Day 53: The Mystery of February 22

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Welcome to the 53rd day of the year! Day 53 is the fourth day of the eighth week; and also the fourth day in the second 49 days of the year. Day 53 is a 4th-season day. The Bible patterns for understanding the 53rd day are 1) the fourth day of creation narrative; 2) the 53rd book of the Bible; 3) the 53rd chapters of the Bible; 4) the fourth of the seven sections of Ruth (Ruth 2:11-22), the 8th book of the Bible.

Day 53 is a fourth-day-of-creation day. On the fourth day of creation, God made the luminaries (sun, moon, and stars) and placed them in the firmament of the heavens. He made them to give light to the earth, to be for seasons, to divide darkness from light, and to rule the night and the day. The luminaries are light-givers and light-containers. Why did God have to create lights on the fourth day after He had said “Let there be light” on the first day of creation? Darkness fights back in the fourth season. The ‘fourths’ of the Bible bear witness to this. Day 53 is a day to hold out light against the invasion of darkness. It is a season to be guided by the lights – the word of God, the Spirit of God, and Wise Counsel – against deception and attacks of darkness. It is a season to expose and fight foolishness and mental darkness. The fourth day of creation was also the birthday of heat. Discomforts and pain are part of the features of the fourth season.

Day 53 is book-of-Second-Thessalonians day. The 53rd book of the Bible, Second Thessalonians, is about God’s response to those who believe and those who do not believe. 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4,8-10 says, “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, [4] so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, [8] in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. [9] These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, [10] when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.”

2 Thessalonians 2:9-13 says, “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, [10] and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, [12] that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. [13] But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 says, “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, [2] and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith”. Unreasonable and wicked men appear in fourth (53rd) seasons. Guard your heart against unreasonable actions today. Paul rebuked idle believers, who stopped working, to wait for the coming of the Lord. They had zeal but had become unsound in their thinking. 

Day 53 is a Ruth 2:11-22 day. Ruth 2:11-22 is the fourth part of the seven-section narrative of the four-chapter book. This fourth section of the 8th book of the Bible is applicable to the fourth day of the eighth week. In this section of the book, Ruth returned from Boaz and reported, to Naomi, everything that happened at work. Her mother in-law, Naomi, counseled Ruth to stay by the maidens (not the young men). That counsel saved her from making a costly mistake. Day 53 is a day to be guided by light.

Day 53 is a 53rd-chapters-of-the-Bible day. The 53rd chapters of the Bible reveal that the 53rd season is a test season. The focus of the test is faith. Can you believe what you cannot see, feel, or reason out? The fool, lacking faith and understanding, says there is no God. It is a season when men are tested for wisdom or foolishness. 

Psalm 53:1-6 says, “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good. [2] God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. [3] Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. [4] Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon God? [5] There they are in great fear Where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; You have put them to shame, Because God has despised them. [6] Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad“.

Isaiah 53 also shows that the 53rd season is a time when men struggle with faith:

Isaiah 53:1-3 says, “Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? [2] For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. [3] He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him”.

The Soviet totalitarian dictator died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage on March 5, in the 53rd year of the 20th century. He was a kind of “the man of sin spoken of in the 53rd book of the Bible.

Day 53 is Obadiah – Malachi day in the 8th week. Every week is like a journey through the Bible. Every week has an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first four days of the week belong to the Old Testament side and express the 39 books of the Old Testament. The remaining three days of the week constitute the New Testament side and express the 27 books of the New Testament. The fourth day of the week is the day closing the Old Testament side of the week; and expresses the last nine books of the Old Testament. Today is the bridge-day leading to the New Testament side of the week. The books of ‘the minor prophets’ are part of the last 9 books of the O.T. They are about judgment and promises of restoration. Today is a day of the dominion of the Voice of God in the nations. Let His Voice dominate in your life.

DECREE AND DECLARE: God made us in His image and likeness to rule, have dominion, and impose His will on seasons; as He did with the seven days of creation. He decreed what He wanted for each day. We are to decree what is revealed concerning each day. Today, decree the downfall of the wicked and the lifting and establishment of the just. Today, prophesy an end to something in your life, family, business, community, and nation. Today, raise your voice against wickedness and oppression wherever it is found. Prophesy! Prophesy!! Prophesy!!! Today, also pray to be more sensitive in the spirit; to pick up necessary signals that would help you triumph over the enemy and keep darkness away. Today, pray to be delivered from falling into temptation. Pray to be preoccupied with the person of God; and to be focused on His mandate and His revealed purpose for your life. Be careful to weigh every decision in light of God’s purpose for your life; and God’s purpose for the time. Today, proclaim an end to woes and declare the dawn of a new day. Today, trust the Lord for a sound mind in every decision you make. Happy 53rd day!

Learn more about this day in history: http://timelines.ws/days/02_22.HTML

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