Good morning,
One of the Daughters of Z sent me this past blog post. She said that she was pondering or calmly thinking on this. I read it and felt led to re-post this portion. I believe that we need to be reminded that our Father is always up to something "good" on our behalf! What we see is an attempt of the enemy to throw us off track, to get us looking and focusing our attention on things, things that will eventually be turned for our good and our growing. We are God's children after all, and parents want their children to succeed. Our Father's plan is as big as He is.
November 15, 2011
Ears to Hear
Good morning,
Today I would like to share a continued dream that I had three days in a row. Three signifying the perfectly divine and heavenly number. Being representative of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit among many other things. In my dream I was looking out of a window and saw eight deer standing on a mountain in the snow. The first thing I noticed was that there were two stag deer with powerful antlers, three doe or female deer, and three fawn. The next night it was the same dream, but this time there were twelve trees that were burdened under the weight of snow but they did not break. The third night it was the same dream but this time there was a wind that begins to stir, but all of the deer remained standing immovable in spite of the wind. I needed the interpretation for the dream and this is what I received. Eight is from the root word to make fat; to super-abound, making it the super abundant number. The eight deer represent the super abundance for us in the year ahead. The number seven represents the seven days of creation, the seventh day then being the day of completion and rest, Eight coming after the seventh day was over and above this perfect completion and was indeed the first of a new series. Making eight the number specially associated with "resurrection" and "regeneration" and the beginning of a new era. Here are some scriptures that line up with the number eight being resurrection and starting a new era. 2 Peter 2:5; "And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly". 1 Peter 3:20 "[The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God's patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water". Also we will see that circumcision was to be performed on the eighth day, because it was the foreshadowing of the true circumcision of the heart. This of course is connected with us being a new creation, or being born again. Genesis 17:12 "He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male throughout your generations, whether born in [your] house or bought with [your] money from any foreigner not of your offspring". Colossians 2:11 "In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but in a [spiritual] circumcision [performed by] Christ by stripping off the body of the flesh (the whole corrupt, carnal nature with its passions and lusts)". So here we understand that eight has the significance of beginning anew, regeneration and resurrection. There are approximately eight known resurrections recorded in the Bible, besides our Lord and the end-time saints. Three in the Old Testament (1 Kings 17:17-25; 2 Kings 4:32-37; 2 Kings 13:20-21), three in the New Testament that corresponds to the three in the old (Luke 7:11-18; Mark 5:35; John 11) and then there is one in Acts 9:36-41; and another in Acts 20:9-12. I will close with the definition of two words, and next time, we will talk about the twelve trees which also have significance since we are coming up to our calendar year of 2012. The words regeneration and resurrection, which is what the eight deer represented in my dream, which is also what we will experience afresh and anew in 2012 Regeneration means to be restored to a better, higher, or more worthy state. To redeem from error or decay. To reestablish on a new and better basis; to make a radical change for the better; to reform completely. Resurrection which means the act of rising from the dead; a rising again as from decay, disuse; a revival; restoration to use; an awakening to care [for what God is concerned with]. Great things are about to come to pass for all who have put their trust in God. It will be magnified in comparison to those who have not trusted and known God! Praise our God forever more!
Love,
Pastor D.
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