During a time of worship at our apostolic center Holy Place, I received an open vision. In this vision I saw a spiral staircase in the middle of the room where many angels were ascending and descending in a circular movement. These angels had bodies which were filled with light.

Jacob's Departure

While I saw this in the spirit, I was reminded of the scripture in Genesis 28:10-13, where Jacob went from Beersheba (note: means “well of the seven or well of an oath”) to Harran (note: means “way or road”) and was settling down at a certain place to sleep, because the sun had already set.

Jacob's Dream

From this place Jacob had taken one selected stone and placed this stone under his head, so that he fell asleep and received a dream from God. In this dream he saw a ladder standing on the earth and reaching into heaven. He also saw angels of God ascending and descending that ladder. Then Jacob heard the Lord speaking to him about a promise that was immediately connected with his lying position.

 

10 Jacob left Beersheba (note: means “well of the seven or well of an oath”) and set out for Harran (note: means “way or road”).

11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

13 There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.

Lying In The Presence Of God

According to the Word of God, if someone lies down or comes to rest at a place where God's presence dwells, then the result will be revelation which is released. This had happened to the prophet Samuel in the house of God, where he was lying and where the lamp of God was not extinguished yet (see 1 Samuel 3:3-4).

 

1 Samuel 3:3-4:
3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

4 Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

The lying position of a person in God's presence is as a sign to Him that one has been completely surrendered to Him to receive His full promise.

Speaking in a prophetic context, the surface of the ground which is covered by the body of a person lying is notably larger than if the person is standing on it with one's feet. So, standing on the ground is connected with the taking of land for the purpose of obtaining property, whereby lying on the ground in the presence of God is connected with the promise of the generations and with an internal restructuring, as at the time of Samuel (see Deuteronomy 11:24 i.c.w. Genesis 28:13-15).

 

24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

 

Genesis 28:13-15:
13 There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

The Time Of Faith

The dream that Jacob had received took place before the time of the Torah, which had taken place in the time of Moses, who lived many decades after Jacob died. Thus, the time of Jacob indicates the time of faith as this was the time of the trusting relationship with God (note: the law was given later).

It is faith that is connected with firm confidence and trust, concerning the things that are not seen in the natural realm (see Hebrews 11:1).

 

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

It is not known to what extent Jacob was prophetically trained to see into the spiritual realm or to classify dreams, but he received that dream of which he knew that it was from God. Jacob was also able to recognize in the Spirit that the region of Luz was connected with the open gate of heaven (see Genesis 28:16-17).

 

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”

17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”

Jacob's Stopover In Luz

The departure of Jacob from Beersheba (note: means “well of the seven or well of an oath”) to Harran (note: means “way or road”) and his stopover in the region of Luz (note: means “almond tree”), which he later renamed due to the presence of God into Bethel (note: means “house of God”), carry strategy. In a prophetic context, it means that Jacob left the place of the deep waters (note: divine confirmation => oath) to make his way to THE WAY, as a sign of approaching the Heavenly Father in Jesus Christ (see 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.
While Jacob was on his way to Harran, he came to the region called Luz, which indicates the prophetic anointing and is associated with the announcement of a new time. Therefore, it was no coincidence that Jacob arrived in Luz at the very time of sunset and getting tired, he fell asleep in order to receive a dream.

It was a time when the region's economy and its employees were at rest and gaining strength for the new season to come.

The New Day And The Release Of Revelation

Jacob carried within his heart the desire to enter into the new day of the LORD, which God had already created as God is eternal (see Ephesians 2:10).

 

10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

In most cases, the day of the Lord is associated with the release of revelation, as it was with Jacob and the seer John (see Revelation 1:10).

 

10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, …

In order to enter the new time, Jacob knew that he had to leave the present place (note: Beersheba) in order to get deeper into his divine promise and calling.

 

The Lookout For The New Day

Jacob was looking for the new time because, according to God's standard, the day begins with the evening and the almond tree is the first tree in Israel that blooms at the time of spring or announces the season of spring (see Genesis 1:5).

 

5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.

The Hebrew word used in the Word of God for “almond” is the word “šāqēd”, derived from the root word “šāqad”, which means “to watch, to watch out” (see Jeremiah 1:11-12). (note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the word “almond-šāqēd” and the word “watching-šāqad” with the word key numbers: 8487* and 8485)

 

11 The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

12 The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

In addition, Jacob was aware of the significance of the prophetic acting at the birthplace of the new day (note: Luz), so that he anointed the stone on which he would lay his head and by his act changed the stone into a pillar or rather a memorial stone. This stone was now already a reference to the precious corner stone of Jesus Christ, who was to come to earth and whose testimony is the spirit of prophecy (see Genesis 28:18-19 i.c.w. 1 Peter 2:5-6; Revelation 19:10e).

 

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.

19 He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

 

… 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”

 

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

The knowledge of Jacob's revelation led him to recognize the region not only as an “almond tree” (note: Luz), but as a region of the close relationship with God (note: Bethel => “house of God”).

The Transformation From The Tree To The House

Whenever God visits the saints with His presence at their present place of residence in Jesus Christ, their territory gains a character of higher quality. The “substance/character” of that present dwelling place gets transformed into the place of the deeper communion with God, which means access to having intimacy with Him (see Genesis 28:17-19).

 

17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God who is as well the heavenly “carpenter” desires to create a new place and realm for us in the house of His father (see Mark 6:2-3 i.c.w. John 14:2-3a).

 

2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing?

3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

 

2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3a And if I go and prepare a place for you, …

The Exchange Of Angels

The place Luz, to which Jacob came on his way to Harran, was a special place because God chose to exchange angelic powers there. It is mentioned in Genesis 28:12 that first the angels of God ascended and others descended. The reason for this exchange of angelic powers was that Jacob was in a time of transition, going from the land of the confirmed promise (note: Beersheba) to the land of “the pioneers” in order to prepare the field for the future generations as these generations were meant to be blessed by him (see Genesis 28:14-15).

 

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

The angels of God who were destined for the Promised Land ascended and the angels chosen for the pioneering phase descended.

The pioneering angels are angelic powers helping us to become successful in the natural realm administering resources on our new way with God with the purpose of revealing the breakthroughs of God that are visible before the eyes of men.

There are angels who are exclusively destined to cooperate with God in the spiritual world and there are angels who are chosen by God to support us in the natural realm as revealed in Hebrews 13:2.

 

2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm

The Apostle Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:15-19 that the Heavenly Father would give saints the power to become strong of the inner man according to the richness of His glory through His Spirit, so that the presence of the anointed One (note: Christ) would dwell in their hearts through faith and that they would be rooted and grounded in love.
 

Paul's goal was with his prayer to see the saints coming to a greater understanding of the divine measure (note: breadth, length, height and depth) as to recognize the love of the anointed One in order to experience the fullness of God.

 

… 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

The Height In Christ

In this context, the Lord emphasized the measure of the height in Christ, so that I was led to the book of Ezekiel 1:18, where the size of the wheels of the four beings of God's throne wagon are described. Their size was so high that the prophet Ezekiel found himself being terrified in his spirit.

 

18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

The Hebrew word used in this scripture for “high” is “gōbah” and comes from the root word “gābah”, which means among other things “to soar, to gain courage”. (note: partial excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the words “gōbah-high” and “gābah-to soar, gain courage” with the word key numbers H1386 and H1384.)

From that scripture of Ezekiel 1 and the given explanation, it is clear that God's greatness leads us getting deeper with the Spirit of the fear of the Lord, who causes people to increase in divine wisdom as to walk in accordance to the Spirit (see Psalm 111:10a).

 

10a The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; …

The Walk In The Fear Of The Lord

Whenever a believer walks in the fear of the Lord, this person is led by Him into the higher spiritual realm, which is connected with the face of the Lion of Judah, so that this person can gain more courage before men and thus cannot be affected by the fear of man. It is the fear of man that keeps us low and the fear of God that brings us higher (see Proverbs 29:25).

 

25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

The Level Of The First Love

The highest level of God is linked to the walk in the first love to God, the Father who is Jesus Christ (see John 3:16).

 

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Therefore, it is no coincidence that in the book of Revelation, the first church addressed (note: Ephesus) is required to remember from where it or from which level it has fallen (see Revelation 2:4-5a).

 

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

5a Consider how far you have fallen! …

Walking in the first love is connected with the firm, elevated positioning of the Menorah (note: seven-armed candlesticks) in the personal spiritual life. This means to live one's life in the seven fold Spirit of God who gives revelation, knowledge, counsel, insight, … This is revealed by the exhortation of Jesus from Revelation 2:5b-c.

 

… 5b-c Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

In order to being able to stay in the height of God as to think and act according to His presence, the walk in the love of Christ is unconditionally required, which clearly means to live according to His instruction (see 2 John 1:6).

 

6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

It is the love of Christ Jesus that surpasses all knowledge (see Ephesians 3:19).

 

… 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

 

The Height Of God And The Transformation

It is the level of the height of God, which is also connected with the transformation of the inner man. This is clearly mentioned in Matthew 17:1-3.5.

 

1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.

3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. …

5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

It is said that Jesus Christ took three of His disciples (note: Peter, James and John) with Him on a high mountain, where He got transfigured before their eyes. The Greek word for “transfigured” is the word “metamorphọō”, from which the word “metamorphosis” originates. In short explained, a metamorphosis involves the transformation or change of form or substance destined to live.

The transfiguration of Jesus Christ had not taken place on a mere mountain, but on a mountain which is high, pointing to the walk in spirit and truth. That is the reason why Jesus referred to true worship when He met the Samaritan woman at the well and she would speak to Him of the high places (see John 4:20-21.24).

 

20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. …

24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

The true transfiguration or transformation of the inner man (note: spirit and soul) can only happen if someone has chosen Jesus Christ and will be led to the place of the first love of the Heavenly Father by Him. Being at this place has therefore the result of entering into a greater glory of the Lord and seeing Jesus Christ in the facet as the Heavenly Father desires to reveal Him, with the aim of giving direction for the future. This can be often connected with revelation which is according to the will of the Lord permitted to only be made public some time later (see Matthew 17:9).

 

9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

At the place where it comes to transformation, the glory of the Lord and the presence of Jesus' testimony, which is the Spirit of prophecy, are intensely present (see Revelation 19:10e).

 

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

The three disciples who went up to the high mountain with Jesus saw Him in His spiritual nature pointing to the time of triumph over Satan and His (note: Jesus) eternal reigning, which still had to be established on earth by His death, resurrection and ascension. While Peter, James and John saw Jesus in this transfigured state, the presence of God and the prophetic presence represented by Moses and Elijah had intensified. Then, with this prophetic presence, the Heavenly Father instructed the disciples to listen to and to follow Jesus Christ.

The transfiguration of Jesus Christ represents the sign of the needful transformation into the structure of the victorious sonship of God, and means the walk in victory, resurrection power and the government in Jesus Christ (see Romans 8:14; Galatians 3:26).

 

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 

26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children (note: sons) of God through faith, …

Whenever Jesus Christ draws His loved ones higher into the spiritual realm, then a greater prophetic presence gets released which is like an open door of a higher spiritual sphere (see 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.

In order to enter the higher spiritual realm in Christ, it is necessary to leave the 'lower' sphere. This can also be connected with the initiation of new relationships with saints.

