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January 1, 1999 -- Kathy Kennedy
Isa. 40:9 O Zion, you who bring good tidings, Get up into the
high mountain; o Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up
your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the
cities of Judah, "Behold your God!
Tribe of Judah, whatever corner of the earth in which you dwell,
BEHOLD YOUR GOD! He is coming with a strong hand and His arm shall
rule for Him; Behold His reward is with Him and His work before
Him. He will feed you like the loving Shepherd He is and He will
gather you, His praise, in His arms! Walk in the fullness of your
promised blessings as prophesied by Jacob and Moses.
Gen. 49:8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you; your
hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons will
bow down to you.
Gen. 49:9 You are a lion's cub, O Judah; you return from the
prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, Like a lioness
"who dares to rouse him?
Gen. 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the
ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to
Him shall be the obedience of the people.
Gen. 49:11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to
the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes
in the blood of grapes.
Gen. 49:12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter
than milk.
Deut. 33:7 And this he (Moses) said of Judah: "Hear, LORD,
the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; Let his hands
be sufficient for him, And may You be a help against his enemies.
Blow the trumpet, set up a signal fire lest the remnant of
Israel be gleaned as a vine by her enemies. This year is to be
a Judah and Joseph year.
Josh. 18:1-5 The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered
at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The country was
brought under their control, but there were still seven Israelite
tribes who had not yet received their inheritance. So Joshua said
to the Israelites: "How long will you wait before you begin
to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your
fathers, has given you? Appoint three men from each tribe. I will
send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description
of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return
to me. You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to
remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in
its territory on the north.
STAND, LOOK, ASK, and WALK! Stand at the crossroads and look
to see what your Father is doing in this hour; ask Me for the
ancient paths, ask where the good way is, My path of righteousness,
and walk in it and you will find rest for your souls (Jeremiah
6). Post yourselves as My watchmen and do not waiver from your
watch nor grow weary. Ask Me for answers you have not yet received
but which I have held ready to release since before the beginning
of time. "How long will you neglect to go and possess the
land which the LORD God of your fathers has given you? (Joshua
18:3) Know who you are in Me, rally the troops and go forward
to possess the spiritual lands promised but yet unclaimed.
Lay unmet personal expectations from the past on the altar
and invite Me to be your Consuming Fire. Out of the ashes and
residue, I will bring forth resurrection miracles. Unholy, ungodly
expectations must become ash, for it is from these ashes that
I will bring forth unspeakable beauty.
Walk tightly tucked under the arm of your Lord, your Shiloh.
I will reveal to you a new manifestation of My character as your
security, your success, your happiness, your prosperity and your
safety. I am your Shiloh, but you are also as the city of Shiloh
to Me, because you are as that first city where the ark of My
presence rested, a center of worship. As you take on the imprint
of My character, I will then extend the revelation of Shiloh throughout
the earth. "You are the light of the world. A city that is
set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put
it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all
who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
(Matthew 5:14-16) Ask for this revelation of Shiloh and walk in
the reality of Shiloh.
DISCIPLINE, OBEDIENCE and DILIGENCE are your strategic weapons
in this next hour. The blessing of Shiloh is not apart from discipline,
obedience and diligence. Rather, the blessing of Shiloh is a direct
result of increased discipline, obedience and diligence. Think
on these things and allow Me to unfold greater understanding of
this principle.
My eyes are searching through the land for willing vessels
to allow My Voice to cry out through them, "Prepare the way
of the LORD! This is the hour to make straight the highway for
the King! DO NOT DESPISE DELAYS AS YOU YOURSELF PASS THROUGH THE
ORANGE BARRELS OF MY RECONSTRUCTION ZONE.
Isa. 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Isa. 40:2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been
paid for, that she has received from the LORD,s hand double for
all her sins.
Isa. 40:3 A voice of one calling: In the desert prepare the
way for the LORD ; make straight in the wilderness a highway for
our God.
Isa. 40:4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and
hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged
places a plain.
Isa. 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all
mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Isa. 40:6 A voice says, "Cry out. And I said, "What
shall I cry? "All men are like grass, and all their glory
is like the flowers of the field.
Isa. 40:7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the
breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass.
Isa. 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word
of our God stands forever.
Isa. 40:9 You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up on a high
mountain. You who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your
voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns
of Judah, Here is your God!
Isa. 40:10 See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and his
arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense
accompanies him.
Isa. 40:11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the
lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently
leads those that have young.
Isa. 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his
hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the
mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?
Isa. 40:13 Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed
him as his counselor?
Isa. 40:14 Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and
who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge
or showed him the path of understanding?
Isa. 40:15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands
as though they were fine dust.
Isa. 40:16 Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its
animals enough for burnt offerings.
Isa. 40:17 Before him all the nations are as nothing; they
are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.
Isa. 40:18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image
will you compare him to?
Isa. 40:19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith
overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
Isa. 40:20 A man too poor to present such an offering selects
wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set
up an idol that will not topple.
Isa. 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not
been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since
the earth was founded?
Isa. 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens
like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
Isa. 40:23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers
of this world to nothing.
Isa. 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them
and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
Isa. 40:25 "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my
equal? says the Holy One.
Isa. 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created
all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls
them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.
Isa. 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel,
My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my
God?
Isa. 40:28-31 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD
is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one
can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power
of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble
and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, They will walk and not be faint.
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