The Double Portion Mantle Era Has Begun

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,600
Hello and welcome. This is Diane Lake, your host, and I'm going to be sharing how you can

2
00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:12,240
understand and apply the prophetic through practical terms, practical ways, and practical

3
00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,720
means that make it relevant to everyday life so that you can prepare the way for the Lord's

4
00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:25,720
purposes to manifest in the earth. This is Preparing the Way, the Practical Prophetic.

5
00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:32,760
Hey guys, welcome to episode number 51, which I've titled, The Double Portion Mantle Era

6
00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:41,240
Has Begun. One theme that emerged in the prophetic for 2024 was that of open doors. Four is the

7
00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:48,680
value of the Hebrew letter Delet, and Delet means door. Delet can also mean gate or to

8
00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:56,800
lift up. Another theme that emerged was that of Psalm 24, the King of Glory writing in. So very

9
00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:06,640
interestingly, Psalm 24 verses 7 and 9 encompass all those meanings. Psalm 24-7 in the NIV reads,

10
00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:14,080
Lift up your heads, you gates, be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of Glory may come in.

11
00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:23,160
In late January, I heard the Lord say, The double portion mantle era has begun. It is my belief that

12
00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,800
the themes of open doors and the entrance of the King of Glory are connected to the beginning of

13
00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:35,720
the double portion mantle era, that it is one of the things that the King of Glory is ushering in.

14
00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:42,360
Well, let me share some background. This is going to give you the foundation for why I feel like

15
00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:48,360
this is where the Lord is going. I believe Montana is a prophetic representation of the

16
00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:54,680
mountain of the Lord out of Isaiah 2 and Micah 4, where we read that the mountain of the Lord's

17
00:01:54,680 --> 00:02:00,840
house shall be established on top of the mountains and all nations shall flow to it. That's read

18
00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:07,160
from the new King James Version Isaiah 2 verse 2. I'm referring, of course, to the seven mountains,

19
00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:14,880
which are the areas or spheres of cultural influence. John Hamel is the first one who prophesied

20
00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:22,440
this to my husband and I in 2016 when the Hamels did their glory train tour. But since then,

21
00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:28,120
it's been confirmed a number of times. Montana comes from the Spanish word for mountain,

22
00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:34,160
which has roots in the Latin root word for mountainous. Just over a year ago,

23
00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:40,440
I realized the ranch that we bought is located about 17 miles from the gates of the mountains,

24
00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:46,400
as named by Lewis and Clark. Now, if you're not familiar with this landmark, the gates of the

25
00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:54,160
mountains is located 20 miles north of Helena, Montana. In 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition

26
00:02:54,160 --> 00:03:00,680
was toiling to move upstream on the Missouri River. Rock embankments made towing the boats

27
00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:08,280
from shore impossible, and the channel was too deep to pull. So they were rowing. Suddenly limestone

28
00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:16,040
cliffs towered above them at heights of 1200 feet. At each bend in the waterway, the stone wall seemed

29
00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:22,760
to block passage, only to open like gentle giants as they drew closer so that they could pass through.

30
00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:32,600
In his journal, Mary weather Lewis wrote, I shall call this place gates of the mountains. On the morning,

31
00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,640
the moving trucks were due to arrive to load up all the furniture and boxes to make the truck up

32
00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:44,640
and over the continental divide to our new ranch. This was somewhat over a year ago. A dear prophetic

33
00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:50,920
friend named Kingsley Walker, sent my husband and I a very encouraging and powerful word. He

34
00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:59,480
prophesied to us that the day of our move, which was March 15, 2023, was a defining day both for

35
00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:07,000
our family and for the state of Montana. He wrote, you are heading into the gates to fling them wide

36
00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:13,640
open so that the King of Glory can ride in. Now you can read that article titled Get Ready,

37
00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:23,240
the King of Glory is writing in on our website and you can find that at www.starfireinternational.com.

38
00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:30,760
About a month later after that, Anne Tate of Glory of Zion prophesied over me and in part,

39
00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:37,160
she said there was a new governmental anointing and a new mantle coming on me, that my husband and I

40
00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:44,600
would begin to make decrees that we would stand in the gate and say this comes in and this goes out.

41
00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:52,680
So friends, I prophesy to you, literally from the place of the gates of the mountains,

42
00:04:52,680 --> 00:05:02,760
that the double portion mantle era is coming in. Amen. Hallelujah. The double portion mantle or

43
00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:09,880
anointing, you might already know this arises from 2 Kings 2, when Elijah asked for a double portion

44
00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:17,160
of Elijah's spirit before Elijah was taken up into heaven. Now the idea that the terms mantle and

45
00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:24,360
anointing are interchangeable originates from when Elijah was instructed to massage. This is the

46
00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:32,520
Hebrew Strong's concordance number 4886, which means to anoint, smear or consecrate. He was to

47
00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:41,880
anoint Elijah in his place. Instead of anointing Elijah with oil though, Elijah threw his prophet's

48
00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:49,400
coat or mantle on him. So this is where the symbolism of the mantle representing the anointing

49
00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:58,280
comes from. You can look those verses up in 1 Kings 19, 16 and 19. A study of the Hebrew word

50
00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:06,360
massage and its closest New Testament equivalent, Creo, which is Strong's 5548, if you'd like to

51
00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:15,640
look that up. And their usage reveals that the anointing confers the heavy, weighty glory of God

52
00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:22,200
and it is meant to be regarded as an act of enablement. Thus the anointing includes the

53
00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:28,840
authorization and ability or authority to move and function not in your own strength,

54
00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:36,520
but in God's. It makes us receivers of God's creative energy and ability so that we can

55
00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:43,560
accomplish what he has purposed for us. It is the release of the Holy Spirit in and through us.

56
00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:50,520
How cool is that, right? Now there was a testing before Elijah received what he had asked for.

57
00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:58,040
First, he had to serve Elijah for an unspecified time. You can find that in 1 Kings 19, 21 and

58
00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:05,480
2 Kings 3, 11. And second, in that Elijah instructed him to stay behind three times and not to

59
00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:12,440
accompany him to the River Jordan. Now Elijah was not trying to get rid of Elijah. He was trying to

60
00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:20,200
help him grow up into his destiny. He wanted him to endure, to want the anointing more than anything

61
00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:26,680
else. Elijah had to actually see Elijah taken up to heaven before he could pick up the mantle.

62
00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:33,880
Now this would indicate careful continuous alignment with his spiritual father up until

63
00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:42,760
the very end. So you can reference 2 Kings 2 12 for that. Mantle transfer is not automatic and

64
00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,800
never easy. I feel like the Lord has shown me that there are many who have been waiting for years

65
00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:54,440
for the manifestation of a mantle they believe has been passed to them generationally or from a

66
00:07:54,440 --> 00:08:01,400
prophetic or spiritual mentor. My own personal prophetic mentor and spiritual mother passed away

67
00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:10,440
in late 2017. But it was not until almost six years later in late July of 2023 that I heard the

68
00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:18,440
Lord say this. Today marks the picking up of the mantle, meaning the actual stage of wearing and

69
00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:25,080
operating in it. That my mentor's death marked the beginning of the waiting period. Now I had

70
00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:30,840
heard him refer to that several nights earlier. He continued to say that it was a trial period,

71
00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:37,240
a testing period, to see if I was worthy to wear it. Thankfully I heard him say that I was,

72
00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:44,840
that he said to me the baton has been passed. It is time to run. I sense this word is for many

73
00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:50,680
others in the body of Christ before me. So as you're listening today, if you recognize yourself

74
00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:59,400
in this word of testing and waiting to pick up the mantle, I say to you get ready to run. Wow.

75
00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:09,960
It was great confirmation for me to listen to Bishop Bill Hammond's 2024 Word of the Lord. Of

76
00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:15,560
course he's from Christian International, the founder of that. In Bishop's Word for the year,

77
00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:23,000
he described how the Lord showed him that for the last six years since 2018 there has been a process

78
00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:30,600
to see who was ready for what he was going to start doing in 2024. Those who passed this testing,

79
00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:37,320
much like Job passed his testing, would go to a whole new level of experiencing the blessings,

80
00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:45,320
miracles, signs, and wonders that will begin taking place in 2024. So this was all in his Word for

81
00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:52,520
the year. Like Job, I feel like those who are passing their period of testing can also expect

82
00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:58,680
to see the Lord restore what the enemy, meaning Satan, has taken from them. And those who are

83
00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:05,480
ready to pick up the double portion mantle will receive twice the anointing, even as Job had

84
00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:14,280
twice as much restored to him. Job 4210 is the reference for that. I heard the Lord say he was

85
00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:21,320
preparing to first restore and then launch his faithful ones. I don't think we really understand

86
00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:28,840
what's coming personally. It will be a whole new day, a whole new level than anything we've ever

87
00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:37,560
experienced. The Lord showed me that Ephesians is the wheel that turns the anointing. Ephesians

88
00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:46,360
speaks much about the riches of our inheritance in Christ. In Ephesians 118, Paul prays for the saints

89
00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:51,480
that the eyes of their understanding would be enlightened and that they would know what is

90
00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:57,400
the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of inheritance in the saints.

91
00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:07,560
Can read that in 118, New King James Version for that quote, manifesting the double portion mantle

92
00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:13,960
requires first receiving the call. A calling could be described as an invitation or a divine call.

93
00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:21,960
When I apply it to the double portion anointing, I see that receiving the call is similar to when

94
00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:28,360
Elisha received Elijah's mantle the first time. It spoke of potential, right, or the promise of

95
00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:36,200
what was possible. Then when Elisha endured the and later picked up the mantle that spoke of power,

96
00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:44,040
of tapping into the riches of the glory of divine inheritance in order to begin to run.

97
00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:55,480
So scriptures would be 1 Kings 1919 and 2 Kings 2 verses 13 and 14. In dreams, I have seen those who

98
00:11:55,480 --> 00:12:03,080
have endured to pick up the mantle as being able to call down the immediate tangible even visible

99
00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:09,480
presence and power of God. This is not to be taken lightly and there is a reason there has been a

100
00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:16,280
testing period. Those who pick up the double portion mantle in this new era will be entrusted with an

101
00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:23,160
unprecedented new level of power and prophetic authority. Let me close by reading Ephesians

102
00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:31,960
3 verses 20 and 21 in the New King James Version. Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly

103
00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:38,360
above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us to him be glory in the church

104
00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:47,080
by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Well I pray that if you are listening

105
00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,880
and this message has touched your heart and you believe it is for you then grab a hole.

106
00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:59,240
I pray it over your life right now. Lord let it be done. Let it be done as you have shown me and

107
00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:08,600
as you have spoken. Let it be indeed that the double portion mantle era has begun. Amen and amen.

108
00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:15,480
Well thank you for listening to Preparing the Way, the Practical Prophetic. If you've enjoyed

109
00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:21,560
today's episode please subscribe to our show and also please rate and review it on iTunes

110
00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:27,880
because your positive review helps us reach more people with our message. And please visit our

111
00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:35,880
website at www.starfireinternational.com. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter there

112
00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:41,560
and you can also donate, read our latest articles and keep up to date with us on all of our social

113
00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:59,240
media sites there. Bless you guys. Thank you so much for listening and I'll see you next time.