The Mercy Season

The Ruler season was marked by learning how to build at unprecedented levels. By contrast, the Mercy season will be marked by people smelling the fragrance of Christ. There are ten CDs in this teaching. This album was recorded live in Vantage, Washington in November of 2007. We began the presentation with the big picture. The history of the church parallels the seven redemptive gifts: - The Prophet gift was expressed in the Apostolic Era - The Servant season lasted through the two centuries of persecution - The Teacher gift flourished during the huge monastic season - The Exhorter season was the Renaissance - The Giver season was the great century of mission - The Ruler season roughly paralleled the 20th century - And we entered the Mercy season early in 2004 Each season was designed for God to make a public spectacle of the enemy in some specific area of culture. Now in the Mercy season, His objective is to redeem the entire culture, not just bring people out of the culture. This teaching will cause you to rejoice over God's plan of the ages as it has been manifest through the different seasons. After looking at the big picture view, the teaching explores several specific facets of the new season: Fathering The new season will bring a revelation of the father heart of God that is commensurate in size to the revelation of the Son and the Spirit at the beginning of church history. Adulthood The first six seasons parallel the six stages of childhood. Now that the church has gone through the incremental changes of these seasons, there is the massive change into adulthood. Leading adults is very different from leading children. This section of the teaching looks at how we relate to God as adults, not slaves or children. Intimacy The basis of authority in the Ruler season was unity. God is no longer honoring that in the Mercy season. The new basis of authority is intimacy. We look extensively at what intimacy looks like on Monday morning and how we can transition towards it. Niche Anointings Spiritual gifts have a whole new look and feel in the Mercy season. While the familiar gifts are not diminished, the new niche anointings are defining ministry as we know it. Authority Beyond intimacy, there are a number of other new factors that produce spiritual authority in the secular community and in the Body of Christ. Trying to lead with the old sources of authority will merely lead to frustration for both leader and follower. Land While cleansing land became an acknowledged part of the Church's responsibility during the Ruler season, God is using land in dramatic new ways in the Mercy season. Learn about catalytic land to see how a small portion of land can control a a major segment of society. (To see other titles by this author use the Advanced Search and type Arthur A. Burk in the Author box. Or type Plumbline Ministries in the Publisher box.)