I felt to share some of the things that the Lord has been speaking to me these days, and this is part 2. I’m splitting it in 3 parts to make reading easier – since I’ve got the (slight) tendency to write too much (or talk too much 
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But before I go on, I’d just like to mention that i shared about these things with someone from Portugal, and the person told me that the Lord was talking to her on the same scripture! And yesterday I also found out that my pastor shared on the exact same things to our church in Brazil on Sunday. I believe that this is just a small confirmation that God is really saying these things. not only in a local level, but that it’s something that applies to the whole Body.
In part 1 I shared about the time of the rebuilding of the temple in the book of Ezra, when the priests laid the foundations of the temple and there was a confused cry coming from the people because of their divided heart. It is essential that we have the same values as the Lord, and that our eyes and our hearts be engaged in what He is doing now.
There’s something so interesting to be noticed when reading the report of Ezra and Nehemiah about this season of Israel’s History. The responsibility for building was especially in the hands of two groups, that were heading all of the process, and that were also the most attacked ones. The first tribe or people was the people of Judah. After them, the people of Benjamin. I’m sure that there are reasons in the political configuration of the nation in the time that would explain the fact that the writers specified Judah and Benjamin in the accounts, but those technical reasons are not very important for us right now. However, i do believe that behind them there is something essential for us.
The name “Judah”, that is pronounced in Hebrew “Yehudah”, comes from the root “Hodeh”, that might mean “thank” (in modern Hebrew), but that in Biblical Hebrew is one of the words used to describe worship or praise. When Judah was born, his mother said “now, I will praise the Lord”, and she named him Judah.
The name “Benjamin”, that is pronounced in Hebrew “Binyamin”, is made of two words: “Ben” that means “Son”, and “Yamin” which means “right” (in the sense of “Right Hand”) therefore the translation of the name is “Son of My Right Hand”.
Ha! I think this is awesome! The two names mentioned as the responsible for the building and Restoration of the Glory of God to Israel were Judah and Benjamin!
Beloveds I believe that in our days the weight of responsibility and the privilege still rest upon the same group of people: Those who spend their lives in worship, and those who are gripped with the revelation of the fatherhood of God!
There is nothing more powerful that an army of sons and daughters determined to exalt the goodness of God! There is nothing that could accomplish the work set before us other then the fearless love of children that only know how to rejoice in their Father’s heart, and that are not contaminated by the “oldness” of complaint or by the wrinkles of weariness. People from all ages that have their eyes focused in possessing the kingdom of heaven, and that even in the midst of the greatest battles know how to war singing “He is Good and His mercy endures FOREVER!”. I believe that never before that has been such emphasis from the Holy Spirit on these things – worship and fatherhood. That’s because these are the very things that will push this generation forward.
It’s interesting to see in the first verse of chapter 4 in Ezra, that says “When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the Lord…”. In Hebrew, the expression “Descendants of the Captivity” is “Bnei haGolah” that literally means “sons of Captivity”. And this is a reality that tries to take hold of our thoughts and our lives – that we are “sons of captivity”. It’s so interesting that the these very tribes – the sons who worship – still had their identity grounded on the place they had come out of, instead of the place that they were in now.
I’ve got many friends here in Israel that came from all over the world back to their land. However, when you talk to many of them, you can realise that many of them still perceive their identity according to the place where they came out of (Russia, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, USA), instead of having their identity defined by the place where they are now (Israel).
I believe that spiritually the same thing happens to us. We have our identities grounded in the “captivity” out of which we were taken, instead of the “heavenly places” in which according to the Word we are ALREADY seated. Beloveds i believe that this is again about the renewing of our minds. Our identity as a people is not to be a group of people hiding in fear of the world waiting for the kingdom the come and rescue us from darkness. Our real position is to be seated with Christ in heavenly places, cooperating with Him in prayer and action in the wonder of ushering his Kingdom into Earth.
Just to finish it off, here are some verses that we know so well: “And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free”, and some verses down “If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed” (John 8). I love the Hebrew language because it’s so expressive! In the translation from Greek to Hebrew of this verse, this is how it goes: “And if the Son sets you free, indeed you will be Sons of Freedom”. HA! That’s it! To know the truth about ourselves before God transforms us from “sons of captivity” into “sons of freedom”. Beloveds that’s our true identity. So let’s group all of our beings in the place where we are right now, that was purchased for us with a high price, and no longer in the place we came out of.
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