As the people of God, we are in a phase in which Jesus Christ, as the Word of God unlocks the revelatory truth for this time and the time to come through His Spirit, in order to help us go forward in greater liberty and power of the Spirit (cf. John 1:4.14 i.c.w. John 8:31-32).
 
John 1:4:
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. …
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.
 
John 8:31-32:
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
 
The Word of God in Transition and the Greater Dimension of Revelatory Truth
 
We go through periods of time where the Word of God is in a phase of transition to contribute to greater liberty and power within us. In such periods of time, the Holy Spirit calls us to move from our present status further into a greater dimension of the revelatory truth of the Word of God.
 
This is accompanied by the presence of the waters of the crystal sea, which are before the throne of God, and the facets of the various spiritual movements in the midst of the throne room such as:
 
  1. the twenty-four elders before the throne => royal priesthood of the redeemed,
  2. the slain Lamb of God => the love of God in the form of His given sacrifice for mankind,
  3. the four beings => the fourfold presence of the face of God in the form of the King, the Father as priest, the Son of Man as the image of God and the Prophet,
  4. the lightnings => the governing power of God,
  5. the seven torches => the seven spirits of God in the structure of His inner consuming being, … (cf. Revelation 4:4-6, Revelation 5:6).
Revelation 4:4-6:
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.
 
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.
 
Based on the life of Jesus Christ on earth as the Son of Man, with the help of the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we can even extract strategies that will help us in our spiritual development and assist us in our walk with Jesus Christ.
 
In this context, the Lord put His emphasis on Matthew 15:29, where Jesus continued the journey with His disciples and came to the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Chinneroth (Note: ‘harp’) and sat down on a mountain there.
 
Matthew 15:29:
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
 
This going up includes a new overview of coming events from the presence of God’s governmental presence, as Jesus was near the sea and sat down on the mountain. From this it is clear that the Word of God was announcing a new time, as ‘peaks’ are often associated with beginnings for God, such as the beginnings of times like Rosh Chodesh, the beginning/peak of the month, or Rosh ha-Shanah, the beginning/peak of the year.
 
The Open Door and the High Sound of Worship
 
Here it is significant that we pass through the open door of a new time in Christ and enter into symbiosis with the high sound of worship. This is like the Sea of Galilee, representing the voice of David, as it corresponds in geographic form to a harp (cf. Revelation 14:2-3a).
 
Revelation 14:2-3a:
2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.
3a And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. …
 
This sound creates a new movement that testifies to the depths and heights of God (Note: water and thunder) in order to reveal the dimension of the length and breadth of God’s love in heaven and on earth like a harpist is playing the harp to and from the body (cf. Ephesians 3:17-19).
 
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.
 
The going up of Jesus Christ as the Word of God on the mountain results in many in need being supernaturally drawn by the power of the Heavenly Father and entering into this high realm of sonship of God in order to be renewed (cf. Matthew 15:30-31).
 
Matthew 15:30-31:
30 Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.
31 The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
 
The Restoration and Repositioning
 
This renewing power of restoration entails a repositioning that is equivalent to Jesus’ statement who spoke that some will be last and some will be first (cf. Luke 13:30).
 
Luke 13:30:
“… 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”
 
This is evident from the enumeration of the needy in Matthew 15:30-31, whose position changed after they got healed.
 
Their healing should serve us as an indication of the restoration of the ways represented by the lame, vision represented by the blind, obedience represented by the dumb/deaf and the ability to carry out the will of God represented by the maimed.
 
The restoration results in the intensification or concentration of apostolic power in combination with the Word of God as well as the internalization of the Word of God in the midst of those who hunger and thirst for it (cf. Matthew 15:32.34-36 i.c.w. John 6:35).
 
Matthew 15:32.34-36:
32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.” …
34 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
 
John 6:35:
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
 
This results in a new depth dimension of the Word of God that includes the power of the Spirit in the midst of the Word and not the power of the letter alone, which is accompanied by legalism and brings death (cf. Matthew 15:37 i.c.w. 2 Corinthians 3:6).
 
Matthew 15:37:
37 They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven baskets full of broken pieces that were left over.
 
2 Corinthians 3:6 (The Jewish New Testament from David H. Stern):
6 He has even made us competent to be workers serving a New Covenant, the essence of which is not a written text but the Spirit. For the written text brings death, but the Spirit gives life.
 
Accordingly, let us be encouraged to draw from the depths of God’s Word the mysteries in Christ and to deliver His communication of revelatory truth to those who long for it, so that they may be strengthened by the Spirit of the Father in the inner man (cf. Psalm 42:7a i.c.w. Colossians 2:2b-3; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Ephesians 3:16).
 
Psalm 42:7a:
7a Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; … (Note: the voice of Jesus is like the sound of many waters; cf. Revelation 1:15b).
 
Colossians 2:2b-3:
… 2b they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
 
1 Corinthians 2:13:
13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
 
Ephesians 3:16:
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; …
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

As the people of God, we are approaching the end of the biblical year of ‘Pe-Aleph’ (Note: 5781) in the blessing cycle of the Lord, which ends each year with the biblical month ‘Elul’. This month leads into the new biblical year 5782 (Note: starting on Monday evening, the 6'th of September 2021), which begins with the month of Tishrei/Ethanim, so I would like to point to the meaning of the new blessing cycle in a prophetic context.
 
The Door, the Alpha and the Omega
 
When in the calendar of God a time cycle comes to an end, at such a time there is a door in the middle of the upward moving time spiral of the Lord, announcing the new time cycle. This door can be equated with an entrance and exit that is open to close.
 
This is the exit closing the old time phase and is also an entrance that leads into a new time field of God.
 
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega, which means that He is our span of life in the temporary time, who covers it, and is the door through which we enter a new, nurturing, temporary time in the midst of the cycle of eternity. Thus, the biblical end of the year as well as the biblical beginning of the year has a special significance (cf. Revelation 22:13; Deuteronomy 30:20 i.c.w. John 10:9).
 
Revelation 22:13:
13 I am (note: Jesus Christ) the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
 
Deuteronomy 30:20:
… 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life (note: span of your life), and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
 
John 10:9:
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
 
The Geographical Shift of the Prophet Elijah and the City Gate
 
When a biblical year comes to an end and leads into a new year, this is also an indication that the economy within the Kingdom of God is also realigning itself, which is equivalent to the geographical transition of the prophet Elijah when he went from the brook Kerith to Zarephath, which belonged to Sidon and was located by the sea.
 
While Elijah, in accordance with the will of God, changed places and was at the city gate of Zarephath (note: symbol of a time that ends and a new time that begins), God showed him the new source of provision for his future, which was a widow who had a son.
 
Since the widow listened to and trusted the instructions of the prophet Elijah, first Elijah and then she herself was provided in a new or supernatural way. The prophet as well as the widow and her son entered into a new time cycle of God's provision (cf. 1 Kings 17:2-16).
 
Encouragement to Invest
 
In view of the beginning of the new biblical year 5782, I would like to encourage every reader to sow in faith with an investment via ‘Paypal’ (Note: see button ‘Investment in the Kingdom’ below) into the ministry of CRAZYCHRISTIANS in the Kingdom of God.
 
It is our concern to make calls like this at the right time, when this falls within a significant time frame of God! He will release great blessings (note: in spirit, soul and body) for everyone who knows how to cultivate their spiritual field at the right time.
 
May the LORD bless every investor who sows with a ‘firstfruit’ into eternity (cf. Leviticus 23:9-11 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 9:11; Philippians 4:17; Galatians 6:6-7).
 
 
Note: CRAZYCHRISTIANS is not an official organization so we can´t send you a tax deductible receipt.
 
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A sweet and spirited year 5782,
 
Daniel Glimm & CRAZYCHRISTIANS Team

Tishrei | Ethanim – The Month of Beginning, the Flowing Brooks, and the Strong
 
The biblical month of Tishrei | Ethanim is the seventh biblical month. It is the month that bears the beginning of the new biblical year (note: Rosh ha-Shana, beginning of the cycle of blessing), which has a special significance.
 
The month name ‘Tishrei’ means ‘beginning’ and ‘Ethanim’ encompasses the ‘month of flowing brooks’ or ‘steady rain’.
 
It is the month assigned to the tribe of ‘Ephraim’ who was the second son of Joseph. Joseph gave rise to Manasseh and Ephraim, though Ephraim, as the second born, was given preference over Manasseh in the blessing by his grandfather Jacob (cf. Genesis 48:17-19).
 
Genesis 48:17-19:
17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”
 
It was in Joseph’s interest to reverse the order of blessing of his father Jacob, but which was not granted to him. This reveals to us that it was God’s plan to proceed in this way, namely to shape the future through prophetic revelation. God had already established something in His predestined plan that could not be reversed by the will of man (cf. Psalm 33:4).
 
Psalm 33:4:
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
 
The name ‘Manasseh’ means, ‘the one who makes forget’, where the name ‘Ephraim’ means ‘double fruitfulness’.
 
The name meaning of Ephraim is related to the redemptive plan of Joseph. Through the two given names of Joseph’s sons, an important principle is unfolded, namely, to be focused on letting go of the past and looking confidently toward the fruitful future.
 
‘Ephraim’ is the 7’th tribe of Israel and literally means ‘double fruitfulness’; ‘double inheritance’. Furthermore, Ephraim bears the ‘flourishing fruit tree’ as a tribe symbol in the dimension of Joseph (cf. Genesis 49:22-26).
 
Genesis 49,22-26:
22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
23 With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
24 But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, 25 because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb.
26 Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
 
The biblical feasts celebrated in the month of Tishrei | Ethanim are as follows:
 
1. Rosh ha-Shana – Feast of Trumpets => New Year in the blessing cycle of God (cf. Numbers 29:1)

2. 10’th day – Yom Kippur => The Great Day of Atonement (cf. Leviticus 16:29-31)

3. 15’th – 21’st day – Sukkot => Feast of Tabernacles (cf. Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:24; Deuteronomy 16:13)

4. first fruits of wine and oil

5. 22’nd – day => last day of the Feast of Tabernacles (cf. Leviticus 23:30; Numbers 29:35; Nehemiah 8:18; John 7:37).
 
The Increase of the Flow of the Spirit and the New Things
 
In the month of Tishrei | Ethanim we may expect the LORD to increase the flow of His Spirit in us in which we claim for ourselves the fullness of heaven. This power of our spiritual flow serves to make it flow to the people who are in need of it, so that they may be refreshed and continue to grow (cf. John 4:14).
 
John 4:14:
“… 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
 
Tishrei | Ethanim is the month when people who have started something new in the will of God are encouraged by the prophetic word to continue to step into a new field (Note: an old year in the blessing cycle has ended and a new year has begun => old things go and new plans flourish => double fruitfulness).
 
It is important to understand here that the righteous always greens and produces fruit in due time (cf. Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:7-8).
 
Psalm 1:3:
3 That person (Note: the righteous) 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.”
 
The LORD begins something new this month and concludes the old (Note: Rosh ha-Shana => biblical New Year in the blessing cycle). This process is accompanied by a great increase in the anointing of the Holy Spirit and priestly ministry, which contributes to multiplicity as the pomegranates ripen during this time (cf. Exodus 28:33).
 
Exodus 28:33:
33 Make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn around the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.

It is important that we respect and protect the increase of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
As it is required that we are ready for the renewing of our minds, since at this time the fields in Israel are plowed to receive the sowing for the new season (cf. Romans 12:2 i.c.w. Ephesians 4:23).
 
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:
… 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; …
 
Being Attentive to the ‘Sound of Issachar’ and Abstinence
 
In the month of Tishrei | Ethanim, it is significant that we pay attention to the sound of the tribe of Issachar (Note: the prophets) in order to understand the times related to the Feast of Trumpets => Rosh ha-Shana (cf. Numbers 29:1 i.c.w. Numbers 10:1-2; 1 Chronicles 12:32).
 
Numbers 29:1:
1 “ ‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets.
 
Numbers 10:1-2:
1 The Lord said to Moses: 2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
 
1 Chronicles 12:32:
… 32 from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do – 200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command; …
 
The blowing of the trumpet or Shofar was the sound that announced the new year to the people of Israel.
 
It is crucial that we separate ourselves from false patterns of life or thinking that are contrary to the will of the Heavenly Father and repent in order to come into agreement with His will.
Fasting or abstinence plays an important role in this.

Abstinence and Fasting can serve as a crucial ‘weapon’ for breakthrough for the coming months in the New Year (cf. Leviticus 16:29-31 i.c.w. Luke 4:2.14).
 
Leviticus 16:29-31:
29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work – whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you – 30 because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.
31 It is a day of sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance.
 
Luke 4:2.14:
… 2 where for forty days he (Note: Jesus) was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. …
14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.
 
The New Wineskin and the Expansion
 
This month we can surrender to the Lord in the following way, asking Him to transform us into the new structure of the wineskin, so that we are able to receive His new oil and wine. This challenges and expands us, as well as helps to restore believers who have fallen into hurt in their walk in Christ Jesus (Note: time of the offering of the firstfruits of wine and oil; cf. Isaiah 54:2 i.c.w. Mark 2:22: Luke 10:34).
 
Isaiah 54:2:
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.

Mark 2:22:
“… 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
 
Luke 10:34:
34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
 
The extension is indicated by the tents of the Tabernacles during the time of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles.
 
Moreover, the expansion of the new wine also implies the transition in faith to enter into the new.
In this regard, the memory of the successful faith projects of the transition from the past can serve as encouragement.
 
Honoring the anointing of the forefathers can also be significant on a special day this month (cf. Genesis 26:18; Psalm 103:2).
 
Genesis 26:18:
18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
 
Psalm 103:2:
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – …
 
As the seventh month, Tishrei carries the head of the year, Rosh ha-Shana, whose arrangement in the seventh position indicates the completeness or complete work of God’s creation.
Entering this time frame implies that we have already passed through two feast cycles – Passover and Shavuot/Pentecost – and thus show readiness to enter another cycle of His glory – Sukkot.
 
Rosh ha-Shana, as the head of the year in the biblical annual cycle of blessing, is a day given to us by the Heavenly Father in order to receive revelation for the new year. It is the care of the Heavenly Father that brings forth a new beginning.
 
On Rosh ha-Shana, ‘the peak’ of the new year, it is wise in the fellowship of saints to seek the LORD and ask Him for a strategy, namely to get to the point where you are certain that you are going ahead in what the LORD is doing.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm