In connection with the biblical passage from Luke 16:24, the Holy Spirit revealed an important factor, which is the symbiosis between ‘poor’ and ‘rich’.

 

It is both remarkable and revealing that in this parable that Jesus shared with the Pharisees, the poor man and the father’s level are mentioned by name, while the rich man is mentioned without a name.

 

Luke 16:24:
24 So he called to him, “Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.”

 

We know from the Word of God in many places how names revealed by God emphasize identity, origin and meaning that the LORD gives and speaks to us in them to point to His redemption.

 

 

It is clear that it is primarily about the meaning of fatherhood and ‘being poor’ in spirit, which are associated with the blessing of God (cf. Matthew 5:3).

 

Matthew 5:3:
3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …’

 

Being spiritually ‘poor’ involves the awareness of being totally focused on God and relying on Him alone, recognizing your own inferiority to God. This means that you are aware that you do not have the ability to please God out of yourself, but rather out of His given grace and sovereignty (cf. Romans 3:9-12).

 

Romans 3:9-12:
9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
10 As it is written: ‘There is no-one righteous, not even one; 11 there is no-one who understands; there is no-one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no-one who does good, not even one.’

 

In the parable mentioned by Christ, a communication took place between ‘divine fatherhood’ and ‘earthly wealth’, which asked that ‘spiritual poverty’ should become active towards him by asking for the ‘index finger’ of the poor Lazarus dipped in water.

 

The name ‘Abraham’ means ‘Father of many’ and the name ‘Lazarus’ means ‘My God is help!’.
‘Lazarus’ can also be translated as ‘The Almighty surrounds with His strength to help and support’. The meanings of the name show that it is about the dimension of the promise of sonship under the Heavenly Father and the power of God in the form of protective support.

 

The parable mentioned by Christ thus reveals a communication between ‘divine fatherhood’ and ‘earthly prosperity’, in which the latter asked for ‘spiritual poverty’ to become active towards him. The communication of ‘earthly prosperity’ (Note: wealth, being rich) includes the request for poor Lazarus’ ‘index finger’ dipped in water to be brought to him.

 

 

The realm of the poor Lazarus carries within it a call like that proclaimed by the prophet John the Baptist, that he must decrease so that Christ may increase (cf. John 3:30).

 

John 3:30:
‘… 30 He must become greater; I must become less.’

 

This is due to the fact that the Hebrew word for ‘to be poor’ means, among other things, ‘low, weak, thin’. It can also mean ‘door’. (part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word ‘דל – dal’ with the word key number: 1836, 1837 and Strong’s Concordance with the word key number: H1800)

 

The heart attitude of ‘being poor’ opens the door to the dimension for Christ in the facet of the bridegroom, which includes ‘first love’ (cf. John 3:29-30).

 

John 3:29-30:
29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
30 He must become greater; I must become less.’

 

At this point, the question should be asked whether there is an ‘exalted weak circumstance’ by God outside our ‘door’ i.e. in our lives that the Holy Spirit wants to use to draw us closer into the love and wisdom of God as the bridegroom.

 

This area carries the potential of the ‘’etsba’ – pointing finger of God.’ It is the place where He meets us with His directive prophetic word, as the voice of the Almighty is like the sound of many waters (cf. Ezekiel 1:24a).

 

Ezekiel 1:24a:
24a When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty [Shaddai], …

 

Thus, through this parable, a spiritual principle is revealed in the call of the rich man to the divine fatherhood represented by Abraham, as mentioned earlier.

 

This principle contains the potential for all saints who are in spiritual ‘poverty’ to become a bearer of God’s prophetic instruction, which contributes to changing or renewing the heart of the earthly ‘rich’. This also means touching their communication, represented by the chilled tongue they long for. For we know that what the heart is full of, the mouth speaks of (cf. Matthew 12:34b).

 

Matthew 12:34b:
… 34b For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm

In the Word of God we find many things connected with water. Very astonishingly, Psalm 33:7 says that God gathers the waters of the sea as in a heap, meaning that God gathers the waters like a hill or rampart and stores the deep waters in a storehouse.

 

Psalm 33:7:
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars [into a heap]; he puts the deep into storehouses.

 

 

Since the voice of the Almighty and of Jesus Christ in the facet of the eternal King is described as the sound of many waters, God wants to tell us something specific. The Lord wants us to move forward in His revelatory instruction of the Word, which is a bath of water in the spirit of wisdom and revelation that leads us to greater knowledge (cf. Ephesians 5:26b; Ezekiel 1:24a; Revelation 1:15c i.c.w. Ephesians 1:17).

 

Ephesians 5:26b:
…, 26b cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, …

 

Ezekiel 1:24a:
24a When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty [Note: Shaddai], …

 

Revelation 1:15c:
… 15c his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

 

Ephesians 1:17:
17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

 

When we put this into practice, the result is that we abide in the provision of God as well as in the kingship of Jesus’ sonship.

 

=> The dimension of ‘El-Shaddai’ relates to the character of the Provider. This name is associated with fruitfulness, the first part of His name representing the abundance of His abundance. The second part reveals His person, His will, and His provision for His people.

The name ‘Shaddai’ is derived from a Hebrew word meaning ‘mother’s breast’. Applied to God, it has the meaning, ‘He is the One who cherishes.’ This leads us to the only conclusion of speaking of God’s motherly love.

‘El Shaddai’ is the most used name, when expressing God’s relationship with His children. The mother is everything and enough for the infant. He nestles at her breast, feels safe there and is provided for. There he receives everything he needs. The name ‘El Shaddai’ is a vivid image of God’s caring and protecting love.

The presence of ‘El Shaddai’ behaves similarly to a cow, which has several teats on her udder and thus can feed several of her calves with milk at the same time. <=
(Note: The word explanation put in ‘=>’ to the name ‘El Shaddai’ is partly taken from the book ‘Names of the Eternal’ by Dr. Abraham Meister, word number: 112, page 141-145).

 

As we know, it is in God’s interest that we go forward with the right prophetic vision through the voice of God and thus stand in the fullness of His provision. God wants no lack of knowledge for us as His people (cf. Hosea 4:6a).

 

Hosea 4:6a:
… 6a my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. …

 

 

The two components in the form of water formation and storage according to Psalm 33:7 encompass the dimension of wisdom and knowledge that lie hidden in Christ, i.e. are in the depths of God (cf. Colossians 2:3).

 

Colossians 2:3:
… 3 in whom [Note: Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

 

Wisdom in this case is like the gathering together of the waters in the form of a heap or hill on which we can dwell as saints. The consequence of this is that you judge (Note: evaluate, even rule) what you see with the right spiritual overview. It involves the similar procedure as Jesus when He walked on the water and was seen by the disciples in a new spiritual facet that they did not know (cf. Matthew 14:25-26).

 

Matthew 14:25-26:
25 Shortly before dawn [Note: fourth night watch] 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.

 

The gathering of the waters of the deep includes the realm of knowledge in Christ that requires from us to submit under the mighty hand of God in order to be moulded by it.
It is the hand of God that shapes and measures the waters of the sea with the hollow of His hand (cf. Jeremiah 18:3-6 i.c.w. Isaiah 40:12a).

 

Jeremiah 18:3-6:
3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me.
6 He said, ‘Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?’ declares the Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. …’

 

Isaiah 40:12a:
12a Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, …

 

As a result, we receive the sight of God and proceed in assurance and sovereignty in a divine understanding of the hidden things in Christ that the Holy Spirit reveals. For it is the Holy Spirit who takes the hidden truth of Christ and reveals it to us, so that we can stand in the power of revelatory truth (cf. John 16:13-15).

 

John 16:13-15:
‘… 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.
14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.
15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.’

 

 

As mentioned earlier, the LORD collects the waters of the deep in His storehouses, which can also be seen as a kind of repository of spiritual weapons according to Ephesians 4:12-13 and Jeremiah 50:25a.

 

Ephesians 6:12-13:
12 For our struggle [Note: battle] is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
13 Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

 

Jeremiah 50:25a:
25a The Lord has opened his arsenal …

 

The term ‘armory’ is also linked to a ‘kiss’ which becomes clear by the Hebrew term for ‘kiss’. It is the Hebrew word ‘nĕšîqā’, deriving from the Hebrew root word ‘nāšaq’; it means ‘to kiss, to yield’ and is also connected to the words ‘to touch each other, to equip oneself, weapons, equipment and arsenal/armory’ (part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study bible on the Hebrew words ‘nĕšîqā’ and ‘nāšaq’ with language key numbers 5480*, 5491).

 

For example, when the king of Israel came to the prophet Elisha with his allied two kings, he prophetically instructed them, on the basis of king Jehoshaphat of Judah, to create a dimension of depths by digging ditches in the valley.
As a result, a supernatural outpouring of water was released from the hill of Edom (Note: means ‘red’ and is a reference to the love of God through Jesus Christ), filling the valley with the ditches that had been dug (cf. 2 Kings 3:15-17.20).

 

2 Kings 3:15-17.20:
15 But now bring me a harpist.’ While the harpist was playing, the hand of the Lord came on Elisha 16 and he said, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will fill this valley with pools of water.
17 For this is what the Lord says: you will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink. …
20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was – water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

 

Since we are bought kings and priests by the blood of the Lamb (cf. Revelation 1:6), the LORD speaks to us through this event that it is His desire that we understand the power of the depths of God, because then we will realize what it means to be under the dominion of God’s hand. This sojourn includes the knowledge of the coming supernatural presence of God that covers all the depths that have been worked out to help refresh and strengthen the inner man.
It is no coincidence that the apostle John mentions love as a successful weapon against the influence of fear, as well as touching someone relates to impartation of anointing and also restoration (cf. 1 John 4:18; Acts 8:17; James 5:14).

1 John 4:18:
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Acts 8:17:
17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

James 5:14:
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.

 

It is also the deep waters of God that carry a high degree of apostolic strategy in the form of revelatory knowledge, just as it is written in Psalm 42:7.

 

Psalm 42:7:
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

 

From this we can see that there is a communication between the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of knowledge in the form of instruction, which is intended to surround our spirit man and teach us the depths of God.

 

It is thus strategic treasures of wisdom and knowledge that are kept hidden in Christ.
Within these depths is the roar of the Lion of Judah, which helps to manifest prophetic dynamics over the earth in the form of the knowledge of God’s presence, resulting in a great trembling as well as shaking (cf. Amos 3:7-8 i.c.w. Habakkuk 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:6).

 

Amos 3:7-8:
7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken – who can but prophesy?

 

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.

 

2 Corinthians 4:6:
6 For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

 

The deep waters that are measured out in the hollow of God’s hand should be drunk because therein lies a strategy for spiritual warfare.

 

The deep waters of God help us to see Christ Jesus, the Son of God in the facet of the eternal King, as the Faithful and True One, the One unknown to the public, the Word of God, the King of kings and Lord of lords (cf. Revelation 19:11.12b.13b.16).

 

Revelation 19:11.12b.13b.16:
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
… 12b He has a name written on him that no-one knows but he himself.
…, 13b and his name is the Word of God.
16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: King of kings and lord of lords.

 

 

The spiritual ‘weapons’ hidden in the depths of God can be obtained through true devotion and trust in the LORD, just as the heroes of Gideon did (cf. Judges 7:5-7).

 

Judges 7:5-7:
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, ‘Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.’
6 Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7 The Lord said to Gideon, ‘With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.’

 

Hidden in this heroic dimension of the ‘three hundred’ is the meaning of spiritual ‘oneness’ in order to be active in the symbiosis of God, to transport the deep waters like a water wheel to their predestined place by God. This is about spiritual spheres of wisdom and knowledge of God.

 

This requires childlike faith, since the heroism of God is linked to sonship in Christ Jesus (cf. Isaiah 9:6-7).

 

Isaiah 9:6-7:
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

 

The number ‘300’ is linked to the Hebrew letter ‘Shin’, which carries the same numerical value and pictographically represents a ‘cogwheel’ but also means ‘to let water flow/run’.

 

Thus, the absorption of the deep waters of God contributes to a transformation of the heroes, who act with a divine strategy through the revelatory truth of God’s Word.

 

This strategy comprises three elements of ‘300’ divided into ‘3 x 100 units’ each, which are as following (cf. Judges 7:16-17.20):

 

 

This makes it clear that the Holy Spirit requires that we remain in Christ in a willingness to sacrifice (Note: ram’s horns) and that we are fully submitted and surrendered to the Spirit of God so that He can move through us in the form of His breath/wind and in this way we reveal the momentum of God (cf. Genesis 22:13 i.c.w. John 3:8).

 

Genesis 22:13:
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

 

John 3:8:
‘… 8 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.’

 

In addition, it is necessary that we allow the Lord to renew us (Note: empty jars being broken) where it is needed so that we allow the new spiritual potential for the future to be ignited by Him to speak what He says (Note: torches).

 

In doing so, we create a portal of the depths of God that allows people to come higher into the spiritual realms of God in order to experience victory in their lives.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm