WHAT IS HOLY IN JAPAN?
- Lana Henderson
- Mar 20
- 5 min read
Updated: Apr 20
Word, Vision, and Chant from Friday January 3, 2025 – 8:00 am | Released March 20, 2025
Hello Friends,
At the start of the year, the Lord gave me this beautiful message about Japan and how He plans to move in with His glory, power, and might in that nation. He's spoken something similar to me before. But it struck me greatly, and has since been reinforced to me many times, that He said that they will seek, find, and know Him, when they seek with all of their heart (see Jeremiah 29:13).
Sometimes it's easy to become overwhelmed at the sheer magnitude and plight of the lost and unreached people groups all over the earth. And sometimes it's easy to assume that some things will just never change and some cultures will never know the Truth. But this is not a Biblical perspective, as we see from Genesis all the way through Revelation that it has always been the Father's intent to bless all peoples of the earth by bringing them into right relationship with Himself and having them represented before His throne for all of eternity.
The glory of God's handiwork and power is on display everywhere. Romans 1: 20 says that His invisible attributes, eternal power, and divine nature have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, so that men are without excuse. He has placed eternity into the hearts of men and fashioned us in His image so that we will long to know Him and never be satisfied until we find Him.
So, while it most certainly does not give us as believers license to shirk our call to preach the gospel and make disciples, I am always comforted and in awe when I hear the amazing stories of how our Father cares so much about individuals that He will seek them out personally and reveal Himself to them... even while they are looking for Him in the midst of false religions... and even while they are deep inside cultures that are closed to the Gospel (as evidenced by the increasing reports of Muslims finding Jesus through dreams).
Lord, we rejoice and agree that You WILL be declared holy in Japan, and we pray for the Japanese people to be freed from the bonds of every false way. We intercede for them to seek You, find You, choose You, know You as their One and Only true Father, be transformed by the saving power of the Cross of Jesus Christ, and be set ablaze by the fire of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of Your Great Name! Amen.
WHAT IS HOLY IN JAPAN?
Friday January 3, 2025 – 8:00 am
I was able to sleep in a little today and distinctly heard two different things running simultaneously in my spirit as I awoke.
SONG: The first was Hillsong’s “Potter’s Hand” song playing softly.
CHANT: The second was the following refrain, which was being chanted over and over by a crowd:
“Holy, holy, holy…
Holy, holy, holy…
Holy, holy, holy…
Holy is the Name of the LORD.”
As both of these continued to play in the background, the Lord began speaking the following message.
So you can get somewhat of a feel for the cadence, I’ve included the chant (in light italics) layered with the Lord’s questions and answers (in bold italics). Where there is no space between the lines, they were spoken at the same time (like different parts in a choral piece).
"What is holy in Japan?"
'Holy, holy, holy...
Holy, holy, holy...
Holy, holy, holy...'
"My Name is holy in Japan"
'Holy is the Name of the LORD."
"What is holy in Japan?"
'Holy, holy, holy...
Holy, holy, holy...
Holy, holy, holy...'
"My Word is holy in Japan"
'Holy is the Name of the LORD."
"What is holy in Japan?"
'Holy, holy, holy...
Holy, holy, holy...
Holy, holy, holy...'
"My Glory is holy in Japan"
'Holy is the Name of the LORD."
At this point, the Lord showed me two images:
IMAGE 1:
A very old Japanese potter at his potter’s wheel
IMAGE 2:
A traditional Japanese temple
As I saw these pictures and both the chant and song continued in the background, He resumed speaking:
“For My FIRE will pour out among the nations.
This argument for world religions based upon culture will soon become a moot point. For My glory is pouring out and will eradicate the need for such things, as TRUTH is made known. There is a longing in every heart the world over to know their Creator.
World religions are an attempt for man to find Me in their own way, but I am purifying that cause—just as I am purifying My Bride—so that the scales will fall from their eyes and they will seek Me, and find Me, and know Me, when they seek with all of their heart.
I am revealing Myself to the nations…
I am revealing My glory,
I am displaying My power,
I am displaying My might.
And, the Word of the LORD will go forth and penetrate hearts…
Take root,
Transform lives,
Transform nations…
...As I fashion them for My glory.
HOLY is the Name of the LORD.”
Psalm 19:1-4a, CSB
1The Heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
2Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3Without speech or language,
without a sound to be heard,
4their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
Acts 17:22-31, CSB
22Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens! I see that you are extremely religious in every respect. 23For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24The God who made the world and everything in it — He is Lord of Heaven and earth — does not live in shrines made by hands. 25Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things. 26From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. 27He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 28For in Him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ 29Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
30“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent, 31because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Genesis 12:2-3
Deuteronomy 4:27-29
Psalm 14:2
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Jeremiah 29:13
Matthew 7:7-8
Acts 17:27
Romans 1:19-20
James 4:8
Revelation 5:9
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