Most people know that it has something to do with us if we miss God’s visitation, and it is not only up to God’s power. We, as God’s people in this time, are called not to miss the visitation of our King, but to recognize Him when He appears in His simplicity and to receive the dignity of His sonship (cf. Isaiah 9:2-7 i.c.w. Matthew 2:1-3).

 

2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.

3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.

4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

5 Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.

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.

 

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

 

It is the simplicity of Jesus Christ, our King, that reveals God’s favor, because the fruit of the womb is a gift from God (cf. Psalm 127:3).

 

3 Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.

 

 

The power of Jesus’ simplicity destroys the wisdom of the world and activates the wisdom of God to bring shaking to the earthly system of government and societies (cf. 1 Corinthians 1:18-21 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 3:19).

 

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

19 For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.’

20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

 

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written [Note: Job 5:13]: ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness’; …

 

It is similar to King Herod, who was anxious and with him the entire city of Jerusalem when he heard about the new king from the ‘mouthpiece of wisdom’ in the form of the many wise men and their entourage, because they lifted their gaze and looked into the realm of Abraham’s promise (cf. Genesis 15:5-6 i.c.w. Matthew 2:2).

 

Genesis 15:5-6:

5 He took him outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars – if indeed you can count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’

6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

 

… 2 and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

 

The decisive factor was that Jesus first appeared as king in the form of a newborn baby on earth in the center of the house of bread (Note: Bethlehem), surrounded by praise (Note: Judah). This refers to the presence of the Word and the high praise of God, as revealed to us in Psalm 149, to bind kings and fetter princes, so that the righteousness of God may be established.

 

1 Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.

3 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.

4 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honour and sing for joy on their beds.

6 May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword [Note: Word of God; cf. Ephesians 6:17 i.c.w. Hebrews 4:12-13] in their hands, 7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, 8 to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, 9 to carry out the sentence written against them – this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.

 

It is the power of the simplicity of our King Jesus, whose presence appears as a great illuminating light, so that the joy of God is activated among men, which relates to the breaking of the yoke and the destruction of the rod of the oppressor. Furthermore, every walk and every plan of war or violence will encounter the fire of God and be consumed (cf. Isaiah 9:1-4).

 

1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honour Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan – 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.

3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.

4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

 

It is the fire of God that consumes all fires that oppose His plan! Every kind of fire must bow down and submit to the fire of God, because it carries the essence of our holy and faithful God within it (cf. Deuteronomy 4:24).

 

24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

 

 

We can find the zeal of the LORD of Hosts described in Deuteronomy 4:24 i.c.w. Isaiah 9:6. Thereby the simplicity of His Son Jesus is emphasized, which goes hand in hand with eternal government. 

 

In connection with His zeal, the LORD showed a large gate through which we as saints can pass. Passing through requires everything from us and begins with the narrowness that functions like a birth canal and leads into the realm of the mysteries in Christ, from which we are strengthened in our spirit man to set out in a new way with the Holy Spirit into the unknown, which encompasses God’s promise for us that lies ahead (cf. Matthew 19:24; Colossians 2:2-3 i.c.w. Hebrews 11:8 John 3:8).

 

‘… 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’

 

2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

 

8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

 

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.’

 

It is necessary that we are closely connected to the wisdom of God to walk through the narrow gate in the power of revelatory truth in the ‘foolishness of preaching’ and stand in the wide green field of God’s promise. It is the zeal of God that is currently moving among His people, confronting all conflict and carnal desires.

 

In connection with this, I literally saw two doves fighting each other, whereupon I spoke to them to stop, using the word ‘Shalom!’, whereupon they left each other alone. Furthermore, the Holy Spirit calls us to walk in His love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, and to serve one another with appreciation, without getting caught up in quarrels, divisions, competition, control, and any kind of self-righteous behavior etc. (cf. Galatians 5:13-26 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 3:5-11).

 

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’

15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

 

5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe – as the Lord has assigned to each his task.

6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labour.

9 For we are fellow workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.

11 For no-one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 

In addition, there have been several dreams and visions within our ministry community warning us as saints in Christ not to make wrong decisions that could be associated with a wrong approach to positioning in the body of Christ.

 

Let us allow God’s zeal to guide us so that we do not miss our visitation!

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm