PROPHETIC CHAMBER
In the Word of God we find many things connected with water. Very astonishingly, Psalm 33:7 says that God gathers the waters of the sea as in a heap, meaning that God gathers the waters like a hill or rampart and stores the deep waters in a storehouse.
 
Psalm 33:7:
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars [into a heap]; he puts the deep into storehouses.
 
The Voice of God and the Waters
 
Since the voice of the Almighty and of Jesus Christ in the facet of the eternal King is described as the sound of many waters, God wants to tell us something specific. The Lord wants us to move forward in His revelatory instruction of the Word, which is a bath of water in the spirit of wisdom and revelation that leads us to greater knowledge (cf. Ephesians 5:26b; Ezekiel 1:24a; Revelation 1:15c i.c.w. Ephesians 1:17).
 
Ephesians 5:26b:
…, 26b cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, …
 
Ezekiel 1:24a:
24a When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty [Note: Shaddai], …
 
Revelation 1:15c:
… 15c his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
 
Ephesians 1:17:
17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
 
When we put this into practice, the result is that we abide in the provision of God as well as in the kingship of Jesus’ sonship.
 
=> The dimension of ‘El-Shaddai’ relates to the character of the Provider. This name is associated with fruitfulness, the first part of His name representing the abundance of His abundance. The second part reveals His person, His will, and His provision for His people.

The name ‘Shaddai’ is derived from a Hebrew word meaning ‘mother’s breast’. Applied to God, it has the meaning, ‘He is the One who cherishes.’ This leads us to the only conclusion of speaking of God’s motherly love.

‘El Shaddai’ is the most used name, when expressing God’s relationship with His children. The mother is everything and enough for the infant. He nestles at her breast, feels safe there and is provided for. There he receives everything he needs. The name ‘El Shaddai’ is a vivid image of God’s caring and protecting love.

The presence of ‘El Shaddai’ behaves similarly to a cow, which has several teats on her udder and thus can feed several of her calves with milk at the same time. <=
(Note: The word explanation put in ‘=>’ to the name ‘El Shaddai’ is partly taken from the book ‘Names of the Eternal’ by Dr. Abraham Meister, word number: 112, page 141-145).
 
As we know, it is in God’s interest that we go forward with the right prophetic vision through the voice of God and thus stand in the fullness of His provision. God wants no lack of knowledge for us as His people (cf. Hosea 4:6a).
 
Hosea 4:6a:
… 6a my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. …
 
The Dimension of Wisdom and Knowledge in Christ
 
The two components in the form of water formation and storage according to Psalm 33:7 encompass the dimension of wisdom and knowledge that lie hidden in Christ, i.e. are in the depths of God (cf. Colossians 2:3).
 
Colossians 2:3:
… 3 in whom [Note: Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
 
Wisdom in this case is like the gathering together of the waters in the form of a heap or hill on which we can dwell as saints. The consequence of this is that you judge (Note: evaluate, even rule) what you see with the right spiritual overview. It involves the similar procedure as Jesus when He walked on the water and was seen by the disciples in a new spiritual facet that they did not know (cf. Matthew 14:25-26).
 
Matthew 14:25-26:
25 Shortly before dawn [Note: fourth night watch] 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 gathering of the waters of the deep includes the realm of knowledge in Christ that requires from us to submit under the mighty hand of God in order to be moulded by it.
It is the hand of God that shapes and measures the waters of the sea with the hollow of His hand (cf. Jeremiah 18:3-6 i.c.w. Isaiah 40:12a).
 
Jeremiah 18:3-6:
3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me.
6 He said, ‘Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?’ declares the Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. …’
 
Isaiah 40:12a:
12a Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, …
 
As a result, we receive the sight of God and proceed in assurance and sovereignty in a divine understanding of the hidden things in Christ that the Holy Spirit reveals. For it is the Holy Spirit who takes the hidden truth of Christ and reveals it to us, so that we can stand in the power of revelatory truth (cf. John 16:13-15).
 
John 16:13-15:
‘… 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.
15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.’
 
The Deep Waters and the ‘Armory’ of God
 
As mentioned earlier, the LORD collects the waters of the deep in His storehouses, which can also be seen as a kind of repository of spiritual weapons according to Ephesians 4:12-13 and Jeremiah 50:25a.
 
Ephesians 6:12-13:
12 For our struggle [Note: battle] is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
13 Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
 
Jeremiah 50:25a:
25a The Lord has opened his arsenal …
 
The term ‘armory’ is also linked to a ‘kiss’ which becomes clear by the Hebrew term for ‘kiss’. It is the Hebrew word ‘nĕšîqā’, deriving from the Hebrew root word ‘nāšaq’; it means ‘to kiss, to yield’ and is also connected to the words ‘to touch each other, to equip oneself, weapons, equipment and arsenal/armory’ (part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study bible on the Hebrew words ‘nĕšîqā’ and ‘nāšaq’ with language key numbers 5480*, 5491).
 
For example, when the king of Israel came to the prophet Elisha with his allied two kings, he prophetically instructed them, on the basis of king Jehoshaphat of Judah, to create a dimension of depths by digging ditches in the valley.
As a result, a supernatural outpouring of water was released from the hill of Edom (Note: means ‘red’ and is a reference to the love of God through Jesus Christ), filling the valley with the ditches that had been dug (cf. 2 Kings 3:15-17.20).
 
2 Kings 3:15-17.20:
15 But now bring me a harpist.’ While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came on Elisha 16 and he said, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.
17 For this is what the Lord says: you will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink. …
20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was – water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.
 
Since we are bought kings and priests by the blood of the Lamb (cf. Revelation 1:6), the LORD speaks to us through this event that it is His desire that we understand the power of the depths of God, because then we will realize what it means to be under the dominion of God’s hand. This sojourn includes the knowledge of the coming supernatural presence of God that covers all the depths that have been worked out to help refresh and strengthen the inner man.
It is no coincidence that the apostle John mentions love as a successful weapon against the influence of fear, as well as touching someone relates to impartation of anointing and also restoration (cf. 1 John 4:18; Acts 8:17; James 5:14).

1 John 4:18:
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Acts 8:17:
17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

James 5:14:
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.
 
It is also the deep waters of God that carry a high degree of apostolic strategy in the form of revelatory knowledge, just as it is written in Psalm 42:7.
 
Psalm 42:7:
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
 
From this we can see that there is a communication between the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of knowledge in the form of instruction, which is intended to surround our spirit man and teach us the depths of God.
 
It is thus strategic treasures of wisdom and knowledge that are kept hidden in Christ.
Within these depths is the roar of the Lion of Judah, which helps to manifest prophetic dynamics over the earth in the form of the knowledge of God’s presence, resulting in a great trembling as well as shaking (cf. Amos 3:7-8 i.c.w. Habakkuk 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:6).
 
Amos 3:7-8:
7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken – who can but prophesy?
 
Habakkuk 2:14:
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
 
2 Corinthians 4:6:
6 For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
 
The deep waters that are measured out in the hollow of God’s hand should be drunk because therein lies a strategy for spiritual warfare.
 
The deep waters of God help us to see Christ Jesus, the Son of God in the facet of the eternal King, as the Faithful and True One, the One unknown to the public, the Word of God, the King of kings and Lord of lords (cf. Revelation 19:11.12b.13b.16).
 
Revelation 19:11.12b.13b.16:
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
… 12b He has a name written on him that no-one knows but he himself.
…, 13b and his name is the Word of God.
16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: King of kings and lord of lords.
 
The Spiritual ‘Weapons’ and the Heroism of God
 
The spiritual ‘weapons’ hidden in the depths of God can be obtained through true devotion and trust in the LORD, just as the heroes of Gideon did (cf. Judges 7:5-7).
 
Judges 7:5-7:
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, ‘Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.’
6 Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7 The Lord said to Gideon, ‘With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.’
 
Hidden in this heroic dimension of the ‘three hundred’ is the meaning of spiritual ‘oneness’ in order to be active in the symbiosis of God, to transport the deep waters like a water wheel to their predestined place by God. This is about spiritual spheres of wisdom and knowledge of God.
 
This requires childlike faith, since the heroism of God is linked to sonship in Christ Jesus (cf. Isaiah 9:6-7).
 
Isaiah 9:6-7:
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
 
The number ‘300’ is linked to the Hebrew letter ‘Shin’, which carries the same numerical value and pictographically represents a ‘cogwheel’ but also means ‘to let water flow/run’.
 
Thus, the absorption of the deep waters of God contributes to a transformation of the heroes, who act with a divine strategy through the revelatory truth of God’s Word.
 
This strategy comprises three elements of ‘300’ divided into ‘3 x 100 units’ each, which are as following (cf. Judges 7:16-17.20):
 
  1. ram’s horns/shofar => sound of the Spirit
  2. empty jars => readiness for brokenness (cf. Psalm 34:19)
  3. torches in the jars.
 
This makes it clear that the Holy Spirit requires that we remain in Christ in a willingness to sacrifice (Note: ram’s horns) and that we are fully submitted and surrendered to the Spirit of God so that He can move through us in the form of His breath/wind and in this way we reveal the momentum of God (cf. Genesis 22:13 i.c.w. John 3:8).
 
Genesis 22:13:
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
 
John 3:8:
‘… 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.’
 
In addition, it is necessary that we allow the Lord to renew us (Note: empty jars being broken) where it is needed so that we allow the new spiritual potential for the future to be ignited by Him to speak what He says (Note: torches).
 
In doing so, we create a portal of the depths of God that allows people to come higher into the spiritual realms of God in order to experience victory in their lives.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
We are currently - in biblical times - in the spiritual dimension of Reuben, which is a dimension of seeing and recognizing within the sonship of Christ, the firstborn among many brethren, and is connected with the rising water. In this context in the month of Tammuz, it can help us to take a closer look at the element of water and its course in Israel in a spiritual understanding (cf. Genesis 49:3-4a i.c.w. Romans 8:29).
 
Genesis 49:3-4a:
3 ‘Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honour, excelling in power.
4a Turbulent as the waters, …
 
Romans 8:29:
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers [and sisters].
 
We know that everything that God has created on earth is a shadow of what God’s invisible being in heaven is like. It is expressed in His creation on earth (cf. Romans 1:19-20a).
 
Romans 1:19-20a:
19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20a For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, …
 
The ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Water
 
In a spiritual context, it can be said that there are two types of water, the ‘male waters’ and the ‘female waters’. The ‘male waters’ are the river structure, whereas the ‘female waters’ are the ‘sea’ and ‘lake structure’.
 
In relation to Israel, this means that the ‘male water’ in the form of the Jordan runs as fresh water from north to south and is also a confirmation of God’s prophetic instruction, because the LORD confirmed His word, which He spoke through Samuel from Dan which is located in the north to Beersheba located in the south (cf. 1 Samuel 3:19-20).
 
1 Samuel 3:19-20:
19 The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognised that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.
 
The ‘female waters’, on the other hand, appear as the ‘Sea of Galilee’ in the form of fresh water and the Dead Sea in the form of salt water. The difference between these two bodies of water is that the Sea of Galilee is characterized as taking in the form of ‘receiving’ as well as ‘giving’, whereas the Dead Sea is currently ‘taking’ in that it does not provide drinking water and species-rich life of many fish.
 
Thus, the different types of water as river and sea/lake point to the principle of giving or sowing and receiving in the form of harvest (cf. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11).
 
2 Corinthians 9:6-11:
6 Remember this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
9 As it is written: ‘They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures for ever.’
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
 
Allegorically speaking, the river is connected with the realm of ‘authority, order, ...’ and the sea/lake is connected with ‘care, life, protection, ...’. This kind of spiritual symbiosis can also be recognized between the throne room of God, connected to the crystal sea, and the structure of the bride of the Lamb as a glorious city in which the river flows from the crystal sea (cf. Revelation 22:1).
 
Revelation 22:1:
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb …
 
The ‘New Angels’ and the Release of Revelation
 
Since the ‘Jordan’ is also described as ‘the one descending’, we can recognize in this the statement of Jesus, who spoke to Nathanael and the people of Israel about the movement of the ‘new angels’ from His domain (cf. John 1:49-51).
 
John 1:49-51:
49 Then Nathanael declared, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.’
50 Jesus said, ‘You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than that.’
51 He then added, ‘Very truly I tell you, you will see “heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on” the Son of Man.’
 
When the angels ascended and descended over ‘the route’, of the way, the truth and the life, this means nothing else than that there is an exchange of angelic entities in the natural realm, bringing fresh winds of revelation to the people of God, that is, to those who are in Christ Jesus (cf. John 14:6).
 
John 14:6:
6 Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me. …’
 
The release of the revelations of Christ from His domain results in a begetting in our spirit that brings forth fruitfulness and life.
Among other things, this is about His righteousness (Note: ‘Dan’ => ‘judge’) and His promises, even those that are not yet known to us (Note: symbol for ‘Beersheba’ => ‘well of an oath – well of the seven’). As a result, our spirit like the water is stirred up and the promise gains vitality in us, similar to the fish in the Sea of Galilee, which need the inflow of water from the Jordan to be able to stay in the depths. This vitality includes blessing, expansion and freshness.
 
The Stirring of the Spirit and the Sound of the Harp
 
In addition, the stirring of our spirit results in a new sound of worship that leads us to continue on the path of righteousness and enter more deeply into the promises of God.
 
The ‘Sea of Genezareth’ also known as the Sea of Gallilee can be translated as ‘harp’. It was the sound of the harp that, in the life of the prophet Elisha, during a time of conflict, caused the hand of God to come upon the prophet’s spirit so that he prophesied God’s plan to the kings (cf. 2 Kings 3:15-16).
 
2 Kings 3:15-16:
15 But now bring me a harpist.’ While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came on Elisha
16 and he said, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water. …’
 
It is the high praise that strengthens faith despite any form of resistance and brings it forward (cf. Numbers 10:13-14a i.c.w. Judges 1:2; Revelation 14:2-3a).
 
Numbers 10:13-14a:
13 They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.
14a The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. …
 
Judges 1:1-2:
1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, ‘Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?’
2 The Lord answered, ‘Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.’
 
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 …
 
The Sequence of God’s Work
 
As we allow the ministering spirits of God to move in our lives by faith for the cause of the Kingdom, the Holy Spirit within us begins to renew the realm of our communication, fine-tuning our discernment, revealing the favour of God to enjoy as we apply what we have learned from the past and move forward in reigning with Christ (cf. Colossians 3:1).
 
Colossians 3:1:
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
 
In our going forward with Christ, it does not fail that we reach stages where it is necessary for us to lay down things such as outworn ways of seeing (Note: symbolizing the Dead Sea) and express ourselves in trust to God the Father in worship to see with a new spiritual perspective (cf. Galatians 2:20 i.c.w. Ephesians 4:23-24).
 
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.
 
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.
 
This is what the tribes of Israel teach us in this context, among others, whose land allotted by God is connected to the aforementioned waters, which are the following seven tribes from north to south:
 
  1. Naphtali,
  2. Issachar,
  3. Manasseh,
  4. Gad,
  5. Benjamin,
  6. Judah,
  7. Reuben.
When we allow the work of God to affect our lives in the form of the descent from ‘north to south’, we enter a new awakening that leads us into spiritual acceleration, as it is written in Song of Songs 4:16a.
 
Song of Songs 4:16a:
16a Awake [Note: awaken], north wind, and come [Note: hurry up], south wind! …
 
This time challenges us as the people of God to awaken on different levels of our lives, becoming a movement of God on earth on a scale of influence and forward movement that has never been seen before.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
When the Holy Spirit leads us as His people into a new time, it is possible that we will face an unexpected circumstance, similar to what Mary Magdalene experienced when she approached the tomb of Jesus and expected to find the body of Christ.
At this Mary wept and stooped down into the tomb (cf. John 20:11).
 
John 20:11:
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb …
 
Tears that Lead to Joy and Harvest
 
Sometimes in life we find ourselves in situations that make us feel sad. Despite sadness, we should be aware that tears that have been sown lead to a joyful harvest one day (cf. Psalm 126:5).
 
Psalm 126:5:
5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.
 
Based on Mary’s actions with tear-filled eyes at the tomb, we can see that it is important not to get emotionally stuck in the midst of a transition, which is like her leaning or looking into the tomb of Jesus.
 
It was the power of Mary’s tears that helped her to begin to look into the supernatural realm and see two angels in white robes sitting in Jesus’ tomb. One angel sat at the head and the other angel at the feet where Jesus had previously lain. At this, the angels asked Mary why she was weeping, whereupon she revealed her intimate relationship with Jesus by referring to Him as her Lord (cf. John 20:12-13).
 
John 20:12-13:
… 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying?’ ‘They have taken my Lord away,’ she said, ‘and I don’t know where they have put him.’
 
The Empty Tomb as a Sign of the Risen One and the Water
 
The location of the two angels in the empty tomb opened the space of Christ, the Risen One as Alpha, represented by the head, and Omega, represented by the feet, who is the one who is the time span of our life on earth (cf. Revelation 22:13 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 30:20a-b).
 
Revelation 22:13:
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
 
Deuteronomy 30:20a-b:
… 20a-b 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: the expansion of your life], …
 
It is no coincidence that the name ‘Mary’ is of Hebrew origin and originally read ‘Miriam – מִרְיָם’, whereby this name is written with an open ‘Mem’ and ends with a closed ‘Mem’. This fact reveals that it is about access and victorious completion, whereby the establishment of boundaries is important in order to stay in the ‘garden’ allotted by God and to enjoy His presence in it (cf. Genesis 2:8).
 
Genesis 2:8:
8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
 
The Hebrew letter ‘Mem’ is associated with the ‘stirred water’.
 
It is significant that the Hebrew name ‘Miriam’ and the Hebrew word for ‘water – Majim’ have a ‘Mem’ at the beginning and at the end. In addition, the Hebrew word for ‘kingdom – mamlākāh’ begins with a double ‘Mem’.
 
In this, the realm of heaven and earth as well as spirit and soul is evident in the identity of God as the ‘Alpha’ and ‘Omega’ and the impact of His kingdom (Hebrew ‘mamlākāh’; cf. Revelation 1:8 i.c.w. Revelation 22:13).
 
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 the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
 
The Double Turning
 
At this point it is interesting to note that ‘Mary – Miriam’ turned twice to Christ in the garden near the tomb. This reflects the call to renew the mind and spirit that the apostle Paul spoke of in order to be able to correctly assess the processes in God’s eternal plan (cf. Ephesians 4:23-24).
 
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.
 
Furthermore, it is no coincidence that Paul spoke of two spiritual presences required to recognize the LORD, which are the Spirit of wisdom and revelation (cf. Ephesians 1:17).
 
Ephesians 1:17:
17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
 
After ‘Mary – Miriam’ made her statement to the angels with her tear-stained eyes, she decided to turn around for the first time. Here she saw Jesus in a new light. At this point, Mary did not recognize Him and thought that He was the gardener.
 
Like the two angels, Jesus also asked Mary why she was weeping, whereupon she asked Him where the body was lying. Jesus then addressed ‘Mary – Miriam’ by her name in order to draw her out of the realm of the soul into the realm of the spirit, which is made clear by her second turning around, so that she now recognized Jesus as her teacher or master (cf. John 20:14-16 i.c.w. Revelation 1:10-12a-b).
 
John 20:14-16:
14 At this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realise that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, ‘Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?’ Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.’
16 Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic, ‘Rabboni!’ (which means ‘Teacher’).
 
Revelation 1:10-12a-b:
10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.’
12a-b I turned round to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw …
 
From this it follows that if the soul (Note: area in which the flesh is rooted) is not subordinate to the spirit, we do not properly recognize the visitation of God and discern the situation incorrectly.
 
Thus, the ‘wet eyes’ in this context symbolize seeing in a new way into the supernatural realm and perceiving what God wants to reveal (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:12 i.c.w. 2 Corinthians 3:18).
 
1 Corinthians 13:12:
12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
 
2 Corinthians 3:18:
18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
 
‘Dry eyes’, on the other hand, symbolize herein the earthly or soulish way of seeing without correctly recognizing the moment of the spirit.
 
The Spiritual Phase of Transition and Spiritual Sensitivity
 
In a spiritual phase of transition, it is necessary that we assess the situation with the right discernment in order to get to God’s predestined place.
 
Let us be spiritually sensitive to encounter the ‘untouched Word of God’ and allow it to go to God’s predestined higher place of government in order to be spiritually active with Christ from there (cf. John 20:17 i.c.w. Colossians 3:1-4; Revelation 4:1-2).
 
John 20:17:
17 Jesus said, ‘Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
 
Colossians 3:1-4:
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
 
Revelation 4:1-2:
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.’
2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
 
The Spirit of God longs for the spiritual view and kingdom-filled perspective in us as saints to help us face new times.
 
Our perspective influences our actions, which corresponds to our faith. If we do not engage in the challenge to believe, even when we cannot understand circumstances, we do not see what is to be revealed to us in them.
 
It is therefore about our trust, which shows itself in faith, and this is what even some people around us are waiting for in order to understand the higher ways of God more deeply, in that the Lord is there where people do not suspect it.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

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