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5774年 - 進入你“天門打開”的季節,看那梯子...
The Year 5774 - Moving Into Your Season of the "Open Door" and Ladders...

一個偉大的轉型季節臨到我們

我們現在已經順利地進入了猶太曆5774年,對許多人來說,5773年一直在神的同在下經歷著從舊的循環到新季節的轉換。儘管過去的季節裡我們有許多的挑戰,但那都是有益處的,因為它為我們就要進入的季節和我們的未來做了足夠的預備。

恰克 皮爾斯把5773年叫做“駱駝之年”。駱駝就是為你特別設計的,使你可以帶著自己大量的財物縱橫曠野。過去的一年我們一直處在一個預備基督身體合一的過渡季節裡。而這一切,我相信都是為那要來到的季節做準備,那將是一個偉大的季節,一個有著豐富供應的季節,遇見神的季節,個人,團體和國家都會迎來大復興。

我們在創世記31章中看到了這個即將到來季節的圖畫。雅各在遙遠的國度裡為他不公義的岳父拉班做工;他做了14年的工---七年為拉結,七年為利亞。拉班欺騙了雅各,前後改了他十次工價。

 對許多人來說,你也像在一個遙遠的國度裡經歷了極大的試煉和困難,但神正在呼召你起來走出那個地方進入新的領域。

耶和華對雅各說,你要回你祖你父之地,到你親族那裡去,我必與你同在。”(創31:3後來天使在夢中又一次對雅各說,我是伯特利的神,你在那裡用油澆過柱子,向我許過願。現今你起來離開這地,回你本地去吧!”(創31:13

你看到耶和華怎樣對雅各說話了嗎?“現在起來”,現在就是起來的時候!

雅各第一次遇見天門打開

要做好準備跟這次轉型連接,因為神要為你打開天門並帶你一同進入嶄新的領域。在這個季節之前,神早就大大祝福了雅各,但現在才是他要回去的時候,回到他跟神初次相遇的地方伯特利。創世記28:11-19講述了他在伯特利的經歷。

在伯特利,雅各夢中看到天門開了,有梯子立在地上,頭頂著天,有神的使者在梯子上,上去,下來。他把那地方叫做“天的門”。就是在那裡神提醒他與亞伯拉罕和以撒所立的約,並應許賜福給雅各和他的後裔。

 

接著在創世記31章中,耶和華曉諭雅各說該是回到伯特利的時候了。按照神的應許,雅各已經為進入新的季節做好了準備。雅各起來,使他的兒子和妻子都騎上駱駝。”(創31:17雅各帶著他的孩子,妻子和他所有的財物逃往伯特利,而他的岳父拉班,第三天才聽到了消息。拉班惱怒雅各用這樣的方法離開,就前去追趕想要害他;但神的使者夢中向他顯現,警告他不可與雅各說好說歹。

起身行動

因為我要正在經歷變遷,要回到那天門打開的地方,所以舊季節可能不想讓你離開,但是要立刻起身行動---因為神與你同在!當我們繼續前行要進入新季節的時候,神的使者會保護看顧你和你的家人。

創世記31章中雅各和拉班之間的許多事情都為人熟知,但我想強調的重點是---雅各代表著新秩序,而拉班代表著過去。舊秩序總會受到新秩序的威脅,因此會盡一切可能來阻止它。拉班不想讓雅各走,但是最後,他卻祝福雅各並放他離去。

 拉班清早起來,與他外孫和女兒親嘴,給他們祝福,回往自己的地方去了。”(創31:55

 

我們正在經歷轉型要進入新的季節,所以我們必須要對過去的事情做一個很好的了結。這一點很重要,因為我們不想把任何過去的敵對帶進新的季節。

瑪哈念---兩個隊伍之間的舞蹈

拉班對雅各,對女兒和孫子們送上了祝福, 雅各以和平的方式離開了他的岳父,回到自己的家鄉。緊接著在創世記32章,我們又看到了一幅圖畫,那就是我們要邁進5774年的圖畫。

   雅各仍舊行路,神的使者遇見他。雅各看見他們就說:‘這是神的軍兵。’所以給那地方起名叫瑪哈念。(就是兩軍兵的意思)(創32:1-2

經上說就在雅各回到伯特利的途中,神的使者遇見了他,雅各把那個地方叫做“瑪哈念”,意思是兩個隊伍。所羅門的詩歌,雅歌6章中把“瑪哈念”描述為“書拉密女”。

   回來,回來,書拉密女!你回來,你回來,使我們得觀看你!你們為何要觀看書拉密女,像觀看瑪哈念跳舞的呢?”(雅歌6:13)

瑪哈念就是兩個隊伍之間的舞蹈!當雅各的心轉向伯特利,那是他初次遇見神的地方,那是他在夢中看到天使的地方,經上立刻就提到“神的使者遇見了他。所以他把那個地方叫做瑪哈念(兩個隊伍)。”雅各把那地方叫瑪哈念是因為在那個地方,天上的隊伍(天使)遇到了雅各的隊伍(指轉型中的家人),並且他們在跳著瑪哈念的舞蹈!雅各在新的季節裡與天使共舞!
  


當我們要回到天門打開的季節時,神也一樣要派他的隊伍來支持我們。我們需要跳舞,跳舞,帶著極大的期待跳舞進入新的季節,並將有神的使者與我們同在,來保護我們,引導我們,解救我們---但我們必須持續跳舞!

是時候歡呼了,為著神一直以來所預備讓我們帶出來的所有財富,為著神要釋放我們進入的新季節,歡呼吧!我們正帶著神所有的祝福從舊的季節裡轉型出來,進入充滿啟示,更新的新季節,我們要遇見神。

在創世記28章中,雅各在夢中看見天使。當他經歷了曠野的14年之後,我們從另一個層面看到他正在和天使共舞!在另一個層面裡,你也要預備與神同在!要預備好,更大的啟示要向你顯現!預備好吧,天門要打開,全新的季節就要來到!

傑夫·詹森


Jeff Jansen:
The Year 5774 - Moving Into Your Season of the "Open Door" and Ladders...

A Season of Great Transition is Upon Us

We are now well into the new Jewish year of 5774, and for many the year 5773 has been a year of the beginning of transition from one cycle or old season with God into the new. The old season, though challenging for many, was good as it has prepared us for where we are going and what we are coming into.

Chuck Pierce called the year 5773 the year of "the Camel". Camels are uniquely designed to be able to carry an individual with his or her belongings through the wilderness with great ease. This past year we have been in the beginning of a season of transition that is preparing the corporate Body of Christ for what I believe to be – a season of great provision, visitation and personal, corporate and national revival.

We see a picture of this coming season in Genesis 31 with Jacob as he had worked for his unrighteous father-in-law, Laban, in the far country; 7 years for Rachel and 7 years for Leah – a total of 14 years. Laban was untrustworthy in his dealings with Jacob and had changed his wages 10 times.

For many, you have come through a season of great testing and difficulty as you seem to have been in the far country, but the Lord is calling you up and out of that place into the new.

The Lord speaks to Jacob and says, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you" (Genesis 31:3). And again the Angel of the Lord said to Jacob in a dream, "I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you vowed a vow to Me. NOW ARISE, get out from this land and return to your native land" (Genesis 31:13).

Do you see how the Lord told Jacob to "Now arise"? It's time to NOW ARISE!

Jacob's First Encounter with the Open Door

Be prepared to cooperate with this transition as the Lord is opening the door to move you into new places with Him. The Lord had greatly blessed Jacob in this season, but it was NOW time for him to get back to the place where he had first encountered God which was at Bethel. Genesis 28:11-19 tells his experience at Bethel.

In Bethel, Jacob encountered the Open Door in a dream with the angels of God ascending and descending upon a heavenly ladder. He called it the "Gateway to Heaven". It's where the Lord reminded him of his covenant with Abraham and Isaac and pronounced blessing upon him and his offspring.

 

Then in Genesis 31, the Lord told Jacob it was time to get back to Bethel. Jacob made preparations to move into the new season according to the word of the Lord: "Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon the camels" (Genesis 31:17). Jacob fled on camels with his wives, children and all of his belongs for Bethel, and Laban, his father-in-law, was not told about it for three days. Laban was enraged that Jacob would leave this way and he pursued him with the intent of doing him harm; but the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and warned him to not speak or act against him.

Rise Up and Move

As we are transitioning to get back to the place of the Open Door, the old season may not want to let you go, but rise up and move – for God is with you! The Angel of the Lord will protect and watch over you and your family as we continue to move in this season.

There are many things that transpired between Jacob and Laban in Genesis 31 but the point I want to make is this – Jacob is symbolic of the new order, as Laban represents the old. The old order is most always threatened by the new and wants to stop it if at all possible. Laban did not want to let Jacob go, but in the end he pronounces a blessing upon him and releases him.

"And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and pronounced a blessing [asking God's favor] on them. Then Laban departed and returned to his home." Genesis 31:55
 


As we are making the transition into the new we will have to tie up loose ends with the last season. This is important as we do not want to be bringing any offense from the old season into the new.

Mahanaim – The Dance Between the Two Armies

Jacob had found a peaceable release from his father-in-law as Laban blessed Jacob, his daughters and grandchildren and returned to his home. Immediately in Genesis 32, we see a picture of where we are headed in this new season of 5774. "Then Jacob went on his way, and God's angels met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's army! So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies]" (Genesis 32:1-2).

As Jacob is heading back toward Bethel, it says that the angels of God met him. Jacob called that place "Mahanaim" which means two armies! Song of Solomon, chapter 6, goes on to describe that "Mahanaim" means "Shulammite girl".

"Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may look upon you! [I replied] What is there for you to see in the [poor little] Shulammite? [And they answered] As upon a dance before two armies or a dance of Mahanaim." Song of Solomon 6:13

The Mahanaim is a dance between the two armies! As Jacob turned his heart toward Bethel, the place of his original encounter with the Lord, where he saw the angels in a dream, immediately it says that "God's angels met him. So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies]". Jacob called the place Mahanaim because Heaven's army (the angels) met Jacob's army (family in transition) and they danced the dance of the Mahanaim! Jacob danced with the angels in the new season!

As we are moving back into a season of the Open Door, God is sending His army to assist us. We need to dance, dance, dance into this new season with great expectation, and God's angels will be with us to protect, guide and deliver us – but we have to keep dancing!

 

It's a time to rejoice for all God has brought us out of and what He is delivering us into. We are transitioning out of an old season with all that God has blessed us with into the new season of visitation, revelation and renewal.

In Genesis 28, Jacob saw the angels in a dream. After his wilderness experience 14 years later, he is now dancing with them in another dimension! Prepare for another dimension in God! Prepare for a greater glory to be revealed to you! Prepare for a fresh new season of the Open Door!

Jeff Jansen, Senior Leader
Global Fire Church & Global Connect
Global Fire Ministries International