PROPHETIC CHAMBER

The Call To Seek The Face Of God

In Psalm 27:8, David speaks about the call of his heart to seek the face of God.
 
Psalm 27:8:
8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.
 
In link with this scripture, I would like to share some secrets about the face or rather, the faces of God to give us more understanding about His presence.
 
The search for the Lord's face with the aim of finding Him is connected to a pure or sincere heart.
 
Moreover in this connection, the lifestyle to live in holiness is of special importance because without holiness it is not possible to see the Lord (see Matthew 5:8; Matthew 7:7; Hebrews 12:14).
 
Matthew 5:8:
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
 
Matthew 7:7:
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
 
Hebrews 12:14:
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
 
Living In Holiness
 
To live in holiness means that every individual believer in Jesus Christ submits his soul to the order of the Word of God. These are the areas of the will, the emotions and the mind. All three areas should conform to the order of the Word of God which is present in the Spirit (see Galatians 5:16-17).
 
Galatians 5:16-17:
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
 
The term 'flesh' as mentioned in Galatians 5 => describes the thought, the will and the acting of man, which isn't determined by God and His will but only by the fleshly being – by sin (see Romans 8:1-17; Galatians 5:13-6:12; Ephesians 2:3; Philippians 3:3-4). In contrast to the spirit, flesh describes the fact that sin dominates man and his members so that the 'flesh', like a foreign power, dictates his whole being which is connected with death (see Romans 7:5-25). <= (partial excerpt from the German CD-ROM Bible edition of the Lutheran Bible 1984 with the word key number 10)
 
The Face And The Front
 
In order to better understand the characteristic of the face of God, I would like to refer to the Hebrew word for 'face' which is 'pānîm', meaning 'face, the presence of a person, the appearance and the front side' (like 'in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of'). (note: partial excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible to the word 'face-pānîm' with the word key number 6574)
 
The Tribe Of Judah And The East
 
This word explanation reveals that it is about the direction 'of the east' or, also expressed in a prophetic context, to our 'good future in God', as the front from God's point of view is the east. It is the side, where the sun rises and it points to the beginning of human events and their affairs. Furthermore, it is the direction from which Jesus Christ returns and appears on the earth (see Matthew 24:27).
 
Matthew 24:27:
27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
 
Furthermore, the east is the direction where the tribe of Judah encamped around the Tabernacle during the time when the people of Israel lived in the desert (see Numbers 2:2-4).
 
Numbers 2:2-4:
2 “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.”
3 On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.
4 His division numbers 74,600.
 
'Judah' means 'praise' and it is praise that we should express to God first (see Numbers 10:11-14 i.c.w. Judges 20:18; Psalm 100:4).
 
Numbers 10:11-14:
11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.
12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
13 They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.
14 The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.
 
Judges 20:18:
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” The Lord replied, “Judah shall go first.”
 
Psalm 100:4:
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
 
The High Praise And The Presence Of God
 
The high praise of God isn't moving alone; it cooperates with God's presence as a cloud.
It is God's 'cloud – presence' that contributes to the fact that the believer doesn't serve the Lord out of his own power. It is God's presence which places the believer in the state of spirit filled (effected by God) awe and submission in order to act in reverence towards Him (see Numbers 10:11-12 i.c.w. 1 Kings 8:10-11).
 
Numbers 10:11-12:
11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.
12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
 
1 Kings 8:10-11:
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.
11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.
 
David And God's Presence
 
Returning to Psalm 27, it was David (means 'well beloved, dear') who wrote it. His name points to the importance of knowing that we are loved by God.
 
If we walk in love towards God and understand that He loves us, we will not fear the quality or rather the characteristic of His being, or the realm where He lives, even if it looks uncertain (see 1 John 4:18).
 
1 John 4:18:
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
 
The Four Living Creatures And Their Faces
 
In order to understand God's face even better, I would like to address the faces of the four living creatures, as mentioned in Revelation 4:6-8.
 
Revelation 4:6-8:
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.
7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.”
 
Each of these faces show a significant portion of the desire of God to display the facets of His character to us relationally.
 
The four revelatory characteristics of the face of God include the face of the:
  1. lion => The face of the lion is connected with the Spirit of the LORD, and the Spirit of the Fear of the LORD.
  2. bull/ox => The face of the bull is connected with the Spirit of Might/Strength.
  3. man => The face of the man is connected with the Spirit of Understanding and Counsel.
  4. flying eagle => The face of the flying eagle is connected with the Spirit of Wisdom and Knowledge.
The reason why the living creatures have four faces is because it's their destiny from God to look to the front and to create a supernatural realm of access that equals to an open door.
The reason for this is because the Lamb of God – Jesus Christ is near the creatures before the throne of God and He is the door through whom we go in and out (see Revelation 4:1a, Revelation 5:6 i.c.w. John 10:9).
 
Revelation 4:1a:
1a After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. …
 
Revelation 5:6:
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
 
John 10:9:
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 
The number '4' is related to the Hebrew letter 'Daleth' which bears the same numerical value and is connected to the door.
 
The four living creatures have a similar characteristic as the four winds that God has assigned to the four corners of the earth. Every single wind of the four winds has its own power determined by God (see Zechariah 6:5; Revelation 7:1a).
 
Zechariah 6:5:
5 The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits (note: winds) of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.
 
Revelation 7:1a:
1a After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, …
 
This directs to the divine hope which means that God has hope for the future and good thoughts about us (see Ezekiel 1:10-12 i.c.w. Jeremiah 29:11)!
 
Ezekiel 1:10-12:
10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.
11 Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body.
12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
 
Jeremiah 29:11:
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
 
God's Image Reflected By The For Living Creatures
 
The four faces of the four living creatures reflecting God's image because we as well are changed into the likeness of whatever we look upon (see 2 Corinthians 3:18).
 
2 Corinthians 3:18:
18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
 
Another example for changing into the likeness of whatever we look upon is the story about the multiplication of the goats of Jacob while he was with his father-in-law Laban, and how he became rich by the power of a dream where an angel of God appeared and spoke to him.
 
While looking at the shaved rods before them in the watering troughs during their mating process, the goats birthed strong kid goats (see Genesis 30:37-41 i.c.w. Genesis 31:9-12).
 
Genesis 30:37-41:
37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink, 39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches, …
 
Genesis 31:9-12:
9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.
10 “In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.
11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’
12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.
 
The Radiant Face Of Moses
 
Another example for changing into the likeness of whatever we look upon is the story about Moses where he descended from Mount Sinai after he left the presence of God. It says, his face was shining or rather, it had horns (in the from of beams of light; see Exodus 34:29-30).
 
Exodus 34:29-30:
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord.
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.
 
The Hebrew word which is used for 'shining/radiant' in this scripture is 'qāran', and it derives from the root word 'qärän' which means 'horn, horns' (partial excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible to the word 'shining/glancing-qāran', with the word key number 7328*, 7329).
 
The Four Living Creatures And The Four Seasons Of The Year
 
Just as the year has four seasons, the four heavenly creatures have four faces each, associated with a great wheel. The wheels carry the divine time scale or rather, God's consecrated times. In connection with this explanation, one can say that the greater space of time (note: the time of the year => represented by the celestial bodies of the creatures) is united with the smaller space of time (note: the feast times of God => represented by the wheels in their size, because these times are appointed times of God), so that it becomes the movement of the presence of God throughout the year, as the spirit of the heavenly creatures was in the wheels (see Ezekiel 1:20).
 
Ezekiel 1:20:
20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
 
The Direction And The Set Position Of The For Living Creatures
 
When studying about the four living creatures in the book of Ezekiel, we discover that they are arranged to the place of direction as well as to the place of position (see (Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:14).
 
Ezekiel 1:10:
10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.
 
Ezekiel 10:14:
14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
 
In the book of Revelation the four living creatures are linked to the place of position (see Revelation 4:7).
 
Revelation 4:7:
7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
 
This shows us how important it is to know by the spirit where to go (direction), and at which time (position) we should move ahead with God.
Furthermore, the different arrangements of the four living creatures reveal the following characteristics of the presence of God:
  1. Ezekiel 1:10 => arrangement in directions for the purpose of the visitation of God
  2. Ezekiel 10,14 => arrangement in positions for the purpose of the judgment of God
  3. Revelation 4:7 => arrangement in positions for the purpose of the government of God
The key to see God's face is to have a pure heart (see Matthew 5:8). This is why David said in Psalm 27:8 that his heart was longing to see God.
 
Matthew 5:8:
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
 
The Heart And The Two Hebrew Letters
 
The heart is the place where we make decisions and where the seat of the mind (will, emotions and understanding) is.
 
The Hebrew word for 'heart' is 'lēb' and it is made up of two Hebrew letters which are the 'Lamed – (L)' and the 'Beth – (B)'.
It is therefore no coincidence that the last Hebrew letter in the book of Moses is a 'Lamed- (L)' and the first Hebrew letter in the first book of Moses is a 'Beth- (B)' which summarizes the Hebrew word for 'heart'.
This shows us how important it is to carry the Word of God in our hearts.
When we have it in our hearts, we are able to complete (finish) a time cycle correctly in order to begin a new time cycle confidently with the Lord (see Deuteronomy 11:18; 2 Kings 23:3; Jeremiah 31:33)!
 
Deuteronomy 11:18:
18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
 
2 Kings 23:3:
3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the Lord – to follow the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.
 
Jeremiah 31:33:
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
 
It is the order of the Word of God that secures our mind (will, emotions and understanding) in the center of the will of God, so that we are able to achieve our God-given goal.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
The Two Character Traits Of Man
 
When looking at the love between man and woman, it is important to note that the Word of God primarily speaks of man in his origin as a created spiritual individual consisting of two character traits. Because God is Spirit, He created man according to His image (see Genesis 1:26a.27 i.c.w. John 4:24a).
 
Genesis 1:26a.27:
26a Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, …
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
 
John 4:24a:
24a God is spirit, …
 
The Creation Of The Spirit of Man
 
The creation of man in the image of God was not firstly about an earthly being but about the spiritual being of man which was later divided into two beings by God, using the substance of earth or soil.
 
The Heavenly Father first created spiritual 'Adam', and then the 'body' of his soul, because later God breathed His already existing breath 'Adam' (see Genesis 1: 26a.27) into the immaculate body of the soul of man (see Genesis 2:6-7).
 
Genesis 2:6-7:
… 6 but streams (note: a mist) came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
 
The Man's Desire For The Woman
 
When God took the woman's personality out of Adam, because he did not want man to be alone, the man's desire for the woman was aroused, as can be seen in Adam's recognition of the woman (see Genesis 2:18.21-24).
 
Genesis 2:18.21-24:
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” …
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs (note: a part of the man's side) and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
 
The Hebrew word for 'ribs-side' is 'ȥēla`' and means 'plank; it describes as well a mountain side, the longer side of the ark of the covenant and the tent of meeting; the side of the altar or sides of the temple, planks, girder'. (Partial excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the word key number: 6907)
 
This means, the woman assigned to the man by God is the string of a bow, so to speak, from which God shoots His revelatory arrows.
 
The assigned woman carries within her the potential to expand (see Ephesians 3:18-19), which contains the understanding of God's greatness (note: mountain side), the being of Jesus (note: the longer side of the ark of the covenant), His presence (note: the longer side of the tent of meeting) and also His heart (note: the altar).
 
This width/length also bears the knowledge of the priestly movement of Jesus Christ, who moves from east to west, as the high priest went from east to west into the holy of holies, and is furthermore related to the revelatory power and the coming of Jesus (see Matthew 24:27).
 
Matthew 24:27:
27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
 
The Origin Of Falling In Love
 
God's sacred apportionment of the character traits of man meant that from that point of time man was able to fall in love with a woman.
Since this sacred apportionment by God, a holy search and longing exists within man and woman alike to become like the image of God that He originally created.
 
At this point, it is necessary to note that the man as well as the woman in their present existence are not half-valued creatures, but fully mature personalities.
Nevertheless, in the individual character traits assigned by God to both genders, there are things - if viewed from the perspective of the divine origin of man (note: man and woman) - which are not complete unless a discovery (note: recognition) takes place on both sides.
 
The Feeling That Something Is Missing
 
Generally speaking, the man as well as the woman carry within themselves a longing through the will of God which is evoked by the feeling that something is missing in them, and must be supplemented, so that they can perceive themselves as complete.
Finally, it is about being in unity before God and being one with Him (see Ephesians 5:31-32).
 
Ephesians 5:31-32:
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 This is a profound mystery – but I am talking about Christ and the church.
 
The Uniqueness Of Man And Woman
 
According to the Word of God, man and woman form a unity each in their own male and female uniqueness.
Through the sexual intimacy or union between man and woman in marriage, the origin from the image of God is manifested, thus reflecting the spiritual reality.
It is God's longing, through the desire of true love, to give man the opportunity to transform into His original image by sexual intimacy in marriage.
 
The Duty Of Man And Woman
 
In God's understanding, the duty of man includes, among other things, that he is destined to protect, to defend and to watch. The woman, on the other hand, has the duty to provide for the generations and to make herself available to support the man, among others. The reason lies in God's nature, for He is protective, provident and helping (see Genesis 2:15; Genesis 2:20.22; Luke 13:34b).
 
Genesis 2:15:
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
 
Genesis 2:20.22:
20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. …
22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
 
Luke 13:34b:
… 34b how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
 
As mentioned above, the divine apportionment of the human being into man and woman is the core of sexual attraction. This attraction can physically express itself through different impulses, and can, for instance, make itself felt by a rapid pulse to the point of physical longing for the other person (note: in the relationship between a man and a woman or vice versa).
 
God's Aim And Desire
 
It is God's aim for man and woman to marry and to become one in marriage through sexual intimacy in order to appear before Him as a whole spiritual being, whose source of life is God alone.
 
Even though, if people (note: man and woman), who are destined by God for one another, went different ways in the past and suddenly the point of time comes, where the man is longing for a woman or vice versa, then this is not essentially a purely human behavior, but from the perspective of the Word of God it is a physical manifestation of the mystery between Jesus Christ and the church (see Ephesians 5:31-32).
 
Ephesians 5:31-32:
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 This is a profound mystery – but I am talking about Christ and the church.
 
This, however, does not mean that the principle of God is not fundamentally connected with the production of new life. The Lord is, of course, a God of generations and thus of new life. It is not just about the preservation of life in itself, but about the image of God which is reflected by the sexual intimacy in marriage between a man and a woman in the visible and invisible realm. Consequently, the establishment of the image of God in the union between husband and wife leads to new life coming into the world.

Sexuality And Holiness

Hence the sexuality between husband and wife is elevated to a position of holiness, because it takes place in a protected and separate context before God, and not in the way, the media of our time wants to convey it.

Even if it doesn't come to any new life through sexual intercourse in marriage (note: for example because of an old age or for medical reasons), it nevertheless carries holiness, because it is the unity of man and woman before God that reflects His image.

If someone has sex outside of marriage, he or she can receive life, but this act is not considered holy before God. Only through the marriage between man and woman does sexuality bear the character of holiness and is therefore a divine experience.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
Beloved people of God,
 
this prophetic word is meant to serve us as piecemeal and pointer for the next biblical year (note: 5778/2018).
I encourage the reader to pray over this word and to proclaim the plan of the Father over the coming year.
 
Ajin-Cheth
               (artwork from Simon Glimm)
 
The 20th of September 2017 And The New Biblical Year 5778
 
On the eve of the 20th of September 2017, the Jewish people enter the new biblical year 5778. As we are the wild shoots that were grafted into the noble olive tree and as such share in the nourishing sap or oiliness (note: anointing), this is also relevant for us (see Romans 11:17-18).
 
Romans 11:17-18:
17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
 
God's Apple Of His Eye
 
Furthermore, Israel is the apple of God's eye according to Zechariah 2:12b, with Jerusalem functioning as its pupil. As gentile Christians we benefit from viewing our lives and environment through Israel, so that we can enter our good future with Jesus Christ in confidence and with enlightened eyes.
 
Zechariah 2:8b:
… 8b – for whoever touches you (note: Israel) touches the apple of his eye –
 
The revelation we gain by proceeding this way, contains strategic measures which help us to position our lives in the center of the will of God and in His peace, as Epaphras prayed (see Colossians 4:12).
 
Colossians 4:12:
12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
 
The Number “8”
 
As this year is connected to the Hebrew letter “Cheth” which has the numeric value of “8”, I would like to take a closer look at the meaning of this number, first mentioned in Genesis 17:12; here we find instructions for the circumcision of eight day old boys.
The circumcision was a sign for the covenant between God and the descendants of Abraham who is our forefather of faith.
 
Genesis 17:12:
12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner – those who are not your offspring.
 
Enlightened Eyes Of The Heart
 
In the new biblical year 5778, it is vital to be aware of His covenant which is connected to the enlightened eyes of our heart, as God circumcised our hearts through Jesus Christ (see Romans 2:28-29; Colossians 2:11 i.c.w. Ephesians 1:18-20).
 
Romans 2:28-29:
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.
29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
 
Colossians 2:11:
11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, …
 
Ephesians 1:18-20:
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, …
 
The Enclosed Garden
 
Living in covenant with God as our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ results in revealing His divine standard before men in the manner of an enclosed garden; this happens when we express our love towards Him (see 1 John 5:3).
 
1 John 5:3:
3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, …
 
This enclosed garden contains our identity as sons of God, as well as the relationship with God as our Heavenly Father.
Furthermore, this enclosed area compares to the first ever garden planted by God which is situated in the center of the area of „Eden – delight“ (see Genesis 2:8).
 
Genesis 2:8:
8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
 
Love And Joy
 
This means, we are supposed to move in supernatural love and joy in the new biblical year 5778, and this is connected to discipleship and strength (see John 13:35; Nehemiah 8:10b).
 
John 13:35:
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
 
Nehemiah 8:10b:
10b Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
 
The Standard Of God, True Life And Honest Devotion
 
The standard of God includes His established order or commandments, by which we as His people get protection and safeguard the divine life, the full expression of which is the love of God.
We need to devote ourselves anew to the Heavenly Father in this biblical year 5778, in order to experience the power of His grace, in which are hidden the wisdom and knowledge of Jesus Christ (see Colossians 2:2-3).
 
Colossians 2:2-3:
2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
 
By true fellowship with God, the Heavenly Father, and by loving our neighbor, we are able to recognize new spiritual life which is also connected to the number „8“ (see Matthew 22:36-40 i.c.w. Isaiah 43:19).
 
Matthew 22:36-40:
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (see Deuteronomy 6:5).’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself (see Leviticus 19:18).’
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
 
Isaiah 43:19:
19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
 
The Holy Spirit wants to use the light of Jesus (note: spiritual revelatory truth) in a new way in us in the biblical year 5778, causing it to emanate from us, so that the people perceive Jesus Christ as a light, shining as through an open door from an illuminated room, hence they receive the chance to enter in (see John 10:9).
 
John 10:9:
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
 
God-desired Confrontation
 
In addition, the biblical year 5778 is a year where the LORD confronts people with the strength of His established kingdom order, where they deliberately resisted Him.
This produces a possibility for these people where they may discern the living word of God for this time in order to position themselves anew in their lives and in the center of God's will (see Numbers 22:24-25a i.c.w. Matthew 21:33).
 
Numbers 22:24-25a:
24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides.
25a When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. …
 
Matthew 21:33:
33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
 
God's Order And Protection
 
When we move in a territory set for us by God which contains the kingdom, the LORD grants us protection by His established order that includes His word.
The order of God functions as a strong fiery wall of protection for His people to consume all influences contrary to His will (see Zechariah 2:5).
 
Zechariah 2:5:
5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’
 
The Supernatural “Ring Fence” Of The Lamb Of God
 
The Lamb of God also moves within a supernatural enclosure that contains life. This supernatural ring fence is made up of God's seat of government, the four creatures and the twenty-four elders (see Revelation 5:6).
 
Revelation 5:6:
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
 
We need to stay in the divine order, the Lamb of God is moving in, if we as saints want to work together with the Lamb of God from Revelation 5:6 in this time.
Here, it is about divine understanding of the order of eternal rulership (note: the throne of God), the eternal movement of the throne room through the various revelatory characters of the face of God (note: the four creatures => lion, ox, human being, flying eagle), and the eternal priesthood (note: the twenty-four elders).
As a consequence the living and eternal light can flow down to earth through the respective eye in the horn of the slain Lamb of God: This is the Spirit of God in the form of wisdom, understanding, council, strength, knowledge, and the fear of the LORD.
The four revelatory characters of the face of God are connected to the seven horns of the Lamb of God.
The face of the lion is connected to the Spirit of the LORD and the Spirit of the fear of the LORD.
The face of the ox is connected to the Spirit of strength.
The face of the human being is connected to the Spirit of understanding and council.
The face of the flying eagle is connected to the Spirit of wisdom and knowledge.
 
The Watchmen And The Eternal Light
 
Moreover, the LORD wants to visit the watchmen within the bride of Christ with His seven fold light of eternity in the biblical year 5778, so that they may discern coming spiritual movements rightly from their position on the wall (see Isaiah 62:6-7).
 
Isaiah 62:6-7:
6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, 7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
 
The enlightenment of the watchmen leads to the bride of Christ being secured and strengthened as a spiritual principality (see Revelation 21:2.9b-11).
 
Revelation 21:2.9b-11:
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. …
… 9b „Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.“
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
 
The wall of the anointed Jerusalem carries in itself the structure of the one new man in Jesus Christ, and it stands in a place where before there was the “wall of hostility” (see Ephesians 2:14-16).
 
Ephesians 2:14-16:
14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two (note: Jews and believers from the Gentiles), thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
 
Remaining Protected In The Time Of Judgment
 
In the biblical year of 5778 it is important to realize that we remain protected when the judgments of God hit the earth, similar to the way, Noah, his wife and three sons and their wives were protected at the time of the big flood (see Genesis 7:7 i.c.w. 1 Peter 3:20).
 
Genesis 7:7:
7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
 
1 Peter 3:20:
… 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, …
 
Judgment And God's Covenant
 
The time of God's judgment served to make them aware of the secret of the divine covenant, as there were only couples inside the ark.
It needs at least two people to come together in the name of Jesus Christ for Him to reveal Himself in their midst to confirm the supernatural contract/agreement (see Matthew 18:19-20).
 
Matthew 18:19-20:
19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
It is God's desire for the saints in His kingdom to be in true relationship with Him and each other: This means a real accord in the kingdom, so that Jesus Christ is revealed.
 
In the biblical year 5778, Jesus Christ wants to continue to reveal Himself in power through His people to point towards the new covenant in His blood which is connected to eternal forgiveness and eternal life (see 1 Corinthians 11:25 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:24).
 
1 Corinthians 11:25:
25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
 
Hebrews 12:24:
… 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
 
Biblical Watchword For The Year 2018
 
The “Herrenhuter” biblical watchword for the Gregorian year 2017 is taken from Revelation 21:6b, where it states:
 
'To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.'
 
The Well And The Eye
 
The living water of this spring is closely connected with faith in Jesus Christ which means that streams of living water flow from within us to the people so that the glory of God is manifested before them (see John 7:38-39).
 
John 7:38-39:
38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
 
The verse from Revelation 21:6b mentioned above can also be translated as follows:
 
'I will manifest the power of my vision to him who yearns for the influence of my eye!'
 
This bible verse is a call to us as people of God in the New Year to ask for more from His prophetic spirit which evokes refreshment and renewal in our minds as well as in people's lives.
The Hebrew word for 'well' is '`ajin' and also means 'eye', which is the organ to see. (note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder study bible for the Hebrew word '`ajin - well, eye'; language code number 5984, 5985)
 
The Living Water And The Spirit Of Prophecy
 
This means that the living water reveals the power of the Holy Spirit, but also the power of the testimony of Jesus Christ which is the Spirit of prophecy (see Revelation 19:10e).
 
Revelation 19:10e:
... 10e for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
 
This means in connection with the statement from Revelation 19 that the living water contains what Jesus Christ has seen and which He communicates to our spirit so that we can express what Jesus Christ sees and speaks before the visible and invisible world (see John 5:19 i.c.w. John 12:49).
 
John 5:19:
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. … “
 
John 12:49:
49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
A spirit-filled and sweet year 5778,
 
Daniel Glimm
 
Übersetzung: Margit Kelly

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