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In the letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul mentions the importance of the one new man, made up of the Messianic Jews and the Christians of the Gentiles through Jesus Christ (cf. 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 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 this context, I would like to make a special reference to the potential of the ‘one new man’ and focus on the teamwork between Joshua and Caleb, who carry two powerful and revelatory components for us as God’s people at this time.

 

Before the ‘Shaliach’ Moses (Note: The word ‘Shaliach’ means ‘messenger’ and is the type of the apostle in the Tenakh) apostolically called the team of Caleb and Joshua as well as the other leaders of the tribes to go into the Promised Land of Canaan to investigate it, he gave them clear instructions, telling them to report to him after their return everything they saw or encountered there (cf. Numbers 13:17-20).

 

Numbers 13:17-20:
17 When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country.
18 See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.
19 What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified?
20 How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

 

The request of Moses, as the apostle in his day to his leadership teams was that he demanded of them an unadulterated report after their return. This means that Moses was not afraid of a report of upcoming challenges in the future and was not a man who only wanted to hear about the blessings i.e. the good fruits.

 

Moses was a man and apostle of God who wanted to develop an apostolic strategy from the report of his scouts to pave the way to a good and victorious future for all the people of Israel.

This is what, among other things constitutes the authority and task of apostles even in our time.

An apostle understands the importance of the subject of ‘spiritual geography’ and its related challenges and blessings in the regions. He brings an apostolic strategy or approach on how to effectively and securely go ahead in the next steps in the spiritual battle according to Ephesians 6:12-13 in order to conquer the regions occupied by the enemy i.e. the field of promise.

Here, there are personal fields of promise and communal fields of promise, similar to the seven churches mentioned in the book of Revelation by John (cf. Revelation 2 and 3).

 

 

It is of high importance for the taking of the land to correctly understand the structure of the ‘one new man’ in Jesus Christ, who can also be described as a precious olive tree (cf. 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.

 

The olive tree is the highest positioned tree after the flood in the Word of God, as it was the first tree to come to light because it was Noah’s dove sent out that had an olive leaf or olive branch in its beak and brought it to him in the ark. The broken olive leaf points to God’s mercy in the midst of judgment (cf. Genesis 8:10-11 i.c.w. James 2:13).

 

Genesis 8:10-11:
10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.

 

James 2:13:
… 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

 

This means that we as Christians of the Gentiles, who were a wild olive branch, have been broken off from the wild olive tree by the power of God and grafted into the precious olive tree, thus now filling the position where rabbinic Judaism had its place.

 

If we consider the precious olive tree of Romans 11:17-18, it divides as follows:

 

Now this doesn’t mean that we move forward in religious legalism or tradition as saints from the Gentile nations, but have the opportunity through the power of the Holy Spirit to receive a Spirit-filled Hebrew and Biblical mindset in order to bring the treasures of Christ from the Tenakh and the New Testament to the surface to help powerfully break through in our field of responsibility (cf. Matthew 13:52).

 

Matthew 13:52:
52 He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

 

In the structure of the ‘one new man’ in Christ Jesus, it is similar to the Messianic Bride of Christ, who is also a city complex and reigns from heaven to earth (cf. Revelation 21:2).

 

Revelation 21:2:
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.

 

 

As God’s people we have repeatedly come into contact with prophecies and promises through hearing in our years of faith, and certain things have not yet come to pass in our personal lives or even in the church as the ekklēsia. Because of this, it is necessary that we correctly understand the structure of the first Promised Land promised by God to the people of Israel.

The Promised Land or even our promise is precisely linked to it.

Canaan was the land of promise from God to the people of Israel and it was there that the twelve spies of Israel encountered the giants but they also saw the prosperity and fertility of the land (cf. Numbers 13:27-28).

 

Numbers 13:27-28:
27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.

 

 

The spies were sent by God through Moses from the desert of Paran on the way to Canaan (cf. 4.Moses 13,1-3).

 

Numbers 13:1-3:
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”
3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.

 

The name ‘Paran’ means ‘dug out, hollowed out, ornament’ and ‘Canaan’ means ‘lowland, low country, humiliated’. These name meanings are indicative to us of the importance of preparing our hearts in order to receive the fullness of God’s supernatural outpouring for us and our region, much like king Jehoshaphat experienced with his allies in the time of the prophet Elisha (cf. 2 Kings 3:14-20).

 

2 Kings 3:14-20:
14 Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.
15 But now bring me a harpist.” While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came on Elisha
16 and he said, “This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.
17 For this is what the Lord says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.
18 This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19 You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”
20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was – water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

 

The decision to move into the center of God’s humility and into His promise as ‘Canaan’ means ‘low country’ releases the presence of His glory, which also includes abundant provision in all areas of our lives (Note: spirit, soul and body).

 

It is real humility that releases grace and favor (cf. 1 Peter 5:5b).

 

1 Peter 5:5b:
“… 5b All (Note: old and young) of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

 

 

It was Caleb and Joshua who joined together as a team, possessing a special gift of faith and the right spiritual sight, and so were able to carry the large bunch of grapes from the land of the ‘lowlands’ on a pole together and incidentally bring back pomegranates and figs to Moses (cf. Numbers 13:23-26).

 

Numbers 13:23-26:
23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.
24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.

 

The location of the finding of the grapes took place at the time of the first grapes (cf. Numbers 13:20c), which is a reference to Jesus Christ, the first and only begotten Son of God who laid down His life for us on the cross in order to bring us into covenant with the Father.

 

Numbers 13:20c:
… 20c (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)

 

Amen and Amen.

In His Wisdom,

Daniel Glimm

 

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Jesus was the grape, the love of the Father, which hung lifted up on the pole of the two spies (cf. John 3:16-17), in order to call us through His blood as kings and priests (Note: The pomegranate wears a crown on its ‘head’; cf. Exodus 39:22-26 i.c.w. Revelation 1:5-6) so that we might bring healing (Note: figs, cf. 1 Samuel 30:11-12; 2 Kings 20:7) to the people and the nations (cf. Revelation 22:2).

 

John 3:16-17:
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

 

Exodus 39:22-26:
22 They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth – the work of a weaver – 23 with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear.
24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe.
25 And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates.
26 The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the Lord commanded Moses.

 

Revelation 1:5-6:
… 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father – to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

 

1 Samuel 30:11-12:
11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat – 12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.

 

2 Kings 20:7:
7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

 

Revelation 22:2:
… 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.

 

 

At this point I would like to note that the Hebrew word for pomegranate is ‘rimmown’, which also means ‘marrowy’, because the color of the pomegranate resembles the color of the bone marrow, which is responsible for the production of blood, wherein is life (cf. Genesis 9:4).

 

Expressed in my words, this means for us today that Joshua and Caleb brought the complete victory of Jesus Christ on the cross back to the camp of Israel and therefore had a very different view than the intimidated other ten leaders of the tribes.

 

It was the scouts Joshua and Caleb who recognized in the spirit realm that over the giants in their future Promised Land the ‘protective shadow’ had departed, because they carried in their hearts the absolute confidence of the future victory ‘through Christ’ (cf. Numbers 14:9).

 

Numbers 14:9:
“… 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection (Note: ‘protective shadow’) is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”

 

 

Based on the previously mentioned explanation of the shape of the structure of the ‘one new man’ as the Messianic Body of Christ as a precious olive tree and the Messianic Bride as a city, we can see that there are greater mysteries in the Old and New Covenant, which are also concealed in the spies of Joshua and Caleb.

 

Since these are two people who carried the victory of Jesus in their time in the form of the great cluster of grapes on a pole, which I assume was made of wood, I would like to address the potential for breakthrough that was in the lives of Joshua and Caleb.

 

In order to enter into our full promise (Note: Messianic Jews and believers from the Gentile nations) it is necessary that we serve or be willing to cooperate with one another as Joshua and Caleb did.

 

In order to reveal the revelatory mystery behind the aforementioned scouting team, it is necessary to go into the meaning of their first names, fathers and tribes.

 

 

The name ‘Joshua’ means ‘YAHWEH saves!’ and has the same meaning as the Greek name ‘Jesus’.
Since Jesus was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel when He lived on earth, Joshua is a reference to the Messianic Jews in our day (cf. Matthew 15:24).

 

Matthew 15:24:
24 He (Note: Jesus) answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”

 

Joshua was of the tribe of Ephraim (Note: means ‘double fruitfulness’; cf. Isaiah 61:7), who was preferred over his older brother Manasseh in Jacob’s blessing as indicated by the biblical passages from Genesis 48:13-14 and Romans 1:16 i.c.w. Romans 3:1-2.

 

Genesis 48:13-14:
13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.
14 But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

 

Romans 1:16:
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile (Note: Greek).

 

Romans 3:1-2:
1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?
2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.

 

Joshua’s father was ‘Nun’ (cf. Genesis 13:8), which means ‘fish, to sprout, to reproduce’, and again is a reference to Christ because the prophet Isaiah prophesied the following about Jesus in chapter 11:1-2:

 

‘A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
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 – …’ – Isaiah 11:1-2

 

Further, Colossians speaks in an obscure way of the true ‘fish in the deep waters’, namely the Son of Man JESUS, who comes with hidden treasures (cf. 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.

 

Jesus is symbolically speaking our ‘fish’ with the true value of the Father in the water, which we may claim for our lives like Peter (cf. Matthew 17:27).

 

Matthew 17:27:
27 “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

 

 

The Hebrew letter ‘Nun’ carries the numerical value ‘50’ and is thus also a reference to the freedom from burdens (cf. Leviticus 25:8-11a) that Jesus provided for us on the cross of Golgotha but also to the provision of the Holy Spirit. On the fiftieth day the Holy Spirit fell at Shavuot/Pentecost.

 

From these explanations we can see clearly what kind of anointing God has placed within the Messianic Jews.

 

 

‘Caleb’, the second scout whose name means ‘dog or forcible’, is a reference to us as saints in Christ from the Gentile nations, since dogs are unclean animals according to the Word of God.

 

This is evident from the Bible passage in Matthew 15:26 where Jesus speaks to the Canaanite woman.

 

Matthew 15:26:
26 He (Note: Jesus) replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

 

Furthermore, we possess the possibility of seeing our promise delivered from the enemy when we join in faith with the Messianic people of Israel as the Canaanite woman did. She saw in the potential of the crumbs under the table her deliverance because she knew that under the divine ‘shadow of fellowship’ with the Father was the blessing of deliverance and true joy.

She walked on the same path as Christ in order to meet Him as the true Rock and to be captured by His love and mercy. It was a woman who came from the land of God’s Promised Land Canaan, which He promised to His people Israel, and who now became the ‘prey’ through Jesus’ love (cf. Matthew 15:21-28 i.c.w. Psalm 23:5).

 

Matthew 15:21-28:
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon (Note: means ‘catching fish’).
22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter (Note: promise, destiny) is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.

 

Psalm 23:5:
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

 

Because the Canaanite woman was faithful in small things through her faith, she was set free with her given promise represented by her daughter (cf. Luke 19:17).

 

Luke 19:17:
17 “ ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’

 

She honored Jesus and the Holy Spirit with her full surrender of faith in a time of struggle for her promise, much like Gideon’s three hundred warriors did when they lapped the water like dogs (cf. Judges 7:4-7).

 

Judges 7:4-7:
4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.”
6 Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.”
Is Your Promise in Captivity?

 

If you feel that your promise has in some way been captured or set captive by the enemy, then be encouraged now to claim the potential of God’s word spoken to you, which you have been carrying in your heart for quite some time, by speaking it aloud over your life.

 

It doesn’t matter how small or insignificant the word seems to you but your faith that connects to your promise brings you to freedom.

 

Caleb was from the tribe of ‘Judah’ which means ‘praise, worship’ and was the son of ‘Jephunneh’ (cf. Numbers 13:6) whose name means ‘to whom the way is made straight; turn around or he will be prepared’.

This means that we as saints are called to release a new sound of worship to God that leads people to repent as well as to glorify the Father and that He draws closer to us (cf. James 4:8).

 

James 4:8:
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

 

Both components of the spies ‘Joshua and Caleb’ belong together and cannot be separated. There is only one city, one bride and one precious olive tree.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm