In recent years the Lord has been speaking to us prophetically through messages drawn from His Word, and we have seen the precise fulfillment of each one of them. As we entered this millennium, God has used the meaning of numbers to bring us the prophetic message. No one who knows the Bible is able to contradict the truth that God speaks through numbers. In numbers, God deciphers His will by figures and reveals to us those things that we need to take into account in this life. Let us now look at the prophetic word that the Lord revealed to Pastor Juan Radhamés Fernández for this year, 2018.
God’s Language Through Numbers
All the years of this millennium, God has already told us, are prophetic. We remember how the church awaited the year 2000 with great uncertainty and insecurity, because of what the Bible says: “After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight” (Hosea 2:11). In our case, these years have been prophetic, and we have seen them fulfilled over these 17 years, in which wonderful things that were prophesied have come to pass, some local to us, and some that I prophesy for the church in general and for the nations. God has used the same Word to prophesy, especially numerology, or the use of numbers in the Word of God. It goes beyond what we have understood. I have devoted myself to studying it, and what God speaks in the Word through numbers is astonishing and wonderful; things that leave us perplexed, that make us fall on our knees at the feet of the Lord, because the ways of God are perfect. And not only numbers in the spiritual aspect, but also in the material, in the physical, for in everything that exists in nature, numbers have an incredible meaning. For example, that in music there are seven (natural) musical notes is not by chance; that the gestation period of a woman’s pregnancy lasts nine months, and in other species another set number, is not a coincidence, and to study it is to glorify the Lord. Just as the heavens declare the glory of God, in the same way everything in nature speaks to us of God, in mysteries, manifested in a time and in an hour.
God also insists in the Bible on speaking to us through numbers. For example, in the Word there are three numbers that are very important in the Bible, called the perfect numbers: 3, 7, and 10. How many times God speaks to us through these numbers! There are things we can see at a glance, using a concordance, but there are others that are hidden. For example, the use of gematria (a method that depends on assigning the numerical value of each letter of the Hebrew alphabet), which the Jews use to decipher and interpret the Torah, or the law, and to see how, through the alphabet, the incredible things that God reveals and tells us, through many teachings and codes enclosed there. All Scripture is inspired by God (2 Tim 3:16), and He also speaks to us through numbers. In the case of Israel, it is astonishing how God has used the feasts, jubilees, and so on, the number of them, the number of days in their celebration, to speak to us and manifest His will. For this reason, we have studied what God reveals through numbers and have drawn out the teaching, and when we have applied it, we see that God speaks in that way as well.
The Numerological Meaning of 18
Regarding this new year that we are entering, 2018, we can say that 18 is a number loaded with meaning in the Bible, because it is a multiple of 6 (6×3=18), and a multiple of 9 (2×9=18), and it is also the sum of two numbers of great importance in the Bible, namely 10 and 8. All the numbers related to 18 are numbers with extraordinary meanings, and God speaks to us through them. What we present below is what we have found from the experts in numerology, in studying the meaning of these numbers, which will serve as a foundation for the prophetic message corresponding to this year, which God has revealed to me, so that we may understand the prophetic applications afterward. Let us first concentrate on the relationship that 18 has with these two numbers: 10 and 18. These numbers are marking something; they are teaching something.
The number 10 in the Bible is one of the perfect numbers, and it speaks to us of divine order. Ten gives rise to the decimal system of calculation, and marks the whole circuit of anything. The 10 implies, in its meaning, that nothing is lacking, that the number and the order are perfect, that the whole cycle is complete. In short, the 10 speaks to us of what is complete, of totality, when nothing is missing, when something reaches fullness; it refers to a cycle that ends, a period that concludes, something that has already reached its climax, its last and its highest point; there is nothing more to do, everything is finished. For example, Noah completed the antediluvian era in the tenth generation; from Adam to Noah 10 generations passed, and the flood came and everything ended. And the 10 marks the end of a time in the purpose of God. The time of grace ends with the flood, after ten generations.
The 10 commandments represent the totality of what man owed to God, marking and acknowledging God’s claim over all that was created. The ten commandments speak to us of the totality of God’s moral demands on man. In the case of the ten plagues, these were representative of God’s complete judgment against Egypt. He said: “For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth” (Exod 9:14 R60), totality. For God, in the ten plagues He gave the Egyptians what they deserved. The worldwide power of the antichrist is understood in the ten kingdoms symbolized by the ten toes on the feet of the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Dan 2:41); and by the 10 horns of the fourth beast in Daniel’s vision, and also in the book of Revelation (Dan 7:7; Rev 12:3). Ten nations imply the totality of the nations that were to be the scene of the covenanted possessions of Abraham (Gen 15:19-21). These ten nations are the ones that God was going to uproot from there in order to plant Israel there.
