PROPHETIC CHAMBER
As the people of God, we enter periods of time in which Jesus Christ, as the living Word of God, enters our time in order to meet us in uncertain circumstances with the power of His prophetic Word and the promise assigned to us by the Heavenly Father.
 
This kind of visitation is similar to the situation with the blind man from birth whose eyes Jesus smeared with His saliva and mixed it with the sand of the ground (cf. John 9:1.5-7; i.c.w. Revelation 1:15b; Revelation 19:10e).
 
John 9:1.5-7:
1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. …
5 While I (Note: Jesus Christ) am in the world, I am the light (Note: enlightenment) of the world.”
6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
 
Revelation 1:15b:
… 15b and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters (Note: saliva).
 
Revelation 19:10e:
… 10e For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”
 
The Word of God and Prophetic Knowledge
 
There are periods of time in our lives when we approach the Word of God but also time frames when Christ, as the Word of God, enters our realm of time in order to contribute prophetic knowledge and instructs us to take action in faith. Taking action involves uniting His prophetic revelation with the truth of God’s Word in order to be encased in revelatory truth and to go forward with a mandate as a ‘sent one’ (cf. 2 Peter 1:19-21; Ephesians 5:26b-27 i.c.w. James 2:17).
 
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.
 
Ephesians 5:26b-27:
… 26b cleansing her 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.
 
James 2:17:
17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
 
From this it is clear that it is not enough to merely receive a personal prophetic word in connection with the promise given by God, but to position ourselves in the center of the truth of God’s Word and undergo the circumcision of the heart in order to go into the future with enlightened eyes of the heart in steadfast confidence.
 
This helps us to reveal the presence of the ‘I AM! - YAHWEH!’ to the people and to call them on His behalf. This call results in the renewing of the mind (cf. John 9:8-9; Exodus 3:14 i.c.w. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23-24).
 
John 9:8-9:
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
 
Exodus 3:14:
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”
 
Romans 12:2:
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
 
Ephesians 4:23-24:
… 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
 
The Offense of David’s Messengers
 
In the context of ‘being sent’, the Lord led me to the Bible passage from 2 Samuel 10:1-5, where it talks about the affront of David’s messengers, whom he sent to Hanun, king of the Ammonites, to show him his condolences and kindness because of the death of his father Nachash, who showed kindness to David during his lifetime.
 
We, as God’s people, are in a time when the LORD is ending times of governmental rule and remembering our spiritual inheritance to do us good (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.
 
This is the reason why the adversary brings up all his arsenal worldwide to block the way of the ‘Ekklēsia – the called out ones’ in Christ Jesus, respectively to decimate them in their quality to make them stand there ashamed and seemingly powerless.
 
Satan has made use of the weapon of ‘false counsel’ to have governments make wrong decisions that go contrary to the standard of God’s will.
It is said in 2 Samuel 10 that the Ammonite princes overheard David sending his messengers to their king Hanun, whereupon they advised their king wrongly, which later had devastating consequences for them as Ammonite people.
 
They caused their king by two questions to consider David’s messengers as enemies because, according to them, they had an evil intention, namely to spy on the land in order to destroy it, which was not the fact.
 
The chiefs of the Ammonites looked through their defiled minds, which led them to incite king Hanun to do an unjust deed by having the beards of David’s messengers half shaved off and their robes cut off to below the girdle, and then letting them go.
 
When David heard of this without seeing his delegates, he sent messengers to meet them to tell his humiliated servants to stay in the city of Jericho until their beards had grown back.
 
2 Samuel 10:1-5:
1 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.
2 David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites, 3 the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”
4 So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.
5 When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”
 
God’s Knowing of the Circumstances
 
Behind this story from 2 Samuel 10:1-5 is a mystery of God that contains direction for us as ‘Ekklēsia – the called out ones’ in Christ Jesus at this time.
 
We may be sure that the Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ can see all humiliating interventions and knew that they would come. In this time, the first priority is to have favor in the eyes of God and not to look or to seek favor in the eyes of the world. If we have favor in the sight of God, He will also give us favor with those whom He chooses (cf. Luke 2:52).
 
Luke 2:52:
52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
 
It is necessary that we always be aware of the love of the Heavenly Father with which He surrounds us in all circumstances, as revealed by the name ‘David’, which means ‘the Beloved’.
We move through the instruction of God’s love, which is Jesus Christ, into the time and assigned field that Father sends us to, without being intimidated by any kind of communication, false information or mistreatment.
 
