One of the main ways that God provides leadership in His kingdom is through fathers. This is why the spirit of Elijah must come and restore “the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.” Otherwise the “great and dreadful Day of the Lord” which is coming would consume us and “strike the earth with a curse” (see Malachi 4:4-6). These final words in the Tenakh (note: Old Testament) point to God’s Father Leadership in His kingdom.

 

Fathering involves the loving heart attitude displayed in raising children. A father exhorts and comforts and implores and sometimes chastens when necessary (see 1 Thessalonians 2:11, Hebrews 12:7-11), but only after establishing you through much encouragement. A father is always around through thick and thin. A father does not forsake you when you fail or leave you when disagreements arise. A father not only goes with you into battle, he leads the way (see Joshua 1:5-9). Spiritual fathering is the major leadership method for building the body of Christ.

 

One of my favorite authors Rick Joyner writes:

“Though the image of the Lord is both male and female, and there is the nature of Him that would gather us as a hen gathers her chicks, God is presented throughout the Scriptures as “Father,” and is never called “Mother.” To dilute this, is to distort His image with a very thick veil. “Father” means “life giver.” The father gives the seed, and the mother nurtures the seed. In Scripture, we see the creation as “a” mother. Both Israel and the church are also referred to in Scripture as “mothers.” Just as the woman was taken from Adam so that they would have to come together to be the complete image of God, the Lord will be joined perfectly to His Bride to give the creation a true reflection of His glory.”²

 

Since God calls his corporate body (males and females) both a bride (see Revelation 21:9), and a son (see Romans 4:5-7) we can see that gender is not the issue here. Being a spiritual father is not related to gender, and a woman can function as a spiritual father just as well as a man (see Deborah in Judges 4-5; Galatians 3:28).

 

The most important thing you could ever impart to someone is how to love God, and this does not come by teaching or someone praying for you or any other “quick fix” method. It comes from being loved by a father. It comes by hanging around with someone on a consistent basis who has an intimate relationship with THE ABBA FATHER. This is why until Jesus came, we never truly knew how to be intimate with God. Jesus started the Fathering mentorship by being a father to a small group of disciples and this little group became fathers who had sons who became fathers, and so on and so on. The fathering family of God began.

 

 

There is great comfort and encouragement in knowing someone as a spiritual father in the Lord. Both natural and spiritual fathers still give advice and encouragement and rebuke when necessary. It is wonderful if a believer in Christ has someone who helps to show the way on a personal basis in order avoid unnecessary mistakes. It is good to know someone whom one can call on anytime and get real hands-on advice for situations in life.

 

It is easy to get a “corporation mentality” and try to pump out as many sons and daughters as you can, but the reality is that if you try to father too many children you cease to be a father and start becoming more of a corporation where the intimacy is lost. A father does not even choose his own children, but they are given to him by God, and a child does not get to choose their father either. Much of the disarray in the Body of Christ is a result of fathers hand picking their children according to those who “fit their mold” instead of fathering the sons and daughters that God has chosen for them. We need to be “joined and knit together” correctly according to God’s will so that “every part does its share, causing growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” (see Ephesians 4:16)

 

Abraham did not have a spiritual father, so do not force spiritual fathering and sonship. The true father/son relationships will become evident as these relationships develop with those around you, but it may take years. To have a spiritual father doesn’t mean that you have to be with him in agreement on everything. Fathers can learn a lot from their children too, because it is a two way relationship.

 

 

The hierarchy of God's kingdom doesn’t look like the typical corporate organizational chart with the president on top and other people branching off of them and other people branching off of them, etc. Rather it is like a huge fishing net or a network. All members of the body are physically connected to only a FEW parts of the body, but they receive the benefit of the entire body by way of the blood. In the same manner, the Blood of Jesus runs through the entire Body of Christ to give life for the benefit of all. “The life of the flesh is in the blood.” (see Leviticus 17:11)

 

1 Corinthians 11:25-30 says, “In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.”

 

If we are not properly joined together to the part of the body of Christ that God has called us, then the life (blood) cannot flow properly. The reason for much of the weakness, sickness and premature death among believers is that we do not “discern the Lord’s body” correctly. In other words, we are not discerning where in the body of Christ we should be joined or who are our spiritual fathers and children. This is partly due to the set-up of the current “church institutions” which do not promote family intimacy, but rather a spectator mentality. But thanks be to God, this is now changing!

 

 

God is bringing His people into His order, and fathering (as opposed to the current institutional corporation mentality) is according to His order. God only asked for His people to gather together in large groups three times a year. Deuteronomy 16:16 says, “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty handed.”

 

Leviticus 23 tells us that these Feasts were given by God to be celebrated “forever” as a memorial and a holy convocation. All of these Feasts are Christ centered and point to Jesus as the Messiah. The rest of the year we should be meeting in smaller “tribes” monthly and “families” weekly as the Lord leads, being fathered and fathering according to our maturity.

By feasting the biblical Feasts of the Lord we give the possibility to celebrate in a family structure instead of celebrating them in an institutional church structure.

Thereby the family will begin to be restored as God’s main training ground for His people in order to cure much of the confusion in the body of Christ, because just the structure of the current church system draws leaders into envy and self-seeking.

 

James 3:16 says, “For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing will be there.” But if you have more of a family structure with fathering and mothering continually going on in a smaller group, then real intimacy and “love in action” can take place on a day to day basis, instead of just on Sunday morning.

 

Wolfgang Simson writes in his book “Houses that Change the World – the return of the house churches” about the contrast of leaders and fathers the following:

 

“It is part of a father’s brief to lead, but it is not necessarily part of a leader’s brief to father … Man assumes there must be leadership in anything he touches. It is part of his creational brief. However, the church is an exception, because it is not man’s invention or property. It is truly God’s … To call one member a leader over the others – and in spite of the presence of the head – would be grossly misleading.

 

 

The stewards of the church are servants, and the more they serve, the more they will ultimately lead (Luke 22:26) in a way which is upside down to the way the world expects leadership. An obedient and humble servant can lead because he is led. Leadership, if at all, is therefore a function of obedience.” ³

 

 

The words “father” and “fathers” appear in the KJV Bible 1,484 times. Needless to say, the Scriptures have much to say about fathers. This article is not for the purpose of studying the entire role of the father, but for showing that fathering is more than just raising children; it is the very plan and order for God’s leadership. Of course God is our ultimate Father as 2 Corinthians 6:18 tells us, “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

 

But don’t forget that the apostle Paul also considered himself a spiritual father, and this fathering leadership has been God’s way of maturing His people from the beginning. “For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Therefore, I urge you, imitate me.” (see 1 Corinthians 4:15.16)

Father’s who lead like Paul carry spiritual authority.

 

There are two types of God ordained authority:

Understanding true authority, which comes from heaven and not earth, is one of the most important aspects to being a spiritual father and thinking like mature sons.

 

² Joyner, Rick; 50 Days for a Firm Foundation, MorningStar Publications, P.O. Box 19409, Charlotte, NC 28219; 2000. pg. 45. www.morningstarministries.org

 

³ Simson, Wolfgang; Houses that Change the World – The Return of the House Churches, C&P Publishing, Emmelsbull, Germany, 1999. pgs. 147, 145

 

Paul Jablonowski

During a meeting at the apostolic center Holy Place, I had received grace to serve prophetically, then the Holy Spirit began to speak to me about the new day of His church on earth.

The New Day of the Glory of God and the Creation of Adam

Here I saw God's time cycle in the form of a circle, whereby it looked as if a star would light up in the upper right part of the circle, being one tenth of this circle line. It looked like a diamond ring effect during a solar eclipse. While I was seeing this, the hand of God appeared in the form of an outstretched right forearm with a hand filled with a red-hot mass like lava (see Deuteronomy 4:24).

Deuteronomy 4:24:
24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Then I heard the voice of God speaking:

“I have created a new day for My church on earth where I renew spirits of saints in the midst of the church by transforming them into new vessels in the structure of the one new spiritual man!” (see Ephesians 2:13-18 i.c.w. Jeremiah 18:3-6)

Ephesians 2:13-18:
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups (note: believers from the Gentiles and believers from the Jews) 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, 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.

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Jeremiah 18:3-6:
3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.

4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me.

6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.

As I heard this, I was reminded of the creation of Adam, the first spiritual man who was in direct relationship with God.

From Genesis 2:4b-7 it can be seen that Adam was formed as a perfect soul by the hand of God and his spirit was breathed into this created soul structure by God, which at that time was not a guilty (fallen) soul.

Furthermore, we are told in Genesis 2:4b-7 that it had not yet rained on earth and that a mist was rising from the earth. This mist had moistened all the land, so that God began to form the outline of Adam's soul, which was the structure of a mature and grown man.

Genesis 2:4b-7:
… 4b when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 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 Untouched Ground and the Image of God

At that time the ground of the earth was untouched, since no rain had fallen on the earth yet. This among other things points to the fact that no false doctrine or wrong foundation of doctrine had entered the earth, as according to the Word of God, rain in its entirety is related to doctrine and spoken words (see Deuteronomy 32:2; Isaiah 55:10-11).

Deuteronomy 32:2:
2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

Isaiah 55:10-11:
10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 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.

It was God's will to create Adam perfect or immaculate. Through the rising mist it becomes clear that God formed His presence, His principles of the supernatural as well as His promise into Adam without anyone else having Adam to teach anything. If we are created as human beings in the image of God, and God is Spirit, then we are also first and foremost spirit (Genesis 1:26-27 i.c.w. John 4:24a).

Genesis 1:26-27:
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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 Spirit Being “Adam” and His Blameless Soul

First the spiritual being “Adam” was created by the Heavenly Father. Then his soul was, because God later breathed His breath of “Adam” (see Genesis 1:26-27), which had already existed into the blameless soul body of Adam, as we can read in Genesis 2:6-7.

When God blew the breath of “Adam” into the blameless soul body created by Himself, Adam became a living soul.

The soul is the frame which, in the spiritual realm, reflects the appearance of the respective human being in the way he looks on earth, because God honors the father and the mother of man (note: man consists of 46 chromosomes – 23 chromosomes of the father and 23 chromosomes of the mother; see Exodus 20:12).

This means that the spirit of Adam, like of a transparent orb (note: “eternal life”), was filled with the life of God from the throne room (note: “glistening, fiery liquid”) and breathed into the perfect soul shape of Adam. Thus it was completely filled with God's glistening, fluid, fiery and divine light.

The Living Life, the Fog and the Fiery-Luminous Body of Adam

Adam became a living light/life, which now began to shine with full joy in the garden assigned to him by God in the area of “Eden”, which means “delight”. God, the Heavenly Father of Adam, enjoyed him and His fellowship with him.

The reason why Adam's perfect soul body was filled with fiery, pure light by God is explained by the Hebrew word for “mist – 'ēd” used in Genesis 2:6 and its root word “'ûd”. The Hebrew root word “'ûd” means “log”. It is also associated with “fiery coals or embers that are pulled together by a poker”. (note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible to the words “mist – 'ēd, log – 'ûd” with the word key number: 111 and 185 as well as from the Strong's concordance with the word key number: H181).

Based on the explanation above, it is relevant that God, the Heavenly Father of Adam and Eve, gathered them together as fiery coals (note: they are before the throne of God; see Isaiah 6:6; Ezekiel 1:13; Ezekiel 28:14) in order to create them as a spirit person in the first place and some time later to perform a holy “cell division”. Only in this way should they be able to walk as two spirit men in holy fellowship before God as well as in pure intimacy and divine love.

Through the two fiery “throne room coals” pulled together by God, the moisture in the ground oxidized, so that it rose as mist through the heat of God's fire into the atmosphere of God's paradise (note: Eden is God's garden). Thus God had formed a fiery, perfect and unified soul body (note: man and woman) corresponding to His consuming and unified spirit being (see Genesis 1:26a i.c.w. Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3a; Hebrews 12:29).

Genesis 1:26a:
26a Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, …”

Deuteronomy 4:24:
24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 9:3a:
3 But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire.

Hebrews 12:29:
… 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”

Isaiah in the Throne Room of God and the New Body of Time

God is in the process of renewing the contours of the spirits of saints within the body of Christ, as I already mentioned above. In this context I received the biblical passage from Isaiah 6:1-7. In this passage we are told of the prophet Isaiah, who was in the throne room of God with his spirit and saw the fiery facet of the very presence of God and His being, which is a consuming fire (see Hebrews 12:29).

Isaiah 6:1-7:
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

Hebrews 12:29:
… 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”

The Lord let me know, in connection with the spiritual experience of Isaiah, that a new time of His governmental intensity has begun in which the church will be confronted with the time of His fiery nature.

 

This time is a time of transformation of the spirits of the believers in Christ Jesus. While Isaiah was in a new time in the temporary realm (note: king Uzziah died => a royal government ended and opened the way for a new time of royal government), his spirit and soul was renewed in the fiery presence of God (see Romans 12:2 i.c.w. Ephesians 4:23-24).

Romans 12:2:
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Ephesians 4:23-24:
… 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

This renewal was accomplished by being touched by one of the seraphim from God's sphere with a glowing coal, which was taken from the altar with tongs. This touch imparted knowledge in Isaiah to realize his current spiritual and soul condition he was in.

This led Isaiah to recognize his status and that of his addressees (note: the people of Israel), who had been in a state of false/incorrect lip service (note: impure lips). Since Isaiah received this knowledge while being in the spiritual realm, it referred to his inner being as well as that of his people. God allowed the saraph to initiate the renewal process of the Spirit of Isaiah, which resulted in being set free from darkness. This release and process enabled him for the future as a fervent spirit person going further and speaking the revelatory words of the Spirit of God to people in a groundbreaking way.

The new body of time that God has established for us as His people is like the structure of a saraph, whose name can also be translated into “fire dragon, burning one, consuming one” having six wings. This body of a saraph, is supposed to point out to us as the people of God today the time of the spirit and fire of God, transferred by Jesus Christ Himself into the church from the throne of God (see Matthew 3:11).

Matthew 3:11:
11 “I (note: John the Baptist) baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one (note: Jesus Christ) who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
 

It was Adam who was created by God as a consuming fire on the sixth day as a spirit man (Genesis 1:27.31).

Genesis 1:27.31:
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. …

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.

In this context, it should not be considered as a coincidence that the seraphim with their six wings are mentioned in Isaiah 6.

Adam and the Fiery Coal of God

Adam's identity carries the red-hot being of God, because the name “Adam” is connected with the Hebrew word “'ādam”, which among other things means “human being, being red, shimmering reddish”. (note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible to the Hebrew word “'ādam – human being, being red, shimmering reddish” with the word key number 125, 124*).

In the way that God formed two people (note: Adam and Eve) from the first glowing spirit man (Adam), Jesus Christ is the last Adam to carry two glowing coals hidden within himself, which are the attributes of His body and His blood.

These attributes were kindled by the furnace of the fire of God (note: the cross) and are living (note: glowing) coals before the throne of God for all eternity. Through the two fiery coals (note: His sacrificial death on the cross) Jesus Christ was the last Adam to pave the way for the rising of the one new spirit man (see 1 Corinthians 15:45 i.c.w. Ephesians 2:13-18).

1 Corinthians 15:45:
45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

These two glowing holy coals (note: Jesus' body and blood) carry the potential of two groups of people to create the one new man in Christ (see Ephesians 2:13-18).

Ephesians 2:13-18:
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups (note: believers from the Gentiles and believers from the Jews) 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, 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.

17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

 

 

In connection with this revelation I saw a red-glowing carpet that rolled out in the atmosphere in the spiritual realm and represented Jesus Christ as the only way to the Heavenly Father (see 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.

 

While seeing this, I heard the Lord speaking:

 

“There, where My living Word is present, a higher spiritual level arises, so that there comes up a movement of higher spiritual authority!” (see John 1:1.14; Revelation 19:13)

 

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. …

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.

 

That walk on this red-glowing rolled out carpet implies the advancement of the priesthood and kingdom of the Son of God according to the eternal order of Melchizedek (see 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 (see Psalm 2:7).” …

6 And he says in another place, “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek (see Psalm 110:4).”

 

Believers who are spirit-filled (note: born from above) who move on this “carpet” or in this spiritual realm are aware of the meaning of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and show readiness to learn even more about the mystery of the cross of Jesus (see Ephesians 3:17-19).

 

… 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

 

In summary, this revelation is an indication and orientation at the same time to consciously go deeper into the presence of God in this time, which confronts and rejects influences of resistance against His Word, His being and His sovereign work. This process reveals in a stronger way where “flesh” * (note: carnal) shows itself in mental power and wherein on the opposite side the spirit shows itself.

 

As a result, it may not be pleasant, cozy or comfortable for saints to be confronted, but this approach of God involves the redemption of burdens of saints. These burdens of saints as spirit men in Christ would only prevent them from bearing His increasing glory, as God is jealous for His people.

 

* => The term “flesh” describes the mind, will and actions of a person that is not controlled by God, but only by the earthly character – by sin (see Romans 8:1-17; Galatians 5:13-6.12; Ephesians 2:3; Philippians 3:3-4). Contrary to the spirit, the flesh in this case describes the condition by which sin has such a hold over a person and his members that his “flesh”, like a foreign body, controls his whole being, and this is connected to death (see Romans 7:5-25). <= (part excerpt from the CD-ROM Bible Edition of the Luther bible translation from 1984; word key number 10)

 

Therefore, it is wise to welcome the new time of transformation of becoming that one new man as to be submissively willing to let go of what is carnal, withstanding His wisdom (note: which is higher than ours) and past-oriented. This might be challenging, but it is His love and way to make us one with Him by being His body led by one head. As there is no other kingdom which is of the King of Kings, there must be revealed His authority on earth as it is in the heavens.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm