PROPHETIC CHAMBER
When we find ourselves as God’s people in challenging times, it is necessary that we seek the presence of the Savior Jesus Christ, much as Peter did when he left the boat on Jesus’ behalf in the midst of the storm and went to Him on the water to encounter the revelatory truth of God’s Word (cf. Matthew 14:24-29 i.c.w. John 1:14; Revelation 19:13).
 
Matthew 14:24-29:
… 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. ‘It’s a ghost,’ they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.’
28 ‘Lord, if it’s you,’ Peter replied, ‘tell me to come to you on the water.’
29 ‘Come,’ he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came towards Jesus.
 
John 1:14:
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
 
Revelation 19:13:
13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
 
This revelatory truth contributes to our receiving a solution from the Savior’s realm so that we may pitch our tent, that is, our fellowship with Him in it in order to live in it.
 
Furthermore, the tent points to fellowship with Christ in temporary time, as we are in transition back to eternity to the Heavenly Father (cf. Hebrews 13:14).
 
Hebrews 13:14:
14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
 
The Erected Tent on the Water and the Opposing of the Spirit of Balaam
 
This pitching of the tent is equivalent to the pitching of the tents of the people of Israel in the plains of Moab (Note: means ‘water’), across the Jordan at Jericho (cf. Numbers 22:1).
 
Numbers 22:1:
1 Then the Israelites travelled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan opposite Jericho.
 
It was in the region of ‘Moab’ where Balaam (Note: false prophetic voice; cf. 2 Peter 2:15-16 i.c.w. Revelation 2:14) appeared to the people of Israel on behalf of the Moabite king Balak.
Balaam was the son of Beor, which translated means ‘burning torch’. From the meaning of the name, it becomes clear that the question should be asked as to what kind of spiritual communication we allow in our lives. Is it the spirit of truth or the spirit of lie?
 
Balaam had to be confronted three times with the living Word of God that is, the revelatory truth of the Word until he realized the only truth that stood in his way (cf. Numbers 22:23-26.31-34a).

Numbers 22:23-26.31-34a:
23 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.
24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides.
25 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.
26 Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. …
31 Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell face down.
32 The angel of the Lord asked him, ‘Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.
33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.’
34a-b Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, ‘I have sinned. I did not realise you were standing in the road to oppose me. …
 
Thus, it becomes clear that the presence of the revelatory truth of God’s Word corners the forces of falsehood and recalcitrance in order to confront the people who move in falsehood with a decision. The decision made is like the stage of birth in which the fruit is revealed.
 
It is similar to addressing the Ekklēsia in the region of Pergamum, where Jesus Christ meets her as the bearer of the sharp, two-edged sword (Note: revelatory truth of the Word of God; cf. Hebrews 4:12) and addresses the false teaching of Balaam (cf. Revelation 2:12.14).
 
Revelation 2:12.14:
12 ‘To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. …
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: there are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
 
This false doctrine includes corruption in the form of mixture as an apparent morality on a pagan/humanistic basis, as well as treachery.
 
Balaam chose to go the way of corruption and rebellion against the truth of God’s Word, which is evident in the fact that he positioned himself on three different high places and offered unjust sacrifices with the perversion of the holy standard of ‘7’ (Note: completeness of God; cf. Numbers 23:4.14.29-30). Here it is no coincidence that the numerical value ‘7’ is connected with the Hebrew letter ‘Zayin’, which means among other things ‘sword’. From this it is clear that Balaam deliberately cultivated a false standard of the Word of God and twisted it for his purpose.
 
Balaam went up to sacrifice the ‘7’ (Note: 7 bulls and 7 rams) first on the heights of Baal (Note: false/evil government; cf. Numbers 22:41), then on the top of Pisgah (Note: acting out of an allotted inheritance with a wrong heart attitude that thereby becomes a trap; similar to the gold of Egypt that led to the golden calf; cf. Numbers 23:14) and then to the top of Peor (Note: covenant breaker through fornication/sexual impurity; cf. Numbers 23:28).
 
Thus, the realm of ‘Moab’ includes a resistance or attack by the enemy in the form of false communication by which he seeks to stop us in our walk with Christ.
 
Here it is important that we rule and act in fellowship with Christ Jesus over the surging waters in the Spirit (cf. Genesis 1:2).
 
Genesis 1:2:
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
 
It is the enemy’s plan to cause our souls to be in turmoil with the goal that we reflect in this turmoil and fall into unbelief.
 
The Superior Governing in the Spirit
 
Therefore, it is necessary that we act superiorly in our spirit with the power of the revelatory truth of the Word of God (cf. Psalm 42:5 i.c.w. Psalm 116:7).
 
Psalm 42:5:
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God.
 
Psalm 116:7:
7 Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.
 
Acting in the power of the revelatory truth of God’s Word is closely related to walking in the Spirit, which involves abiding in the governmental realm of Christ (cf. Galatians 5:16a i.c.w. Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 3:1).
 
Galatians 5:16a:
16a So I say, live by the Spirit, …
 
Ephesians 2:6:
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, …
 
Colossians 3:1:
1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
 
Dream: The Split Water and the Whirlwind
 
In connection with the call in the spirit to govern superiorly over the soul, I would like to share a dream I received on the 01’st of April 2010 (Note: 3’rd day of Passover; 17’th of Nissan/Aviv 5770) in the early morning hours.
 
In it, I saw a believer in Christ standing on the beach of a sea and perceiving how the waves of the sea were whipped up by the wind, while a gray cloud blanket covered the sky.
 
A short time later, the person decided to walk on the water and moved on foot about a quarter of the way from west to east on the sea. As the person did so, the waters parted with a loud sound that sounded like an inhaled ‘Whooooo!’ in the form of awe.
 
After that, the believer walked between the two walls of water and saw a whirlwind some distance away that looked like a white pillar of cloud spinning.
As the person approached the pillar of wind, it split into two white columns of wind through which the person passed.
 
Then the dream sequence ended.
 
Interpretation
 
It is in the interest of the LORD that we move forward in our God-given inheritance in the resurrection power of Christ (Note: 3’rd day of Passover, day of the offering of the firstfruits) into the new day that He has already prepared. In this, walking in the Spirit takes on special significance, encompassing walking in the revelatory truth of God’s Word.
 
For example, Peter heard the Word of God speaking to him from the future ahead, so he left the boat with the disciples, that is, the present, and moved into the center of the revelatory truth of the Word of God into the future.
 
Through the faith that comes from hearing the Word of God (cf. Romans 10:17), we do not fear the surging waters of circumstance.
 
Romans 10:17:
17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
 
The surging waters of circumstances are caused, among other things, by intimidating communications that must be met with the revelatory truth of God’s Word in faith.
 
In doing so, the LORD releases the presence of His reverence so that the adverse circumstances must recede to prepare the way for the righteous. In this, we should not consider the reality in the earthly realm or the ‘forecast’ given by men as the final truth, because Jesus Christ is the final truth, the way and the life (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.
 
As followers of Christ, we should expect the impossible, which can only come from God (cf. Luke 18:27).
 
Luke 18:27:
27 Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with man is possible with God.’
 
By our progress in faith we split the communication of the adversary. This leads us to approach a new dimension of the Spirit, which leads to the multiplication of the angelic presence in our lives. Where we advance in faith, the presence of the angels multiplies. In this, faith acts as a point of attraction for the ministering spirits of God (cf. Psalm 34:7 i.c.w. Hebrews 1:14).
 
Psalm 34:7:
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
 
Hebrews 1:14:
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
 
That which appears to be an obstacle or resistance before us is merely in the way of revealing the power of God and the potential of faith that springs from the revelatory truth of God’s Word, so that God, the Heavenly Father alone gets all the glory (cf. Romans 8:28 i.c.w. Psalm 76:7-10; Isaiah 42:8).
 
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.
 
Psalm 76:7-10:
7 It is you alone who are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry?
8 From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet – 9 when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.
10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.
 
Isaiah 42:8:
8 ‘I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
 
The Fragrance of Relational Quality
 
We should allow the breath of God and His winds to emanate the quality we have cultivated through the close relationship we have already developed with Him from the relational framework He has assigned to us (cf. Hebrews 1:7 i.c.w. Song of Songs 4:16a-b).
 
Hebrews 1:7:
7 In speaking of the angels he says, ‘He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.’
 
Song of Songs 4:16a-b:
16a-b Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere. …
 
It is the breath of God that blows over our spiritual garden (Note: relational level), which is made clear by the Hebrew word for ‘blowing’. The Hebrew word is the word ‘pûaḥ’, which also means ‘to breathe, to snort, to blow on, to kindle and to fragrance’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word ‘pûaḥ’ with the word key number: 6447).
 
Accordingly, let us go forward in the vitality, power and sharpness of the revelatory truth of God’s Word in intimate relationship with Him and experience His sovereign intervention at the right time.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
With the right biblical understanding of time, it is possible to assist in leading the respective saints who desire to walk in the center of God’s will in the people of God into the right moment of the Lord.
 
Based on 1 Chronicles 12:32, we can see that the right biblical understanding of time contributes to the saints being led into the right realization of things within the temporary time.
 
1 Chronicles 12:32:
… 32 from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do – 200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command; …
 
This results in the right outcomes in accordance with the will of God.
 
The Biblical Understanding of the Momentum of God
 
The spiritual space of the biblical understanding of the right moment of God can be equated with the tent of meeting that Moses erected while the people of Israel were in the camp in their tents (cf. Exodus 33:7a).
 
Exodus 33:7a:
7a Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’. …
 
This type of tent carried the spiritual character of the encounter with God. The Hebrew word used in this passage for ‘tent’ is ‘’ōhäl’, which means a ‘tent’ that is ‘clearly recognizable as such from a distance’. The Hebrew root word of ‘’ōhäl – tent’ is ‘’āhal’ and means ‘to pitch a tent, to tent’ or ‘to shine brightly’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew words ‘’ōhäl’ and ‘’āhal’ with the word key number: 171, 170, 169*).
 
Furthermore, the naming of the ‘’ōhäl – tent’ by Moses includes the time of the encounter with God. This is evident from the Hebrew word ‘mô’ēd’ for ‘meeting’, which also means ‘gathering, festival time, appointment, appointed time’.
 
In addition, it includes ‘meeting with the right people at the right time in the right place’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew words ‘mô’ēd’ with word key number: 4227).
 
This results in the state of receiving strategic revelation implemented into the life of a saint in order to implement the right thing, that is, the plan of God in the visible realm.
 
Since Moses pitched the tent outside the camp of Israel, it shows that he understood the timing of God that was in the future each year. It was his concern to position these in the future of the people of Israel in order to give them the opportunity to enter into the time that God had predestined for them and thereby receive revelatory strategy for their lives. In this way, the Israelites were on the way to implement the plan of God, which was in their future, in the present of their lives (cf. Exodus 33:7b).
 
Exodus 33:7b:
… 7b Anyone enquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting (Note: area of the future) outside the camp (Note: area of the past and present).
 
The plans of God can be manifested by being aware of which feast time of God is coming within a biblical year and being prepared accordingly in order to celebrate the presence of God in its respective characteristic at the feast time. This includes bringing the promise of God, which is still in the future, into the present of the temporary time, so that there is an encounter with the promise in order to enjoy it and expand further in it.
 
By going to the Tent of Meeting, each and every one of the people of Israel who stayed there entered into the time established by God that was related to their promise.
 
Moreover, it can be said that as soon as a person went to the tent, he suddenly found himself under the cover of the dark firmament with the shining stars. From this it followed that ‘the voice’ from the realm of the sons of God, which encompasses the sphere of the angels, found resonance in his heart and gave him the firm confidence of being enveloped by the promise of God (cf. Job 38:7; Psalm 19:1 i.c.w. Genesis 15:5; Psalm 18:11a).
 
Job 38:7:
… 7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels (Note: sons of God) shouted for joy?
 
Psalm 19:1:
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
 
Genesis 15:5:
5 He took him (Note: Abram/Abraham) outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars – if indeed you can count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’
 
Psalm 18:11a:
11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him – …
 
This is evident from the Hebrew word for ‘mô’ēd – encounter’, which is first mentioned in Genesis 1:14 in the context of the stars in the firmament in the form of ‘signs’.
 
Genesis 1:14:
14 And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs (hebr.‘mô’ēd’) to mark sacred times, and days and years, …’
 
Each biblical month bears a fruit, i.e. a capacity of God’s promise, which He has put into the respective months and which is to be developed for us according to His standard.
 
If we, as the righteous, are rooted in the realm of His Spirit of wisdom and revelation, which is like a riverbed with its two banks, we are able, through God’s guidance, to crystallize out of each month the promise for that particular period of time (cf. Jeremiah 17:7-8 i.c.w. Revelation 22:2).
 
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.’
 
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.
 
In order to understand the moment of God in its fullness and to enjoy the blessings from it, it is necessary that we, as His people, become acquainted with the biblical months as well as recognize the three biblical feasts ordered by God and celebrate them in the freedom of faith.
 
The Three God-Appointed Biblical Feasts
 
These three feasts are:
 
  1. Passover (Note: celebrates the blood of the Lamb; cf. Leviticus 23:4-8).
  2. Shavuot/Pentecost (Note: celebrates God’s physical provision => giving of wheat; cf. Leviticus 23:15-17; God’s revelatory provision => giving of the Torah – teaching of God on Mt. Sinai; cf. Exodus 19:1ff.) and the provision of the Holy Spirit => Pentecost/power from on high; cf. Acts 2:1ff.)
  3. Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles (Note: celebrating the glory of God; cf. Leviticus 23:33-36.39-43).
 
At these three feasts, according to God’s command, the men of the people of Israel (Note: symbol of authority and responsibility) were never to appear before Him empty-handed (cf. Exodus 23:14-17; Exodus 34:23-24; Deuteronomy 16:16-17).
 
Exodus 23:14-17:
14 ‘Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15 ‘Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. ‘No-one is to appear before me empty-handed.
16 ‘Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. ‘Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
17 ‘Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.

Exodus 34:23-24:
23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel.
24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no-one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.


Deuteronomy 16:16-17:
16 Three times a year all your men must appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. No-one should appear before the Lord empty-handed: 17 each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.
 
This is why we are supposed to understand as God’s people that God has provided time frames in the spiritual as well as the natural realm that carry the potential to give new life, thus receiving new life in Jesus Christ in secret to be brought forth at the right time through ‘birth’.

In order to live in the blessings of God and the expansion of territory for this time (cf. Exodus 34:23-24), it is advisable to correctly understand the established biblical time frames of the Feasts of God and the biblical months.
 
By properly understanding the biblical feasts, as well as recognizing these time frames and the respective biblical months within each year, we create a realm of promise based on faith and faithfulness.

Celebrating the biblical feasts shouldn’t be done out of religious legalism, but out of our undivided hearts and our faith (Note: true relationship with God through Jesus Christ under the guidance of the Holy Spirit).

However, before we, as God’s people, celebrate the biblical feasts Spirit-filled or in faith, it is crucial that we personally spend time with Heavenly Father throughout the year in order to bring potential spiritual seed into the time frame of celebrating together with God so that God the Father can bestow spiritual or true life upon us.
 
This is the reason why men should not appear empty-handed before God at the three biblical feasts mentioned above (Note: Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot), because this time carries a ‘feminine character’ of fruitfulness.
 
Moreover, the sphere of God’s promise is like a canopy that stretches over our lives and in which the dark firmament with its shining stars is located. This realm is the sphere into which our forefather of faith Abraham also looked and heard the promise of God (cf. Genesis 15:15).
 
Genesis 15:5:
5 He took him (Note: Abram/Abraham) outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars – if indeed you can count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’
 
Therefore, let us enter with confidence into the tent of God’s promise, understanding its times and feasts in order to go forward with a greater capacity of His promise by His grace.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
The Lord wants for us, as His people, to properly understand the particular spiritual realm in order to know how the Lord wants to reveal Himself to us (cf. Ephesians 2:4-6).
 
Ephesians 2:4-6:
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved.
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, …
 
The Laying Down of the ‘Gold’
 
From Exodus 33 we can see that the people of Israel, after they had Aaron set up the golden calf and worshiped it, although God instructed His people otherwise. They were supposed to worship Him after three days in the wilderness, but they decided to take off their gold before God instructed them to do so (cf. Exodus 3:18 i.c.w. Exodus 33:1-5).
 
Exodus 3:18b:
… 18b “The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.”
 
Exodus 33:1-5:
1 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, “I will give it to your descendants.”
2 I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
3 Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.’
4 When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no-one put on any ornaments.
5 For the Lord had said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites, “You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.” ’
 
Through the behavior of the people of Israel it shows that they were prophetically sensitive enough for the presence of God and his will, although they worshipped the golden calf before. On the basis of this, their deliberate disobedience or act of rebellion against God and His standard of values was revealed.
 
It is important that we, as God’s people, remain focused on worshipping the Heavenly Father in spirit and in truth and not allow the adversary to use the grace given to us by God in the form of the glory allotted to us for our own purposes or glory. This allotment of God’s glory includes, among other things, our God-allotted prosperity (cf. John 4:23-24 i.c.w. Exodus 3:21-22).
 
John 4:23-24:
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’

Exodus 3:21-22:
21 Then the Lord said, ‘There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.
22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
 
This means that we, as His redeemed people, use the glory entrusted to us only for His glory and not adorn ourselves with it or create other structures that satisfy our carnal desires or entice our souls (Note: even if we declare it to be ‘spiritual’).
 
Putting away the ‘gold’ is tantamount to the process of what is called holiness, because it is separated from us by being put away in the presence of God and thus sanctified.
 
While Moses was in the instructing presence of God on the mountain prior to the worship of the golden calf by the people of Israel, he received revelation about the tabernacle and its utensils, among other things. The Hebrew word used for ‘tabernacle’ is ‘miškān’, which means ‘dwelling place, dwelling’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word ‘miškān’ with the word key number: 4997)
 
The Spiritual Realm of the ‘’ōhäl – Tent’ and the ‘miškān – Tent’
 
It is very relevant to realize here that we are told of the complete erection of the tabernacle in the form of the ‘miškān’ only in Exodus 40, where the pillar of cloud settled directly over the tabernacle.
 
Exodus 40:1-2.33-35:
1 Then the Lord said to Moses: 2 ‘Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month (Note: new moon). …
33 Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.
34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35 Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
 
However, we are told that Moses already pitched a tent outside the camp of Israel after the apostasy of the people of Israel through the worship of the golden calf (cf. Exodus 33:7).
 
Exodus 33:7:
7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’. Anyone enquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.
 
At this point, the presence of God settled in the form of the pillar of cloud in front of the entrance of the tent, not over the tent or in the tent (cf. Exodus 33:9).
 
Exodus 33:9:
9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses.
 
This type of tent carried a different spiritual character of meeting with God, since in this passage the Hebrew word ‘’ōhäl’ is used for the word ‘tent’, meaning ‘a tent that is clearly recognized as such from a distance’. The Hebrew root word of ‘’ōhäl – tent’ is ‘’āhal’ and means ‘to pitch a tent, to tent’ and ‘to shine brightly’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew words ‘’ōhäl’ and ‘āhal’ with word key number: 171, 170, 169*)

The utensils had not yet been made for this tent, because Bezaleel and Oholiab were only later instructed by Moses personally to make the utensils for the tabernacle (cf. Exodus 35:30-35 i.c.w. Exodus 36:1-7). This shows that the tent at that time carried a different spiritual character within the encounter with God.
 
This is also made very clear by the fact that Moses saw God face to face in this tent but was not allowed to see the LORD face to face on the mountain (cf. Exodus 33:11a i.c.w. Exodus 33:22-23).
 
Exodus 33:11a:
11a The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. …
 
Exodus 33:22-23:
‘… 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.’
 
The tent is a place of family or intimate familiar relationship with God, where the mountain is an area of God’s governmental presence, where the LORD appears in a greater power of authority that must be met with humility and reverence in order to stand in His presence. This is akin to the time when the king sits on the throne instead of being in the field among the people to meet them in person or fight side by side with them.
 
The ‘’ōhäl – tent’ that Moses pitched outside the camp of Israel can be equated with the prophetic presence of God, which is like a light shining in a dark place (cf. 2 Peter 1:19).
 
2 Peter 1:19:
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.
 
It was the presence of God’s prophetic Word that, like a shining lamp, shone its light to guide the way for the people of Israel in the future (Note: outside the camp; cf. Psalm 119:105).
 
Psalm 119:105:
105 Your word (Note: in the sense of being communicated) is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
 
Moses, Joshua and the Dimension of the Kingdom of God
 
The people of Israel began to respond to this prophetic presence because of the fact that Moses and Joshua were available as two opposite fixed points for the Lord to reveal the luminous covering prophetic presence of God.
 
Moses as well as Joshua were familiar with the dimension of the Kingdom, because they were both intimately acquainted with the element of ‘water’. One, Moses, understood being drawn out of the water, which corresponds to his name, and the other understood being in the water, because Joshua was a son of ‘Nun’ (Note: means ‘fish’).
 
The Hebrew word used for ‘kingdom’ is ‘mamlākāh’. This Hebrew word begins twice with the Hebrew letter ‘Mem’, which is connected among other things with ‘water’ as well as carries the numerical value ‘40’. The Hebrew word used in the Word of God for ‘water’ is ‘Majim’ and is used exclusively in the plural form. It begins with the Hebrew letter ‘Mem’ and concludes with it at the same time. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible concerning the word ‘mamlākāh – kingdom’ with the word key number 4542)
We know from the Word of God that the voice of God Almighty and the voice of His Son Christ Jesus is like the sound of many waters, as it reveals to us that the realm of water is related to the power of His Word.
 
Moses and Joshua understood the power of God’s Word and cooperated with it together in order to give a luminous covering presence of God’s direction (cf. Ezekiel 1:24b; Revelation 1:15b i.c.w. Ephesians 5:26b).
 
Ezekiel 1:24b:
… 24b like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, …
 
Revelation 1:15b:
… 15b, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
 
Ephesians 5:26b:
… 26b by the washing with water through the word, …
 
Therefore, it is no coincidence why the Ark of the Covenant, i.e., the Throne of Grace, had a Cherub on each side as well as Jesus sent His disciples out two by two (cf. Exodus 25:18-20; Mark 6:7a; Luke 10:1).
 
Exodus 25:18-20:
18 And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
19 Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.
20 The cherubim are to have their wings spread upwards, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking towards the cover.
 
Mark 6:7a:
7a Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two …
 
Luke 10:1:
1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
 
God’s purpose is to come into the realm of ‘two’ (Note: community, relationship) with His presence, to fill it with the presence of His Word, so that there is orientation in the house of God (cf. Matthew 18:20).
 
Matthew 18:20:
‘… 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.’
 
Prophecy and the Transformed Heart Attitude of the People of Israel
 
Through the erection of the ‘’ōhäl – tent’ by Moses and Joshua, the people of Israel were led into true worship toward God, as it is said that they worshipped the LORD at the entrance of their respective tents by bowing down (cf. Exodus 33:10).
 
Exodus 33:10:
10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshipped, each at the entrance to their tent.
 
This process of raising up ‘the prophetic presence of God’ in the form of the ‘’ōhäl – tent’ brought about the transformation of the heart attitude of the people of Israel, in that some went out of their tents and followed Moses as well as Joshua.
 
And others, however, stopped in front of the entrance of their tents and worshipped God. They looked away from themselves and into the future of God’s prophetic presence (cf. Exodus 33:7-10).
 
Exodus 33:7-10:
7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’. Anyone enquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.
8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.
9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses.
10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshipped, each at the entrance to their tent.
 
The ‘’ōhäl – tent’ was outside the camp of the people of Israel in front of their eyes, whereas the ‘miškān – tent’ i.e. the tabernacle was erected in the midst of the camp of the people of Israel (cf. Numbers 2:2).
 
Numbers 2:2:
2 ‘The Israelites are to camp round the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.’

It is prophecy that already sees what is to come and is 'in the distance' before the people.
 
=> Prophecy is an inspired communication that comes from God. Moreover, prophecy is God’s supernatural way of communication. What makes this type of communication prophecy is that God speaks through His prophets before the corresponding earthly events occur. Further, prophecy is predictive revelation that the eternal God speaks from the outside to His creation and His people into their time. When a word of the LORD leaves eternity and manifests itself on earth, it is usually through a human being. Prophecy precedes the event that caused it. This is what makes prophecy what it is. <= (Note: The text placed in ‘=>’ is based on an explanation from the ‘Prophet’s Dictionary’ by Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; pages 396 and 397.)
 
The intimate presence or love of God, on the other hand, dwells nearby in the midst of His people (cf. Numbers 2:2 i.c.w. John 1:14; Revelation 21:22).
 
Numbers 2:2:
2 ‘The Israelites are to camp round the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.’
 
John 1:14:
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
 
Revelation 21:22:
22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

From the spiritual realm of the ‘’ōhäl – tent’ comes the principle that a prophet should have a line of holy ‘distance’ in the form of honor and respect, which doesn’t mean that he cannot be contacted directly. The certain distance of divine respect should be maintained because otherwise the recipient side forgets the aspect of responsibility and position of the prophet (Note: regardless of whether man or woman).
 
If there is too much familiarity, the prophetic revelations given by the prophet will not be taken seriously enough by the person who receives the prophecy. Therefore, there should always be a sanctified zone of respect to honorably treat the message as revealed by the Lord.
 
God demanded to cover His people with His prophetic presence in the form of a bow or the wing of an eagle. He did this by placing the brightness of His countenance on Moses’ face, so that he communicated to the people of Israel in the camp in the respective presence of God’s countenance, while Joshua dwelt in the prophetic presence of God (cf. Exodus 33:11).
 
Exodus 33:11:
11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
 
It followed that an arc of God’s prophetic presence was stretched from the ‘’ōhäl – realm’ into the camp of Israel, establishing an outline of the cross in the atmosphere. The Kingdom of Heaven extended into the camp of the people of Israel to implement the Kingdom of God in them (cf. Luke 17:21 i.c.w. Exodus 33:7-11).
 
Luke 17:21:
… 21 nor will people say, “Here it is,” or “There it is,” because the kingdom of God is in your midst (within you).’
 
Exodus 33:7-11:
7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’. Anyone enquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.
8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.
9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses.
10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshipped, each at the entrance to their tent.
11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
 
Based on the highest commandment, which includes the love for God and then for our neighbor, the presence of God’s love is revealed in the form of Jesus’ cross (cf. John 3:16 i.c.w. Matthew 22:36-40).
 
John 3:16:
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
 
Matthew 22:36-40:
36 ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’
37 Jesus replied: ‘ “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And the second is like it: “Love your neighbour as yourself.”
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.’
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

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