It is a blessing to understand the presence of God’s cherubic glory and its movement, accompanied by the forward shining light in the form of the horns of an ‘attacking bull’. This is for us as God’s people to pierce the darkness in order to checkmate the resisting powers of wickedness in the atmosphere (cf. John 1:5; John 3:19).

 

John 1:5:
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

 

John 3:19:
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

This forward shining glory is akin to the shining face of Moses who, after leaving the presence of God, came down from Mount Sinai with a radiant face.

 

The radiance of Moses is described in the Torah or in the Word of God as a shining of his face in the form of rays of light that emanated from his face like horns (cf. Exodus 34:29-30).

Exodus 34:29-30:
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord.
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

The Hebrew word used in the above Bible passage for ‘shining, radiant’ is ‘qāran’ and comes from the root word ‘qärän’, which means ‘horn, horns’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the word ‘shining – qāran’ with the word key number 7328*, 7329).

 

This means that Moses reflected the face of God in the form of the bull, while he was surrounded by the fatherhood of God in the form of His eternal priesthood as well as accompanied by the spirit of strength. The presence of God with which Moses was surrounded resulted in the manifestation of the fear of the LORD in the midst of the people of Israel (cf. Exodus 34:30).

 

Exodus 34:30:
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

 

 

This glorious cherubic presence of God, which is linked to the face of the bull and the north, is clearly described in Ezekiel 1. There, two elements or body zones that belong to the nature of the bull are mentioned, which is why there is an apparent emphasis on the cherubic presence at this point (cf. Ezekiel 1:7.10).

 

Ezekiel 1:7.10:
7 Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. …
10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.

The two body segments are the feet and the face. In this we can see the importance of movement in the form of spiritual advancement and relationship in the form of spiritual intimacy with God, the Heavenly Father.

 

The word used in Ezekiel 1:7 for the ‘bull’ that is linked to the feet is ‘’ēḡäl’ meaning ‘a male calf that leaps around in a circle’. The Hebrew root word is ‘’āḡōl’ and means ‘round’. (Note: Word explanation from Strong’s Concordance and the Elberfelder Study Bible for the word feet of a ‘bull – ‘ēḡäl’ and ‘’āḡōl – round’ with word key numbers H5695; 5807 and 5806*).

 

The Hebrew word for ‘bull’ used in Ezekiel 1:10, mentioned in connection with the region of the head, is ‘šôr’ and means, among other things, ‘ox’ as well as a ‘male bull’.

 

Based on this, we can see that God’s cherubic presence is accompanied by joy in the form of triumph as well as the understanding of His glory and authority, which is recognized on the basis of our spiritual relationship with Him and with one another (cf. Malachi 4:2-3 i.c.w. John 13:34-35).

 

Malachi 4:2-3:
2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
3 Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

 

John 13:34-35:
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

 

The Hebrew word for ‘cherubim’ means ‘shining brightly, lightning flashing’.
The word ‘cherub’ translated means ‘great one, mighty one’.

This word explanation reveals that the cherubic presence of God is accompanied by His mighty power, glory and revelation.

 

In the context of God’s cherubic presence, it is no coincidence that king David also danced around like a ‘young bull’ in front of the ark of the covenant, which had on its top plate the golden cherubim, leaping (cf. 2 Samuel 6:13-16).

 

2 Samuel 6:13-16:
13 When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, 15 while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.

 

According to Ezekiel 1 the glorious presence of God was accompanied by the power of the north, which represents the spiritual dimension of the ‘bull’ (Note: the Father) or the power of the cherubic nature of God, which is also connected with His ‘fearful’ and secret nature (cf. Ezekiel 1:4 i.c.w. Exodus 19:16; Exodus 34:30).

 

Ezekiel 1:4:
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, …

 

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.

 

Exodus 34:30:
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant (Note: had horns in the form of rays of light emanating from his face), and they were afraid to come near him.

 

Furthermore, the cherubic nature of God goes hand in hand with quality of leadership and strength, as the ‘bull’ is related to the Hebrew letter ‘Aleph’ and carries the numerical value ‘1’. Furthermore the ‘Aleph’ means among other things ‘cattle, leader, strength, master/LORD’.

 

The pictographic representation of the Hebrew letter ‘Aleph’ is a ‘bull’s head’.

 

The ‘Aleph’ is the so-called ‘father letter’, because everything begins with the Father and the Hebrew word for ‘father – āb’ begins with an ‘Aleph’ (cf. Revelation 1:8).

 

The Direction and Order of the Four Living Beings

When we study about the four living beings before the throne of God in the book of Ezekiel and in the book of Revelation, we find that the four beings are arranged in directions as well as positions in the book of Ezekiel and are also arranged in positions in the book of Revelation (cf. Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:14; Revelation 4:7).

Ezekiel 1:10:
10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:14:
14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Revelation 4:7:
7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

The directions and the positions of the four living creatures are meant to illustrate to us the importance of knowing spiritually where to go (Note: direction) and at which time (Note: position, order) to move forward with God.

 

Further, the various orders reveal the following characteristics of God’s presence:

 

• Ezekiel 1:10 => arrangement in directions for the purpose of God’s visitation
• Ezekiel 10:14 => arrangement in positions for the purpose of God’s judgment
• Revelation 4:7 => arrangement in positions for the purpose of God’s government

 

 

It is no coincidence that it was in the will of God to have two ‘cherubic types’ made within His people. There is one cherubic presence associated with Moses as a symbol of the power of salvation and the other one with king Solomon as a symbol of the eternal kingship of the Prince of Peace Jesus Christ.

 

The cherubic presence associated with Moses was the two cherubim of pure gold located on the cover of the ark of the covenant.

 

The two cherubim in the ‘dĕbîr – the Holy of Holies’ of the Temple of God, which king Solomon built, were made of olive wood covered with pure gold.

 

=> The Hebrew word for ‘the Holy of Holies’ is ‘dĕbîr’, which means ‘the back, the back room in the temple or also speaker’. It refers to the guidance someone receives from God in response to an asked question (Note: Gideon’s interpretation of the fleece/oracle; cf. Judges 6:36-40). <= (The text placed in ‘=>’ is based on an explanation from the ‘Prophet’s Dictionary’ by Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; pages 367 and 368).

 

Both dimensions of God’s glorious cherubic nature result in the covering of the one new man in Christ, as Paul compares it to a precious olive tree whose root carries the anointing (cf. Romans 11:17-18 i.c.w. Ephesians 2:14-18).

 

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.

 

Ephesians 2:14-18:
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.

 

The cherubim made of pure gold on the ark of the covenant can stand for the eternal glory, whereas the cherubim made of olive wood overlaid with pure gold represent the glory of the Father in the temporary time, which He makes manifest through Jesus Christ.

 

The two cherubim made of gold covered olive wood were much taller in size than the cherubim on the ark of the covenant, which in Solomon’s time was placed in the ‘back room – dĕbîr’, which encompasses the Holy of Holies, along with the cherubim made of olive wood (cf. Exodus 25:18-20 i.c.w. 1 Kings 6:23-28).

 

Exodus 25:18-20:
18 And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
19 Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.
20 The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

 

1 Kings 6:23-28:
23 For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits – ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.
25 The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.
26 The height of each cherub was ten cubits.
27 He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
28 He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

 

 

The Touching of the wings of the cherubim is equivalent to releasing the presence of God’s ‘ẓābā' – angelic hosts’ in the form of a war unit, which can appear as fiery gazelles in the spirit realm.

 

It is the presence of the ark of the covenant with its cherubim that is related to the character of ‘YAHWEH ZEBAOTH’ who is enthroned over the cherubim (cf. 1 Samuel 4:4a).

 

1 Samuel 4:4a:
4a So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty (Note: YAHWEH ZEBAOTH), who is enthroned between the cherubim. …

 

On the basis of the Hebrew word for ‘wing – kānāṗ’ a fighting character is also evident according to Ephesians 6:12, because the word describes, among other things, the ‘wing of an army’ but also ‘an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed clothing) a flap (of the earth) a quarter (of a building), a pinnacle, a corner of a garment that is connected to God in the form of protection, as well as the spreading of a man’s garment, who spreads it in a legally binding manner over his chosen wife (cf. Ruth 3:9).’ 

 

Furthermore, it were the tassels at the hem of the garment intended by God to remember His commands. The tassels were attached to the four ends of the garment (cf. Numbers 15:38-39 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 22:12).’ (Part excerpt to the word ‘wing – kānāṗ’ of the Strong’s concordance with the word key number: H3671)

 

The Hebrew word for ‘cherubim’ as mentioned earlier, means ‘shining brightness, flashing lightning’. As the term ‘cherub’ translated means ‘great, mighty one’ it also reveals to us that by the touching of their wings, a glorious divine presence filled with power was established, which opened the realm of ‘the hosts of God’.

 

The touching of the wings of the great cherubim in the ‘Holy of Holies – dĕbîr’ with the walls of the Temple indicates a realm of understanding the order in the house of God according to His established principles in which we are called to walk.

 

The twofold cherubic nature of God in Solomon’s temple created a so-called ‘covering – ḥuppāh’, of the eternal Prince of Peace (Note: The name ‘Solomon’ means ‘the peaceful one’.), which already carried within itself the spiritual dimension of Jesus’ cross and is an indication of the relationship between the bride and the bridegroom.

 

It is the bride who brings forth the treasures of wisdom and knowledge from her bridegroom Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Kings 8:6-8 i.c.w. Colossians 2:2-3).

 

1 Kings 8:6-8:
6 The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.
8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.

 

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.

 

In all of this, we can also say that in the ‘dĕbîr – the Holy of Holies’ in the temple of Solomon there was a ‘smaller rectangle’ in a ‘larger rectangle’, which was established by the wings of the respective cherubim and thus brought forth a glory, which has its seat in the ‘darkness’.

 

This clearly shows that it pleases the LORD to hide Himself and to communicate from a hidden realm to give us direction (cf. Psalm 18:11.31-32 i.c.w. 1 Kings 8:12).

 

Psalm 18:11.31-32:
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him – the dark rain clouds of the sky. …
31 For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

 

1 Kings 8:12:
12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; …”

 

The hidden presence of God in the ‘dĕbîr – the Holy of Holies’ is nothing but a request from the LORD that we go out in faith to seek Him and the meaning of His speaking. This process is similar to the visitation of Moses, who had to pass through the dark cloud in order to experience God’s presence.

 

And it was the touch of the LORD’s hand on his face, while he was in a cleft of the rock, which was already an indication of Jesus Christ (cf. Exodus 24:18a i.c.w. Exodus 33:18-23).

 

Exodus 24:18a:
18a Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. …

 

Exodus 33:18-23:
18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
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.
23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

Hidden in the ‘darkness of God’ are His secrets that can only be unlocked for those who are willing to pay the ‘price’ by not living themselves and losing themselves as kings and lovers of God through drawing closer to the LORD and having a higher quality of relationship (cf. Galatians 2:20 i.c.w. James 4:8).

 

Galatians 2:20:
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

 

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.

 

From this comes the glory of God, to search out His secrets hidden in the ‘shadow of His wings’ in order to reveal His glory at the right time (cf. Proverbs 25:2).

 

Proverbs 25:2:
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm

In order to recognize the value of time according to God’s will, a renewing of our mind and spirit is first required to help us understand the redemption of time. It is about being clothed with the presence of the Savior Jesus Christ and thereby redeeming the values (Note: promise) of the Heavenly Father held captive by the enemy from the respective time (cf. Ephesians 5:15-16 i.c.w. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23-24; Galatians 3:27).

 

Ephesians 5:15-16 (KJV):
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; …

 

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.

 

Galatians 3:27:
… 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

 

The so-called redeeming of time is connected to God’s biblical timing, which includes the ability if the discerning of the times, like the tribe of Issachar (cf. 1 Chronicles 12:32).

 

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; …

 

 

It is said in 2 Peter 1:19 that the promise of God in the form of the already written prophetic word is orientation. If we pay attention to the already appointed promise of the Father to us, it leads to the manifestation of a higher heavenly presence or the heaven (Note: morning star) in us. This presence brings about a new dimension of time in our spirit man, because the future is already placed in us by His grace as the stars were created by God before man (cf. Genesis 1:14-19). This is announcing the new day of God’s promise for us (cf. Ephesians 2:10).

 

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 1:14-19:
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day.

 

Ephesians 2:10:
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

 

This results in us making the right decisions according to the will of God with enlightened eyes of our heart (cf. Ephesians 1:18).

 

Ephesians 1:18:
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, …

 

As disciples of Christ, we must internalize the prophetic Word of God in order to be enabled to finish an old time and enter a new dimension of time.

 

This is why we need to eat the Word of God with its promises by receiving it in our spirit man. This means that Christ is manifest as the Word of God in the form of bread (cf. John 6:35a.51a-b).

 

John 6:35a.51a-b:
35a Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. …
51a-b I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. …

 

As God’s people, we continue to enter periods of time in which the LORD completes a cycle of time to begin in a new way that is accompanied by greater wisdom and knowledge. These result in a new perspective of how Jesus Christ was previously known.

 

We know that Jesus did not appear to people in all the different facets (Note: manna/bread from heaven, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Alpha and Omega, …) in one moment, but at specific moments in time.

 

The Word of God is an eternal light and carries the life of Jesus Christ, which can shine on people in different facets (cf. John 1:1-4).

 

John 1:1-4:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

 

It is the testimony of Jesus that is the spirit of prophecy and resembles a stream of light that flows out of Christ, the Word of God, in due time (cf. Revelation 19:10e i.c.w. Psalm 119:105).

 

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

Psalm 119:105:
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

 

This influence of light can be challenging at first, as it moves with the presence of the Spirit on the water to break through the darkness which is resistance of the enemy as well as lack of knowledge (cf. Genesis 1:2-5 i.c.w. Matthew 14:25-26).

 

Genesis 1:2-5:
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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.

 

Matthew 14:25-26:
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

 

 

This light influence in the form of prophetic revelation moves with the birth of the new crowned age, since Jesus was previously alone on a mountain with the Father.

 

Since God the Father is spirit and the beginning of time is equivalent to the top of a mountain, it can be said that Jesus brought forth a new phase of time according to the will of the Father, which was accompanied by a greater spiritual quality and a greater measure of blessing. This is according to the biblical Hebrew perspective as the beginning of the new biblical year in God’s blessing cycle is called ‘Rosh ha-Shanah’, which means ‘peak/head of the year’.

 

It was no coincidence that before Jesus went up the mountain, there was a multiplication of bread beforehand, with twelve baskets of bread left over, and He instructed His twelve disciples to get into the boat and to cross over the lake to the other shore, indicating a transition (cf. Matthew 14:20-23).

 

Matthew 14:20-23:
20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, …

 

This number of the ‘twofold twelve’ is an indication of the quality of each biblical month within the biblical year. The LORD longs for us to taste His kindness and goodness within each biblical month in Christ Jesus, the living bread (cf. Psalm 34:8).

 

Psalm 34:8:
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

 

‘Tasting the time’ through the truth of God’s Word, which is Christ Jesus, results in our discerning of the will and plan of the Heavenly Father in the particular time as we reach out to what lies ahead.

 

This is akin to the actions of the twelve disciples who, during the time of the headwind, thrust their oars into the water, namely their future, in mutual agreement, in order to bring it into their present and thereby bring a visitation of God into their time (cf. Matthew 14:24 i.c.w. Mark 6:48).

 

Matthew 14:24:
… 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

 

Mark 6:48:
48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, …

 

This visitation of God was accompanied by a timing of the so-called ‘open door’ and the new day, since the day begins with the evening in a biblical context (cf. Genesis 1:5b).

 

Genesis 1:5b:
… 5b And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.

 

Jesus Christ, who is also the ‘door’, appeared in His spirit nature to the disciples in the fourth night watch, so that they were frightened in order to realign themselves.

 

Matthew 14:25-26:
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

 

The number ‘4’ is associated with the Hebrew letter ‘Daleth’, which corresponds to an ‘open tent door’ (cf. John 10:9).

 

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.

 

It can be assumed that the twelve disciples didn’t take enough loaves from the twelve baskets into the boat with them, which is clear from another biblical passage. By this we can see that they did not internalize the complete truth of God’s word. And because of this they were in a lack of knowledge about Christ who wanted to open up a greater dimension of Him as the truth of God’s word to them.

 

This lack of knowledge resulted in fear in the hearts of the disciples, causing Jesus to speak comfort into their hearts (cf. Matthew 14:26-27).

 

Matthew 14:26-27:
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

 

 

Now, considering the disciples as the time measure of the twelve months of a biblical year, it shows that ignorance of the revelatory truth within the biblical months can result in concern that keeps us from stepping into the revelatory truth of the Word of God within the biblical time.

 

Since Jesus Christ came to redeem, He, in the form of the Alpha and Omega, is the One who helps us to be freed from a lack of knowledge of the Heavenly Father’s promise within the months, so that we move forward in His wisdom and confidence, which is also accompanied by acceleration within the given promise of the Father (cf. John 6:20-21).

 

John 6:20-21:
20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”
21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

 

It is necessary that we allow our understanding of time, as Peter responded to Jesus’ command by leaving the boat and going to Him on the water, being detached by Him as the Alpha and Omega in order to come into alignment with the Father’s high thoughts and ways. This approach equates to the deliverance of the people of Israel out of Egypt by the blood of the Lamb in the time frame of ‘Passover’ during the biblical month of ‘Abib | Nissan’ and us as believers from the Gentile nations out of the world (cf. Matthew 14:28-29 i.c.w. Exodus 12:2; Exodus 13:4; Isaiah 55:8-9).

 

Matthew 14:28-29:
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

 

Exodus 12:2:
2 “This month (Note: Abib | Nissan) is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.

 

Exodus 13:4:
4 Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving.

 

Isaiah 55:8-9:
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

 

The taking of Peter’s hand by Jesus equals to the synchronization of the two time cycles of God (Note: the cycle of blessing => begins with the month of ‘Tishrei | Ethanim’ and the cycle of redemption => begins with the month of ‘Abib | Nissan’), which are designed to carry the Father much like the wheels of God’s throne chariot.

 

This carrying encourages us to glorify the Father in time according to His will and plan by reaching forward, namely the heavenly calling in Christ Jesus and walking in it with a divine understanding of the biblical months (cf. Ezekiel 1:12.20-21 i.c.w. Philippians 3:13-14; Matthew 14:32-33).

 

Ezekiel 1:12.20-21:
12 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. …
20 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

 

Philippians 3:13-14:
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

 

Matthew 14:32-33:
32 And when they (Note: Jesus and Peter) climbed into the boat, the wind died down.
33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”.

 

Each disciple is invited to examine for himself to what extent the Holy Spirit has already helped to get to this realization, to become one with the biblical time cycles and times of God, which include two annual cycles. Only from this turning to the time schedule of God in the power of His word lies hidden this blessing to recognize the goodness of God, which can be ‘tasted’ by our spirit in every biblical month, independent of circumstances.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm