The LIVING WORD of GOD is so amazing! In every place within its pages lies the Glory of TRUTH, and in its corners hide the pearls of great price, waiting for the asker, seeker, and knocker to pull back the curtain and reveal yet another layer of the beauty of the PERFECTION of our LORD JESUS CHRIST! He is the WORD revealed to us in these end times, and according to that same WORD, all of mankind will answer for the level of revelation that was revealed to them, as to how it was put to work for the MASTER’s use.
Matthew 25:
17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
GOD has used so many patterns throughout HIS WORD, and as HE is the GOD that changeth not, but is the same, yesterday, today, and forever: he gives us glimpses into HIS glorious patterns that HE has determined for our lives. In HIS revelation to us, HE always works toward man in 4’s. In our growth toward HIM, it is described in 3’s.
The number 4 speaks of earth or earthly, and also God’s revelation to man and to the earth.
- His tetragrammaton name JHVH. The Yod, Hay, Vaw, Hay. Hebrew alphabet characters that reveal HIS nature…
Tetragrammaton
From the encyclopedia: The term tetragrammaton (from Greek τετραγράμματον, meaning “four letters”)[1][2] refers to the Hebrew theonym (Hebrew: יהוה) transliterated to the Latin letters YHWH. It may be derived from the verb that means “to be”,[1] and is considered in Judaism to be a proper name of the God of Israel used in the Hebrew Bible. While YHWH is the usual transliteration of the tetragrammaton in English academic studies, the alternatives YHVH, JHVH and JHWH are also used.[3][4]
Here are just a few of the examples of 4’s given as a pattern of the revelation of the perfection of the WORD of GOD, JESUS!
- The four points of the Old Testament Tabernacle…represented by the east (Judah) west (Ephraim) north (Dan) south (Rueben).
- Job’s 4 Friends…(the fourth was Elihu) He spoke righteously and was a picture of Christ. Job did not have to sacrifice for him..this is always represented as Job’s 3 friends. He really only had one true friend Elihu, because he spoke truth! A true friend indeed!
- The fourth man in the fire with the 3 hebrew children….(described as looking like the SON OF GOD) again Jesus pictured as the 4th man or complete revelation for man.
- The children of Israel were not just given the 10 commandments…but were also given HIS statutes, judgements, and testimonies…
- 1Kgs.2
- [3] And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
- The 4 Gospels represent 4 fold revelation of who JESUS was, is, and will be. The gospels represent Jesus as the servant, the king, the son of man, and the son of GOD.
I could go on and on with the ways GOD used 4 to be a picture of the full stature of the revelation of HIS NAME…but I will move on to the 3’s…
3 has different meanings scripturally, but foremost it represents divine completeness or perfection (ie. Father, Son, Holy Ghost). However it also represents man’s walk toward GOD and our growing up into completeness and perfection of the stature of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. It is a picture of Jesus calling us to be as he is!
Here are a few examples of 3’s that show our growth and choices for more of the LORD JESUS CHRIST!
- The old testament tabernacle…built after the “pattern” shown to Moses on the mountain…is the same pattern of the cross of CHRIST and is still our pattern for growing up into the stature of JESUS. It was divided into 3 parts…courtyard, holy place and holy of holies.
- In the ark of the covenant was hidden 3 things….1. the dead and dried rod that budded, (represented JESUS….the root out of a dry ground in Isaiah) 2. the pot of manna, (bread of heaven, or the bread of life, again a view of JESUS, and 3. the law given to MOSES..or the WORD..again JESUS, the word was made flesh. It is a picture of how we must first let him bring LIFE to our dead and dried souls, give us the sustaining manna bread of LIFE, and speak LIFE into us through HIS LIVING WORD.. continually growing onward and upward in JESUS!
- In John 15: verses 1-5 we are encouraged to 1. bring forth fruit, 2. more fruit, 3. much fruit.…GOD is glorified when we bring forth MUCH fruit.
- In the parable of the talents there were 5, 2, and 1 talent given according to the abilities of each they were given to.
- In the parable of the sower….when the seed fell upon good ground…some gave 30 fold, some gave 60 fold and some gave 100 fold.
- GOD gave a 5 fold ministry to the church..apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors, and teachers…for 3 reasons..for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying of the body of CHRIST
- Overcoming believers will be in GOD’s new city, new heavens, and new earth.
- Revelation mentions the white robed, the ones with white rainment, and those with white linen.
- JESUS the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS will have with him “and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
There are so many more examples given in the Living Word of God that I could list here, but time will not permit me to tell them all. Just recognize that God is revealed in his fulness to all today who will receive HIM, and we must choose to move onward and upward from the courtyard of our entrance into salvation, onward into the holy place where we have been called to be priests and kings unto GOD, and even more upward into the Holy of Holies were the LIVING WORD JESUS desires to speak to us face to face as a man would speak with his friend! That is the perfection Jesus spoke to us about…the maturity and completeness only found in HIM! The four places of revelation toward us and our choice of three toward him, is the complete or perfect number of seven!
Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Let us press toward the mark of the prize of the HIGH calling of God in CHRIST JESUS! Have you been Called into HIS kingdom? Then GO forth and be the Chosen and Faithful!
Pastor Stephen Dubois