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Hanukkah and Christmas Converge – 2016

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hanukkah-christmasOn December 24, Hanukkah and Christmas converge, marking only the fifth time in the last 100 years that the first day of Hanukkah fell on Christmas.  Is God releasing yet another significant signpost to us?

Hanukkah is regarded as a Jewish holiday, but John 10:22-23 tells us that Jesus was at the temple for the Feast of Dedication, which is Hanukkah. Hanukkah means “Dedication” in Hebrew and it begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar.

“At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem; it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.” John 10:22-23

The meaning of the Greek word for “Dedication” used in this verse is renewal or new beginning, so the festival was also known as the Feast of Renewal.

In 167 BC, the tyrant ruler, Antiochus IV, of Greece outlawed Jewish religious observances and forced the Jews to conform to Greek culture.  He desecrated their temple by offering a pig on the Lord’s altar and filling it with pagan idols.

The Jews rose up under the initial leadership of Matityahu and then by his son, Judah the Maccabee, and fought a three-year battle.  Against all odds, the Maccabees finally defeated Antiochus’ armies and reclaimed Jerusalem in 164 BC.  The Jews had regained their right to worship God and be who they were created to be.  Their victory was reason to celebrate.  They set to work rebuilding and consecrating the Temple, but before they could hold a worship service, they would need oil to light the lamp.  They found only enough oil to light the lamp for one day. Eight days were required for oil to be consecrated, but they did not want to delay the celebration.  By faith, they committed themselves and their resources to God and decided to go ahead with the Festival of Dedication.   The miracle came when the lamp did not go out for eight days until the next supply of oil was prepared.  For this reason, Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration of God’s miracle-working deliverance and provision.

God saw the zeal and excitement in His children because of the profound victory over the Greek army and their desire to worship Him.  He was pleased by their faith.  They took all the steps they could take toward the new beginning of worship in the Temple.  Then Father God stepped in to complete the process, He caused the oil to multiply and the lights to shine.  He bridged the gap until the normal process of producing oil could resume.

Three years ago, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah started on the same day.  This had never happened since Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863.  They will not coincide again for another 79,000+ years.  I believe this was a sign from God specifically to America. What He began in 2013, continues today as we close out 2016.  God’s Love and Desire for America is on display.  He is sending  reminders of Who He is – Deliverer and Provider – for His people.  This election season was a sign that He is pleased with the response of His remnant to return to our covenant roots and remember why we live in this nation.  It is His doing!  He established this Nation for His purpose. Just as the Jews faced the Greek government in their day, we stand against the worldly systems that want to destroy our Christian heritage and testimony.  Our government cannot deliver us from the mess we are in, but He alone can.  Jesus is our new beginning!    The numerical value of Yeshua’s name is 888 – the number of new beginnings.

The convergence of the manmade holiday of Christmas and the Festival of Renewal signify God’s pleasure to reestablish His Rulership, His Glory in this earth.  As we submit to the Kingship of Jesus and walk in faith, He releases miracles to catapult us far beyond what we would normally expect for the purpose of building His Kingdom on the earth and refreshing us with joy!  He reigns over all and is preparing the earth for His return.  2017 is going to be an amazing year to watch God’s miraculous power and the new beginnings He is releasing to His people.  The eight days of Hanukkah conclude on January 1, 2017.  We are divinely positioned to see God move mightily as 2016 comes to a close and the year of Renewal begins.

What Do You See?

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Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.  And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. John 10:22-23

The Feast of Dlight of the world menorahedication is Hanukkah, a time when the Jews celebrate the great deliverance that God gave them from the Greeks who were out to destroy them all. On each day of the eight-day Feast, another lamp was lit on the special 9-branched menorah called a hanukkiah. (This special menorah was created for this feast, the traditional menorah has 7 branches.) The significance of the hanukkiah represents another miracle that was given during this time of deliverance. After the Greek army had been defeated, the Jews had much work to do to restore the Temple from desecration and defilement. After cleansing the Temple, they wanted to rededicate it to God and part of that process involved lighting the menorah. Unfortunately, only one vial of oil was found. Rather than wait eight days until more oil could be obtained, they decided to light the lamp anyway. The lamp remained lit for eight days with only a one day supply. The theme of this feast is God’s salvation of the Jews and His Presence seen through the miracle of the light as the Jews dedicated themselves back to Him.

This historical event took place during the time between the Old and New Testaments. The only place it is mentioned in the Bible is in John chapter 10. Since the verse doesn’t expound on the significance of the Feast, we must look at the context to determine why it is mentioned at all. What we know is that Jesus was at the Temple observing the Feast. While the people were lighting the lamps and thanking God for preserving them, Jesus (salvation personified) walked among them.

Just prior to this verse, Jesus had been saying, “I am the Door” to the sheepfold and “I am the Good Shepherd.” He was talking about the great care the shepherd provides for his sheep, that he is not like the hired hand that turns and runs when danger comes. He was painting a familiar picture for people who had intimate knowledge of shepherds and sheep. Surely, they could relate to what He was communicating to them. Why then does verse 19 say that His words created a great division among the people. Some were probably hanging on His every word, touched by the deep love that was emanating from Him. They were being drawn toward Him. Others were infuriated, calling Him demon-possessed and insane. How could this Man’s words create such opposite reactions?

In the chaos of this divided group, they huddled around Jesus and begged Him to tell them if He was the Christ, the anointed One that was to come. Jesus’ response was not a direct answer to their question, but it did provide the answer they were seeking. He said, “I told you, and you do not believe, the works I do in my Father’s name, these testify of Me.” He was directing them to not only listen to His Words, but to see His works. His works were fulfilling prophecy that had been passed down through the ages. So how could they miss it, why couldn’t they see?

This is a question we must all ask ourselves. There are times in life when we just “can’t see” an answer for our questions. The problem lies in our expectations. What are we looking for? We expect the answer to come in one way, but if it doesn’t appear in that form, we don’t recognize it as the answer. That’s what these unbelievers did. They expected the Messiah to look differently. They expected Him to act differently, to do different works. Yet, here He was in the Temple, while they were celebrating the Lights of Hanukkah, walking and talking among them, testifying to the fact that He was the very Light they were celebrating. He was not trying to hide His identity. Those who were truly seeking Him had eyes to see and ears to hear His Voice, the True Shepherd. These people heard the words of prophecy and kept their eyes of faith open, expecting that God would reveal Truth to them. The others were seeking their own man-made image of Messiah, one that would satisfy their expectations. They weren’t willing to change their minds to align with God. They had their own agenda. The scripture says, “it was the Feast of Dedication and it was winter.” In the midst of the warm glow of the lights, many had cold hearts.

As we celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas this year, consider the question, “What do you see?” You have heard many words of prophecy about Jesus, about the Kingdom of God, about His Second Coming and the End-times. What do you believe about these things? What are you looking for? Have you limited the answers to what you can understand with human reason, or are you willing to consider that God can do things any way He likes, even if it doesn’t make sense? Or are you even looking? Have you considered that you might have to be active in seeking to understand the stories (which are prophecies) you’ve read about Jesus’ Second Coming. Headlines will not be written in the sky! It takes faith to believe what we don’t fully understand, but that is the exciting journey of walking with God. He will show us as we go. If we’re not willing to go on the journey, we get left behind in a sea of unbelief and disappointment.

Take another look at things that are familiar to you and see in a new way. Allow the Lord of Light to give you new vision to see beyond what you’ve been able to see in the past. Listen to the sounds of the season and hear a new sound. The Voice of the Good Shepherd is calling His sheep to come to Him and be saved, to be delivered from the evil that seeks to destroy. He will light a new path for you. He is the Light of Life.

Happy Hanukkah!

First Day of School – Fall 2012

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Such a fun day!  So much excitement!

God is doing a new thing and we are blessed to be part of it.  He has called us together for such a time as this.  He is giving us specific subjects to study, things that are on His heart.  I love doing school under the direction of Holy Spirit.  It’s a learning experience for me, as well as for the children.

After committing our school and ourselves to Him, we launched in our study on the time period from Hezekiah to the Babylonian exile.  So much revelation to be had regarding our current place in history.

To appreciate the wonder of the human body, it’s important to think about how God breathed life into the image he formed from the dust (clay) of the earth.  This is where we began today, forming the image of man in clay and discussing the marvelous systems that make our body operate so efficiently.

Finally, the little artists created their own portfolios which will preserve the beautiful works of art they create in the coming days.

Thank you, God, for the privilege to teach and mentor these precious ones!

In 2012 Suffer the Children to Come to Me

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This article and word from the Lord are the heart and soul of Champion Builders Center.  This is our mission: to raise up this new generation of deliverers, healers, evangelists, Champions for God!  The anointing is here NOW to help our children come into the fullness of their destiny.

 

By:  Reeni Mederos

Through the Voice of the Innocent

The Lord says, “Suffer the little children and lead them into My presence. I am calling them to come to Me. I am awakening your youth and it will be from the mouth of babes that I will speak; I will speak to them through dreams and visions, and they will encounter angelic visitations from My throne room. Through the voice of the innocent, whose minds are fresh and new from My heart, they will speak and declare the oracles of the Lord at the least expected times, but they will hear and they will say what is from My heart. They hear My voice and they see My face, for My Kingdom belongs to them and I have opened their eyes to see Me.

“Watch the children in the peculiar things they will do that will astonish you and inspire you. I have already chosen them and anointed them. Watch them as they play, watch them as they grow, watch them as they speak, watch them as they sing. For they will prophesy out of the honesty and purity of their hearts and they will restore hope to the downcast and to nations at unrest. I will give them a dream and they will say, ‘Mommy, I had a dream last night.’ I will speak to them and they will say profound words of wisdom that you know can only come from above. You will know it is not their natural minds. It will be divinely inspired by Me and I will anoint their words.”

A Higher Frequency of Hearing

“They will manifest what I say in their art, in their speech, in their songs and in their dreams. For I have given these little ones a higher frequency of hearing the sound of My voice. The sounds of Heaven they will hear in their hearts during this time are untainted by this world. For it is the pure in heart that shall see Me, and they do see Me. It will be imperative to guard their pure hearts, to guard their pure eyes, to guard their pure ears. I have consecrated them and I have set them apart for Me, for My purposes and for a specific work. Each one is unique with a different virtue, and I will begin to reveal to you, parents, grandmothers, aunts and uncles, what is their special and specific endowment from on high.

“For I send a commission to the parents to guard their purity in an impure world and to guard their precious hearts, but I have also put a guard upon their lives so that they will be nurtured by My voice, by My love. Do not forbid them to speak, for I have something to say through them at specific times. Stay alert to them and listen to the words of wisdom that I will flow out of their mouths that will be too intelligible for them to speak from their natural minds. I have increased the ability to perceive upon this generation of children, and their discernment will far surpass even those that refuse to hear My voice. I have chosen them as a representation of My heart for you to see Me through their eyes and through their unconditional love.”

God’s Heart is Like the Heart of a Child

“Yes, My heart is like the heart of a child, and I choose to speak to them and through them face to face. Come and learn from them. Let the little children be your teacher in humility and in kindness, in forgiveness and in unconditional love. Let your heart be revived and blessed by them. They are My gift to you!

“Come as a little child, like them, that I may reveal to you what is to come and that you may partake of My divine nature in the purity and simplicity of childlike faith. Follow the example of these little ones into the journey of My heart. Become a little child again to Me. Lay aside every weight that blinds the pathway and highway to the realm of My holiness. For without holiness no one shall see the Lord, and I have ordained praise upon their lips so that they can easily see Me and be with Me even while they are here on this earth. Honor them as I have honored you and cherish the gift of purity they will teach you with,” says the Lord.

A Call to Return to Innocence

In 2012, God is calling all of His children, young and old, to come and sit at His feet so that He may reveal and speak to their hearts, one on one. It is a year of action to return to innocence and to allow the spirit of innocence to wash away every defilement of the enemy and every false thing that would infiltrate and contaminate. It is through purity that we will see clearly and see the Lord face to face.

God’s people have become weary as the enemy attempts to rob the innocence of the Church, but the Lord is saying it is through His purity that we will be strengthened as He imparts to us confidence to come boldly to His throne, because of the Blood of the Lamb, to face God with our imperfections. The only power in Heaven and on Earth that could ever make us pure is the power of God’s love which was demonstrated on the Cross when every drop of Blood cried out, “INNOCENCE, INNOCENCE! They are innocent because of My Blood!”

The Cry of a Child

It is the “cry of the child” in the heart of God that cries out for us. It is His Blood that continues to cry out for our purity and innocence as He continues to cleanse us so that we can come to Him face to face on a daily basis. It is the cry of the humble child that He longs for, knowing that we need Him and can’t live without Him, without His nurture, or without His tender care. The Lord is saying, “Don’t let the enemy steal your innocence and your purity, for I have purchased it with My Blood. Even as you see the signs of the times, children being abducted and violated, the enemy has targeted the innocent and the pure in heart of the land because it is the very opposite of His nature. Innocence and purity are the cry of My heart, and it is the very nature that I reflect that the enemy cannot stand.

“The enemy hates the purity of your children and the purity of your own heart. He hates the innocence of the Kingdom of God. His mission is to pollute, corrupt, defile, violate, kill and destroy everything that resembles the Kingdom of God. BUT, I have protected you! I have covered you! I have given you eyes of discernment and ears to hear what is pure and what is right. I am guarding your children. I am guarding your childlike heart. It may seem that your childlikeness has been buried, but I see your heart, and as you come to Me, I will uncover the beauty of the cry of the child that is deep in your soul. You have been longing for Me and I have heard the cry of your heart. It was never lost, only temporarily hidden. The enemy cannot take you away from Me or out of My heart. He can only take what you give him permission to take. I paid the price for your life and you belong to Me. I will never leave you or forsake you.”

Innocence of Heart: A Weapon of War

There is a generation of little children that God is raising up that are unique, different, creative, innovative, inspiring, witty, insightful, and who speak with wisdom beyond their years. Even as Jesus grew with wisdom in His childhood, He was growing in the supernatural power of God and learning to listen, practicing His gifts and spending time with the Father in prayer, praise and in innocence. Jesus knew there was something different about Himself just as your own children will know there is something different about themselves, and their curiosity will increase. They will ask questions about their identity. They will be drawn by the Holy Spirit in mysterious ways that will be different from generations past.

The Lord is saying, “Because they have been born in an era of increasing adversity, your children, young and old, will learn to become strong and overcome every adversity. I will make their innocence of heart like a weapon of war. I will teach them how to make adversity to be their best friend, to use it for their advantage like a warrior of war. They are a generation that will not run away and cringe with fear when they see the enemy come, but I have given them divine courage and resilience to walk into the enemy’s camp and take the spoil. I have raised them up as deliverers to save a generation from the enemy’s violations. They will intervene like an army that comes like a thief in the night to snatch the innocent from their captors.”

A Word to the Recently Born

To the recently born, God is raising up these natural born warriors with an instinct to become great, not from pride or of selfish ambition, but they are of a different kind. Their humility and purity of heart will be their glory, and their mission will be to please their Heavenly Father at a very young age. They will be trained by transparency, and anything false that comes before them will be detected immediately by their God-given discernment. They will know what is pure, and they will run from anything that is contradictory to it.

The Lord is saying, “It is My love that drives them. It is the ability to love and be loved that enables them to complete their mission. Love them as I have loved you. They are children of the future who are on a quest to walk ahead of their time.”

God has them now in preparation even as Jesus was being prepared as a child to flow in the supernatural grace of the Spirit. Over the next five years these forerunners will run faster than Elijah, for they are a prophetic generation, children that belong to the future. God is releasing a supernatural grace upon your children in 2012, and parents are mandated to train them with love, care, and precision. They are not too young to learn how to flow in their God-given supernatural graces and gifts of the Spirit.

God is saying, “Do not fear that your children will be harmed or go astray. Even the older ones who have gone astray, I know how to draw them back to Me. Your prayers and cries of intercession over them have released angels and powers of protection over them. I have kept My covenant with you to protect your family, for your family is near and dear to My heart. I promised you I would take care of them, and I have not forgotten My promise to you mothers and fathers and grandparents of My heart!”

A Word of Encouragement to the Parents and Families

The Lord says, “Your children are your reward. I have given them to you as a trophy of My grace and My love for you. I have crowned you with a full quiver to raise up arrows against the enemies that have come against you. For each attack and each loss the enemy has caused you, I am putting arrows in your hand to shoot out a counterattack that will cause you to receive double from what you lost. Your little ones are ascenders of the Kingdom and know how to ascend to the throne room to receive the grace they need. Follow their example. I will cause your entire family to ascend above the enemy’s schemes and to be seated with Me in heavenly places as kings and priests, where I will feed you and refresh you and love you,” says the Lord.

A Word to the Unborn

The Lord is saying, “Come forth, O generation of Josephs and Daniels, Joshuas and Elijahs. Come forth, O generation of Deborahs and Esthers, Hannahs and Marys. You are children of the future, and you will not inherit a broken economic system, a broken moral system, a broken education system, a broken government, or a broken family system. I am giving you authority and keys to My Kingdom straight out of the womb.

“You will leap and jump over obstacles and tactics of the enemy even as you leap and jump in your play time. For I will give you hinds’ feet to overcome and crush the enemy under your feet. You will be too swift for the enemy to catch you. Your praise will confuse them and cause a dismay in the realms of darkness. Your light will be the light of innocence, and your fire burns through barriers that were meant for your capture, but they cannot catch you. I have anointed you to slip through the hands of the enemy, and they will not be able to grasp or contain you.

“Your enemies will be confounded and their strategies will have no power over you, for you are of a different kind. You are a new breed that cannot be contained in the house of bondage. You are children of freedom, and liberty is your portion and your ministry. You will bring freedom to a generation that will be born with you. Generals, and rulers, and leaders, and godly authorities will come from you. You are created to advance beyond your years, and you will defy natural laws and flow in supernatural power just as you see Me do,” says the Lord.

“You will not be afraid to multiply. You will give your fathers and mothers joy. You will impart goodness and healing and beauty. For My Kingdom is not of this world. My ways are not of this world. My thoughts are not of this world. My economy system is not of this world. My teaching and My words are not of this world. My government is not of this world. And you are not of this world. I have placed you higher than this world system. I know the challenges you will face. I will not abandon and I will not forsake you. Your destiny will not be aborted, for My plans for you will surely come to pass.”

A Word to Pregnant Mothers

The Lord is saying to the pregnant mothers and to those who will conceive in 2012, “I have already placed your seed within you. They will be vindicated by My love. I will yet raise up deliverers like Moses and youth of integrity like Joseph from your womb. Many who have been barren will conceive and multiply. Because you have sought My face and not My hand, I will give you the desires of your heart and you will see My glory as no other generation of mothers has seen before.”

The Lord says, “I will raise up a generation that is more pure than the world is corrupt. They will choose Me over the temporary pleasures of this world. They will think differently and they will listen. Even right now, I am birthing and intricately fabricating divine strategies in their DNA through your womb. It will be a fast work, but a permanent work.”

Five Years of Grace Beginning in 2012

“There will be a period of five years – five years of grace beginning in 2012. It will begin in 2012, a year of ranking and preparing your children, for I will equip you to prepare them for what is to come. As they are being formed and fashioned in your womb, so I will form and fashion you and equip you to train them.

“Do not fear their safety. Do not fear to enlarge your tents. I will now begin to open up your wombs. I have declared life over your wombs this day! Place your hands over your womb and prophesy to your unborn children to come forth. They are prophets and deliverers that must come forth.

“Declare My songs over them and sing to your children even in the womb, even before they are born, even before you conceive them. For My songs of love will call to them and they will listen and they will come forth. Make your quiver full and suffer the little children and let them come to Me, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. It is My pleasure to give them My Kingdom. They were always with Me in My heart, and they will always be with Me just as you will be with Me, mothers of a special generation. Even your unborn are with Me now, and I will protect them and see to it of their safe arrival in your arms. I am their Defender and I am your Defender. I love your family,” says the Lord.

Blessings from above to all the little children of the world!

Reeni Mederos
Warriors International, Inc.
Email: info@warriorsinternational.com

Reeni Mederos is an anointed and seasoned apostolic prophet ordained through Christian International who flows with a deep, fiery, prophetic psalmist anointing that releases a passionate love for Christ in her spontaneous worship over cities, regions and nations, piercing individual lives, as her mission is “dedicated to raising up a new breed of warriors for the new millennium.” Founder of Warriors International, Inc. and Warriors International University Online School of Prophets, Reeni has been activating the Body of Christ into God’s supernatural power and anointing for over 20 years with her online schools and on-location prophetic activation encounters, helping others to discover and fulfill their God-given destiny. Reeni travels both nationally and internationally and currently lives in the Atlanta area where her ministry is based. Reeni has been married for 25 years with her husband, Rob Mederos, and has three children who work as a family team unit fulfilling God’s call to the nations.

First Day of School – 2011

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We began our school year on Sept 6, 2011. This year we have some really exciting developments. Our friends, Carolanne and Levi, are joining Champion Builders Center.
Before we did anything, we committed the school, the students and their families to the Lord. We are believing God to do great things in our midst this year. It is a year to believe in miracles. We declare, “We are the Lord’s generation” and we are here to “Prepare the Way of the Lord.” Here are some pictures of our dedication and worship time.