watch the news!). We and we have come to the mountain for an entire generation to once again witness that HE alone is Faithful as the God who answers by Fire! First that the scales would fall off the eyes of the Jews in the land and the nations of the world would follow suit (Rom 1:16).

So it makes sense that we would culminate our two week journey of rending the Heaven’s over the nation of Israel with 40 intense hours of BURNING on this sacred place. Everything has been lined up in preparation on the trip for this very moment. We are suspending in time and literally “caught up” with Him. Night and day merge together and we are overwhelmed and saturated in His goodness, joy, hope, zeal, and  salvation. We have taken in so much over the last few weeks that it would take hours to explain and expound on all the prophecies, dreams, visions, impressions, and unctions from the Sprit. Its been one wild flow led entirely by the Spirit from start to finish! We’ve spent time burning in worship and prayer for Jerusalem’s sake and restoration of the Jews…we’ve ventured into the some of the darkest places on earth (the palestinian refugee camps ) where terrorists are created and asked God to ignite a blaze among the Arabs that cannot be quenched…we’ve grabbed the mantles of Abraham, Joshua, Elijah, John the Baptist, and many others…and we’ve walked, talked, dreamed, and spent our most time with Yeshua.

While taking all that in is incredibly overwhelming for this crew (they are all completely wrecked, smashed and broken for life..Never to be the same again!!)…we are using those images, prayers, tears, and groanings as fuel for the fire this weekend!! Together with Jews, Arabs, Russians, Americans, Africans, and many other tribes…a sweet smelling incense is rising from this mountain. Songs, prophecies, declarations, and prayers are being released all tongues…its beautiful!! Its the kingdom and the nations!! The prophecy is now being fulfilled that God would draw the nations back to Israel (Ez 36:24) and here we are!! We are in a defining moment in history where this thing is playing out before our very eyes!!

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! WAKE UP NATIONS!! WAKE UP ISRAEL!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!  THE HOUR IS HERE….THE KINGDOM IS AT HAND…FRESH FIRE IS RAINING DOWN FROM HEAVEN!!! DONT MISS YOUR APPOINTED HOUR!

Onwards we shall BURN!! We still have more than 20 hours left and things are just picking up!! Last night we physically saw a cloud the size of a mans hand rise from the sea (1 Kings 18:44)!! It grew larger and and larger and covered the entire top of the mountain….YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!

RAIN IT DOWN OH LORD!!!

fire on you..

sean