Moses, Joshua, The Seer John And The Higher Spiritual Realm

It was no coincidence that after Moses and his servant Joshua ate and drank on the sapphire pavement in the presence of God with Aaron, his two sons and the seventy elders were called by God to even go to a higher level in the spiritual realm as mentioned in Exodus 24 (see Exodus 24:9-14a.b).

 

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 (note: sapphire), 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.

12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

13 Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God.

14a-b He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you.

Also the seer John was led by an angel to a higher spiritual realm represented by a great and high mountain from where he was allowed to see the bride or wife of the Lamb of God in her governing structure being positioned in the first love (note: bride => pure, spiritual love relationship with Jesus Christ; see Revelation 21:9-10).

 

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.

All of this reveals the principle of the mystery of having relationship in the first love and the government coming from it and how this can be more clearly recognized or experienced from the heights of God.

The Mountain Of Tabor

The high mountain on which Jesus was transfigured is called “Tabor”, meaning “broken, quarry”. In the prophetic context, the name of the mountain refers to the state of a broken heart. Such a state of the heart also involves letting go things in order to walk on a higher level with God. Therefore, a willing (note: broken) heart is related to the presence of God (see Psalm 34:18; Psalm 51:17; Psalm 119:71 i.c.w. Luke 22:42b).

 

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

 

17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

 

71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.

 

“... 42b yet not my will, but yours be done.”

The Power Of Legislation And The Oracle Of God

In connection with the transfiguration and encounter with Moses and Elijah on the mountain of Tabor another revelatory knowledge can be found referring to the position of the sons of God.

It is the Heavenly Father who draws our attention to the power of His legislation (note: Moses brought the Torah) and to the power of His oracle (note: prophecy => the prophet Elijah) having their center in divine sonship.

The Word of God makes it clear that a threefold cord does not easily break in two (see Ecclesiastes 4:12).

 

12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
It is important that we, as believers, are aware of the fact that we are commissioned as spiritual beings in Jesus Christ in the eternal order of Melchizedek as kings and priests. As a result, the ministry of the legislator (note: Word of God) and that of the Oracle of God (note: prophet) are standing next to us as spiritual beings in order that we can see and hear the communication of God's plans on the basis of His Word (see 2 Peter 1:19-21).

 

19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.

21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

 

The DNA Helix And The Three Seeds

It is interesting to note that we as human beings have a double DNA helix on earth, but when Jesus Christ is the center of our life, then our spirit being carries a triple 'DNA helix'. As an indispensable presupposition there must be an agreement by the presence of Jesus Christ within our spirit that says: “On earth as it is in heaven!” (see Matthew 6:10)

 

… 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

There is a difference between the seed of the serpent, the seed of the first Adam and the seed of the last Adam, who is Jesus Christ (see Genesis 3:15 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 15:45)!

 

15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

 

45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

 

The seed of the 'reptile' carries a downward spinning DNA spiral with the sole genetic heritage of doing only evil as resisting the good.

The seed of the first Adam carries a temporary upward spinning DNA spiral, which is linked to temporary life and the free will of good and evil.

The seed of the last Adam carries an eternally upward rotating DNA spiral with the eternal inheritance of the Heavenly Father, who (note: seed of the last Adam) being spirit on earth as well as in heaven follows His Father's legislation, fulfills it and speaks His words (see Matthew 5:17 i.c.w. John 5:19.43a).

 

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

 

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. …

43a I have come in my Father’s name, …

This triple-rotating spiritual 'DNA helix' in heaven carries the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit within its structure. It is the Trinity of God testifying to the divine Trinity on earth, who lives inside of us through Jesus Christ, the authority which is given. So, it can be seen on earth and can finally attain the fullness of its state from which it comes up (see 1 John 5:7-8).

 

7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. <=

 

(Note: The section labeled with a “=>” is based on a teaching on the order of Melchizedek from the book “The Order of Melchizedek”; ISBN: 978-1-911251-08-8; page 181-182; SOT Publications by Ian Clayton.)

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm