The Firstfruits of a Joshua and Caleb Generation
In a vision during worship, I was suddenly immersed in the imagery of a birth in the context of my firstborn son; it wasn't merely biological, but the Lord was pointing to something much greater. What I saw was not a woman laboring but Christ Himself presiding over a birthing process—a holy travail. What gripped me was the blood. It wasn't the crimson of crisis but the radiant, royal blood of the Lamb. His blood wasn't incidental; it was intentional. It flowed deliberately like at Calvary; this time not for death but for life.
Jesus' lifeblood stood present, overseeing the emergence of sons and daughters from the womb of His heart. His blood covered the entire process, sanctifying it, protecting it, and driving back every demonic assault that sought to abort what God was bringing forth. It wasn't just protection. It was preparation for enthronement. What stood out even more was His love over what was being birthed—so strong and pure—filled with joy over what was coming forth.
Formed to Carry Presence
This is not a new idea by any means. Watchman Nee stated, "The future of the Church rests not in individual greatness but in the ability of spiritual fathers to raise sons who will carry the life, not just the work."
This is what Jesus was midwifing, in a sense—not mere followers, but carriers of His very DNA and life. The sons being born in the Spirit were not appendages to a movement; they were the movement. They were not being formed to carry programs; they were born to carry presence.
And what He was bringing forth was not random, it was royal. His eyes locked on the firstborns, those marked for a double-portion inheritance to build and bless the families. These were not ordinary children; they were spiritual firstfruits, born for governance, for influence, for generational impact. They bore the imprint of Kingdom responsibility, the mantle of leadership, and the fragrance of the Father's delight. The joy of the Son was fierce, radiant, uncontainable. This was not just a birth; it was a royal commissioning.
T. Austin-Sparks once said, "The Church is not a school for the transfer of information but a womb for the birth and formation of sons unto glory." And in this vision, I saw the womb of birthing sons and daughters expanding with divine purpose. The contractions weren't chaos; they were Kingdom. This birthing wasn't about increasing numbers; it was about unveiling heirs. Heaven was focused on formation, not just conversion.
The Holy Spirit made it clear: this birthing is not producing another wilderness generation of rebellion and unbelief. This is the hour where God is bringing forth the kind of leaders He originally intended to emerge from the Exodus—a Caleb and Joshua company, marked by courage, faith, and unwavering alignment with Heaven.
The deliverance from Egypt was never meant to produce wanderers; it was intended to usher in warrior-leaders, Kingdom visionaries—those who see the fruit and not the giants. It was a firstfruit offering to raise up a people who live from the throne room, not the wilderness of doubt. The Passover was a blood-soaked doorway—not just salvation that was later delayed due to unbelief, but into dominion, authority, and assignment.
True Leadership Multiplies Maturity, Not Dependency
We are not measured by how many follow us but by how many are empowered to lead. True leadership multiplies maturity, not dependency. Sons are not trophies; they are arrows, launched with precision into nations.
Smith Wigglesworth declared prophetically, "God is raising a generation that will not only know His acts but His ways. The sons must go further than the fathers in both purity and power."
These sons are not repeating history; they are advancing destiny. They are going further. They are rising in purity, rooted in covenant, and anointed for global impact. They are not defined by institutional structures; they are refined in the fire of intimacy and trained in obedience to please the Father. (Photo via Unsplash)
So, we declare: This is not a season of survival. It is a threshold into promise, inheritance, and spiritual authority. It is not the birth of orphans; it is the revealing of heirs.
The Three That Testify: Heaven's Birthing Agents
"This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the Blood; and these three agree as one." (1 John 5:6–8 NKJV)
This Scripture unlocked the vision like a key in a hidden door. The Spirit, the water, and the Blood are not passive symbols; they are living witnesses and active agents in every holy birthing of the Kingdom. They were there when Jesus was baptized—the water. They were present at the Cross—the Blood. And they are present now every time something sacred is born in the Spirit, the Spirit orchestrating. The Spirit hovers, breathing identity, boldness, and spiritual DNA, just as He did over the waters in Genesis. The water cleanses and prepares, renewing the mind and pushing us through the womb of the Word. The Blood seals, protects, and declares ownership, inheritance, and legitimacy.
"According to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit." (Titus 3:5 NKJV)
These three don't just point to Jesus; they surround us in every threshold moment. They are the divine force of destiny, present in every breakthrough, just as every natural birth is attended by water and blood.
These sons and daughters are not just emerging; they are being commissioned. They are not projects of man but prototypes of a new wineskin. They carry the flame of intimacy and the foundation of truth. They are forerunners who will not be tamed by culture or contained by religion. They are carriers of fire and foundation, revealed in the earth for such a time as this.
This is a divine convergence. Heaven and earth are in agreement. Jesus is birthing destiny through His intercession. The Spirit is hovering, covering, and creating. The Father is smiling. The angels are watching. And the womb of sons and daughters is groaning with contractions of promise.
The Red Sea: A Birth Canal of Deliverance
The story of Israel's exodus is not just history; it is a prophetic blueprint.
When the children of Israel passed through the Red Sea, it was far more than a dramatic escape. It was a birthing out of bondage and into identity. Egypt had been their place of oppression—a spiritual womb, growing a people in the dark. But when the appointed time came, God opened the waters to press them through a narrow place into something entirely new.
"Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided." (Exodus 14:21 NKJV)
The east wind (symbolic of the Spirit) and the rod of Moses (symbolizing delegated authority) created the conditions for divine passage. The Red Sea became a prophetic birth canal, and the labor pains were the groanings of deliverance. The Red Sea was like a spiritual birth canal.
Israel didn't walk into liberty; they were pushed into it by God's Spirit. They emerged as a people no longer known by Pharaoh's whip but by Yahweh's covenant. What came out of that sea was more than refugees; it was a nation of priests delivered by the hand of God through water, wind, the blood, and Word. And just as it was then, so it is now: God is birthing a people, a priesthood, and a Kingdom family whose identity is forged not in ease but in the crucible of divine transition. (Photo via StockCake)
Claiming the Destiny of a Nation
Before Israel could walk through the waters of deliverance, they had to be marked by the blood of the covenant. God wasn't merely shielding them from death—He was claiming them for Himself and making a covenant with His Kingdom priesthood.
"For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you." (Exodus 12:23 NKJV)
In that night of terror, the blood became the line between judgment and mercy, between bondage and belonging. God claimed the firstborns as His own, and in doing so, claimed the destiny of a nation. The blood on the door was more than a sign of protection; it was the seal of purpose.
This act of deliverance was never meant to culminate in wandering. It was a holy initiation of being baptized into His Body as a holy nation. God's desire was to raise up a people who would not just be free, but govern as sons, minister as royal priests, and walk in intimacy with Him.
"Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." (Exodus 19:5–6 NKJV)
This was Heaven's intention—not just to rescue a people but to reveal a royal priesthood consecrated for communion, carriers of glory, and administrators of His dominion on earth. The Passover was not the finish line; it was the blood-soaked threshold into identity, intimacy, and governance. The same is true today. The blood of Jesus is not just for salvation and escape from sin but for entrance into sonship—into a mature, governing partnership with the Father.
A Journey Prolonged: Mindsets That Delay Destiny
And yet, despite all this divine setup, Israel stumbled. What was destined to be a few-day crossover into promise became a forty-year delay in the desert. The problem was not with God's provision but with the people's perception.
"So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." (Hebrews 3:19 NKJV)
They were physically out of Egypt, but Egypt was still embedded in their thinking. They had been delivered but not yet discipled. They had experienced the acts of God but not discerned His ways.
"He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel." (Psalm 103:7 NKJV)
Moses leaned into God's nature—His patterns, His motivations, His voice. The people, however, were fascinated by miracles but unmoved by His heart. This lack of depth led to fear, which gave birth to disobedience, which matured into delay. God had delivered a people, but they had not yet matured. They carried freedom on the outside but still lived like orphans within. The promise was available, but their mindsets disqualified them from possessing it.
The Caleb and Joshua Generation: Eyes on the Kingdom
In the middle of that murmuring, unbelieving multitude stood two men, Caleb and Joshua, who saw differently. They didn't just see the land; they saw the Kingdom.
"Then they told him, and said: 'We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.'" (Numbers 13:27 NKJV)
They were not blind to the giants, but they were fixated on the fruit. Where others saw impossibility, they discerned inheritance. (Photo via GetArchive)
"Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, 'Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.'" (Numbers 13:30 NKJV)
They didn't view the future through the lens of fear but through the eyes of the throne room. Their minds were not shaped by second-heaven warfare but anchored in covenantal reality. Caleb and Joshua discerned that they weren't grasshoppers in enemy territory; they were sons on assignment. The same giants that caused others to shrink became fuel for their faith.
"But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it." (Numbers 14:24 AMPC)
They had what God is birthing now, a different spirit—a spirit not of fear but of power, love, and clarity (2 Timothy 1:7). They were prototypes of the new breed of sons and daughters who lead not by status but by sight—Kingdom sight. They were governed not by the report of men but by the reality of God's Word. They lived in the dimension of promise, moved by the King's decree, not the crowd's fear. They were not built for circles in the wilderness but for territorial transformation.
The Father's Delight in the Birthing
What I saw in the vision was not just protection; it was profound pleasure. The Father was radiating joy over the sons and daughters being born in the Spirit. His gaze was fixed, His heart wide open. This was not a clinical delivery; it was an encounter of affection. Love surrounded the womb. Joy crowned the process. Glory hovered over the threshold.
These are not orphans, wanderers, or survivors of a system; they are firstborns in the Spirit to build God's household, marked with the seal of Heaven, forged in the furnace of divine love, and anointed with the double portion of inheritance. They are not merely being born; they are being revealed.
"For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.' The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." (Romans 8:15–16 NKJV)
These sons are born of the Spirit, covered by the Blood, and formed by the Word. They are not products of religious systems. They are the offspring of intimacy. They carry a royal lineage. They are destined to walk in deep communion, territorial inheritance, and strategic influence.
"'Shall I bring to the [moment of] birth and not cause to bring forth?' says the Lord. 'Shall I who causes to bring forth shut the womb?' says your God." (Isaiah 66:9 AMPC)
God is not just birthing individuals; He is birthing nation shapers. These sons and daughters will infiltrate every domain of culture—government, education, business, media, family, religion, the arts—as emissaries of another realm. They carry the culture of the Kingdom and the fragrance of the throne. They will not just speak truth; they will embody it. They are the living answer to creation's groan for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Step Into the New
If you find yourself in a season marked by pressure, contradiction, or intense inner travail, don't rush to escape it. Pause. Discern. Lean in. What feels like warfare may, in fact, be the contractions of birthing. This is not destruction; it is divine transition. (Photo via GetArchive)
And if it is birthing, then hear this with the ears of your spirit: Jesus is present, not watching from a distance but standing beside you as your advocate, intercessor, and acting as a type of midwife. He's applying His blood to every place the enemy has tried to defile or delay. His hands are steady. His gaze is locked on your promise. His voice is releasing permission to emerge. His blood is speaking louder than every accusation, louder than your past, and louder than the voice of delay. It speaks, "Mine. Chosen. Protected. Commissioned."
The Father is delighting, not merely observing but rejoicing over you with fierce joy. His eyes are ablaze with fire, and His heart beats with desire. He's not frustrated with your process; He is enthroned within it.
The Spirit is hovering, brooding over the chaos, ready to breathe life over the waters of your destiny, just as He did in the beginning. He is stirring identity, awakening memory, and activating the blueprints written in your scroll before time began.
So hear this now: Beloved, you are not stuck. You are not lost. You are not delayed. You are in divine transition. You are not just crossing into something new; you are crossing into the fullness of who you are in Christ. This is not about mere calling; it's about emergence. This is not just your next season; it is your appointed unveiling.
You are stepping over a blood-marked threshold into Kingdom visibility, spiritual maturity, and apostolic authority. You are rising as a revealed son or daughter, ready to release Heaven on earth—not by striving but by simply being who you were always designed to be. Cross the threshold. Heaven is waiting. Earth is groaning. The time is now.
Big Takeaways
Jesus is birthing a new generation of sons and daughters who are not being birthed into survival but into sonship, dominion, and visibility. This is not incidental, it's divine intention.
The Spirit, the water, and the Blood are Heaven's birthing agents. They do not passively observe; they testify, cover, cleanse, and commission every Kingdom son and daughter crossing into purpose.
You are not stuck; you are in divine transition. What you've called "warfare" may be the contractions of spiritual birthing. Discern the moment and step through the threshold.
The Red Sea and Passover are prophetic blueprints of identity, priesthood, and purpose, sealed in the Blood and empowered by the Spirit. These were not just events; they were thresholds into governance and glory.
God's intention was never to birth wanderers. The Exodus deliverance was designed to produce Calebs and Joshuas—faith-filled, fruit-focused, throne-room-aligned leaders, carrying the double portion.
This is a threshold moment. You are not simply receiving a calling; you are emerging into maturity, mission, and mandate. This is the unveiling of heirs, not the maintenance of orphans. You are being revealed, not hidden. This is your hour of Kingdom visibility, apostolic maturity, and cultural influence. You were born to shape nations and steward generational legacy.
Heaven is converging with earth. The Father delights, the Son commissions, the Spirit hovers, and the Blood declares: "This one belongs to Me."
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Will Meier
Awakening Destiny Global
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Will and Donna Meier are dynamic leaders at Awakening Destiny Global, passionately dedicated to awakening Believers and nations to their God-given destinies. Their mission is to restore and catalyze a global movement of spiritual revival and transformation. Will, a Kingdom entrepreneur, speaker, and leadership coach, combines decades of experience in a Fortune 50 aerospace company with his spiritual leadership. He is the author of 'Leaders for Life—Creating Champions through the NOW Leadership Process,' focusing on integrating Kingdom principles into marketplace leadership. Donna is actively involved in their community and was recently elected to the local board of education, where she advocates for children and aims to drive positive change. Their shared commitment to spiritual and community leadership makes them an influential apostolic and prophetic team across both spiritual and secular spheres. Will and Donna have two sons, live in Connecticut, and enjoy outdoor adventures and travel.
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