FIRST FRUITS MESSAGE FROM MIKE
April 11, 2010
Blessings to all the saints in the nations!
I pray you have a powerful transformation in this feast of Pentecost season. I’m asking the churches and the saints that support this Ministry, to move into a season prayer and fasting as it is Pentecost season (please click here to read CORPORATE FAST EVERY MONDAY on our events page). Why? Because I believe we are moving into a critical transition into the next season of God’s plan. We are getting ready to see a major move released into an apostolic generation.
Recently I was reading a book by a Jewish brother on apostolic succession and I can see that the Holy Spirit is saying that the time is NOW. We will see the release of a new age, the age of the Kingdom of God.
Last week while I was shaving the Lord spoke to me the words ‘first fruits’. I didn’t understand but then He gave me the interpretation. “Tell my people this is a ‘first fruits season’ for the next move and I will honor those who bring me a First Fruits Offering of their best seed.”
I was excited by this but before I was done the Lord spoke to me again and said, “Wayland has something to ask you.” So I called my assistant Pastor Wayland and said to him, “The Lord told me you have something to ask me. What is it?” His response was ‘Wow, you’re really hearing from the Lord!’ Then he told me that the Lord told him to ask me for my mantel, just as Elisha asked Elijah for his mantel. He then went on to explain that the Lord told him that I was being taken up to the apostolic mantel and that my prophetic mantel would fall on those who were prepared. The Lord also spoke to him about bringing a ‘first fruits offering’ to receive the mantel.
I saw that this was a confirmation for what is getting ready to be released and to get as many people in as possible while the door is open.
So many things are happening this Pentecost season. I’m seeing the anointing increase in waves of anointed power that are pulsing out of my hands during the praying for the sick.
I’ve noticed the miracles in the California meetings are at a different level and happening fast. Paralyzed and crippled saints are being healed by the power of the Holy Spirit! I’ve also been more aggressive to “work the miracle”. In one such instance, this saint was resisting the prayer (because this individual had been prayed for previously and nothing had happened). But I kept insisting that God wanted to heal this person. Then the power of God hit and the healing miracle took place. Hallelu-Yah! No faith was involved on their part.
On another occasion I was asked to pray for a sister’s father who was in the hospital in a coma. I went to the hospital and prayed. He came out of his coma and woke up during the prayer! He had just been in a code blue (cardiac arrest) a few minutes before. They expected him to die as the family was there paying their last visits. But when he woke up from the coma he got a visit from Jesus because he gave his life to Christ with me. These are great and powerful miracles and they all happened during the last 2 weeks; there is a ramping up and its moving fast.
I was just contacted by a Pastor friend of mine who told me that God spoke to him that revival is getting ready to hit the US shortly. He told me he wants to come and stay for the next 6 months. This man is married and has children. The family is in agreement that he should come because they feel it also. As a matter of fact, a lot of people I’m coming into contact with are telling me ‘something is getting ready to happen’. I would be afraid for you if you’re not hearing it! This says something, for a brother to leave his family for 6 months. Another Pastor from Europe called me yesterday and also a bishop from Africa all with the same word… they want to come to the USA. God is getting ready to do something with this Ministry that is big.
The Lord also said to me He is pruning the tree. I thought initially that this was a cleansing process. But He kept saying it to me so I realized a pruning also means the cutting off of a branch that is sucking life from the rest of the tree. This pruning refers to people who aren’t willing to sell all to come into the kingdom.
James 5:1-5
1 Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.
2 Your riches have decayed, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you. Like fire, it will destroy your body. You have stored up riches in these last days.
4 The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout to God against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.
5 You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
I feel that now is the time to move into this next level of release and bring everything into the store house. The Bible is filled with examples of how God required His people to help in the release of His grace.
When grace (God’s provision) is released, so are His judgments! – Noah builds the ark (grace-God’s provision) and the people that get in are saved and the people that don’t get in are destroyed! But those that got in, first needed to listen to the words of the prophet!
- Moses tells God’s people put the blood of the lamb on the door posts. Those that did put the blood on the door posts were saved (grace-God’s provision) by the blood, but those that did not apply the blood were removed and killed!
So those that hear the prophetic word will be saved, but those that do not hear it (or obey it) will be judged.
Those are two major events but there are also minor ones and the pattern is always there in scripture.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Heb 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
In both these scriptures we see that God’s provision must be acted upon! That is why I believe that when the Lord spoke the word ‘first fruits’ to my assistant Pastor and to myself, it is the ACTION ‘faith’ for the next release.
Another confirmation was the Lord woke me up the other morning and said, “Omar” so I was thinking ‘who is Omar?’ Then Pastor Jeff sent me an email (literally minutes later) saying that it was the beginning of the ‘counting of the omer’ in Israel. This word ‘omer’ also speaks of the 50-day countdown to Pentecost and also means the separating of the sheaves. The Lord is separating those that will come in and those that won’t, just like the parable of the wheat and the tares.
We are receiving a new release of what the Lord is saying in this new season. I know the time is now because the Lord is confirming so many things and quickly.
What the Lord is saying to me is this: “It’s time to bring a first fruits offering before the Lord, for a release of the prophetic mantel that is going to fall on those who will be released into this next season of ministry.”
The first fruit to the Jew’s and to the early church was for increase in blessings, health, and prosperity. If the church would practice this offering it would keep the saints of God prospering in the things of God’s kingdom and in their personal life. I also feel it will protect the saint and keep prosperity over the individuals in this very hard financial season that we are in.
I believe there will be those who will be moving into a prophetic anointing they never believed possible for themselves in these next few months. The Lord is going to prepare the church over the next couple years until 2012 for the greatest move ever seen! Now is the time for the first fruits to join in by faith to show they are going to help build this last phase of the journey.
We are going to open a page on our web site called “Pledge Page” (Click HERE to visit Pledge page). This is for those of you who want to be part of this offering. You will be able to put down the amount you want to pledge and the time frame. I feel it’s important to have the pledge in before Pentecost. But for those who need more time, I believe God’s grace is there.
The early church pledged 3% of the yearly harvest offering. I feel this should be the minimum for those who want to be part of this release. The harvest was the yearly income of those who gave, so this would be 3% of the yearly wage before taxes because the Lord said that first fruit was the first part! I also know for those who give more there will be a larger release for them. We reap what we sow, and if we sow much then our harvest is larger. So please sow based upon the harvest you are expecting. I know everyone is going to receive a harvest.
Most of you may know that I was in a car accident this past week. I appreciate all the calls and prayers of those who have been praying and I want you all to know that Kenny and I are fine, thanks to the ongoing prayer chain. It was just day break, early in the morning and we were driving from Dallas, Texas to Los Angeles, California for our weekly meetings, when Kenny fell asleep at the wheel. We were both tired from the work that is going on right now. The car went into the middle of the highway and hit the guardrails at 70 mph (112 km/h). I woke up to see the metal and wires flying all round the car, windows busting and metal being ripped off the car. I reached over and grabbed the steering wheel and pulled us out of the middle of the road back onto the highway and on to the other side. I asked Kenny if he was alright and he was shaken but only with a few little scratches. I didn’t even get a scratch in the whole incident! As a matter of fact everything slowed down for me and all I could feel was the peace of God. I know that we were in the palm of His hand and that after looking at the car I could see Jesus kept us alive for something that is yet to come. I felt the presence of angels around me as I stood in the middle of the highway. Cars passed us and looked but no one stopped to help. God was the only help we needed. I felt the world pass us by – too busy to help those in need; but I also knew that God was my provider. Soon the ambulance, fire trucks, and police came. They looked at the car torn in pieces and just shook their heads that we walked away. I told the police officer I was a man of God and he smiled and said to me “you must be because you were protected”.
After walking away from that event I realized that if the Lord would have taken me home, the work I’ve been asked to do would have stopped. Our time is so short on this earth. I also realized that we need to accomplish as a body what the Lord has entrusted us with before we go on to be with our King. “To whom much is given, much is expected.”
This week has been extreme for me in the words that God is speaking and the finality of life. We are on the verge of doing so much. I know we are being tested with our faith; do we really believe it’s time or are we going to be separated out (grace – separating of the sheaves).
The television in the next few weeks will begin to expand into the nations as well. Everything is coming at one time. Please consider you’re offering prayerfully, happily, and generously, because you can never ‘out give’ DAD. I know it’s a Jubilee for you and your family.
Blessings and Shalom,
Mike
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