SOLSTICE PRAYER JUNE 20161 Grace, Mercy, Love and Peace continue to be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. This month is full of major activities and alignments in the heavens. We are sending this full moon and solstice letter out now so as to equip you for the peak activity of June – the Summer solstice. We want to put you on alert concerning the main issues to tackle in prayer as you man the altar of the Lamb of God this season. Summer/Winter Solstice Saturnalia – Northern Hemisphere In ancient times, Winter Solstice and Saturnalia are celebrated hand in hand by pagans (witches, wizards, all manners of sorcerers, and so forth). Celebration of the winter solstice (December 20/21/22), the longest and darkest night of the year, usually begins with the Saturnalia. From December 17-21, pagans honoured Saturn, god of agricultural fertility with feasting. During this time, masters feasted with slaves. A slave is usually appointed as a mock king of the household. Throughout Saturnalia, the mock king rules and all slaves are given the freedom to do and say what they liked. After that, slaves go back to being slaves until the following year. During the time of slavery in America, Saturnalia was a major event and is still celebrated today in New Orleans. It is significant to note that the final abolition of slavery act in the U.S. was passed during the 1865 celebration of Saturnalia, a time for mocking slaves. A time in which slaves can pretend they are free. We are no longer slaves pretending to be kings. Read the song of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2:1-10, and bring strong praise and worship to YHVH and Y’shua (Jesus) our Deliverer and Restorer. Please pray and ask the LORD to set you free from any remnant of Saturnalia in your life, family, business, job, nation, continent, the Body, and so forth. Winter Solstice – Northern Hemisphere Winter solstice is the longest and darkest night of the year. On this shortest day of the year, the sun is at its lowest and weakest, a pivot point from which the light will grow stronger and brighter. This is a turning point of the year. At a point, the sun looks like it is about to die, all of a sudden, it arises again leading us to the spring season. The Romans called it Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, the Birthday of the 1 Please note … this moon prayer has been edited and revised from the monthly emails sent out by Steve Olumuyiwa [[email protected]]. We thank him for his emails and contribuAon … and his heart to keep watch on the walls! 1 Unconquered Sun. For witches, it is the time of the celebration of the first lesser sabbat in their new year (which started on October 31, the Halloween season). This lesser sabbat is called Yule. Unfortunately, it is from this witchcraft word YULE that modern day Christianity coined the word YULETIDE. It is common to find Christmas cards bearing captions YULETIDE greetings. So-called Christmas speeches by heads of governments are also labelled YULETIDE messages, and so forth. YULE means “yoke of the year” or “wheel”. Although the “rebirth” of the sun is celebrated, the winter solstice season is still considered a time of deep darkness. Being the darkest time of the year, it is also a time when supernatural forces were thought to roam free, and the spirits of the dead would return to their families. In short, from Halloween to Yule, witches engage in deep necromancy sorcery. Fire always has been the key element in ritual celebrations of the winter solstice. Heath fires, bonfires, burning candles and lanterns and electricity are used to symbolize the power of the sun. During winter solstice, the Yule log, an evergreen tree such as pine, fig, oak, or mistletoe is lit for twelve hours for “good luck”. Then, the ash of the log is kept in the house or sprinkled around for protection, healing, fruitfulness, and invocation for an ever-green life in the coming year. In recent times, the pine tree is the most favoured of these evergreen trees because its cone (the pine cone) is used for other diabolic purposes such as mind control. The pine cone has the same shape as our the human pineal gland, a pea-sized gland in the center of the brain, which is referred to as the “third eye” in occultic circles. Pine cones are used to work sorceries that tap into the pineal gland. When the enemy gains control of the pineal gland, a victim becomes a blinded robot (zombie) that can be manipulated at any time. Summer Solstice – Southern Hemisphere Our position is that as the Body of Y’shua Messiah [Jesus Christ], we stand stronger and in more superior position to the already defeated forces of satan (Hebrews 2:13-14). At the solstices (winter or summer) the sun's apparent position on the celestial sphere reaches its greatest distance above or below the celestial equator. For several days before and after each solstice the sun appears to stand still in the sky – its noontime elevation does not seem to change from day to day. There are at least three notable properties associated with the summer season in Scripture. • It is harvest time. Summer time is a time to pluck and gather fruit (2 Samuel 16:1-2; Jeremiah 40:10,12). • It is a time of Battles. Spring through summer is when kings fought battles in the olden days. For example, we read in 2 Samuel 23:13 that, in the summer, three mighty men broke through the rank and file of the Philistines to get to the well of Bethlehem to get water for King David to drink. When the men brought the water, King David honoured the King of Glory by pouring it out as an offering (verse sixteen). 2 o Please note also that it was also this season that King David delayed in going to battle and got trapped in adultery with Bathsheba with seriously damaging consequences. Our own battles are spiritual in GOD’s Kingdom. So we must intensify watching, praying and spiritual warfare in this summer season more than ever before. Don't get careless in this season of battle lest you get snared of the enemy! Satanists use this time to perform rituals to invoke the beheading/death of fire-brand Christians who are troubling the kingdom of satan. This is supposed to mimic what Herod did in Biblical times (Mark 6:14-29). Please be in fervent prayer to subdue this spiritual wickedness. SOLSTICE PRAYER JUNE 2016 Ramadan It is important to remind us that the house of Ishmael started the annual 30 days fasting at the exact commencement of the 6th Lunar month. We do need to continue to counter this massive sacrifice in the heavens especially as we approach the full moon and the summer solstice. Remember that the peak of this fasting season is the night of power, which is happening July 2nd this year. In this season of the troubling of the nations with so many Ishmaelite scourges we need more than ever before to remember the Word of our God concerning Ishmael: Genesis 16:11-12 “And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him; …” We have come to the seasons of the wildness of Ishmael where his terror hand is against everyman and where he has become the trouble of the nations. We need to pray for the second half of this profound scripture. It is also time for every man’s hand to come against him. We need to ask that the Lord indeed open the eyes of America, the affluent nations of West as well as the UN who have also come to share of this virulent hand of Ishmael in domestic terrorism so that they will unite the hand of everyman against the Ishmaelite tyranny and harassment of these seasons We need to pray for divine succour and help for the nations of Nigeria and Kenya in particular as the churches face daily violence especially in the Northern parts of the nation of Nigeria, which has become according to statistics, the place where it is the most risky in the world to be a Christian. As you wrestle in prayer and intercession, please pray for the intervention of our Almighty God in the Nigeria, Kenya and Israel that are ravaged by Ishmaelite insurgency. Scriptures command us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122). Full Moon The fullness of the 6th moon of 2016 has commenced. It will occur at 11:02hrs UT on June 20. 3 This month is a month of wrestling for inheritances and rewards. This month is also the month of Pentecost; the month of harvest; the month of jubilee. Remember as we wrestle in the spirit that we have great authority in Y’shua (Jesus), our Savior: whatever we bind on earth is bound in heaven and whatever we loose on earth is loosed in heaven (Matthew 16:19). It is therefore important to ensure that we determine the nature and content of what this strategic month says into our lives, the Church and our nations.