Welcome to the 27th week of the year! This is the sixth week in the fourth 49 days of the year. The Bible patterns for understanding the 27th week are the sixth day of creation narrative, the 27th book and chapters of the Bible, the sixth five chapters (26-30) of the fourth book of the Bible.
The 27th week of the year is a sixth day of creation week. On the sixth day of creation, God made man in His image to TAKE CHARGE. He both unveiled Himself in man; and veiled Himself in man. Why did God make man on the sixth day, in His image and to rule (have dominion? It is because of the rebellion of the sixth season. In the sixth season, the kingdoms of men seek to become (or make itself) something greater or higher than it is – intending to cover up the kingdom and purpose of God. So, the sixth season is a time to rule in the midst of your enemies. It is a time to enforce the rule and dominion of God in the world of men. It is a season of battling to establish the will and dominion of God in a world where men do not want to give God His place.
This is a season to crush human arrogance and sinful pride. God also gave food to man on the sixth day. It means food is an important issue in the 27th week. The creatures of the sixth season are intelligent and have strong sensory perception. Spiritual sight is necessity in this season. This means we should smart and discerning in the 27th week. The 27th season is for uncovering the covered – through revelations and sanctified rebellion.
This 27th week is a book of Daniel week. Daniel is the 27th book of the Bible. In the 27th book of the Bible, Babylon sought to exalt herself above God by covering up and swallowing up the image of God in the land. God’s people had to stand up for God; and by their stand, gave God opportunity to reveal Himself as the Governor among the nations and as the Sovereign Ruler of the universe. In the book of Daniel, the king of Babylon gave Babylonian names to four Hebrew young men; and taught them Babylonian arts and science; but Babylon could not change their Jewish blood or mindset. This is a week of revelations and discernment. This involves ability to perceive, understand, and interpret (uncover), by divine enablement, what is hidden. Daniel was an ‘unraveler’ of mysteries. No secret could be hidden from him. He was careful with the food of Babylon. The 27th season is about ability or inability to discern and uncover what is covered. The 27th season is also a season of overthrows. Conspiracies and lies told against them, to cover up the truth could not stand. Slavery could not bury who they were. It is also about standing out and refusing to be covered. The wicked and proud are overthrown in the 27th season.
The 27th President of the United States, William Taft, stood against the appointment of blacks to federal offices. That was a clear departure from his predecessor and from the fundamental humanitarian mission of the Republican Party. He sought re-election but did not win. His predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, who had hand-picked him as successor, split the Republican Party to run against Taft. May the forces that had helped you not fight against you in this 27th season; as God fought Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon in the 27th book of the Bible; and fought liberal imperialist PM, Lord Rosebery (Archibald Primrose) in the 27th seven years of the United Kingdom; and fought the 27th Prime Minister of Italy, Benito Mussolini, the founder of Fascism; and fought America in President J. F Kennedy in the 27th seven years of the United States.
This is also a 27th chapters of the Bible week. In Genesis 27, Jacob covered himself with Esau’s clothes, on the advice of his mother, to deceive his blind father, Isaac, and steal Esau’s blessing – after serving him the food he wanted. However, he could not cover his voice. Isaac could not uncover what Rebekah and Jacob had covered; he came very close but still couldn’t. Blessed is the one that satisfies the hungry in the 27th season.
In Exodus 27, God gave commands to Moses concerning the altar of burnt offerings, the court of the tabernacle, and the care of the lamp stand. These were shadows of Christ uncovered at the cross. This chapter speaks of ‘overlay’, ‘screen’, ‘hangings’, and ‘veil’. All this is about where sins are covered.
In Leviticus 27, God gave commands concerning the redemption of things consecrated or dedicated to Him. Redemption is like the uncovering of what is covered. Leviticus is only book of the Bible that ends at the 27th chapter. The 27th means the ‘covered’ that shall be ‘uncovered’.
In Numbers 27, Joshua is unveiled as Moses’ successor. Before that time, Moses solved the puzzle concerning the daughters of Zelophehad. Listen to ‘the woman’ in the 27th season. There is no success without a woman in the 27th season. May God give you wisdom how to apply this.
In First Samuel 27, Achish, the king of Gath received David as an ally against Israel and even gave him Ziklag as settlement. He did not know, and could not discern, that David was not a friend at all.
In Psalm 27, the psalmist speaks out loud and bold about his God and defies every fear or concern. He refuses to be cowed or covered. He spoke of God lifting up his head above all surrounding enemies.
In Jeremiah 27, the prophet spoke to Judah and other nations about submitting to the king of Babylon. It rested on the people to discern the truth from Jeremiah or to continue to believe lies from their prophets.
In Ezekiel 27, the prophet took up lamentation for Tyre. It did not look like anything was, or would go, wrong; because she was ostensibly covered. The prophet saw through layers of coverings.
In Matthew 27, Jesus faced trial before Pilate and was crucified. Those who stood for his crucifixion, lacking discernment, did everything to cover up the loud truth. There were earthquakes. Then a centurion discerned that this is truly the son of God.
In Acts 27, Paul stood out among the prisoners sailing with him. The captain of the ship did not take Paul’s advice at the beginning. He lacked discernment concerning Paul. He did not think of him to be more than a prisoner. But circumstances vindicated him. He eventually became ‘commander of the fleet’.
The 27th week is a Numbers 26-30 week. The sixth five chapters of the fourth book of the Bible is applicable to the sixth week of the fourth seven weeks of the year. Numbers is the fourth book of the Bible. This section of the book of Numbers is about covering and uncovering. In the 26th chapter, the census uncovered the children who were not part of the census 40 years earlier. The others, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb, had been swallowed up. The 27th chapter is the inheritance law concerning the five daughters of Zelophehad. Their father had died and had no son. Tradition was going to cover up that house; but his daughters spoke up and a new inheritance law was made in their favor. Do not despise women in the 27th season. God made sure woman was brought in on the sixth day of creation. The 27th week is a sixth-season week. In this chapter, also, Joshua was uncovered as Moses’s successor. The 28th and 29 chapters are about offerings – daily offerings, Sabbath offerings, monthly offerings, Passover offerings, Feast of Weeks offerings, Feast of Trumpets offerings, Day of Atonement offerings, and Feast of Tabernacles offerings. The offerings were a covering for the people before God. In the 30th chapter, Moses gave laws concerning vows; how a father may overrule the vows of his daughter; and a husband the vows of his wife.
THE 27TH: THE HUMILIATION OF THE PROUD AND THE EXALTATION OF THE HUMBLE
Genesis 8:14-16: And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried. [15] Then God spoke to Noah, saying, [16] “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
1 Kings 16:10-13,15-20: And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. [11] Then it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave him one male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends. [12] Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, [13] for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. [15] In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. [16] Now the people who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king.” So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. [17] Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah. [18] And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house down upon himself with fire, and died, [19] because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin. [20] Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the treason he committed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 15:1-5: In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king. [2] He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. [3] And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done, [4] except that the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. [5] Then the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the royal house, judging the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:27-30: Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. [28] He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. [29] So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. [30] And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
Ezekiel 29:17-20: And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, [18] “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it. [19] Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. [20] I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,’ says the Lord GOD.
THE 27TH WEEK: A SEASON TO STAND FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
This is a week to remember those who stand for what they believe.
The 13 colonies constituting the United States declared independence on July 4, 1776.
John Hus died for his faith on July 6, 1415. The Catholic Church condemned him as a heretic and had him burned at the stake.
Sir Thomas Moore was beheaded on July 6, 1535 for refusing to renounce his catholic faith – repudiating the pope and accepting the annulment of King Henry VIII’s marriage. He left behind the following words: “The king’s good servant; but God’s first’.
French Huguenots lost all freedom on July 7, 1585 after King Henri III and Duke de Guise signed the treaty of Nemours.
Nazis executed 5000 Jews at Kovno, Lithuania
Joan of Arc was acquitted on July 7, 1437 though she had been burned at the stake May 30, 1431.
Opposition leader Moshood Abiola, died in prison from heart attack on July 7, 1998.
The 27s of the Bible reveal that life is threatened, freedom is lost, and food is an issue in the 27th season. This week, be strong! Do not fear. Be sensitive and discerning. God will preserve your life; you will not end up in the evil cage of any man or spirit; and God will satisfy you with food. Happy 27th week
