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How to declare the the Priestly Blessing over your city

In the Old Testament there is a special blessing or declaration that the priests used to proclaim over the children of Israel.  As priests, or go-betweens, they faced the people of Israel representing the Lord their God..... then they turned around and faced the Lord their God representing the children of Israel.  As go-betweens, standing in the gap and representing the Lord's agenda, they had a duty to invoke the name of the Lord upon Israel.  They used a specific wording for this blessing that went like this:
"The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." -(Numbers 6:22-27)
Through this blessing their words prescribed the following:
  • The Lord bless you: Prosperity both in the material and spiritual sense.
  • ...and keep you: Divine Keeping/Protection
  • the Lord make His face shine upon you: This speaks of the Lord delighting himself in you!
  • ...and be gracious to you: Grace-fullness in every area of your life!
  • the LORD turn his face toward you: Looking upon you with favour
  • ...and give you peace: Giving you the Shalom of Heaven
The Hebrew word for "peace", Shalom, is defined as:  שלום -
  • Completeness
  • Safety/Soundness
  • Welfare/Health/Prosperity
  • Peace/Quiet/Tranquillity/Contentment
  • Friendship
When these priests invoked the name of the Lord upon Israel, the scriptures say that they were placing the name of the Lord upon them and the result of this was that that the Lord would then move-in and bless Israel.  Their declaration released a prophetic "corridor" that God used to move-in and bless.
I believe that this priestly function served as a prototype of what God intended to do when the good news of God's Covenant embraced the gentiles.  I would like to submit to you that, in this era of the New Covenant, all believers are now priests (1 Pet 2:9; Rev 1:6; Rev 5:10).... and as priests we have the duty to invoke the name of the Lord upon our families, our marriages, our children, workplaces, schools, Governments, civic leaders, towns, cities, nations........
...... I believe this will create the "space" that God needs to move-in and bless us, protect us, delight in us, filling our land with His Grace, His Favoiur.... His SHALOM.
Start to powerfully declare this blessing today........ and do not stop........ until something happens.