NUMBER SIX (6-5)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) The number 6 symbolizes man and human weakness, the evils of Satan and the manifestation of sin. Man was created on the sixth day. Men are appointed 6 days to labor. A Hebrew slave was to serve 6 years and be released in the 7th year. Six years were appointed for the land to be sown and harvested. The number 6 is associated with Satan in his temptation of Jesus. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 6 can be found in the Bible.
1. The number six and the reign of Queen Athaliah
a) The six years of Queen Athaliah's reign were six years of usurpation of the throne of David (2Kings 11; 2Chronicles 23). Athaliah slew all the royal seed, as she thought; but God in His providence over-ruled events so that one son, Joash, was "rescued from among the king's sons that were slain." He was hid in the house of God during the 6 years with Jehosheba, who was shut up with him, her affections being centered upon him, while Jehoiada her husband was occupied for the king, going about and securing loyal adherents by his simple repetition of God's promise,
i) "Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David" (2Chronicles 23:3).
b) This promise was the support of the hearts of the faithful during those 6 years of usurpation, until the seventh year came, and Joash (who was only seven years old at the time) was manifested upon his throne and all his enemies destroyed. Which things are a type of the King's son, even Jesus, who was rescued, by resurrection, from among the dead, and is now hid in the house of God on high. While He is seated and expecting, (Hebrews 10:12,13), all who are "in Christ" are hid with Him (Colossians 3:3); and while, in this aspect, their hearts (like Jehosheba's) are occupied with the person of the King, their activities (like Jehoiada's) are going out for Him, witnessing and testifying to the blessed truth that the King is coming again and will surely reign, and the seventh year of blessing will come at last. Until that moment arrives, the promise of God will be their support, that the Seed of the woman shall in due time crush the serpent's head (Genesis 3:15).
The End ...
0. Introductiona) The number 6 symbolizes man and human weakness, the evils of Satan and the manifestation of sin. Man was created on the sixth day. Men are appointed 6 days to labor. A Hebrew slave was to serve 6 years and be released in the 7th year. Six years were appointed for the land to be sown and harvested. The number 6 is associated with Satan in his temptation of Jesus. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 6 can be found in the Bible.
1. The number six and the reign of Queen Athaliah
a) The six years of Queen Athaliah's reign were six years of usurpation of the throne of David (2Kings 11; 2Chronicles 23). Athaliah slew all the royal seed, as she thought; but God in His providence over-ruled events so that one son, Joash, was "rescued from among the king's sons that were slain." He was hid in the house of God during the 6 years with Jehosheba, who was shut up with him, her affections being centered upon him, while Jehoiada her husband was occupied for the king, going about and securing loyal adherents by his simple repetition of God's promise,
i) "Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David" (2Chronicles 23:3).
b) This promise was the support of the hearts of the faithful during those 6 years of usurpation, until the seventh year came, and Joash (who was only seven years old at the time) was manifested upon his throne and all his enemies destroyed. Which things are a type of the King's son, even Jesus, who was rescued, by resurrection, from among the dead, and is now hid in the house of God on high. While He is seated and expecting, (Hebrews 10:12,13), all who are "in Christ" are hid with Him (Colossians 3:3); and while, in this aspect, their hearts (like Jehosheba's) are occupied with the person of the King, their activities (like Jehoiada's) are going out for Him, witnessing and testifying to the blessed truth that the King is coming again and will surely reign, and the seventh year of blessing will come at last. Until that moment arrives, the promise of God will be their support, that the Seed of the woman shall in due time crush the serpent's head (Genesis 3:15).
The End ...
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