As people of God, we move within the structure of the kingdom, which is to be understood with its various levels of the heavens that are linked to the element of water which is based on the Hebrew word ‘mamlākāh’ used for the term ‘kingdom’.

 

This Hebrew word begins twice with the Hebrew letter ‘Mem’, which among other things is connected with ‘water’ and has the numerical value of ‘40’. The Hebrew word for ‘water’ used in the Word of God is ‘Majim’ and is only used in the plural form. It begins with the Hebrew letter ‘Mem’ and ends with it. (Note: part excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible to the word ‘mamlākāh – kingdom’ with the word key number: 4542)

 

 

Revelation 4:6 reveals to us that the throne of God and thus the realm of the LORD is associated with pure water, which reflects the presence of fruitfulness and the nature of God (cf. Revelation 4:6).

 

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.

 

Herein we can find a principle to be recognized, which means that each individual saint in Christ Jesus has an area of dominion assigned by God over which he has responsibility.

It is accountability in the Kingdom of God that precedes authority, which also means that authority is a consequence of accountability.

 

Each level of heaven carries an area of water that is associated with a mandate to govern. To govern is to consciously exercise authority, which, like a coin, carries two sides consisting of freedom (Note: choice) and responsibility.

 

The structure of kingship is closely related to each of the twelve tribes of Israel because God gave them the opportunity to be a kingdom of priests through obedience. From this it is clear that each tribe of Israel carries within it a spiritual dimension of heaven that goes hand in hand with a realm of ‘water’, which includes spiritual government, since God is Spirit (cf. Exodus 19:5-6 i.c.w. John 4:24a).

 

5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, 6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.’

 

24a God is spirit, …

 

 

Since Christ Jesus dwells or is enthroned in us through His Holy Spirit, it is important to internalize the principle of ‘the water of government’ according to Revelation 4:6 and to live in this spiritual awareness.

 

In the growth of a believer in Christ, which includes faithful discipleship, there are moments in certain phases of time when God, the Heavenly Father, activates His breath. With this breath, He uses the respective existing atmosphere above the believer to contribute to greater authority in his life, which results from the assignment of higher responsibility.

 

These phases are similar to the truth of Job 37:10 where it says, ‘The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.’

 

These may be phases in which it seems to us that we perceive an absence of God’s love because we do not literally feel it. But it is the Holy Spirit who moves over the waters as the breath of God and leads to different results depending on the atmosphere.

 

In the context of the biblical passage from Job 37:10, this can present itself as a phase of feeling fear. It is the intention of the adversary to stop the process initiated by God, namely, to lead into greater authority, through such feelings in the respective believer. Here it is necessary not to evade the challenge, but to look at it from the perspective of the Spirit, even if one has not yet correctly grasped the moment of God’s visitation (cf. Matthew 14:25-26).

 

25 Shortly before dawn [Note: at the 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.

 

When a measure of time is fulfilled in connection with faithful discipleship in the things or tasks entrusted to us in our lives, it is in God’s interest to place us on a higher spiritual level of authority that involves walking on the already established foundation of faithfulness.

 

Here, the particular atmosphere that surrounds us, brought about by certain circumstances, serves as a symbiotic element for the breath or Spirit of God to bring the already established truth of God’s Word in us to a closure in the form of a conclusion, which is accompanied by rest or peace. This process is similar to walking on a frozen patch of ice, which involves firmness in discipleship through understanding the truth of God’s Word.

 

The reason for this is to be found in the fact that the Word of God is associated with water in the form of the water bath (cf. Ephesians 5:26b).

 

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

 

At certain times, when God initiates a phase of conclusion or reasoning in us through His Holy Spirit, our spiritual realm of government enters a certain resting phase that causes us to recognize the appearance of the Lord. It is a growing understanding and recognition for us in how He reveals Himself to us and delivers His Word.

 

 

In chapter 1 of Jeremiah, it says that the LORD stretched out His hand and touched the mouth of the prophet who was in Israel. In doing so, God put His words into the mouth of the prophet (cf. Jeremiah 1:9).

 

9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, ‘I have put my words in your mouth. …’

 

Based on this biblical passage we can see that God must have been in a different spiritual place or position opposite the prophet. This is revealed by the way how God placed a more intense dynamic in the prophet’s communication from the realm of His culture.

 

This resulted in a powerful six-fold effect, which was to contribute to the great shift within the people of Israel, namely as the following:

 

10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.’

 

Through God’s visitation to the prophet Jeremiah, it is evident that Jeremiah entered a higher realm of authority because of the responsibility given to him by God to speak His delivered words.

 

In addition, the prophet Ezekiel experienced a similar situation, whereby he was with the people of Israel in captivity in Babylon and received instruction from God in the facet of man from the spiritual realm of the north (cf. Ezekiel 1:4.26).

 

4 I looked, and I saw a violent storm coming out of the north – an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The centre of the fire looked like glowing metal, …

26 Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli [Note: sapphire], and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.

 

It is the north that is due to the absence of light related, among other things, with cold but also with the assembly of the saints who sojourn in the government of God (cf. Psalm 48:2 i.c.w. Isaiah 14:13b).

 

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

 

… 13b I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: …

 

 

It says in Ezekiel 2:8-10 that the LORD instructed His prophet Ezekiel to open his mouth and eat the communication of God in the form of the scroll inscribed on both sides.

 

8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.’

9 Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, 10 which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.

 

Here Ezekiel saw the unrolled scroll in the hands of the outstretched arms of God. Despite all challenging assignments, this reveals God’s mercy and love for His people, even when they have turned away from Him (cf. Romans 10:21).

 

21 But concerning Israel he says [cf. Isaiah 65:2], ‘All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.’

 

In a prophetic context, the unrolled scroll can be seen as a spiritual dimension of travailing prayer, which can be accompanied in the process by righteous acts, melodies and songs, as well as permission towards the Holy Spirit to assist in the form of groaning (cf. Romans 8:26).

 

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

 

In contrast to Jeremiah, Ezekiel approached the outstretched hands of God to receive the unrolled scroll with his mouth from the hands of God.

 

Viewing this process from the prophetic perspective within the vehicle of God’s communication results in the Hebrew word ‘יֳפִי – jǒṗî'’, which means ‘beauty’, as the hand is connected to the Hebrew letter ‘Yod – י’ and the mouth to the letter ‘Pe – פ’. (Note: The word explanation is taken from the Elberfelder Study Bible for the Hebrew word ‘יֳפִי  – jǒṗî'’ with the word key number: 3381).

 

Regardless of the content of God’s communication, it encompasses God’s beauty, which is given to the respective addressees through His revelatory truth.

 

Ezekiel tasted the communication of God through the revelatory sweetness, which resulted in the responsibility required of him, namely to speak to God’s people with greater weight in his words.

 

The apostle John experienced the communication of God delivered to him in a similar way, which he took unchewed in the form of a small scroll by swallowing it. It was sweet in his mouth, but bitter in his belly (Note: indicating the spirit), which stands for the responsibility to prophesy the revelatory truth of God in this case internationally to the respective recipients (cf. Revelation 10:8-11).

 

8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: ‘Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.’

9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, ‘Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but “in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” ’

10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.

11 Then I was told, ‘You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.’

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm

In Song of Songs 2:3 we can read about the shadow of the apple tree, which is the bridegroom who gives shade to His bride, under which she desires to sit.

 

3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

 

God put potential in the fruit of the trees in the form of spiritual empowerment, which we can understand even more according to the principle of Genesis 2:9.

 

9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

 

 

In the Word of God, we learn that there are different shadows with purpose and qualities, which are, for example, His protection, His glory, His supernatural procreative power or His healing power (cf. Psalm 91:1-2; Matthew 17:5; Luke 1:35; Acts 5:15).

 

1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty [Note: Shaddai].

2 I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’

 

5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’

 

35 The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

 

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.

 

These shadows include various forms that interact with the presence of God in the form of His being, which is light [Note: consuming fire; cf. Deuteronomy 4:24; Hebrews 12:29].

 

24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

 

29 for our ‘God is a consuming fire.’

 

Sitting under the shelter of the Most High and dwelling under the shadow of the Almighty – Shaddai according to Psalm 91 goes hand in hand with the inner testimony that God is the refuge and fortress in whom you personally put all your hope.

 

 

The shadow of the Almighty – Shaddai is the caring shadow of His love, which we can clearly see in the following explanation.

 

=> The name ‘Shaddai’ is derived from a word that is used eighteen times in the Word of God for ‘mother’s breast’. Applied to God, it has the meaning: ‘He is the One who loves.’

This leads us to speak of God’s motherly love.

 

‘El-Shaddai’ is the name most often used to express the relationship between God and His children. The mother is everything and enough for the infant. He snuggles up to her breast, knows he is safe there and is cared for. There he receives everything he needs.

 

The name ‘El-Shaddai’ is a vivid image of God’s caring and protective love. God is the helper who gives His people full sufficiency.

 

Applied to the various names of God, it can be said that the soil of nature is created by ‘Elohim’, whereby ‘El-Shaddai’ furrows it with His omnipotence and scatters the seed of promise in it. ‘YAHWEH’ brings the seed of promise to blossom and bear fruit, so that the entire old creation is transformed by this fruit.

 

The covenant with Noah is made in the name ‘Elohim’, the covenant with the patriarchs in the name of God ‘El-Shaddai’; the covenant with Israel in the name ‘YAHWEH’. God’s covenant with Noah is about the created and renewed nature, the covenant with the patriarchs contains a groundbreaking newness against nature and against all hope; the covenant with Israel is the effect of a new beginning that has grace and truth at its core.

 

The name ‘El-Shaddai’ is mentioned forty-eight times in the Tanakh and is used thirty-one times in the book of Job. The fact is poignant. It is not that the author of the book invented this name for God; rather, it is the Holy Spirit, the author of the genuine Scriptures, who allows God to be called by this name. No book in the Tanakh reveals the omnipotence and the offer of God’s love in such a wonderful way as the book of Job does. <=

(Note: The text set in ‘=>’ is based on a name explanation of the name ‘El-Shaddai’ from the German book ‘Die Namen des Ewigen – The Names of the Eternal’, pages 141-144 by Abraham Meister.)

 

Being under this providential shadow of God’s love results in a high degree of security and safety that is like a fortress. The Hebrew word used for ‘fortress’ in Psalm 91:2 is the word ‘mâtsûd’, which means, among other things, ‘net, …’ and comes from a Hebrew root word meaning a ‘net for catching fish or animals’. (Note: The word explanation for the Hebrew word for ‘fortress – mâtsûd’ and its root word is based on an explanation from Strong’s Concordance with the word key number: H4685, H4686.)

 

 

It is no coincidence that Jesus chose the boat of the disciple Simon in the facet of the teacher and instructed him to go out on the water because of the large crowd of people who wanted to hear Jesus’ words. From there, Jesus taught the people (cf. Luke 5:1-3).

 

1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God.

2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.

3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

 

In this context, it is necessary for us to carry out the cleansing of interpersonal relationships within our God-given network according to our responsibility.

 

We know that when God ushers in a new age, His Word interacts with the Spirit and ‘the water’ to establish His order and reveal the new time to us (cf. Genesis 1:1-3 i.c.w. John 1:1-4).

 

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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.

3 And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.

 

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.

 

Psalm 119:105 teaches us profoundly that the Word of God is a light, which encompasses revelatory truth.

 

105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

 

 

It is the new time that goes hand in hand with a great catch that is currently in the deep dimension of God in the crystal sea before the throne. This great catch has not yet come into view in the earthly realm despite the action of the ecclesia in faith (cf. Revelation 4:6a).

 

6a Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. …

 

The Holy Spirit first leads us into listening to the Word of God, which Jesus as Rabbi – Teacher speaks from the facet of the human face in the spirit of counsel and understanding.

It is hidden truth in the form of wisdom and knowledge that we need to receive at this time (cf. Colossians 2:3).

 

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

 

This leads to this great catch. It requires us and needs from us to internalize and apply the truth in order to respond to the coming command of the LORD and move deeper into the presence of God. This is where the great catch is located, which is connected to the providing and protecting nature of God (cf. Luke 5:4-7).

 

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.’

5 Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’

6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

7 So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

 

 

It is the power of the Word of God that must be believed and acted upon. This is revealed by the meaning of the Greek word for ‘to teach’. It can also be described as ‘the open outstretched hand held out in the form of granting something to someone’. (Note: part excerpt from the Strong’s Concordance to the Greek word ‘didạskō – to teach, instruct’ with the word key number: G1321)

 

Based on this, we can see that the teaching of the truth by Christ leads to establishing strength and faith for the coming catch in order to pull it into the boat with outstretched hands or arms (cf. Romans 10:17).

 

17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

The result of the power of the Word of God is that the time of the past is redeemed.

 

And the redeeming of time includes the measure of our faithfulness to Him, despite the non-occurrence of the expected result in the past, so that there is a breakthrough in this time for the future period (cf. Ephesians 5:16 i.c.w. Colossians 4:5).

 

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

 

5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

 

 

The greatness of the coming catch requires spiritual cooperation on a regional, national and international level, depending on the calling, so that God can be and is recognized by the people as the Almighty in the form of the fortress and the place of refuge (cf. Luke 5:7).

 

7 So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

 

Let us internalize the bread of Heaven, which is Jesus Christ, and in the power of His ‘spread Word’ over the waters, which is His governing presence, let us move forward strengthened in faith and enter into His protecting and providing presence in the form of the great catch (cf. Ecclesiastes 11:1 i.c.w. John 6:32-35).

 

1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

 

32 Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’

34 ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘always give us this bread.’

35 Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

 

In a ‘fast-moving world’, it is we who are allowed to manifest the perfect work of redemption in Christ for the glory of the Father, and this is by no means possible without our surrender to the revelatory truth of the Word of God.

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel Glimm