Feast of Tabernacles 2012
by Dr. Juergen Buehler

The Theme of this year’s Feast is from Zechariah 12 verse 10, which says:

“And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for the firstborn.”

This is one of the most exciting themes for the nation of Israel, because all the prophets of the Bible speak about a day when God will pour out His Spirit on the nation of Israel… This prophecy is one of the greatest remaining prophecies to be fulfilled before the Lord’s return. Over the past decades, we have seen the physical restoration of the nation of Israel in this land… However, God promises that there will come a time that He will pour out His Spirit of grace and supplication on the nation of Israel and on this city, Jerusalem.

We are waiting for that out-pouring… You, who have come up to celebrate with us here in Jerusalem are the evidence of the outpouring of the Spirit of God on all flesh. But that promise was first given to the nation of Israel and her descendants. What happened last night at Ein Gedi was a prophetic gesture of His Spirit, coming like a mighty rushing wind…

However, just like we saw the wind shaking the stage so that we had to move people back away from danger, in the same way the Spirit of God will shake our lives. There is no government, no political or religious leader that can hold back the move of the Spirit of God. What is happening in this region is the move of God, and even in Iran, even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cannot stop the revival in Iran. The Chinese government cannot stop the revival there. And God promises a revival in the nation of Israel, and no one will be able to stop this move of the Spirit of God.

So when will this happen? It says in Ezekiel, chapter, that He will bring Israel back from the four corners of the earth and then turn their hearts back to Him. Israel has returned to the Promised Land, so the next thing to expect is this out-pouring of His Spirit of grace and supplication. The Hebrew words for grace and supplication are related. The word for grace is chen and supplication is tachanun. The word for supplications contains the word “grace” within it. It’s the request for grace that is already the answer…

I have heard people say to me that the Lord wants to continue to judge the Jewish people and that we should expect another holocaust. This has astounded me, and His spirit reminded me of when the children of Israel came out of Egypt and started to complain against God and against Moses. In Numbers 13:11, God says to Moses:  “Get out of my way, I want to annihilate my people…” But Moses said, “God you cannot do that, because then the nations around will say that You brought out the children of Israel just to destroy them”… You see if God wipes out Israel the surrounding nations will only rejoice and shout Allahu akbar [“Allah is greater”].

God has brought the Jewish people back to this land to heal the land, and to save them. God is waiting to pour out His Spirit of grace and supplication on the nation of Israel.

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