Even if there are shameful or humiliating situations, they must serve us for the best, because we love God and are called according to His counsel (cf. Romans 8:28).
 
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.
 
Jericho and High Worship
 
This means based on 2 Samuel 10:1-5, it hides a redemptive strategy that indicates that despite the enemy’s resistance, we pay attention to God’s impending instruction in order to enter into the center of the best, for which the city of ‘Jericho – place of fragrances or city of the moon’ represents, to which David’s delegates, were instructed by him to go until their ‘glory’ was restored.
 
Jericho was the first city conquered by the people of Israel under the leadership of Joshua. It was consecrated to God in the form of a ‘first fruit’, since all first belongs to the LORD (cf. Joshua 6:17a.19).
 
Joshua 6:17a.19:
“…17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the Lord. …
19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.”
 
In a prophetic context, ‘Jericho’ indicates high worship, which is a pleasing aroma to God. High worship includes, among other things, worship of the Father in spirit and in truth (cf. John 4:23)
 
John 4:23:
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.
 
Understanding this dimension of praise and knowing the positive effect it has on the spirit and soul of the particular worshiper, namely, to bring forth confidence and boldness in the spirit man, David had the time of ‘reproach and shame’ removed from his delegates in Jericho by the time of their stay in Jericho causing their beards to grow again.
 
It is equally reasonable to assume that David had them clothed in new garments to cover their disgrace. David’s instruction includes the increase of greater wisdom and glory in the truth that is already present. (Note: girdle => cf. Ephesians 6:14a; The garments of David’s messengers had been cut off below the girdle by king Hanun.)
 
The Hebrew root word for ‘beard’ is ‘sāqēn’ and means ‘to have grown old, to grow older’ and is a reference to the communication of God’s wisdom. (Note: word explanation taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the word key number 2256).
 
Jericho, in the context of 2 Samuel 10:1-5, represents God’s call to each saint to enter into His presence (Note: fragrance) as well as His time to be enabled to discern God’s timing in order to continue to move forward at the proper time with godly wisdom, understanding and spiritual maturity.
 
God’s time cycle is a lunar cycle (note: linked to the moon) that announces and indicates the time of the biblical months.
Speaking in a prophetic context, David’s messengers entered the ‘clockwork of God’ at the command of their king in order to return to their king David with greater wisdom and understanding about God’s time.
 
It is the desire of Jesus Christ that we, as His ambassadors, understand the time of the Heavenly Father as He understood it when He lived on earth.
 
Revealing Truth, Creative Power, Greater Wisdom and Glory
 
The movement of David’s delegates is akin to the advancement of the ‘Ekklēsia’ in Christ Jesus in the present time, which is put in a false light by the society of this time.
Yet God encourages us as His people to go forward in the revelatory truth of His Word in order to point out that a time is complete. This makes it necessary to go forward in His creative power and to receive the wisdom as well as the glory of God for the time to come. This enables us to move forward in a greater glory and wisdom of the LORD in the world so that His light of truth is seen and known by the people.
 
Behind the humiliation of David’s delegates, we as God’s people at this time can see an instruction of the LORD, which implies that Jesus Christ, our king has established a place where we grow even more in wisdom and understanding by forgiving and not allowing the bitterness that can arise from negative experiences to take any kind of root in us.
 
Even if we do not see Jesus Christ literally before our eyes, He sends us helpers who position us in the center of His will for this time to continue growing toward Him who is the head (cf. Ephesians 4:15).
 
Ephesians 4:15:
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
 
This help and orientation in this time will be given to us in the right alignment, which is necessary to have as saints of the Ekklēsia for the coming period of time.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
The prophet ‘Ezekiel – God strengthens’ reveals the quality of the Heavenly Father in the facet of ‘El Shaddai – The Almighty’ in order to help us understand that we need to position ourselves in accordance to His Son, who is Jesus Christ as the Alpha and the Omega (cf. Ezekiel 1:1-3 i.c.w. Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13).
 
Ezekiel 1:1-3:
1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
2 On the fifth of the month – it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin – 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the Lord was on him.
 
Revelation 1:8:
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty (Note: El Shaddai).”
 
