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The Spirit of Elijah resurrects ‘dead sons’ in order to revive the relationship with their fathers and vice versa (cf. 1 Kings 17:17.19-22 i.c.w. Malachi 4:5-6).

 

17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. …

19 “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.

20 Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?”

21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

22 The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.

 

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

 

 

Through the confrontation of Elijah on Mount Carmel (Note: means ‘fruit garden’) with the false prophets, the Spirit of the Lord made it clear to me that before He increases with His presence on earth to finish a long period of spiritual drought, He brings about, by prophetic ministers in His body, a holy confrontation.

 

This creates a unified and truthful heart attitude within the hearts of the people of God in order to worship Him and remove doubt. It is a confrontation of love for truth that leads to a unified setup of the hearts of the sons of God to worship the Heavenly Father (cf. 1 Kings 18:21.30-39).

21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. …

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down.

31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.”

32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”

34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time.

35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord – he is God! The Lord – he is God!”

 

Through this confrontation, God wanted to reveal the good and bad fruits in the midst of the fruit garden. This confrontation is comparable to the statement in Matthew 13:39-43, where Jesus Christ said the following:

 

 

Elija created a realm for confrontation in the middle of the fruit garden. This is required, because if it is not done this way, we can fall out of our authority or out of the relationship we have with God. It was Adam who didn't forbid the serpent to seduce Eve in the garden of Eden, but it was God's command to Adam to plant and guard the garden (cf. Genesis 2:15).

 

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

 

This means that as God’s people we must not be afraid of the old serpent, but must be willing to confront it where it appears. If we do this, the heavens will work with us for the cause of God! This is essential to own or establish a realm carrying a pure and true relationship to the Heavenly Father.

 

 

In places where the people of God are limping amid their fruit garden realm, it is essential to confront them with their true identity in Jesus Christ in a similar way as Elijah did. Elijah decided to do it by raising up the twelve stones of the sons of Israel and thus showing their united identity as Israelites.

 

This means that if, for example, a saint in the body of Christ is assigned to the tribe of Gad, he cannot seek to belong to the tribe of Judah. Such doings would bring an imbalance into the body of Christ. Everyone must be aware of his God-determined position or character in the body and not only accept it but also remain therein.

 

Persons in authority must be positioned in the right areas and if they are (Note: humble leaders), peace and freedom prevails.

 

If we know who we really are in Jesus Christ and know our field of authority, then we will respect our boundaries, which means that we protect our field of responsibility and don't violate the field of our neighbor. This means that we have authority over any evil influence that wants to enter our field of authority in order to expel it.

 

This is exactly what Elijah did. He asked the people of Israel the question to whom they wanted to belong and referred to their wavering spiritual condition.

 

In the midst of false sacrifice (Note: untrue worship), Elijah created with a true and undivided heart and his readiness to sacrifice a place of worship by raising up the altar out of twelve stones. These stones represented the sons of Jacob and the tribes of Israel (cf. 1 Kings 18:30-32).

 

God responded to this established order on earth with fire by striking ‘a lightning bolt’ on the altar of Israel in the midst of this fruit garden (cf. 1 Kings 18:38).

 

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

 

This means that it was a baptism with fire that produced a two-edged movement of the Word of God according to Hebrews 4:12 and a short time later drew attention to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the same mountain (cf. 1 Kings 18:38-41 i.c.w. Luke 3:16).

 

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”

40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

 

16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with2 water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

 

This two-edged movement of the Word of God established justice and activated a new movement of authority. The reason is because Elijah heard of the Father's brotherly movement by the sound of revelation (Note: The name ‘Ahab’ means ‘brother of the Father’; cf. Matthew 12:50 i.c.w. John 12:45; John 14:9) and was instructed to go higher in order to come later down again with the outpouring from the Father's hand.

 

His following of God’s instructions would bring people to the place of decision, either to continue on their path of false prophetic voices or to follow the path of the testimony of Jesus (Note: true prophecy; cf. 1 Kings 18:41-46 i.c.w. Revelation 2:20; Revelation 19:10e).

 

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

 

20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

 

… 10e for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

 

 

While Elijah heard the supernatural outpouring with his ears which was connected with the end of the drought period, he knew that it first required a governmental movement. This ‘movement of authority’ would obey the prophetic command of God, represented by king Ahab, as he had governmental authority over Israel at that time.

 

King Ahab as the seventh king of Israel represents in this time people in government authority who are aware of their position as brothers/sons in Christ and of their relationship with the Father.

 

They don't live according to their will, but according to the will of God, by following His instruction from the prophet who is assigned to them. They go to a higher place, which means the fellowship with God, the Father, similarly as Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and the seventy elders of the people of Israel did when they went on mount Sinai to eat in God’s presence (cf. 1 Kings 18:41 i.c.w. Exodus 24:9-11).

 

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

 

9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up 10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.

11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.

 

This means for us, that when it comes to the great outpouring of the Spirit of God on earth, as the Lord has promised through the prophets (cf. Isaiah 11:9 i.c.w. Habakkuk 2:14), we first of all need people in leadership positions who go to a higher spiritual place, just as the disciples gathered in Jerusalem in the upper room at Shavuot/Pentecost in accordance to the word of Jesus Christ (cf. Luke 24:49 i.c.w. Acts 1:13).

49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

 

13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

 

 

While this is happening, the prophets in the body of Christ are in a birth position of prayer on a “lower level” associated with humility, which is the pioneer level as well as the level of the new generation to create a new alignment of time which carries acceleration (cf. 2 Peter 3:11-12a).

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.

Elijah was aware that there would be a supernatural acceleration of time, which he revealed through his birth state.

 

Personally, I am convinced that Elijah had faith to accelerate the times of God through his prayer and positioning on mount Carmel by connecting them supernaturally through the power of faith.

As Elijah was on a lower level of the mountain (Note: the level of spiritual birth for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit) and brought his head between his knees and sent his servant seven times to the top of the mountain (Note: the level of glory), Ahab, the seventh king of Israel, was looking for the manifestation of the Father’s hand (cf. 1 Kings 18:42-44).

 

42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

 

Considering the position of Elijah on mount Carmel, his spiritual birth state and his body (note: head, knees and feet) and likewise dividing the mountain into the three biblical feasts of the year determined by God according to Exodus 23:14-17, which are:

 

you can see that Elijah was in the realm of the Spirit and brought forth the glorious manifestation of the seven spirits of God as well as of the seventh biblical month by his intercession, because the so-called head of the year ‘Rosh Hashanah’ is in the seventh month in the biblical calendar, where the Feast of Tabernacles – Sukkot  (Note: ‘feast of glory’) is also celebrated (cf. Exodus 23:14-17).

 

14 “Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt (Note: Passover). “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field (Note: Shavuot – Feast of Weeks/Pentecost). “Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field (Note: Sukkot – Feast of Tabernacles).

17 “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord. …”

 

Elijah brought the supernatural rushing in his ears (Note: the supernatural outpouring of God) into the position of his knees!

 

I am convinced that the LORD will come stronger than ever before from the season of Shavuot/ Pentecost with His glory, which has to do with the visitation of His secret being among His people on earth (cf. 1 Kings 8:2.10-13).

 

2 All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month. …

10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.

11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.

12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”

 

 

This means that this alignment of time is helping the prophetic people of God to enter a phase of acceleration, linked to truth within the Word of God, and at the same time carrying a great measure of glory (cf. 1 Kings 18:46 i.c.w. Ephesians 6:14a).

 

46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

 

14a Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, …

 

It is about the movement of the right hand of God, which is Jesus Christ (cf. Mark 16:19 i.c.w. Colossians 3:1).

19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

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.

 

It is the hand bringing healing, deliverance and salvation to people and it even calls and appoints them for the plan of the Heavenly Father (cf. Exodus 33:22-23 i.c.w. Isaiah 53:4-5; Mark 5:23; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11).

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.”

4 Surely he (Note: Jesus Christ) took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.”

 

11 So Christ himself gave (Note: as gifts) the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, …

Amen and Amen.

In His Wisdom,

Daniel Glimm