ELEVAN (11) IN THE BIBLE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Number ELEVEN in the Bible
a) And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles. (Acts 1:26)
c) Eleven also represents disorder. The parable about the workers coming to work in the eleventh hour is in contrast to what we believe to be right in order and arrangement (Matthew 20:6,9). Disorder arose when the earlier workers found out the eleventh hour workers got paid just as much as those who had worked all day.
d) The journey of the Israelites through the wilderness should have taken only eleven days (Deuteronomy 1:2). It turned into a 40 years journey because of disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration.
e) The number eleven can be traced throughout Jacob's life illustrating incompleteness. According to Genesis 32:22, Jacob took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and headed back home to confront his estranged brother Esau. At the time Jacob had only eleven sons because Benjamin had not yet been born. Benjamin's birth brought the total of Jacob's sons to twelve. But then Joseph (the eleventh son) was sold into slavery, and Jacob thought Joseph was dead. This took the total back to eleven.
g) When your life seems to be disorderly, disorganized, imperfect and incomplete, check to see if an eleven is somehow involved.
The End ...
1. Number ELEVEN in the Biblea) And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles. (Acts 1:26)
b) The number eleven is the number of disorder, imperfection and incompleteness. Eleven signifies a state not yet full. After Judas betrayed Jesus, he committed suicide. One might ask why replace Judas since Jesus had been crucified. Since the twelve disciples represented the twelve tribes of Israel, Judas' replacement was necessary to bring the number back to the governmental number of twelve. Having only eleven disciples speaks of incompleteness.
d) The journey of the Israelites through the wilderness should have taken only eleven days (Deuteronomy 1:2). It turned into a 40 years journey because of disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration.
e) The number eleven can be traced throughout Jacob's life illustrating incompleteness. According to Genesis 32:22, Jacob took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and headed back home to confront his estranged brother Esau. At the time Jacob had only eleven sons because Benjamin had not yet been born. Benjamin's birth brought the total of Jacob's sons to twelve. But then Joseph (the eleventh son) was sold into slavery, and Jacob thought Joseph was dead. This took the total back to eleven.
f) During that period, much disorder and confusion characterized Jacob's household. Joseph spent eleven years in Potiphar's household where disorder caused by Potiphar's wife resulted in Joseph going to prison.
The End ...
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