What's In Your Water? Part 6 Of 9

Numbers 19: 9-16

“Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the WATER OF PURIFICATION;  it is for PURIFYING FROM SIN.  And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be UNCLEAN UNTIL EVENING.  It shall be a statute forever to the children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them.   

"He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS.  He shall purify himself with the water ON THE THRID DAY and on the SEVENTH DAY; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself ON THE THIRD DAY and on THE SEVENTH DAY, he will not be clean.  Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the WATER OF PURIFICATION WAS NOT SPRINKLED on him; his uncleanness is still on him."

"This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS;  and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean.  Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS."    

 

In this part of the law of the ashes of the red heifer are two more cryptic phrases.

Just like in part 5 where we discussed the phrase "unclean until evening," these two phrases:  "ON THE THIRD DAY" and "ON THE SEVENTH DAY" appear in many places. 

What do they mean?  Simply this:  Jesus rose from the dead ON THE THIRD DAY.  Anyone who puts their trust in Him as their Savior and Lord is born again and will be ready when He returns ON THE SEVENTH DAY--the second coming--to set up His visible kingdom, His millennial rule.  Those who have not accepted Jesus as Savior will be unclean, meaning UNsaved, on the SEVENTH DAY and be cut off.  Judgment at that time will be pronounced and they will face an eternity cut off from God.
 

(Jesus returns with ten thousands of His saints.]

Before Jesus returns to earth He will rapture those who have washed themselves on the 3rd day. But after we are gone, many others will come to faith in Christ during the seven year period of tribulation.  Life will be very hard for them, however.  They also will be ready on the 7th day when Jesus returns.....with us in tow I might add!

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What's In Your Water? Part 5 Of 9

Numbers 19: 7-8

"The priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be UNCLEAN UNTIL EVENING.  And the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be UNCLEAN UNTIL EVENING". 
 

 

 

In the course of preparing the ashes of the red heifer, everyone involved was "UNCLEAN UNTIL EVENING:"  Did you ever come across this phrase wonder what it meant?  
Here it is in a nutshell.  

The Jewish priests offered both a morning and an evening sacrifice every day for 1500 years.  The morning one was offered at 9am.  Evening, Hebrew time, was 3 o'clock in the afternoon.  That's when they offered the evening sacrifice. 

THE EVENING SACRIFICE IS THE ONE THAT FINISHES.

When the Roman soldiers drove that first nail into our Savior's hand, know what time it was? PRECISELY 9AM.
 

At exactly 3PM--the time of the evening sacrifice--He cried out with a LOUD voice, "FINISHED!"  Jesus dismissed His spirit and died.
 

He is the PERFECT SACRIFICE THAT FINISHES!  He fulfilled both the morning and the evening sacrifices on that day!  No more sacrifices ever need to be offered, ever.

IT IS FINISHED!  

 

He is the First and the Last, the beginning and the end, the Author and the Finisher of our faith!  Today, you and I don't have to wait until evening to be clean because Jesus has shed His precious blood, the forever evening sacrifice.  His FINISHED WORK is behind us.  WE ARE FOREVER CLEAN!    

What was the work that He finished?  Jesus fulfilled ALL THE LAW. He Himself said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law.  I did not come to destroy (the law) but to FULFILL. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is FULFILLED.”  Matthew 5:17-18

Tell me, Church:  Have heaven and earth passed away?  No.....not that I've noticed anyway; and guess what?  ALL HAS BEEN FULFILLED.  Abba ripped that veil of the temple that separated us and now, when we accept His free gift of righteousness, we can have full and free fellowship with Him forever!!!
 

Many pastors of mainline churches miss it right here.  They mistakenly believe that we are still under the law because heaven and earth have not passed away.  They misunderstand what Jesus said, and I quote:  "till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law TILL ALL IS FULFILLED."  I think they are confused by the "all was fulfilled" part.

ALL--meaning all the Law--WAS FULFILLED AT THE CROSS.  Not one jot or one tittle was overlooked.....and heaven and earth, as I said, are still with us.  That's why Paul was able to say in many places, "You are NOT under law, but under GRACE."

Contrary to popular Christian opinion, it is LAW which produces licentiousness.  Grace is the antidote for sin.  They have it backwards.  The devil was defeated at the cross AND the law was nailed to it!  

YOU CANNOT OUT SIN GOD'S GRACE.  It is GREATER than ALL our sin!

(For more on this this topic, follow these links:  

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/06/no-one-is-forgiven-little.html  

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/08/blank-check.html)

 

That was part of the purpose for Jesus' death on the cross.  He restored the law to it's pristine standard, left no stone unturned--no jot or title omitted--fulfilled ALL the law as 100% man, OVERpayed all the penalty for our sins and FULLY SATISFIED the justice of our Father.  

That's why He was able to cry "FINISHED!"  

That's why His Father had a legal basis to raise Him from the dead.

Ok, rant over.  Back to the red heifer.  Please proceed to part 6.

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What's In Your Water? Part 4 Of 9

Numbers 19:6

“And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer.”

 

(Priest prepares to put cedar, hyssop and scarlet into the fire)

This part of the law concerning the ashes of the red heifer must have really stumped Solomon.  Why, while the sacrifice was being burned, did the priest have to throw in these items and then burn everything until it was ASHES?  What a puzzle!

Solomon was actually quite knowledgeable about all kinds of trees according to 1 Kings 4.  But remember, he didn't have the Key:  Jesus.  He couldn't have known that cedar and hyssop represent His majesty and lowliness, respectively.

These three things also depict the greatest to the smallest of things in nature and scarlet the glory thereof.  When the priest threw them into the fire, symbolically all of the greatest to the smallest and the glory of man's righteous deeds were burned until they were reduced to ASHES.     

The Bible says that all our righteousnesses (plural) are as filthy rags in Isaiah 64.  These three items being burned to ash symbolize that, because we have died with Christ, we are dead to the world and the world unto us.  

The Apostle Paul himself said that he counted his past as dung, referring to his self-righteousness not only his misdeeds.  Before his conversion as you know, he was the epitomé of self-righteousness; a Pharisee of Pharisses.  He followed the law to the letter... or so he thought. All that he now counted as dung.

 

Anything that has been reduced to ashes CAN NEVER BE BURNED AGAIN, meaning the fire--the judgment--has already gone through it.  THERE IS NO JUDGMENT LEFT.
That's what happened to the sins of your a ENTIRE LIFE the moment you were born again:  THEY WERE REDUCED TO ASHES!  It's a picture of Romans 8:1.  It is why God can legally declare you righteous.  He CANNOT reprove you.  He cannot because you stand in the perfection of His Son.  His death was an OVERpayment!  God would be UNjust to Him if He punished you for the sins that Jesus already paid for 2,000 years ago.

Know what that means?  For the believer, ALL JUDGMENT--even death--is behind you!  Your physical body may cease to exist but you and I go on to live forever with Jesus, forever young, forever healthy, forever happy...FOREVER!

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What's In Your Water? Part 3 Of 9

Numbers 19: 5
"Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned."
 

 

We've been studying the law concerning the ashes of the red heifer.  It was an ordinance that the wisest man in the Old Testament, King Solomon, was unable to decipher.  This portion describes another of the reasons for his confusion.

The book of Leviticus is where Jewish laws are recorded. There are five separate offerings listed there.   All of them describe a different aspect of Jesus' one perfect sacrifice.  They are:

#1. Burnt offering 

Here we have the highest aspect of the work of Christ where He is seen offering Himself up entirely to God to do His will even unto death. The whole offering, except the skin of the animal, was burnt upon the altar and all went up to God as a sweet savour. It pictures Christ who gave Himself as "a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour" (Eph. 5:2). CHRIST IS NOT SEEN HERE AS BEARING OUR SINS, but as accomplishing the Father's will, glorifying Him and vindicating the holiness and majesty of His throne. This theme is especially prominent in John's Gospel and in Psalm 40.

#2. Grain offering   

This offering typifies Christ as the PERFECT AND SINLESS MAN and presents to us His wonderful Person and His spotless life which was ever an offering of a SWEET SAVOR UNTO GOD. There was no shedding of blood in this offering so it speaks of the perfections of Christ's Person and life rather than of His death. The fine flour pictures His sinless humanity with its evenness of moral qualities, the oil pictures the grace and power of the Holy Spirit which characterized His life, while the frankincense is emblematic of the sweetness and fragrance of His Person and life.

