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Alle kapitlene i Bibelen begynner med én. Null kan ikke være noe, inkludert å være uten Gud.

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Gud, inkludert Jesus og Den hellige ånd

 

[Han er den usynlige Guds avglans [den synlige representasjonen av det usynlige]; Han er den førstefødte av hele skaperverket. (Kolosserne 1:15 AMPC)

 

Og han er hodet for legemet, menigheten, han som er begynnelsen, den førstefødte fra de døde, for at han i alle ting skulle ha forrang. (Kolosserne 1:18 AKJV)

 

For dem som Han forut kjente, dem forutbestemte Han også til å bli likedannet med Sin Sønns bilde, for at Han skulle være den førstefødte blant mange brødre. (Romerne 8:29 AKJV)

 

Jesus representerer det fysiske bildet av Gud. Han kalles den førstefødte av alle skapninger og den førstefødte ikke bare av de levende, men også av de døde, og den første blant mange brødre. Han kalles også "den første av førstegrøden" (1. Korinterbrev 15,20-23), noe som betyr at han er den første av mange som skal gjenoppstå til evig liv. Kristus omtalte seg selv som den første eller Alfa (den første bokstaven i det greske språket) flere ganger i Åpenbaringsboken 1:11, 17, 22:13. Siden Jesus er den første, som nummer én, er også Faderen og Ånden. 

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Å finne den tapte vendingen 

 

Hvis en mann har hundre sauer, og en av dem er kommet på avveier, forlater han da ikke de ni og nitti og går opp på fjellet og leter etter den som er kommet på avveier? Og om han da finner det, sannelig sier jeg eder: Han gleder sig mer over det fåret enn over de ni og nitti som ikke er kommet på avveier ... (Matteus 18:12-13 AKJV)

 

En sau gikk tapt og ble funnet.

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Den fortapte sønn eller å vende tilbake til Gud

 

Jesus forteller om den ene sønnen som vender tilbake, og en fedekalv blir brukt til å feire hans gjenkomst. (Lukas 15:11-32)

 

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Deling

 

Og Gud så at lyset var godt, og Gud skilte lyset fra mørket. (1. Mosebok 1:4 AKJV)

 

Og Gud sa: La det være en himmelhvelving midt i vannet, og la den skille vannet fra vannet. (1. Mosebok 1:6 AKJV)

 

Tallet to kan stå for å skille eller dele noe i to deler.

 

Multiplikasjon

 

Så skapte Gud mennesket i sitt eget bilde, i Guds bilde skapte han det; til mann og kvinne skapte han dem. Og Gud velsignet dem, og Gud sa til dem: Vær fruktbare og bli mange... (1. Mosebok 1:27-28 AKJV) 

 

Gud skapte mann og kvinne, to mennesker, og så skulle de formere seg.

 

Union

 

Og Adam sa: Dette er nu ben av mitt ben og kjød av mitt kjød; hun skal kalles kvinne, fordi hun er tatt ut av mannen. Derfor skal en mann forlate sin far og sin mor og holde seg til sin hustru, og de skal være ett kjød. (1. Mosebok 2:23-24 AKJV)

 

Etter dette utpekte Herren syttito andre og sendte dem i forveien, to og to, til hver by og hvert sted hvor han selv skulle gå. (Lukas 10:1 ESV)

 

Tallet to kan formidle betydningen av en forening fordi mann og kvinne, selv om de er to i antall, blir ett i ekteskapet. Dette er den primære foreningen. Det finnes også en forening mellom Kristus og menigheten. (1. Korinterbrev 12)

 

Tallet to formidler også en forening for Guds arbeid, fordi Herren sendte ut disiplene sine i grupper på to.

 

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Åndelig fullkommenhet på godt og ondt

 

Gå derfor ut og gjør alle folkeslag til disipler, idet dere døper dem i Faderens og Sønnens og Den hellige ånds navn... (Matteus 28,19 AKJV)

 

Gud er et åndsvesen og er fullkommen. Han består av tre deler: Faderen, Sønnen og Den hellige ånd. 

 

• Det nye testamentet består av 27 bøker, det vil si 3 x 3 x 3, eller fullstendighet i tredje potens. Jesus ba tre ganger i Getsemanehagen før han ble arrestert.

