Thank you for covering this season in prayer! This Sunday is Tisha b’Av. It is vitally important to remain in continual prayer. Remember Psalm 91 is a gift from the Lord for you!

Olympics Begin Weekend of Tisha b’Av!
Remarkably, the London Olympics begins this very weekend. Rumors of terrorist threats are rampant, with many fearing an attack similar to the Munich Games exactly 40 years ago.

In a previous post, we conveyed clear prophetic perceptions from a friend about potential terrorist strikes involving chemical weapons. London, New York and Washington DC were all highlighted in this prophetic experience.

Continuing Prayer Over Syria
Not coincidentally, the situation with chemical and biological weapons in Syria remains highly volatile. The regime that promised not to use biological warfare against its own people has just used fighter jets against its own people. The threat remains.

Many are speculating about a dangerous scenario if any weapons were transferred to Hezbollah or Hamas, with the Olympic games an intended target.

Lets continue to watch with all vigilance during this time! Again, it is vital to pray for our intelligence communities. Ask–actually, require–that the Lord expose plots of darkness!

Pray Against Enemy Strategies
During prayer last night I felt that some enemy strategies were hidden in plain view–so simple they were actually overlooked. Please agree for all occult shields to be removed, and for the Lord to redirect attention to wherever the enemy is actually working. I also felt also the enemy was trying to coerce key leaders even into betrayal. Found myself praying, Lead them not into temptation, Lord, but deliver them from evil!

Bull Run: An Economic Warning
Today I want to briefly share on revelatory insights regarding the economy. To do this, I feel to expound on an impression given to Nathalie Hatch. She shared how the Lord recently spoke to her, “They fought and ran from Bull Run to Bull Run.” As we chronicled in our Day 16 posting, the obvious initial correlation was to the first official battle of the Civil War.

Two days ago, the Holy Spirit reminded me again how a “Bull Run” actually related to the economy. To do this, let me take you briefly on a prophetic journey.

Second 911?
For a year prior to the economic collapse of 2008, the Lord had been speaking to me about a “second 911.” During the time of the terrorist strike against America, the Lord quickened to me Amos 9:11, which speaks of the restoration of the Tabernacle of David. As we have chronicled, this is our true “safe place” in times of storm!

But in 2008, the Lord gave me Amos 9:1, which says, “Strike the capitals and let the thresholds shake; and break them down on the heads of them all.” 

I couldn’t get away from this phrase. As an apostolic intercessor assigned to solve all the nation’s problems, I immediately put on my strategist hat and began planning trips to state capitals. Maybe our prayer strike would prevent another terrorist strike!

Toppling Skyscraper
Jolene wasn’t up for another round of “striving for a cause.” But the Lord had given her a dream of a toppling skyscraper. On the bottom floor were many reputable community banks. In the middle of the skyscraper were condominiums and chain restaurants, such as Olive Garden etc. At the top of the skyscraper were the largest investment and insurance companies–Citibank, Lehman Bros. Prudential, Goldman Sachs, etc.

In her dream, an earthquake suddenly shook the community banks. The whole skyscraper then began to topple, including the rock-solid firms up top!

So throughout the summer, we traversed the nation sharing on these two themes. We then held a “911 Summit” on the weekend of September 11, 2008 where we more fully unpacked both the warnings and opportunities for the coming year. This gathering has since become a yearly tradition for Lamplighter.

Strike the Capitals: 777.68
But we never saw how our perceptions converged until September 29th. It was actually Rosh Hashanah, and we were driving home through New York when news of a Stock Market collapse broke. The stock market plunged 777.68 points.

At this time, I heard the Holy Spirit replay Amos 9:1, “Strike the capitals, and let the thresholds shake…” Only He wasn’t speaking about capitals as in cities. He was speaking about capital, as in finance.

It was literally a “second 911”–affecting the nation from New York City just as drastically as the day the towers fell. Only this time, the collapse of the skyscraper didn’t come from above, but from the ground up.

Community banks were hit as the real estate market began to shake. Few at the time knew how the highest level financial institutions had heavily invested in derivatives tied to the real estate market. Soon, the strongest investment banks were toppling, literally putting at risk the securities of all America.

So… what does this have to do with today? What does this have to do with “running from Bull Run to Bull Run?”

Divorcing Baal, Returning to Covenant
Let me again share the pathway before I share the discovery. Jolene and I were stunned when the stock market plunged exactly 777.68 points. Seven is the number of covenant! In fact, a year before, on 07-07-07, we gathered with many in Nashville TN to divorce Baal and restore covenant with Jesus Christ.

We couldn’t figure out why the market landed at 777.68, instead of 777.7. In prayer, Jolene was led to Psalm 68. One verse stood out. “Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, the herds of bulls with the calves of the peoples, trampling underfoot the pieces of silver. He has scattered those who delight in war” (Ps 68:30).

Many were talking about how the stock market plunge marked the end of the “bull market.” It is interesting that the symbol for Baal is a bull.

Certainly, idolatry, greed and carelessness from Wall Street put the savings of the nation in peril. The bulls literally trampled underfoot the pieces of silver. Through this travesty, was God somehow conveying we should “divorce Baal” and return to covenant with Jesus Christ? Was this the key to restoring the securities of our nation?

It’s no coincidence that at this very time, the Lord gave Dr. John Benefiel a commission to facilitate divorcing Baal at the root structures of this idolatry. We traveled from Wall Street to Washington DC to Washington State and the nations. We sought together for a national and global shift from Baal to Jesus!

Definition of Bull Run–Finances Tied to Idolatry
And corruption at the highest levels of global finance continues to be exposed. Let me share a definition of “Bull Run” according to our prophetic journey. The imagery in Psalm 68–of the herds of bulls trampling silver–can actually define financial powerhouses tied to idolatry and greed that trample underfoot the investments of the people.

They run from Bull Run to Bull Run. Is God warning of another economic upheaval? Please pray for the economy, nationally and globally. God, restrain the enemy! I say, lets fully shift now from Baal to Jesus–and make it through these Dire Straits.