Open in April
As I was praying into this new month of April, seeking God for his heart—especially with Passover approaching—I heard the Lord say, "Open! Open! Open! Access granted! I'm making all things new! I'm pouring new wine! I'm uncovering, revealing, unveiling, and exposing!"
I responded, "Wow, Lord! That's a lot! Can You elaborate?"
He answered, "April means 'to open,' and it's also a spring month. In spring, many things are made new. It's a season of new beginnings. Old things have passed away, and new life is springing up everywhere you look.
"In this time, I'm opening many things in many ways, both in the spiritual and physical realms. I'm opening spiritual eyes and ears. I'm shining my light on the darkness to reveal what's been hidden, concealed, or swept under the rug. I'm exposing the true motives behind people's actions. I'm bringing the wolves in sheep's clothing out of the shadows. Those who masquerade as angels of light but are merely whitewashed tombs, filled with impurity, will be revealed.
"I'm deposing those who call themselves 'kings' and raising up those whose hearts are pure and motives undefiled. I'm shaking foundations. I'm cleansing the temple. I'm driving out those who serve Mammon!"
Spring Cleaning
Then I saw a giant broom sweeping up dust, dirt, and crumbs, and I heard him say, "I am spring cleaning!"
(What is spring cleaning? To spring clean means to deeply and thoroughly clean every part of your home—every room, closet, cupboard, and garage. Furniture is moved, surfaces scrubbed, dust removed, expired items thrown out, curtains washed, walls wiped down... It's more than tidying; it's a full reset.) (Photo via Pexels)
Then God said, "Look at the origin of spring cleaning."
As I did my research, it began to make so much sense. The origin of the tradition of spring cleaning traces back to the Jewish observance of Passover. Before Passover begins, observant Jews are commanded to clean and rid their homes of any trace of leaven (chametz). This practice commemorates the hasty departure of the Israelites from Egypt, when they had no time to let their bread rise.
A deep cleaning is done, culminating in a ceremonial search by candlelight—bedikat chametz—to ensure that even the smallest crumbs are removed.
"For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel." (Exodus 12:15 NLT)
"I Am Coming for a Spotless Bride"
God continued to speak: "Just as I commanded my people to rid their homes of leaven, I am calling you to cleanse and sanctify your lives. Do not partake of the leaven of the Pharisees. Even a little can infect and contaminate the whole. If you do not rid yourself of it, it will eventually consume every area of your life.
"I will not tolerate sin indefinitely. You've heard that I am unlimited in love, mercy, power, and provision—and that is true. But there is one place where I set a limit: my patience.
"The days of lukewarmness are over. I am coming for a spotless bride, without wrinkle or stain—a bride with overflowing oil in her lamp, ready for her Groom at any moment.
"I am making all things new. I am doing a new thing. I am ready to pour out new wine... but I need new wineskins."
"No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the [fermenting] wine will [expand and] burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the wineskins. But new wine must be put into new wineskins." (Mark 2:22 AMP)
A Word About the New Wine
The Lord says, "The old wineskins have reached their limit. They are dry, brittle, and overstretched. If I pour the new wine into them, the wine will be lost.
"This wine is alive. It is vibrant and pure. It requires soft, supple, oily, and stretchable wineskins—vessels that can move and flow with it. This wine is made from a special kind of grape, a hybrid I've created for this season. I took a wild grape and grafted it into Me. From that grafting, a new breed emerged, one wholly dependent on the Vine that gave it life. This breed carries a DNA the world has never seen—a new identity, a fresh anointing, a distinct flavor, a unique flow. Unlike the old wine, it doesn't take on the flavor of the vessel; it becomes one with it. (Photo via Pxhere)
"Wine and wineskin will move as one, flowing as one. You won't be able to tell where one ends and the other begins. Everything about them will reflect the Vine from which the grape came. It's not just the abiding that has made this wine so special; it's the process: the pruning, the plucking, the crushing, the fermentation, the pressing, the maturing, the filtering. The power is in the yielding.
"Let the Master Winemaker take you through the process. Yield to his expert hands. Let me cleanse you. Let me graft you into me so that you can become a new wineskin, able to receive the new, holy wine I am about to pour out—wine that will bring revival to the earth."
"Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]." (2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP)
"Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." (Isaiah 43:19 NKJV)
"And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, 'It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you make it a den of robbers.'" (Matthew 21:12–13 ESV)
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Rosangela Atte
The Rising of the Esthers
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Rosangela Atte is a seer and a prophetic intercessor, who hears from God through dreams and visions. She is passionate about encouraging women to rise up and take their rightful place as daughters of the Most High God, as they experience His love and come into the fullness of their destiny and identity in Christ Jesus. Prompted by the Lord, Rosangela, her husband Daniel and son moved from Italy to Vancouver, Canada in 1997. She now resides in Maple Ridge with her husband and children, where they own and operate an Italian bakery and gourmet foods store.
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