The Preparatory Decree

 2016, Jubilee Year 5776, is the Jubilee year of our abundance. As we experience the incredible changes that are coming this year, it is important we align with the Good News. Only through consistency can we receive the victory!

There are a number of decrees and proclamations that affect us in this Jubilee year. The first we will look at is the Preparatory Decree, taken from Hosea 14:2-9.

 “Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, ‘Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride on horses, nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, “You are our gods.” For in You the fatherless finds mercy.’ 

 “’I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him. I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, and lengthen his roots like Lebanon. His branches shall spread; his beauty shall be like an olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall be revived like grain, and grow like a vine. Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim shall say, “What have I to do anymore with idols?”’ 

 “’I have heard and observed Him. I am like a green cypress tree; your fruit is found in Me.’ Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.”

 This “preparatory decree” describes the coming of the Lord and all of the gifts that He will bring. It is truly preparatory in the sense that it fills people with a sense of anticipation, knowing all the goodness that comes with God.

It is the perfect message to begin this Jubilee year. We know the promises of what is to come, and the greatness of God. Now is the time for us to prepare ourselves for His fullness!