PROPHETIC CHAMBER
Since Jesus Christ bought us with His blood as kings and priests, it is essential to reach the level of maturity of a king and a priest, which is connected with responsibility (cf. Revelation 1:5-6).

Revelation 1:5-6:
… 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father – to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

I personally feel that we, as people of God, find ourselves in a time which is equivalent to the movement of Jesus Christ as the high priest according to the order of Melchizedek, who moves in power in the spiritual realm in royal priesthood and takes those saints with Him into the depths of God who live in holiness (cf. Matthew 24:27 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:14)

Matthew 24:27:
27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Hebrews 12:14:
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

The statement of Jesus that His coming is like a lightning, which flashes from east to west, reflects the way of ministry of the high priest when he did his service in the temple or in the tabernacle. He went from east to west, where the Holy of Holies was located.

The Scripture from Matthew 24:27 not only contains the revelation of the return of Jesus, but is at the same time a revelatory call to us as saints to walk in the spiritual dimension of the body of Christ in the structure of the royal priesthood (note: apostolic authority assigned by God) as well as in the spiritual realm (note: heavenly realms). It is this realm we are enabled to reveal the manifold wisdom of God in the revelatory power to the rulers and authorities (cf. Ephesians 3:8-12).

Ephesians 3:8-12:
8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, 9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
 
Since lightning usually discharges in the atmosphere and Jesus' statement speaks of the horizontal flash of lightning, this clearly indicates God's call to us, namely to walk in Christ on a higher level of relationship in the spiritual realm, in order to be sent forth from His throne in power, similar to the lightning emanating from the throne of God (cf. Ephesians 2:6 i.c.w. Revelation 4:5a)

Ephesians 2:6:
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, …

Revelation 4:5a:
5a From the throne came flashes of lightning, …
 
The Outgoing Lightning from the Throne of God and the Royal-Priestly Movement
 
Since the lightnings emanate from the throne of God, an apostolic power can be recognized in them, which is sent out from there, because the ‘apostolic’ is connected with the ‘being sent out’. The Greek word is the process of being sent out, ‘apọstolos’ or ‘apostẹllō’. (note: taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the word key numbers: 641 and 644)

Jesus Christ always moves in accordance with the will of the Heavenly Father, which is why the ‘lightning movement’ of the Son of Man conceals the sending of God (cf. John 5:19).

John 5:19:
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.

God desires to see His people align with the advancement of the ‘body of Christ’ in the spiritual realm in order to be a part of the lightning-like royal-priestly movement. This movement carries supernatural acceleration and power, whose end is the depths of God, which can be equated with the place of the Holy of Holies (note: located in the west).

Every saint who moves in surrender and in unrestricted walk in life in holiness, as well as being authorized by Christ Jesus to live in this supernatural manifestation, announces something. This implies to announce a new day of God's economy on earth, since the movement of the Son of Man extends from east to west, which is the direction that carries the light of the day. It is the day when man normally goes about his business and work.

God's ‘business’ in the form of His purpose is that believers in Christ who are in the awakened ‘body of Christ’ help to awaken other human beings who are living an earthly life and call them to enter into the realm of the Spirit with the aim of enacting God's plans for this time so that they may manifest themselves on earth (cf. Matthew 6:10).

Matthew 6:10:
… 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
 
As believers in Christ, it should not be enough for us to remain only in the ‘place’ from where Jesus Christ was raised or also lifted up into heaven. It is necessary that we remain in the heavenly city of Jerusalem, which is a governing principality in the atmosphere above the earth and transfers the measure of heaven to the earth (cf. Luke 24:4-6a; Acts 1:10-11; Luke 24:49b i.c.w. Revelation 21,2.10)
 
Luke 24:4-6a:
4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6a He is not here; he has risen! …
 
Acts 1:10-11:
10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
 
Luke 24:49b:
“… 49b but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
 
Revelation 21:2.10:
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. …
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.
 
The Saints who proceed, move forward in the power of God, who ‘energizes’ the atmosphere above the earth through the presence of the Holy Spirit, in order to touch the inner being of human beings (note: spirit and soul) and to help them enter into a relationship with God the Father (cf. John 14:6).
 
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.
 
If you, as a mature saint, passed during your spiritual process of maturity the place of the cross of Jesus (note: His victory over sin in eternity), His grave (note: the eternal triumph of Jesus Christ over death) and His stay on the Mount of Olives after the resurrection (note: resurrection power, calling to reign for eternity in the presence of the Heavenly Father) as well as living according to what Jesus Christ has fulfilled, you are called to only walk on this unshakable foundation in the spiritual realm of the authority of Jesus Christ and to act in it (see 1 Corinthians 3:11).
 
1 Corinthians 3:11:
11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
 
This walk and lifestyle includes having a correct understanding of the power of God's saving grace combined with a correct understanding of sin (cf. Titus 2:11-14; James 1:14-15).
 
Titus 2:11-14:
11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope – the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
 
James 1:14-15:
… 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
 
With this appropriate understanding about grace and sin, it is indispensable to walk in the structure of the ‘raised body of Christ’ according to Matthew 24:27.
 
As a result, believers are made aware of the truth of the Word of God and its principles in love by leading believers who live in sinful patterns into freedom. In this, the progress of the High Priest from the court to the Holy of Holies can serve us as a help.
 
The Call to Draw Close to God and the Fire of God
 
Since sin separates from God, which means that one is removed from the realm of God's presence, it is necessary to get close to God again in order to be where He is. This is evident in the statement of James, who spoke of the need to draw near to God and to cleanse the hands and purify the heart (cf. James 4:8).
 
James 4:8:
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
 
We cannot remain nonchalantly in the presence of God by not dealing honorably with the saving grace of God that Jesus Christ has given us. It is therefore better to know the way of the High Priest up to the Holy of Holies in order to appreciate and preserve the meaning of staying in the presence of God.
 
In order to enter into the presence of God, the fire of God has an important meaning, because God's being is a consuming fire (cf. Deuteronomy 4:24 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:28-29).
 
Deuteronomy 4:24:
24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
 
Hebrews 12:28-29:
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”
 
The closer we come to the Lord, the more we come into contact with different qualities of God's fire. It is no coincidence that Abraham, for example, as God made a covenant with him, did not come before him empty-handed, resulting in God appearing to him in the presence of the fiery furnace and the burning torch. This apparition reveals, among other things, the fatherhood and sonship of God as consuming fire (cf. Genesis 15:12.17-21).
 
Genesis 15:12.17-21:
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. …
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates – 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”
 
If one studies the consuming fire of God in the apparition as a fiery oven/altar of burnt offering, as described in Ezekiel 43:15-16, one comes to the conclusion that it is closely connected with the presence of the Lion of God (note: Lion of Judah). The reason for this is that the Hebrew word for ‘altar hearth – 'ărî’ēl' also means ‘war hero’ or ‘lion of God’. The word is still used as a poetic name for Jerusalem (cf. Isaiah 29:1.7). (note: The explanation of the Hebrew word ‘altar hearth – `ărî’ēl’ with the word key number 759*, 760*, 761* is taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible.)
 
This makes it clear that when one approaches the fire of God as a believer in Christ, one comes into contact with His royal standard of government.
 
Also Jesus Christ, who was on the cross in the ‘furnace of God's fire’, carried as an indication the sign of His governing mandate on the cross in three linguistic versions above His head, namely King of the Jews (cf. John 19:19-20).
 
John 19:19-20:
19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.
 
James wrote to the messianic church in the nations and the scattered tribes of Israel (cf. James 1:1), when he describes in his letter in James 4:8 that believers, who consciously moves in a sinful pattern, are considered sinners in the eyes of God, because in a spiritual context it is a lukewarm state (note: contradictory, living in compromise, inconsistent), which results in being outside of Jesus Christ (cf. Revelation 3:16).
 
Revelation 3:16:
16 So, because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
 
Only a repentant heart enables getting close to God again with the content of standing in His presence of government and acting honorably in it. By this I do not mean the realm of the throne of grace, to which we can confidently approach (cf. Hebrews 4:16), but the realm of God's governmental presence, which consists of 26 thrones (note: throne of God, throne of the Lamb, thrones of the 24 elders; cf. Revelation 4:2; Revelation 7:17 i.c.w. Mark 16:19; Revelation 4:4).
 
Revelation 4:2:
2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
 
Revelation 7:17:
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
 
Mark 16:19:
19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
 
Revelation 4:4:
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
 
The 26 thrones together bear the numerical value of the God of Israel (note: יְהֹוָה – ‘JHWH’, YAHWEH => Jod (10), He (5), Waw (6), He (5) which is ‘26’ in total).
 
As God, the Heavenly Father, identifies Himself fully with His Son and His people, it is also our job, through Jesus Christ in His royal priesthood, to reflect the Heavenly Father. This is the reason why Jesus said to Philip that he who sees Him sees the Father (cf. John 14:9).
 
John 14:9:
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
 
The ‘Awakened Structure’ of the Body of Christ and the Consuming Fire of God
 
Mature saints who are moving forward in the awakened structure of the body of Christ (note: like a lightning bolt extending from east to west) are called to introduce believers who have distanced themselves from God through a sinful lifestyle to the fire of God in the various spiritual realms.
 
This involves:
  1. the fire of the altar of the burnt offering,
  2. the seven fold fire of the Menorah, and
  3. the fire of the altar of incense.
The fire of the altar of burnt offering requires us to confess sin before God, which means that we have become guilty before God. This area is the area of the cross and ‘birth’ because it is related to the elements of blood and water (cf. John 19:34). It is the place where the animals were sacrificed as sin offerings by the priests.
 
John 19:34:
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
 
Having passed through this area in the courtyard, it is important to reflect our acts in faith in the revelatory truth of the Word of God and to purify ourselves in our inner being from unrighteous acts, which is represented by the water of the bronze basin or the ‘brazen sea’ (cf. James 4:8 i.c.w. Exodus 30:17-21; Exodus 38:8).
 
James 4:8:
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
 
Exodus 30:17-21:
17 Then the Lord said to Moses, 18 “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20 Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord, 21 they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
 
Exodus 38:8:
8 They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women (note: mirror => faith; cf. 1 Corinthians 13:12) who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
 
This cleansing only makes us reflect ourselves in the truth of the Word of God, which results in a spiritual movement that brings change.
 
We should be aware that every ‘heaven’ is associated with a body of water, since there is also a crystal sea before the throne of God (cf. Revelation 4:6a).
 
Revelation 4:6a:
6a Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. …
 
When we sincerely approach the consuming fire of God, it is necessary not to appear before God empty-handed. Every ‘type’ of God's consuming fire is associated with His royal dominion (note: altar hearth/the lion of God – 'ărî'ēl), therefore we should stand in awe of God (cf. Hebrews 12:28-29).
 
Hebrews 12:28-29:
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”
Having passed through the spirit realm of the altar of the burnt offering and the brazen ‘sea’, we enter from an open heaven (note: courtyard) into a narrower realm of the presence of the fire of God, which is in secret (note: in the sanctuary – Holy Place).
 
This fire of the Menorah, is the fire of the seven fold Spirit of God, shining forward and shining upon the bread of His presence, the twelve shew breads (cf. Exodus 25:31-33; Exodus 26:35; Numbers 8:2-3 i.c.w. Isaiah 11:2).
 
Exodus 25:31-33:
31 “Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.
32 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand – three on one side and three on the other.
33 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
 
Exodus 26:35:
35 Place the table (note: shew bread table) outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.
 
Numbers 8:2-3:
2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’”(note: in this case the light was shining towards the north)
3 Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
 
Isaiah 11:2:
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord – …
 
The Menorah – the lampstand with the seven lamps – is about the guidance of the Holy Spirit as counselor and comforter, who guides us in order to internalize the Word of God and its standard/order, which implies leading us into all truth and revealing the future (cf. John 16:8-11.13).
 
John 16:8-11.13:
8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. …
13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
 
Having passed through the spirit realm of the Menorah, we arrive at the presence of the consuming fire of God on the altar of incense, which requires to give incense to the Lord, corresponding to true worship in spirit and truth towards the Heavenly Father (cf. Exodus 30:1-8 i.c.w. John 4:23-24).
 
Exodus 30:1-8:
1 “Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. 2 It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high – its horns of one piece with it. 3 Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. 4 Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding – two on each of the opposite sides – to hold the poles used to carry it. 5 Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law – before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law – where I will meet with you. 7 “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. 8 He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the Lord for the generations to come.
 
John 4:23-24:
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
 
The consuming fire of true worship is closely related to the consuming fire of the Menorah, but also to the cherubic presence associated with lightning (note: ‘Cherubim’ means ‘glancing appearance, flashes of lightning’).
 
True worship results in the formation of white smoke in the covering atmosphere of the Spirit, which is flooded by the forward shining light of the Menorah and energized by the cherubic presence of God associated with the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord (cf. Exodus 26:31.33).
 
Exodus 26:31.33:
31 “Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. …
33 Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
 
This means that worship is mixed with the presence of the Spirit of Truth, so that the white smoke turns into a golden presence infused with the power of God.
 
While in this realm of the Spirit, it is essential to interact with God's most important ‘moment’, who is Jesus Christ as the Alpha and Omega, who is our ‘Yom Kippur – the Great Day of Atonement’. This means being completely one with Jesus Christ in order to stand in the ‘dark chamber’ of the Holy of Holies, where God the Heavenly Father shines (cf. John 17:20-26).
 
John 17:20-26:
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – 23 I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
 
The Ejection of God
 
Now, if you stand as a believer in Christ in this place and consciously enter and live a sinful lifestyle, you are ejected from this intimate spiritual realm by the power of God, so that you find yourself outside the presence of God (cf. Revelation 3:16).
 
Revelation 3:16:
16 So, because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold (note: uncompromising) – I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
 
Being aware of this value of God's intimacy, it is important to preserve this precious treasure of relationship and not to be seduced by the adversary of entering into any sinful pattern in life.
 
According to James 4:8, every believer who has realized that he lives far from the presence of God is called to draw near to God again and to purify himself in the truth of the Word of God, in order to be again in the place of intimate fellowship with God the Father (cf. Ephesians 5:26b-27).
 
Ephesians 5:26b-27:
… cleansing her (note: the church) by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
 
Acknowledging and not doubting the fact that God, as YAHWEH, lets Himself be approached in His holy nature and never mixes with sin, death and lies, but is consistently faithful to Himself, is in accordance with the walking in the fear of the Lord.

Only living in the constant recognition of oneself, in the fear of the Lord, which is connected with the reverence of these three areas of the fire of God, finally brings about maturity in the priesthood and the kingship of God and reaches far beyond personal life and circumstances.

Experiencing and acknowledging the different characteristics of the fire of God leads to a higher realm of responsibility, which, with the favor of God, leads to an increase in knowledge, divine revelation and fulfillment of our destiny as God's people in these end times.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
PROPHESIED ON THE 14’th OF FEBRUARY 2020 | 19’th OF SHEVAT 5780, NAJOTH BERLIN – SPANDAU
 
“There is the movement of angels that carries with it the triumphant presence of God!
It is the movement that encounters the trees of righteousness whose roots are linked to the governing presence of God (cf. Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 17:7-8 i.c.w. Revelation 22:1-2)!
It is the communication of the Spirit that goes hand in hand with the strategy of divine triumph!
This causes the strategy to be shared on earth in the midst of the fellowship of saints and leads to breakthrough, says the spirit of the prophet!
There is counsel that comes from an unenlightened place, which you will reject and follow what is the will of God!
Your decision to build on the strategy of triumph seems foolish to some who are standing outside!
But the Lord says ‘It is the revelation of My ambush that I am laying to manifest the triumph that I have prepared for you (cf. 2 Samuel 5:22-25)!’
That which currently appears weak and limp will suddenly prove to be powerful because the place where you are is the place where the ‘weak’ meets the ‘strong’!
There are ‘souls’ trapped in the ‘Sheol of the living’ and brought from the realm of oppression to freedom (cf. Psalm 30:2-3)!
Where there has been despair, tiredness and discouragement, suddenly strength and energy come back because you have put your hope in the Lord!
The result is that you enter a new realm of the Spirit, one that is associated with acceleration and overview (cf. Isaiah 40:29-31)!
There is the new untouched time, which carries a great ‘weight’ because it contains your promise of the future! It is the time that goes hand in hand with greater responsibility and is designed to ‘beat’ in favor for you!
Enter this new phase of your promise by accepting and not rejecting the things that come before you!”
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
In 1 Kings 17:1-10 we are told of the prophet Elijah, who by the command of God foretold a three and a half year period of drought toward King Ahab, the current king of Israel at that time.

After Elijah prophesied the words of God, the LORD spoke to him to turn east and go to the brook Kerith, which he did. There God provided for him for a certain time through the water of the brook and the support of the ravens until the water of the brook dried up (cf. 1 Kings 17:1-7).
 
1 Kings 17:1-7:
1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
 
Thereupon Elijah was told by God to leave the region of the brook to go to Zarephath, which was near Sidon. There the LORD had commanded a widow to care for Elijah. By the command of God, Elijah made his way from the brook Kerith to Zarephath (cf. 1 Kings 17:8-10a).
 
1 Kings 17:8-10a:
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. …
 
The Training of the Spirit in Challenging Circumstances
 
This situation clearly shows that Elijah was spiritually trained to deal with challenging circumstances. His focus wasn't on the drought, but on the Word of God that the Lord spoke to him.
 
Especially in so-called ‘desert experiences’ or ‘periods of drought’ (note: challenging life situations, crisis) it often happens that the Lord wants to reveal our promise to us. Here God doesn't react primarily to our cry for help, but to the call of our promise, similar to what Hagar experienced in the desert near Beersheba when she stood a bowshot away from her son Ishmael, raised her voice and wept, but the angel of God listened to the voice of Ishmael (cf. Genesis 21:14-18).

Genesis 21:14-18:
14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
 
=> When the Holy Spirit leads us through a wilderness experience (note: challenging life situation) and begins to show us our promise, we will have an opportunity to mix the word of promise with faith or to choose to enter into fear over the resistant forces that we will have to face in our quest for God to manifest the promise. One of the greatest dangers of our wilderness season is that we may choose not to mount up with a mind to war over our promised inheritance. In the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings, a whole generation was led astray by the leaders, who discouraged the people from entering into war over God’s promise for their lives.
 
When we find ourselves in the wilderness, we always have that same choice. We can trust in God’s faithfulness and be filled with anticipation or we can give in to fear and be filled with anxiety. We have to remember what God has done in the past and choose to believe He will provide again or we can focus on our problem and grumble in unbelief. We can lift up our hands in praise and commit our lives to Him or we can throw up our hands in despair and try to find our own path. We always have a choice, and the choice we make determines our future. <= (note: excerpt from the prayer letter of Chuck D. Pierce, Glory Of Zion International Ministries from the 26.10.2017)
 
Coming back to Elijah now, his inner man (note: spirit and soul) was not clouded by the circumstance of drought, so that he was able to see with enlightened eyes of his heart and hear with the ears of a disciple. This enabled Elijah to discern the situation correctly and act according to the will of God (cf. Ephesians 1:18 i.c.w. Isaiah 50:4).

Ephesians 1:18:
18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, …

Isaiah 50:4:
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Moving forward with Christ, the Signs of the Times and the Speaking of God

It is of great importance that we don't settle down on a ‘section’ on the way of our promise just because we have experienced the provision or supernatural manifestation of God there. Instead, we should listen to the instruction of God with enlightened eyes of the heart and ears of a disciple in order to act accordingly.

Even if the Lord has spoken to us before, and we have followed what He has instructed us to do in a particular season, it is necessary in all this to recognize the signs of the present time, as Jesus said, and to listen to the Word of God in the form of revelatory truth for this season (cf. Matthew 16:3).

Matthew 16:3:
… 3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
 
These two things (note: signs and revelatory truth of the Word of God) are closely connected, because God can reveal His direction for the future through any condition, so that our future and even that of our fellow human beings is secured.
 
We shouldn't idolize at any time a place, an object, a person, … that is connected with the supernatural intervention of God, by wallowing alone in the experience and trying to proceed in the same way as God did in the past.
 
This doesn't mean that we shouldn't remember good experiences, but rather that we should continue to go forward with Jesus Christ in gratitude for what God did in the past (cf. Psalm 103:2).
 
Psalm 103:2:
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits – …
 
An idolization can take place if we give a ‘name’ to the things connected with the supernatural event of God and merely put our focus on them instead of listening to God's voice and His instruction at that time. By giving a name, we create a kind of ‘identity’ that reveals a certain level of relationship which can be tricky.
 
As a warning example, we should remind ourselves of the exalted bronze serpent on the staff that God told Moses to make in the desert because of the snake bites from the fiery snakes. The purpose of this was to save from death anyone who was bitten by these snakes and looked at the exalted bronze snake. This exalted bronze snake was later lifted by the people of Israel to an idol called ‘Nehushtan’, which was later destroyed by king Hezekiah (see Numbers 21:7-9 i.c.w. 2 Kings 18:4).
 
Numbers 21:7-9:
7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
 
2 Kings 18:4:
4 He (note: king Hezekiah) removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.)
 
On the basis of the enlightened eyes of Elijah and his spiritually open ears, he correctly recognized or discerned the situation of the drought according to the instruction of God.
 
In connection with the relocation of Elijah, who left the brook Kerith and went to Zarephath, taking a distance about 128 km up to 144 km away, which lies near Sidon on the Mediterranean Sea, this means that he didn't idolize the place of God's provision, but instead continued his way.
 
The brook Kerith is geographically located in the heritage of the tribe of Manasseh (cf. Joshua 13:29-33) whereas Zarephath (note: near Sidon) is located in the territory of the tribe of Asher (cf. Joshua 19:24-31).
 
Elijah thus changed from the southeast to the northwest and from the region of a flowing water (note: brook) to the region of a ‘sea’ (note: the Mediterranean).
 
Furthermore, his relocation was related to ‘taste’, as Elijah shifted his abode from fresh water to salt water. In a spiritual context, Elijah moved from one level of heaven to another in accordance with the will of God (note: supernatural realm).
 
This is because every ‘heaven’ is associated with a body of water and there is also a crystal sea before the throne of God (cf. Revelation 4:6a).
 
Revelation 4:6a:
6a Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. …
 
Thus, the geographical relocation of Elijah by the command of God indicates that we shouldn't focus on circumstances that affect us from an earthly perspective, but rather discern them spiritually (cf. 1 Corinthians 2:12-14).
 
1 Corinthians 2:12-14:
12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.
13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
 
Elijah saw the withered riverbed of the brook, which caused the Word of God to be stirred up in him, so that he continued his journey to the next destination.
 
God's purpose was to meet Elijah in a new way, bringing him into a new spiritual realm of ‘taste’ so that he could see the LORD in a new way (cf. Psalm 34:8).
 
Psalm 34:8:
8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
 
God led the prophet from the region of fresh water to the region of salt water, and from the provision of ravens (note: symbol of the provision of the bread of the angels; cf. Psalm 78:24-25) to the provision of the widow (cf. 1 Kings 17:9b-10)
 
Psalm 78:24-25:
… 24 he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. 25 Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.
 
1 Kings 17:9b-10:
… 9b I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”
 
Changing Structure as from Running Water to the Sea
 
When Elijah was at the brook Kerith, he was trained in perseverance and order by the revelatory truth of the Word of God, since raven symbolize, among other things, perseverance (cf. Genesis 8:7).
 
Genesis 8:7:
… 7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth.
 
The name ‘Kerith’ means ‘separation”, which is also a reference to the power of the living Word of God, which leads to a holy transparency related to prophetic revelation (cf. Hebrews 4:12-13 i.c.w. 1 Samuel 19:24).
 
Hebrews 4:12-13:
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
 
1 Samuel 19:24:
24 He (note: king Saul) stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
 
Accordingly, the stream Kerith is a reference to the place in the heavenly realm where the Holy Spirit teaches us the truth of the power of the Word of God in connection with the spiritual order of the inner man. Here the angels are also at our disposal, who give us the Word of God like a ‘scroll’, so that we may internalize it in order to walk in the power of the truth of the Word of God (cf. Ezekiel 3:1-2 i.c.w. Revelation 10:9a-b).
 
Ezekiel 3:1-2:
1 And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
 
Revelation 10:9a-b:
9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. …”
 
The river or brook structure is an indication of the outpouring of God's presence, which has an apostolic character (note: sending forth) and cannot be directly compared with the center of God's throne room, because the crystal sea is before the throne of God and it is the river that flows in the heavenly city of Jerusalem (cf. Revelation 4:6a i.c.w. Revelation 22:1-2).
 
Revelation 4:6a:
6a Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. …
 
Revelation 22:1-2:
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
 
Elijah was aware of the command of God at the dried up brook, namely that a widow would take care of him. To do this, however, he had to change from the brook to the sea, which is also an indicator that through the truth of the Word of God established by the Holy Spirit (note: revelatory truth) we enter the place of God's government as the throne room (cf. John 7:38-39a; John 16:13 i.c.w. Revelation 4:6a).
 
John 7:38-39a:
38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. …
 
John 16:13:
13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
 
Revelation 4:6a:
6a Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. …
 
The sphere of the throne room of God is a place that is ‘seasoned’ with the presence of His holy being, which is a consuming fire (cf. Mark 9:49 i.c.w. Colossians 4:6; Hebrews 12:29).
 
Mark 9:49:
49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
 
Colossians 4:6:
6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
 
Hebrews 12:29:
… 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”
 
This supernatural ‘spice’ is equal to ‘salt’, which means God's truth spoken in purity and conviction.
 
Elijah went to Zarephath in accordance with the will of God (note: ‘Zarephath’ means ‘melting house’), as he arrived at the city gate of Zarephath and thereupon, according to the Word of God, met that widow (cf. 1 Kings 17:10).
 
1 Kings 17:10:
10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”
 
Thus God gave His prophet Elijah access to the city and to the widow's heart, to help her to enter into the renewing of her inner man (note: transformation => Zarephath => melting house).
 
The renewing of the inner man leads to a greater power of the Word of God being present in the life of a believer which equals substance and authority (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:16 i.c.w. with Joel 3:10).
 
2 Corinthians 4:16:
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
 
Joel 3:10:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”
 
The Behavior of the Widow and the Instruction of Elijah
 
To make it clear once again that challenging circumstances can lead to the fact that people don't perceive the voice of God clearly or even at all, although God has spoken, is shown by the behavior and statement of the widow towards the prophet Elijah as they met. It is said that God commanded the widow to care for His prophet, but her posture was contrary to what God had said (cf. 1 Kings 17:11-12).
 
1 Kings 17:11-12:
11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread – only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it – and die.”
 
This widow had an earthly focus, namely anxiety and fear of the future, which resulted in not hearing God's command properly or even not at all. But glory be to God that Elijah came to her as a prophet and spoke the will of God so that she could obey the divine and sovereign command. As a result, she secured her life and her promise of the future (note: son) (cf. 1 Kings 17:13-16).
 
1 Kings 17:13-16:
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
 
From Drought to Fruitfulness
 
This reveals to us that when Jesus Christ is ‘hungry’, we should already have something ‘in the house’ to give Him first whenever He asks for it, and not focus on us and what is important to us.
 
It is not enough to just ‘appear green’ to the world outside, but to really present fruit (cf. Matthew 21:18-19 i.c.w. Galatians 5:22-23).
 
Matthew 21:18-19:
18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.
19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
 
Galatians 5:22-23 (The Jewish New Testament – David H. Stern):
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, self control. Nothing in the Torah stands against such things.
 
Therefore, by being with the right saints in the right place, doing the right thing at the right time, we can flow in God's strategy and thereby guarantee success (note: doing the will of the Father).
 
It is similar to the twenty-four elders before the throne of God and the trees of righteousness planted by the ‘water’ in the structure of the tree of life, which is Jesus Christ (cf. Revelation 4:4 i.c.w. Revelation 22:2; Psalm 1:1-3; Jeremiah 17:7-8).
 
Revelation 4:4:
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
 
Revelation 22:2:
… 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
 
Psalm 1:1-3:
1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.
 
Jeremiah 17:7-8:
7 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
 
This relocation of Elijah reminds us that our faith, through the truth revealed by the Holy Spirit, brings forth in us the obedience to overcome distances and resistance in faith (note: trust), in order to come more deeply to the place of God's government (note: government authority) assigned to us, which transforms unbelief into hope in our environment and regions (cf. Jeremiah 29:11).
 
Jeremiah 29:11:
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

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