Revelation 22:13:
13 I am (Note: Jesus Christ) the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
 
Positioning in the Alpha and Omega and the Light of the LORD
 
This Positioning in the time of Alpha and Omega, which encompasses divine Fatherhood/Sonship, is accompanied by the proper discernment of the moment in the midst of temporary time. It is the temporary time that is connected with the beginning and the end and is arranged in a linear form, similar to a river.
 
Here the river ‘Chebar – length’, as it is called in Ezekiel 1:3, has a special meaning. The Hebrew root word of its name means also ‘long ago, a great while, properly extend of time => a time set in the right arrangement of length’. (Part Excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible to the word ‘Chebar’ with the word key number 3602*, 3603*).
 
The Heavenly Father longs that we possess the proper understanding of the beginning and end of time in Him as the Alpha and Omega, in order to emerge from this proper arrangement with the fullness of God into the new dimension of time. As a result, we meet those people who are already predestined by God in the places God has determined and bring them into contact with His strength.
 
This touch involves His glory pouring out in the form of anointing from the structure of His glorious light, so that the enemy’s resistance in the form of weakness is broken (cf. 1 John 1:5 i.c.w. Exodus 34:29; Isaiah 10:27).
 
1 John 1:5:
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.
 
Exodus 34:29:
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord.

Isaiah 10:27:
27 In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.
 
The Joy of the LORD and the Face of the Bull
 
The anointing of strength is related to the joy of the LORD and the face of the bull (cf. Nehemiah 8:10b i.c.w. Psalm 45:7).
 
Nehemiah 8:10b:
“… 10b Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
 
Psalm 45:7:
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
 
The ‘bull’ is called ‘šôr’ in Hebrew and bears horns that face directly forward, just as it is written in Deuteronomy 33:17 about the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
 
Deuteronomy 33:17:
“… 17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim; such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
 
The Hebrew word for ‘horn’ is ‘qärän’ and reveals strength and power. According to the Word of God, it is used as a Shofar and also as a vessel for anointing.
The Hebrew word ‘to shine/being radiant – qāran’ as used in Exodus 34:29 is closely related to the Hebrew word for ‘horn – qärän’. This means that Moses reflected the face of God in the form of the bull while he was surrounded by the fatherhood of God in the form of priesthood and accompanied by the spirit of strength.
This presence of God resulted in the manifestation of the fear of the LORD in the midst of the people of Israel (cf. Ex. 34:30).
 
Exodus 34:30:
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.
 
The Hebrew Letter ‘Aleph’
 
In addition, the ‘bull’ is connected with the Hebrew letter ‘Aleph’, which carries the numerical value ‘1’ and means, among other things, ‘cattle, leader, strength, master/ LORD’. The pictographic representation of the Hebrew letter ‘Aleph’ is a ‘bull’s head’.
The ‘Aleph’ is the so-called ‘Father letter’ because everything begins with the Father, who as the Almighty is beginning and end, as the Hebrew word for ‘Father – āb’ begins with an ‘Aleph’ (cf. Revelation 1:8).
 
Revelation 1:8:
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Jesus also said that He did not come in His own name, nor did He perform His own works, but did only what He saw the Father do (cf. John 5:19.43).
 
John 5:19.43:
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. …
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
 
And it was precisely in this way that Moses reflected the Father’s dimension to the people of Israel, which was still unknown to them. As the Body of Christ, we need to move forward with the power of God’s breath in the dynamics of Jesus’ ministry when He was about thirty years old (cf. Luke 3:23a i.c.w. Luke 4:18-19).
 
Luke 3:23a:
23a Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. …
 
Luke 4:18-19:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
 
This is what the thirtieth year and the fifth day of the fourth month in the fifth year in the book of Ezekiel 1:1-3 reveals to us (Note: Jesus also ministered in a time of oppression, as the nation of Israel was occupied and ruled by the Romans.)
 
Ezekiel 1:1-3:
1 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
2 On the fifth of the month – it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin – 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. There the hand of the Lord was on him.
 
The Fulfilled Time
 
It is necessary that we as saints use the dynamics of the fullness of time, namely already the power of fulfilled time, and go forward with this power, which includes days, weeks, months and years, in order to bring the breakthrough that the Heavenly Father has already prepared.
According to the Word of God, the fulfillment of time is related to the apostolic power of God, including the meaning of ‘being sent’ (cf. Galatians 4:4a).
 
Galatians 4:4a:
4a But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, …
 
The time ahead of us encompasses a period of time (Note: length of time) in which it is necessary to position yourself in the center of God’s will, as Ezekiel did, in order to be in accordance with as well as interact with the governmental presence of the Heavenly Father in the Sonship of Christ.
 
The purpose of this is for the imminent work of God to be established and fortified in the revelatory truth of the Word of God and this is accompanied by challenge equal to the task Nehemiah faced when he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem (cf. Nehemiah 2 ff.).

Nehemiah entered a new mission and vocation field through God’s calling, going from being the king’s cup bearer to a ‘constructor’ of the restoration of the royal city of Israel – Jerusalem.
This reveals to us that with the divine fulfillment of time, our mission field, even occupational field or job, can also change. Therefore it is important that we watch and pray in order to see with our spiritual eyes of the heart the governmental presence of God and thereupon to speak things into existence as well as to act accordingly in faith.
 
The Visitation of God of the Ekklēsia – Spirit Filled Church
 
Our positioning as spirit filled church in the center of God’s will is equal to the fellowship of Lydia, who stayed by a river, so that the apostles who were looking for a place of prayer (Note: place of a spiritual birth) went through the city gate of the leading city ‘Philippi – horse friend’ (Note: indication of the quality of the ministry of angels). They finally encountered the company of women led by Lydia at the river (Note: symbol of the spirit filled church; cf. Acts 16:12-15).
 
Acts 16:12-15:
12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.
14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
 
The apostles could implement the period of their sojourn into the life of Lydia and that of her community in the city of Philippi, a city of the first district of Macedonia (note: reference to the special status of the city in the form of a first fruit as well as representative of the measure of supernatural instruction through the ministry of angels on behalf of God; cf. Hebrews 1:14), and the revelatory knowledge gained from it.
 
As a result, Lydia stepped into a greater dimension of God’s presence and revelatory knowledge with her community as well as her home in order to properly administer spiritual things in the time ahead. It was the face of the LORD who showed Himself to the women through the apostles in the form of the lion.
 
This community of women, who were at the center of God’s appointed time period, acted as a kind of spiritual womb to receive the spiritual seed that the Lord released into them through the apostles, in order to bring it forth in the power of ‘travailing prayer’ at the right time.
 
Since the apostle is the first-named minister in the spirit filled church and represents God’s royalty, this office can be compared to the face of the lion (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:28a i.c.w. Ephesians 4:11).
 
1 Corinthians 12:28a:
28a And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, …
 
Ephesians 4:11:
11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, …
 
It requires our willingness to center our lives in the will of the Father in the Son, so that we can meet the people God has already predestined in the places He has established and bring them to the sphere filled with His new strength.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
Sivan – The Month of Supernatural Wind and Fire
 
The biblical month of Sivan is the third month in the biblical calendar in the cycle of redemption.
It is linked to the time of giving of the first fruit from the wheat harvest (Note: God’s physical provision), the giving of the Torah (Note: God’s provision of revelation) and the giving of the Holy Spirit (Note: God’s provision of divine power and relationship) at Shavuot (cf. Exodus 19:1-3 i.c.w. Acts 2:1-4).
 
Exodus 19:1-3:
1 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt – on that very day – they came to the Desert of Sinai.
2 After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain.
3 Then Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: …
 
Acts 2:1.4:
1 When the day of Pentecost (note: Shavuot) came, they were all together in one place. …
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
 
This time is linked to the attributes of wind and fire (cf. Exodus 19:16-19 i.c.w. Acts 2:2-3).
 
Exodus 19:16-19:
16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain (all the people) trembled violently.
19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him (with thunder).
 
Acts 2:2-3:
2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
 
Sivan – The Glancing Month
 
“Sivan” means “the glancing month”. It is the month that is aligned with Zebulun who was the 10'th son of Jacob and the sixth son who was born by Leah (“weary”).
Zebulun and the Habitation of the Holy Spirit
“Zebulun” means “habitation, flat.” and is connected with the recognition as a good divine gift (cf. Genesis 30:19-20).
 
Genesis 30:19-20:
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah said, God has endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
 
Because our body is a habitation of the Holy Spirit, who is the given gift of Jesus Christ to us, we can see a link to the blessing of Zebulun (cf. John i.c.w. 1 Corinthians 3:16.17b).
 
John 16:7:
7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
 
1 Corinthians 3:16.17b:
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
… 17b for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
 
The “Harbor” and the “Set Sail” of Zebulun
 
It is as well no coincidence that Zebulun is blessed as a son by Jacob to be a harbor for “sailing ships” and as a tribe by Moses to be “a sailing ship that sets its sail” (cf. Genesis 49:13 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 33:18).
 
Genesis 49:13:
13 Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Zidon.
 
Deuteronomy 33:18:
18 About Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out (note: to set sail), and you, Issachar, in your tents.
 
These blessings direct to the statement of Jesus to Nicodemus as He said: “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)
 
The “harbor” and the “set sail” of Zebulun is a call for us today to live, move and receive by faith.
Without faith it is not possible to please God (cf. Hebrews 11:6).
 
Hebrews 11:6:
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
 
The “blowing of the wind” is linked to hear the spirit filled message of truth (Note: The word that proceeds from the mouth of God; cf. Matthew 4:4) that enables in order to grow in faith. The growing in faith is connected with getting active by faith which is similar to “setting the sail” of a sailing boat (cf. Romans 10:17 i.c.w. James 2:26).
 
Romans 10:17:
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
 
James 2:26:
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
 
The Characteristic/Value of Zebulun
 
The characteristic/value of Zebulun is to recognize where the treasures in the sea are. This is connected to understand how the economy of heaven works and where to get the profit for the kingdom of God (see Deuteronomy 33:18-19).
 
Deuteronomy 33:18-19:
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.
19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
 
Here it is important to first be aware of the presence of the crystal sea in the throne room, where the “economy” of eternity has its seat in adoration and worship. This is revealed for example, through the 24 elders who get “economically” active through the prophetic worship of the four living creatures. The bodies of the creatures are full of eyes and the elders leave their thrones in worship in order to lay down their crowns on the crystal sea before God, the king (see Revelation 4:8-11).
 
Revelation 4:8-11:
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.”
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
 
The individual anointing of Zebulun is to comprehend the throne room presence of YAHWEH – God in order to help saints to come into this place and to understand the principle of heavens economy that is rooted and anchored in celestial worship (cf. Genesis 49:13).
 
Genesis 49:13:
13 “Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Zidon.
 
The border of Zebulun is Zidon. The name “Zidon” means “catching fish” and it was the famous and oldest trading town of Phoenicia.
With this meaning of the name, the assigned geographical region and the calling of Zebulun, the words of Jesus Christ become apparent, who called His disciples to be fisher of men and who as well spoke about to do heavenly economy by making friends with the unrighteous Mammon (cf. Matthew 4:19 i.c.w. Luke 16:9).
 
Matthew 4:19:
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
 
Luke 16:9:
9 I tell you, use worldly wealth (note: unrighteous Mammon) to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
 
The ship of Zebulun and the haven is the message of the cross in order to bring rest and strength for the new day (cf. Matthew 24:14 i.c.w.1 Corinthians 1:18).
 
Matthew 24:14:
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 
1 Corinthians 1:18:
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
 
For example, when some disciples who were fishermen by profession were called by Jesus Christ to follow Him, it is written that they left their ships in order to preach the good news (cf. Matthew 4:18-20 i.c.w. Matthew 10:7).
 
Matthew 4:18-20:
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
 
Matthew 10:7:
7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’
 
The Importance of Assignment
 
According to the Word of God assignments are important.
 
=> An assignment is a work project, task, or commitment that is first assigned to a person. The assignment may also be delegated for expediency and/or quality development reasons. (cf. 1 Chronicles 9:23; 1 Chronicles 16:4; 1 Chronicles 23:11)
An assignment serves as a boundary to protect the assigned person in his/her assignment and scope of duties.
Just as the ministry of angels comes only one after the other and has one task after the other, so it is with the assignment of saints.
If someone ignores God’s given assignment, the person gets into trouble that could have been avoided. <= (note: part excerpt from the “Prophet’s Dictionary” by Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; page 68)
 
The First Tribe Alignment as a Model
 
The first unit of the tribes of Israel is made up by the alignment of Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
This connection is a model for the church because it is the first tribe alignment of the first unit from the army of Israel that is positioned at the east side of the tabernacle where the entrance of the tabernacle is (cf. Numbers 2:2-3.5.7.9).
 
Numbers 2:2-3.5.7.9:
2 “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.”
3 On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. …
5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. …
7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.
9 All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.
 
This tribe alignment reveals to us that it is about:
 
  1. war/worship (Judah),
  2. timing (Issachar) and
  3. supply (Zebulun).
Because of their position they can be called “the front line tribes” and they are located in the east and could as well be called “sons of the womb of the morning.” (cf. Numbers 2:3-9 i.c.w. Psalm 110:3).
 
Numbers 2:3-9:
3 On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.
4 His division numbers 74,600.
5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.
6 His division numbers 54,400.
7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.
8 His division numbers 57,400.
9 All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.
 
Psalm 110:3:
3 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power (on the day you lead your forces), in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
 
The “First Three Stairs” and the Riches of Zebulun and Issachar
 
These three tribes establish the head of the tribes of Israel and could also be viewed as the “first three stairs” in the time cycle of God within the year cycle of redemption.
 
  1. Judah => the ability to bring new sound in order to break through “the old sound barrier” (Note: an expired form of worship) and to move ahead,
  2. Issachar => the ability to bring understanding about the secrets and times of God,
  3. Zebulun => the ability to bring supply
It were the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar who were called to bring in the riches in order to help to offer righteous sacrifices to the Lord from a place of vision (cf. Deuteronomy 33:18-19).
 
Deuteronomy 33:18-19:
18 About Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out (international), and you, Issachar, in your tents (regional).
19 They will summon peoples to the mountain and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous; they will feast on the abundance of the seas, on the treasures hidden in the sand.”
 
The Polished Days within the Month of Sivan
 
As a month includes the alignment of days and weeks, so God wants to create the so called “polished days” where His presence or light can be reflected through our everyday life.
These polished days are similar to the golden shields of Solomon that are the shields of divine wisdom through faith (cf. 1 Kings 10:16-17).
 
1 Kings 10:16-17:
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
 
It is needed that we lift our golden shields up into the “sun of righteousness” in order to bring divine righteousness and healing by applying of our faith (cf. Malachi 4:2).
 
Malachi 4:2:
2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
 
It is the reflection of God’s light that creates a new day of eternity in the earth realm.
God must have “a substance” that reflects His light.
 
Dullness is Taken Away
 
Dullness (note: unpolished) is taken away by God’s rubbing and His rubbing brings forth the personal harvest of provision (cf. Luke 6:1).
 
Luke 6:1:
1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.
 
It means that God longs to reflect His light through spirit filled faith which the Holy Spirit created before in us through God’s word so that His knowledge of His glory can be seen (cf. Habakkuk 2:14).
 
Habakkuk 2:14:
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
 
The important elements to reflect God’s light is the presence of His Spirit, His water and His spoken word (cf. Ephesians 5:26).
 
Ephesians 5:26:
… 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, …
 
The process of polishing includes the movement of God’s living word in our inner man (re-look, swinging out of a deadlocked circumstance), so that our conscience/mind is renewed and in agreement with God’s will for this time (cf. Romans 12:2 i.c.w. Ephesians 4:23-24).
 
Romans 12:2:
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.
 
Ephesians 4:23-24:
… 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
 
The Created Window of Revelation by God
 
God longs for us that we see clearly through His created window of revelation. It is the revelation that He has for us at this time in order to begin to comprehend it with a new understanding.
For this we have to be ready to leave one status of understanding and allowing the Spirit of truth to expand our realm of understanding. God’s best comes at last (cf. John 2:7-10).
 
John 2:7-10:
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
 
Serving Releases a New Call
 
Our willingness to serve brings a new call into our environment so that the Bridegroom moves in a new way. Our capacity of richness of faith creates the condition to reflect God’s revelatory plans by His spoken word (cf. Ephesians 6:16 i.c.w. 1 Kings 10:16-17a; 1 Maccabees 6:39).
 
Ephesians 6:16:
16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
 
1 Kings 10:16-17a:
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
17a He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield.
 
1 Maccabees 6:39:
39 Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the mountains glistered therewith, and shined like lamps of fire.
 
United Faith and the Release of God’s Powerful Sound and Fire
 
At the place where God recognizes united faith of His saints, He responds with the sound of a powerful wind (Note: Spirit) and with fire (Note: His innermost presence; cf. Acts 2:1-4).

Acts 2:1-4:
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues1 as the Spirit enabled them.
 
The Faith of God
 
Divine faith is something higher than the sensible thinking and anticipation because it is a firm assurance of things hoped for and the absence of doubt of things not seen (cf. Hebrews 11:1).
 
Hebrews 11:1:
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

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