In 1 Chronicles 4:9, we are told of a man named ‘Jabez’, which means ‘He causes pain’. What is striking, however, is that in his life Jabez walked in greater glory than his brothers did, which can also be described as ‘a person of greater renown’.
 
1 Chronicles 4:9:
9 Jabez was more honourable [Note: of greater glory] than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’
 
It was the mother of Jabez who named him as the one who ‘creates pain’.
 
Looking at this situation in a spiritual context, the mother can represent the ‘ecclesia’ who evaluates the circumstances based on the challenges without having the proper spiritual view of God.
 
Jabez and the Sonship in Christ
 
In Jabez, on the other hand, we can recognize the dynamic of sonship in Christ Jesus, in which there is a greater glory that seeks to see with its gaze the promise of God (Note: the Father) in order to speak the words of enlargement or expansion and at the same time to be accompanied by the guarding hand of God (cf. 1 Chronicles 4:10).
 
1 Chronicles 4:10:
10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.
 
It is the presence of the hand of God that encompasses the spiritual dynamic of being lifted to a new spiritual level, just as Ezekiel, for example, experienced (cf. Ezekiel 3:12; Ezekiel 8:1.3a-b).
 
Ezekiel 3:12:
12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.
 
Ezekiel 8:1.3a-b:
1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign Lord came on me there. …
3a-b He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, …
 
From Jabez’s response, it is evident that he was empowered to think from the dimension of the ‘new wineskin’ which resulted in great blessing and growth by the hand of God and the leading of His Spirit.
 
The Right Spiritual Focus and the Breaking of False Decrees
 
Jabez was aware of the presence of the glory of God, so that despite the negative decree of his mother or even the sphere of communication of the ‘familiar spirits’ in the form of the ‘ancestral spirits’, he looked for the realm of the promise of the ‘Heavenly Father’ to break through the ‘communication of the ancestral spirits’ within his maternal generational line with the glory – presence of God resting on him.
 
The enemy’s frequent attempt to prevent us as saints from entering our God-given promise is by speaking through the communication of the so-called ancestral spirits, which corresponds to a communication of the past and the effect of the ‘accuser of the brethren’ in terms of blames and accusations (cf. Revelation 12:10).

Revelation 12:10:
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.
 
The Hebrew word for ‘ancestral spirit’ is ‘’ôb’ and includes a so-called ‘parroting or murmuring of what was communicated in the past, speaking from the belly in the form of a ventriloquist who speaks as from a hollow vessel’. In addition, it also means ‘tube made of animal skin for storing water and wine’. (part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word ‘’ôb’ with word key number: 181* and 182 and Strong’s Concordance with word key number H178).
 
The Old Wineskin and the Dry Bones
 
Based on this word explanation, we can see that it is about a familiar communication from the past such as e.g. wrong conclusions and belief-systems by parents, relatives, teachers, etc. that the adversary uses to stop the advancement of a believer into the God-given identity.
 
The enemy does this by trying to trap every believer in the structure of an ‘old wineskin’ with the spiritual communication (Note: water and wine) located there.
 
The Hebrew name ‘Jabez’ is phonetically like the Hebrew word ‘jābēš’ that is mentioned in Ezekiel 37 and is connected to ‘hopelessness, to feel ashamed or confused, to be disappointed’. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the word ‘jābēš – dried up’ with language key number 3083 and Strong’s Concordance with language key number H3001).
 
By means of this explanation and by the statement of the dry bones in Ezekiel 37:11 we can see that the people of Israel were dealing with resignation and were without hope, because they did not interrelate in divine unity, hence they were in a state of diversion (cf. Ezekiel 37:2.11).
 
Ezekiel 37.2.11:
2 He led me to and fro among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. …
11 Then he said to me: ‘Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.”
 
This diversion shows us that among God’s people at this time that if we live according to our own ideas and without bonds to divine order, such behavior results in fragmentation and confusion, which can also lead us to hopelessness, disappointment and even embarrassment (Note: lack of belonging). It is not the will of God that we get into such a state, but it is our decision that determines, whether we live in a state of scattering or true apostolic unity (Note: apostolic network or alignment).
 
The adversary’s plan is always to prevent us from walking as members of the Body of Christ in our identity already established by God (cf. Psalm 139:16 i.c.w. Jeremiah 1:5).

Psalm 139:16:
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Jeremiah 1:5:
5 ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew (Note: chose) you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’
 
The Naming of Benjamin and the Hand of God
 
This is evident in the naming of ‘Benjamin – son of my right hand’ who was previously named ‘Ben-Oni – son of my pain’ by his mother Rachel due to her challenging birth circumstance, whereby it was the determination of the father Jacob to change his identity from ‘pain’ to ‘favour’ and ‘governmental rule’ with great impact for his future (cf. Genesis 35:18).

Genesis 35:18:
18 As she (Note: Rachel) breathed her last – for she was dying – she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
 
It was Benjamin who, as the youngest son of Jacob, was staying with his father at the time when his brother Joseph was in Egypt as a pioneer to secure God’s promise. Benjamin, symbolizing the ‘new wineskin’ because he was the youngest son of Jacob, knew how to move in the dimension of ‘Yod, the hand of God’ and to be drawn by it in the ‘brotherhood in Christ’ (cf. Romans 8:29), which is made clear by the first Hebrew letter in the fatherhood of Jacob and in the brotherhood of Joseph.
 
Romans 8:29:
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers [and sisters].
 
These two names each begin with the Hebrew letter ‘Yod’, which is associated with ‘the hand in the spirit realm’.
 
It is no coincidence that Benjamin was blessed five times by Joseph in the level of the ‘brotherhood in Christ Jesus’ (Note: Joseph; cf. Genesis 43:34; Genesis 45:22).
 
Genesis 43:34:
34 When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
 
Genesis 45:22:
22 To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
 
=> The number ‘5’ is an effective number. It counts to the effect of grace, manifested and worked as the hand of God in a life or ministry. This is because everything the LORD does is freely provided and cannot be purchased by earthly currency. It is a gift of grace. This number is mainly like the hand symbolism and represents the performance of a vow to the LORD. It applies in part to sacrificial or devotional service.

In addition, the number ‘5’ indicates a pledge of devotion expressed through the power in someone else’s hands (Note: hand pressing) to accomplish something. Hand symbolism primarily characterizes the Tanakh and has been brought into the New Testament by the Apostle Paul in his presentation of the offices of the five-fold ministry to the New Testament church.

In the Tanakh, the tabernacle and temple already point to the hand fulfillment of the New Testament church. The tabernacle had five pillars to support the structure, and the temple had a pentagon in the entrance area (cf. Exodus 26:37; 1 Kings 6:31).

Thus, ministries of ministers, elders, and leaders are implied there (cf. Ephesians 4:11 i.c.w. Galatians 2:9; Revelation 3:12).<= (The text placed in ‘=>’ is based on an explanation from the ‘Prophet’s Dictionary’ by Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; pp. 221; 222).
 
Since Benjamin is associated with the executive government and favour of God, which is made clear by his name, which means ‘son of God’s right hand, son of good fortune’, a shift of spiritual authority and favour into a new realm can be seen here, which is based on childlike faith.
 
For it was Jesus as an infant who, together with his parents, went to Egypt for a certain period of time at the instruction of God in order to be saved from premature death (cf. Matthew 2:14-15 i.c.w. Luke 18:16).
 
Matthew 2:14-15:
14 So he [Note: Joseph] got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’
 
Luke 18:16:
16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. …’
 
We are called by God the Father to take hold of the redemptive work of Christ in the Holy Spirit as the greatest gift of true freedom for us to completely cast off any negative thinking, generational sinful patterns and false attachments.
 
Let us therefore allow only the Spirit of God to shift our identity to a higher level to do His will and live in the promise He has for us.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

In challenging times such as the current time of conflict we are facing globally, we need to submit to and cooperate with the prophetic anointing with the spiritual weapons entrusted to us by God, like what king Joash did in the time of the prophet Elisha (cf. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 i.c.w. 2 Kings 13:14-17).
 
2 Corinthians 10:4-5:
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
 
2 Kings 13:14-17:
14 Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. ‘My father! My father!’ he cried. ‘The chariots and horsemen of Israel!’
15 Elisha said, ‘Get a bow and some arrows,’ and he did so.
16 ‘Take the bow in your hands,’ he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
17 ‘Open the east window,’ he said, and he opened it. ‘Shoot!’ Elisha said, and he shot. ‘The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!’ Elisha declared. ‘You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.’
 
Bow and Arrow
 
Since the bow and arrow is a quite silent weapon in which the arrow flies through the air and cuts through it until it reaches its target, we can learn a principle of the Spirit in it.
 
This is about prophetic intercession, because king Joash was instructed by the prophet to shoot through the open window to the east without literally seeing an enemy as a target. This shows that it is a new day that is being announced, as the east is associated with the rising sun.
 
This new day includes a fresh prophetic dynamic that the LORD is releasing on the earth, which is made clear by the statement of the king of Israel to the prophet Elisha. He used the same statement as Elisha at the time of Elijah’s rapture, whereby Elisha was to leave the earthly realm through sickness (cf. 2 Kings 2:11-12 i.c.w. 2 Kings 13:14).
 
2 Kings 2:11-12:
11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
12 Elisha saw this and cried out, ‘My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!’ And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.
 
2 Kings 13:14:
14 Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. ‘My father! My father!’ he cried. ‘The chariots and horsemen of Israel!’
 
The Fruitfulness of Prophecy
 
Despite being sick unto death, the prophet Elisha served the king of Israel and gave him instructions for victory over Israel’s enemies.
 
This reveals that prophecy is always fruitful and effective, no matter what the situation. Even the bones of the prophet Elisha brought a dead man back to life during a time of robbery and affliction (cf. 2 Kings 13:20-21).
 
2 Kings 13:20-21:
20 Elisha died and was buried. Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring.
21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
 
The reason is because in the bones, there is bone marrow, which is there to produce blood. And it is the blood that carries a voice within it (cf. Genesis 4:10 i.c.w. Hebrews 12:24).
 
Genesis 4:10:
10 The Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
 
Hebrews 12:24:
… 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
 
Based on Jeremiah’s statement and Ezekiel’s vision in the valley of the dry bones, we can also see that the bones carry a speaking dynamic (cf. Jeremiah 20:9 i.c.w. Jeremiah 23:29a; Ezekiel 37:11).
 
Jeremiah 20:9:
9 But if I say, ‘I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
 
Jeremiah 23:29a:
29a ‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the Lord, …
 
Ezekiel 37:11:
11 Then he said to me: ‘Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.”
 
Allowing the Prophetic Presence to Draw Near
 
We are encouraged as people of God at this time to allow the prophetic presence of the Heavenly Father to draw near to empower us in our mission of victory, whereby it is necessary that we allow the Holy Spirit to bring the future words of our prayer as proclamations and decrees into vibration so that we are empowered to establish the victory or triumph of Christ on earth through our words.
 
This is about the will of the Father, which He wants to see established on earth (cf. Matthew 6:10).
 
Matthew 6:10:
… 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
 
This implementation of God’s will is accompanied by the redemptive power of the Word, that is, the speaking dynamic, which is paired with revelation, namely His light (cf. Genesis 1:3-5 i.c.w. James 1:17; John 1:1-5).
 
Genesis 1:3-5:
3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.
 
James 1:17:
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
 
John 1:1-5:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
 
=> ‘In the beginning was the Word.’ This section of the verse goes back to eternity when God created everything, namely what we see and also what we do not see. Everything was created through the Word. Not by anything else was it brought forth.
 
‘The Word was with God.’ This second section of the verse goes back further to a time when nothing had yet been created. Also at that time, the Word was with God.
 
‘The Word was God.’ This third section of the verse goes back much further to a time when the Word was God, before the Word came forth from God to be with God.
 
Since the Word of God is referred to as a person (‘Him’) in John 1:4, we can clearly see that the Word is a person. And that person is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is the life and light of men (cf. John 8:12).

John 1:4:
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

John 8:12:
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
 
And it is the testimony of Jesus, which is the spirit of prophecy (cf. Revelation 19:10e).
 
Revelation 19:10e:
‘...10e For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.’
 
Jesus Christ is the Word that came from God, the Word that was with God and the Word through which everything was created, both the visible and the invisible. He is the image of the invisible God, the reflection of the Father and the glory of God.

At this point we are talking about Jesus as He was before He came to earth. This person, the Word, came into the world that was created by Him and to a people to whom He gave light and life, but the people didn’t recognize Him (cf. John 1:9-10).

John 1:9-10:
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
 
This Word became flesh and took the form of human flesh to live among us.
This Word was born of a virgin, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, and came as a man to live among us (cf. John 1:14).

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.

This Word revealed to us the glory of the invisible God. This Word is an indivisible person and His name is Jesus Christ (cf. John 1:16-18).
 
John 1:16-18:
16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. <=
(The text set in ‘=>’ is based on a part excerpt from the book ‘The Destiny of Islam in the Endtimes’ by Faisal Malick, pages 159-161.)
 
The New Prophetic Era and the Power of God’s Hand
 
It is therefore necessary that we apply what we have already learned from the Spirit in order to draw the bow and, with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, to speak with firm confidence the will of the Father into the future, which will later be literally revealed before our eyes.
 
Even if a prophetic era is coming to an end in our lives, the Holy Spirit is about to usher in a new prophetic era.
 
=> An era is a fixed point in time from which a series of years is reckoned. An era can also be a memorable or important date or event in the history of a thing, person, or nation. An era is a system of chronological notation computed from a given date as basis. An era is a period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic feature or stage in development. <= (Note: The text set in ‘=>’ is a part excerpt from the book ‘A Triumphant Kingdom’, page 3 by Robert Heidler & Chuck D. Pierce)
 
The statement in connection with Elisha’s instruction to Jehoash, king of Israel, to strike the arrows on the ground, reveals the power of God’s hand against the enemies and the intervention of His grace (cf. 2 Kings 13:18-19).
 
2 Kings 13:18-19:
18 Then he said, ‘Take the arrows,’ and the king took them. Elisha told him, ‘Strike the ground.’ He struck it three times and stopped.
19 The man of God was angry with him and said, ‘You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.’
 
The numbers 3, 5 and 6 have a specific meaning here. If you look at these numbers as a mathematical exercise with a prophetic meaning, you get to the result of 14. The number ‘14’ as a numerical value carries the Hebrew word ‘jād’, which means, among other things, ‘hand, power, force’. (Note: explanation of the Hebrew word ‘jād-hand’ taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the word key number: 3109)
 
In this context, the statement from Psalm 118:15-16 is significant, where it says:
 
“Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: ‘The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!
The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!’”
 
Thus, amid the laying on of hands by the prophet on the hands of the king, the hidden presence of God’s hand becomes visible, which we must grasp and celebrate in honor.
 
The hidden presence of God’s hand first becomes recognizable in Genesis 2:7, where it says that ‘the LORD God made man from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that man became a living being.’
 
The Hebrew word for ‘made/formed’ is ‘jāżar’ and means, among other things, ‘to shape the clay like a potter’, which in one context is linked to ‘confinement in the form of testing’ and ‘pressing’. (Note: word explanation of the Hebrew word ‘jāżar-forming’ taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible with the word key number: 3407)
 
If we allow the shaping hand of God to form us for this time and the time to come, this goes hand in hand with the transformation of our substance and structure so that oil is extracted from the olives, as with an olive press. This is in conjunction with the increase in anointing and therefore strength in a time of conflict that makes us bold in prophetic intercession as heroes in spiritual warfare, much like Gideon with his army.
 
This includes following Jesus’ instruction to ‘watch and pray’ from the garden of the olive press which is in Hebrew ‘Gethsemane’, so that Jesus’ triumph on earth becomes visible (cf. Matthew 26:36,.41a).
 
Matthew 26:36.41a:
36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’ …
41a ‘Watch and pray …’
 
It is only with watching and praying that we will be able to see the shifts of God that have already been announced work out in our favor by not becoming passive nor hesitant. Rather, let us allow the Holy Spirit to keep the lead over our focus and the use of our tongue, helping to further advance His Kingdom and honor our God as King in it.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

Deuteronomy 3:27 tells us that Moses was instructed by God to climb to the top of Mount Pisgah and to enter the mountain.
 
Deuteronomy 3:27:
27 Go up to [Note: into] the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.
 
Furthermore, Deuteronomy 32:48-49 shows us that Moses, upon God’s instruction, went up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, which was in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, to look out over the Promised Land with a so-called panoramic view.
 
Deuteronomy 32:48-49:
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses, 49 ‘Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, opposite Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.
 
Standing in the Mountain and the Covering of God
 
Since the Hebrew text of these Bible passages states that Moses went ‘into the mountain’, this fact for us reveals the principle of identification with the field of responsibility assigned by God, in which we are placed by Him.
 
This is the leadership of love and humility in Christ Jesus, the rock, which doesn’t allow a hierarchical-dictatorial view in terms of ‘top-down’, but rather includes the covering character of God’s eagle wings and His care (cf. Exodus 19:4 i.c.w. Psalm 36:7).
 
Exodus 19:4:
4 “You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
 
Psalm 36:7:
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
 
Jesus also ministered according to the principle of the enclosing covering, which is clear from His statement that He longed to gather the people of Israel together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings (cf. Matthew 23:37b).
 
Matthew 23:37b:
…, 37b how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
 
This also shows that God is surrounded in the throne room on His throne by the four beings and the twenty-four elders, who in turn are surrounded by many angels, indicating a circular and not vertical dynamic (cf. Revelation 4:4, 6 i.c.w. Revelation 5:11).
 
Revelation 4:4.6:
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. …
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the centre, round the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and behind.
 
Revelation 5:11:
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
 
This means that with God, relationship is placed and of priority before government according to the Word of God (cf. Matthew 22:37-39).
 
Matthew 22:37-39:
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.”
 
Furthermore, Moses’ first facing west is an indication of the intimate spiritual relationship with God, who is Spirit, because the west is connected to the place of the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle and temple.
 
=> True spiritual leaders with a humble heart are out to do the will of God (Note: servant mindset) and not looking to serve people first.

It is God who puts it in the hearts of people to give favour to leaders so that they are effectively able to have influence in their hearts because they identify with and are one with their area of responsibility and the people who belong to it and their tasks (Note: in the mountain on the mountain).

It is therefore important that leaders do not demand their authority from people. If this kind of demand happens anyway, it would be developed solely from the realm of ‘force/power’, which ultimately leads to oppressive dictatorship.

God does not want us as His people to be ruled in a dictatorial manner, but in a fatherly and kingly way (cf. 1 Corinthians 4:15).

1 Corinthians 4:15:
15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
 
In the kingdom of God, authority is a result of responsibility.

Generally speaking, we only have authority in each area of the ecclesia according to the extent to which we have been given responsibility for that area. Therefore, if we have no responsibility for an area, we have no authority in it. <= (Note: based on a message by John Paul Jackson† that he taught at a conference)
 
The Prophesying of the Promise
 
The name ‘Pisgah’ as mentioned in Deuteronomy 3:27 means ‘part, piece, cleft’ and is also translated as Mount ‘Nebo’, which means ‘speaker’. The mountain mentioned belongs to the territory of the tribe of ‘Reuben’, whose name means ‘Behold, a son!’.
 
To have the right vision in relation to the promise, we may dwell on the potential of prophetic utterance, which is ‘part’ (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:9-10).
 
1 Corinthians 13:9-10:
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
 
We know that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, so it reveals that it is so crucial to see or recognize in the spirit to prophesy in faith what we have seen (cf. Revelation 19:10e i.c.w. Romans 12:6b).
 
Revelation 19:10e:
‘... 10e For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.’
 
Romans 12:6b:
... 6b If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; …
 
God’s invitation to Moses to go to the top of Mount Pisgah is an indication for us as God’s people to be active in the realm of the Spirit at this time and to walk there in order to see what God is revealing.
 
It is therefore important that we as disciples of Christ recognize our spiritually assigned high place and dwell on or in it in order to grasp and implement the promise of God in us through the power of vision.
 
The promise of God is linked to phases of transition (Note: ‘Abarim’ means ‘transitions’), in which it is important to recognize Christ Jesus, the Son of God in the inheritance of the Heavenly Father allotted to us, in order to prophesy or speak out the promise from the redeemed perspective (Note: ‘Nebo’ => ‘speaker’).
 
In this context, the understanding of the worship of the Father in spirit and in truth as well as of the biblical times is of great importance, to which ‘Jericho’ which means ‘place of fragrances, moon city’ serves as a reference in the perspective of Moses (cf. Exodus 29:25; John 4:24; Numbers 10:10 i.c.w. Ephesians 1:9-10).
 
Exodus 29:25:
25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord, a food offering presented to the Lord.
 
John 4:24:
‘… 24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’
 
Numbers 10:10:
‘… 10 Also at your times of rejoicing – your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts – you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.’
 
Ephesians 1:9-10:
… 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfilment – to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
 
The Seven Facets of Moses on the Heights
 
During his walk with God, Moses understood the importance of the higher perspective as he acted spiritually seven times in different ways.
 
Moses was active on the mountain in the following facets:
 
  1. as a spiritual prayer warrior during the war against Amalek (cf. Exodus 17:8-16),
  2. as a legislator and divine architect by receiving the Torah and the description of the tabernacle (cf. Exodus 24:12-18ff.),
  3. as intercessor and advocate for the people of Israel after they had sinned with the golden calf (cf. Exodus 32:30-32ff.),
  4. as the lawgiver of ‘extra grace’ through the reception of the second tablets of stone (cf. Exodus 24:4ff.),
  5. as the transmitter of the priestly anointing from Aaron to Eleazar on Mount Hor (cf. Numbers 20:23-28),
  6. as a witness to the promise on Mount Nebo (cf. Deuteronomy 34:1ff.)
  7. as a messenger in the form of the legislator on the Mount of Transfiguration (cf. Matthew 17:1-8).
The difference to all of Moses’ stays on the mountain was the Mount of Transfiguration, to which he descended together with Elijah by God’s permission. Moses did not climb this mountain as before.
 
This reveals to us a higher level of government in the Spirit, which works from the supernatural realm into the earthly realm, much like the bride or wife of the Lamb comes down in the form of the heavenly Jerusalem (cf. Revelation 21:2.9-11a).
 
Revelation 21:2.9-11a:
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. …
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.’
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
11a It shone with the glory of God, …
 
Moreover, only in the Gospel of Mark is Elijah mentioned first before Moses, while Jesus was on the mountain with his three chosen disciples, namely Peter, James and John (cf. Mark 9:2, 4).
 
Mark 9:2.4:
2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. …
4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
 
Since everything first has a special place with God (cf. Exodus 12:13; Exodus 23:16), it is beneficial to study the first Hebrew letters of the names of Yeshua, so Jesus, Elijah and Moses.
 
If you put the first Hebrew letters of these names together, you get the Hebrew word ‘jām’ phonetically, which is used for ‘west’, among other things. And it is the west which, as mentioned, is associated with the intimate spiritual relationship with God from which we receive guidance.
 
From this we can derive an end-time movement of the ecclesia for us. This movement involves Christ leading a called and chosen portion of His ecclesia into a higher realm of government.
 
This requires a discarding of limited perspectives that are more earthly than spiritually oriented. In doing so, the Lord confronts our previous understanding of time and human inability to understand the future. This requires a higher degree of discernment and deeper humility in relation to God’s eternal plan.
 
On the Mount of Transfiguration, the Heavenly Father speaks again and points out that we must be obedient to His Son Jesus Christ (cf. Mark 9:7 i.c.w. Deuteronomy 18:15).
 
Mark 9:7:
7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: ‘This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him [Note: Obey him]!’
 
Deuteronomy 18:15:
15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen [Note: obey] to him.
 
This obedience goes hand in hand with the Father’s anointing and impulse through the channels of prophethood, represented by Elijah and the legislation of God represented by Moses. As an ecclesia, there is no substitute for obedience and going ahead in the sonship of God, which results in separation.
 
In Hebrew, the head or top (Hebrew ‘rō`š’) of a mountain is associated with the beginning of a new era and the letter ‘Resch’. The ‘breath’ with the letter ‘He’ and ‘the call to see’.
 
The Renewing of Mind and Spirit
 
Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the positioning on the high place determined by God is accompanied by the renewing of our spirit and mind, so that we can recognize His will for the coming time and live in it (cf. John 16:13 i.c.w. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23-24).
 
John 16:13:
13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
 
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 Closing of a Past Time
 
As God instructed Moses on the top of Mount Pisgah to turn his gaze first to the west, then to the north, to the south and finally to the east, it shows us that it is necessary for us to complete an old phase of time and to stand in the Spirit in our promise, even if we are not yet literally in our promise.
 
First of all, it is important that we see God’s plan in faith and then move forward in it with firm confidence, proclaiming the things we have seen in the Spirit (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.
 
It is the power of the Word that brings into existence the things that are not visible. It is similar to the creation of the earth by God (cf. Genesis 1:3 i.c.w. John 1:1-4).
 
Genesis 1:3:
3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.
 
John 1:1-4:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
 
When Moses looked from Pisgah into the land of promise, his inner man (Note: spirit man) was in the land of promise, while his outer man (Note: flesh, physical body) was outside of it.
 
This means that even if we aren’t literally in our full promise yet, through the right prophetic perspective we can already implement the promise in us as we finish an old season.
 
When that happens, it’s important that we move by the Holy Spirit into what we don’t know about God, which includes His secret nature. It is similar to Moses when he was on Mount Horeb/Sinai and entered into the dark cloud where God was. This is the realm that requires our faith in order to meet God face to face and recognize His plans (cf. Exodus 24:15-16.18 i.c.w. Hebrews 11:1).
 
Exodus 24:15-16.18:
15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.
18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
 
Hebrews 11:1:
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
 
The Sign of Decrease and the Preparation for Increase
 
Even if at first it looks like things are decreasing, there will be a glorious increase of the presence of God and His intervention (Note: West => sunset; north => absence of light; south => sudden presence of light that recedes, east => to make room for the new time of God’s righteousness).
 
The decrease is nothing more than God’s instruction to us as His people to finish the old time and not be confused when the darkness increases. This serves as a sign that it prepares the room and way for His rising righteousness.
 
The darkness in the form of a shadow is merely the indication that Christ Jesus, the sun of righteousness, is shining and healing is under His wings (cf. Malachi 3:20 i.c.w. Acts 5:15).
 
Malachi 3:20:
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.
 
Acts 5:15:
15 As a result, people brought those who were ill into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
 
It is therefore essential that we stand as body of Christ on the mountain, like a city that is on the hill, and let our light shine, as Jesus said (cf. Matthew 5:14 i.c.w. Isaiah 60:1-3).
 
Matthew 5:14:
14 ‘You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. …’
 
Isaiah 60:1-3:
1 ‘Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. …’
 
It is up to us to show a willingness to be humbly positioned so that divine vision and the perspective of eternity guides our hearts, and we let it shine from the eyes of our hearts through the light of wisdom and revelation (cf. Ephesians 1:17-18).
 
Ephesians 1:17-18:
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. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, …
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm