Entering into the Promise with the Right Vision

In order to enter more deeply into our God-given promise, it is necessary that we are aware of two specific things. In the first place, we should be aligned with the right saints and not live in independence.
 
Secondly, we should have the proper spiritual vision, just as Caleb and Joshua had when they were sent out by Moses with the other 10 spies to the Promised Land (cf. Numbers 13:1-3.6-8.16).
 
Numbers 13:1-3.6-8.16:
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”
3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. …
… 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; …
16 These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land. (Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.)
 
Caleb of the tribe of Judah and Joshua of the tribe of Ephraim obscurely point to the importance of understanding God’s two cycles of time, which are the cycle of redemption and the cycle of blessing.
 
The Arrangement of the Twelve Tribes of Israel According to the Months
 
Each biblical month is assigned to one of the twelve tribes of Israel according to the monthly system of the holy year (Note: cycle of redemption). The assignment of the twelve tribes to the months are related to the camp order of the people of Israel from Numbers 2, because we too, as God’s people, are on the path of the Kingdom (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.
 
Thus, the division of the tribes of Israel into the biblical months is as follows:
 
1’st unit:
Judah – Abib/Nissan
Issachar – Iyar/Siv
Zebulun – Sivan
 
2’nd unit:
Reuben – Tammuz
Simeon – Av
Gad – Elul
 
3’rd unit:
Ephraim – Tishrei/Ethanim
Manasseh – Bul/Marcheshvan
Benjamin – Kislev

4’th unit:
Dan – Tevet
Asher – Shevat
Naphtali – Adar
 
Since this order of the tribes of Israel is the same three times in the Word of God and Ecclesiastes 4:12 and Matthew 18:16.20 speak of the importance of the threefold, we can see God’s revelatory direction in this arrangement of the tribes of Israel (cf. Numbers 2; Numbers 7:10-83; Numbers 10:11-28).
 
Furthermore, the scripture from 1 Chronicles 27:1-15 reveals to us that David’s army was divided into 12 divisions, each consisting of 24,000 men. Each division was assigned by David to a specific month of the year in which it had to perform active duty.
 
From 1 Kings 4:7-19 we can see that king Solomon, the son of David also divided his servants or governors according to the months of the year.
 
The Two Annual Cycles in the Word of God
 
There are two annual cycles mentioned in the Word of God.
The first annual cycle is the so-called civil year, which begins in autumn and is also titled the blessing cycle, because God blessed Adam at the creation of the earth.
The blessing cycle is opened by the biblical month of ‘Tishrei/Ethanim’, which is assigned to the tribe of Ephraim. This biblical month is associated with Sukkot, also called The Feast of Tabernacles, which celebrates the harvest and glory of God.
 
The second annual cycle is the so-called holy (Note: biblical) year, which begins in spring and is also called the cycle of redemption because the people of Israel were saved from death by the blood of the Passover lamb and went out of Egypt to freedom.
 
The cycle of redemption is opened by the biblical month of ‘Nissan/Abib’, which is assigned to the tribe of Judah.
 
Nowadays, the people of Israel orient themselves according to the so-called civil year (Note: cycle of blessing), which means that they celebrate the New Year, also called Rosh ha-Shanah, in autumn.
 
Both beginnings of the year honor God, if we have previously prepared a place for Him in faith.

This recognition of God is revealed by filling the place with His hidden or mysterious presence and glory, as God did at the completion of the tabernacle in the first biblical month of ‘Nissan/Abib’ and at the completion of the temple by Solomon in the seventh biblical month of ‘Tishrei/Ethanim’ (cf. Exodus 40:1-2.16-17.34-35 i.c.w. 1 Kings 8:2.8-12).
 
Exodus 40:1-2.16-17.34-35:
1 Then the Lord said to Moses: 2 “Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. …
16 Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.
17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year. …
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.
 
1 Kings 8:2.8-12:
2 All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month. …
8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.
9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.
11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple.
12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; …
 
This means that God always fills the opening of His annual cycles established on earth with His presence and glory. For this, however, it is necessary that we, as His people, are ready to receive Him honorably, so that His glory intensifies on earth.
 
The Valley of the First Grapes
 
It was Caleb and Joshua who joined together as a team, having a special gift of faith and the right spiritual eye and so were able to carry the large cluster of grapes from the land of ‘Canaan – lowlands’ on a pole together and alongside bring back pomegranates as well as figs to Moses (cf. Numbers 13:23-26).
 
Numbers 13:23-26:
23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol (means ‘cluster of grapes’), they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.
24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
 
The location of the finding of the grapes took place at the time of the first grapes (cf. Numbers 13:20c), which is a reference to Jesus the first and begotten Son of God who laid down His life for us on the cross in order to bring us into covenant with the Father.
 
Numbers 13:20c:
… 20c (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)
 
The Grape, the Pomegranates and the Figs
 
Jesus was the grape (Note: the Father’s love) that hung lifted up on the pole of the two spies (cf. John 3:16-17) to call us by His blood as kings and priests. The pomegranate wears a crown on its ‘head’ (cf. Exodus 39:22-26 i.c.w. Revelation 1:5-6).
 
John 3:16-17:
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.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Exodus 39:22-26:
22 They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth – the work of a weaver – 23 with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear.
24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe.
25 And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates.
26 The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the Lord commanded Moses.
 
Revelation 1:5-6:
… 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father – to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
 
As called ones we are entrusted with bringing healing (Note: figs, cf. 1 Samuel 30:11-12; 2 Kings 20:7) to the people and the nations (cf. Revelation 22:2).
 
1 Samuel 30:11-12:
11 They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat – 12 part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
 
2 Kings 20:7:
7 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil, and he (Note: Hezekiah) recovered.
 
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.
 
The Pomegranate and the Marrow
 
The Hebrew word for pomegranate is ‘rimmôn’, which also means ‘marrowy’, because the color of the pomegranate resembles the color of the marrow of the bones, which is responsible for the production of blood, wherein is life (cf. Genesis 9:4). The Hebrew root word is ‘rāmam’ and means ‘to be exalted/honored’.
 
Based on this explanation, it is clear that Joshua and Caleb brought the ‘complete victory of Jesus Christ on the cross’ back to the camp of Israel and therefore had a very different view than the intimidated other ten tribal leaders because they were assessing the situation from an ‘elevated perspective’.
 
It was the spies Joshua and Caleb who recognized in the spirit realm that over the giants in their future land of promise the ‘protective shadow’ had departed, because they carried in their hearts the absolute confidence of the future victory ‘through Jesus Christ’ by revelation (cf. Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:6-9).
 
Numbers 13:30:
30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”
 
Numbers 14:6-9:
6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes 7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.
8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
9 Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection (Note: shadow) is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”
 
This clearly shows that if you are a saint in Christ Jesus and you do the right thing at the right time with the right people, strategy is in place that guarantees success and secures the generations.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm