CONFUSED OR UNIQUE...
DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2021!

I want to welcome you into this season.

Various messages are flying round concerning the year 2021. It is "amazing"(hopefully not troubling) to see various prophets/prophecies going around concerning the year 2021.

I am not in any way talking about men who assume that God only speak on the 1st of January or who think the God of the Bible has the time to talk about the Kardashian's...pure ungodly rubbish.

The God of the Bible does not crossover...MEN CROSS OVER.
The God of the Bible is eternal...HE IS ALREADY IN/BEYOND 2021.

LISTEN...
Some may wonder why there are so many disparities between the messages...why are some calling it the year of "glory" or "Advancement" or "obedience" etc?

And this in a nutshell raises the question; Why is the "Spirit of God" not saying the same thing for everyone if it is the same Spirit?

This may seem a simple and irrelevant question but the importance of seeking and finding the truth cannot be under-estimated nor oversimplified. This is therefore a matter of knowing the truth.

GOD'S CALENDAR
The Bible explains that God's calendar for creation(man included) is measured by Times(Dispensational experience) and seasons (Dispensational periods). In Genesis God told Noah; ""While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease" (Genesis 8:22).

And Speaking through the Psalmist again, the scriptures say; "You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter" (NASB- Psalm 74:17).

Seasons are therefore God's measure of how things are and ought to be. He said to Abraham; "Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son" (NET- Gen. 18:14). So God understands and works with seasons and times. No wonder He spoke through Daniel; "He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding" (NET- Dan. 2:21).

Now if God does not use the human calendar as a measure but uses seasons and times (Dispensational periods and experience), why then are there so many descriptions of 2021?

Jeremiah tried to explain this to us.

TWO EXAMPLES

LESSONS FROM JEREMIAH ON THE MANY DESCRIPTIONS OF YEARLY PREDICTIONS:
PROPHETIC WORD FOR THOSE IN EXILE

Jeremiah 29:4-7 says; "“The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says to all those he sent into exile to Babylon from Jerusalem, ‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce. .. For as it prospers you will prosper.’"

PROPHETIC WORD FOR THE REMNANTS
Jeremiah 42:19-20 says; "The LORD has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not go into Egypt!”...For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the LORD your God, saying, “Pray for us to the LORD our God; and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us so, and we will do it.”

NOW IMAGINE:
Now imagine the description of God's prophecy to the exiled & the message sent to the remnants. Imagine the confusion it will bring. But for the exiled, a specific message was given and to the remnants, another custom-made message befitting their situation was given.

LESSON:
The situation of the flock may determine the direction of the message, it is not that the Holy Spirit is confused but the recipients require specific/particular messages for their situations. You cannot therefore expect everyone to fall under the description of the year 2021 of your Church...it is "copyrighted".

A Pastor can declare as the shepherd over His flock God's message(if truly he hears God) a specific message, the flock must listen.
A Pastor who is not a shepherd over another persons flock, has limited influence unless he is declaring "thus says the Lord" from the scriptures and this require a prophecy within the dimension of God's universal message-THE BIBLE.

But generally, messages for congregations are unique to each congregation. You may therefore not be able to dispense what is for your Church members on others, unless it is a universal instruction for all.

FOR OUR PARTNERS AND FRIENDS-we know that this is the divine season of
"GREAT THINGS".
Great things are grace things.
Deuteronomy 10:21-22 & Mark 5:19.
Our great God is going to manifest great things for you and all that concerns you.

GREAT light was God's response to human darkness-Matthew 4:16.
GREAT calm was what silenced the storms of life-Matthew 8:26.
GREAT Harvest is the divine response for the World- Luke 10:2
GREAT IS THE EVENT OF THE CROSS THAT SETS US FREE.

SO LOOK UP AND LOOK OUT.
We therefore pray that this season will usher into your life, business and family all that God almighty alone truly wants and may grace uphold you till Christ returns.

Shalom in this season and for 2021.
GRACEFUL NEW YEAR!

(c) Bishop Ponle Segun Adegboyega Alabi
copea-inc (2016)