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Numbers 33 and 333

Posted: May 27, 2020 in Angels, GPS - God's Prophetic Signposts, Holidays- Holy Days, Pentecost
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I have really been seeing 33, 3:33 and 333 a lot lately and felt the need to do research. This first part is form my recent Bible Study and the latter part is from the scrubbed Space Launch today. Remember – Jesus never told us to “speculate”, but He did tell us to WATCH and PRAY!

  • Jesus warns to “watch and pray in Mark 13:33 “Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” Also see Mark 13:34, 35, 37; 14:34, 37, 38
  • Ezekiel 33:3 speaks of the WATCHMAN, “‘when he (watchman) sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,…”
  • Jeremiah 33:3, “‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”
  • Isaiah 33:3, “At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; when You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;”

Number 33 – Why is Holy Spirit highlighting this number right now? Watch & Pray!

  • On Lag B’ Omer this year was historic in Israel. There are 49 days of Counting of the Omer between Passover and Pentecost, and Lag B’Omer is the 33rd Day.  LAG is made up of 2 Hebrew letters which also represent a Hebrew number. Lamed (30) and Gimel (3) which total 33.
  • Normally Israel observed Lag B’ Omer holiday with over 100,000 worshipers at Mt Meron in the upper Galilee area of Israel, with all night worship and huge bonfires. This Historic year May 12, 2020 there was a limit to the fire and a very, very small limit to the worshipers. No bonfires were allowed in Jerusalem during the quarantine.
    • One reason for the observance, it is the day that the plague which took the lives of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students came to an end.
    • Lag B’Omer is the day that marks the passing of one of Rabbi Akiva’s greatest students, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, in the second century CE. He died on Lag B’ Omer and was known for his light and fire of his teaching. He was believed to have been buried on Mt Meron

In the Bible, number 33 is the number of complete work. 

  • Jesus finished His earthly work on the 33rd year of His life.
  • There are 33 authors that complete the Bible.
  • Elohim (Trinity name) appears 33 times in Genesis Chapter 1.
  • King David reigned in Jerusalem 33 years (I Chron 29:27).

In Barbie Breathitt’s book on “A-Z Dream Symbology Dictionary” she wrote, “33 means “Promise, high prospective and spiritual consciousness, honesty, knowledge, and understanding; dying to self.”

So, I observe from the Bible that 33 is a very interesting number! But remember, the devil never creates anything – he only perverts. View the next examples  that are not a Biblical view:

  • Free Masonry has 33 degrees – 33rd being the highest level they can achieve. The House of the Temple in Washington DC has 33 outer columns which are each 33 feet high. 
  • 33rd Parallel – These are the cities of the world that rest directly on the 33rd parallel: Islamabad, Pakistan, Baghdad, Iraq, Phoenix, AZ, Long Beach, CA, Birmingham, AL.
    • FDR died on the 33rd parallel north, at Warm Springs, GA, and was replaced by the 33rd President of the United States, Harry Truman who was a 33rd Degree Mason, and was the first President to order the dropping of the atomic bomb, which was tested on the 33rd degree parallel, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Years later, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, TX, a city close to the 33rd parallel.
  • Ancient Vedic Religion (Hinduism) – 33 is the number of their deities
  • Buddhism – The word trāyastriṃśa is an adjective formed from the numeral trayastriṃśat, “33” and can be translated in English as “belonging to the thirty-three [devas] – second level of heaven
  • Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage visits 33 Buddhist temples throughout Japan
  • According to Al-Ghazali (Persian Philosopher), dwellers in heaven will exist eternally in the state of being age 33.
  • Islamic prayer beads are normally sets of 33 beads
  • Pope John Paul 1 was the 33-day pope, shortest reign in history
  • Klu Klux Klan – 33 is one of their symbols. ‘K’ is the 11th number of the Alpha Bet and 3 times 11 is KKK
  • Psychic – 33 is a Master Number (Master Teacher) and resonates with energies of compassion, blessings, inspiration, honesty, discipline, bravery and courage. Number 33 tells us that ‘all things are possible’. 33 also symbolizes guidance
  • Angel Number – 33 symbolizes growth – seeing 33 often means you need to ‘grow up’!

33 years ago – 1987, President Reagan (40th President), Russian Mikhail Gorbachev and Pope John II worked together to change the world. Perry Stone wrote in his Unusual Prophecies Being Fulfilled Prophet Series, Book 4 is “The Pope, The Eagle and the Iron Sickle.”

  • President Reagan is best know for “tear down that wall”
  • Mikhail Gorbachev is most famous for ending the Cold War and during his presidency USSR ended after 70 years
  • Pope John II was actually a defender of the Jews during WWII and living in Poland he worked to save many Jews from the Holocaust

Today the US Space Launch was scheduled. Some things interesting about this special launch are:

  • It was the first US Space launch since 2011
  • It is the first US Space Launch of the Decade
  • It was supposed to liftoff at 3:33 pm CST
  • The Rocket Ship was called Dragon. The SpaceX Dragon, also known as Dragon 1 was a reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company.
    • Dragon is mentioned 12 times  in the 12th chapter of the Book of Revelation (12 is the biblical number of governmental perfection – see E.W. Bullinger’s Numbers in Scripture)
  • No longer will we be relying on Russia Russia Russia to get into space.
  • It is rescheduled for Saturday, May 30, Which is the 2nd Day of Jewish Feast of Pentecost, known in Hebrew as Shavu’ot. This year we have Jewish Pentecost 2 days followed by Christian Pentecost Sunday — 3 days of Pentecost!!!! And I believe it will Historical. The prophets are really expecting a sound from heaven and a mighty move of God on the earth.

One of the young area intercessors wrote this today: “I was knee deep in a COVID Biblical comparison of 333 and the gist of it was a lot of people have been seeing 333 recently since COVID started and they feel like it’s an angelic sign – that 3 dots 3 dashes 3 dots is a sign for SOS and that God is stirring up to get our attention, which lines up with a lot of the word of the season. To get ready and to get with God and to listen to what He’s doing and what He’s speaking because of the importance of this time.”

 

 

 

2019/5779 Incredible Calendar Alignment

Posted: February 17, 2019 in Hebrew Months, Holidays- Holy Days, Passover, Pentecost
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When I began to study the Signs in the Heavens back in the early 90’s, Holy Spirit impressed on me to watch for 2017. I believe that this was the year that things shifted into a time of transition. Here are just a few major significant anniversaries:

  • 70 years from 1947 to rebirth of Israel (UN Nov 27, 1947)
  • 50th anniversary (Jubilee) for Jerusalem (6/7/67 – 6/7/2017)
  • 500th Anniversary of Reformation (10/31/17)
  • 70th Anniversary of the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • 100th Anniversary of Fatima prophesy
  • 100th Anniversary of Balfour Declaration
  • 100th Anniversary of Battle of Bethsheba (well of the covenant)

I teach much on the Hebraic Calendar, but He told me to watch the Gregorian calendar that we used for our everyday life. So I thought I would share with you the amazing alignment on both calendars this year on the Hebraic and Gregorian Calendar.

On the Christian observation of the Holy Week with Good Friday, April 19, Passover begins the same day at sundown. I shared about how April 19 is the Day of Infamy in America on our television broadcast last year. https://mbostrom2.com/2018/04/11/april-19-in-history-understanding-cycles. Some of the events of April 19 are as follows:

  • 571 – Birth of Mohammed (20th)
  • 1775 – Start of the Revolutionary War
  • 1889 – Birth of Adolph Hitler
  • 1933 – Franklin D Roosevelt leaves Gold Standard
  • 1961 – Bay of Pigs failure
  • 1985 – ATF Raid on Covenant of the Sword and the  Arm of the Lord
  • 1989- Explosion of USS Iowa-47 sailors were killed
  • 1993- Waco/Branch Davidian raid by FBI/ATF
  • 1995- Oklahoma City Bombing, Murrah Federal Building
  • 1999 – Columbine High School Shooting (April 20)
  • 2010 – Gulf Oil Spill
  • 2013 – Boston Marathon Bombing (16th bombing, 19th brother found in boat in Watertown)
  • 2016 – 13 Days of Preparation April 19-May 1
    • April 19 is the first day of the 13-day satanic ritual day relating to fire- the fire god, Baal, or Molech/Nimrod (the sun god), also known as the Roman god, Saturn (satan/devil). This day is a major human sacrifice day, demanding fire sacrifice with an emphasis on children. This day is one of the most important human sacrifice days, and as such, has had some very important historic events occur on this day. (April 19-May 1 – 13 days of sacrifice by fire to Baal)

There are so many things that have happened around the season of April 19. In the Bible, this  was a time “when kings go forth to battle” (2 Samuel 11:1). I cover  this every year and have a running timeline chart that covers 5 landscape pages, 10 font. It is  a day to watch and pray so it is VERY interesting that Good Friday and Passover both of April 19.

Resurrection (Easter) Sunday and Feast of First Fruits are both on April 21, 2019.

Christian Pentecost Sunday and Hebrew Pentecost (Shavuot) are both on June 9, 2019.

Feast of Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Tishri 29 and the Hebrew year will change to 5780. I was in a meeting with a well known prophet this past weekend and he advised us to journal happenings for the next 9 months, which will  take us to Feast of Trumpets.

Hanukkah begins sundown December 22 and is completed sundown December 30, so this year Hanukkah and Christmas are on the same day. Actually Christmas, December 25 will be the lighting of 4 candles so that is the half way point.

I don’t know what this alignment means, but I love  watching what God is up to.

 

Shavu’ot 5771 – Pentecost 2011

Posted: June 6, 2011 in Feasts of the LORD, Pentecost
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Pentecost Sundown 6/7/11 (8th & 9th) Ends Sundown 6/9/11. On the Hebrew calendar it is Sivan 6-7, 5771. This is now celebrated as a 2 day Feast since the Rabbis could not agree if Moses went up the mountain on the 6th or 7th of Sivan. This is the 4th of the 7 Feasts listed by God for Israel to keep forever. (Lev 23).

Each of the Seven Feasts of the Lord has a harvest season:

  • Passover is in the spring and is during the barley harvest. It includes the Feast of Unleavened Bread and Feast of First Fruits.
  • Pentecost is in the summer and is the wheat harvest.
  • Tabernacles is the fall and is the grape harvest. It includes Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles.

An interesting note from the Carta’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem by Chaim Richman from page 249: ‘The Mishnah (Taanit 28a) describes how once, in days of the Second Temple, the Roman Empire enacted a decree which outlawed the bringing of firstfruits to Jerusalem. In order to enforce this law, roadblocks were set up on the routes leading to the Holy City.” (My thoughts, did this happen after the Holy Ghost fell in Acts 2 and they were afraid it would happen again?) Because of this, they began bringing their firstfruits on Av 15, when all the seven firstfruits of the season had ripened.

Many Christians ask the question of what is the difference between the Jewish Pentecost and Christian Pentecost Sunday.  The answer is simple,  Jewish Pentecost follows 50 days after the 2nd day of Passover. The Christian Pentecost follows 7 weeks after Easter Sunday. The calendar that God instituted in Exodus 12 is  a lunar calendar and this is the calendar to follow to keep aligned with God’s Feast seasons and His signs for these last days.

FEAST NAMES

  • Shavu’ot – This is the main Hebrew name, meaning ‘weeks‘, representing the 7 weeks following the 2nd day of Passover when the omer begins to be counted.
  • Pentecost– Greek, pente means 50, representing the Holy Day following 50 days after Passover
  • Festival of Weeks– Chag HaShavuot
  • Festival of the Giving of the Torah (Chag Mattan Torateinu)
  • The Day of First Fruits– Yom HaBikurim, Numbers 28:26, when the firstfruits of the wheat harvest is brought to the Temple
  • Feast of the Wave Loaves– Leviticus 23:17. During the times of the Temple, the priests would wave two loave of bread, baked with the fine wheat flour. NOTE: records show the leavened loaves each had 4 lbs of flour (½ gal) and were 28″ long.

BIBLICAL HISTORY OF PENTECOST

Exodus 19-20. Exodus 19 begins with “In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.” The counting of the months began in Exodus 12:2 when God told Moses, “This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. ” This began God’s calendar, known as the biblical calendar. The other calendar, which I call the civil calendar,  begins 6 months later in the month of Tishri when the Hebrew year changes, following the years since Adam’s birth.

God told Moses, as recorded  in Exodus 3:12, “And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain“. The Hebrew children left Egypt the day after the first Passover and they were now at the mountain to meet with God, 44 days later. Now they were to prepare themselves and wait for God’s appointed meeting.

On the 3rd day, God spoke to the Hebrew children from the mountain.  Ex 19:16, “And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled. (18) And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. (19) And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.” At this time they were orally given by God the 10 Commandments, but they were fearful of God of God and told Moses to talk to God for them. On the 6th day Moses went up the mountain and did not come back for 50 days.

  • This is known as the time when Moses was given the Torah.
  • This is also when God made covenant with Israel. He made covenant with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the land- but now His covenant is also with the entire nation. This is when the nation of Israel was born.
  • This is considered to be the time of God’s marriage to Israel since marriage is a covenant relationship.
  • More information is recorded in Exodus 19 & 20, 23:15-19; Leviticus 23:16; Deut 26:5-11;  Ruth 2:23

During the time of the Temples they would bring their firstfruits of wheat to the Temple and present them to the Lord. They would recite Deuteronomy 26:5-11 to the priest, present the basket at the altar and law prostrate before the Lord.

On Pentecost Exodus 19-20 is read and the Scroll of Ruth is read in its entirety. The beautiful story of Redemption is found in Ruth and it takes place during the wheat harvest (Pentecost). It is a recording of Ruth and the kinsman redeemer Boaz, the only one who could redeem the land Naomi’s family lost and save her and Naomi. It is also a joining of a Gentile & Jew – traditionally the marriage of Ruth & Boaz was on Pentecost. King David’s beginnings- believed to have been born and died on Feast of Shavuot (70 yrs) and is the great-grandchild of Ruth and Boaz.

On this day meals include dairy and honey, representing the promise of a land full of milk and honey. Mothers will dip their finger in honey and touch the baby’s tongue, telling them ‘God’s word is as sweet as honey’.

Tradition is to stay up all night studying the promises in God’s word regarding opening heavens. Scriptures included Joel 2, Zech 12:10a, Isaiah 44:3, Ezekiel 1:4; 3:12-13; 36:26-27.

In services of Sephardic Jewish congregations read a ketuba, ‘wedding contract’ . Pentecost being the marriage covenant to Israel.

SEVERAL SIMILARITIES TO THE FIRST  PENTECOST AND ACTS TWO

God’s specified appointment

Jesus’ specified appointment

Waited in obedience

Waited in obedience to Jesus

Prepared to hear from God

Prepared for power from on high

One mind & single heart

In one accord in one place

Waited at the base of the mountain

Waited in Jerusalem

Nation was birthed

Church was birthed

God gave the Law to teach them what was right

God gave them the Teacher

God’s laws were written in stone

Written in their hearts

Heavens opened and Moses went up

Heavens opened and Spirit came down

Great thunder, lightning, trumpet

Sound of a mighty rushing wind

People went from being slaves to a nation of priests

Disciples went from following to leading (apostles)

Twin loaves waived at the 3rd hr

Acts 2:15, seeing it is the 3rd hr

3,000 died when the tablets were broken due to the golden calf

3,000 religious Jews were born again after Peter preached