Following is an excerpt from Chuck Pierce’s book “A
Time to Advance.” This revelation will help you and your groups discussion
during Rosh Chodesh as you prepare for the month ahead.
-Kent
Month of Kislev—The Month of Benjamin (Nov/Dec)
Kislev at a Glance
Kislev
(30
or 29 days-Nov/Dec)
Feasts:
The beginning of Chanukah
Alphabet:
Samekh—trust, support, coming full circle
Tribe:
Benjamin, the most gifted with the art of the bow; the only child born in the
Promised Land, so watch Israel this month.
Characteristics:
A month to develop your warfare strategies: to have
prophetic revelation for war.
A month to enter in to a new level of trust and rest
A month to declare your life experiences to be
filled with tranquility and peace—ask for the rivers of life to flow
Constellation:
Sagittarius (the archer)—a time to fight against empires and cultures.
Color/Stone:
Multicolor (like the rainbow)/ Opal or Rainbow Jasper
Kislev is the ninth of the twelve months of the
Jewish calendar.
Kislev is associated with the Hebrew letter SAMEKH,
which pictures trust, support, and coming full circle. We should be coming full
circle in developing our trust and confidence. By examining our hearts and
motives during Kislev each year, we will break up and out of old patterns of
mistrust that hinder our walk with the Lord and others in our circle of
influence.
The name Kislev derives from the Hebrew word for “security”
and “trust.” This is the month to enter in to a new level of trust and rest.
Kislev is associated with the tribe of Benjamin, the
most gifted of the tribes with the art of the bow, as you develop you warfare
strategies this month, you can tap in prophetically to gain revelation
concerning the war season ahead. This connects with Head of the Year so that
you can start the year right.
Benjamin was also the only child born in the land of
promise, so this is a month to watch Israel. Things happen during this month,
which chance the course of Israel.
Kislev is associated with the constellation
Sagittarius (the archer). This month is a time to fight against empires and
cultures. This is a month to shoot straight and move quickly. Think of the
archer, Cut your losses and move on.
I believe that if we participate in the covenant
holiday of Thanksgiving we have in the United States, we will come into a new
place of rest. God gives us cultural holidays to help us enter our covenant
holidays, With Thanksgiving, as we pull aside and give thanks, we can regroup.
Review your support system during Kislev, including
who is supporting you and who you are supporting. Consider who your friends and
associates are and why you are connected with them.
Last month was the month of the flood, so this is
the month of the rainbow. Examine what you have warred through in the past year
to come into a place of peace. God makes a covenant with us so that we will not
have to war with those things again, which was the symbolism of the rainbow.
God says, “You have come through the
flood and it did not overtake you. Now I will make a covenant with you that you
will not war with that again” (Gen. 9:13-17 paraphrased). There are certain
things every year that you want to make a spiritual locator and say, “I am not
going through that again.”
In this month of tranquility and peace; even in the
midst of warfare, you will have peace. Many people do not understand this
aspect of warfare. This simply means that in the midst of the warfare, you are
on the offensive so that you have peace in the midst of the conflict. When we
get tangled up and get out of our abiding place, we get into trouble.
This is the month of dreams and night visions.
Through the year the Lord has been pouring things into you, then all of the
sudden He draws them out through dreams. Sometimes that is the only way He can
communicate with you. You have pressed through and pressed through and then you
fall asleep. That is when He can begin to stir up revelation. This is also a
month to review your sleeping patterns so that you will be healthier in the year
ahead.
One of my big problems came because of trauma
growing up. My sleep patterns were all messed up. Most traumatized people have irregularities
in their sleep patterns. Memories of the trauma came up in the night and caused
me to have to stay awake. I had to go through a process of letting God heal me
so I could sleep. At the same time, He was purging me of trauma.
I took a prayer journey to Vietnam; when I got back,
I had a dream about a certain situation. Some dreams are just a replay of
something that has happened. The Lord will replay your memories so that he can
heal you. He replayed a traumatic memory in me, which I had not forgotten but
had just never dealt with. I woke up soaking wet and having to deal with the
trauma. Pam got up and prayed for me. She said, “Will you ever get healed so I
can get a good night’s sleep? Your trauma is affecting my sleeping patterns.”
We have to deal with what God brings up during the
night. Ask Him if there is anything else and go ahead and deal with what He
shows you while you are awake. That way He won’t have to wake you up again.
This month is a time to let the river of God flow from
your innermost being. There is a great relationship between tranquility and
fullness. If we don’t relate to our inner being correctly, we cannot enter into
fullness. When your river starts flowing, you can enter into your next measure.
That is the whole principle of Ezekiel 47. The water starts out ankle deep,
then knee deep, then waist deep, then over our heads. That is the way you
should be processing revelation throughout the year. The revelation in this
book is deep water. You have to process each level of revelation by swimming
and deal with old traumas and issues at each level, before moving to the next.
Kislev is the month that Hanukkah begins. Hanukkah
is the only holiday in the Jewish calendar, which connects two months,
beginning in the month of Kislev and concluding in the month of Tevet.
The message of Hanukkah is that in the midst of
destruction there is mercy. The issue with Hanukkah was that the light will not
go out. In the midst of any destruction, God will find a way to impart mercy to
you. No matter what aspect of destruction you are dealing with—external,
internal, physical or spiritual—God has a way to impart mercy to build the
future. His grace is sufficient and His love is everlasting.
