Welcome to the seventh and final day of the NCAY Annual Jericho March. This is a tradition which Messianic Evangelicals have been observing for the last decade and whilst we primarily use the event for teaching Gospel principles it's also really a call to prayer. I don't know if other people use it the way we do but I have heard of deliverance ministers 'marching' around towns and cities as part of a deliverance prayer session to come against satanic forces operating therein (like territorial spirits). They claim it is effectual. I have only done that once, at a distance, the target being in Switzerland, and there were definitely dramatic results. Whatsoever is done in emunah (faith) and the request is in Yahweh's will, then miracles do happen. I have also known people do such 'marches' and nothing apparently happens at all but I can't judge as sometimes prayers do take time to be answered because the timing is not right or the response is purposefully in the future.

A brother asked whether, in like manner, we should or could speak to spiritual mountains like walking around spiritual strongholds in the Jeriocho Marches? If that is what the Ruach (Spirit) leads you to do then by answer would be, definitely, yes, do it. Physically enacting out things which you desire to see accomplished in the Ruach (Spirit) is part of the prophetic tradition of Israel, about which I hope to speak more tomorrow, as these are both useful teaching devices and the means to release faith. Luke records an interesting incident in Acts:

"And believers were increasingly added to the Master, multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them" (Acts 5:14-15, NKJV).

Whilst the shadow of Peter obviously had no intrinisic healing power (a shadow is simply a diminution in light), this was how some of those seeking ministry released their faith and were healed. The sick woman touching Yah'shua's (Jesus') tzitzit or tassels on the hem of His garment is another of many such examples. These were human-initiated acts of faith. The Jericho March, on the other hand, was ordained and commanded by Yahweh Himself, and whilst the marching, trumpet-blowing and finally the mighty shout did not of themselves being down the walls of that fortress, they were the means by which the faith of the marchers was released, made all the more potent by the fact that they were exactly imitating a divine tavnith or pattern. And of course it was dramatic theatre for the Canaanite inhabitants, the sign that their end had come. There is still much more to be learned from the reasons Yahweh instructed these marches to be done that I have been talking about these past six days.

The brother with the earlier question also asked me whether we could literally move mountains by faith in a similar manner? (Mt.21:21; Mk.11:23) The answer is, yes, absolutely, even if this parable can, and does, have a figurative or spiritual application too, but again only if it were to be in Yahweh's will, for it would be Him doing the lifting and throwing, not any occult-type power in man. You can't just decide to throw Mt.Everst into the Indian Ocean! Can you imagine the chaos and destruction that would ensue if people of great faith started tossing mountains into the sea? And yet there is, is there not, a time when this will happen literally, something the last generation will witness, though the hurling will be by a supernatural agent and not by faith-filled believers, the the 'mountain' will most likely be a very large meteorite or small asteroid:

"Then the second malak (angel) sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed" (Rev.8:8-9, NKJV).

Personally I do not believe we will ever likely be called upon to rip up mountains and throw them anywhere. Yah'shua (Jesus) was prompted to say this in response to the amazement of the talmidim (disciples) when He cursed a little fig tree and it whithered away. But there was a purpose in doing this because it was merely an illustration of what happens to those who claim to be the Covenant people yet who bring no fruit (Mt.21:18-19; Mk.11:20-23). He was not suggesting that they too could, or should, go around cursing unproductive fig trees. Neither do I think we are going to go around throwing mountains into lakes. What would be the point?

The Saviour was using Hebrew hyperbole to illustrate the power of faith in much the same way He humorously used splinters and tree trunks in peoples eyes to illustrate hypocrisy. The more important lesson to learn is this:

"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses" (Mark 11:23-26, NKJV).

But let us return to the day at hand. As yesterday, Yahweh did not give me anything specific until this morning when at around the same time of day I received another powerful vision. What's interesting about this one is that this is the second time I have seen it and it was identical to first time I was shown it. For some reason it had slipped my mind and I had forgotten to record it the first time so it was given to me again as a reminder. I have not had time to 'sit' on it for 24 hours this time, as I would like to have done had I responded the first time I saw it, so I will simply share it with you 'in the raw' and perhaps I will later add a footnote to the online article when I have been given more information unless Yahweh gives me the full interpretation now.

The vision was in two parts. In the first I was presented with a picture of the sky with a few clouds here and there, and then there was this sudden, massive, blinding explosion, like an old-fashioned camera flash bulb going off, so I cannot say what caused the explosion or even if anything was blown up, because it was so sudden and I saw no débris. As quickly as the first vision closed, the second vision opened and I was looking at the same spot in the sky. This time the sun was there but moving quite rapidly. Whereas normally the sun moves 15 degrees in an hour, here it moved about the same distance in just a couple of seconds. It was moving upwards in a diagonal fashion towards the 10 o'clock position in a slight arc. What was odd, though, was that after it had literally jumped however many degrees it was, it left behind a dark shadow, space or 'hole' where it had previously been.

Now, off the cuff, I can think of a number of possible explanations or interpretations of this vision. I am assuming that this is literal though it could be symbolic, I suppose. If it is literal and the sun has 'jumped' forwards, then something has happened to the rotation of the earth, perhaps caused by whatever it was that exploded in the first vision - maybe a large meteor or small asteroid. The fact that there was no trail, though, seems to eliminate those possibilities. The explosion or flash just came apparently out of nowhere. An EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) attack might explain it (and there are many who are expecting something like that to happen soon as part of the 'Reset') but why would that apparently make the sun 'jump' forwards? If it isn't a change in rotation then all that's really left as an explanation is some kind of rapid time-shift that might cause us to literally 'lose' up to an hour. And if the Enemy is playing around with time it is certain to result in Divine Intervention to prevent it happening again and causing unspeakable damage.

About all we can say with any sort of certainty is that this is a Judgment time for the world just as the seventh day was judgment time for Jericho. We don't know how Yahweh brought the walls of Jericho down (unless it was by an earthquake, many of which are known historically to have struck this fort, but then, if you're going to offer a natural explanation, you have to explain how Rahab's home was spared too) and we probably won't know how exactly Yahweh will execute this Penultimate Judgment, bearing in mind that more than an iron age fort is being torn down this time round. There's a lot going on in our world currently. We live in a scientific age, and much of the technology is hidden from the general public. I expect we will know more of what this vision means in the time ahead. But I have here recorded it, it was given to me twice, and must therefore be exceedingly important to merit a repeat.

I'd like to end with a couple of short things. Yesterday morning I was sitting next to my wife looking at her computer as we often do to see the news and other things of interest to us. We weren't saying anything and we certainly weren't talking about the Jericho march. Inside I started singing to myself the well-known Baptist children's song, Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho. I don't know why but the song just popped into my mind and, as I said, I was singing silently inside, "Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho; Joshua fought the battle of Jericho..." and then suddenly my wife broke in and completed the chorus, "...and the walls came a-tumbling down" as though I had been singing out loud. She didn't know why she sang those words and she certainly didn't hear me externally because I was silent, though we have had experiences like that before where I could hear what she was going to say inside before she said it, and then I spoke the words out together with her. Anyway, I thought that would amuse you.

The last thing I'd like to share is a dream I had early this morning, some time before the visions. In the dream there were two white walls with a very narrow gap between them, angled at about maybe 100 degrees. I knew that we now had to pass through the gap to get to our destination. Someone I knew tried but could not manage and went off hoping to find another way but could not. I then passed through, just, to what lay beyond. I'm sure you all know what that means. Judgment time is also sifting time, and the sifting net is getting finer and finer. You all, I'm sure, knows what this means, and what the Master taught about it:

"...whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah (Law) and the Nevi'im (Prophets). Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Beware of false nevi'im (prophets), who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits" (Matt.7:12-16, NKJV).

The way get's narrower, tougher, hereon after - inevitably because this is the Bride we're talking about, of whom much is expected. A lot of believers aren't going to manage to get through the narrow gate because they have not been shaped by - because they are not conformed to - the Torah (Law) and the Nevi'im (Prophets) which is a fruit of trusting in Messiah Yah'shua (Jesus). We are known by our fruits, and the fruits are a Torah-shaped character, not how emotional you are, or whether you blabber in so-called 'tongues' or whether you are are 'healthy and wealthy' or any of the other touch-stones used by the identitarian apostate Church. Rahab the ex-prostitute trusted in the Elohim (God) of Israel, obeyed Yahweh's Torah, married an Israelite, and became a foremother of Christ Himself! The Malak (Angel) of Yahweh, whom Joshua worshipped by falling on his knees, was the pre-incarnate Yah'shua (Jesus) Himself - the Jericho March was under His direction and control and He was acting under orders from His Heavenly Father and ours, Yahweh-Elohim.

If you are a long-time follower of our website, social media or online sermons like this you will know concisely what Yahweh expects of His Remnant. The Israelite Army circumnavigating Jericho is our model. There was tight discipline, it was led by a Priesthood bearing the Ark representing a Covenant made betwixt man and Elohim (God). As is so often true in the cycle of life, nothing much happens for six 'days' of our seven 'day' walk with Him. We just dutifully, faithfully, Torah-compliantly, and quietly do our bit for the Kingdom until we are called to make a sevenfold circuit on the last day and, in addition to blasting away at the shofarim - the trumpets which convery the Davar Elohim or Word of God - we utter a gigantic shout in unison to shake the air waves. I hope you are ready to shout with me and with fellow Messianic Evangelicals in the many battles ahead!

May Yahweh bless you all! Amen.

Those of you interested in the correct biblical Calendar question might also be interested to know that the Jericho March provides conclusive evidence that it is luni-solar (see the Creation Calendar). You will have noticed that though the March week is seven days long it does not fall on a Sabbath, nor could it, for marching around the city would have been a Sabbath violation. So how is this possible? See The Sabbath Day at Jericho: Important Clues from a Famous Battle.