This word is submitted by Shannon LaFreniere (Slafre99@aol.com)

New Order

A change of the guard will take place and the Lord will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh that has been fully yielded to the dealings and preparations that come with a change of government. It says in Joshua 1:1,2 that "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them- to the Israelites." Joshua could no longer look to the way things were done in the day of Moses nor could he rely on the leadership of Moses because Moses was dead.

Rev. 21:4,5 states, "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." The old order of things was the wilderness experience of training and preparation, which required the Israelites to endure hardships of many kinds so as to "come out of the wilderness leaning upon their beloved." (SS 8:5)

Without the process of elimination (cutting or paring away of the old) the new order could not be established. We know that in Ecclesiastes everything has a season. A time to live and a time to die. Joshua could not look back to what once was or he would forfeit his inheritance and the inheritance of the people he was responsible to lead into the promised land. Lot's wife looked back and forfeited her life, and it shall be the same with us if we choose to stay with what we know rather than forging into new territory under the unction and moving of the cloud. Moses was effective and essential in the season (or kairos time) he was appointed for. He prepared the way for Joshua to come and the baton was handed off to move on into the destiny and fulfillment of everything that Moses did up to that point. We bless the generation before us who has prepared the way and forged forth into new territory so that the next generation can take the baton and run the race to finish. We cannot be territorial and hold on to what we have done because it all works toward a common goal and that is to bring forth the Kingdom of God here upon the earth so that the name of JESUS may be glorified and all will come to know him as they are known.

A changing of the guard always comes with a trumpet blast (shofar) to signal that one is leaving and another is on duty. The sound of the trumpet is about to be blown and the Lord is allowing us an extended season of grace to get our house in order so that transition can bring us into fulfillment. We are in the midst of a major shift change.

'All creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.' (Rom. 8:22)

The Father desires to reveal his Son to all the earth through his sons and daughters which requires a disconnection with creation (Mother Earth, Queen of Heaven) and a reconnection with the Father to be in right relationship so that the King of Glory can come in. The wedding supper of the Lamb is at hand and he is fervently searching for those who have the "seal of love upon their hearts and a seal upon their arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave." (SS 8:6)

Back to my participation in this new order of the Kingdom of God. My requirement is to call forth and meditate upon the word of Lord until I become the word that has been spoken. "Ezekiel was told to eat the scroll and fill your stomach with it. So I ate it, and it tasted sweet as honey." Ezekiel ate the word and became the very essence of the word that was given to him. I believe that we need to walk, eat, sleep and breath the word of the Lord until the fruit of it becomes evident to everyone we come in contact with.

The season for mourning is over and now it is time to declare into the heavenlies what shall take place in this season. "See, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season for singing has come ....." Our adversary wants to keep us in darkness so that world never sees the risen Savior, but the Lord is telling us to Arise my darling, my beautiful one and come with me... There is no more room for grieving over what has been lost for there is no hope in loss. But there is good news; the Lord says, that now is the time to rise up and declare the new thing before they spring into being I announce them to you...Is. 42:9 His announcement is our proclamation to "call things that are not as though they were." (Rom. 4:17)

We announce that there is to be a new addition to the family nine months before the baby is born. During that period of time it becomes a proclamation that a child shall be born within a nine month period of time. We are in the ninth month and Jesus wants to come forth and reveal himself to a lost and dying world. Heaven and earth have to be in agreement before the prophetic word can come to pass. He does need our participation so that the birthing of the new order can be established and bring us into the ruling and reigning with him forever. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.