Laban “washed” (deceived) Jacob ten times: “Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times” (Gen. 31:41 R60); possibly it was more, but by saying ten he was giving to understand that it was the limit, that the exploitation had reached its maximum. The ten rebellions in the wilderness according to Numbers 14:22, God says to Israel: “all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice…” (Num. 14:22 R60). This marks a complete series of Israel’s perversions. The ten virgins of the parable represent the totality of the nation of Israel, as distinct from the chosen remnant, who is the bride (Matt 25:1-13). Whereas five denote those who by grace will be able to say: “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us” (Isa. 25:9 R60). We have interpreted or applied it that the 5 wise virgins were the church, but Jesus was not speaking to the church —which is the bride— but of the virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom who comes to marry the bride. So He was not speaking of the bride, although it was not wrong to apply it that way, but the correct thing is that it refers to Israel.
The tenth generation completes, and represents the whole existence or nation. In Deuteronomy 23:3 it says: “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever” (Deut 23:3 R60), something decisive: for ten generations these peoples shall not enter to mingle with the people of Israel. The parables of the Kingdom are ten, in the gospel of Matthew. They are divided thus: seven of them in chapter 13; and three of them in chapters 22 and 25. The unrighteous who will not enter the kingdom of God are ten: “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor 6:9-10 R60). That speaks of something that is complete, the height of immorality, and of how grace ends for the wicked who have not accepted the mercy of God in Christ Jesus.
The security of the saints rests on ten things, according to the apostle Paul, when he says: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38-39 R60). This speaks to us of complete security in Christ, a full assurance that no one will separate us from the love of Christ. Amen! Hallelujah! The ten “I Am” statements of Jesus, in the gospel of John: 1. “I am the bread of life” (John 6:48); 2. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven” (John 6:51); 3. “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12); 4. “I am one that bear witness of myself” (John 8:18); 5. “I am from above” (John 8:23); 6. “I am the door of the sheep” (John 10:7); 7. “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11); 8. “I am the resurrection, and the life” (John 11:25); 9. “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6)1; and 10. “I am the true vine” (John 15:1).
Now let us speak of the 8. The Hebrew word “eight” (shemoneh) comes from a root meaning to make fat, to cover with fatness, to abound. As a participle it means one who abounds in strength; as a noun it is fertility, superabundance, oil. In short, it speaks to us of what is superabundant, where there is fatness, fertility. Just as seven is so called because the seventh day was the day of completion and rest, in this way eight is the day that follows the seven, which was over and above, and was the first of a new series, besides being the eighth. It represents two numbers in one: the first and the eight. God made the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. And the Bible says: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made” (Gen. 2:1-2 R60). The seventh also speaks to us of completion, something perfect. The 7 represents spiritual perfection, but in this context when something is completed. The next day is the 8, and for that reason the eight is also first. Seven denotes that which is spiritually complete and satisfying, while eight denotes what is superabundant, what fills to the brim, what satiates, what satisfies completely. Eight is seven plus one; it is therefore the number especially associated with resurrection and regeneration, and the beginning of a new era or order. When the whole earth was covered by the flood, Noah was the eighth person (2 Pet 2:5), and for that reason it is related to a new earth and a new order. Ten generations from Adam to Noah, and everything ended; then a new generation began, the eighth person.
Jesus rose on Sunday, and died on Friday, the sixth day, the day of man, like Adam, who was created on the sixth day, Friday. In creation, God rested on the Sabbath, and Jesus also rested on the Sabbath in the tomb, and on the seventh day, Sunday morning, the new creation began, the resurrection, and He rose from among the dead, to begin a new cycle, a new week, a new creation. The old creation ended when the body of Christ —the second Adam— was buried, replacing Adam (the first), and when Christ rose, the eighth day, it represents a restart, a beginning again. God destroyed everything and began again with Noah; so also with Jesus, He destroyed everything Adamic, everything carnal, and began a new creation in Christ. Circumcision was also carried out on the eighth day, a symbol of a new beginning with a covenant with God (Gen 17:11-12). When the child was circumcised on the eighth day, he was beginning to be part of the lineage of Israel, and was entering into a covenant with God, to enjoy the privileges of the covenant. The firstborn was dedicated to the Lord on the eighth day (Exod 22:29-30).
The Bible records 8 resurrections, apart from that of the Lord Jesus: three in the Old Testament (1 Kgs 17:22; 2 Kgs 4:35; 13:21); and five in the New Testament (3 in the gospels (Mark 5:42; Luke 7:15; John 11:44), and two in the book of Acts -9:40; 20:9-10). That is, eight is the number of resurrection, when something begins anew. The feast of tabernacles lasted eight days (Lev 23:39). The transfiguration took place on the eighth day (Luke 9:28-36), which represents the display of the glory they would see at His coming: “Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom” (Matt 16:28 R60). With the transfiguration, Jesus gave them evidence and a guarantee that He would return, and by showing them His glory, He gave them a foretaste of His glory at His coming. The miracles of Elijah were 8, and those of Elisha 16, because he asked for a double portion of the prophet’s spirit (2 Kgs 2:9).
The name Jesus or iesous (Yeshua) in Greek —in the gematric sense— is represented by the trilogy of the number eight: 888. If we take the letters of the name of Jesus in Greek and give them their numerical value, it would be: 10 (iota) + 8 (eta) + 200 (sigma) + 70 (omicron) + 400 (upsilon) + 200 (sigma) = 888. Eight speaks to us of the superabundant and of what begins, so its tripled emphasis speaks to us of the supreme expression of its meaning. The number 18 is also the sum of 9 + 9 or 2 x 9. Nine speaks to us of the end, of what concludes; it is the number of judgment, and also of finality. Since judgment has been committed to Jesus, as the Son of Man (John 5:27; Acts 17:31), it marks the completeness, the end and the result of all things with regard to man: the judgment of man and of his works. For example, 666 is 74 x 9; the nine and the six in the Bible have a relationship. The sieges of Jerusalem have been 27, that is, three times 9, and they bear the seal of divine consummation, which is 3, and the number 9, which is the number of judgment. Many of those sieges are recorded in the Bible, and others in history. It is interesting to see that at the 7th siege there was a divine intervention, and at the 14th also. But the interesting thing is that Israel will be surrounded once again with a 28th siege, according to Revelation, and there Jehovah will deliver her for all eternity. God surrounded her to punish her.
Likewise, 3 x 6 = 18; the 3 is related to the Deity, because of the 3 persons of the Godhead. The Aaronic blessing is divided into three parts, representing the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Num 6:24-26). Three fullnesses: the fullness of God (Eph 3:19), the fullness of Christ (Eph 4:13), the fullness of the Godhead (Col 2:9). The attributes of God are 3: Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent. For its part, the 6 is related to the number of man: man was created on the sixth day (Gen 1:26-27,31); and God assigned six days of work (Exod 34:21). Something interesting is that the serpent was also created on the sixth day. Jesus died for man on the sixth day. The number of the beast is 666 (Rev 13:18). Keep in mind that in the numbers we are only looking for the meaning; the application comes now. It is necessary to read the whole biblical narrative in order to understand the prophetic application.
The Biblical Teaching of 18
Since the message God has given me to share centers on the sum of 10 + 8 = 18, let us now enter into the subject, according to the biblical narrative. We will find the first teaching in the book of Judges, which narrates a time when the children of Israel did whatever seemed right to each one. Because of this conduct, Israel turned away from God and went after idols, so Jehovah made them fall into captivity, to bring them to repentance; then they cried out to Jehovah, and He raised up a deliverer for them to set them free.
“The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of Jehovah. And he gathered to himself the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and took the city of palm trees. And the children of Israel served Eglon king of the Moabites eighteen years. And the children of Israel cried out to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was left-handed. And the children of Israel sent a present by him to Eglon king of Moab. And Ehud made himself a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothes on his right thigh. And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab; and Eglon was a very fat man. And when he had made an end of presenting the present, he sent away the people who had carried the present. But he himself turned again from the idols that were at Gilgal, and said, King, I have a secret message for you. And he said, Keep silence. And all who stood by him went out from him. And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his summer parlor. And Ehud said, I have a message from God for you. And he arose out of his seat. Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly, so that the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, for he did not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. Then Ehud went out through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them. When he had gone out, his servants came, and when they saw that the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he is covering his feet in his summer chamber. And they waited until they were ashamed, because he did not open the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key and opened them; and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. But while they delayed, Ehud escaped, and passed beyond the idols, and escaped to Seirath. And when he had come, he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he before them. And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and did not allow anyone to pass over. And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong and all men of valor; and not a man escaped. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel; and the land had rest eighty years” (Judg 3:12-30R60)
Israel turned away from God and had gone after idols, and God punished them for 18 years. Ten represents the total, the absolute. God completed a cycle of judgment, and with the 8 there was a restart. God used Ehud to put an end to 18 years of oppression, so the 18 here represents the end of oppression (10) and the beginning of freedom and liberation (8). So 18 is the end of the oppression of a bad time of punishment, and the beginning of something glorious. A cycle of punishment from God upon His people Israel was completed, for their sins and for their rebellion (the 10). When that cycle of God’s judgment or discipline upon His people was finished, at the same time another cycle was opened: of liberation, of grace, of peace, of mercy, of prosperity, of restoration, of honor, and of God’s goodwill toward His people. In the 18th year of the slavery or oppression, God delivered the enemies into their hands, and not one escaped (Judg 3:28-29): totality (10), the end of everything. This was the end of the oppression for the people of Israel, and the beginning of judgment for their enemies. They killed 10 thousand Moabites and not one escaped, the end of them, and the land rested 80 years, 8×10. The 18 speaks to us of two things: a cycle of discipline, of judgment (10), from God upon His people ends or is completed; and with the 8 God begins a cycle of mercy, of peace, and of grace for His people. Now let us continue the application by studying this second account, in Judges 10:
“But the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and did not serve Him. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon; who oppressed and crushed the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; and Israel was greatly distressed. Then the children of Israel cried out to Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against You; because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals. And Jehovah said to the children of Israel, Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, from the Sidonians, from Amalek, and from Maon; and when you cried out to Me, did I not deliver you from their hand? Yet you have forsaken Me, and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more. Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your affliction. And the children of Israel said to Jehovah, We have sinned; do You to us whatever seems good to You; only deliver us, we pray You, this day. And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and He was grieved because of the misery of Israel. Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead; and the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. And the princes and the people of Gilead said one to another, Who is the man who will begin the battle against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. […] Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead was the father of Jephthah. And Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman. […] And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If You will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall be Jehovah’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hands. And he smote them from Aroer to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel” (Judg 11:6-18; 11:1-2, 29-33 R60)
The children of Israel served the Philistines and the Ammonites, who oppressed them and crushed them for 18 years. In the 18th year of their crushing and oppression, the children of Israel cried out to Jehovah, and the Lord was moved to mercy and was grieved by their distress (Judg 10:16). God used Jephthah to put an end to the dominion of the enemies, so once again the 18 represents the end of a cycle of punishment and judgment of God upon Israel (the meaning of the 10), and at the same time, that same year, when the victory was won, a time of peace, of liberation, of restoration, of grace, of prosperity began (the 8). Once again the 18 speaks to us of the end of one time and the beginning of another time. The end of oppression, of apostasy, of rebellion, reconciliation with God, coming into harmony with God, to begin a new walk with God: the 18; “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Cor 5:17 R60). In both cases the same thing is repeated: there was acknowledgment, there was humbling, and there was brokenness. The people of Israel acknowledged their sin, humbled themselves, repented from the heart, and then came the time of God’s grace, and that is the 18. So it is with us: as we end this year 2017, when the last minute arrives, we must end all rebellion, all stubbornness, all hardness of heart, all sin, separation; everything that separated us from God must be buried this year, so as to begin then a new cycle of liberation, of restoration, of prosperity, of resurrection, of a new relationship with God. Hallelujah! Amen! Because that is the meaning of the 18. Let us continue the application with the following biblical narrative:
“Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did that which was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. And in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying, Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the door have gathered from the people; and let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, who have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the doers of the work who are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house, to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. However, no accounting was made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the doers of the work, who have the oversight of the house of Jehovah. And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. And when the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying, Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us. So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke with her. And she said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read; because they have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands; therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall you say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Because you heard the words of the book, and your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Jehovah, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes, and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says Jehovah. Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again” (2 Kgs 22:1-20 R60)
The cracks in the house of Jehovah must be repaired; the house must be repaired in 2018. Also in year 18 the book appears, in year 18 the king reads it, in year 18 the king calls the people to repentance. There is always humbling in year 18, there is always repentance in year 18, because for the oppression, the defeat and the failures to end, and the power and dominion of the enemies of weaknesses, there must be humbling, because only God can set us free; He alone is the Deliverer. When the people listen to God, God listens to the people; when the people humble themselves, God lifts them up. Church, for the cycle of oppression to end and the cycle of liberation to begin, there must be repentance, humbling and brokenness in the presence of the Lord.
“Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went up to the house of Jehovah with all the men of Judah, and with all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah. And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commandments, His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the signs of the zodiac, and to all the host of heaven. And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to small powder, and cast the powder upon the graves of the children of the people. And he broke down the houses of the male prostitutes that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for Asherah. And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city. Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren. And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech. And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the eunuch, which was in the precincts; and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men. Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah. And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel. And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Jehovah to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah. But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, this passover was held to Jehovah in Jerusalem. Moreover Josiah put away the mediums, and the soothsayers, and the teraphim, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah. And like him there was no king before him, who turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him did any arise like him” (2 Kgs 23:1-25 R60)
The 18 is the year to remove all uncleanness from the house of Jehovah, all hidden things, every shameful cover-up. We must remove from the house of Jehovah all the dishonest ministers, the idolatrous ministers, the ministers who have gone astray, and bring down from the altar of God and from the house of God the money changers, all who lead the people astray, so that the time of liberation may come. It is curious that, while seeking money to repair the house of Jehovah, they found the book of the Law of Moses, that is, the Word of God. And it was the finding of the book that was the instrument God used through Josiah to cleanse the people and bring them back to order. The reign of Josiah is full of spiritual and prophetic lessons. Josiah began to reign at 8 years of age, which represents a restart for the Hebrew nation and the end of a long time of apostasy in the reigns of his grandfather Manasseh (the worst king of Israel) and his father Amon (perverse). Josiah ended 57 years of divorce from God and began a cycle of time of restoration in Israel’s relationship with God, because the book appeared. What provoked the great reform and the solemn revival was the experience of the appearance of the book, which had been hidden in the temple of God. In that same year, the 18th, of the appearance of the book, they celebrated the passover. The passover represents the redemption of Israel, its liberation from Egypt and its covenant with the Redeemer God. The people of Israel were 450 years slaves in Egypt, and the passover represents their liberation. It is God’s covenant with Israel. That is why, every time there was a return to God, the passover was celebrated, because Israel understood that it was the way to celebrate a reconciliation with God, and that is what Josiah did, and that is what will happen in the year 2018: there will be a vindication, a reconciliation with God. Let us return to the covenant with God.
Prophetic Application of 2018
This year, 2018, will be the end of apostasy, rebellion and hardness of heart, because THE BOOK IS GOING TO APPEAR. It is a year to turn back to God, and I prophesy that in a large part of the church the lost book will appear, and it will bring with it light to illuminate darkened hearts, and the result will be humbling, brokenness, deep searching of the heart, repentance and conversion. There is a people who have been captive and oppressed for many years, like the land of Naphtali and the land of Zebulun, in Galilee of the Gentiles, upon whom light shone (Matt 4:15-16); so it is going to happen with those churches and those ministries, upon whom light is going to shine, because the book is going to appear. It is a year in which many prodigals will return to the Father’s house, because the book is going to appear. How is it possible that the church has the Bible, preaches it every Sunday, reads it in their homes, but the book is missing in the very house of God? But it appeared in year 18, 
the book appeared! Because when the people turn away, they turn away from the Word of God, and when they return, they return because of the Word of God. When Israel went after idols, it turned away from the Word of God, and when it came back to God and celebrated the passover, a sign of liberation, it was then the Word, because the book appeared.
The Lord puts an end to deceit, lying, and hypocrisy in many lives this year, 2018. It is as if they were waking from a deep sleep; it will put an end to drowsiness, lethargy and indifference toward God and the truth of the kingdom of heaven. I see in a vision the captives shaking off their chains and freeing themselves from their tormentors. Many who were deceived and seduced by rebels, and were dragged into error, through the effect of the light of the Word and the loving work of the Spirit, will realize that they were deceived and turned aside from the path of the Lord’s purpose. These will return contrite and humbled, and will acknowledge their rebellion, and will be integrated into God’s fold, from which they should never have left. The Spirit announces, in this 2018, that the Lord will send His emissaries, who will sound the trumpets to call for awakening. This time, many will hear the voice of the Lord and will recognize His calling. These sheep of the Lord will leave the ranks of churches and ministries, and will leave their leaders, who took advantage of their ignorance and naiveté to strip them of their goods and resources. The Word is going to open their eyes, and they are going to abandon those ministries where they received only deceit, for they took advantage of them and exploited them; they were not seeking their spiritual edification, but their resources in order to profit. Every house that was not built on the rock will be uprooted, says the Lord God Almighty. God will cause to be seen, and will show and make manifest, the foundations of some ministers, and we will be surprised when we see on what rottenness and filth these ministries have been built. God is going to uncover the foundation so that they may see what lies underneath. We will see how the appearance of godliness and anointing was nothing more than a disguise to seduce and deceive. God is going to unmask the so-called “anointed ones,” who call themselves anointed, but are deceivers of the people of God.
Many who, dragged along by greed and fame, fell into the temptations of the archenemy, the devil, whom the Tempter set on the pinnacle of the temple, on the summit of fame and of religious and ecclesiastical prestige, the Lord will make them fall from there, in this year 2018. Just as the devil tried to seduce Jesus with two temptations: in one he took Him up to a high place and said to Him: throw yourself down (Matt 4:6); and in the other he showed Him the kingdoms of the world and all their glory (Matt 4:8). There are two temptations: one within, in the church, and another outside, in the world. These ministers use the anointing and the spiritual gifts to make themselves great in the temple, to raise themselves to the summit up there, but from there the Lord will throw them down, the Spirit announces. There will be great scandals in many ministries this year. The impact of their fall will be sudden and tragic; too late they will realize that the height they had reached was not achievements or honor from God, but a stratagem of error devised by Satan to hurl them down and cause their ruin. They thought it was God who was blessing them and honoring them, and it was the devil who lifted them very high so as to push them from there.
The impact of their fall will be proportional to the height to which they were raised: the greater the height, the worse the fall. They entranced the multitudes on TV, on radio, kept them astonished, as was said of Herod: “It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!” (Acts 12:22 R60)”, but when God makes them fall, and we see them hurled down and shattered to pieces on the ground, we will realize that it was only an appearance. Too late will they know that seeking one’s own honor is not honor; they will find that those who refuse the weight of the cross will be overwhelmed carrying the heavy burdens of their own shame. In other words, they did not want the message of the cross of the kingdom of God, because it means devotion, surrender, self-denial, living for God and not seeking our own, but what is of Christ; and they exchanged it for the other, they used the gifts and the opportunities of God to enrich themselves, and to exploit the church. And Jesus said: “they have their reward” (Matt 6:5 R60)”, that is it. But those who are like the Lord Jesus and are not ashamed to bear the reproach of the cross will carry in their priesthood the ark of the glory of His presence. That is, just as the appointed priests carried the ark of Jehovah, those who carry the cross will carry the glory of God, because the cross, in the final analysis, is the glory of God, because it is death to self, in order to live for God.
The Spirit continues announcing that in 2018 the great disillusionment is coming, which will bring with it the great depression. What is the great disillusionment? It is the result of everything we have said, because the book is going to appear, and the book is going to illuminate hearts, and the scales are going to fall from people’s eyes, and they are going to see the deceptions of the leaders. God is going to exhibit their shame from the rooftops and make them fall from above; then a great disillusionment is going to come upon everyone, and they are going to say: “We left God, thinking we were following Him through these people, and what they did was lead us away from God.” And they will feel a deep disillusionment, and the disillusionment is what will bring them back to God. Do you know why I am here? Because I became disillusioned with the denomination where I was, because there the glory of God was not sought, but the aggrandizement of a religious system; but the church did not come into existence in the purpose of God to serve any system. God sends the Moseses of today to say to Pharaoh: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.” The church is not for making bricks, the church is not for building pyramids, the church is not for building sumptuous palaces, the church is not for building infrastructure, to impress people with grandiose moments. The church is for worshiping the Lord, for serving the Lord, and God is going to bring it out of every system that is using it to magnify the glory of man, says the Lord.
The church was saved for the praise of the glory of God, and not of any man. Is that not what Josiah did, when he removed from the temple all the priests who were leading the people into idolatry? A true prophet is not so much the one who tells the future and it comes to pass, but the one who leads you to God. Moses said: “If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; you shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God is testing you, to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cling to Him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken to turn you away from Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which Jehovah your God commanded you to walk in. So shall you put the evil away from the midst of you” (Deut 13:1-5; 18:14-15 R60). When you read a book, or listen to the message of a preacher, discern, weigh hearts and ask yourself: Where is this preacher leading me? Is he leading me to his personal building project, is he leading me to follow him in his eagerness to become great and famous? There are many subtleties that drag us along and impress us with testimonies of great healings and miracles. But anointing without heart equals death, and if you do not believe I am right, ask Samson. That is why the great disillusionment is coming that will lead to a great depression, because people are disillusioned with their leaders and do not want to listen to anyone, but the book will appear and they will receive healing and restoration. The God who will give His own double honor and double restoration will give double judgment and punishment to those who use the ministry to profit and seek their own instead of using it for the purpose and honor of the Lord. What will be a time of judgment and punishment for the deceivers of the people of God will, at the same time, be a glorious time for the remnant of the godly, for it will fill them with honor. It will be the end of a cycle of oppression, darkness and spiritual paralysis, and the beginning of a restart of a period of liberation, restoration and harmony with heaven, and a time of growth of everything that makes up the ministry and the eternal purpose of the kingdom of God.
Now let us enter the final application, through the gospel of Luke: “There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, No; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, do you think that they were offenders above all the men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. Then he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none; cut it down; why does it also use up the ground? And he answering said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well; and if not, after that you shall cut it down. And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath; and behold, there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. When Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. But the ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, There are six days on which men ought to work; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. Then the Lord answered him and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? And as He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him” (Luke 13:1-17 R60)
In this account we see that Jesus makes a call to repentance, not to one group, but to both groups: to the eighteen Galileans who were found guilty, and to the rest of the men who dwelt in Jerusalem. But in reality, the message of the parable of the barren fig tree was for the Jews, for the fig tree represents the people of Israel. Israel, according to Jesus, was using up the ground, for a plant that does not bear fruit is not only fruitless, but is occupying the place, in that same ground, of another plant that could bear fruit; therefore God, as the Lord of the land, orders it cut down. The Holy Spirit, represented in the parable as the vinedresser, asks for one more year. The Spirit says that this year is going to be key in God’s purpose with Israel. In fact, this year (in May) marks 70 years since Israel became a nation. The Bible says: “Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children” (Isa 66:8 R60); and so it happened, on May 14, 1948, when the United Nations proclaimed the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, Palestine, which we now know as the State of Israel. And there is a series of prophecies that are related to Israel, and I believe that this parable, in this context of those 18, in which the Lord was making a call to Israel for repentance, and God is announcing a new time for the Hebrew nation. The vinedresser asked that one more year be given, one more time; the year 18 is one more year of mercy. This was the application for Israel; now, in the continuation of the account, let us find the message for the church:
“He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath; and behold, there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a spirit of infirmity, and was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. When Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God” (Luke 13:10-13 R60)
Christ says to the church this year: “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity!” The Lord says to the church: Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity! Year of liberation, the time of sickness, of prostration, of walking bent over comes to an end. This year the church is going to straighten up and glorify God. There is a church that has been bent over for many years, crushed, with its neck bowed down, defeated, ashamed, but the psalmist said: “But You, O Jehovah, are a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head” (Ps 3:3 R60), because God called us to stand upright, and not to walk bent over. There is a church that is bent over and can in no way straighten itself up, but this year it is going to stand erect, and it will come out of its prostration with an outstretched arm. Eighteen years of oppression, pain, suffering and bondage, bent over, hunchbacked, prostrate, humiliated, represents a type of church that can in no way straighten itself up. But three things will happen: Jesus will see her, He will call her, and He will speak to her. There was a group of sick people waiting for healing, but God set His eyes on her; that is, the Lord saw her, called her and healed her, because He had mercy on her. This year the Lord is going to look upon the state of prostration and pain, He will call her and say to her: “Woman, come, draw near, you are loosed from your infirmity.” Everyone who is sick, bent over or prostrate in his helplessness, say: I am free from my infirmity! You are free from your slavery, you are free from your depression, you are free from your fear, you are free from your oppressors, you are free from your bonds. For years, she could not straighten up, but in the year 18, which means the end of a cycle of oppression and the beginning of a cycle of restoration, of resurrection, she will be healed. Those who to this day have not been able to straighten up, Jesus this year is going to look at them, call them and say to them: “You are free from this scourge of the devil.” Hallelujah! He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the church. Believe it. “Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40 R60). Amen, amen and amen. Your oppression, your sickness, your fear of dying ends this year, because Jesus saw you. Your turn has come, your opportunity has come, the divine physician is calling you. Declare it, do not be afraid, nor think about the years you have suffered, because this year 2018 God is going to do it. Because God loves us, He speaks to us.
“But the ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, There are six days on which men ought to work; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. Then the Lord answered him and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? And as He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him” (Luke 13:14-17 R60)
Now notice that the religious, the legalists, use religious oppression to keep the church bent over and prostrate. Jesus, on the day of rest, gives rest to His people, but these said: “Stay oppressed on the Sabbath,” but Jesus said: “No, the Sabbath is so that there may be rest for the people, and no one with a hunchback can rest. Notice how the religious use the same Word to enslave you and Jesus uses the same Word to set you free. “If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:36 R60). There are two ways of interpreting the Bible: one to oppress the people and another to set the people free. This is the year of liberation, church; this is the year in which the religious will be put to shame, and the people will rejoice and applaud for all the glorious things that God will do. They preferred to loose the mule and the ox because they represented money for them. It is interesting how in that account the word bind is repeated, but this is the year in which the Lord is going to loose, because 2018 will be a year of rest from our bonds. The Lord will loose our bonds and remove our impediments and prisons. Everything that for years could not be straightened will be straightened in 2018 —and I do not mean only a hunchback— because it is a year of liberation, for it is the end of oppression and the beginning of the liberation of the children of God.
Everything that before was impossible will now be possible. Doors that for many years could not be opened, the Lord will open in 2018. What for years could not be built will be built this year. Problems that for years could not be resolved will be resolved this year. Many things that for years have been fallen will be raised up this year. Many relationships that for years were damaged will be restored this year. Many prodigals who for years could not return to the fold, to the house of God, will return this year. Many projects that for years could not be carried out will be carried out and accomplished in 2018. Many weaknesses that for years could not be overcome will be subdued this year by the Holy Spirit. Whoever believes it will receive the power of the glory of God. Illnesses that for many years could not be healed will be cured this year. Chains and bonds that for years were carried and dragged will be broken to pieces this year. Traumas that oppressed us for many years will be overcome this year.
The ten tells us that a cycle ends, and the 8 speaks to us of something that begins. This is the year of the end of defeat and the beginning of victory. We close a cycle of defeat and open one of victory. This is the year of the end of the impossible and the beginning of the possible. This is the year of the end of rebellion and the beginning of a new relationship with God. This is the year of the end of weakness and the beginning of strength. This is the year of the end of deceit and the beginning of what is true. This is the year of the end of apostasy and the beginning of conversion, that is, returning to God. This is the year of the end of the temporal and the beginning of the eternal. This is the year of the end of the worldly and the beginning of the heavenly. This is the year of the end of the carnal and the beginning of the spiritual. This is the year of the end of the vain and the beginning of the relevant. This is the year of the end of the trivial and the beginning of the transcendent. This is the year of the end of the kingdom of men and the beginning of the life of the Kingdom of God in many ministers and churches. This is the year of the end of hypocrisy and the beginning of sincere and genuine life. This is the year of the end of the diabolical and the beginning of the divine. This is the year of the end of hatred, of enmity and of the root of bitterness, and the beginning of the reign of love, of forgiveness and of reconciliation. What until now had not been achieved will be achieved this year, because the 18 is the end of what is bad and the beginning of all that is good.
Taking the Keys to Close and Open
This year we close a cycle of oppression and open another of liberation; therefore, 2018 is the year of the two keys: with the 10 I close oppression, and with the 8 I open liberation. For this reason, the Lord instructed me to bring two keys, with which we are going to close one cycle and open another. 2018 is the year of the two keys, and with them:
WE CLOSE a cycle of oppression and WE OPEN one of liberation.
WE CLOSE a cycle of weariness and fatigue and WE OPEN another of rest.
WE CLOSE a cycle of failures and WE OPEN another of fulfillments in the eternal purpose of God. WE CLOSE a cycle of death and WE OPEN another of revival.
WE CLOSE a cycle of decline and WE OPEN another of uplifting.
WE CLOSE a cycle of conformity and WE OPEN another of aspiration and inspiration in God.
WE CLOSE a cycle of darkness and WE OPEN another of light.
WE CLOSE a cycle of personal ambition and WE OPEN another of self-denial and altruism, surrender to God
WE CLOSE a cycle of living for the belly and WE OPEN the cycle of the cross and the Kingdom of God, which is living for God.
WE CLOSE a cycle of exhaustion and WE OPEN another of spiritual renewal.
WE CLOSE a cycle of disobedience and WE OPEN another of obedience to God.
WE CLOSE a cycle of the partial and WE OPEN the cycle of the whole.
WE CLOSE a cycle of the relative and WE OPEN the cycle of the absolute.
WE CLOSE a cycle of that which is in part and WE OPEN that which is the fullness of God in us.
WE CLOSE a cycle of mediocrity and WE OPEN the cycle of excellence for the Kingdom of God (in worship, in service, in relationships, in preaching, in teaching, in administration, in stewardship, in excellence).
WE CLOSE a cycle of the external and WE OPEN the cycle of the heart.
WE CLOSE a cycle of the superficial and WE OPEN the cycle of the depths of God.
WE CLOSE a cycle of frivolity and triviality, and WE OPEN the cycle of relevance in God
WE CLOSE a cycle of idleness, and WE OPEN the cycle of diligence and industriousness in God.
WE CLOSE a cycle of coldness, indifference and apathy, and WE OPEN the cycle of devotion, fervor and godliness for God.
WE CLOSE a cycle of the self, and WE OPEN that of God.
Christ is the one who holds the key, and He says to the church: “I give you the key and I give you an open door that no one can shut, because where Christ opens no one shuts, and where He shuts no one opens” (Rev 3:7-8). Glory to God! I hear the Lord say to me as He said to John: “Write: for these words are true and faithful” (Rev 21:5 R60). So these words are not a fantasy, but they are true and faithful, and if you believe them you will see them in yourself. Everything God has told us we have seen fulfilled, and if by the end of the year it has not been fulfilled in you, it is not because the prophecies were false, but because you did not believe them, for here it says that every time the people repented, they received liberation. He who gives his heart to God has God. Let us pray:
Closing Prayer
“Blessed Father, how we thank You for a day like today; what more can be said. The Scripture is rich, it is deep, it is revealing. My God, You opened the treasures of the kingdom for us, to make us understand how much You are telling us, Lord. In the relationship of the 18 with the 9 there is going to be judgment for the nations. For three years or more You have been showing me 911; wherever I look, at different times and places, You tell me: ‘Look at 911,’ and I see it on the clock, I turn on the cell phone and I see 911, on television 911, the digital clock on the microwave oven 911; I already tremble when it comes up. This week at least three times it happened to me, and I say: My God, what is it that You want to tell me! 911… A 911 is coming, but I do not know whether it is for Israel, for the United States, for some nation, whether a nuclear war is coming, or whether it is something for the church, but a 911 is coming, two times 9 is coming, 18. The message You gave us is for us, but for the enemies judgment is coming, Lord. Help us to be ready; prepare us, equip us. In the examples of the 4 accounts there was repentance and there was humbling, Father, deep searching of the heart, and that is what I ask of You for myself, for my house, and for El Amanecer de la Esperanza as a ministry, and for all the churches of Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus.
“I pray for the ministers, that they may be flames of fire, and that they may turn back to You, my God, that the whole church may turn back to You. May this year be a year of glory, in which all oppression ends. What before could not be achieved, let it be achieved. Lift up the church. The church cannot walk hunchbacked, prostrate, bowed down. You say: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws nigh” (Luke 21:28 R60). Lift up the head of that church, give back its dignity to that church, for the love of Your name, Lord. I say it is finished. I say it is finished. I say it is finished. He who is clean, let him be cleansed even more, and he who is unclean, let him remain unclean.
“My God, today we cleanse ourselves, we ask forgiveness, we humble ourselves before You! The first thing You are going to send is a time of revival, but it will be preceded by a time of humbling and brokenness, as happened in the cases we read. Before oppression ends, there must be reconciliation with You. Here is our heart, Lord; we humble it before You. Give us that capacity, for the love of Your blessed name. We expose ourselves to You. We have rejoiced in Your Word, but now we want to go out and live that blessed Word, my God, to commit ourselves to the Word, to be sincere and genuine with the Word. The Word is not an illusion, it is the truth, Lord; it is not a panacea, my God; it is not something utopian, no, my God, it is real, it is true. Give us a heart that can fulfill the condition of humbling and brokenness, so that that time of liberation may come. Close the cycle of oppression, so that the enemies no longer lord it over the church, please…
“I bless Your ministers, I bless Your church in Your name, in Your Word, and in Your covenant. Fulfill Your Word this year, that not one jot or tittle of Your Word may perish. May none of Your words fall to the ground this year, but may everything be fulfilled, and may we take part in that work that You are going to do. Thank You for hearing us, thank You, Lord, in the name of Jesus. We begin this year 2018 with You, taking a step forward [take a step forward], in the name of Jesus. We begin, in the name of Jesus, we build in the name of Jesus, and we will see the glory of God in the name of Jesus, amen.”
