A time of Favor

Now is the time; the time that God has favored Zion. And you are born in Zion. Zion is the city of God; it is the new jerusalem. Hebrews 11:8-10 says:

"By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."

God called Abraham to a promise land. The scriptures above says he was looking for "a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God. Now the land of Canaan is not that city. The land of Canaan is just a "type and shadow" of the real city. Hebrews 12: 18-24 says:

"For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumberable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel."

The mount in verse 18, is mount Sinai, where the law was given. There was fear and trembling. But you my friend, have not come to that mount; you came to Mt Zion, or the new Jerusalem. That is the city whose builder and maker is God. The Psalmist saw this in the spirit and prophesied

"Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, year the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord." Psalm 102:13-18.

Yea, this is the time God has favored Zion. The people which shall be created; the people who shall be born of God, or a new creation; they shall praised the Lord. Because the Lord appeared himself, when He became the word made flesh. The Bible says in the Gospel of John 1:14

"And the word became flesh, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father, full of grace and truth".

Now is the accepted time my friend. The Psalmist said:

"The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all teh dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. vs.5. And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. Pslam 87:2,3,5.

Psalm 50:2 says:

"Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined." Zion is the perfection of beauty; Zion is the new Jerusalem; and in it, a new people were created. Those that were born, not of flesh, nor of the will of man; but of God. Thats why 2 Cor 5:17 says; therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. When you are born of God, my friend, you are not an old sinner saved by grace; your body and soul are still the old man from the first Adam. But your spirit is identical to the Lord of glory. Ephesians 4:24.

You have receive everything that you need for life and godliness. Can you believe that? You have receive in your spirit man, everything that you need for life and godliness.(2 Peter 1:3) The power that you need, is in you. The anointing that you need, is in you. You have an unction from the Holy one, thats what the scripture says. The Holy Spirit in all his glory dwells in you. This is RHEMA my friend. Instead of looking outside and searching for power here and there; just start acknowledging what has already been given you, and release that power! Now, because you are born of God; born in Zion; in the city of God, you should speak the language of Zion. Isaiah 33:24 says:

" And the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity." Inhabitants of what country? The verses before that, from verse 20 says, "Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby." Isaiah 33:20-21

Now why shall the inhabitants of Zion not say I am sick? Because the glorious Lord, who appeared to build the city(Jerusalem), appeared in His glory, and paid the price. By His stripes we are healed. The weapons of our warefare are not carnal, but they are mighty through God, to the pulling down of strongholds. No weapon fashioned against me shall prosper, and every tongue rising in judgement, I condemn! wheeew! James Akot