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The Healed Man at the Beautiful Gate and the Time Frame of Nissan-Abib

: Daniel Glimm; PROPHETIC CHAMBER; 07 April 2022

In connection with the beginning of the first biblical month ‘Nissan/Abib’ in the middle of the cycle of redemption, I was led to the biblical passage from Acts 3:1-10, where it is about the lame man. He sat and begged at the so-called beautiful gate of the temple.

That man was paralyzed from birth, and it can be assumed that the paralytic also sat there during Jesus’ lifetime, since he was carried to this place every day (cf. Acts 3:2).

Acts 3:2:
2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.

Putting into Practice the Deeds that One Sees the Heavenly Father Doing

Since Jesus only did what He saw His Heavenly Father do, it can be assumed that the healing of the paralytic was not His commission at that time (cf. John 5:19).

John 5:19:
19 Jesus gave them this answer: ‘Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. …’

Jesus knew that the day of the healing miracle for the paralyzed man would come because Peter and John later healed the paralyzed man on His behalf (cf. Acts 3:3-8).

Acts 3:3-8:
3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, ‘Look at us!’
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
6 Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’
7 Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.

The Greek word used for ‘beautiful’ in reference to the door of the temple at which the paralytic sat is ‘hōrạịos’, meaning ‘timely, punctual, beautiful, wonderful, well-formed’. It is derived from the Greek root word ‘hōra’, which means, among other things, ‘a certain time’ or ‘the right hour’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfleder Study Bible on the Greek word ‘hōrạịos – beautiful’ and the word ‘hōra – point in time’ with word key numbers: 5418* and 5417)

Since the Tenakh (Note: Old Testament) is written in Hebrew and the New Testament in its original text is written in Greek, we can receive deeper wisdom and knowledge from it. This is why it was no coincidence that at the crucifixion of Jesus, Pilate placed a sign on the cross in three languages, namely, Aramaic/Hebrew, Latin and Greek, calling and confirming Jesus as the king of the Jews (cf. John 19:19-20 i.c.w. Colossians 2:3).

John 19:19-20:
19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.
20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

Colossians 2:3:
… 3 in whom (Note: Christ) are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

The Beautiful Gate and Passover

In reference to the paralyzed condition of the man at the beautiful gate, the Hebrew word for ‘lame’ reveals that it refers to a significant window of God’s time, which is the feast of ‘Passover’.

The Hebrew word for ‘lame’ is ‘piśśēaḥ’, which root word is ‘pāśaḥ’ and means, among other things, ‘to hop, to skip over, to spare’ and is closely connected to Passover, since the words just mentioned are written in the same arrangement of Hebrew letters (Note: Pe, Samech, Cheth => פסח). (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word ‘piśśēaḥ – lame’ and ‘pāśaḥ – to pass by, to skip, to spare’ with the word key number 6589*, 6586)

Thus, based on the paralytic’s stay at the ‘beautiful gate’, it shows that he positioned himself inthe correct time frame. In this case, the ‘beautiful gate’ of the temple can be seen as the beginning of the biblical month Nissan/Abib, since this is the first month commanded by God, to which all other biblical months submit in honor (cf. Exodus 12:2; Exodus 13:4).

Exodus 12:2:
2 This month 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.

Furthermore, based on the word explanation for the Hebrew word for ‘lame – piśśēaḥ’ in a prophetic context, it can be said that the paralytic represents the temporal body of the feast of Passover. Thus, this insight calls us to bring this feast in a Spirit-filled way to the biblical month of Nissan-Abib in the center of the Father’s house (Note: temple; cf. Luke 2:46.49), which includes the celebrating of the love given to us by God, which is Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God (cf. John 3:16 i.c.w. John 1:29).

John 3:16:
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.

John 1:29:
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! …’

The Apostolic and Prophetic View

In this context, this requires an apostolic and prophetic view of God’s timing, which is not based on mere tradition, but on the revelatory knowledge we can take from the Torah.

As a result, the paralytic condition dissolves and believers emerge from a cycle of poverty, based on religious tradition into the timing of God’s redemption and prosperity for spirit, soul and body (cf. Acts 3:4-6).

Acts 3:4-6:
4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, ‘Look at us!’
5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
6 Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’

The lame man could receive his healing, which involved the restoration of Passover according to God’s conception, to become a literal sign and wonder to those around him. But before he could do this, it was necessary for him to look into the apostolic and prophetic light, namely God’s proper understanding of time.

Only in the change of the direction of his gaze he was filled with God’s light and touched by His power, so that he could follow the apostolic command (cf. Acts 3:4.6-7 i.c.w. Luke 11:34a-b).

Acts 3:4.6-7:
4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, ‘Look at us!’ …
6 Then Peter said, ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’
7 Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

Luke 11:34a-b:
34a-b Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. …

We are convinced that the Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ will reveal Himself in the coming time in the facet of ‘Alpha and Omega’, encompassing the dimension of the God as the ‘Ancient of Days’ who is bringing forth new realms of governmental rule for His people for the purpose of establishing righteousness (cf. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13 i.c.w. Daniel 7:9-10).

Revelation 1:8:
8 ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’

Revelation 22:13:
13 I am (Note: Jesus Christ) the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Daniel 7:9-10:
9 ‘As I looked, ‘thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
10 A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.

Furthermore, the LORD in the form of His ‘time body – Alpha and Omega’ will supernaturally touch people in their temporary time as they move into His biblical time and understanding of His seasons and timing.

As disciples, we need to respond to the apostolic and prophetic call as well as His presence and, like the paralytic, to respond to Peter’s command and enter into God’s time in the form of the temple in order to reveal the love of the Heavenly Father.

In the case of the paralytic at the beautiful gate, the enlightened ‘moments’ of the apostles, together with the ‘moment’ of the lame man, which was unenlightened at that time, horizontally established the victory of Jesus’ cross in the invisible world. The reason is because the lame man had to look to the right and to the left with his eyes in order to look into the four eyes of the apostles.

The Four Eyes and the Door

The number of eyes involved was six, and this fact points first to the new life of man that was to come for him because God created man on the sixth day (cf. Genesis 1:27.31).

Genesis 1:27.31:
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. …
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.

The four eyes of the apostles formed the door for the paralyzed man to enter the higher realm of God, much like John experienced when he saw the door in heaven opened in the book of Revelation (cf. Revelation 4:1).

Revelation 4:1:
1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.’

The number ‘4’ is associated with the Hebrew letter ‘Daleth’, which is connected with an ‘open tent door’ and is also a reference to Jesus Christ, who is the door in order to enter into the provision and presence of God (cf. John 10:9).

John 10:9:
9 I am (Note: Jesus Christ) the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

The coming forth of this paralyzed man into his healing points to the renewed understanding of time related to biblical times and restoration in the love of God. This leads to moving forward in it as well as to bring it into the house of God in order to increase in spiritual intimacy in love for God, yourself, and your neighbor, which means to bring great honor toward God (cf. Matthew 22:37-40 i.c.w. Acts 3:8-10).

Matthew 22:37-40:
37 Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.’

Acts 3:8-10:
8 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.
9 When all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

God’s Call to Go Higher Spiritually and the Potential of the Passover Lamb

At the times when God wants to bring about a change in the body of Christ on earth, it is not left out that spiritual leaders within the body of Christ are also called upon by God to move to a higher level of fellowship and spiritual development in order to produce more fruitfulness for His people (cf. Acts 3:1).

Acts 3:1:
1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer – at three in the afternoon.

As a result, in the lives of spiritual leaders, it is common that corresponding challenges follow in order to bring forth the will and timing of God in the lives of people.

The discipleship of this healed paralyzed man became a sign that animated Peter to preach to the people the mystery of the Passover Lamb, who is Jesus Christ in the form of the Crucified and Resurrected One (cf. Acts 3:12-16).

Acts 3:12-16:
12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: ‘Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.
14 You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
16 By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.

Amen and Amen.

In His Wisdom,

Daniel Glimm

Passover and its Importance

: Daniel Glimm; PROPHETIC CHAMBER; 11 April 2022

Introduction

As we as people of God are entering the time of the Passover feast on Friday evening, April 15, 2022, which is connected with the blood of the Lamb of God, the following teaching of apostle Chuck D. Pierce and Robert Heidler is intended to help us to point out the importance of living in the blood of the Lamb, which is Jesus Christ.

Blessings,

Daniel Glimm
CRAZYCHRISTIANS

In Exodus 12:3-14 we read, “The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you when I strike the land of Egypt … This day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord. Throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.”

As we approach the celebration of PASSOVER we must remember that Passover is a celebration designed by God! This Feast and Event was given to increase our faith and prepare us to enter in the fullness of His blessing! Passover was commanded by God for the Jews in the Old Testament to teach them the importance of redemption by the blood. But it was also observed by Christians in the New Testament to remember and understand God's redeeming work! The Bible tells us it is to be a permanent ordinance. A celebration for all time!

Many Christians don't realize that Passover is just as much a New Testament Feast as an Old Testament Feast! It's all through the New Testament! Jesus and the apostles all celebrated Passover! The original Lord's Supper was a Passover meal! The apostles taught the Gentile churches to celebrate Passover. In 1 Corinthians, Paul wrote to a predominantly Gentile church and said: “Christ OUR Passover Lamb has been slain, therefore let us celebrate the feast!” (see 1 Corinthians 5:7-8)

For hundreds of years, Passover was the most important yearly celebration in the early church!

What makes Passover so important?

Derek Prince once said that the most powerful faith declaration for deliverance is this: “I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb out of the hand of the enemy!” He said that if you can make that declaration in faith, and keep on making it, something will happen. You will be delivered from the power of the enemy! That's really the message of Passover. The Feast of Passover is a faith declaration that we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb! It does something in us when we celebrate Passover! When we come together to remember God's great works of redemption, and declare the power of redemption in our lives today, it ALWAYS does something!

Passover is very important to God! But Satan HATES Passover! The enemy has worked diligently to steal Passover away! The good news is: God is restoring Passover. But it is a battle! The battle for Passover is the battle for the blood. Satan wants to give us a bloodless religion, because a bloodless religion has no power! The power is in the blood!

There's always a battle for PASSOVER. We see it in church history!

In the 4th century, when the emperor Constantine tried to merge Christianity and paganism, it sounded like a good deal to many! He legalized Christianity! You could go to church without having to fear being thrown to the lions!

And Constantine didn't mind Christians having a celebration of Jesus' resurrection. But he did have an issue with PASSOVER! He demanded that Christians not celebrate Jesus' resurrection at the time of Passover! At the Council of Nicea (A.D. 325), he declared, "This irregularity [observing Passover] MUST be corrected!"

At the council of Nicea, Constantine outlawed Passover and directed that Christ's death and resurrection be celebrated on “the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox,”. A time associated with the spring festival of the pagan fertility goddess Ishtar also known as Easter! (That's why in the church today we celebrate the resurrection at Easter instead of Passover!) Constantine's goal was to remove Jesus from the context of Passover!

The Battle Continues!

Many in the church resisted Constantine's edicts, so for many centuries after Constantine, the battle for Passover continued!

In the sixth century, for example, Emperor Justinian sent the Roman armies throughout the empire to enforce the prohibition on Passover! In his attempt to wipe out the “heresy” of Passover, thousands of men, women and children were brutally murdered! Entire cities were massacred for refusing to stop celebrating Passover! (The battle for Passover has had many casualties!) Pressured by the government, the Roman church joined in the attempts to stamp out Passover! Notice some of the decrees passed against Passover by various church councils.

A Curse Pronounced!

THE COUNCIL OF ANTIOCH (A.D. 345) – “If any bishop, presbyter or deacon will dare, after this decree, to celebrate Passover, the council judges them to be anathema from the church. This council not only deposes them from ministry, but also any others who dare to communicate with them.” (The word anathema means “cursed.” The church actually pronounced a curse on Christians who would celebrate Passover!)

THE COUNCIL OF LAODICEA (A.D. 365) – “It is not permitted to receive festivals which are by Jews.”

THE COUNCIL OF AGDE, FRANCE (506) – “Christians MUST NOT take part in Jewish festivals.”

THE COUNCIL OF TOLEDO X (7th century) – Easter must be celebrated at the time set by the decree of Nicea.

The battle for Passover is seen clearly in church history!

That battle against Passover is nothing new! We see the same thing in the Bible: Satan always tries to steal away Passover, because he knows the celebration of the blood releases power! Look what happened in Hezekiah's Day:

“Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He repaired and cleansed the temple, tore down the false altars, restored the sacrifices, and Davidic praise. Then Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, inviting them to come to celebrate Passover. Couriers went throughout Israel and Judah: "People of Israel, return to the Lord." The hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king had ordered. A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast. They slaughtered the Passover lamb and celebrated the Feast for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites sang to the Lord every day, accompanied by instruments of praise. The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully. There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached Heaven, His holy dwelling place.” (2 Chronicles 29-30)

The same thing was happening in Josiah's Day: “Josiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. In the 18th year of his reign, while repairing the temple, they found the TORAH scroll in the temple." When the king heard the words of the Torah scroll, he tore his robes. He went up to the temple with all the people. He read in their hearing all the words of the Covenant. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant. The king ordered them to remove from the temple all the idols made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He tore down the quarters of the male prostitutes, which were in the temple. The king gave this order to all the people: "Celebrate Passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in this scroll of the Covenant." In the 18th year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem. Not since the days of the judges who led Israel, nor throughout the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah, had such a Passover been observed."”(2 Kings 22-23)

We see a biblical pattern! In both of these passages, God's people had drifted far from the Lord and turned to idolatry, and the blessing of God was lost. They turned back to God and sought Him, and the first thing God did was restore Passover! As they turned from pagan idols and celebrated Passover, they were restored to God and experienced great joy and blessing! That's an interesting pattern! Over and over again in the Bible, we discover that Passover had been LOST! Even during the Old Testament era, and even among the Jews, generations lived and died without celebrating Passover.

Why had Passover been lost? Satan had STOLEN it away! Satan always wants to steal Passover! Then, as a new generation turned back to the Lord, and began to read the Bible. They read about Passover for the first time. It seemed strange to them! They said, “We've never done this!” (That's exactly what we see in much of the church today!) But as the Holy Spirit moved on their hearts, they celebrated God's feast of redemption, and God's power and joy were restored!

Why does Satan Hate Passover?

Satan hates Passover because Passover is the celebration of JESUS. When the church gave up Passover, it invented other celebrations of Jesus. That is how we shifted the timing of our celebration to Christmas and Easter. It's not bad to celebrate Jesus on those other days! (It's always good to celebrate Jesus!) But the celebration of Jesus that God gave us is called Passover!

The New Testament tells us that Jesus IS the Passover Lamb! When John introduced Jesus He said, “Behold the LAMB!” Paul said: “Christ, our PASSOVER LAMB has been slain!” Celebrating Passover IS celebrating Jesus! As the Passover Lamb, He shed His blood to redeem us from the enemy! When His blood is “on the doorpost” of your life, God delivers you from the destroyer! So if you understand Passover, you automatically understand what Jesus did!

On the original Passover night, everything pointed to Jesus! Every father in Israel was told to stand at the door of his house with a basin containing the blood of the lamb. He was to dip a branch of hissop into the blood and smear the blood on the two doorposts of the house. Then he was to repeat the action and put the blood on the lintel over the door.

If you can picture the motion he made with that blood-soaked branch of hissop, you'll see he was making the sign of the cross!

On Passover night, every father in Israel made the sign of the cross in the blood of the lamb. And a result, the family experienced redemption from the power of the enemy! God's deliverance always comes by His cross and by His blood. That's what Passover celebrates! You see, it was not by accident that Jesus died on Passover! God could have had Jesus die any time of year! But it was God's will for Him to die at Passover, so we would recognize that He is the Passover Lamb!

Passover is so important to God that He chose to have the most important event in history (the death and resurrection of Jesus) take place at Passover! God went to great lengths to CONNECT the sacrifice of Jesus to Passover. (This is interesting: Constantine's goal was to separate the work of Jesus from Passover. God's goal was to connect Jesus' work to Passover!) God wants us to think of Jesus in the context of the Passover celebration!

The Timetable of Passover

It's interesting to compare the timetable of Jesus' crucifixion with the Passover celebration. According to the Torah, at the time of Passover a number of events had to take place in a specific order, and at very specific times..

1. The Passover Lamb had to be selected on a specific day. Exodus 12 instructs that the Passover lamb be chosen on the 10th day of 1st month. By the time of Jesus, only lambs from Bethlehem were considered eligible to serve as Passover lambs. So the lamb born in Bethlehem was chosen and brought into Jerusalem from the east (down the Mount of Olives) and entered the city through the sheep gate. On the 10th day of 1st month Jesus, the Lamb born in Bethlehem, came down the Mount of Olives and entered Jerusalem through the sheep gate. (This is called His "triumphal entry!") As He entered, the people waved palm branches and shouted "Blessed is he that comes in the name of the LORD! Save us, son of David!" By mass acclamation Jesus is designated as Israel's Messiah! The crowds had chosen their Passover Lamb!

2. The Lamb then had to be examined. The Torah instructed that once the lamb was chosen, it had to be carefully examined for blemishes. Only a perfect, spotless and unblemished lamb would suffice for the Passover. After arriving in Jerusalem, Jesus went to the Temple to teach. While there, He was approached by the Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians and the teachers of the Law.

Each group posed difficult questions, trying to trap him. Essentially, they were looking for any blemish which might disqualify Him as Messiah. But no one could find fault with Him. He was without blemish.

3. The Leaven (impurity) must be cast out. Torah instructs that before the feast, all leaven (impurity) must be cast out of every Israelite home. Each mother took a candle and searched out impurity, removing it from her house. This regulation is still observed today. Passover is a time to cleanse every house. Every observant Jewish family carefully cleans their house before Passover. Every trace of impurity is removed. After Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, He entered the Temple and cast out the moneychangers. He was following the biblical instruction to prepare for Passover by cleansing His Father's house.

4. The Lamb is taken to the altar for public display. On the morning of the 14th day of 1st month, when all has been set in order, the lamb was led out to the altar. At 9 AM that morning, the lamb was bound to the altar and put on public display for all to see!

On the morning of the 14th day of the 1st month, when all had been fulfilled, Jesus was led out to Calvary. At 9 AM that morning, just as the lamb was being bound to the altar. Jesus was nailed to the cross and put on public display at Calvary!

5. The Lamb was slain at a specific time. At exactly 3 p.m. the high priest ascended the altar. As another priest blew a shofar on the temple wall, the high priest cuts the throat of the sacrificial Lamb, and declared, "IT IS FINISHED!" At 3 p.m. on that high holy day, at the moment the Passover lamb was killed, Jesus cried with a loud voice, “IT IS FINISHED,” and gave up His spirit! In Greek, “It is finished” is “tetelistai”! It means, “The debt has been paid in full!”

The Celebration of Jesus!

Do you see how God chose to connect Jesus with Passover? It's no wonder John introduces Jesus by saying, “Behold the Lamb!” It's no wonder Paul writes “Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been slain!” Passover is all about Jesus! Do you see that Passover is all about JESUS?

He came as the LAMB of God!

His blood redeems US!

By His blood judgment turned away!

By His blood the power of the enemy is broken!

By His blood we are released from bondage and oppression.

By His blood we are set free to enter into God's Promise!

Passover is the "JESUS" Celebration!

The more you understand Passover, the more you appreciate Jesus! If you don't understand Passover, you have a hard time fully understanding what Jesus did! As you celebrate Passover, you are declaring your faith in the power of His blood and His redemption. That's why one of strangest things in world is that Christians all over the world have accepted Satan's lie that Passover is not a "Christian" thing! Satan tries to steal away Passover, because he knows the celebration of the blood releases power! When the celebration of Passover was stolen away, the power left! But when Passover is restored. The power RETURNS!

The Good News is, God is RESTORING Passover!

All over the world. churches are again celebrating Passover! And the POWER is returning! We invite you to celebrate the power of Jesus blood! We invite you to join with Christians all over the world in the restoration of Passover. Join with us in proclaiming: “We are REDEEMED by the BLOOD OF THE LAMB, out of the hand of the enemy!”

If you would like to know more about Passover and see suggestions for celebrating it, we recommend the book THE MESSIANIC CHURCH ARISING by Dr. Robert Heidler, available from Glory of Zion International Ministries.

Blessings,

Chuck D. Pierce and Robert Heidler

Glory of Zion International Ministries

The Crossing of the Water and the Circumcision of the Heart

: Daniel Glimm; PROPHETIC CHAMBER; 16 April 2022

Based on God’s word it is evident that phases of transition are accompanied by the presence of water. This principle is clearly illustrated by the exodus of the people of Israel under the leadership of Moses from Egypt into the wilderness, as well as the entry of the people of Israel under the leadership of Joshua into the Promised Land (cf. Exodus 14:16, 21-22 i.c.w. Joshua 3:13-17).

Exodus 14:16.21-22:
16 Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. …
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,
22 and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.

Joshua 3:13-17:
13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord – the Lord of all the earth – set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.’
14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
15 Now the Jordan is in flood all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, 16 the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.

As God’s people, we move within the structure of the kingdom, which we need to understand with its various levels of heavens coupled to the element of water. This is evident from the Hebrew word ‘mamlākāh’ used for the term ‘kingdom’.

This Hebrew word begins twice with the Hebrew letter ‘Mem’, which is associated with ‘water’, among other things, as well as carrying the numerical value ‘40’. The Hebrew word used in the Word of God for ‘water’ is ‘Majim’ and is used exclusively in the plural form. It begins with the Hebrew letter ‘Mem’ and concludes with it at the same time. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the word ‘mamlākāh – kingdom’ with the word key number 4542).

Jacob also entered a new era after he crossed the ford of the Jabbok with his family and saw the face of God in connection with it. As a result, Jacob approached with a firm confidence and God-given strategy his brother Esau, who normally wanted to kill him (cf. Genesis 32:22-31 i.c.w. Genesis 33:1-4).

Genesis 32:22-31:
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.
24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
26 Then the man said, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
27 The man asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘Jacob,’ he answered.
28 Then the man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.’
29 Jacob said, ‘Please tell me your name.’ But he replied, ‘Why do you ask my name?’ Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.’
31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

Genesis 33:1-4:
1 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.
2 He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

The Breaking Off of Time and the Enlightened Eyes of the Heart

Passing through the water also points to the circumcision of the heart, which is linked to cutting off an old time so that we can go forward with Jesus Christ in the new time with enlightened eyes of the heart.

The enlightened eyes of the heart are accompanied by a renewed spiritual perspective and the necessary discernment (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, …

Moreover, it doesn’t fail that when one decides to go further with Jesus Christ with the renewed vision obtained, there is confrontation with the religious spirit. This spirit works through believers who have not been renewed in their mind and spirit by the Holy Spirit. They do have a certain kind of ‘curiosity’ for the new, but they are closed to it in their hearts or doubt it because they cannot see God’s plan.

It is only through the renewing of our mind and spirit that we are able to discern the will of God (cf. Romans 12:2 i.c.w. Ephesians 4:23-24).

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

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

We, as the body of Christ, are in a time when it is necessary to produce disciples who will follow Jesus Christ without reservation and help to circumcise the hearts of men under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

=> True discipleship of Christ involves an unconditionality of ‘following’ that goes far beyond the traditional measure. It is necessary that a disciple of Christ, for the sake of the dawning reign of God, be willing to leave everything behind (cf. Luke 9:57-62; Luke 14:25-27). Thus, true disciples of Christ are pupils/students (Note: teachable in every way) who are always learning, growing, and seeking more knowledge of their callings and goals, and walking in them. <= (Note: The text placed in ‘=>’ is based on a quote from Rick Joyner).

From the aforementioned circumcision of the heart, the result is that the body of Christ brings the dynamic of worship to the place of understanding about the cycles of God’s time, so that there is a merging of worship and the time of God to move forward with a new understanding about God’s timing and in prophetic watchfulness.

This process is clearly illustrated by the scripture from John 4:1-4.

John 4:1-4:
1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptising more disciples than John – 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptised, but his disciples.
3 So he left Judea (Note: means ‘worship, praise’) and went back once more to Galilee (Note: means ‘circle, a special circuit’).
4 Now he had to go through Samaria (Note: means ‘belonging to the watchman, watch mountain’).

The Understanding about the Inheritance of the Kingdom

Furthermore, the Holy Spirit, in the form of revelatory truth, leads us into a greater understanding of the potential of the inheritance of the kingdom in the generations, which goes hand in hand with holding on to the promise of God as well as the administration of the resources given or entrusted by God. This is the inheritance of fatherhood and sonship in Christ Jesus.

In this context, it is necessary that we have a prophetic overview and are willing to explore with the Holy Spirit the secret depths of Christ, which are the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Only in this way can we reveal God’s view, that is, His plan, to people.

Even if we have grown weary because of previous confrontations, it is important that we commit ourselves to the right thing at the right time, in the right place with the right people, in order to succeed and to secure it by the grace of God in the future (cf. John 4:5-6 i.c.w. Colossians 2:3).

John 4:5-6:
5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar (Note: from Sichem means ‘ridge’), near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.