So that we can enter into a greater unity in the body of Christ on earth, we are in need to understand the view of man and woman correctly from the perspective of our Creator and Heavenly Father, so that we are truly able to respect and complement each other properly.

Children of God

The apostle Paul made reference to the spiritual body in Jesus Christ, in which neither nationality nor gender plays the leading role, but the first essential requirement of a born-again believer should be to know that he is a child of God (see Galatians 3:26-28).

Galatians 3:26-29:
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Sons of God and Bride of Christ

It may be difficult to comprehend, but in the body of Christ we are on the one hand sons of God and on the other hand the bride of Christ, which means that the man should deal with the structure of the woman and the woman with the structure of man, in order to have a right understanding of the body of Christ and the required respect for the opposite gender in the earthly realm (see Romans 8:14-16; 2 Corinthians 11:2 i.c.w. Revelation 19:7).

Romans 8:14-16:
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

2 Corinthians 11:2:
2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

Revelation 19:7:
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

 

 

In the Word of God for ‘man’ the Hebrew word ‘’îš – אִישׁ’ is used and for ‘woman’ the Hebrew word ‘’iššāh – אִשָּׁה’. This naming contains a mystery about the spiritual principle of the relationship between man and woman according to the standard of the Word of God.

 

When the Hebrew letter ‘י – Yod’ from the man’s word is joined with the Hebrew letter ‘ה – He’’ from the woman’s word, the result is the word ‘יָהּ – YAH’, which is the short form of God’s name in the way of ‘I AM – YAHWEH’. From this it is clear that the bond only between man and woman is the only constellation in marriage in which God reveals Himself. If God is removed from this structure, destruction arises in the form of judgment which can be seen from the fact that without the two Hebrew letters ‘י – Yod’ and ‘ה – He’, the Hebrew word ‘אֵשׁ – ‘ēš’, which means ‘fire’ arises in the realm of the ‘man’ as well as the ‘woman’.

It is essential that men, according to the Word of God, have a true understanding of the basic structure of woman (note: Eve) and women of the basic structure of man (note: Adam) in order to be able to reflect a greater glory on earth.

The Greater Glory

I am convinced that in the coming times, according to the Word of God, true unity between man and woman will play a such important role, so that this greater glory can be revealed and reflected in the world (see Proverbs 12:4a).

Proverbs 12:4a:
4a A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, …

A Strategic Revelation

Personally, I take the following strategy from the basic structure of the relationship between man and woman created by God:
 

The man should first receive the revelation of the Father's hand and breath in order to have a divine understanding of erection and empathy (note: first the dew/mist established itself, then God's hand formed the earthly substance in order thereafter to fill it with His breath). This means that the man must first have an understanding of the woman's structure to be able to recognize or assess her correctly.

 

In the basic structure, Eve was extracted by God from Adam's side (note: The Hebrew word for “side/rib” means “ȥēla`” and means “board, rib; it also means a mountainside, the longer side of the ark of the covenant and the tent of meeting; the side of the altar or sides (floors) at the temple, boards, beams/girder”), in order that Adam could recognize her bones (note: also meant feelings) and their flesh (note: also meant a human heart that is turned towards God; see Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26 => in the sense of a fleshy heart; the Hebrew word for “flesh” is “bāsār” and means, among other things, “to bring good news, to proclaim and also to bring a neutral or good news”).

 

This means that the woman assigned to the man by God becomes like the tendon of a bow (note: rib) from which God shoots His revelatory arrows.

 

The assigned woman has the potential of a bearing width (see Ephesians 3:18-19), having an understanding of God's greatness (note: mountainside), 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 carries the knowledge of the priestly movement of Jesus, that is moving from east to west, just as the priest in the Word of God went from east to west to the Holy of Holies, which is furthermore related to the power of revelation and the coming of Jesus (see 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.

 

This explanation reveals that a woman should have a similar vision or ministry character like her husband, because the promise was woven from the “ground” into the man from whom Eve came by the hand of God (see Genesis 2:6-7.21-22).

 

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. …

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 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.

 

 

Therefore, carrying the similar vision by man and woman (note: referring to marriage) is, in my view, helpful in order for the woman to be the right complement, as described in Proverbs 12:4a.

This in turn means that the man, through such agreement, allows the woman to take the higher place, which does not mean the higher authority in marriage, but her rightful position before God.

The man is first “ennobled” by the woman and the woman needs the man to bring “ennoblement”, meaning that they can only reveal the glory of God on earth together (see Proverbs 12:4a i.c.w. Ephesians 5:25).

 

4a A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, …

 

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her …

 

 

If this recognition and loving respect of husbands towards their wives exists and vice versa, it even leads to accelerated responses to prayer (see 1 Peter 3:7).

 

7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

 

 

In order to describe the feelings of man and woman even more deeply, let me mention the creation of Adam and Eve at this point. The first man on earth did not know any earthly father or mother. Furthermore, he also had no experience of earthly birth, death, or any competition among men.

Adam was completely unbiased to understand the life of God right, since he was created by God through the dew, His hand and His breath to be a living being from the earth (see 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.

 

Before the Fall, Adam had no reason and natural desire to fight for survival, as he was placed into the fullness of delight by God (note: “Eden” means “delight”; see 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.

 

Adam and later Eve did not know what it meant to be dead, which might have been a reason for Eve's and Adam's curiosity.

The first natural human death and the pain they experienced was when their common son Abel was murdered by Cain (see Genesis 4:8).

 

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

 

God, however, had experienced the pain of death earlier, because He killed a “lamb” for Adam and Eve to cover their shame or error (see Genesis 3:21).

 

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

(note: To make garments from skins, it was necessary for an animal to die.)

 

 

Through the fall of man the portal to death opened. This provoked fear in Adam, who now knew what it meant to die, because God made it clear that he would become dust again (see Genesis 3:19 i.c.w. Romans 5:12).

 

19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

 

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned – …

 

The decision of God for man to die caused a certain kind of fear in Adam, since God was speaking primarily to him in this context. This fear is still present today in people who do not really know Jesus Christ, which means that they are afraid of loss and death.

 

This is why men in particular carry an increased form of fear of loss within, which even appears to them as compared to “dust” and through which they suddenly feel worthless. This is the reason why men who have not properly recognized Jesus Christ try so hard to present themselves to the public by performing all kinds of achievements, possessions or work. In contrast, women do not have this kind of fear of loss to that extent because the woman has been addressed by God in a different way after the fall (see Genesis 3:16).

 

16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

 

 

Women who have not properly recognized Jesus Christ suffering more an inner fear of pain and long for true protection. Women are usually not as afraid as men of not being seen because they are originated from man's side and therefore women are not directly connected to the earth. They are more relational and herein cannot fall deeper than into the arms of a man. They carry this certainty deep in their hearts. Even if there are women who may not want to admit this, there is a deep desire in the nature of a woman to be appreciated by a man because God has established it in this way (see Ephesians 5:25-29).

 

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church – …

 

The knowledge concerning this basic principle should also be carried by us as the bride of Christ and we should be convinced that we have our security and appreciation in the side of Jesus Christ, just as Moses felt secure in the cleft of the rock while he saw the glory of God (see Exodus 33:21-22).

 

21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.

22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

 

Jesus Christ, who is the lion of the tribe of Judah, understands men (note: lions) and also women (note: lionesses) in His body, because He carries the characters of a male and female lion (see Revelation 5:5 i.c.w. Genesis 49:8-12).

 

5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

 

8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.

9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness – who dares to rouse him?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel & Tina Glimm

In times of challenge, it is necessary for us as God’s people to take our worship to a higher spiritual level and blend it with the realm of the ‘Tzaddik’, the righteousness of God, which is Jesus Christ. This encompasses Christ as the crucified and resurrected One who sits at the right hand of God.

Jesus Christ died on the cross (Note: wood) and became a curse to make righteous those who believe in Him (cf. Galatians 3:13 i.c.w. Romans 8:29-30; Romans 10:4).

 

Galatians 3:13:
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written (cf. Deuteronomy 21:23): “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”

 

Romans 8:29-30:
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

 

Romans 10:4:
4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

 

This realm of righteousness (Note: the righteous in Christ Jesus => Tzaddikim) can also be described as a region of trees that cooperate with and nourish themselves from the crystal water of the throne room (cf. Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 17:7-8 i.c.w. Revelation 22:1-2).

 

Psalm 1:1-3:
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.

 

Jeremiah 17:7-8:
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

 

Revelation 22:1-2:
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

 

This crystal water brings forth the governmental understanding of the Spirit in those who are nourished by it and abide near it.

 

 

Bringing the sound higher in the form of worship and mingling it with the righteousness in Christ Jesus, the Word of God can be equated with the words of Psalm 137:1-2 and Psalm 149:6-9 so that the righteousness of God is manifested on earth through His judgments.

 

Psalm 137:1-2:
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, …

 

Psalm 149:6-9:
6 May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, 7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, 8 to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, 9 to carry out the sentence written against them – this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.

 

The Hebrew word used in Psalm 137:2 for the tree type ‘willow’ is ‘'ārab’ and means ‘to exchange, to mingle, to engage with someone, to be pleasant, to be sweet, to be delicious, to become evening’. (Note: word explanation taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with word key number: 6272 I,6273* II, 6274 III, 6275 IV, 6276*).From this it is clear that when we take our worship to a higher level and connect it with the truth of God’s Word and its righteous standard, there is an increase of revelation in the midst of challenge. This revelation is a light shining in a dark place, so that Christ takes more form in us and the new day of more intense relationship with Him dawns (cf. 2 Peter 1:19 i.c.w. Genesis 1:3-5).

 

2 Peter 1:19:
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.

 

Genesis 1:3-5:
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”

 

And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.Moreover, the evening is related to the coming in of Christ as the Word of God in the form of victory over the adversary and His resurrection power (cf. Luke 24:29-31).

 

Luke 24:29-31:
29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.

 

It is of high importance that in challenging times we pay attention to the power of Jesus’ testimony, which is the spirit of prophecy, because we find confident guidance in it (cf. Revelation 19:10e i.c.w. 2 Chronicles 20:20c).

 

Revelation 19:10e:
… 10e For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”

2 Chronicles 20:20c:
“… 20c have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”

 

 

The people of Israel also found themselves in challenges at different times, such as captivity. There, they were given confidence through the prophets, seeing the heavens opened with their spiritual eyes and witnessing God’s governmental presence to the people. Here they were close to the realm of water in the form of rivers or even the sea, which is a call from God to us as saints at this time to work closely with the Holy Spirit and the truth of God’s Word.

For example, the prophet Ezekiel was close to the river ‘Kebar – כְּבָר’ while in captivity in Babylon with the people of Israel (cf. Ezekiel 1:1-4).

 

Ezekiel 1:1-4:
1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
2 On the fifth of the month – it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin – 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.There the hand of the Lord was on him.
4 I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north – an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal,...

 

The river ‘Kebar – כְּבָר’ points to the love of God’s greatness in the form of His long suffering and patience in recognizing His already predetermined plan (cf. Ephesians 3:18-19).

 

Ephesians 3:18-19:
… 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.

Therefore, it is important that we should never put the main focus on earthly circumstances, but to be close with prophets and allow the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of our heart to the spiritual dimension.

 

This is evident from the name of the river ‘Kebar’, which means ‘great, length, long ago, already, make much, proper extent of time, that is, a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, heretofore: - already, (seeing) what is now”. (Note: Word explanation taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with word key number: 3601*, 3602*, 3603* and from Strong's Concordance with word key number: H3528)

 

It is the action of the Holy Spirit in the ‘riverbed’ of prophecy that reveals the power of God’s hand to lead deeper into the governing presence of God and to see His face. Therefore, it is important that we should never put the main focus on earthly circumstances, but be close in presence with mature prophets and allow the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of our heart to the spiritual dimension.

 

This we likewise see clearly in the life of the prophet Daniel, who was also in captivity in Babylon and there focused his spiritual gaze on Jerusalem, the seat of God’s government, while at the same time staying close to the river Ulai – אוּלַי so that he received revelation (cf. Daniel 6:10b i.c.w. Daniel 8:1-3a).

 

… 10b he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem.

 

1 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me.
2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal.
3a I looked up, …

 

Again, it was the action of the Holy Spirit in the riverbed of prophecy, in the form of a gateway, that granted Daniel access to operate in the power of hope and reveal to him the sovereign guidance of God’s hand over political realities for the future.

 

This is clear from the word explanation of the river ‘Ulai’. The name means ‘river, watercourse, gate, eventually as an expression of hope, request’. (Note: Word explanation taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with word key number: 198, 199*)

 

This principle of the importance of prophetic revelation in the midst of challenging circumstances is also evident with the apostle or seer-prophet John, who was in captivity on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus (cf. Revelation 1:9-10).

 

9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, …

 

As the waters of the Mediterranean surrounded John on Patmos, it was already an indication of God’s governmental presence in the midst of the crystal sea (cf. Revelation 4:6a).

 

6a Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. …

 

On the island of Patmos, John received many beneficial prophetic insights about God’s government and principles, among other things. The prophetic revelation was opened by the sound of the trumpet, which caused John’s spirit to enter the process of renewal as he turned to see the loud voice speaking to him (cf. Revelation 1:10.12a-b i.c.w. Ephesians 4:23).

 

10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, …
12a-b I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw …

 

… 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; …

 

From this it is clear that a repentant heart, involves walking in holiness is the key in order to receiving revelation (cf. 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.

 

 

There exist areas of locked revelation over regions where, in the midst of challenge, it is necessary that we allow the apostolic royal presence of God in the form of the ‘roar of the lion’ to manifest itself because it is in the interest of God to unlock revelation to the authorized addressees. To do this, it is necessary that we stay close to the ‘water’, which includes the presence of the truth of God’s Word (cf. Ephesians 5:26b).

 

… 26b cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, …

 

It says in Revelation 10:1-4 that a mighty angel came down from heaven into the spiritual realm where John was located. This angel was clothed with a cloud, with the rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

 

This one had a small open scroll in his hand, placing his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the earth. At this he began to roar loudly like a lion, so that the seven thunders sounded in the atmosphere, carrying within them revelation that John understood, but was instructed by God’s command to seal.

 

1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.
2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke.
4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”

 

This Bible passage reveals the spiritual principle of releasing revelation that the LORD wants to give to us as His people. However, this can only be released when we allow His apostolic nature (Note: lion) to speak into our realm through His servants and ministers who are operating in this mandate.

 

As a result, the presence of spiritual ‘prey’ is revealed and the saints who are in the prophet’s mandate begin to prophesy of it (cf. Amos 3:4.7-8).

 

4 Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing? …
7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken – who can but prophesy?

 

This process of revelation is accompanied by the stirring of the inner man through the fire of God (Note: spirit and soul => right foot of the angel on the water, left foot of the angel on the land) and the presence of His glory (Note: face was shining like the sun), faith (Note: cloud) as well as His covenant (Note: rainbow).

God’s covenant is related to the solid food in order to go forward with exercised spiritual senses in the maturity of the Spirit in Christ (cf. Genesis 9:3.12-13 i.c.w. Hebrews 5:14).

 

3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. …

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

 

14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

 

Since John was one of the sons of thunder (Note: Boanerges), it is evident from this that he understood the realm of the concealed powerful voice of God that accompanies the presence of the dark cloud (cf. Exodus 19:16).

 

16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.

 

This is about unlocking the sealed realities of heaven legitimately and legally. In order to do this, it is necessary that we have developed spiritual maturity that involves being familiar with and living by the principles of God’s Word and His realm of government.

 

The sealed realities of heaven (Note: sealed things) act like the dark cloud that surrounds God. The explanation for this is because the divine darkness is designed to protect the hidden things of the LORD from profane influence.

 

This is what I believe Jesus was expressing by naming the Boanerges. The Boanerges understood how to release fire from heaven because they were aware of and lived in the principles of God’s government and His work. (cf. Mark 3:17 i.c.w. Luke 9:54).

 

17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), …

 

54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”

 

James and John were trained in this by their mother on the basis of the Tenakh (Note: Old Testament), which is evident from her request, asking Jesus if their sons could sit next to Him on His right and left in His kingdom (cf. Matthew 20:20-21).

 

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

 

Based on this we can see that the sons of thunder – Boanerges were allowed to be spiritually in a certain area of the throne room of God and thus John understood the voice of the seven thunders and was instructed by God to seal the revelation.

 

Our handling of challenges serves to strengthen us inwardly, when exposed to external pressures, by the touch of God’s fire (note: on spirit and soul), His glory, and the presence of His faith and covenant, so that we are even stronger than we have ever been before.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm