Introduction
 
There is a spiritual quality of Mary, which should serve us as a model for spiritual pregnancy. When the angel Gabriel came to her and announced that she would conceive a son whom she should call Jesus, she did not reject this announcement but was grateful (see Luke 1:26-38).
 
Luke 1:26-38:
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
 
Nazareth – The Place Of Offspring
 
Mary was located in the place that was connected with the “new offspring”, which is what the name “Nazareth” reveals.
The name “Nazareth” is derived from the Hebrew “nezer”, which means “young shoot” and “nezar”, which means “guarding”.
 
In this context, it is no coincidence that the prophet Isaiah spoke of Jesus in chapter 11 as the “young shoot”, which was closely connected with the Holy Spirit in His “sevenfold nature” and is still so today, since the Lamb of God has seven horns and seven eyes (see Isaiah 11:1-2 i.c.w. Revelation 5:6).
 
Isaiah 11:1-2:
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord – …
 
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.
 
The Young Mary And Her Conception
 
Mary was at the age of the “young blossom” and received in her state of maturity in a supernatural way her “sprouting seed”.
She was familiar with the fertile presence of the Holy Spirit, because, according to the angel's message, her words were filled with faith and expectation of receiving the “impossible” (see Luke 1:35.38 i.c.w. Wisdom 7:22-28).
 
Luke 1:35.38:
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. …
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
 
Wisdom 7:22-28:
… 22 for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.
There is in her a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, 23 beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent, pure, and altogether subtle.
24 For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things. 25 For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
26 For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.
27 Although she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets; 28 for God loves nothing so much as the person who lives with wisdom.
 
The Atmosphere Of Boldness And Glory
 
The spiritual atmosphere that surrounded Mary was filled with boldness and the glory of God's throne room, because Gabriel – “hero of God” is one of the angels who is empowered to see the face of God (see Luke 1:19).
 
Luke 1:19:
19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.
 
This kind of angel is also closely connected with the children, since their angels always see the face of God (see Matthew 18:10).
 
Matthew 18:10:
10-11 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. …”
 
Dealing With The Message Of Spiritual Conception
 
Like Mary, every individual of God's people also receives from God a promise in his/her life at God's appointed times, which must be received by faith in order to carry it for a certain period of time so that it can mature in us and unfold later before our eyes.
And this process of spiritual conception involves four stages:
 
1. the decree of a prophecy
2. getting pregnant with prophecy
3. the shaking after a decreed prophecy
4. the prophetic birth pains.
 
The Prophetic Process And The Parable Of Birth
 
When a prophetic word leaves God's mouth, it is received in the spirit of the prophet (see Romans 8:16).
 
Romans 8:16:
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children (note: sons).
 
That which leaves God's mouth is brooded and matured in the same way as the development of an embryo which becomes a fetus and the fetus at last is born as a baby.
 
Here is one of the main reasons why much of what God speaks to and through His prophets is equal to a fertilization, a pregnancy, birth pains and the birth.
The invisible process of the fulfilling Word of God is just like the visible process of conceiving and bearing a child (see Isaiah 55:11; Isaiah 61:11).
 
Isaiah 55:11:
… 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
 
Isaiah 61:11:
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.
 
When a prophetic word is received, two time zones of God are touched.
God, who is eternal, releases His word from the time zone of eternity through the prophets into the temporal timezone of mankind. This approach is similar to the process of a pregnancy. As long as the child is not in the world, it is not subject to the direct time zone of the earth.
 
The decree of a prophetic word does not mean that it comes into existence immediately after the saying. It can take years or decades to understand a complete thought of God.
 
For example, a prophetic word may have been decreed by the Lord in January, which someone needs to follow in a certain time.
This is because of how men interpret the spiritual language, which can take a while up from earth, as the way of the Word of God from heaven down.
 
The Decree Of Prophecy
 
Prophecy is brought into time on earth through the utterance of a human being. While angels sometimes do this, prophecy must be delivered by a human voice (see Ezekiel 37:1-14).
Through their utterance, prophets activate their word implantation in the life or sphere of the listeners' lives.
 
Spoken prophecy is a carving instrument of God, which forms the plan of God in the invisible realm until it comes into existence in the visible world.
 
Prophecies are ignited by the mouth of God's prophets. It is therefore very important to listen to what they say. Occasionally, their statements are confirmed by signs and wonders from God before or after the decree to confirm their authenticity (see 1 Samuel 10:1-8).
The prophets' sayings serve to prepare men for the coming things, as did Noah with the ark (see Genesis 6:13-17).
 
Genesis 6:13-17:
13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish
 
The Comprehension Of Prophets
 
Prophets know how to grasp God's thoughts and are more attentive than other people.
They are trained to help people to comprehend what God thinks, says and wants for their lives from His perspective.
 
Also with the Holy Spirit in us, our busy lives, difficulties and crises can cause us to misunderstand God in different times. This is one of the reasons why we still need the ministry of the prophet in the Body of Christ today.
 
The Beginning Shaking After A Released Prophecy
 
Most Christians do not know that the utterance of a prophecy sets in motion a lot of forces and events that will stir up a person's life before it arrives. The stirring happens in the person's life at the time of manifestation that the word of the Lord has promised through the prophet's mouth.
 
Resisting forces, misconceptions and wrongs beliefs, as well as the presence of dominant relationships and attitudes in a person's sphere of life, can often lead to delays in the manifestation of God's words.
There are several understandable reasons for this.
 
God's spiritual zeal goes into action as soon as the word of the Lord goes out to clear the way for His manifestation. Sometimes this can be very upsetting or painful for the listener of the word. In addition, counter forces have awakened that seek to maintain the condition they have had for a long time in the listener's life. These forces form invisible obstacles in a spontaneous reaction to stop the flow of spiritual resources that the listener needs to strengthen his faith, so that he has enough faith to see the prophecy come into the visible.
These forces are not passive forces. They are aggressive, energetic and malignant forces that seek to maintain their position with the listener.
Before the listener starts acting in faith, these powers are silent.
Only when the hearer of the prophecy becomes one with God's plan in faith do these evil forces enter into action to stop the person in questioning the purpose or to tell the listener by lies that he/she is out of the place where God's promises can be fulfilled or come into existence.
 
When the recipient has received the word of the prophet/messenger in his spirit, he goes “pregnant with prophecy”.
 
Going Pregnant With Prophecy
 
=> The “going pregnant” with prophecy involves carrying the prophecies in the spirit of the recipient that have been passed over him/her in the past.
It also means to wage war with prophecy, which is followed by immediate and regular prayer as well as a changing life which is necessary for the fulfillment.
The advice of Paul to Timothy is such an example of this process (see 1 Timothy 1:18-19; 1 Timothy 4:14-16).
If the prophetic word comes from the past into the time frame of its fulfillment, such warlike, prophetic pregnancy is necessary. <= (Excerpt of the “Prophet's Dictionary” by Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; page 496; page 576)
 
In connection with such a pregnancy, it is not without reason that so-called “pains of promise” or “prophetic pains” arise.
 
Prophetic Pains
 
=> A) They are prophetic burdens.
B) Agonizing but typical, sensations that accompany the growth (note: spiritual pregnancy) of a maturing, prophetic word that is about to break out.
The prophetic word to be released may have been received in a vision or dream, so that it may be incubated in the spirit of the recipient until the Lord is ready to bring it into the world.
Prayer and intercession can cause birth pain of prophecy in order to produce the utterance. God can also suddenly bring it by a burden of prayer upon the recipient.
The spiritual feelings of prophetic childbirth often show the discomfort of natural birth pain and include severe feelings in the abdominal region. In some cases, it can also be chest pain or heart problems.
In other times, as in the times of Jeremiah, it can also be numbness or weight in the limbs (see Jeremiah 20:9).
All these spiritual events are connected with the release of prophecy.
They are not true symptoms of real sickness which should always be tested to ensure that prophetic transmission is really the cause.
High praise, music or intense worship can ease such burdens.
Such physical reactions are related to natural pregnancy and show that it is normal for a prophetic burden to be nourished. <= (Excerpt of the “Prophet's Dictionary” by Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; page 371)
 
May the promise of the Father in Jesus Christ will break through from within us to the outside!
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

In connection with the conception and birth of Jesus Christ, who was conceived and born by the virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit, it's interesting to mention and unfold the meaning of time of the new kingship and priesthood in Jesus Christ (see Luke 1:30-35).
 
Luke 1:30-35:
30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
 
This kingship and priesthood is eternal and has its origin in the divine sonship according to the order of Melchizedek (see Hebrews 5:5-6).
 
Hebrews 5:5-6:
5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.”
6 And he says in another place, “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
 
The Influential Movements And Their Knowledge
 
At the time of the conception of Jesus Christ up to His birth there were various influential movements which recognized through the influence of divine revelation, that a new king would be born or was born.
 
The Wise Men
 
First of all, these were the magicians (note: wise men) who looked into the dark night sky and saw a bright star at their time and realized that a king would be born, so that they set off on their way to Jerusalem, the governmental capital of Israel, to meet the newborn King.
The wise men assumed that they would find Him in the capital, since it was where the seat of government was (see Matthew 2:1-2).
 
Matthew 2:1-2:
1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
 
The Dark Night Sky And The Open Door In The Sky
 
I personally consider the dark night sky and the rising bright star as an open door, as John saw it in the Book of Revelation because the wise men had to look up into the night sky to see.
This door is related to the insight into the realm of divine government (note: throne room; see Revelation 4:1-2).
 
Revelation 4:1-2:
1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
 
Since Jesus said of Himself that He is the door, His birth is equal to the open door in heaven leading into the reign of the Heavenly Father (see John 10:9 i.c.w. John 14:6).
 
John 10:9:
9 I am the gate (note: door); whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
 
John 14:6:
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
 
The birth of Jesus Christ marked the beginning of the new kingdom in the sonship of God which is the order of Melchizedek, that includes eternal kingship and priesthood.
 
The Shaking Of Earthly Government
 
The birth of Jesus Christ which can also be seen as the birth of the new wineskin in the form of the kingly – heavenly government (see Mark 2:22), brought a shock to the earthly government of Israel and its society (see Matthew 2:2-3).
 
Matthew 2:2-3:
… 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
 
As a result, the Word of God was consulted by Herod to find out where the new King (note: eternal kingship) arose, which was in Bethlehem – “the house of bread” (see Matthew 2:4-6).
 
Matthew 2:4-6:
4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: 6 “ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
 
Revelation And The Word Of God
 
Even as king Herod asked the chief priests and the scribes for the birthplace of the new king (note: the eternal kingdom) on the basis of deceitfulness, nowadays his behavior should draw our attention to the fact that revelation/prophecy always goes in accordance with the Word of God (see 2 Peter 1:19-21).
 
2 Peter 1:19-21:
19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.
21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
 
The Response Of Leaders At The Time Of Jesus' Birth
 
It is interesting to note that leaders and influential persons reacted differently to Jesus' coming at the time of His conception and birth.
 
Through the right discernment of times, the wise men first recognized the time of Jesus' birth, because they looked into the dark night sky and saw the bright star which was a sign for them that a king was born.
 
The Stars And The Fourth Day Of Creation
 
Among other things, it were the stars that God created on the fourth day and which are to serve people as signs of special times, and days and years.
It is no coincidence that the number “4” is connected to the “open door”.
 
The Hebrew letter “Daleth” has the numerical value of “4” and means among other things “door”. Furthermore, the letter bears the pictographic representation of an “open tent door” (Genesis 1:14-19).
 
Genesis 1:14-19:
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day.
 
On the basis of the wise men's testimony of the birth of the new King, king Herod and Jerusalem's society were frightened so that he instructed the trained people in the Word of God to seek the truth.
The chief priests and scribes then searched in the Word of God and found the truth in the book of the prophet Micah (see Micah 5:2).
 
Micah 5:2:
2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
 
The Open Eyes Of The Heart
 
The shepherds, too, who guarded their sheep in the field, received open eyes of their hearts at the time of the birth of Jesus, so that they could look directly into the spiritual realm of the region and saw the angelic movement and heard the divine revelation.
As a result, they came to the birthplace of the new eternal kingdom and paid tribute to the new King Jesus Christ and spoke to men about His birth in the power of knowledge (see Luke 2:8-20).
 
Luke 2:8-20:
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
 
Revelation And Humility
 
At the time of the birth of Jesus, it were the wise men and the shepherds who, on the basis of revelation and a humble heart came on time to the birthplace of the kingship of Jesus in order to be first in the presence of Jesus Christ and to glorify Him on earth (see Matthew 2:9-11 i.c.w. Luke 2:15-20).
 
Matthew 2:9-11:
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
 
Luke 2:15-20:
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
 
Conclusion
 
It needs a humble attitude of heart and expectation to receive and walk in divine revelation for this time. If someone does not have this attitude, he/she is not able to understand the kingdom of heaven and the Father's high plans for this time.
 
This can even lead to the fact that one moves forward only in the power of the letter associated with death, which means that one opposes the new spiritual life that the Lord brings at this time (see 2 Corinthians 3:6).
 
2 Corinthians 3:6:
6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHESIED ON THE 30'st OF DECEMBER 2017 | 12'th OF TEBETH 5778, NAJOTH BERLIN-SPANDAU
 
There is the measure of surrender and adoration of one year to the Lord which fills the spiritual time frame of the new year!
This fragrance is not an ordinary aroma! It is the fragrance of the anointing in your life which is associated with your dedication, says the spirit of the prophet (see John 12:1-3; Mark 14:3)!
God is in the process of writing history through brokenness (see Psalm 34:18)!
There is the new way which causes something old to be buried, so that the new can come forth through the power of God!
Pay attention to the sown “seed” which has fallen into the new and untouched field because it is about the new life (see John 12:24 i.c.w. Matthew 27:59-60; Hebrews 10:19-20; Acts 17:18d-20)!
There is the strength of the second that closes an hour, a day, a month and a year to go through Jesus Christ Who is the door and the Alpha and Omega (see John 10:9 i.c.w. Revelation 22:13)!
The end of the expired phase of time and the beginning of the new time phase in Jesus Christ is connected with the release of an old structure in order to be able to stand in the new environment!
It is the environment that is accompanied by supernatural provision, which first touches the spirit and then the soul and has an effect on the whole body, says the spirit of the prophet (see Psalm 23:1-3)!
In the new phase of time, pay attention to the presence of CHRIST, THE ANOINTED ONE because His presence, in connection with your given anointing, brings great impact to the region in which His presence draws you!
It is not enough for you to activate your anointing alone but to associate it with the presence of Christ Jesus!
As a result, there is deliverance within the region because His redemption and the power of God interact!
It is a connection of heaven and earth, so that the yoke of the prince of the air is broken above the particular region (see Ephesians 2:2 i.c.w. Isaiah 10:27)!
The presence of the destructive power of the “letter“ will be transformed into life through divine surrender, because it is about the presence of the Holy Spirit, Who brings order and peace, says the spirit of the prophet (see 2 Corinthians 3:6 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 14:33a)!
There is the power of confrontation in love and truth to bring conviction (see Luke 7:39-47).”
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm