
Lately, I have realised that I have been seeing the number 22 on my phone clock consistently without thinking about it. I haven’t been very observant and I hadn’t given it much attention but last week it caught my attention because for some reason I every time I would look at my phone clock, it was always 22 minutes past an hour! So I started to dig and ask God what this really means…
First of all, we are in a year of 2022 (Gregorian) and the 5782 (Hebrew year) which both have the number 2 numerically. Significantly, this is a year of building God’s house… but the Hebrew number 2 is shnayim [m.] Divide. difference, oppose, judge, discern, witness, conflict, blessing, abundance, building, couple, dying to self. It is also related to the Hebrew word shanah, meaning change or repeat.
Ideally, two should mirror one, as in the “two shall become one (echad) flesh.” Thus, making a true “pair” that works together like one’s ears, eyes, nostrils, hands, and feet.
There are two great commandments (love God/love neighbor), two houses of Israel, two sticks, two sisters, two olive branches, two silver trumpets, two leavened loaves on Shavuot, two cherubim guard Ark of the Covenant and the entrance to Eden, two good spies (Joshua and Caleb), and two witnesses mentioned in the Bible. What is opposite is meant to complement for a blessing, not bring division and conflict.
Lately there has been a lot of conflict in our minds and this I know because I have been speaking to a number of people who have confessed that they feel overwhelmed, empty, alone sometimes with a heavy heart. Clearly there has been a battle in their mind, the enemy trying to point them to his lies. I asked these people about their personal bible study and they mentioned that it’s been a big struggle even getting the time. I have personally felt as though I am fighting a never ending battle because I get to think I am done and there is always something else… and I have also struggled with studying and meditating on God’s word. But I kept asking God about this number I was constantly seeing,
The Holy Spirit took me to Genesis to read about the 2nd day God created the heavens.
“And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.”
Genesis 1:6-8
There were two pillars that protected and watched over Israel in the wilderness: a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, yet they were one. These watery fire pillars reflect the earthly waters and the heavenly fire waters of day two of creation.
In the sense above, two (ideally) is meant to bring a blessing, which begins with the letter beht the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
To bless, in simple understanding, is to multiply something or someone. With the number two, multiplication becomes possible.
When two isn’t reflecting the positive side of one (unity), it denotes division rather than multiplication (blessing) in the Bible. For example, the second day of creation DIVIDES the upper and lower waters. The second sentence in scripture speaks of chaos, and the second chapter reveals two trees representing life and death.
Two presents one with a choice, and hopefully that choice will lead to life and blessing, a positive change that repeats through each new cycle.
Second Hebrew letter: Beht Numerical value of two. Pictographic meaning house, tent, sons/daughters, to build, and division.
1st letter of the Bible is an enlarged Hebrew beht. This implies that God’s intent from the very beginning of creation was to expand/build His House. One can’t be built unless you read, study and meditate on scripture. So the enemy is constantly fighting that area in so many ways!
Mankind has two natures. They mirror the TWO trees in the Garden, the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, a mixture. Literally this is the evil inclination(earth) and the good inclination (heaven)
The lower nature, the evil inclination, is simply the flesh (mind, will, emotions, intellect, instincts, appetites, and desires). Man and animals share this earthly nature, thus it is not wicked or evil. Humans are told to master or rule these impulses, not deny that they exist or that one can live a human life without them. (Gen.4:6-7)
Two requires one to discern this difference. It also requires one to look inward at the heart to see which nature sits on the throne, heavenly waters or earthly waters.
The separation on day two divides between the earthly and heavenly waters, the second Spirit of God (Binah) separates materials in order to build.
“and the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:”
Isaiah 11:2-3 KJV
Since the second day of creation is not called good, we must be very careful in how and what we separate. Division is only truly good if it leads to building and gathering (multiplication), not tearing down and isolation (reducing/division). “A wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.” (Pr. 14:1)
What do we take from all this in accordance to the number 22 I have been seeing?
we have got to pray for the spirit of discernment to be able to know how to know how to divide / separate what is good from what is bad as we build and gather our double portions.
We have got to have a good understanding for this season of building, gathering and multiplication that we won’t find ourselves instead tearing down what God has build with in us over the past years.
Through discernment, we understand the battle against reading, studying & teaching scriptures that is going on during this season, the word of God is what we need to build and multiply in this season!
No matter how hard it is for you to study your Bible, fight through the waves to hold on close to the word because without it, there is tearing down which you evidently see in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
With the number 2, multiplication becomes possible, but as you remember, I have been seeing 22 which means there is a double multiplication as you build and gather.
There is also an aspect of 2 becoming one… strive to become one with Christ because with Him(word), the house is built (a pair that works together) and this requires dying to self (remember the definition of 2 in the Hebrew language)
This number 22 also denotes a season of great understanding (discernment), multiplication, abundance, blessings and marriage and all this comes in double portion.
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