The Shout of a King, Part 2

 

Eagles Over America 

August 2023 Edition

"The Shout of a King"

Part 2

Weaving a Web of Truth

By Pamela Gudgeon

People that have "A Shout of a King" in them have the favor of the King, much like Esther had the favor of a King.  The truth is we have this "shout" in us when we are believers in Christ Jesus and act on His purposes in our lives.  In fact, it is He and Father God who live in us as we commune via the Holy Spirit.  His anointing is the nobility we carry; His word and actions are what we aspire to as we move through this journey of life. 

Let's continue study with blessings, opposing forces, and prophetic agreement in a "Shout of a King" which is evident in the Word of God.  

The Blessing in A Shout of a King

The only passage of scripture in the Bible that has the phrase “Shout of a King” is concerning Balaam, the prophet, and Balak, the King of the Moabites.  Balak and his people were fearful of God and His people; he wanted Balaam to curse Israel so he could be victorious in war over them. God wanted Balaam to bless Israel.  As the story goes, God said you can’t curse a nation that has a “Shout of a King” with them: many have tried and are still trying to this day.

  What is the Literal and Figurative Definition of “A Shout of a King?”

The Hebrew word for “shout” is ruwa (ruwa is Heb. 7321 extended to 8643 teruwah).  “Ruwa” is a primitive root denoting the literal action of marring (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears with sound, i.e. shout for an alarm or for joy: blow an alarm, cry alarm or warning, cry aloud, or cry out, destroy or make a joyful noise, smart, triumph.  Notice within this word “shout” it can be a trumpet, battle cry, a warning, being smart, or rejoicing in victory. A warning normally occurs at the beginning of a battle; rejoicing in victory happens when the battle is won. 

The truth of the matter here is that people, within His purpose and relationship,  have a “shout of a king” available to them when they can hear the Word of the Lord, whether this Word is a small warning, a smart whisper of wisdom, a loud shout, corrective, or even uplifting in nature. The Shout of a King works through the Holy Spirit , revealing God's timeless message, fulfilled in Jesus living inside His finite people on earth.

Opposing Forces in A Shout of A King

How can two opposite messages happen at the same time in "A Shout of a King?"  This passage of scripture may be revealing that our past experiences in connection with God can also have opposing, yet Godly responses.

Let’s explore an avenue concerning a point of recognition, a reaction from God’s people, in which there are two opposing responses to the same, exact situation. 

Ezra 3:12-13 (NKJV) reads, But many of the priests and Levites and heads of the fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this temple was laid before their eyes.  Yet many shouted aloud for joy, so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard afar off”. 

This took place after the 70 year captivity in Babylon.  In this season, the first exiles had returned to Judah and the rebuilding of the Temple had commenced. 

These collective shouts became one cacophony, but the difference (weeping, rejoicing) depended on their past experiences. These extremes can be an example of the one Hebrew word for “shout” as we discussed before.  Within one Hebrew word we find blessing (warning or rejoicing) and judgment (to destroy with sorrow), also seen as two opposites that mirror each other.  We can apply this blessing and judgment to the above passage in that the elderly people had much sorrow because of their knowledge of the sinful past that caused the 70 year exile, and the young people who hadn’t known the past experience, well, they did rejoice.  Both were expressing their feelings and knowledge with and from God concerning their own past.  We can confidently repeat that if a person’s past is filled with knowledge of judgment, they know sorrow at this point of recognition; if a person’s past is filled with no knowledge of that judgment, they know and experience joy at this point of recognition.

Concerning the topic of many Pastors today calling for a rebuilding or reformation of the Christian Church, an example may sound like this: if there are doctrines in the Church that you have believed in all your life and the Lord wants to recover more spiritual truth for you, then it could bring much sorrow at the point of recognition.  However, if you are a blank sheet of paper for Him to write on, so to speak, then the spiritual truths He gives you could be full of abundant joy at the point of recognition.

Incidentally, the Greek word for “resurrection” is anastasis (Gr. 386).  It is a literal standing up again from death or figuratively, it is a moral recovery of spiritual truth; always indicating another or second time of rising.  Perhaps we need to seek out more truth from the Lord and ask if there is anything He would like to correct as we move forward in this new movement upon us. Moreover, if we say we see, then we can be blinded, if we say we are blind, then we may be humble enough to see.  

 

  Prophetic Agreement in the Shout of a King

It is a powerful, loud, and perfect utterance when two separate “cries” come forth in the same manner and words from God in heaven, especially when the “cries” are independent of each other.  God seems to bring agreement with the prophetic giftings in His people when the times and seasons call for His increase.  How many times has the Lord shared something with you in your spirit or mind and you come to find that He has shared the same thing with others that can hear His voice? It happens.  Here is an example.  

There were two prophets, Haggai and Zechariah, that encouraged the rebuilding of the Temple after the Babylonian capture (70 years). They listened and heard the Word of the Lord, independent of one another.   They both were contemporaries of Zerubbabel which placed them in the first group of returned exiles.  Zerubbabel was an influential political and religious leader in Israel during the time when Jewish exiles returned from captivity in Babylon.  He is best known for spearheading the rebuilding of God’s Temple in Jerusalem in the 6th Century B.C.  (christianity.com) This first group under Zerubbabel’s order was in 536 B.C., the second in 457 B.C. under Ezra, and the third in 444 B.C. under Nehemiah.

Haggai was the first of the prophets to hear from God about rebuilding the Temple.  The people did not think it was time, but the Lord spoke to Haggai in 1:8 and said, “...Go up to the hills and get timber, and rebuild the House; then I will look on it with favor and I will be glorified, said the Lord”.  God reported a Divine announcement and the people agreed.  This was the year 520 B.C.

Zechariah then came on the scene a couple of months later and in Haggai 1:16, the Lord said, “therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem”.  Zechariah had 8 visions, most of them prophecies pointing to the Messiah (Father God and His Spiritual rebuilding to come from that time forward). However, he heard from God in another, different Divine announcement (but the same) and encouraged the people to rebuild the physical Temple.  

These ancient prophets both heard the Word of the Lord concerning the rebuilding of the Temple and the Shout of a King was among them.  In that season, they could hear because they were walking in a pure relationship with the Mighty King. Similarly, in this horrifically evil season, we must continue in hearing God’s voice and deliver the messages He has for His people.   

When God’s people start hearing the same messages from the Lord, we should pay attention and seek Him for ourselves.  We all have the gift of hearing God via the Holy Spirit that lives in us.

Many people are shouting from the Pulpits of God that we need to speak up, make a difference, fight evil, save our Bill of Rights, and save our moral Constitutional Republic. The First Amendment (free speech) is the blessing we have to serve God and His people; to tell others about Christ Jesus.  If we don’t pray to God and become a blank sheet of paper for Him to write on, then we could miss His will.  We could eventually lose the right to speak about Jesus if this continues. Hasn’t the Church lost the ability to speak the fullness of truth of God from the Holy Pulpit since we became involved in the 501 c3 agreement?  According to that mandate, we are not supposed to pick a political candidate in the Holy Pulpit. Don’t be afraid to speak against anything evil!  I truly believe God has His limits and time is running out. 

Doubling the Shout of a King

The Shout of the Messiah was coming as John the Baptist reported in Isaiah 40:3-5, “Repent! For the Kingdom of God is at Hand”! Make your way straight as you figuratively roll the stones out of the streets for the King to pass by! He was sounding an alarm, a warning, a preparation, a change was coming much like today.  I believe the Shout of the Messiah is upon us yet another time. Many of God’s servants as well as Eagles Over America are shouting for the precious Bride of Christ to “Change!” Speak the truth with grace and peace from the pulpits and do not listen to the lies of the enemy (and there are many).   Clear out everything in our lives that is not of God, whatever that entails for each individual, and let that carry on into the collective as a whole!! Zechariah, an ancient prophet, said it best in this way: 

Zechariah 8:16-17: (KJV) reads, “These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false “oath” (Heb. 7621, 7650 prim. root, swear by repeating a declaration seven times): for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord”. 

There is a war for our minds in today’s culture, 2023.  We still are commanded infinitely to “love no false oath” or translated properly by the definition: do not love false repeated declarations, for the Lord hates this.  This means “Get Discernment” so you will know what is true and what is false!  This is the time to understand when the news media is trying to malign our thinking for the purpose of control: the result is lost freedom.  We will not legally be able to speak of Jesus, the Messiah, or the Bible, Old Testament or New Testament.  We need to rise up and see the future the enemy is planning for us.  The Book of Revelation is right in front of our eyes and many do not see it.  Sad, sad state of affairs!  

However, the good news is that we will ultimately win! 

Today, I believe it is timely to state that the Shout of a King is this:  We are to infinitely “execute the judgment of truth and peace in our gates”!