This weekend I spoke at the N.H. Aglow Retreat. Part of what I shared had to do with a
Breakthrough Sound. We talked about
restoring the sound of joy and victory in our tent and releasing that so we
will be a people He can come and agree with.
We will then be the agents on earth to make manifest the Kingdom of God.
Here is what I think is the most significant “sign” that has
happened in recent days. Do any of you
remember Felix Baumgartner jumping from a hot air balloon at the edge of space
last fall? I believe, with the Felix
Baumgartner jump on October 14, 2012, we entered a new era. He was the first man who broke the sound
barrier with his own body and it has gone virtually unnoticed by the prophetic
community. Until now, the only way the
sound barrier could be broken was with, or in, a vehicle. In other words, Felix Baumgartner was the
first man to reach supersonic speed in his own body, as he fell from 24 miles
above the earth.
Here is the condensed version of my research turned into a
short synopsis of what I see:
Firstly, October 13th (the day before the jump)
was the first day that the yearly Torah readings in the Jewish calendar
returned to Genesis 1:1. As we know, the
first chapters in Genesis are all about the Garden of Eden. These Genesis readings, if we are going by
the Jewish calendar, began the day before the jump. Felix, in Hebrew, means
“happy, fortunate” and Baumgartner means “nurseryman”-- one who owned or worked
in an orchard. His mother’s name is Ava,
a derivative of Eve.
I believe we as the church, are returning to the revelation
of God’s intentional design to happily care for the original garden (Israel)
and in a larger context, the earth and take dominion so that God can reign. It is time for these scriptures to be fulfilled:
For the LORD shall comfort Zion:
he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like
the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be
found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Is. 51:3.
Jer. 31:12, Therefore they shall come and sing in the height
of Zion, and
shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and
for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall
be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall
the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will
turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from
their sorrow.
Ez. 36:35, And they shall say, This land that was desolate
is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities
[are become] fenced, [and] are inhabited.
Isaiah 51:11, Therefore, the redeemed of the LORD shall
return, and come with singing unto Zion;
and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and
joy; [and] sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
The song of victory is powerful enough to bring restoration
of God’s original intention.
Baumgartner jumped from an altitude 24 miles above the
earth. The number twenty-four, being a
multiple of twelve, is the number associated with the heavenly government and
worship, of which the earthly form in Israel (David’s Tabernacle) was
only a copy. So, this restoration is
about the kingdom
of God being firmly
established on earth as it is in heaven.
24= two Hebrew
letters kaph-deleth which was signified by an open palm in the act of opening
the door of priesthood and the sanctuary of God.
You know, even Jesus
could only enter the outer court of the Temple
when He was on the earth. He was the
High Priest in the spiritual sense, but He never stepped beyond the veil. We are given the opportunity to understand
the greater things that are now available to us; full privilege as priests to
live in that dimension.
To give Baumgartner’s jump more significance; it came into
an alignment with two other events on the same day, both having to do with
breaking the sound barrier. Because of
inclement weather delays, Felix’s first attempt had to be aborted and
consequently rescheduled. This caused
his jump to align with the exact date on which Chuck Yeager had broken the
sound barrier in an airplane in 1947.
Also, the space shuttle Endeavor breaks the sound barrier
multiple times as it descends in a controlled fall. It came to its final resting place in Los Angeles on that same
date, also due to unforeseen delays. The
alignment of these three events has caused me to be curious about what God
might be saying.
I have also noted that the day after this jump, was the
first day of the Feast of Tabernacles on the Jewish calendar. This has so many implications for us
today. I wish I could concentrate more
on it, but, in a nutshell, the Feast of Tabernacles, in Jewish circles is
considered THE feast. It symbolizes God
coming and dwelling in the midst. It
symbolizes God being married to His people.
It symbolizes the ingathering of the nations in response to Israel
being a teacher nation who lives out the commandments of God to be a light to
the nations. There is no other festival
or feast that has as its commandment a sound of JOY being released. It is the culmination feast, celebrating all
God is and has intended for His people.
My take on Felix’s jump is, we are being given an
opportunity to understand that the time of human “endeavor” to bring a sound of
heaven into the earth realm has come to its final resting place. We no longer have to have a vehicle through
which to bring the sound of heaven to earth.
We have now entered a new era where it is possible to BE the sound; not
just BRING the sound. The door is open
for us in a new way to operate in the high priestly calling. We are being given the ability to become one
with the eternal sound as we access the sanctuary of God inside us, and release
the sound from the place where God tabernacles within us. We instinctively know and can recognize the
sound, because it is part of our DNA. One of the sounds that we need to
understand and incorporate into our own unique calling for today, is that Israel
and the Jewish people have been given the commission to be a light to the
nations. What do you think it means when
God says that salvation is from the Jews?
Is there maybe a piece that is missing in their understanding before
they can fulfill that commission more fully?
How are they going to get that piece back? How can we release a sound that will restore
that revelation?
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Felix’s goal was to reach the edge of space and break the
speed of sound. He had a dream. He had a
goal bigger than life that drove him, and one for which he was willing to die
trying to achieve. Do you have a goal
like that? When I received the
understanding of Israel
in the plan of God, one of the thoughts I had was, “This is something worth
living for and something worth dying for.”
As citizens of heaven, one of our goals is to be that
breaker company, with the adventuring and pioneering spirit, which will release
a sound to awaken and restore the prophetic purpose Israel has been given. This will cause them to once again, BE the
sound to the Nations that God originally intended. It will pave the way for Him
to come back and tabernacle with us here.
While that is the ultimate goal, we also have the additional commission
to BE the sound in whatever sphere of influence we have been given. Our personal call; our personal sound, and
God’s ultimate intention are intricately woven together.
Some people, after hearing the story of Felix have asked,
“Why would he do such a dangerous thing?
He would have to be crazy?” It seems
foolish to those people. We are going to
be asked step out in the understanding we have, and put ourselves in situations
that will fail miserably if God does not show up. We are going to have to make the decision to
be “all in.” Esther...if I perish, I
perish. Ruth...I don’t know what the
future holds, but where you go, I will go…Peter…where would I go…You have the
words of eternal life…
I like to say that today’s crazy is tomorrow’s cutting
edge, and next week’s normal. I want to hang with the pioneers and the
“birthers” who are willing to look crazy so that something new can happen:
something God has had on His heart for a very long time. I believe the next thing we need to turn our
attention to, is helping creation (which encompasses Israel, the nations,
individual people as well as the nature) get her sound back; get their identity
back. When we ARE the sound of joy and
gladness, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody, Creation can take its rightful
place and we can all return to the Eden
of the heart of God.
