The number FOUR

 

Genesis 1:17-19

King James Version

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, 

and to divide the light from the darkness: 

and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning 

were the fourth day.

What is it about the number FOUR?

Why has it shown up on this blog?

What is its significance?

To know more, we recap the previous post's declarations:

GOD made me born again four years ago.

This blog was created four days ago.

This blog has been delayed four days.

That got me thinking about the number four.

What is this number's significance?

Ed. F. Vallowe on his book, "Keys to Scripture Numerics", says:

FOUR 

is 

CREATION....WORLD

Vallowe likens it to the following verses:

Revelation 4:6

King James Version

6 And before the throne 

there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: 

and in the midst of the throne, 

and round about the throne, 

were four beasts 

full of eyes before and behind.

("full of eyes" -- I seem to have seen that, while I was on the border between sleep, and waking up -- on two separate occasions. Was this the same "beast"? Aha, worthy of another look!)

Revelation 4:7

King James Version

7 And the first beast was like a lion, 

and the second beast like a calf, 

and the third beast had a face as a man, 

and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

(A lion, a calf, a man, and a flying eagle -- the four "beasts".)

Revelation 4:8

King James Version

8 And the four beasts had each of them 

six wings about him; 

and they were full of eyes within: 

and they rest not day and night, 

saying, 

Holy, holy, holy, 

Lord God Almighty, 

which was, and is, and is to come.

("full of eyes within" -- I've seen that TWICE. A must-look-into for a future post.)

Revelation 5:13

King James Version

13 And every creature 

which is in heaven, 

and on the earth, 

and under the earth, 

and such as are in the sea, 

and all that are in them, heard I saying, 

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, 

be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, 

and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

(FOUR areas where worship were heard -- in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, and in the sea. FOUR things due GOD -- blessing, honour, glory, and power.)

Those FOUR sets of verses invite deeper study from me.

There's really so much more about the number FOUR.

And we shall look into that.

Either for another post.

Or a blog all its own.

SPIRIT will tell me how.

And in what manner.

For now, you get the idea.

Number FOUR matters.

Sets of FOUR matters.

And it's upon that number that this blog is being created.

Yes, it's a process, for me.

A sweet, gentle process of discovery.

We take it a step at a time.

That's how SPIRIT works with me.

We never get ahead of SPIRIT.

As if we could.

Being born again means you have a childlike heart.

You're teachable, obedient, and excited.

You have a jumping jelly bean heart.

That makes learning so much fun!

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GOD's numbers

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