THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD

THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD

Let us talk about "The acceptable year of the Lord." Have you heard of that before? There's something like that. There's an acceptable year of the Lord. Those who discern it can take its handle, launch by it and benefit from what it brings.

May we not be without whistle blowers in this life. That's why God sets prophets in the body of Christ. They declare seasons upon people as God desires to bring it on them. Prophets are hearers and whistle blowers on what God wants to do. They hear and they declare. They perceive and they proclaim.

Eccl.11:1-2, KJV

"1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth."

Who would tell us that a season like the one above has come upon us? How do we know that it is time for us to cast our bread upon the waters? Else, we cannot have change of behavior/attitude. The reason is because sowing also cannot just be done. There's a season for sowing. There's a time when sowing is done and it will guarantee bountiful harvest or return. Only God can proclaim that time into existence for people to mark, join its move and then have results according to what God has declared.

Let's look at Isaiah 61:1-2.

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn."

There are certain parts of these verses that appeal to what the Lord is saying I should say. Let's cut and bring them out.

First is the tail end of verse 1 that says, "To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."

Did it surprise you that the greatest anointed man (Jesus) that ever walked this earth had this as His function/manifestation. He proclaimed liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that were bound.

His declaration was a spirit declaration that created the realities of people. At declaring, people were healed. At declaring, people who had been captives of the devil found freedom and immediately were able to do what they couldn't do before. However, it all started with declaring their liberty and speaking it forth.

In verse 2, the Bible speaks further of the manifestation of the anointing on Jesus - "To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn."

Any anointed man like one walking in the footsteps of his Master - Jesus also has been given to declare, "The acceptable year of the Lord." According to NLT, that place is written as, "He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord's favour has come."

Now, what happens when someone sent of God declares a season which has come upon the world. Realistically, he'll be creating for them an entrance and access into that season. Things might have been difficult for them but it is only till then. They might not have been able to get married till then but it is only until that declaration. They might not have been able to conceive but it is only until then.

Once God's Word comes out or goes forth declaring the acceptable year of the Lord in any aspect, that thing immediately becomes possible for the people it is being declared to.

That word that has been declared will as a matter of fact open a new season for them and usher them into that same new season. Because it is therefore a new season, they can therefore begin to have new experiences that they've never had before. That new season and new experience is therefore brought about because God's mouth has said it.

Look at this place. 

Acts 3:6-8, KJV

"6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 

7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 

8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God."

Something happened here when Peter made a proclamation - a lameman stood up and walked. Peter said, "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."

That was the declaration. Peter however held him to stir his faith and give him a push. Immediately [following that declaration], the Bible says, "And immediately, his feet and ankle bones received strength."

That's what happens when God proclaims a word. He goes about creating it. That word therefore brings about or creates a new season, new experience and contact for those needing it. Their situation might not have looked like it but once God gives a word, it at once turns their previous situations around into a newly created and predicted one of God.

This is why God needs mouths with which to proclaim "The acceptable year of the Lord" which NLT calls, "the time of the Lord's favour."

Until such declarations are released, you'll be shocked to still see nothing change for people. People can continue in struggle from generation to generation until this year of jubilee and God's favour is declared into effect.

Leviticus 25:10 (KJV)

"And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."

Until there's a proclamation setting people at liberty and opening prison doors to the bounds, people can't but continue in the region and under the shadow of darkness. Things will continue the way it is until the declaration of those who own it or needs it come. That's why nothing has changed of many people's situations till now. It's because they are in the hold of the devil and they need God's anointing to break them free. But even that is not forthcoming because God's Word is scarce and there are no prophets in the land. So, the devil continues to maruade them since there's no one found of God to proclaim their liberty, the acceptable year of the Lord or the day of God's vengeance on their enemies. 

Jesus knows this which is why when He went around, He did one thing which fulfilled what the prophet had said. 

Matthew 4:13-16, KJV

"13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 

14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 

15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 

 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up."

Look at what the Bible is proclaiming concerning Jesus. Jesus' relocation to that place means, "the people which sat in darkness are seeing light and those in the region and shadow of death light is sprung or has come."

There are seasons in the spirit and God's oracles are the ones meant to bring it about. They are God's mouthpieces to announce and make those seasons known to God's inheritance. Therefore, it is not all preachers who declare new seasons in a new month, week or as often as the Holy Spirit brings it to them that are incorrect. Many pseudo ministers might have bastardized this act of proclaiming what God will do but God often do give His words indeed in order to usher people into their new seasons by giving them leverage for manifestation through His own spoken words. 

However, that's not all God said His ministers are anointed to do. Just like they are armed to declare "God's favoured time" on people, they are also equipped and could bring forth God's judgement upon nations and people. That's what KJV calls, "and the day of vengeance of our God..." NLT calls it, "and with it, the day of God's anger against their enemies."

This part is no lie. If you have unrepentant enemies, we know their end. It cannot be good because judgement will always visit them. That part also foreshadows the judgement that will come on those who fail to believe in Jesus at His second appearing which is why Jesus didn't mention it when He said in the NT that, "Today, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Luke 4:18, KJV

"18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,  

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."

Observe that Jesus only ended His own quotation at, "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." That is because that was what the Lord was doing on the earth then. He had not come to condemn anyone (John 3:17). Rather, He came to do good (Acts 10:38). He came to heal, cure, recover, restore and bless.

That was the season Jesus was in at His first coming into the world. He was sent to bring salvation and bring the good news to people.

However, that season would end one day. It will end effectively at His second appearance. That's when, "The day of vengeance of our God" would begin effectively on the unrepentant and the unbelieving.

So, even Jesus knew that these prophecies of Isaiah are seasonal. So, in the first phase, He proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord while He Himself awaits "the day of vengeance of our God."

I see a new heaven and a new earth! I see a new season upon you. God speaking of Adam says, "It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helpmeet suitable for him" (Gen.2:18). In essence, God declared the closure of a season over Adam and the opening of another. 

Revelation 21:1-2, KJV

"1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

Say, "the first heaven and the first earth have passed away in my life and there is no more sea." 

Old reproaches are being rolled away. The Bible says, "...old things have passed away, behold all things have become new" (II Cor. 5:17). 

A new man you are with new experiences! Have you not been able to find a marriageable person consequent upon the hindrances and workings of the devil against you? I see a new heaven over you!

All things are new for you! Your 'flesh' or whatsoever that might symbolize is being restored unto you as that of a new born baby now (II Kings 5:14, 10). 

So shall it be! I declare your liberty, your acceptable year of the Lord and the day of the vengeance of our God (on your pursuing, unrepentant enemy). As for you, flourish and find establishment in this new season that has come.

Olusola ADEJUMO,

M'Wings.

Morning Wings Ministry,

Nigeria.

+234 81 3704 6812

morningwingministry@gmail.com

02/05/2026

11:09pm