Iyar: A Transitional Month of Healing and Revelation

Now that we have set the foundation, let us get into what the Lord has ordained during the month of Iyar: the tribe of Issachar, the Hebrew letter Vav, and the constellation Taurus. Last month — Nisan — was Passover, the Exodus, the crucifixion, the resurrection. Now we are on the counting of the omer journey toward Shavuot. The month of Iyar on the Gregorian calendar runs approximately from May 1 sundown to May 30.

Iyar is also called in the Bible the month of Ziv — Z-I-V — which means light, glow, radiant, and to blossom. You can find this in 1 Kings 6:1 and verse 37. It is the second month of the Hebrew calendar and a very transitional month. It is also the eighth month of the civil calendar. It is the journey in the middle, between Passover in Egypt and Mount Sinai, the giving of the Torah — the passage from physical redemption to spiritual revelation, from deliverance to revelation, 50 days after they left Egypt. This is why it is called the connecting month, the month of passage.

Shavuot or Pentecost is the only feast day where you have to count — every other feast day has a specific date. God wants you to go on a personal journey with Him for 50 days. He said in Leviticus 23 to count seven Sabbaths, and the day after the seventh Sabbath is your jubilee, your true liberation. The Exodus from Egypt was physical redemption; Sinai was spiritual redemption. Think about when they left Egypt after 215 years — they had inherited idolatry and were not purified. God had to do a work in them. On a personal level, I believe every year He wants us to evaluate ourselves from Passover, when our Savior was crucified, through the purification process, to the giving of the Torah and the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. He wants us to count with Him. I have done this for several years now and the intimacy, purification, and revelation you receive is remarkable — it is so amazing that I am writing a book called The Cross to the Crown: A Spiritual Purification Journey on God's Divine Appointments.

The month of Iyar is known as the healing month. In Exodus 15, after leaving Egypt, the Israelites ran out of bread and water and began complaining. The Lord then sent manna and quail, and there He invoked the name Jehovah Rapha — God is your Healer. When you look at Exodus 15:26, the first letters of three key words spell Iyar. So this is a special month of healing. There is a special anointing on this month to pray for healing — spiritual, physical, or whatever it may be. Speak the word of God out loud about healing; it is sharper than a two-edged sword, and the word of God and the blessed Holy Spirit are your two great witnesses in the courts of heaven.

The next name He invoked during this journey was Jehovah Jireh — God is our Provider. Manna in the desert, water from a rock, quail — He provided for them. He was also disciplining and testing them, wanting them to cleanse and purify, because 50 days from Egypt they would receive God's commandments at Sinai. He was cleansing them from all the idols and uncleanliness of Egypt on the purification journey.

Right before they reached the base of Mount Sinai, Satan sent Amalek — the generational adversary of the children of Israel — to forbid them from receiving the original revelation of the Torah. Moses, with Aaron holding his arms up, and Joshua defeated Amalek. Not one Hebrew soul was lost, and they went on to Mount Sinai. That is where He invoked Jehovah Nissi — God is my Conqueror, God is my Banner. Whatever Amalek you are facing right now, pray into it in this season. I believe there is great deliverance, great healing, great provision, and great conquering because of the anointing of this month.

There is also a warning in this month because of the template of the children of Israel — they were murmuring and complaining. We have to be very careful about murmuring and complaining about our situations. God is purifying us, cleansing us, raising our faith levels higher toward the jubilee of the 50th day.

The month of Iyar is also when the Second Passover falls — Numbers 9:9-12. God said that if you were traveling or near a dead body and could not celebrate Passover on Nisan 14, He would give you a do-over on Iyar 14, 30 days from the original.

On Iyar 1 — in the second year of the Exodus — Israel began journeying through the desert with the Tabernacle in their midst and the glory of the Lord going with them. That is also when both Temples began construction: Solomon's Temple in 1 Kings 6:1, and the rebuilt Temple in Ezra 3:8.

The counting of the omer spans the entire month of Iyar — all 29 days are part of the omer. It is the only month where all of the days are included, which I do not think is by coincidence. Looking at modern events: Israel became a nation on May 15, 1948, which was Iyar 5. In 1967, Jerusalem was liberated in the Six-Day War on Iyar 28. Think about Amalek at the end of the journey, and now Jerusalem liberated on Iyar 28 — it is totally phenomenal how He anoints these seasons.