• Han ble satt på korset ved dagens tredje time (kl. 09.00) og døde ved den niende timen (kl. 15.00).

• Det var tre timer med mørke som dekket landet mens Jesus led på korset, fra den sjette timen til den niende timen. Kristus var død i tre dager.

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Kreativitet

 

Og Gud sa: La det være lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten, og la dem være til tegn og til årstider og til dager og år ... (1. Mosebok 1:14 AKJV)

 

Og en elv gikk ut av Eden for å vanne hagen; og derfra ble den delt og ble til fire hoder. (1. Mosebok 2:10 AKJV)

 

"Og du, menneskesønn, så sier Herren, Herren, til Israels land: Enden er kommet over landets fire hjørner. (Esekiel 7:2 AKJV)

 

På den fjerde dagen skapte Gud de fire årstidene på jorden, noe som var begynnelsen på dagene i korrelasjon til de fire årstidene. Elven i Edens hage som jorden ble skapt fra, hadde fire grener. Gud omtaler verden som å ha fire hjørner. 

 

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Guds nåde

 

Av jødene fikk jeg fem ganger førti slag, unntatt ett. (2. Korinterbrev 11:24 AKJV)

 

Paulus fikk nåde til å holde ut i trengsler. Guds tabernakel, hvis design ble gitt direkte av Gud, inneholdt fem forheng (2. Mosebok 26,3), fem stenger (2. Mosebok 26,26-27), fem søyler og fem sokler (2. Mosebok 26,37), og et alter av tre som var fem alen langt og fem alen bredt (2. Mosebok 27,1). Høyden på forgården inne i tabernaklet var fem alen. (2. Mosebok 27,18) 

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• Den hellige salvingsoljen (2. Mosebok 30,23-25), hvis ingredienser ble gitt direkte av Gud, ble brukt til å innvie innredningen i tabernaklet. Den var sammensatt av fem ingredienser, og den ble brukt til å bringe Guds kraft gjennom nåde.

 

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Mann eller fullførte arbeider

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Og Gud sa: La oss gjøre mennesket i vårt bilde, etter vår lignelse... Og Gud så alt det han hadde skapt, og se, det var meget godt. Og det ble aften og morgen den sjette dag. (1. Mosebok 1:26, 31 AKJV)

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På den sjette dagen skapte Gud mennesket. Han fullførte også sitt verk og hvilte etter dette. 

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Manifestasjon på grunn av synd

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• Bibelen nevner seks jordskjelv (2. Mosebok 19,18; Amos 1,1; Matteus 27,54; 28,2; Apostlenes gjerninger 16,26) som har inntruffet på jorden som følge av synd.

• Jesus ble seks ganger anklaget for å være besatt av demoner. (Markus 3:22, Johannes 7:20, 8:48, 8:52, 10:20 og Lukas 11:15)

• Guds ord forteller at Kristus seks ganger ble bedt om å fremvise et tegn for å bevise hvem Han var og hva Han påstod, de fleste av gangene av dem som var selvrettferdige.

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Fysisk fullføring og perfeksjon - på godt og vondt

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Og himmelen og jorden og hele deres hærskare blev fullendt. Og på den sjuende dag gjorde Gud ende på sitt verk som han hadde gjort, og han hvilte på den sjuende dag fra alt sitt verk som han hadde gjort. (1. Mosebok 2:1-2 AKJV)

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I Faraos drøm som Jakob tolket, var det syv kuer som representerte syv år med overflod og syv år med hungersnød. (1. Mosebok 41)

Guds uke består av syv dager, fullendelsen av tiden for den fysiske verden. Bibelen som helhet var opprinnelig delt inn i syv hoveddeler. Disse er: 

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• Loven

• Profetene

• Skriftene eller Salmene

• Evangeliene og Apostlenes gjerninger

• De generelle brevene

• Paulus' brev

• Åpenbaringsboken

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Det totale antallet opprinnelig inspirerte bøker er 49, eller 7 x 7, noe som viser Guds ords absolutte fullkommenhet.

I Åpenbaringsboken er det syv menigheter, syv engler til de syv menighetene, syv segl, syv basuner, syv tordner og de syv siste plager.. 

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Ny begynnelse

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• Gud reddet åtte mennesker på arken for at menneskeheten skulle få en ny begynnelse etter syndefloden. Siden betydningen av fire er avledet fra Guds skapelse av alt, er åtte (4 + 4) et bilde på den nye skapelsen etter syndfloden.

• Abraham, de troendes far, hadde i alt åtte sønner. De var Ismael, Isak, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak og Shuah..

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Mangfoldig kreativ veiledning fra Gud

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• 4 er den kreative evnen

• 2 er multiplikasjon

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• Jesus viste seg levende åtte ganger etter sin oppstandelse fra de døde. Den første gangen han viste seg i live, var for Maria Magdalena (Markus 16:9-11). Deretter viste han seg for to disipler på vei til Emmaus (Luk 24). Deretter viste han seg for alle disiplene unntatt Tomas (Joh 20,19-24), og en uke senere for dem alle da Tomas var til stede. (Johannes 20:26-29)

• Det nye testamentet ble skrevet av bare åtte menn (Matteus, Markus, Lukas, Johannes, Jakob, Peter, Judas, Paulus)

 

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Guddommelig fullstendighet og endelighet

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• Kristus døde i dagens niende time, eller kl. 15.00, for å gjøre veien til frelse åpen for alle.

• Det finnes ni frukter av Guds Hellige Ånd: trofasthet, mildhet, godhet, glede, vennlighet, langmodighet, kjærlighet, fred og selvbeherskelse. (Galaterne 5:22-23)

• Hosea, som var Israels siste konge før riket falt til assyrerne i 723 f.Kr. (732 til 723 f.Kr.)

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Stor motstand

 

• Det første slaget som nevnes i Guds ord, er mellom et forbund med fire konger mot et annet forbund med fem konger, til sammen ni konger. (1. Mosebok 14:1-2) Det kan bety å overvinne en stor motstand som vil føre til seier. 

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Fullstendig fysisk lidelse

 

• Det er registrert ni personer som hadde spedalskhet: Moses, Mirjam, Naaman, Gehasi, kong Asarja og de fire spedalske i Samaria. (2. Kongebok 7)

 

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Ordination til Gud eller Satan - menneskets ansvar overfor Gud

 

• I 1. Mosebok 1 finner vi uttrykket "Gud sa" ti ganger, noe som er et vitnesbyrd om Hans skaperkraft. Gud ga de ti bud til mennesket. Ti representerer derfor menneskets ansvar eller innvielse til Gud. Tiende er en tiendedel av det vi tjener, og er det som tilhører Gud. 

• Det siste store verdensherskende menneskeriket under Satan symboliseres profetisk av de ti tærne i Daniel 2, og de ti hornene i Åpenbaringen 13 og 17.

 

Reise eller villmark

 

• De ti plagene Gud sendte over det gamle Egypt for å befri sitt folk før de dro ut i ørkenen.

• There are Ten Days of Awe, a Hebrew festival, where God draws close to man before the Day of Atonement when judgment is sealed. 

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Transition

 

The gospel of John records eleven very special promises.

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 AKJV)

 

A person can receive everlasting life by believing in the Son of God.

 

Whoever eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:54 AKJV)

 

A person can have eternal life by eating, accepting the covenant with Jesus’ that He paid for with His body which is the Word of God. Drinking the wine, which symbolizes His Blood, the blood of a new covenant.

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Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the Light of the world: he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12 AKJV)

 

By following Jesus you will not walk in darkness.

 

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, if you continue in My word, then are you, My disciples, indeed; And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:31-32 AKJV)

 

Those who continue in Jesus’ word will be set free.

 

If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. (John 8:36 AKJV)

 

A person will truly be free if made so by Jesus.

 

If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor. (John 12:26 AKJV)

 

God the Father will honor those who serve Christ.

 

Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to My Father. (John 14:12 AKJV)

 

Those who believe in Jesus will do greater deeds than He did.

 

If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever. (John 14:15-16 AKJV)

 

Those who obey Christ's commands will receive the Holy Spirit.

 

He that has My commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves Me: and he that loves Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. (John 14:21 AKJV)

 

Those who keep Jesus’ commands will be loved by both Him and God the Father.

 

I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without Me you can do nothing. (John 15:5 AKJV)

 

Those who abide in Jesus will be fruitful.

 

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatever I command you. From now on I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known to you. (John 15:13-15 AKJV)

 

A person can be Christ's friend if they obey Him.

 

Prophetic transition

 

Jesus was about 33 years when He died for the sins of mankind so we could transition into righteousness with God. Three is spiritual perfection and when combined with eleven, it brings about the perfect prophetic transition for all mankind.

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12

 

Government or governance 

 

• The Bible shows that 12 is a perfect governmental foundation. It can also symbolize completeness or the nation of Israel as a whole.

• God’s nation, Israel was divided into 12 tribes which governed the country. 

• Christ called and chose 12 men to bear witness to what He did and to spread the good news of the gospel to the entire world. After He was raised from the dead, the 11 disciples (Judas had killed himself) elected a 12th disciple into leadership to replace Judas. (Acts 1:21-24)

• Twelve thousand from each tribe of Israel (144,000 in total) will receive salvation during the end time's Great Tribulation (Revelation 7:4). A set of 144,000 (12 x 12,000), possibly the same as those in chapter seven, will be taken from the Earth in order to serve and follow the Lamb of God (Revelation 14:1-5). Christ's bride in Revelation 12, the church, wears a crown containing 12:1 stars.

• The New Jerusalem, which is made in Heaven and brought to the Earth by God Himself, contains 12 gates made of pearls which are each manned by an angel. Over each gate will be one of the names of Israel's 12 tribes. The walls are 144 cubits high (12 multiplied by itself - Revelation 21:16 - 17), with the city itself being 12,000 furlongs square.

 

Age of accountability

 

• The Scripture's first recording of Jesus' words occurs when He is 12 years old. (Luke 2:42) According to Hebrew tradition, at this age, most children know the difference between good and evil and are now responsible for their own choices. 

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Rebellion, lawlessness

 

• Nimrod, the mighty hunter who was ‘before the Lord’ (meaning he tried to take the place of God), (Genesis 10:9) was the 13th in Ham's line. (Ham was one of Noah's three sons who survived the flood.) Thirteen represents all the governments created by men, and inspired by Satan, in outright rebellion against God.

• The phrase ‘valley of Hinnom’ (or a variation thereof) occurs in 13 places in Scripture. The valley was the scene of the evil-inspired rites of the pagan god Moloch (or Molech). The practices related to this false deity received some credibility when they were knowingly allowed by King Solomon (1 Kings 11:7) in order to please his non-Israelite wives.

• Haman the Agagite had a decree signed on the 13th day of the first month that on the 13th day of the 12th month all Jews in the Persian Empire were to be killed. (Esther 3:7-9)

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14

 

Multiplied or generational physical completion and perfection

 

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17 AKJV)

 

The number 14 is seven times two. Seven is completion and is the physical while two is multiplied. So 14 is multiplied or generational perfection and completion. 

 

With this scripture, we can see that Jesus was the physical manifestation of completion and perfection for generations (14). Also, three is God’s number of spiritual completion and perfection: there were three generations of physical completion before Jesus was born spiritually perfect and complete.

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Being brought into captivity under evil rulers, with a promise of freedom to follow

 

• God, as the sun set to begin Nisan 15, informed in a vision that his descendants would end up as slaves in a foreign country (Egypt). They would, however, eventually be set free (Genesis 15:12-16).

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Reprieve, mercy

 

In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, thus said the LORD, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of My people, thus said the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. And I will add to your days fifteen years… (2 Kings 1-6 AKJV)

 

• King Hezekiah, who was sick and dying, prayed that God would remember his works and how he served Him with his whole heart. God heard his prayer and told the king, through the prophet Isaiah, that he would be healed and granted an additional 15 years of life. (2 Kings 20:1-6)

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Established beginnings

 

This can be established for good or evil. Not only is this the meaning of four and eight, but it can also be seen in Scripture:

 

• King Ahaz: Reigned 16 years and established an altar of another god in the Temple when Israel came under an attack because of the idolatry he was leading. (2 Kings 16, Chronicles 29)

 

• King Uzziah: He was 16 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. King Uzziah did that which was right in the sight of the Lord and sought God in the days of Zechariah who had understanding in the visions of God. King Uzziah’s reign was one of the most successful and most prosperous reigns in the kingdom of Judah. The Lord helped him to have conquests; he defeated the Philistines, the Arabians, and the Meunites. He committed himself to developing his kingdom; he built cities, towers, etc.; he built a strong defense for Jerusalem; and he built a strong military force. (2 Kings 15, Chronicles 26)

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Reporting to others

 

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report. (Genesis 37:2 AKJV)

 

17 can represent speaking about what others are doing. This can be evil speaking and it can be telling on others. It could also be those who reveal what others are doing.

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Unrepentant heart

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So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And he did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.(2 Chronicles 12:13-14 AKJV)

 

…Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem… And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. (1 Kings 14:21-24 AKJV)

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In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for seventeen years. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them. (2 Kings 13:1-2 ESV) 

 

It may represent that you are not ready to seek God’s ways or your heart is not aligned with God. The specific sins are honoring and valuing things above God (built them high places) and sexual sin.

 

Provision and/or restoration in hardship

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And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years. (Genesis 47:28 ESV)

 

“And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver… “For thus says the LORD: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them. Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’ Fields shall be bought for money, and deeds shall be signed and sealed and witnessed, in the land of Benjamin, in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.” (Jeremiah 32:9 & 42-44 ESV)

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During a famine, a time of hardship or disaster, God’s people may find provisions and/or restoration. This can be seen as Joseph’s dedication brought provision and Jeremiah’s prophecy revealed even though God’s people received harsh correction, eventually, God did provide for them once again.

 

The enemy or overcoming the enemy

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• God removed evil humanity when He began to flood the earth on the 17th of the second Hebrew month.

• Jesus Christ gained a complete victory over death and the grave when God resurrected Him near sunset on Nisan 17. (Saturday, April 8, 30 A.D.)

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18

 

Bondage or freedom from bondage

 

• After taking possession of the Promised Land, the children of Israel were in bondage to several nations. Two of their enemies, Eglon the Moabite king and the Philistines (with the help of the people of Ammon) oppressed them for 18 years. (Judges 3:12, 14, 10:7-8)

• Bondage can also be spiritual in nature. Jesus healed a woman that had a “spirit of infirmity” which had been with her for over 18 years. (Luke 13:11)

 

Strong and valiant

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Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong and able men—eighteen in all. (1 Chronicle 26:9 BSB)

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19

 

Unresolved conflict or a righteous remnant 

 

• Joab pursued Abner who had gathered Saul’s heir to oppose King David. After a long pursuit and bloodshed on both sides, Abner escaped over the Jordan in the middle of the night. There were only 19 men left in Joab’s command. (2 Samuel 2:30).

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There were 19 righteous defenders left.

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20

Age of adulthood

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Then the LORD said to Moses, "When you take the census of the Israelites, each one shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD when you count them, so that no plague will come on them when you number them... Everyone who is counted, from twenty years old and over, [as he joins those already counted], shall give this contribution to the LORD. (Exodus 30:11 & 14 AMPC)

 

“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go out to war. (Numbers 1:3 AMPC)

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“A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”(Numbers 26:4 AMPC)

 

The age of full responsibility as an adult began at the age of 20. One could pay taxes, go to war, and be counted in a census.

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Fulfillment of God's Plan

The time in which it takes for God's will to be completely fulfilled.

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• For 20 years Jacob waited to get possession of his wives and property and to be freed from the control of Laban, his father-in-law. (Genesis 31:38-41) 

• Solomon spent seven years building the house of God in Jerusalem and another 13 years building his own home for a total number of 20 years. After he had completed both buildings Solomon gave Hiram, the king of Tyre, 20 cities in the land of Galilee. (1 Kings 9:10-11)

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Time of Release from Oppression

God's timing is perfect! Twenty may represent the release from oppression and gaining of freedom.

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• The children of Israel waited for 20 years to be freed of Jabin, king of Canaan, who oppressed them.

  • God's response was to raise up Deborah and Barak, who freed the people from bondage (Judges 4 - 5)

 

21

Great wickedness of rebellion and sin

 

• After the children of Israel left Egyptian bondage, they had twenty-one major rebellious events as they wandered the wilderness.

• In 2 Timothy the apostle Paul writes of 21 sins which show the exceeding wickedness of self and sin.

 

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Division of work in Body of Christ and the rulership of Jesus

 

• King David divided those responsible for temple music, as well as those who served as priests and the Levites who aided them, into 24 courses (1 Chronicles 23-24). 

• Psalms 24 shows us who will be delivered from the captivity of the evil government and into the government of the Lord. 

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25

Release from Oppression through God's Perfect Grace

 

The English phrases "twenty and five" and "five and twenty," used for the number 25. The number 25 symbolizes in the Bible "grace upon grace." It is composed of 20 (release from oppression) and five (grace) or grace multiplied (5 x 5).

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• In the 25th year of captivity, Ezekiel saw visions of the temple, which is how Israel would be redeemed from sin. (Ezekiel 40:1).

  • There are at least five measurements within the prophetic temple that are twenty-five cubits long (40:13, 21, 25, 29 - 30).

 

New Leadership

Both good and bad leaders, as well as spiritual and secular leaders. 

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• Levites were required to be at least twenty-five years old before they could begin their service at the temple (Numbers 8:24)

• Ezekiel is shown, in vision, 25 temple priests who are standing in the inner court of Jerusalem's temple.

  • With their backs to the temple, they performed the abominable act of worshipping the sun as it rises in the east (Ezekiel 8:15 - 17).

    • turning from God to worship other things.​

• Ezekiel, in a later vision, is shown the eastern gate of Jerusalem's temple.

  • Twenty-five princes give wicked advice and deceive the people into thinking the city is not in peril of being destroyed (Ezekiel 11:1 - 3).

• King Jehoshaphat, considered a good king of Judah, ruled for 25 official years (24 actual years, 1 Kings 22:42).

• In 750 B.C. Jotham began to co-rule the Kingdom of Judah with his father when he was 25 years old (2 Kings 15:33). ​

  • Because Uzziah violated God's ways in the temple, and was struck with leprosy. 

• Righteous King Hezekiah was also 25 when he began to reign (2 Kings 18:2), as was King Amaziah (2 Kings 14:2).

• Wicked King Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:33 - 37), at the age of 25, was placed over Judah as a puppet king of Egypt.

  • He was one of the last few rulers before the kingdom was conquered by Babylon's Nebuchadnezzar.

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30

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The age ministry begins

 

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age… (Luke 3:23 ESV)

 

In Israel, priests began their ministry at this age. 

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50

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Jubilee: set free from debt 

 

And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to his family. (Leviticus 25:10 AKJV)

 

Every 50th year, there is a year of Jubilee where you are set free from debt.

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70

 

Exile, punishment, and captivity by an en­emy 

 

In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. (Daniel 9:2 ESV)

 

Punishment, God’s wrath will come upon Israel after 70 weeks of years. 

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80

 

Strength in life for work or End of the Work

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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psalms 90:10)

 

Eighty years if we can be strong enough to work.

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Confronting wrongdoing or being confronted for wrongdoing

 

Azariah the High Priest, along with 80 other priests, confront Uzziah in the temple over his intentions. The king, as he grew angry with the priests, was struck with leprosy (2 Chronicles 26)

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99

 

Faithful sheep 

 

How think you? if a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seeks that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray… (Matthew 18:12-13 AKJV)

 

Ninety-nine of the sheep were faithful.

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300

 

Valiant men

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And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand: and let all the other people go every man to his place. (Judges 7:6 AKJV)

 

300 men were chosen to deliver Israel. 

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666

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End times, the beast of Revelation 

 

Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (Rev. 13:18 AKJV)

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Six is the number of man. Three is spiritual completion and perfection. When you have six three times in a row, it is man trying to be spiritually complete within himself, without God.

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700

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Chosen warriors, accuracy in battle

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Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left handed; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. (Judges 20:15-16 AKJV)

 

Among all the people, seven hundred were chosen for accuracy.

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1,000

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Millennial reign

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But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. (Revelation 20:5 AKJV)

 

After the wrath of God is poured out, the faithful will live and reign with Jesus for 1000 years.

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144,000

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Faithful, dedicated, chosen, and anointed for Jesus

 

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. (Revelation 7:4 AKJV)

 

144,000 are chosen, sealed, and anointed for God during the Tribulation.

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