Numbers Tell a Story
9/19-9/22/18
Ever since I denounced the "Thirteen Days" word on
account of it seemingly not being fulfilled, I have not been able to find peace
about it, in the sense that the Lord did not want me to lay it to rest. Here is
one reason: the Lord says that those who honor Him, He will honor (1 Samuel
2:30). No one honors the Lord perfectly, and though I still stand by my
confession that I had lessons to learn about cutting out distractions, I
believe the "Thirteen Days" word was one of the most-confirmed words
I had received, and I know that I had never failed to pray over it and seek the
Lord, nor had I taken for granted the great importance of bringing Him honor.
But above all, we, the Lord's children, are hidden in the perfect obedience of
Jesus Christ, and for this reason, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing
in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). The Lord has promised us that all things work together
for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28). Furthermore, He has chosen to
work through us--vessels of clay--to build His Kingdom on the earth, that He
may receive all the glory (2 Corinthians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 4:7).
Today, I was feeling heartsick about the "Thirteen
Days" word once again and just said to the Lord, "Why?"
Scripture came into my mind, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10),
and another one, "So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the
surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger
of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited" (2
Corinthians 12:7). The Holy Spirit does not shame His people who are seeking
Him. Yes, He does discipline us and humble us, but He does not discredit us
publicly, for His own Name's sake, if we are keeping our eyes upon Him to do
His will. It is Satan who brings messages that seek to steal the good words
that the Holy Spirit sends to His people. Satan sends false interpretations to
make the Word of God seem void. Is it any surprise, then, that Christianity has
so many organizations and denominations that disagree over what the Bible says?
With this truth about God driving me, I began to search out
"30 days" in Scripture. If there is anything the Lord has been
teaching me very recently, it is that when He gives numbers in terms of days or
any kind of timeframe, they are meant to point us back to parallels in
Scripture that act as a parable. I am not saying that they cannot have a
literal significance, but I think they will always have a spiritual one. Let me
summarize what I plan to delve into in much more depth below (for those wanting
to chew on some meat). The number 30
points us to this time in a sinful world in which we are separated from the
Lord, and the prophecy of “September 12” aims to point us to the numbers seven
and twelve, two numbers that speak of perfect rest for the Church, and the
Bride’s transformation. I have asked the
Lord if He would like to speak directly to us regarding this matter, and I
heard the following:
“Tell my church and my Bride that everyone who has washed
their garments in the blood of the Lamb will be changed in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye. Do not doubt that
because I have delayed my coming that I will delay any longer or that the time
I have spoken of is not upon you. Look
up! My dear Bride, I love you deeply and
my love for you has been everlasting. Do
not doubt that I am coming for you, for I cannot bear any longer to be
separated from you, my Beloved! I am
coming to set a crown upon your head and to carry you as my spear into battle
and as my arrows that I shall shoot out upon the earth. You will be my glory upon the earth in the
darkest time ever known by man. I am oh
so very proud of you, my beloved Bride, my jewel and my delight. I have longed for you since the creation of
the world, and now, the time of our betrothal has come! You will see that I have etched into my Word
signs and parables of all that I have prepared for this moment. Even the numbers of my Word are
deliberate. They point to me and to my
final feast—the Wedding Supper of the Lamb!
Be diligent, my dear people, to study and to dig into my Word, for it is
hidden treasure! Study to show yourself
approved before me, a workman never ashamed, for I will reward you for your
diligent effort to seek me and know me.
I love you, and I am coming for you!
Be alert!”
I would like to take those who want a deeper look, into the
study that God has had me in for several days now. In the word “The
Thirteen of Judgment, the Three of Refuge,” the Lord pointed out the
spiritual connection to the number 13 as discussed in the so-named word
"Thirteen Days." Why would it not also be the same in regards to the
30 days discussed in the same paragraph, and the "September 12th"
specified, which literally means the twelfth day of the seventh
month? I could not initially grasp in my own mind how these numbers were
spiritual, considering He had made the connection to the word He gave Byron
Searle: "My judgments will begin in earnest within the next 30 days!"
And the word he gave me said, "All of my Watchmen and Bride who are part
of my 144,000 will be given this enhanced body, for I will snatch you away like
a thief in the night, and no one will know it, but when you return, you will be
changed. This will happen within the 30 days that I gave to my servant
Byron. That means before September 12th, this year."
In praying over this today, I have been impressed over and
over to go back to Scriptural references to 30 days, as well as seven (the
seventh month) and twelve, which we know are divine numbers in Scripture for
wholeness and completion. The following Scriptures stood out in regards to
thirty days:
Deuteronomy 34:8: "And the people of Israel wept for
Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning
for Moses were ended."
Numbers 20:29: "And when all the congregation saw that
Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days."
Daniel 6:7: "All the high officials of the kingdom, the
prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the
king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever
makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall
be cast into the den of lions."
Esther 4:11: "All the king’s servants and the people of
the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the
inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death,
except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may
live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty
days."
I'd like to discuss these Scriptures by type:
First, we have 30 days as a representation of a mourning
period. Matthew 9:15: "And Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests
mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the
bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.'"
Second, the 30 days were used by the godless to usurp the
worship of the true God. This makes me think of Psalm 2: "Why
do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2The
kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
3'Let
us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.'"
Third, the 30 days were recorded as a period of time in
which Queen Esther had not been called into the court of the king. It has
been understood by some that the king in the story of Esther parabolically
represents God, and we know that no one can enter into the presence of God (the
inner court) without being called, as was represented by the High Priest, only
being directed by God to enter into the inner court of the temple once per
year--on the Day of Atonement. Other prophetic words have recently
clarified the symbolic nature of the veil of the Holy of Holies being torn at
the death of Jesus Christ--a symbolic opening of the way to God that has not
yet fully come to fruition but which God is about to bring about (the tearing
of the spiritual veil). This means that the 30 days of Esther (who
symbolically represents the Bride of Christ) not being called into the king may
represent the time we have been absent from the inner court of Jehovah.
The Lord seems to be saying that His people will be
transformed during this time of absence from the face of our King Yeshua, this
time of mourning for the physical presence of our leader, and this time of
apparent success on the part of the godless who have sought to usurp the
authority of King Yeshua. When is this time? We have to explore seven and
twelve to find out.
The following Scriptures stood out to me as shedding light
on these numbers, first seven:
Revelation 1:20: "As for the mystery of the seven stars
that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars
are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven
churches."
A full lunar cycle represents one month. The moon is also
known to represent the church, who reflects the Son. The seventh month may
therefore represent the complete church.*
Here's another important seven in the Bible:
Genesis 2:2: "And on the seventh day God finished his
work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that
he had done."
Exodus 20:8-10: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a
Sabbath to the LORD your God."
Hebrews 4:8-11: "For if Joshua had given them rest, God
would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a Sabbath
rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested
from his works as God did from his.
Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one
may fall by the same sort of disobedience."
Seven, therefore represents the perfect rest of the Church--that
final rest in which we enjoy the physical presence of God forever.
The idea of a twelfth day within the seventh month seems to
speak of something exalted within the completed church and within the eternal
rest. The first thing that came to my mind was the Bride. She is the apple of
Yeshua's eye. The Bride is also associated with the New Jerusalem, God's
city--a city of twelve gates and twelve foundations.
Revelation 21:1-2, 10-14: "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband...And he carried me away in the
Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming
down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most
rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall, with
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the
twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— on the east three gates, on
the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve
names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."
I would like to conclude by revisiting the word Lord gave me
in "Thirteen Days": "This [transformation] will happen within
the 30 days that I gave to my servant Byron. That means before
September 12th, this year." Based on what we've understood now about these
numbers, I believe the Lord is saying that the transformation of His Bride will
be while the kingdoms of the world are still in power and before the final rest
and the coming of the Bride--the New Jerusalem--from heaven.
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