我聽到上帝說："不要怕，我正在建造歌珊！"
作者：內特-約翰斯頓 Nate Johnston
原文來源：內特-約翰斯頓部落格
日期：2022.9.27
翻譯：Kate
轉載/轉寄 請註明出處：國度禱告網

今年早些時候，我做了一夢，夢見我被一個邪惡的執政者追趕，在它的追趕下，全地陷入混亂、饑荒、金融衰退，以及折磨人的恐懼。我在奔跑，但它在我身後緊追不捨，我想盡辦法躲避它的追捕。我感到被包圍和無望，我內心的一切都感覺到這是結束，生命--我們所知道的--已經結束。

突然，我聽到主的聲音說："你在逃什麼？你沒有看到我正在地上做什麼嗎？你沒有看穿風暴的背後嗎？你難道沒有看穿混亂的背後，甚至在你門前發動的戰爭的背後，我正賜給你眼光看。教會面臨的時刻不是恐懼的時刻，也不是逃跑的時刻，而是轉過身來，追趕尾隨的敵人，把他壓在腳下，在地上彰顯我的榮耀的時刻！"

此時我聽到了句獨特的話，主說："因為許多人會說這是天啟(apocalypse)，但這不是世界的天啟，而是我啟示的天啟。這是揭示我的存在和我的榮耀，以及我的兒女們在地上的啟示"。

（希臘文Apocalypto的意思是耶穌的揭露--揭開鋪開被遮蓋或掩蓋的東西；披露，使之裸露：使人知道，使之顯現。）

"受造之物切望等候神的眾子顯出來。"（羅馬書8:19）

三個七年循環和安息年(Shmita)

當我醒來時，我正在為剛才在夢中看到的事物禱告，這時聖靈降臨在我身上，我看到了三個7年的時間循環。數字七（7）在希伯來語中是She'vah，意味著完美、完成，以及上帝的神聖旨意。這是一個時間循環，舊事結束，新事又開始。我相信我所看到的是7年循環，它將在猶太新年（Rosh Hashanah）（一年之首）開始和結束，那是沉思和慶祝新猶太年的時間。

有趣的是，現在我們有兩個事件相撞，既是一個猶太年的結束，也是安息年(Shmita)循環的結束。Shmita是 "釋放之年"，更廣為人知的是安息年，即六年的勞作（包括靈裡和身體上的），然後是Shmita，這是休息和完成的一年，為新一年做預備。

"六年你要耕種田地，收藏土產，
只是第七年要叫地歇息，不耕不種，使你民中的窮人有吃的；他們所剩下的，野獸可以吃。你的葡萄園和橄欖園也要照樣辦理。"（出埃及記23:10-11）。

在安息年，債務被免除，農田休耕，私人土地將向公眾開放，糧食儲存和常年收成等主食被自由地重新分配，供所有人使用。我相信安息年預表的是，無論世界上發生什麼事，主都會保護我們不受吞噬者的傷害，並供應給我們。

先知性循環的細節

我看到的第一個七年循環是從2015年到2022年，從2015年的猶太新年(吹角節)開始，到2022年的猶太新年(吹角節)結束。

在第一個七年循環裡：

˙我看到這是教會被震動的時期。
˙這是一切可以震動的東西都會被震動的時期。
˙這是對新事物進行強烈抵抗和延遲的時期。
˙這是暴露耶洗別、巫術和宗教等魔鬼任務的時期。
˙這是皮袋破裂的時期，這是教會開始被篩選和潔淨的七年時期。
˙在這七年裡，神從教會中震動一切虛假的東西，揭示出真的教會和一直在等待這一刻的餘民。
˙是一個開拓的時期，教會從舊思維方式中轉變出來，進入新思維方式。
˙這是一個許多蛇的頭被暴露出來的時期--這些蛇把教會關在盒子裡，但神正在揭示它們，以便一勞永逸地切斷它們。

我看到的第二個七年循環是從2022年到2029年：

˙這個循環是重新定位、重新覺醒、參與、動員和預備的七年循環。
˙我覺得這個循環是為讓神的政權和教會進入在地上的許多有影響力的範圍內。
˙這是教會面對現實，成為地上的聲音的七年循環--這就是為什麼它開始於2022年，聲音之年，教會的聲音在地上被喚醒。
˙這是揭示藍圖和策略的七年季節。
˙這是建造和構建上帝賦予教會的事務的七年循環，即未來幾年的願景和計畫。
˙這是教會步入合一的季節，品牌將被解散，無力的教會將崩潰。帝國將在這七年循環間倒下，為聖靈所賜的教會以強大的聲音和吼聲在地上出現。

我所看到的第三個七年循環的循環就是前兩個七年循環的結果：

˙這最後一個循環是王國衝突的七年。
˙這既是敵人在地上大力實施議程的時期，也是一個更大的榮耀的時期。
˙這是一直被隱藏和秘密進行的事物不能再被隱藏的時間。
˙在這個時候，被敵人佔有的人的陰謀和計畫會出現，並試圖被執行和生效，但這也是一個令人驚訝的恩惠、供應和極為豐盛的收穫時刻。
˙這是神要以強有力的方式炫耀祂的新婦的循環，我們將不會害怕敵人的恐嚇，因為雖然它看起來來勢洶洶，但我清楚地看到這些巨人和他們的計畫正在倒下。
˙這是敵人的計畫被打破的時候，牠的手會過度揮舞，這將直接帶來豐收中的豐收。

約瑟的外袍

幾天後，主開始對我說起約瑟的外袍。祂對我說："內特，在這個時候，約瑟的外袍將釋放在我的教會和我的新婦身上。我將呼召人們進入許多不同的策略影響力之處。有一些人我要用他們來為這些全球大震動的時代預備基督的身體。這些人將為這些時代建立、構建和聚集。就像約瑟被關在監獄裡，然後突然被召入宮中一樣，我要為許多被我召入這個外袍的人做同樣的事情；那些一直被監禁的、被休眠的、被扼殺的，並被關閉和封住嘴的人。

"但一會兒，我要呼召他們發揮策略影響，因為地上的法老（雖然不敬虔）認識到他們需要什麼，他們需要一個帶著永生神的靈的人，以及能夠使他們擺脫困境的智慧。就像法老把約瑟叫到宮中一樣，我將壓制法老和地上的國王的心，他們將尋找這些 "約瑟"，把他們帶到在地上有影響力之處。

"而這些約瑟，他們將帶著這個時代所需的智慧。他們將帶著洞察力，他們將帶著know-how，去建造和建構藐視和抵消敵人的計畫所需要建和建構的事物，就如約瑟在創世記所做的。約瑟能為法老解夢，看到七年的豐收期到來和七年的饑荒期到來--七頭瘦弱的牛和七頭肥壯的牛。

"我要使用這些約瑟，能夠為即將到來的事情做預備，他們將建造歌珊，"主說："因為現在，世界上很多人都處於恐懼之中，基督的身體被推到了角落裡，已經被迷惑了，失去了未來，失去了戰鬥力。他們一直把頭埋在沙子裡，揮舞著白旗，但他們需要知道，沒有什麼好怕的，因為他們的未來是歌珊！"

"我不是已經預備好了嗎？"主說，"我不是已經叫這些人進入有影響力之處嗎？你們沒有什麼好怕的！"

主說："你需要繼續前進--你需要不要停止。為什麼你的夢想會停止？為什麼你的計畫會停止？為什麼你放棄了你的外袍？為什麼你放棄了你的樂器？為什麼你放下了你的筆？因為你需要繼續往前走，毫不畏懼，我現在正在鋪設和清理道路，我正在甩掉和打破恐懼和只要活下去就好的心態。那種心態一直籠罩著教會，透過多年的震動，多年的混亂和動盪而進入。主說："我要把讚美的外袍放在他們身上，他們要放棄沉重的靈。

因為主說："現在我正在建造歌珊！" 因此，拿起你的工具和你的外袍，回到盼望中，因為未來的日子是你最好的日子！"

歌珊是什麼？

歌珊是一塊從埃及送給以色列人的土地，它與迦南地接壤，預示著我們如何在這世界上，但不屬於這世界。這是國度豁免權和保護的應許，即使在世俗制度和饑荒以及罪的果子中也是如此。歌珊這個名字的意思是 "靠近"，是對走出世界、混合和妥協的呼召，並與神建立更大的聯繫和住在神裡面。

"你和你的兒子孫子，連牛群羊群，並一切所有的，都可以住在歌珊地，與我相近。"（創世記45:10）。

歌珊是你的應許，在做了這麼久的遊牧民族之後，終於在上帝給你的土地上定居了。

"以色列人住在埃及的歌珊地。他們在那裡置了產業，並且生育甚多。"（創世記47:27）

歌珊是無論你周圍發生了什麼，都能結出果子和加增的應許。歌珊是神使以色列成為偉大國家之處，也是神要建立、栽種和建造你之處。歌珊受到保護，不受埃及災禍的影響，這預示著我們將受到保護，不受世俗政府和制度的風暴和波動的影響。

歌珊是一種親密無間的心態，是為主而設立的。歌珊預言了在敵人陣營中的領土和佔領。歌珊是一種受祝福的恩膏，在所有的季節裡都能蓬勃發展。

我正在建造歌珊！

最後，我只想分享我在這一年中不斷看到的東西。神的子民突然發出強烈的呼聲和呼召，要建立和設立 "不拘一格"的聚會、中心和場所。有一種強烈的呼聲，要求起床、打包、離開去尋找這些地方。人們正預備好他們的家人，以便他們能夠將自己的生命播撒到神呼召許多人建立的這些地方。搬遷正在發生--上帝正在將人們從死寂的環境中拉出來，進入歌珊環境。他們正被拉出那些沒有預言的法令、未來和盼望（耶利米書29:11）之處，把他們放到有異象、運動和行動之處。他們正從虛假中走出來，進入真理。

腳步正在移動！

正因為如此，許多人有藍圖落在他們的腿上，並一直覺得被拉進建造社區和上帝同在之處，對這些人，主說："這是我要你建造的，我要你建造風暴屋，這是風暴中的安全之處。" 它們將像約瑟的糧倉一樣，但它們將是風暴屋，因為它們將為許多人提供保護，免受風暴的影響。它們不僅為教會預備財務供應、食物和住所，並使教會免受敵人在未來的日子試圖震動的事務的影響，而且是進行門徒訓練，並興起如何在這時期有果效的人們。將興起一支軍隊，對黑暗的王國進行反擊，並興起一個在他們所處的時代有能有力的民族。

讓盼望再一次充滿你的心

在5783年這個新猶太年的開始，歌珊是你踏入一個時代的應許，要為之興奮，而不是像新聞、媒體和許多鼓吹恐懼的信徒那樣害怕。恐懼並沒有幫助你，而是綑綁你，但現在，主正在打破長期以來籠罩在你身上的沉重和絕望的枷鎖。

現在是時候讓盼望再次充滿你的心，用新風填滿你的帆，衝出你一直以來的禁錮。

現在是時候擁抱主的保護和供應，並自信地向前邁進，知道祂是你的破路者，為你領路（彌迦書2:13），也是你的後衛。

很快你就會回顧過去幾年，而不再看到困惑、痛苦心靈的醫治、奇怪的對峙，以及之前計畫中的失敗和停滯；你會看到神是如何偷偷地把你從錯誤的情況和關係、過時的任務、偶像化的門派和異象、有限的心態、心的問題和創傷中拯救出來，並把你從多年來纏繞你的每一張網中解救出來。

"難道你看不出我一直在重塑你嗎？"主說："現在，看著我從這個地方為我一直渴望你看到的運動鋪設道路，但你的手若還在舊的犁上，就無法看到。所以，拿起新的盼望，捨棄恐懼，與我一起建造歌珊的歲月！" 


I HEARD THE LORD SAY "DO NOT FEAR, I AM BUILDING GOSHEN!"
Nate Johnston

Earlier in the year, I had a dream where I was being pursued and chased by a demonic principality and in its wake, it was stirring up the earth into chaos, famine, financial recession, and tormenting fear. I was running but It was hot on my tail and I was doing everything I could to dodge its grasp. I felt surrounded and hopeless, and everything inside of me was feeling like this was the end, and life—as we knew it—was over.

Suddenly I heard the voice of the Lord say, “what are you running from? Do you not see what I am doing in the earth right now? Do you not see through the storm? Do you not see through the chaos, and even in the war being waged at your doorstep, I am giving you eyes to see. The hour that is upon the Church is not an hour of fear, nor is not an hour to run, but it is an hour to turn around, pursue the enemy on your tail, crush him under your feet, and reveal My glory in the earth!”

And that's when I heard this unusual word, the Lord said, “For many would say that this is the apocalypse, but this is not the apocalypse of the world, but the apocalypse of My revealing. This is the apocalypse of the revealing of My presence and My glory, and of My sons and daughters in the earth.”

(The Greek Apocalypto means the revealing of Jesus - to uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up; to disclose, make bare: to make known, make manifest)

“For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed” (Romans 8:19)

THREE CYCLES OF SEVEN & THE SHMITA

When I woke up I was praying into what I had just seen in the dream when the Spirit came upon me and I saw three 7-year periods of time. The number seven (7) in Hebrew is She'vah and means perfection, completion, and the divine will of God. It’s a cycle of time where things come to an end and new things begin again. I believe what I was seeing was the 7-year cycles that would begin and end on Rosh Hashanah (the head of the year or the first of the year) which is the time of contemplation and celebration of a new Jewish year.

