As one year winds down and another is on the doorstep, prophetic people often seek God for a fresh word for the coming year. Many diverse prophecies had already been given, so I really hadn’t sought the Lord to hear one myself this year. I was surprised when He did speak to me a couple of weeks ago about the coming decade. Here’s what I heard:
In 2020, we are entering a decade of expectation — expectation of the coming of the King. It will also be a decade of preparation — preparation for His coming.
I remembered Hosea 6:1-3:
Come, and let us return to the LORD: for He has torn, and He will heal us; He has smitten, and He will bind us up.
After two days He will revive us; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
He is calling us to prepare for His coming by returning wholeheartedly to Him. In Revelation 2:4, 5, Jesus chastised the Ephesian church for leaving her first love. He exhorted her to remember, repent, and do the first works. Revelation 19:7 says, “…The marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
In Hosea 6:2, we see that first He will revive us, and then He will resurrect us. Jesus arose on the third day. We will experience a “third day” resurrection into our glorified bodies as well. (We are now in the third millennium since Jesus returned to heaven. Since “One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Peter 3:8), there is a possible correlation between the third millennium since Christ’s resurrection and our “third day” resurrection.)
Finally the Lord said, “Throw the nets out one more time.” The accompanying thought was that this time we will receive a great catch of fish. I believe this is about a last great harvest of souls before Jesus returns. (See Luke 5:4-6.)
I want to clarify that I am not saying Jesus will delay His coming for His bride for another ten years. Nor does He have to return for us by the end of the decade. Jesus made it clear in Luke 12:35-40 that we should always be watching and waiting for Him. He will appear when we aren’t expecting Him to. It could be tomorrow, if the Father so chooses. I believe He will come very soon, and I yearn for Him to do so. But until He does, we are to be in expectation of Him and preparing for Him as a bride readies herself for her wedding day.
In this next decade, let’s eagerly
- Expect the coming of the Lord Jesus,
- Prepare our hearts for His coming, and
- Throw our nets out one more time, to receive that final harvest for His glory.
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Out of the Fire 
I heard the word “expectant” as well!
The insight about Hosea 6 and Christ’s return is precious. (Just this morning, I was singing Kevin Prosch’s “Come Let Us Return”). The thought of his imminent return makes me weep. I told my husband this morning I am jealous over the calling and work left to do, but oh, I envy those who are at the jumping off point to see Him!
And no kidding…the word about the nets…my pastor was preaching a sermon earlier this year about laboring in the same thing year after year, and “yet Lord, at Thy word”…this jumped out at me so strongly that after the service, I mentioned it to him.
“This could be the dawning of that day!”
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Thank you for the confirmation and your thoughts, Emily! I am glad we are on the same wavelength. 🙂
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Very aptly said, in such a time as this!
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Thanks for reading, Kathryn!
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