Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number... From CG Workbook Five, Volume 4, Bamidbar On Shavuot, the Fourth Day or Fourth Moed, a disciple is either numbered and named with the assembly or not counted, or accounted. Warriors are reckoned “according to the number of names”(mispar shel shemim). The assembly was promised to Abraham, and the counting of names comes from the same word as sefer, book, or sofer, a writer. The counting and numbers are part of the gospel of Creation, and those who participate are writing a book and becoming a book. Their deeds are all recorded either for life or death. “And He took him outside and said, ‘Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ And He said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’” (Genesis 15:5) This links to Exodus 30, which requires the heads to be counted from the age of twenty on up for the half-shekel contribution to the tent of the moedim: The number twenty, represented by the letter khaf, is the essence of atonement, khafar, and the verb khaf, which means “to subdue.” In Exodus, the men from twenty years old upward gave a contribution to the tent of the moedim. At the age of twenty, every young man in Israel who is physically able is to take responsibility for the service of the moedim. Their contribution and their sense of obligation is a type of atonement for all Israel, and it stands between Israel and judgment. A warrior is named and numbered on behalf of his family. Atonement requires an authoritative covering of the nefesh, which is how the portion ties the census to the redemption of the firstborn and the transfer of firstborn levitical service to the Levites. In the case of Messiah Yeshua, it was his covering of blood on the mercy seat that made atonement for sins. He subdued his own will in order to fight the battle of the ages on behalf of all men everywhere. For this reason, every firstborn in Israel can subdue the nefesh of desire with the Ruach HaKodesh of authority.
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:02:04 +0000
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