We all know the story
of Noah and the great flood; so today I wanted to focus in on the numbers that are said. Scripture says, “The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.” Genesis 7:1 What did Moses mean by “in this generation?” I believe Moses is referring to a revolution of time. A time that existed when the Nephilim lived. “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” Genesis 7:4 The number seven is the most sacred number of all; 7 stands for spiritual completeness and spiritual perfection. Seven expresses the completeness of the earth and of heaven. And I just learned that seven is used over 700 times in the bible; and occurs over 50 times in the Revelation of Christ given to John. The number 40 is typically used to represent probation, trials or periods of testing. The Israelites roamed in the desert for 40 long years; and Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights. In addition, Jesus visited his disciples for 40 days in between his resurrection and his ascension back into Heaven. I wonder how many people finally choose to believe? “Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.” Genesis 7:6-7 “In the 600th year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month - on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened up.” Genesis 7:11-12 Now this is a number that stumps me, but I believe, there has to be, some great significance to Noah being exactly 600 years old when the floodwaters came. In addition, Moses is quite direct with the exact day the floodwaters came. He said the earth and the heavens opened up on the 17th day of second month, which in Hebrew calendar is the month of Cheshvan - "our October/November" I also learned that in the Bible the number 17 is related to overcoming the enemy and having complete victory. Hallelujah and Amen to that! “On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.” Genesis 7:13 “On that very day” tells us that God is very specific! Nothing happens by accident! Our God is absolute- He is 100 percent completely prophetic. “Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. The animals going in, male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.” Genesis 7:15-16 This brings me to the number 2, when God does things in pairs. The number 2 conveys the meaning of a union, division or the verification of facts by witnesses. A man and woman - two in number - are made one in marriage. There is also the union between Christ and His church; the Old and the New Testament and Covenant; and the division between Adam and Jesus. Adam brought death, and Jesus brings life back to mankind - all one has to do is come into agreement with Him. “Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.” Genesis 7:23-24 150 days - What could this possibly mean? The Hebrew month is based on 30 days so this would mean the waters flooded the earth for exactly five months. Why 150 days - what do you all think?
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