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Good morning, we are in the house of God. I said, we are in the house of God. We are in His presence, and there is no presence like God's. God is a God of order. Let me show you the power of order. This looks beautiful, right? This is in order for you. It is in its place. When something is out of place, it changes the flow and the pattern of God, and for blessing. So, God is a God of law and order. [Music] Break His own law, break the law of man, but you will not break His own law. So, listen clearly, tithes and offerings are the law of the kingdom. And in God's mind, when the law is broken, then the blessing cannot come. Moving on from the heavens, I saw that the tithe has the power to open, but blessings come, and the miracle of multiplication comes through the offering. So, in other words, the tithe cleans your debt. Your offering, at the level you give, that which God configures is very much what you take from your work, what is corporate in America, a seed of that kingdom. And when you spend it, that's what I call money, as far as money goes, as far as it goes. In other words, you take it, you spend it, it's gone. Do you understand? In other words, the lifespan of your money is one week. There is no power attached to that, if you understand. Listen to this. Now, when you tithe, this is what God does. Power comes from another realm, another dimension where there is no recession, where there is no lack, and it jumps, it breaks the movement of the economy. It doesn't matter what is happening at the corporate level in America, but your finances will continue to flow. [Applause] That's why your money in the kingdom, your money in the kingdom has no expiration date because multiplication begins. But if you just take it and don't give, then your life, your way of life, by your way of living, by your... and not the supernatural way. That's why I want you this morning to prepare your tithe. It is the tithe. It is what you owe. You owe it. You owe it in God's mind. The offering surpasses the tithe because that's where your multiplication begins. I ask you this: can you go to a place where you see a Mercedes with money that isn't yours? If you give little, how can you expect much from God? The Bible also says, "Do not be deceived, for whatever you sow, you will also reap." In other words, if I am always giving little and I go and tell God, "I am going to take a mansion," I am deceiving myself. It is that your standard of living does not change until your standard of giving changes. With the person next to you, tell them, "I am going to change my standard of living because God wants to bless me." And with the other person, tell them the same thing. You know what? So, when you see the pastor [Music] coming, and the pastor is driving a Mercedes, it means he has changed. [Music] [Applause] And God wants you to change your standard too, so that when sinners look at you, they say, "I want that." [Music] Let's bow our heads. Father, in the name of Jesus, we honor You. You are our source. You are our God, and You are holy. And the tithes and offerings are holy. Lord, I ask You now to do something supernatural in my life as I give You what I have to give You. In Your name, I ask, Father, that You bless the obedience of Your people this morning as they give to You. In Jesus' name, amen. Now, listen to this. How many of you here are single? Raise your hand. And you are single? Very few. If you are single, let me tell you what it means. It means you don't have to ask your wife for permission to give. So, you are completely free. If you are married, that's a problem. But if you are married, what about the tithe that you are giving to God? But as husband and wife, agree on the level of offering. The word says, "Are you in agreement?" I'm going to give you a minute. Consult your spouse while you prepare. Ready? This morning, Pentecost, on an advanced level. I want to lay the foundation. This morning, my story, some of you know it, is that I am Jewish. Let me tell you something from a Jewish perspective. Most Jews, unless they are converted, are born again, the feasts of the Lord are history, not a revelation, a prophecy, because remember, Jesus is the light. They are oriented to the light. They don't see Jesus in the feasts. The feasts of the Lord, what are they? The word "feast" in Hebrew is not more than what we know as simply meaning the appointed time. And God's times are sovereign. We humans cannot move the times appointed by God because God is God. Now, listen clearly. In the feasts, and all the prophetic events in the entire Bible and in the universe, and things that have happened throughout the earth, all of them come from the feasts. All of them. Each one of them. These feasts. I'll give you an example about appointed times. There are established times, even in natural time. The earth, my birthday is September 24th. How many here know that will never change? Every month that passes for a woman, because it is an appointed time. Seven days make a week. In other words, it is established. There are established times in the natural [Music] and there are established times in the spiritual realm. And the blessings of the Lord, the most powerful blessings are unleashed within these times. Portals open. When I say portal, I mean a literal door, a door, a window, and a portal can be a person. We know Jesus said, "I am the door." That's right. So, we are in this appointed time. And listen to this. In this appointed time, things happen. Listen to the power in this. Things happen. The cosmos gives way. The weather changes. Remember what the Bible says? When Jesus was born, what did they say? What does the Bible say? It says, "A star." So, in other words, it was declared in the cosmos that Jesus had been born. If you understand this, if it makes sense, then the word tells us that in these last times, the cosmos will also testify of His return. That's what we've seen this year. This is a sign that Jesus is coming. And the Lord is turning the church more and more to His glory. He cannot come for the church until the glory is revealed. So, the church, unfortunately, through the feasts, that's why we don't understand God's times. So, today I am going to teach you about Pentecost, the power of Pentecost. Most people I know, very good people, don't understand Pentecost. Most don't. For example, two different types of Pentecost. And listen clearly. These two Pentecos were for different purposes. The church doesn't know the purpose of Pentecost. If I say Pentecost in churches, they say speaking in tongues. That's all. This is the greatness that is missing within the church. Only power. I'll explain. Listen to this. Ah, listen with me. To Acts, please. Go to Acts chapter 2, because I don't want you to say he's preaching what he wants. And listen to the word that completely... the word means the state of time. The night of Christmas, before Christmas Day. Listen. The night is the preparation. The whole day of Pentecost arrives completely. When it says completely, I want you to listen to this clearly. Completely. It says, listen to this. Day. It says, "When the day of Pentecost." It doesn't say a week. It doesn't say a [Music] month. It says a specific day. Do you hear me? A specific moment. Remember, the process doesn't matter. The process is part of that day. That's why in the Bible, when the Bible speaks of the end of the [Music] days, that implies two or three. Does it say that in time? Ah, so every Jew [Music] gathered in Jerusalem during these feast times. Look at me. Listen. It will open your eyes and change the way you read the word. Because Passover, keep this in mind, because Passover is several days, and Pentecost is 50 days after Passover. And the Jews had already left. And because there wasn't enough time to go to the places they had come from, many stayed for the next feast. If you understand that. Now, look. So, for example, that's why Jesus stayed on earth for 40 days. It's the transition from Passover to Pentecost. And the church, what we want is for people to live Pentecost when they haven't lived the time of Passover. Let me show you what we see in Israel. Most would stay and go for Pentecost. Now, that gives you the idea, more or less. That's why it says, "the day of Pentecost." Then it is the state of movement, the effect. Because all these feasts are initiated by a visitation. The time of the feast are times of visitation. The word "visitation." Say the word "visitation." It's very important. How important is a visitation? Jesus said when He came to Jerusalem for Passover, Jerusalem was judged because they didn't know the hour of their visitation. That's why we are told to keep the feasts, to reserve them. Now, there are only seven feasts. They only tell us we have to keep three because it means that all the rest of God's plan for the church, for Israel, and for the world are in those three feasts. Do you understand what I've given you? Do you understand? So, just as your watch tells you the time, for us believers, the signs tell us the [Music] times. This is how we know Christ is coming. Because time is accelerating. Things are happening that hadn't happened before. We, as believers, are in the light. We know why these things are happening. Listen to this. Prophecy is linked to the feasts. In other words, they fit together, they synchronize. That's how powerful this is. Feasts to identify people, places, and things. What does that mean? It means if Jesus hadn't been born of a virgin in the middle of the times, these festivities wouldn't have mattered. No matter how many miracles He had performed, He would never have been the Christ. Do you understand that? So, the feasts are powerful. Let me teach you something, because I'm telling you, you have to understand this. I'm only talking about the first line of the verse. That's how powerful this is. Let me tell you something. The church, when was the church born? Let's see. Then how can the church not observe the feasts if it was born within a feast? Birth. That means a powerful president. A president. I knew prophetically he would serve two terms. And you will ask, how did you know? Through the feasts. Let me tell you why. On Passover in 2012, I tell you, Passover, Osama bin Laden was taken. [Music] His kingdom is established. If you capture the enemy of the past, [Music] I knew. [Music] in [Music] Passover. Anything that happens on Passover that is favorable, God renews it. [Music] I knew from that point on. While I didn't agree with many things he did, but you see what a person brings and fulfills. That's how you know who God is. So, look at this. I like to say this name, but the Lord [unclear] I'll give you an example. The previous election, I knew he couldn't win. I can prove it because I knew the number. Under his government, for March of this year, the whole earth went out. I wrote that someone with someone who had passed away, someone from [Music] [Music] this year, it hadn't been seen since leaving Egypt. Signs. [Music] And Jesus said, "How will you know?" [Music] It was within God's agenda. It's simply because it was global. It was in America, Europe. It was where. Listen to me clearly. There is no plague without a Pharaoh. It takes a Pharaoh to bring a plague. There is no vaccine for a plague. The only thing that stops a plague is repentance. The church became so political that they had no revelation. That's why the word says, "My people." [Applause] You are too busy with presidents, who is right, but the word says, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray." The church never changed to what the church is instead of God. Now, look at this. When God sends plagues, listen to this. If there is blood on your door, you are [Applause] exempt. Listen. And there is blood on his [Applause] door. The plague is not... not understood. All of this during the feasts. [Music] We are the ones who supposedly have promises. We have the answer. But we closed ourselves off. So supernatural is the church. I know a man who talked a lot about the supernatural. And he gave his wife my house. My house is not for our house. I told my wife, a Jew in this house. Blood on the door of our house. If these are the real feasts, this is powerful. The next sign. Before, listen to this. Your whole house. There is a principle in the kingdom. The highest level of authority. When something is grabbed. Have you heard this saying? What is in the head means this. This is connected to that head. Take your whole house. Tell me why these feasts. Tell me if God doesn't want to do something. And He knows how to do something funny. The other president who was almost at 80. Can I ask you something? Years ago, Moses, a prophet, didn't do much, but he won. [Music] Because in the kingdom, it's not what happens when it happens. The scripture was real. But because the church doesn't have prophetic understanding of the feasts, it has to be politically neutral. What you heard was patriotism. It took place instead of the truth. I'm going to close that and tell you this. The feasts are real. And listen to this. The cosmos is speaking. There are too many signs in the cosmos for you to understand. These feasts are real. They are real. Even scientists can't say anything because the Bible says these things will happen so that you understand where we are now. You will have to know the feasts. Say with me: "The feasts of the Lord are real." They are real. Are you learning something this morning? [Applause] Listen. I said a lot. Maybe you can... Pentecost was completely filled. They were all in accord, in one place. And suddenly. And say with me: "Suddenly." Say, "Suddenly." The difference between Passover and Pentecost is that word, "suddenly." We are in a season. Suddenly God will change finances. Suddenly God will change your situation. [Applause] Suddenly. Suddenly, a sound came from heaven, as of a rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues of fire, as of fire, and it rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues. Now, listen to this, because I'm saying it's very good. I want to skip to this because I want you to process all of this. The Holy Spirit comes with purpose, not by accident. The church has only touched the surface of what has to do with the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. Let me give you an example. Jeremiah 24:7 says, "I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord, and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with all their heart." Please listen to this. Let this sink in and settle in your spirit. Pentecost is a circumcision of the heart. [Music] Pentecost is the circumcision of the heart. What is a circumcision? It is cutting. It is removing. You cannot have a Pentecost without a circumcision. Do you know why? Because the Holy Spirit does not want to live in an impure vessel. I wonder how many believers are still uncircumcised. Hands touched. Changed. Judas. Jesus. Judas. Jesus walked on water. Judas. All of that. It touched him. But the [Music] heart, no. Look at the person, not by what they say, but by when their life changes. So, Pentecost is the circumcision of the heart. Now, listen to what Romans 2:28 and 29 says: "For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God." It refers to the transformation of the heart. When the heart, when the heart is transformed, then the mind [Music] the coming of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit breaks cultural mentalities, cultural limits. That's why it's important that we can understand this. The Holy Spirit breaks cultural states. It will make you think and tremble a little in the [Music] Bible. Do you know where cultural barriers were born? Where were they born? At the Tower of Babel. So, can you imagine if you are dark-skinned, white, whatever? The Bible says the whole earth was one [Applause] language. That's why the purpose of language was to divide people. But listen to this. Look at this. How can you say you are in the kingdom and insist on your culture? Listen to me. This is in the repentance. [Music] One of the first things Peter said was this: "You know it is against the law, it is against the law for a Jew to enter the house of a Gentile." In other words, Peter still had that cultural barrier. [Music] Peter was more interested in maintaining his status as a Jew than what had to do with the kingdom. Listen to this. When the Holy Spirit comes into your life, when He comes into your life, He breaks barriers. He breaks barriers. Do you know why our connection now is through the Spirit, not in language? Because we all have the same Holy Spirit. That is the purpose of Pentecost. You cannot put your cultural barriers every Sunday and say, "Holy Spirit," because He came to remove them. I'm telling you this morning, this church can explode in a [Music] day. In other words, don't limit yourself to your culture. The kingdom is bigger. It's bigger. We are talking about the kingdom of heaven. How can this be seen? This is a long message. It's not just saying Pentecost has arrived. You can realize much more than we talked about regarding Pentecost. But let me start to close this, because I know this teaching, you have to sit and listen to it and listen, because I don't want to overwhelm you with so much truth. I'll just take 10 more minutes, and I'll give you the other 40 so you can digest it. Listen to this. The first Pentecost, why was it different from the Pentecost of the new, of the new? The first Pentecost was for Jews. If you look at it, it was only for Israel. This is also what Pentecost did. Pentecost was the birth of a nation. In Pentecost, you are not a nation without a law, like the Constitution. It is the law of the land. Another level of revelation. Look at this. The law of God is for the converted. Do you know what that means? You cannot take a sinner, the same one, and subject him to the same law. Listen to this, pastor. If the law was given on Pentecost, what did God do on Passover? What was Passover? Passover was the correction of an injustice, because people were enslaved. Ah, so what it means is [Music] the same civil rights. If God had not believed in civil rights, He would have left them enslaved in Egypt. Civil rights. [Music] a nation of priests. Look at this. When the church was born, it was a school. When the church was born, do you know what we know as believers? It's called the church. Something else is the church. We are known as the body of Christ. The church is the body of Christ. Look at this. Look at this. The revelation that the church has not come to is that the church is a priestly nation. We don't have... that the church is a nation. That's why when the church was born, that's why it never had a name. The church was not [Music] Baptist. The church was not Methodist because it didn't have a name. Those are denominational. What did the denominations do? They separated the church. Separate the church. You believe one thing. You believe one thing. You believe another. That's why the church is divided. The church is truly divided. [Music] An idea of man. I can tell you the truth, teach you in the word, but you will look at me and say, "My church doesn't believe in that." Look at this. That's why Islam is growing. That's why they are growing. Do you know why? Because one of their names is "the nation." That's why they have money. That's why in the church, money cannot move, because we are not a nation. We have a divided design. Imagine in the nation of God, every person, but this is because it has money, because we don't have the [Music] infrastructure. What I'm saying is what happens in Pentecost. You know, when Israel was born, doesn't the word say, "You will always remember the Lord your God"? Because He gives us power to... doesn't the Bible say that? Can I ask you this? Did He say it to one person? Did He say it to one person? Did He say it to the whole nation? That means as a nation, we were born of God, under God. It was illegal for you to be poor. That strong. If you were poor, you were looked at as someone who broke the law. Ah, impose a government law. Taxes are a government law. Tithes. Let's go, let's go. You are not within the church. You have broken the law, and the blessing cannot come. Do you remember the story of Job? They saw that Job was blessed and then saw him lose everything. In their minds, they thought Job had broken the law. I'm sure. The body of Christ, we are a nation. We are a nation. Where are the finances? Where is the infrastructure? And we want the finances of the nations, and we have half of the nations. [Music] A circumcision. We speak in tongues. A circum... Listen, I'm going to close. I'm very sure. This is something that is not simple. What we have taught this morning, does it make sense? What I'm telling you. You were designed to have finances, brother. You were born to have. You were designed to have. Do you know why? Not only because it is the law of the land, but because it is the blessing. [Applause] I'm going to give the service back to the pastor, but I want to encourage you. As long as you live, every day, your heart, the circumcision, live by the word. Don't live by your emotions. Live by the word. Because the word says, if you are not circumcised in the spirit, the word says you cannot take the promises. Let's bow our heads. I want to pray this morning. Father, this is Your word. It is not a word of man. This is not the Pentecost message we are accustomed to. But Lord, You are about to return. And Lord, it is illegal for us not to have this blessing. Ways and means for You to circumcise us. You have said that we will be the head and not the tail, the top and not the bottom. We know that promise is for the circumcised. Father, I ask You to perform a massive circumcision in us and for those watching us. I pray for a circumcision where God cuts away the old, God cuts away the past, so that you can be renewed and completely filled with the Holy Spirit. Father, I ask You now to bless. Do something supernatural. Even something supernatural is Your promise, Lord. It is Your promise. In the name of Jesus. And we promise to obey You. In the name of [Applause] Jesus. I know this morning has been a lot. Have you learned something this morning? Well, God bless you. Hold on. I see you as a church that will surprise people. God will use you to surprise. I'll say it again, God will use you to surprise. He wants you blessed more than anything else. Do you know why? He wants you more blessed than you can imagine. Because listen to this. Do you know why He gave the people of Israel the power to make riches? This is powerful, because the power to have wealth was the weakness of the law. And God wants you to be His witness. Pastor, I tell you, in the presence of God, never be intimidated. Offenses and insults. We are intimidated. We have to be, because we are, in some way, helping and supporting the transgressor. I want you to be a transgressor, spiritually. Do you know why? I want you to enter into this. Pastor, God forbid, if some people come to power, I'm just telling the truth, they are against you. Do you understand what I'm saying? What I'm not saying. And when man does not give you favor, the word says God will make a way where there is no way, because He has promised to give and multiply, because you are His spirit. And every time you, and you, and you, you activate heaven in your life. All spouses, when you are going through things, come with your wife and say, "Let's activate something." If two agree, heaven comes and manifests. I leave you with this word today. As we say in Hebrew, Shalom. Shalom.