God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…and of Sandy

Prophetic Word from Hope Woods: March 2, 2011

Thus says YAHWEH, God of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Joel:  The voice of F. Nolan Ball has caused a movement in the depths of My Spirit, says YAHWEH.  Something has been awakened in the deep, and a mighty wave is rising.  I am unleashing upon my people the Great and Terrible Day of My Presence.  My “Spirit of Prophecy” is being awakened and even now rushes to fill this place.  A holy devastation is coming!  Yes, all that is not of Me will be destroyed.  You have experienced freedom and deliverance in part, but My presence will rush in like a tsunami and every wall will be torn down, every unholy thing uprooted, every nook and cranny filled.  I will pour out My Spirit on ALL FLESH!  My sons and daughters will prophesy, the heart of the unbeliever will be changed, and signs, wonders and miracles will follow ALL WHO RECEIVE!

Yahweh’s Spirit spoke the above prophetic word to Hope Woods just nine days before the massive earthquake in Japan.  Did “God” send the earthquake?  No.  But He did set in place certain laws and spiritual truths by which the earth and all those who dwell therein are affected.  The earth groans and travails for the manifestation of the sons of Yahweh, those righteous ones who abide in the presence of Father Yahweh, and who become portals through which that presence is released into the earth, and into all realms of authority.  And the earth’s crying out is manifested in many different ways, one of which is natural disaster.

When Adam abandoned his place of son-ship and authority the earth was subjected to futility, and creation was given no choice but that of violence and protest.  Perhaps never before have we seen such a demonstration of that subjugation as in the incredible, mind-blowing devastation brought by natural disasters in the past decade: Major earthquakes in India, Iran, Pakistan, China, Haiti and Japan, with verified deaths of 534,000 people; devastating hurricanes with names such as Jeanne, Katrina, Stan and the Burma Cyclone with casualties numbering 152,000; the horrific Asian Tsunami that claimed 250,000 lives.

Many have blamed God.  But the same Scripture that explains the earth’s plight into futility explains that its groaning is a call for the sons of God to be manifested.  (Romans 8 )

I believe the shaking of the earth that has come with increased power and frequency in the past decade is most assuredly a natural manifestation of spiritual truths that are being called forth from the eternal plan of Yahweh through His apostles and prophets…both those who lived during “Biblical” times and those that are living today.

In the above referenced word, what is the significance of the use of these three particular prophets–Isaiah, Jeremiah and Joel?  I confess that I have yet to come to an answer to that question that satisfies me fully. However, there are a few things here I know are significant.

One, each of these three prophetic voices spoke to a generation that had largely forsaken Yahweh.  These three prophets began their writings acknowledging that Yahweh’s people had forsaken Him, and each of them called for repentance.  Awake, weep and wail, call a fast of repentance, my children have rebelled against me–wash yourselves, make yourselves clean, seek justice!

On and on these three prophets cry out warning against sin, and calling Yahweh’s people to repentance.  I believe this same message is being released to our generation.

I also believe it is significant that the three men mentioned are indeed prophets. Typically, we are more likely to hear Yahweh referred to as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Abraham and those who came after were first and foremost fathers. Of course, they were more than that, but the call to “father many nations” to establish the “seed of Abraham,”  was the defining word over Abraham.  And I believe that the “father anointing” is present in our generation in present-day apostles, men who are called to restore fathers to the church and to the home.

When those apostles are rightly in their places, then and only then can true prophets find their places in Christ’s ekklesia.  I believe that time HAS come.  The God of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Joel is releasing a word…He is raising up true prophets who are not prostituting their gifts for the sake of their own greed, but who are willing to be rightly joined, covered and connected to the fathers, the apostles, and from that place of safety and power, these prophets will begin to release the current word of the Lord, which will call a generation to true repentance.

The sound of the apostle and prophet joined together becomes a mighty force that shakes all that can be shaken.  Just the apostles alone cannot release that sound. And neither can the prophets alone release it.

Just as a man and a woman are individuals who might be called, gifted and loved individually by Father Yahweh, until the two come together, nothing is produced.  I suggest to you the same is true of the apostles and prophets. This is why the submission one to another has been one of the most fought-against concepts in our day.  Many times, individual men and women perceive their gifts to be so holy and so important and so powerful, they believe that to trust another with it, to submit their lives one to another, would be wrong.  In truth, only by our submitting to one another can a full expression of those gifts ever manifest.  Everything the Father has planned will only fully be brought forth through the family, the ekklesia, the joining together of the individual parts.

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  The God of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Joel.

And Romans 8 encourages us that ultimately the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  The call of the apostles and prophets…and ultimately the call of Father Yahweh Himself…is to a people He is gathering unto Himself, those who fear His name and are led by His Spirit, those who are IN the world, but not OF it, those who will rule and reign with Christ as kings and priests forever.

May the apostles and prophets come together.  May the people of Yahweh repent and be made whole.  May the purpose and destiny that has always been in the heart of our loving Father come to full fruition.

I cry aloud and spare not!  My prayer is that through Him in me, I may have the privilege of being part of what Yahweh–the Alpha and Omega–has done, what He is doing in these days, and what He will do in the days to come.

Because the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and the God of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Joel is my God, too.