From Passover to Pentecost period of Counting the Omer

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1 From Passover to Pentecost period of Counting the Omer DG 23 Apr 2017

2 A. Introduction Prophecy for Malaysia - by Allen at Cambodian Passover conference. Apr 8, 2017 a fresh Now Word!! This is the year for you to 1. Hear My priorities for Malaysia - not from news or newspaper...though what you see will alert you...this is the time to hear...god says He will give you His priorities...this will be part of your portfolio... This will change your land, your peoples, government, wealth, and even extensions (what you are able to take to other places...)

3 2. Brought you here to prepare you to be a Breakthrough people - want to tell you specific things that need to go and specific things that need to come As we send you forth, the Lord is placing a key in your hand - to lock & unlock - open what should have been opened - close what should have been closed That is why you have to listen to Me...

4 4. By end of year you will have a whole new look - Take My priorities...don't assume you know My priorities...don't make your priorities My priorities... - I am prepared to tell you things...some you know but some you don't know... - Come into My room - the Holy of Holies to receive what I am about to say to you...

5 5. Between now to Pentecost, priorities will be revealed... - Expect Me to speak unfamiliar things This is an hour in which Ancient Borneo is becoming new...for many the rainforest has become a logging venture. It's time for Me to turn it into a vineyard!

6 God is saying He wants to reveal His priorities to us and speak to us during this season a season of Revelation!! God shows a new strategy blow shofar before the 5 times of prayer to confuse the sounds that are being released every day.. Order Setting Time a. Pre-dawn 4.30am (5am) b. Noon 12noon (12.17pm) c. Late afternoon 3pm (3.23pm) d. Sunset 6pm (6.24pm) e. Evening 7pm (7.30pm) We encourage everyone to do this so that we advance Malaysia to enter into her destiny!!

7 Nothing is Impossible with God!!!

8 From Allen about the cancelled Sukau bridge project::: This is an incredible breakthrough. I look at it as a firstfruit kind of Breakthrough. We declared this bridge and project would be destroyed when we were on boats in front of the site. The shofar sound and the anger rising with our God has accomplished this. Write this day and conclusion down. This is momentous for the rainforest in Borneo and all the special creatures that call it home.

9 B. What happened last season during the Counting of the Omer? In 2016, Sabah s tragedy (Triple 6) fell within this period. God told us the 40- year curse over the land has been broken. And that we would be the Firstfruits to receive His abundance that is coming.

10 Consequence by Tishri and Feast of Tabernacles, He led us to purchase our new property at Pintas Avenue!! We have been very blessed!! Now we need to claim by this Tabernacles, we can get into our property & begin using it for God s glory..

11 This year, He gives a new assignment for this season blow the shofar before the 5 appointed times of the enemy.. He is about to restore our land.. we must hear His priorities & walk with Him.

12 C. What does Counting the Omer (from Passover to Pentecost) period have to teach us? And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord (Lev. 23:15 16) 利未记 23:15-16 (Simplified) (CNVS) 15 你们要从安息日的次日, 把禾捆带来作摇祭那日起, 计算整整七个星期 ; 16 到第七个星期的次日, 共计五十天 ; 那天你们要献新的素祭给耶和华

13 The Jewish calendar is largely agricultural, and the period of Omer falls between Passover and Shavuot. It generally begins from Nisan 16 to Sivan 6 or 7!!

14 1. Physical & Spiritual maturing On Passover there is a shift from praying for rain to praying for dew. This coincides with the growth period for the fruit of the season. Shavuot is the day of the giving the first fruits of the grain harvest. The outcome of the season's crop and fruit was still vulnerable during this period.

15 Over these seven weeks, daily reflection & working on one's personal characteristics is parallel of the growth of the crop and the fruit of that season.

16 2. Link between Passover & Shavout The counting is intended to remind us of the link between Passover, which commemorates the Exodus and Shavu'ot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah. It reminds us that the redemption from slavery was not complete until we received the Torah.

17 Passover celebrates the Jewish people coming out of slavery in Egypt. Shavuot marks the culmination of this process when the Jews became a nation with their own laws and standards.

18 Counting up to Shavuot reminds of the process - moving from a slave mentality to one with a clear identity of being God s chosen people. The 7 weeks symbolise the Hebrew ex-slaves wandering in the wilderness between freedom and revelation. Jews have often imagined these seven weeks as a time to prepare for receiving the Torah.

19 Why did God wait 50 days after the Jews left Egypt before giving the Torah? Why didn't He simply give it to them in Egypt, or immediately after their departure? They were not yet spiritually equipped to receive the Torah. For over 400 years, they had been living in an Egyptian society known to be the world center for immorality and vice. The high-impact adventure of the Exodus 10 miraculous plagues and the splitting of the Red Sea launched the Jews into physical freedom.

20 Yet this one-time experience, cannot permanently change anyone's emotional attitude. Spiritual growth, like climbing a ladder, must be one step at a time more like a marathon.

21 3. The Master's resurrection makes the counting of the Omer a season of special significance and joy. For His disciples, it is a time to remember the resurrected Yeshua. All of his postresurrection appearances and ascension fell within the days of the Omer count. He ascended on the 40th day of the counting of the Omer.

22 Mary met Him in the garden and she entered into a new dimension of faith (John 20:15 18). The two on the road to Emmaus found their hearts beginning to burn when the scriptures were opened up to them (Luke 24:32). Jesus appeared to the eleven and upbraided them for their unbelief and hard hearts (Mark 16:14). We can say, Lord, I don t want to be ruled by unbelief or a hard heart and hide behind closed doors.

23 He appeared to Thomas, whose scepticism was transformed into living faith (John 20:27 29). He appeared to Peter and some others as they fished (John 21). They all rejoiced at the huge haul of fish. More significant - Peter was healed from the trauma of his betrayal. He became the man God destined him to be. He appeared to the 500 and gave them clear instructions which they obeyed, which resulted in them being clothed with power from on high (Acts 1:4 8,14).

24 D. Summary & Review This period is not only a geographical transition from Egypt to Sinai, but also a transitioning to a new level in their relationship with God. God began during this time to reveal His Covenant secrets to them.

25 When Israel came out of Egypt, they knew they were God s people but they did not know much about God. All they had were a few stories passed down through the generations about how God appeared to Abraham. They had no Bible. They had lived as slaves in Egypt and knew about the Egyptian gods. They did not know much about the God who had rescued them from captivity.

26 What to expect during this period? God wants to reveal His secrets to those who seek Him. Deuteronomy 29:29 (NKJV) The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. 申命记 29:29 (Simplified) (CNVS) 29 奥秘的事, 是属于耶和华我们的神的, 只有显露的事, 是永远属于我们和我们子孙的, 好叫我们遵行这律法上的一切话

27 During this period from barley harvest (Passover) to Pentecost (wheat harvest), Israel would be bringing in the harvests and counting the omer every night. They would then recognise if they were living under God s blessings!!

28 1. God wanted them to be expectant that each Pentecost would be a time of great blessing Harvests were brought in They received the law through Moses on the first Pentecost The early church was filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. We are also to expect great blessings each year a season of provisions!!!

29 2. During these fifty days we are to be expectant that Jesus will reveal Himself and His heart to us. Significance of this season-- Expect Revelation & Faith to increase!! God wants us to know we are entering into a new cycle a cycle of knowing Him & experiencing His Covenant Blessings!!