Interestingly right now we have two events colliding which are both the ending of a Jewish year and the end of a Shmita cycle. A Shmita is the “year of release,” which is more widely known as the sabbatical year—six years of toil (both spiritually and physically) followed by the shmita which is a year of rest and completion readying for the new.

"For six years you are to sow your land and to gather its produce, but in the seventh year, you are to let it go [tishm’tenah] and to let it be [u’nitashta], that the needy of your people may eat, and what remains, the wildlife of the field shall eat. Do thus with your vineyard, with your olive grove” (Exodus 23:10-11)

In the Shmita year, debts are to be forgiven, agricultural lands to lie fallow, private land holdings to become open to the commons, and staples such as food storage and perennial harvests to be freely redistributed and accessible to all. I believe the Shmita prophetically speaks of the Lord's protection from the devourer and His provision no matter what is taking place in the world.

PROPHETIC CYCLES BROKEN DOWN

The first 7-year period I saw was from 2015 to 2022, starting at Rosh Hashanah 2015 and ending on Rosh Hashanah 2022.

During this seven-year period;

˙I saw that it was a period of the church being shaken.
˙It was a period of everything that could be shaken would be shaken.
˙It was a time of intense resistance and delay against the new.
˙A time of exposure of the demonic assignments of Jezebel, witchcraft, and religion.
˙It was a time of the wineskin bursting, and it was a seven-year period of the Church beginning to be sifted and purified.
˙It was a seven-year period where God was shaking every false thing from the Church and revealing the true Church and the remnant that had been waiting for this moment.
˙It was a time of pioneering and the Church shifting out of old mindsets and into a new way of thinking.
˙It’s was a time when the heads of many snakes being exposed - snakes that have kept the Church in a box, but God was revealing them to cut them off once and for all.

The second 7-year period I saw was from 2022 to 2029.

˙This cycle was a seven-year season of repositioning, reawakening, engagement, mobilization, and preparation.
˙I felt it was for the government of God and the Church stepping into its governmental role in the earth in many mountains of influence.
˙It was a seven-year period of the Church pulling its head out of the sand and becoming a voice in the earth—which is why it began in 2022, the year of the voice, the voice of the Church being awoken in the earth.
˙It was a seven-year season of blueprints being revealed and strategies.
˙It was a seven-year season of building and constructing what God had given the Church to build and construct—the vision and plans for coming years.
˙It was a season for the church to step into a time of unity where brands would be dissolved and the powerless Church would crumble. Empires would fall during this seven-year period making way for the Spirit-yielded Church to emerge with a powerful voice and roar in the earth.

The third cycle of the 7-year periods that I saw was what the two previous cycles of seven years had been leading up to.

˙This final cycle was the seven-year period of the clashing of kingdoms.
˙It was both a time of great enforcement of the enemy's agenda in the earth and a time of greater glory.
˙It was the time when things that have been hidden and done in secret could no longer be kept hidden.
˙A time where the plots and plans by men possessed by the enemy would emerge and be attempted to be enforced and brought into effect but it was also a time of amazing favor, provision, and ridiculous harvest.
˙This was the cycle that God was going to show off His Bride in a powerful way and we would not be in fear of the intimidation of the enemy because while it looked menacing I saw clear as day these giants and their plans falling.
˙It will be a time when the plans of the enemy come undone and he overplays his hand which will lead right into the harvest of harvests.

THE MANTLE OF JOSEPH

Then a few days later the Lord began to speak to me about the mantle of Joseph. And He said to me, “Nate, in this hour, the mantle of Joseph is going to be released over My Church and over My Bride. I'm going to call people into many different places of strategic influence. There are those that I'm going to use to prepare the Body of Christ for these times of great global shaking. These are those that will build and construct and gather for these times. And just like Joseph was in the prison and then was suddenly called to the palace, I'm going to do the same thing for many of those that I'm calling into this mantle; those that have been in a place of imprisonment, a place of dormancy, a place of being stifled, and have been shut down and muzzled.

“But in a moment, I'm going to call them to strategic influence because the Pharaohs' of the earth (while not godly) recognize that they need something and they need someone who carries the Spirit of the living God, and the wisdom to be able to get them out of the bind that they're in. And just like Pharaoh called Joseph to the palace, I'm going to press on the hearts of Pharaohs' and earthly kings, and they will search out these "Josephs" and bring them into a place of influence in the earth.

“And these Josephs, they will carry the wisdom for this time. They will carry the insight and they will carry the know-how to build and construct what needs to be built and constructed to defy and counteract the plans of the enemy—just as Joseph did in Genesis. He was able to interpret the dream of Pharaoh and see the seven years of plenty coming and the seven years of famine coming—the seven skinny cows and the seven fattened calves.

“I'm going to use these Josephs to be able to prepare for what is coming and they will build Goshen," says the Lord. "For right now, many around the world are in fear, and the Body of Christ has been pushed into a corner and have been confused, have lost their future, and have lost the fight. They have been burying their heads in the sand and waving their white flag but they need to know there is nothing to fear because their future is Goshen!”

"Have I not already prepared it?" says the Lord, "have I not already called these people into places of influence? You do not have anything to fear!”

And the Lord would say, “You need to keep going forward—you need to not stop. Why did your dreaming stop? Why did your plans stop? Why did you drop your mantle? Why did you drop your instrument? Why did you drop your pen? For you need to keep going forward unafraid, I am paving and clearing the way right now, I'm shaking off and breaking off the fear and the survival mentality. That mentality that has been over the Church that entered through years of shaking, the years of chaos and unrest. And I'm putting on them the mantle of praise and they're going to forfeit the spirit of heaviness," says the Lord.

For the Lord would say, “Right now I am building Goshen!” So pick up your tools and your mantle and step back into hope for the days ahead are your best days!”

WHAT IS GOSHEN?

Goshen was a plot of land given to the Israelites from Egypt that bordered Canaan which is prophetic of how we are in the world but not of it. It’s the promise of kingdom immunity and protection even amidst worldly systems and famine, and the fruit of sin. The name Goshen means “drawing near” and is a call to come out of the world, mixture, and compromise and create a greater connection and dwelling with God.

“You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have” (Genesis 45:10)

Goshen is your promise of finally settling in the land God has given you after being nomads for so long.

"Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number” (Genesis 47:27)

Goshen is the promise of being fruitful and increasing no matter what is taking place around you. Goshen was the place where God made Israel into a great nation and its where God will establish and plant you and build you. Goshen was protected from the plagues of Egypt which speaks prophetically of how we will be protected from the storms and fluctuations of earthly governments and systems.

Goshen is a heart posture of intimacy and being set apart unto the Lord. Goshen speaks prophetically of territory and occupation in the enemy's camp. Goshen is an anointing to be blessed and flourish in all seasons.

I AM BUILDING GOSHEN!

And lastly, I just wanna share what I keep seeing throughout this year. There has been this strong sudden cry and call on the hearts of God's people to build and establish "out of the box" gatherings, hubs, and places. There has been a strong cry to get up, pack, and leave to find these places. People are readying their families to physically move locations so that they can sow their lives into these places God is calling many to build. Relocation is taking place—God is pulling people out of dead environments and into Goshen environments. They are being pulled out of places that are void of the prophetic decree, future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11) and putting them into places of vision, movement, and action. They are coming out of the false and into authenticity.

Feet are stirring and beginning to move!

Because of this many have had blueprints drop in their lap and have been feeling the pull to establish communities and places of God's presence, and to those people, the Lord would say, “This is what I want you to build, I want you to build storm houses which will be a place safe from any storm.” They will be like Joseph's storehouses, but they will be storm houses because they'll provide protection for many from the storm. And they will be the ones that not only prepare the Church in terms of financial provision, food and shelter, and safety from the things that the enemy would try to shake in the days to come but they would be the ones that would disciple and raise up people to know how to be effective during these times. There would be those who would raise up an army of people who would fight back against the kingdom of darkness and raise up a people that were effective in the times that they were living in.

LET HOPE FILL YOUR HEART ONCE AGAIN

At the beginning of this new Jewish year of 5783 Goshen is your promise of stepping into a epoch to be excited about not dread like the news, media, and many fear mongering believers are doing. Fear has not helped you but has BOUND you but right now the Lord is breaking the yoke of heaviness and despair that has been over you for so long.

It’s time to let hope fill your heart once again and fill your sails with fresh wind to break out of the confinement you have been in.

It’s time to embrace the protection and provision of the Lord and confidently move forward knowing He is your breaker leading the way for you (Micah 2:13) and your rear guard.

Soon you are going to look back on the last few years and not see confusion, painful heart healing, awkward confrontation, and the failure and standstill in your previous plans, but you will see how much God was sneakily delivering you from wrong situations and relationships, outdated assignments, idolised doors and vision, limited mindsets, heart issues and trauma, and untangled you from every web that has been wrapped around you for years.

“Can’t you see that I have been REBUILDING you?” says the lord. “Now watch as from this place I lay the bricks of the movement I have always longed for you to see but that you couldn’t while you still had your hand on the old plow. So pick up fresh hope, shed the fear, and build the years of Goshen with me!”