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Noah and the Flood
skydreamers:
Hi Kat, awesome post! Thanks for sharing this study.
I find it interesting that Noah was 600 yrs old when the flood came:
Gen 7:6
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
The number of man (in the flesh) seems to be linked to the number six:
Rev 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him who has a mind calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is the number of mankind, and its number is six hundred sixty-six. (actually three sixes)
Is it possible that Noah's age represents something like the peak of sin in the flesh?
Gen 6:5
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Then in Revelation we have three sixes...could this be completion in the experience of carnality before the change finally comes and we reach spiritual maturity?
We have six, then seven which is often referred to as God's number of completion then eight which represents a new beginning. (Example: the Last Great Day being the eighth day at the end of the last fall feast).
There were eight people in the ark: Noah and his wife, Noah's three sons and their wives....
Noah and his family....representing the remnant, the Elect, the chosen...a new beginning?
1Co 10:11
Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.
Peace,
Diana
iris:
Hi Diana,
It's very interesting what you wrote about the number 8.
I don't remember reading about the number i in any of Ray's
papers. Maybe I just overlooked it. Do you know where
in Ray's papers that might be found. I would love to read
what he says about it. Thanks.
Iris
skydreamers:
Hi Iris,
I don't know that Ray speaks about the number eight specifically...I thought I had read it in his writings somewhere but now I can't find it. But he does talk about The Last Great Day:
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JESUS TAUGHT THE PURPOSE OF THE FALL HARVEST
The eighth day of this Feast of Tabernacles was called "The Last Great Day of the Feast." Jesus Christ Himself came to the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem and spoke on the Last Great Day:
"In the last day, that GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If ANY MAN thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of LIVING WATER" (John 7:37-38).
At what point in future prophecy, will Jesus Christ CUT OFF the invitation to all and any who are athirst to drink of His LIVING WATERS? Our Lord NEVER cuts off the invitation to drink of the living waters. These waters (a symbol for God’s SPIRIT) will be available until every creature in heaven and earth is saved:
"And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY" (Rev. 21:6).
"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And WHOSOEVER WILL, let him take the WATER OF LIFE FREELY" (Rev. 22:17).
And this declaration is made just five verses before the END OF THE BIBLE!
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WHEN IS IT TOO LATE TO BE SAVED?
But are these Scriptures believed? In the "the end," in "the last day ," in that "GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST," can "ANY" man really and truly drink of Christ if he is thirsty, or will it be TOO LATE?
"If ANY MAN THIRST, let him come unto Me, and DRINK."
What about the Rich man in the parable who said,
"...be merciful to me [is God a God of mercy?] and send Lazarus that he should be dipping the tip of his finger in water and cooling my tongue..." (Luke 16:24).
Can this Rich man come to Christ and "drink"? Ask your pastor. The answer will probably be, "NO, he cannot come to Christ and drink, because for him IT IS TOO LATE."
"TOO LATE?" The "END," the "END of the Feast," "the LAST day," "the LAST great day of the Feast," is, "TOO LATE?" NO! The LAST great day of the feast is NOT too late. The LAST GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST IS WHEN Jesus said let "ANY MAN" freely come and drink of the water of life:
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the END ... I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the WATER OF LIFE FREELY" (Rev. 21:6)
"In the LAST DAY, that GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If ANY MAN THIRST [even the Rich man] LET HIM COME UNTO ME, AND DRINK" (Jn. 7:37-38).
http://bible-truths.com/lake4.html
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If you have e-sword you can look up the number eight and see where God uses this number throughout scripture. It seems to have some indication in some instances of something significant ending and something better beginning.
For instance, circumcision happened on the eighth day. And we know this is a spiritual circumcision of the heart: putting away the old man of sin for a new spiritual man.
Gen 17:12
(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 who is not of your offspring,
Col 2:11
(11) In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
Eph 4:21-24
(21) if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
(22) that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
(23) and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
(24) and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Lev 8:33
(33) And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you.
Lev 9:1-2
(1) On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,
(2) and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
Heb 10:19-20
19) Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
(20) By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
1Pe 3:20
(20) because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
2Pe 2:5
(5) and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
Rev 17:11
(11) As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
I've been doing some studying on numbers lately and find the patterns significant...still praying for more insight as to their spiritual meanings....
Peace,
Diana
iris:
Hi Diana,
Thank you for taking the time to look for this information. I was really looking for something on the number 8.
I remembered reading about the Fall Harvest in Ray's paper. I'm going to read that paper again, and do some more research on the number 8.
Thank you so much for the time you put into finding this information.
Iris
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