Prophetic Update #3 Ichabod - The Departure of God's Glory

This word came to me one day. It came together with a vision of the future, and I grieve for the lost people of this world.

Ichabod. This is the Hebrew word for the departure of God’s glory.

Heavenly Father is sending me to warn people that His glory is departing from the earth. It will depart before the final and worldwide abomination of desolation that will happen in the end of days.

But to understand the future, let’s look in the past, when the glory of God departed. What happened and what does it mean to us?

 The departure of His glory is a very grievous thing for the nations. What does it mean? When the Ark of the Covenant was captured during the time of the prophet Samuel, the glory of God departed from Israel for a short time with the Ark of the Covenant that was captured by the Philistines.

 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God had been taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. And she said, The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.

(1Samuel 4:21-22 MKJV)

The glory of God was for a short time with the Gentiles.

There is a parallel when the Ark of the Covenant in a prophetic way was among the Gentiles. They experienced His presence. But because of their idolatry, the judgment of God came upon them:

(1 Samuel 5:1-8 MKJV)  And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.  (2)  And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it beside Dagon.  (3)  And when those of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon and set him in his place again.  (4)  And when they arose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah. And the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, were cut off upon the threshold. Only the stump of Dagon was left to him.  (5)  And neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.  (6)  And the hand of Jehovah was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders.  (7)  And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so. And they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us. For His hand is sore upon us and upon Dagon our god.  (8)  And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them. And they said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried around to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel around.

This is a message for our time. The Gentiles have had the glory of God among them for two thousand years. But throughout the history of the Gentile church His people have been installing idols before the face of the Lord, mixing the holy with the profane. They are worshiping other gods in their hearts and do not even think that these abominations will bring God’s judgment upon them. And now we are going to see change. The glory of God will return back to Israel.

The second time the departure of the glory of God happened was during the Babylonian captivity of Israel. Ezekiel saw a vision of it:

And the glory of Jehovah went from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubs. And the cherubs lifted up their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight. When they went out, the wheels also were beside them. And he stood at the door of the eastern gate of Jehovah's house. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them from above. (Ezekiel 10:18-19 MKJV)

The reason for the departure of the glory of God from the Temple, the House of the Lord, is because in the next chapter Ezekiel saw idol worship in the House of the Lord. When the glory of God (Chavod in Hebrew) departed, the judgment and destruction of the land soon came through the hands of Babylon. The Temple and Jerusalem were destroyed.

When the second Temple was built, God promised His people the return of His glory to the Temple:

(Haggai 2:9 MKJV)  The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former, says Jehovah of Hosts. And in this place I will give peace, says Jehovah of Hosts.

It happened when the Son of God, Yeshua Hamashiah, was in the Temple and walked among the people of Israel.

But the glory of God departed from the Temple the third time when the Jewish leaders rejected Yeshua the Messiah as their King. Just before His death, Yeshua the Son of God declared:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, You shall not see Me from now on until you say, "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord."

(Matthew 23:37-39 MKJV)

In fact, Yeshua was quoting the prophet Jeremiah:

 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

(Jeremiah 22:5 KJV)

History is repeating itself. For two thousand years Israel (as a nation and as a land) did not have the glory of God, His presence. His glory, His presence, and His grace were transferred to the Gentiles. But now the time of the nations is coming to its fulfillment. The spiritual house of the Lord among the Gentiles is becoming more and more apostate. The falling away of the nations and the church is happening before our eyes: the acceptance of gay marriages, the embracement of Chrislam, the infiltration of New Age teachings into the church, the prosperity gospel with its materialistic and worldly lifestyle, the dead religious traditions of many denominations that do not teach the living word of God. These and many other things brought the spiritual house of the Lord to spiritual desolation.

 Ichabod. This is the word from the Lord: Now is the time of the departure of His glory from the nations. His glory will be coming back into the land and nation of Israel, and they will say: Baruch Aba Beshem Adonai. "Blessed is He who comes in the name of Adonai”.

Paul was warning us about this departure of the glory of God:

(Romans 11:21-27 MKJV)  For if God did not spare the natural branches, fear lest He also may not spare you either!  (22)  Behold then the kindness, and the severity of God; on those having fallen, severity; but on you, kindness, if you continue in the kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.  (23)  And those also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in. For God is able to graft them in again.  (24)  For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive-tree?  (25)  For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you should be wise within yourselves; that blindness in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations has comes in.  (26)  And so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, "There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.  (27)  For this is My covenant with them, when I have taken away their sins."

The glory of the Lord is Yeshua our Messiah. He is the One Who will return to Jerusalem and Whose presence is going to be in the Temple of God. He will sit on the throne of David and rule over all the Earth.

When the glory of the Lord departed from Israel, the judgment of God fell on the land of Israel twice: during the Babylonian captivity and during the Roman invasion.

Both times:

1) The land became desolate.

2) Many people died from war, hunger, beasts and plagues.

3) Many people were led into captivity and slavery.

4) Terror struck their hearts, and they were full of fear.

So it will be in the last days. The nations will see many deaths from war, hunger, beasts, and plagues. Even the most populated places will become desolate and empty.

The land of the nations will be desolated. Many nations will lose their power and glory. They will become small and insignificant in the future.

Some nations will cease to exist in one day. People will awake one day, and the countries they knew will be no more. There will be complete geopolitical changes, when countries will merge together into big regions with new names, new flags, and new laws of the land. People will have no choice but to embrace the New World Order. God is giving up the nations of the world into the complete control of the evil one, who will deceive many and will rule with brutality and force.

 “As you reject Me as your Ruler and Protector let it be as you wish,” says the Lord. “You cannot reject Me and expect My protection. I am leaving your house empty. Ichabod, “The Departure of God’s Glory.”

Discernment 101. Part 1. Who can cast out demons? Four groups you want to know about.

With the rise of spirituality in the world, we can see the rise of many different manifestations of powers and entities through people. The occult, witchcraft, and even simple curiosity bring more people to explore the unknown realm. But these encounters come with the cost of demonization and oppression from evil spirits. On the other hand, there are people who are casting out these entities. They perform other kinds of miracles and spiritual manifestations. The Bible tells us about four different groups of people who can cast out evil spirits.

#1 Believers in Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) who are filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and walk in righteousness before God.

And many miracles and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's Porch. And of the rest no one dared to join himself to them, but the people magnified them; and more believing ones were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women; So as to carry out the sick into the streets and place them on cots and mattresses, so that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. And also a multitude came from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick ones, and those being tormented by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

(Act 5:12-16 MKJV)

Peter was baptized by the Holy Spirit and was walking in the power of the Spirit of God. This power through him brought freedom to those who were in bondage even from his shadow.

#2 Followers of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) who do not have the power of the Holy Spirit through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

And when He had called to Him His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

(Mat 10:1 MKJV)

We see that Yeshua’s disciples had the authority to cast out demons in the power of Yeshua’s name before they were baptized by the Holy Spirit.

And after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, And He sent them two and two before His face into every city and place where He was about to come.

(Luke 10:1 MKJV)

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name. And He said to them, I saw Satan fall from Heaven like lightning. Behold, I give to you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the authority of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you. Yet do not rejoice in this, that the evil spirits are subject to you, rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.

(Luke 10:17-20 MKJV)

Although the seventy had power in Yeshua’s name to cast out demons, and the demons were subject to them, their faith was lacking a deeper relationship with the Lord, and after some time they left Him.

This is the Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and died; he who partakes of this Bread shall live forever. He said these things in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. Then when they had heard, many of His disciples said, This is a hard saying, who can hear it? But knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, Does this offend you? Then what if you should see the Son of Man going up where He was before? It is the Spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life. But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who is the one betraying Him. And He said, Because of this I said to you that no one can come to Me unless it was given to him from My Father. From this time many of His disciples went back into the things behind, and walked no more with Him. Then Jesus said to the Twelve, Do you also wish to go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of eternal life.

(Joh 6:58-68 MKJV)

#3 Those who do not follow Yeshua, yet can cast out demons in His name.

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in Your name, and he does not follow us. And we forbade him, because he does not follow us. But Jesus said, Do not forbid him. For there is no one who shall do a work of power in My name who can lightly speak evil of Me. For he who is not against us is for us.

(Mar 9:38-40 MKJV)

And again, even those who do not follow Yeshua can cast out demons through the power and authority of the name of Yeshua.

#4 Those who do lawlessness.

It may shock you to think that lawless people can have power over demons.

Yet Yeshua Himself warned us about this.

Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works? And then I will say to them, I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness!

(Mat 7:22-23 MKJV)

It sounds confusing, because in our society we are accustomed to think that if a person performs miracles in Yeshua’s name, then this person is anointed and blessed by God. It is common to think that the “anointed” can do no wrong, and therefore through this comes spiritual abuse and false teachings.

Can a person who does lawlessness perform miracles and cast out demons?

Look at Judas. He was among those who were sent by Yeshua to preach, among those who were casting out demons, and he was walking with the Son of God, following Him, and yet he was a thief. One sin opened a door for Satan, who entered into him, and he himself went in bondage.

If this could happen with Judas, why do you think this cannot happen with somebody else? How many “Judas’s” has the body of Christ had during its existence throughout the centuries? Many.

Why then are demons getting thrown out by these people?

First, it is because they are using the mighty name of Yeshua (Jesus Christ). Demons are not afraid of the people; they are afraid of the authority of this name.

Second, when desperate people are looking for help and looking for a minister of Christ, the authority of the position that some ministers hold becomes as a spiritual portal when the faith of the oppressed is activated and they connect to Christ and His mighty power through their faith and His name. 

If you want to be a deliverance minister, remember this:

If I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers, but do not have love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophecy, and know all secrets and all knowledge, and if I have all belief, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am none at all. And if I give out all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but do not have love, I am not profited at all.

(1Corinthians 13:1-3 The Scriptures 1998+)