A vote for Bro. Eddie is a vote in favour of a new season.
One great man of God spoke in a prophetic conference a few months ago citing what the Holy Spirit told him few minutes before he went up stage to begin his message on “Seizing our Nation’s Prophetic Destiny.”
“Bilangin mo ilang taon na mula nang madiskubre kayo ni Magellan,” was the instruction in Tagalog he heard in a whisper. And bringing back to mind the date Magellan discovered the Philippines and the present year, he calculated the Philippines as nearly 490 years old in 2010, which marks the national election next year.
What is significant about 490? Or about seventy times seven? The Philippines’ history can be likened to that of Israel which captivity lasted 490 years before it was set free and born as independent nation in 1948.
Daniel, the Jew who was taken as captive in Babylon when he was a teenager, served in the palace and remained in government service through the reigns of Babylonian kings and into the reign of Cyrus of Persia after the Persians became the world’s superpower. He was a person of deep piety, who from his youth determined to live by God’s law in a foreign land.
Biblical records tell of Daniel turning first to God in prayer before turning to the affairs of state. And he understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. And so he turned to God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes, confessing his sin and that of his people, remembering their rebellion against Him and how He had fulfilled the words spoken against them and against their rulers by bringing upon them great disaster, making them a scorn to all those nations around them.
Daniel pleaded in prayer for God’s great mercy, for Him to look on them with favour for His name’s sake. Then came to him angel Gabriel and said, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision: "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” (Daniel 9:22-24). Then in succeeding chapters were prophetic insights and vision he received, which were to come to pass in a distant future prior to the fulfilment of Israel’s end of captivity.
Is the same happening in the Philippines? Can a new Philippines arise after 490 gloomy years? Is the same period set for the finishing of transgression or sin of the forefathers, that of religious leaders, the rulers and the people, or that of the whole nation, so that the Philippines can rise and be built upon the foundation of righteousness, which exalts a nation? (Proverbs 14:31)
The Bible has the answer. Seasons govern every purpose, every behaviour and event on the earth. If it’s time, it must come. As Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.”
Can a nation be born in a day? (Isaiah 66:8). Yes it can be.
But what must we do in 2010? There is no other but to seize the opportune time, the new season for the Philippines. This is the time we have all been waiting for: the rising of a new Philippines and a new Filipino!
And there is no doubt God has been dealing with the nation and cleansing it through judgment and then shall raise up a righteous leader to effectuate His glorious plans, the new beginning for the Philippines.
Prophet Daniel affirms, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.” (Daniel 2:20-22). Psalm 75:7 also says, “But God is the Judge: He puts down one, and exalts another.”
This nation will reclaim its birthright as the only Christian nation in the Far East. As López de Villalobos in 1542 named the Philippine islands for the Spanish prince Philip, and as the great evangelist of the New Testament is named Philip, so shall the Philippines rise to its calling as the launching pad of the Gospel and a missionary-sending country in Asia and the world in the end-times, as prophesied by renowned Prophets Bill Hamon and Cindy Jacobs.
This land which was raped for its resources for so long will be restored towards great prosperity. Honest and impartial wealth creation and distribution will become a big possibility. The new Filipinos will now value the dignity of labour and show genuine love for work.
Shall we miss this chance? Remember that God determines the “kairos” or “this is the hour” of every nation.
Let us seize the moment. Bro. Eddie is not exactly the answer to the problems of the Philippines. But the God who wants to raise us up as a new nation is looking for a man He can use to do that. Look around and see among the candidates if there is one who is like him. If none, you know what to do in the coming election, a chance we all have in this generation, in such a time as this.
I see a sunny Philippines, rising up as bright as the sun...
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