Beginning at sundown tonight the Jewish festival of Shavuot associated with Pentecost officially begins. That is why we are simultaneously at 1 and LIFT-OFF. The first full day of Pentecost is tomorrow, May 29 and this will be celebrated through Sunday. There is no specific minute or hour for a visitation to align with Acts 2, and especially so as we realize time zones across the world put as in different equations. Acts 2:1 just says, “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come…” there was a “suddenly.” It could have been late at night or early morning when “a sound of a mighty rushing wind” came in and filled their room, because at 9AM Peter is explaining to the crowd that had gathered that the “drunkenness" people thought they were observing couldn’t be from natural wine, as it was early in the morning. Most importantly, it just all had to be 50 days after Passover.

50 AND JUBILEE

The significance of the number 50 was well established in the Jewish faith and culture. The year after 7 sets of 7 years it was the Year of Jubilee that all anticipated. It was signaled with the blowing of the shofar, and upon hearing that sound it was celebration time. No one had to look at clocks. Children didn’t need to ask, “Did it start yet?” It was the SOUND all waited for and then all knew it was JUBILEE! We get our word Jubilation from that word. It means, “a feeling of great happiness and triumph.” All debts were now forgiven. Lost lands were now returned. “In this Year of Jubilee, everyone is to return to his own property.” (Lev. 25:13) It was also a year they were not to work their fields, but only eat from what grew from untended vines and crops.

Likewise, Pentecost, meaning "50 days," was a yearly, mini-Jubilee to keep the bigger Jubilee unforgettable. Waiting 50 years can make it hard for something to be instilled in the culture. So Pentecost was celebrated 50 days after Passover. The Acts 2 Pentecost was 50 days after Jesus the Passover Lamb died and resurrected. The Holy Spirit was sent to empower the young church for penetrating all demonic, or even cultural, resistance. “And you shall receive POWER” (Acts 1:8) The supernatural power of God translates into every language and every culture. Apologetics, dogma, and Christian principles have a niche, but only manifest power/presence translates everywhere easily. I remember having five minutes with every classroom in a city’s top private school in the nation of Peru. What do you do or say in five minutes across all age groups? This was my presentation at every classroom. “Hi, my name is Johnny Enlow. How many of you have ever heard of God, raise your hands? (All hands raised) How many of you would like Him to prove to you right now that He is alive so that you never forget it? (A little more hesitancy, a lot more curiosity, but all hands eventually go up). OK, can I get you all to stand up in front of your desk and just hold out your hands, like to receive something, and can you close your eyes? (With some peeking, all did it). Holy Spirit, would you come into this room and confirm to every one of these kids that you are real. Would you confirm by what they suddenly feel that you are God.” I had no practice doing this and it was all faith. I didn’t know what would happen. We waited a moment and suddenly, about half the students fell back into their seats—and remember almost none of them were Christian and none had been exposed to “being slain in the Spirit.” All the rest of the students either immediately began to weep or their hands began to shake—though mainly gently. If even one did not have one of those evidences, I would go touch them on their hands and they would get an evidence. I then would call the class to attention and ask, “How many of you now KNOW God is real and will never forget it?” 100% of the hands would go up, and all with a pleasantly stunned look on their face. I closed with, “God loves you and has an amazing plan for your life.” I did about 11 classrooms like that. For having only 5-7 minutes per classroom, and not really having freedom to lead into the sinners' prayer, I was pretty happy how the power of God had shortened all kinds of discussions and had captured the attention of all sorts of age groups. The power of God will overcome ADD and even ADHD. And they all encountered He who is LOVE.

THE CONVERGENCE OF CONVERGENCES

I use this term because there has never been a more unique year for the whole world. Though demonic and agenda-driven, the COVID19 “storm” has put the whole world on the same page. I am doing Zoom and Skype calls all over the world, and the virus, the quarantine, and the economy being shut down is a reality everywhere. We are all involved in some level of a forced “allowing the land to rest” reality, as would happen in the Year of Jubilee. Suddenly, we are hearing of all the good from this forced rest. The air has cleaned up and cities can now breathe and the people can now see the surrounding mountains. Fish have returned and massively multiplied in the sea. Disconnected families have reconnected and reprioritized the important matters of life. A global reset has played out. Like a malfunctioning computer that needs just to be shut off and then turned back on in order for proper function, so too this has been our RESET experience. It confirms that we are in a hybrid, once-in-many lifetimes Year of Jubilee—and now we converge that hybrid Jubilee with the Jubilee of the most anticipated Pentecost in history. I have never, ever seen or heard anything like this. All across the planet Pentecost initiatives are playing out. Prayer initiatives leading up to Pentecost are the most ever, and I am talking about around the world. I already know that at least 50 nations are involved in our own Pentecost Countdown—and that is just what I have found out without asking for all represented nations to announce themselves. As widely anticipated as Passover 2020 was, Pentecost 2020 seems to exceed that anticipation by at least ten times and it might be a hundred times. That is why I call it THE convergence of convergences.

ITS BEGINNING TO FEEL A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

In a previous countdown post, I mentioned seeing the Holy Spirit looking like Santa Claus and throwing us colorfully wrapped gifts. Since then it has been pointed out to me that at least 5 prophetic voices who are known and regulars on the Elijah List have had visions or dreams of Christmas and this Pentecost. Others lesser-known as well. Several of the prophetic voices including myself were hesitant to share the Christmas imagery, but God made too many of us receive that revelation to be able to ignore it. The message is powerful. He wants us childlike. He wants us excited with anticipation. He wants this to be a joyful time. The “jolliness" of the Holy Spirit is to be perceived at this time. He is giving great gifts. As at Christmas, there is a combination of gifts that we have asked for—and pleasant surprises. Christmas for children entails often receiving a gift they wanted but had been led to believe there is just no way at this time. It was supposedly not available or too expensive or they didn’t deserve it. You can just see that child, having opened the present, and his or her mouth in wide-open amazement, as they look at their parent in pleasant shock. A scream of joy may follow. The epitome of anticipation and anticipation fulfilled happens at Christmas. He wants us there.

TSUNAMI

The other repeat dream and vision that I have heard from at least 25 sources is that of an incoming tsunami. In my vision it is a huge blue and green wave. Blue for unusual revelation and green for unusual provision. I am already getting so many testimonies from you on both of those, just in the 10 day countdown period! The Holy Spirit is giving out some "ahead of time" presents, like some of us parents would do with our own children at Christmas. One year we started the present giving 5 days ahead of time and daily gave gifts until Christmas—but the best gifts were always Christmas itself. In the tsunami visions and dreams, the immensity of the tsunamis stand out and the knowledge that this was from God. Something is to happen that will change the landscape of everything forever. Your landscape, the world’s landscape. Suspense at HOW and WHAT that might be are to be the norm. Kind of like Christmas again. No kid wants a “prophet” to tell him what is in his present. It would just ruin it all. That is a major component of the whole Christmas experience. You don’t find out about YOUR present until you open it up. It is what makes the moment so special. I say that so you stay weaned from wanting “prophetic clarity” of exactly every detail of HOW that is going to happen and WHEN is it going to happen. Tsunamis and Christmas are both about SURPRISE. Stay ready to be surprised. Maybe you see everyone else “opening their presents.” Be excited for them and know your time is coming soon. Anytime over the next few days you could get one or all of your presents/gifts. At least one gift is designed to fulfill Acts 1:8, “And you shall receive POWER.” Furthermore, because this is a unique and hybrid convergence of convergence, I believe it is Christmas/Jubilee for the rest of 2020. Something for everyone NOW—but then Christmas somehow doesn’t end.

Tomorrow morning I will release my last Pentecost post and it will be brief. Tomorrow night we have our Facebook LIVE at 7PM Nashville, TN time. I will blow the shofar at some point and you can connect that to what I shared above on the Year of Jubilee. We will stay in SURPRISE mode so that in any way the Holy Spirit redirects or shows up it will be the agenda. So for those wanting more details on the specifics on how the meeting will go—there are none:) Via Facebook LIVE bring your surfboard and let’s wave watch together.