Deuteronomy 3:27 tells us that Moses was instructed by God to climb to the top of Mount Pisgah and to enter the mountain.

 

Deuteronomy 3:27:
27 Go up to [Note: into] the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.

 

Furthermore, Deuteronomy 32:48-49 shows us that Moses, upon God’s instruction, went up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, which was in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, to look out over the Promised Land with a so-called panoramic view.

 

Deuteronomy 32:48-49:
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses, 49 ‘Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, opposite Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.

 

 

Since the Hebrew text of these Bible passages states that Moses went ‘into the mountain’, this fact for us reveals the principle of identification with the field of responsibility assigned by God, in which we are placed by Him.

 

This is the leadership of love and humility in Christ Jesus, the rock, which doesn’t allow a hierarchical-dictatorial view in terms of ‘top-down’, but rather includes the covering character of God’s eagle wings and His care (cf. Exodus 19:4 i.c.w. Psalm 36:7).

 

Exodus 19:4:
4 “You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

 

Psalm 36:7:
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

 

Jesus also ministered according to the principle of the enclosing covering, which is clear from His statement that He longed to gather the people of Israel together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings (cf. Matthew 23:37b).

 

Matthew 23:37b:
…, 37b how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

 

This also shows that God is surrounded in the throne room on His throne by the four beings and the twenty-four elders, who in turn are surrounded by many angels, indicating a circular and not vertical dynamic (cf. Revelation 4:4, 6 i.c.w. Revelation 5:11).

 

Revelation 4:4.6:
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. …
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the centre, round the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and behind.

 

Revelation 5:11:
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

 

This means that with God, relationship is placed and of priority before government according to the Word of God (cf. Matthew 22:37-39).

 

Matthew 22:37-39:
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.”

 

Furthermore, Moses’ first facing west is an indication of the intimate spiritual relationship with God, who is Spirit, because the west is connected to the place of the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle and temple.

 

=> True spiritual leaders with a humble heart are out to do the will of God (Note: servant mindset) and not looking to serve people first.

1 Corinthians 4:15:
15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

 

Generally speaking, we only have authority in each area of the ecclesia according to the extent to which we have been given responsibility for that area. Therefore, if we have no responsibility for an area, we have no authority in it. <= (Note: based on a message by John Paul Jackson† that he taught at a conference)

 

 

The name ‘Pisgah’ as mentioned in Deuteronomy 3:27 means ‘part, piece, cleft’ and is also translated as Mount ‘Nebo’, which means ‘speaker’. The mountain mentioned belongs to the territory of the tribe of ‘Reuben’, whose name means ‘Behold, a son!’.

 

To have the right vision in relation to the promise, we may dwell on the potential of prophetic utterance, which is ‘part’ (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:9-10).

 

1 Corinthians 13:9-10:
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.

 

We know that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, so it reveals that it is so crucial to see or recognize in the spirit to prophesy in faith what we have seen (cf. Revelation 19:10e i.c.w. Romans 12:6b).

 

Revelation 19:10e:
‘... 10e For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.’

 

Romans 12:6b:
... 6b If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; …

 

God’s invitation to Moses to go to the top of Mount Pisgah is an indication for us as God’s people to be active in the realm of the Spirit at this time and to walk there in order to see what God is revealing.

 

It is therefore important that we as disciples of Christ recognize our spiritually assigned high place and dwell on or in it in order to grasp and implement the promise of God in us through the power of vision.

 

The promise of God is linked to phases of transition (Note: ‘Abarim’ means ‘transitions’), in which it is important to recognize Christ Jesus, the Son of God in the inheritance of the Heavenly Father allotted to us, in order to prophesy or speak out the promise from the redeemed perspective (Note: ‘Nebo’ => ‘speaker’).

 

In this context, the understanding of the worship of the Father in spirit and in truth as well as of the biblical times is of great importance, to which ‘Jericho’ which means ‘place of fragrances, moon city’ serves as a reference in the perspective of Moses (cf. Exodus 29:25; John 4:24; Numbers 10:10 i.c.w. Ephesians 1:9-10).

 

Exodus 29:25:
25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord, a food offering presented to the Lord.

 

John 4:24:
‘… 24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’

 

Numbers 10:10:
‘… 10 Also at your times of rejoicing – your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts – you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.’

 

Ephesians 1:9-10:
… 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfilment – to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

 

 

During his walk with God, Moses understood the importance of the higher perspective as he acted spiritually seven times in different ways.

 

Moses was active on the mountain in the following facets:

 

The difference to all of Moses’ stays on the mountain was the Mount of Transfiguration, to which he descended together with Elijah by God’s permission. Moses did not climb this mountain as before.

 

This reveals to us a higher level of government in the Spirit, which works from the supernatural realm into the earthly realm, much like the bride or wife of the Lamb comes down in the form of the heavenly Jerusalem (cf. Revelation 21:2.9-11a).

 

Revelation 21:2.9-11a:
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. …
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
11a It shone with the glory of God, …

 

Moreover, only in the Gospel of Mark is Elijah mentioned first before Moses, while Jesus was on the mountain with his three chosen disciples, namely Peter, James and John (cf. Mark 9:2, 4).

 

Mark 9:2.4:
2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. …
4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

 

Since everything first has a special place with God (cf. Exodus 12:13; Exodus 23:16), it is beneficial to study the first Hebrew letters of the names of Yeshua, so Jesus, Elijah and Moses.

 

If you put the first Hebrew letters of these names together, you get the Hebrew word ‘jām’ phonetically, which is used for ‘west’, among other things. And it is the west which, as mentioned, is associated with the intimate spiritual relationship with God from which we receive guidance.

 

From this we can derive an end-time movement of the ecclesia for us. This movement involves Christ leading a called and chosen portion of His ecclesia into a higher realm of government.

 

This requires a discarding of limited perspectives that are more earthly than spiritually oriented. In doing so, the Lord confronts our previous understanding of time and human inability to understand the future. This requires a higher degree of discernment and deeper humility in relation to God’s eternal plan.

 

On the Mount of Transfiguration, the Heavenly Father speaks again and points out that we must be obedient to His Son Jesus Christ (cf. Mark 9:7 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 18:15).

 

Mark 9:7:
7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: ‘This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him [Note: Obey him]!’

 

Deuteronomy 18:15:
15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen [Note: obey] to him.

 

This obedience goes hand in hand with the Father’s anointing and impulse through the channels of prophethood, represented by Elijah and the legislation of God represented by Moses. As an ecclesia, there is no substitute for obedience and going ahead in the sonship of God, which results in separation.

 

In Hebrew, the head or top (Hebrew ‘rō`š’) of a mountain is associated with the beginning of a new era and the letter ‘Resch’. The ‘breath’ with the letter ‘He’ and ‘the call to see’.

 

 

Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the positioning on the high place determined by God is accompanied by the renewing of our spirit and mind, so that we can recognize His will for the coming time and live in it (cf. John 16:13 i.c.w. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23-24).

 

John 16:13:
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.

 

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.

 

 

As God instructed Moses on the top of Mount Pisgah to turn his gaze first to the west, then to the north, to the south and finally to the east, it shows us that it is necessary for us to complete an old phase of time and to stand in the Spirit in our promise, even if we are not yet literally in our promise.

 

First of all, it is important that we see God’s plan in faith and then move forward in it with firm confidence, proclaiming the things we have seen in the Spirit (cf. Hebrews 11:1).

 

Hebrews 11:1:
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

 

It is the power of the Word that brings into existence the things that are not visible. It is similar to the creation of the earth by God (cf. Genesis 1:3 i.c.w. John 1:1-4).

 

Genesis 1:3:
3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.

 

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.

 

When Moses looked from Pisgah into the land of promise, his inner man (Note: spirit man) was in the land of promise, while his outer man (Note: flesh, physical body) was outside of it.

 

This means that even if we aren’t literally in our full promise yet, through the right prophetic perspective we can already implement the promise in us as we finish an old season.

 

When that happens, it’s important that we move by the Holy Spirit into what we don’t know about God, which includes His secret nature. It is similar to Moses when he was on Mount Horeb/Sinai and entered into the dark cloud where God was. This is the realm that requires our faith in order to meet God face to face and recognize His plans (cf. Exodus 24:15-16.18 i.c.w. Hebrews 11:1).

 

Exodus 24:15-16.18:
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.
18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

 

Hebrews 11:1:
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

 

 

Even if at first it looks like things are decreasing, there will be a glorious increase of the presence of God and His intervention (Note: West => sunset; north => absence of light; south => sudden presence of light that recedes, east => to make room for the new time of God’s righteousness).

 

The decrease is nothing more than God’s instruction to us as His people to finish the old time and not be confused when the darkness increases. This serves as a sign that it prepares the room and way for His rising righteousness.

 

The darkness in the form of a shadow is merely the indication that Christ Jesus, the sun of righteousness, is shining and healing is under His wings (cf. Malachi 3:20 i.c.w. Acts 5:15).

 

Malachi 3:20:
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.

 

Acts 5:15:
15 As a result, people brought those who were ill into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

 

It is therefore essential that we stand as body of Christ on the mountain, like a city that is on the hill, and let our light shine, as Jesus said (cf. Matthew 5:14 i.c.w. Isaiah 60:1-3).

 

Matthew 5:14:
14 ‘You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. …’

 

Isaiah 60:1-3:
1 ‘Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. …’

 

It is up to us to show a willingness to be humbly positioned so that divine vision and the perspective of eternity guides our hearts, and we let it shine from the eyes of our hearts through the light of wisdom and revelation (cf. Ephesians 1:17-18).

 

Ephesians 1:17-18:
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. 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, …

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm