We are now in the season where at the outside the hours of darkness are increasing and the hours of light are decreasing. This fact is not a fact to become frightened or depressed. God is pointing by this fact only to the increasing burning light within our “four walls” which is linked to more warmth!

As the one new man (note: the people of Israel and we as gentiles; see Ephesians 2:14-15) is in the season of Hanukkah and Christmas which is linked to the increasing light because the candles (“1”+ 8 candles) of the Hanukkiah (note: the special lamp stand for the Hanukkah feast) are getting every night over eight days one by one ignited and also the lamp stand of the Advent with “the four candles” is getting ignited week by week I want to make the teaching of Robert Heidler about the feast of Hannukah for us accessible which will help us to understand the time where we are in.

 

Daniel Glimm

 

 

We are in very special season of the year. It is the sentimental season of the year, where a lot of emotional things are attached to it and these are good things.
But God also wants us to know, that it is strong supernatural season, that shows the time table of God for miracles to take place.

As you go through the time of Hanukkah (note: It is a Hebrew word and means “dedication”.), enjoy the time with your friends and family but do not forget, that it is a supernatural season. Expect from God to break through in a supernatural way.

The time of Hanukkah is also touching the month in which also Christmas is celebrated.
Christmas is a time to remember God’s love by sending Jesus.
Some believers think, if we celebrate the biblical feasts we can´t celebrate Christmas. That is not true. Because, we are a one new man in Christ Jesus, we are allowed to celebrate the feats of God on both sides (note: see Romans 2:13-18; the messianic Jews and the gentile Christians).

Even if Jesus was not born in the time frame of the 24'th - 26'th of December it means not, that we are not allowed to celebrate Christmas. It is the time frame, where we remember the sending of Jesus to the earth by the Heavenly Father.
Jesus was normally born at the time of Sukkot (note: Tabernacles).
We as born again believers should be thankful for every opportunity of remembering God’s love- JESUS and to talk about it.

Christmas is a wonderful time to celebrate God´s love. It is a time to share His love with your friends, neighbors, family and to thank God, that He loved you so much that He sent His son!

As said before is December not only the month of Christmas but also the month of Hanukkah.
Many Christians don´t know much about Hanukkah. They think of it as just a Jewish holiday.
But if you really understand Hanukkah, it is also for Christians.
To celebrate Hanukkah is a great blessing.

Hanukkah is not an Old Testament feast, which is ordained by God.
Hanukkah is not even mentioned in the Old Testament but it is found in the New Testament in John 10.
Jesus gave at Hanukkah- the feast of dedication an important message in John 10:22-38.

 

John 10:22-38 (NIV):
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication (note: Hanukkah) at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods” ’ (see Psalm 82:6)? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?
37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.
38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

 

This passage reflects, that Hanukkah was a special feast for Jesus.
He went into the temple at this time to identify himself with Hanukkah.

This shows, that if Jesus was celebrating Hanukkah, it is not just a feast for the Jews it is also a celebration for everyone, who knows the God of Israel.

 

 

In 167 BC the Greek ruler, Antiochus Epiphanes, decreed that all his subjects must convert to the pagan Greek religion.
At that time Israel was under the domination of the Greek Empire, which was a time of great testing for the Jews.
Antiochus outlawed Judaism & worship in the temple. He forced the Jewish people to convert by torturing and murdering many of them. Then he defiled the temple, setting up a statue of Zeus in the Holy of Holies and sacrificing a pig on the altar.

Finally a Jewish priest named Mattathias could take it no more. A Greek official had come to his town, set up an altar to a pagan god and ordered Mattathias to offer a sacrifice on it. Mattathias refused. He said: ”Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him... yet will I and my sons walk in the covenant of our fathers." (see 1.Maccabees 2:19-20)

Then another Jew came forward to offer the pagan sacrifice and Mattathias took out his sword  and killed him.
Then Mattathias and his sons attacked the Greek official and killed him too.
When the rebellion begun, Judah, son of Mattathias, led a small band of Jews against the powerful Greek armies.
Judah had an interesting nickname “Maccabee”- “the hammer” Maccabee= acrostic said it was the sentence: “Who is like You, among the gods, oh Lord.” This was their battle cry.

Amazingly, Judah and his followers defeated the Greek armies in 165 BC, which was a miraculous victory.
By getting back the independence, Judah´s first goal was it to restore the temple. As the temple was restored and cleansed, they proclaimed a great feast to rededicate it to the Lord.
The people of Israel gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate it.

But as the time came to enlighten the menorah in the temple, they had only the measure of oil to shine for one day.  But a miracle happened at this feast and the oil was sufficing for eight, which was a miracle of multiplication.
It was a miracle like in the time of Elisha, where the oil of the widow multiplicated (see 2 Kings 4:1-7).

 

2 Kings 4:1-7:
1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
2 Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”
3 Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.
4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”
5 She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

 

 

It is a celebration of restoration: The temple was restored.
It is also a celebration of God´s miracles. Hanukkah is furthermore called the feast of lights, which is represented by a special Menorah, that is called Hanukkiah.
Instead of seven branches of the Menorah the Hanukkiah has nine branches. One lamp for each day as a sign for the remembrance of the miracle of the oil multiplication. The ninth light is called “shamash”, which means servant and is not counted, because it serves for the ignition of all the eight lamps of the Hanukkiah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanukkah is the celebration of the restoration of His temple. That’s another reason why Hanukkah was a special feast to Jesus, because the temple was a special place- the house of the Father for Jesus (see John 2:16).

Jesus honored the temple and called it “My Father´s House”, what reflects, that the restoration of the temple was close to His heart. It was the longing of Jesus to see the temple restored.
We can see this kind of longing in the beginning of Jesus ministry- John 2:14-17 and at the end of His ministry- Mark 11:15-17. Jesus cleansed/ purified the temple and had a zeal to see the Father’s house restored. It is still zeal today, because we are as believers an individual temple of the Holy Spirit but also a corporate temple (see 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 3:16ff.).

One of the goals of Jesus in the world today is the restoration of God’s temple and to remove all sin/ impurity as well as restoring God’s glory to His temple.

 

 

As Judah chose to honor God by restoring His temple, the glory of God came down and miracles were released! Remember, that Hanukkah is the celebration of God’s miracles.
The blessing of Hanukkah is this: “Blessed are You, Lord our God, king of the universe who performed miracles for our fathers, at this season.”

 

 

At Hanukkah the Jews or young Jewish children are playing with the “Dreidel”, that is a spinning top and carries four Hebrew letters.: “Nun (50), Gimel (3), He (5), Schin (300)”, which carry the statement of “A great miracle happened there/here!” (note: The value of the Hebrew letters is “358”).
The same numerical value of „358“ has also the Hebrew word "maschiach"  which means Messiah (note: The word is made up of the Hebrew letters Mem-40/ Schin-300/ Jod-10/ Chet-8).
Furthermore the breastplate of the high priest which is called in Hebrew "choschän" has also the same numerical value of “358”.

Prophetically is this explanation saying: “Turn to your Messiah Jesus Christ to feel His heartbeat like John and shine with His love.” (see John 13:23-25 in conjunction with Exodus 28:15-21.28-30; Hebrews 3:1-2)

Because Jesus confronted the accusers of his time at the feast of Hanukkah with the works of his Heavenly Father, it should call us to proclaim God’s great miracles of the past, which releases faith in the hearer to trust God for miracles now (see John 10:25.32.38).

 

John 10:25.32.38:
25 Jesus answered, I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, …
… 32 but Jesus said to them, I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?
38 But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

 

 

The message of Hanukkah is, that light overcomes darkness (see John 1). The light shines in the darkness and the darkness could not hold it (see John 8:12; Matthew 5:14).

 

John 8:12:
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

 

Matthew 5:14:
14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

 

Hanukkah is the season, where God wants to put His light on you, so that you shine more intense.
The Hanukkiah gives a picture of Jesus! The “first/ ninth” candle is called the servant candle (note: “shamash”), which directs to Jesus.

In the 7-branched Menorah the center lamp was called the lamp of the Lord but in 9- branched Hanukiah the central lamp is called the servant. This is Jesus.
Jesus is the Lord but He came as a servant to lay down His life and  release God’s blessing in the earth. This is what the Hanukkiah pictures.
The servant candle brings light to all the other candles!
Each night of Hanukkah an additional candle is added until all are lit, which pictures, that Jesus is the light, who is spreading through the world.

 

 

It exists a second reason why Hanukkah is important for us as Christians.
Jesus is normally not born on December 25'th, because the shepherds don't keep flocks in the fields in late December.
At Jesus birth time, the shepherds were outside and keeping their flocks.
In Luke 1:5 it is said, that Zechariah was priest at the time of king Herod and belonged to the priestly division of Abijah.
In 1 Chronicles 24:10 it is said, that the priests of Abijah served in the temple during the 12'th-18'th of Sivan (note: June, the priests served for about two weeks once in a year).

 

Luke 1:5:
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.

 

1 Chronicles 24:10:
… 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, ...

 

 

The angel Gabriel appears to the priest Zechariah at the month of Sivan between the 12'th - 18'th and Elizabeth conceives at the 25'th Sivan and after 285 days pregnancy, John the Baptist was born at the 15'th of Nisan, which is the feast of Passover. At Passover it is in Jewish tradition, that people place a chair for the prophet Elijah for the possibility if he supposes to show up.
It is interesting that John the Baptist was walking in the spirit of Elijah and was born at the feast of Passover.
In Luke 1:36 Elizabeth was in the 6'th  month of her pregnancy, which was the 25'th of  Kislew. And the month of Kislew is the month in which Hanukkah begins.

This shows, that it was the time where Jesus was conceived by Mary.
After a normal pregnancy circa 285 days, Jesus was possibly born at the 15'th of Tishri, which is Sukkot, the feast of Tabernacles.
This reflects, that Jesus was probably not born at Christmas but He was probably conceived at Hanukkah- the feast of lights and dedication. Jesus was conceived by Mary in the midst of the celebration of the miracles of God  through the Holy Spirit, so that Mary could birth forth THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!

 

 

At Christmas we celebrate that Jesus came. At Hanukkah we celebrate why He came.
This is why the Hanukkah is the key celebration for the church today.
Hanukkah celebrates what God is doing in His Church now.
God is in the process of restoring His temple. He is calling us to be an Oasis for the nations, to reveal His love and His care.

He wants us to demonstrate His power through the manifestation of miracles.
He is calling us to shine with His light into a world of darkness.

 

So be encouraged to celebrate the feast of lights in this year. You can get a real Hanukkiah or just use 9 small candlesticks. As you light the candles each night proclaim, that God’s great miracle happened at Hanukkah and that miracles happen today.

Praise God for Jesus, the light of the world.

 

Robert Heidler
Glory of Zion International Ministries

It is God's desire to have true lovers or friends among His people, who want to know and discern His heart more. Just like Moses, who had a close relationship with God, because it is written that the LORD spoke to him face to face (see Exodus 33:11a).

 

11a The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. …

 

 

The Hebrew word used here for “friend” is “rēa'“ and is derived from the root word “rā'āh“, which means “to tend, herd, graze, exercise authority as shepherd or king” (note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study bible on the word “friend – rēa'“ and the word “shepherd – rā'āh“ with word key numbers 7627, 7637)

 

By this we can see clearly that being a friend of God means entering a higher level of God's presence to act from the rulership of God. Entering a higher level of God's presence (note: rulership) – no matter how adverse the circumstances may be – is essential, just as Moses did, after the people of Israel instructed Aaron to make a golden calf for them to worship.

 

Despite the adverse circumstance of false worship, Moses submitted himself under God's mighty hand and yielded to the plan of the LORD in order to guide the entire people of Israel – as a shepherd does, who takes his flock to green pastures for grazing.

 

Moses had such a passion and desire in leading his people that he even demanded of the LORD to erase his name from the book of life, if it would save the people of Israel (see Exodus 32:32-35)!

 

32 But now, please forgive their sin – but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.”

33 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.

34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.

 

Furthermore, Moses identified himself with the calling of the people of God to an extent, that it became his deepest desire to see this chosen people stand, that is, walk in the promises of God.

 

Freeing the people of Israel from the slavery of Egypt was the task of Moses; this later enabled them to enter into the promise of God under Joshua's guidance.

 

It also becomes apparent in this case that the friends of God are firstly aware of their identity as kings and priests in Jesus Christ (see Exodus 19:6 i.c.w. 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:5-6; Revelation 5:9-10). It enables them to reign from this position of their identity, first in their own lives, and later on, if it is the will of God, to also guide other people, whom God puts in their care, in a kingly and priestly way.

Therefore, a friend of God knows how to move in the level of the rulership of God, and at the same time he has revelation knowledge about the level of the “green pasture”, where, in accordance with his calling, he has to lead the people of God (see Colossians 3:1-2 i.c.w. Revelation 4:2-3); this is his longing.

 

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.

2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

 

2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.

3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald (note: greenish) encircled the throne.

 

 

It is therefore no coincidence that Jesus Christ was speaking of Himself as the door leading to the green pasture: This represents His father's throne room presence, whose throne is surrounded by a greenish light (see John 10:9; Psalm 23:2 i.c.w. Revelation 4:3)

 

9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

 

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.

 

3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald (note: greenish) encircled the throne.

 

This state of encamping on the green pasture is closely connected to the potential of God's guidance as „JAHWE-ROI“, who is the shepherd taking care of His flock (see Genesis 16:13 i.c.w. Psalm 23:1).

 

13 She (note: Hagar) gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me (note: JAHWE–ROI),” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

 

1 A Psalm of David.

The LORD is my shepherd (note: Hebrew „rā'āh“; mentioned as above), I lack nothing.

 

The LORD's care for a person usually results in guidance of the said saint from a false into the proper position; this is achieved by the light in His “blink of an eye” (see 1 John 1:5 Luke 11:34a-b).

 

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

 

34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. …

 

Being moved to the right position is connected to the center of God's will; this can also be equaled to the parable of the shepherd, who searched for his lost sheep and who reestablished the full measure of the one hundred in his flock (see Matthew 18:12-14).

 

12 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.

14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

 

This light of the “blink of the eye” of God contains the revelation knowledge needed to lead the respective believer into a momentum initiated by God, so that he – with his God given promise – will be at the right time in the right place predestined by the LORD.

 

 

This is what happened to the slave Hagar, when she became pregnant with a son as a result of Abram's (note: later renamed Abraham by God) unbelief. This was revealed to her later by the angel of the LORD in the desert (see Genesis 16:1-2.11).

 

1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. …

11 The angel of the LORD also said to her: “You are now pregnant and you will give birth to a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.

 

Though Abram (note: later renamed Abraham by God) acted on the unbelief of his wife Sarai (note: later renamed Sarah by God), which was a sin (see Romans 14:23b), it didn't mean that Hagar was moving in a sinful pattern, as she was submitted to them.

 

… 23b and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

 

A person doesn't necessarily miss God's promise for his life, should someone of authority appointed over the believer fail them (note: make a wrong decision), as we can see here (see Romans 8:28).

 

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

 

God saw Hagar, while she walked through the desert, pregnant with a son, and He surrounded her with His revelatory presence in the shape of the angel of the LORD. This angel told her that she was carrying a promise inside, which she wasn't able to define before.

 

We can see this, because the angel of the LORD instructed Hagar to name her promise “Ishmael“, “God hears”.

 

The angel of the LORD also commanded her to return to her mistress Sarai, the wife of Abram (see Genesis 16:9).

 

9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

 

By way of Hagar, God wanted to reveal to Abraham and his wife that He doesn't regret giving promises, even if people in authority fail, as God wants them, too, to come into agreement with His will. For this reason, Hagar received the instruction to return (see Genesis 16:15).

 

15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

 

It is vital in such a case, not to elevate oneself above those who made mistakes, but to carry on with a humble heart attitude; this is connected with the grace and lifting up of the LORD at the right time (see 1 Peter 5:5-6).

 

5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders.

All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

 

 

I would like to return to the meaning of the green pasture: It stands for the coming in and going out through the door, which is Jesus Christ, thus entering deeper into the fields, where His revelatory treasures lay hidden (see Colossians 2:3).

 

… 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

 

It means as well, that we come out of a field of revelation in Christ, and that we can go into a new field of revelation in Christ.

 

As Jesus was staying at the opposite shore of lake Galilee, a great multitude of people followed Him. He guided them to a green pasture, where they – because of His miracle of multiplication – recognized Him as the prophet, who was to come into the world (see John 6:1-2.10.12-14).

 

1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. …

9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). …

12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”

13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

 

With this scripture we can see that there is a longing Jesus has throughout the ages, to take the believers, through the guidance of His Holy Spirit, into God's territory – His realm of rulership – where God reigns as eternal King or God of the Ages (see Daniel 7:9).

 

9 “As I looked, “thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

 

This realm is filled with the apostolic-prophetic presence of God, which corresponds to the faces of the lion and the eagle of the four creatures before God's throne, because the lion is the “king among the land animals” and the eagle is the “king of the air” (see Revelation 4:7 i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 12:28a)

 

7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

 

28a And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, …

 

It is the apostles and prophets, who lay the foundation for the church of Jesus, with Jesus Christ as cornerstone (see Ephesians 2:20).

 

… 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

 

 

When Jesus Christ lived on earth, He lead the people at lake Galilee into the realm of His complete provision, represented by the boy's five bread and two fishes (note: 7 => completion).

 

Because Jesus Christ says, that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God (see Matthew 4:4 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 8:3), we can see that the multiplication of the bread and the people's stay on the green pasture does not only have an aspect of natural provision, but it also carries a spiritual character.

 

It is the longing of Jesus, to position the people in the realm of the presence of His reigning Father, so that they will increase in the wisdom and knowledge of His government authority (see Colossians 2:2-3).

 

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.

 

In this presence of God multiplication takes place, for it is His glory which releases favor and provision for spirit, soul and body.

 

Earthly (note: material) riches and wealth originate in the spiritual world, that is, in the glory of God. And it is God's glory which is the “storage place” for the anointing.

 

Looking at the people encamped on the green pasture, we can see clearly – by the twelve baskets filled with bread – that Jesus is interested in the increase of His power and might, which are connected to His apostolic order and government. The measure of twelve baskets filled with bread suggests this (see Ephesians 6:10 i.c.w. John 6:13).

 

10 Finally, be strong in the LORD and in his mighty power.

 

13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

 

Through this sign in front of their eyes, the people acknowledged the anointing of the Son of God in the facet of the prophet (see. John 6:14).

 

14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

 

To be able to walk in an apostolic-prophetic understanding, it is therefore needed to mind, from which realm of anointing a believer “eats” the word of God.

 

It is crucial that the fear of the unknown does not keep a believer in Christ from entering the new revelatory realm of God.

 

Moses had to pass through the dark cloud on the mountain, which represents the unknown and requires complete trust, as well as abandonment to God, the Father, before he was able to hear God speak to him face to face (see Exodus 24:18).

 

18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

 

 

The green pasture also points towards the emerald (note: baraket) which, as a gemstone, is connected to the tribe of Levi, according to Exodus 28:15-30 and Exodus 39:8-21, as well as Exodus 1:2-3.

The name “Levi” means “adherence, affiliation” and illustrates the indispensable need to hang on to the Son of God, i.e. to follow Him. This is the only way we can enter into the new revelatory power of God for this time to understand what the will of the Father is in this time.

 

As mentioned earlier, the emerald points towards the presence of God's throne room (see Revelation 4:3).

 

3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald (note: greenish) encircled the throne.

 

=> The color “green” is the color that means “go“. This is the form of reality of divine activity. This color is connected to riches and wealth, as well as spiritual well being and prophetic strategy.

 

Emerald green points to the faith and walk in the rulership authority of God. <= (Part excerpt form the “Prophet's Dictionary” by Paula A. Price, PhD.; pages 196, 241; note of the translator: The above excerpt is a re-translation of a German translation, as the original text was not available at the time of translation).

 

Friendship with God therefore includes a live in total submission to the guidance of God, His order and His apportionment. It is solely connected to humility and undivided devotion, in order to be led to a higher level.

 

This means, believers who advance in faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, but align their life or ministry in their respective fellowship with other saints, with the world, or if they uphold values of worldly-minded people in society, will not be able to understand this revelatory knowledge, much less receive it (see James 4:4b i.c.w. 1 John 2:15-16).

 

… 4b Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

 

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – comes not from the Father but from the world.

 

If instead believers (note: saints) decide to be a counterpart for Father God in their identity as mature sons, and align themselves accordingly, the Spirit of God will guide them to a new level of revelation knowledge, which will lead to greater influence in the visible and invisible (see James 4:7a).

 

7a Submit yourselves, then, to God. …

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm