As the ecclesia, we are called and appointed to diligently and earnestly carry out the work of the Lord in the realm of the bride or wife of the Lamb of God. A passive and negligent attitude brings us into the realm of God’s judgment.

 

What some believers are not aware of is that, despite all the application of God’s grace, a passive or negligent attitude will result in the execution of God’s judgment in this matter (cf. Jeremiah 48:10a).

 

10a ‘A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! …’

 

When the Word of God speaks of a curse from the LORD, it includes a consequence in the form of a prophecy about present realities and their destructive effects in the future.

 

 

Based on Proverbs 31:10 ff., in which the verses are arranged according to the Hebrew alphabet, the Holy Spirit emphasized the verses 10 and 25. Verse 10 is associated with the Hebrew letter ‘א – Aleph’ and verse 25 with the letter ‘ע – Ayin’.

 

10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

 

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

 

In this context, these two letters point us to the prophetic vision of the ‘noble woman’ as the ‘bride/wife of the Lamb’ to recognize and proclaim the new things that God is doing (cf. Isaiah 48:6a.c).

 

6a.c You have heard these things; look at them all. … ‘From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you. …’

 

The verses from Proverbs 31 mentioned above contain a hidden call to a new beginning, as these Hebrew letters are A-sounds and Jesus as well as God Almighty, refer to themselves as the Alpha and Omega, which are associated with the first and the last, as well as the beginning and the end (cf. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13).

 

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

 

13 I [Note: Jesus Christ] am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

 

The Hebrew word for ‘noble’ is ‘ḥajil’ and means, among other things, ‘strength, power, army’. (Note: excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word ‘ḥajil – noble’ with the keyword number: 2485)

 

It is no coincidence that Proverbs 31:10 is a question about the ‘noble woman’ because she is not easy to find; for she acts from a high spiritual realm, descending from there and hovering above the natural realm without touching it (cf. Revelation 21:10).

 

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.

 

Furthermore, the term ‘noble woman’ can also be equated with the aforementioned ‘wife of the Lamb’ ,” which is a positive spiritual principality named ‘Jerushalayim – double Jerusalem – double foundation of peace’. It is the square city, shaped like a cube, made of pure gold like glass, which bears the structural form of first love in the form of the bride/wife of the Lamb. The ‘noble woman’ moves in a similar way to the Spirit of God at the time of Jesus’ baptism, when He descended on Jesus in the form of a dove (cf. Matthew 3:16 i.c.w. Revelation 21:9.16.18).

 

16 As soon as Jesus was baptised, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.

 

‘… 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.’ …

16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. …

18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.

 

The city is the heavenly or messianic Jerusalem, to which Christ grants us access in twelve different characters. These correspond to the twelve angels assigned to the twelve tribes of Israel. The angels stand in an alliance of three gates each, which are assigned to the four winds (cf. John 10:9 i.c.w. Revelation 21:10-13.21a).

 

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

 

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.

11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.

13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. …

21a The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. …

 

The ‘noble wife of the Lamb’ moves like a whirlwind in the spirit realm above the earth in her white linen dress and manifests the righteousness of God with her angelic hosts assigned to her by God (cf. Jeremiah 23:19 i.c.w. Revelation 19:8).

 

19 See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.

 

‘… 8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.’ (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)

 

 

This rotating movement of the whirlwind in the form of a ring or circle is like the carriage of Solomon, which expresses complete obedience and holiness of heart toward the LORD. This expression corresponds to the fragrance of myrrh and incense. The rotating movement is accompanied by angels who resemble the alliance of the aforementioned ‘sixty heroes’, who are like the rotating wheels of God’s throne chariot, which are full of eyes (cf. Song of Songs 3:6-8 i.c.w. Ezekiel 1:16.18).

 

6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant?

7 Look! It is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel, 8 all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night.

 

16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: they sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. …

18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

 

The coming of the ‘carriage of peace’ (Note: ‘Solomon’ means ‘the peaceful one, man of tranquility’) is an indication of the manifestation of the power of God’s Word, which is based on the bride’s unconditional ‘Yes!’ to her bridegroom Jesus Christ and acts from God’s dominion rest and intimacy. For us as God’s people, this means living in a higher state of faith and in the triumph of Christ.

 

Continuous ‘abiding’ in this place of peace requires that you have previously gone through various levels of personal breakthroughs from the soul to the spiritual realm and let go of your own ideas and concepts. This enables us to govern in Christ in challenging circumstances.

 

Furthermore, dominion rest is a state of resting in the Father in Christ’s sonship, with the mature understanding that He is the ruler who reigns over all things and has granted or transferred to us the freedom to reign with Him. As a result, we live in the dimension of deep trust and peace —Shalom— in the Holy Spirit.

 

 

Here, the bride reveals herself as a powerful army of the Spirit, familiar with the supernatural, who works from the spiritual realm on earth through her Spirit-inspired prophetic decrees in her God-given glory.

 

As a result, her intervention on earth is accompanied by the confirmation of the Word of God, like the voice of the Heavenly Father at the time of Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration (cf. Song of Songs 6:4 i.c.w. Ephesians 6:12; Luke 3:22 i.c.w. Luke 9:35).

 

4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

 

12 For our struggle 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.

 

… 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’

 

35 A voice came from the cloud, saying, ‘This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.’

 

Furthermore, the rotating movement of ‘Solomon’s carriage’ calls on us to finish outdated practices, bring existing projects to a successful completion, and position ourselves in God’s perspective in the form of a new undertaking. This also involves missed opportunities that can be revisited.

 

Through her walk in the righteousness of her bridegroom, she marches forward like the prophetess Miriam in a circle dance, joyful and full of confidence about the future (cf. Exodus 15:20).

 

20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing [Note: round dance].

 

Even if her enemies stand in her way in the future, she enters the laughter of her great God, who leads her in sovereignty. The LORD causes the ecclesia to reveal herself in the form of the ‘whirling bride of the wind’ in His terror toward her enemies (cf. Proverbs 31:25 i.c.w. Psalm 2:4-5).

 

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

 

4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. 5 He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, …

 

This has the effect of hindering the movement of the adversary, which is equivalent to blocking the wheels of Pharaoh's army as he pursued the people of Israel.

 

 

In this, the ecclesia cooperates with the timing determined by God and the manifestation of His terror, as well as the power of the four winds and their decrease in wind strength against the enemy (cf. Exodus 14:21.24-25).

 

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 …

24 During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.

25 He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, ‘Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.’

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.’

27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing towards it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.

 

It is the four winds in their strength that, depending on the mission of the ecclesia, pave the way and at the same time lull the adversary and his army into a false sense of security, only to decrease in its wind strength at the right moment, causing a major setback in the enemy’s camp.

 

This moment serves to prepare the ecclesia as a ‘whirling bride of the wind’ to laugh confidently at the days to come, that is, the future, and to decree God’s plans (cf. Proverbs 31:25 i.c.w. Exodus 15:1.21).

 

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

 

1 Then Moses and the Israelites [Note: the sons of Israel] sang this song to the Lord: ‘I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea. …

21 Miriam sang to them [Note: the dancing women with their tambourines]: ‘Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.’

 

We would like to clarify that this refers to the united advancement between the genders of man and woman within the ecclesia, who work together harmoniously and in unity. This agreement is like the song of Moses as shaliach – apostle or messenger with the sons of Israel (Note: apostolic sphere) and the prophetess Miriam with the women (Note: prophetic sphere) in a ‘rotating movement’ (Note: round dance), playing their tambourines as round musical instrument. This coalition can also be seen as a pattern of God’s throne chariot, in which one wheel rotated within another and their rims were full of eyes (cf. Ezekiel 1:16.18; Ezekiel 10:10).

 

16 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: they sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. …

18 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.

 

10 As for their appearance, the four of them looked alike; each was like a wheel intersecting a wheel.

 

In summary, it is our decision that we are part of the glorious ecclesia, which, completely surrendered in spiritual warfare in Christ’s triumph, makes itself available to fulfill God’s standards through the power of the Holy Spirit. Only through the guidance of the Spirit of God are we enabled to let go of the old in order to exercise the Father’s commissions and gifts as Jesus did.

 

It is a time to clarify where we want to go: in the power of the soul, which can wear out at any time, or in the power of the Spirit, which is constantly renewed?

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel and Tina Glimm