by Rick Ridings
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It’s the first of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It’s day 186 of the war. Today, I want to share with you something amazing from Zechariah 9:5-8:
Gaza will lose her king/ and Ashkelon will be deserted./ A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod/and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines./ I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth./ Those who are left will belong to our God and become a clan in Judah,
During this month of Nisan, we celebrate the Passover. It’s the month that God commanded for the Passover to be celebrated, to remember how God miraculously delivered the children of Israel from under the hand of Pharaoh.
As we were praying about that this morning here in Succat Hallel, I felt so strongly about Gaza. There’s a Pharaoh-like spirit that has ruled over Gaza.
Pray Zechariah 9:5-8
Many of you have been proclaiming with us the above scripture from Zechariah 9:5-8 that Gaza will lose her king and that those who are left in Gaza will become like a clan in the tribe of Judah. We need to continue to proclaim that.
I felt especially that during this time of Nisan, the scripture from Psalm 125 that says, The scepter of the wicked shall not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, and according to Zechariah 9, Gaza is allotted to Judah.
But even the people who are left there in Gaza can join themselves to the tribe of Judah. And the way that will happen is through a massive move into Gaza, when this Pharaoh spirit is broken and the gates are opened so that laborers of the harvest can go in.
Pray that God Prepares Laborers
We pray again this morning, too, that laborers will be prepared. We pray that people in ministry bringing humanitarian and monetary aid together with the gospel will share the light and the life of Yeshua because people need that more than physical aid. They need spiritual aid. They need the Kingdom of God. They need the salvation that comes only through the name of Jesus, through the name of Yashua in Arabic.
We encourage you during this month of Nisan to believe the Lord together with us, that the Pharaoh spirit will be exposed. Believe that this spiritual Pharaoh will be overthrown once and for all in Gaza, and that there will be a mighty open door and laborers prepared to go in and minister healing from this trauma.
Pray for God to Do Great Things in Gaza
Pray that they will minister the light and the truth that breaks the power of lies and deception and that there would be just an obvious great work of God in Gaza through dreams, through visions, through visitations, but also through the labors for the harvest that would be thrust forth into there.
And that’s one of the best things you could pray for Israel at this time because that would change a lot for Israel if Gaza were not only to be taken care of militarily but also spiritually.
So thank you for your prayers that are continuing to work effectively and believe with us during this month of Nisan that we will see that Pharaoh spirit broken and a great harvest in Gaza.
We bless you from Jerusalem and hope you have a happy Passover this month of Nisan.