Welcome to a new day!
FIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DAY
Today Is
1. May 31(Clear year); May 30 (Leap year).
2. The fourth day of the 22nd Week (May 28 – June 3 in a Clear year/ May 27 – June 2 in a Leap year)
3. The fourth day in fourth 7 Weeks of the year. (May 28 July 15).
4. The 151st day of the year (from January 1). In this post, this day will be called Day 151.
5. A fourth-season day because it is the fourth day of the 22nd week of the year.
FOUR BIBLICAL PATTERNS FOR THE DAY
There are four basic biblical patterns for this day:
1. The fourth day of creation (Genesis 1: 14-19)
2. Songs of Solomon 5
3. The fourth book of the Bible (Numbers)
5. The last 9 books of the Old Testament.
1. Day 151 is a fourth day of creation season. On the fourth day of creation, God made the luminaries to hold darkness back – even in the time of darkness. It was like a reinforcement of what He did on the first day of creation. The fourth season is temptation and testing season. The fourth day is examination day. Jesus’ temptations are recorded in the fourth chapters of Matthew and Luke. Israel was tested in the wilderness in the fourth book of the Bible, Numbers. I think Abraham must have lifted his hands to slay Isaac on the fourth day of his journey – when they arrived Moriah, the mount of testing. Why do I think so? Genesis 22: 4 says it was on the third day that Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place of sacrifice AFAR OFF. That was not the day of the sacrifice. Probably they arrived on the fourth day. If Jesus spent three days and thee nights in the belly of the earth as He said he would in Matthew 12:40, and rose on the first day of the week as Matthew 28:1-7 implies, He must have given His up His life for us on the fourth day of the week.
2. Day 151 is a book of Numbers day in the 22nd week. It is also a fourth chapters of the Bible day. The fourth book and chapters of the Bible reveal that this is a season of pressures and tests. It is a crossing-over day in the week.
3. Day 151 is Obadiah- Malachi day in the 22nd week. Every week is like a journey through the Bible; and has both an Old Testament side and a New Testament side. The first four days is the Old Testament side; and the remaining three days is the New Testament side. The fourth day of the week is the last day on the Old Testament side and expresses the last nine books of the Old Testament. Those nine books are books of judgment.
4. Day 151 is a Song of Songs chapter 5 day in the 22nd week. The fifth chapter of the 22nd book of the Bible is applicable to the fourth day of the 22nd week of the year. This chapter reveals three things about the fourth season:
a). It is a season of strengthening relationships. Song of Songs 5:1 says, “I have come to my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, drink deeply, O beloved ones!”
b). It is a season to guard against unnecessary excuses and spiritual insensitivity. The Shulamite suffered because she was not sensitive to respond promptly. When she got up to open the door, her beloved was gone. She had to go out to the streets to look for her beloved. The watchmen struck her, wounded her, and seized her veil. Song of Songs 5:2-8 says, “I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one; For my head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.” [3] I have taken off my robe; How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; How can I defile them? [4] My beloved put his hand By the latch of the door, And my heart yearned for him. [5] I arose to open for my beloved, And my hands dripped with myrrh, My fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the lock. [6] I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart leaped up when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. [7] The watchmen who went about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls Took my veil away from me. [8] I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!” Spiritual insensitivity in a fifth season is costly. The creatures of the fifth day are highly sensitive and perceptive.
c). It is a season to run after the Lord. We are the Lord’s Shulamite and He is our Beloved. The daughters of Jerusalem did not understand the Shumalite’s hunger and thirst for her beloved when she requested their assistance. They asked her in verse 9, “What is your beloved More than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved More than another beloved, That you so charge us?“ She gave them a piece of her mind about her beloved. Song of Songs 5:10-16 says, “My beloved is white and ruddy, Chief among ten thousand. His head is like the finest gold; His locks are wavy, And black as a raven. His eyes are like doves By the rivers of waters, Washed with milk, And fitly set. His cheeks are like a bed of spices, Banks of scented herbs. His lips are lilies, Dripping liquid myrrh. His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl. His body is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires. His legs are pillars of marble Set on bases of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon, Excellent as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet, Yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, And this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!”
She spoke of ten things concerning her beloved; but on eight parts of his body:
- His head (lordship)
2. His locks (holiness)
3. His eyes (omniscience and omnipresence)
4. His cheeks (patience, long-standing, understanding)
5. His lips (love)
6. His hands (works)
7. His body (completeness)
8. His legs (stability, faithfulness)
9. His countenance (beauty and perfection)
10. His mouth (words)
‘Eight’ is the number of eternity (from the beginning to a new beginning). ‘Ten’ is the number of earthly power and dominion. Her beloved was a king. The number of God’s kingdom on earth is ‘twelve’.
Today, be alert and sensitive. You will not fall off the bridge today in the name of Jesus. Stand on the word without wavering. God’s word is light. Walk in it’s light! Be what He desires.
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.
Happy 151st day!
Learn more about this day in history: http://timelines.ws/days/05_31.HTML
