Encouragement for the day...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:01 AM PST

Good morning,

Today I will attempt to finish the dream I shared two weeks ago. There was eight deer at several stages of growth standing on a hill in the distance as they stood there was behind them twelve trees swaying in the breeze. The last part of the dream occurred on the third night that I had this same dream. In this scene everything was the same but a major snow storm had come and yet the deer and the trees remained standing. The trees were bowed under the pressure of the snow, yet they did not break. Today I would like to talk a little about the significance of twelve. Next time we will search the trees.

First of all twelve is perfect, signifying "perfection of government". In the multiple of the number 3 and 4 it has to do with 'rule.' Three is the divine number or the heavenly number; ex. the Trinity. Four stands for the earthly number, or the number of what is material and organic. The number four following three, denotes God's creative works. Four represents all that is created, [ex. water; trees, animal, etc]. So let's think about the number twelve in Scripture. There were 12 Patriarchs from Seth to Noah, and 12 from Shem to Jacob. There are 12 sons of Israel, or the tribes of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulon, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. There were the 12 Apostles or disciples. Reading in Revelation 21:0-21, this is where we find the picture of 'perfect government'.

"And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." In order to have perfect government, then we need to understand what it means to govern. Govern is to rule over by right of authority; to exercise a directing or restraining influence over; to hold in check; to control or guide; to serve as or constitute laws for dominion. We as the people of God will be restored and resurrected (remember that is what the number eight means) to our rightful place to rule by right of the authority that God has given to us. We will be reestablished to a new and better basis.


Our influence over this world will be redeemed from error. God originally made us to exercise dominion over the world, let's look at our original intent. Read and meditate on these verses: Genesis 1:26-28; "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Dominion equals govern the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority, rule; control. We are heading back to God's government and reigning and ruling as kings. We are training for reigning!

Pastor D