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BEGINNING AND ENDING
Kriston Couchey

JACOB'S TROUBLE, THE TRANSITION
Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

In Genesis 32 Jacob is making a journey from being a servant in the house of Laban to becoming master of His own destiny. In this journey of transition, Jacob has trouble before him in his brother Esau, and behind him in Laban his old master. Yet this trouble was the crucible of His life to bring him into the beginning of a new day in which He entered the land promised to his forefathers; and end of his days of laboring in the house of Laban. It was also a day of name change for Jacob from that of "supplanter" to that of "prince of God".

Prophetically we have entered the day of "Jacob's Trouble" (tribulation) in which transition is shaking and removing all that offends from the kingdom. Transition brings a beginning and end within the hearts of God's people. It bringing shaking and tribulation that ends sin, rebellion, religion, and the world's systems that have held captive His church. It is also the beginning of the fullness of the rule of God within the hearts of His children; the kingdom of God come to earth. This tribulation is a result of the kingdom being established in and through God's people. This transition will truly turn "supplanters" into the "princes of God" who will inherit the kingdom and be a source of great shaking; changing the very expression of what we call church today. 

God is bringing great upheaval and change to the church today. It is a very good thing, and also a very hard thing. God has determined in this hour it must be done, and we are going to experience right now the transition that brings many sons into glory. I am not talking about years from now, I am saying RIGHT NOW God is doing this. Power and initiative is being released from the throne to bring this transition and God will sovereignly bring change that will cause the rise and fall of many. 

PURIFIED WITH FIRE
Judgment comes first to God's own house and then to the world. It is through much tribulation that we enter the kingdom of God. The day is here Now! God is setting into order his house and He is determined to to bring forth a pure and Holy Bride; a people mystically united with Him in heart and deed. It is the kingdom manifest in God's people that will also bring this purification (tribulation)of fire to the earth and it's inhabitants in order to restore and renew the planet.

WRESTLING FOR YOUR INHERITANCE
The difference between Jacob and Esau was that Jacob valued the birthright while Esau was concerned with taking care of his fleshly needs. He was not valuing the promises given to his forefathers. Many today are feeding from and focused on fleshly needs and happenings that are the price they pay for their birthright. It's time to fall on our faces before God and repent. We must fall on His already available mercy and like Jacob not let go till He blesses us with a new name and a place in the land of promise.

Kriston Couchey
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