#3. Peace offering 

This was also an offering of a SWEET SAVOR TO GOD. The blood, the fat and the kidneys of the offering were put upon the altar as "the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord" (Lev. 3:11). This was God's part. Then the breast was given to Aaron and his sons and the right shoulder to the offering priest. This was man's part. Thus God and man both fed on the same offering which speaks of communion and fellowship and typifies the communion which the believer in Christ enjoys with God on the ground of the work of Christ at the cross and His blood shed there for our sins. We are at peace with God through the work of the cross and can feed upon Christ in fellowship with the Father. Luke's Gospel and Psalm 85 especially present this theme.

#4. Sin offering    

We come now to the NON-SWEET SAVOR offerings. The special feature of this offering is in the whole bullock, including it's offal, being burnt upon the ground outside the camp of Israel after the blood and fat were put upon the altar for God. This offering was for sin and pictures to us Christ who was made sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21) and endured the judgment and wrath of God against sin in our stead as our substitute. The holiness of God and the awfulness of sin are brought out in the bullock being entirely burnt up OUTSIDE THE CAMP. It pictures CHRIST, FORSAKEN OF GOD, AS OUR SIN-BEARER as given in Psalm 22 and Mark's Gospel.

#5. Trespass offering 

Here sin is looked at as a trespass against the government of God. Amends had to be made for the wrong done and the fifth part added to it. Atonement was made by the blood of the offering, and the trespasser was forgiven. This offering PRESENTS CHRIST WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS AND TRESPASSES on the cross restoring that which He took not away (Ps. 69:4). He has not only answered to God for our sins and paid our debt by His shed blood, but has added the fifth part, as it were, bringing more glory to God and more blessings to man than were had before sin was committed. This is the first view the sinner gets of the Cross of Christ. Psalm 69 and Matthew's Gospel present this aspect of the offering of Christ.

Notice anything missing?  No doubt Solomon noticed it too and was completely baffled.  Though this ordinance is a law about a sacrifice, IT ISN'T RECORDED IN LEVITICUS.  Very strange!  It only appears in Numbers.  Why?  

Numbers is all about the wilderness journey.  Right now, the Church is in the wilderness; we are on a journey.  This law describes a critical element for our blessing and success while we are here in the wilderness.  Believers are IN the world but we are no longer OF the world, and until we meet Jesus face to face, we need all the help we can get!

 

This offering, just like the sin offering found in Levitucus, contained "offal."  That is what made it a sin offering as opposed to a burnt offering.  What is "OFFAL?  A very polite English word for "dung."  The BURNT OFFERING where Jesus' perfection is offered TO the Father on our behalf does not contain any "offal."  The sin offering and the red heifer offering both represent Jesus WHEN HE CARRIED OUR SINS ON THE CROSS.

The dung didn't come from The Victim; it came from us.  He Who knew no sin and did no sin, took ALL our sins upon Himself and was punished for ALL OF THEM in His own body.  All the judgment, all the wrath and all the righteous indignation that we deserved, He took in our place so that we would be spared.    

When we receive His GIFT of righteousness, we get the good we don't deserve because Another took ALL THE BAD we do deserve.  THAT'S GRACE!  That's the Gospel!  That really is GOOD NEWS!

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What's In Your Water? Part 2 Of 9

Numbers 19:1-2 
The Ashes of the Red Heifer

“Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never come.”

 

In part one of this series, we discussed why this law has to do with water and that Solomon, in all his wisdom, was unable to decipher this particular law.  Since it concerns water, perhaps a little review will be helpful.  
 

 

In the upper room Jesus demonstrated to His disciples that they must wash each other's feet.  He wasn't suggesting the literal washing of feet, you understand.  Nothing wrong with the practice mind you, but Jesus said to them that what He was doing at that time they wouldn't understand but would later on.  Thay tells you it was a symbolic act because what they understood at that time was ONLY the washing "physically."  

This cryptic law is about what that water must contain.  From here on out, that's what we'll be discussing.
 

(Offering of the Red Heifer)

 

The Israelites had to bring to the priest not just any animal.  It had to be a RED heifer IN WHICH was no defect and ON WHICH a yoke had never come.  

A heifer is a young cow.  The red color depicts Jesus' sacrifice.  It could have no defect IN it nor could it ever have had a yoke ON it.  In other words, inwardly without blemish; outwardly no slavery.  

That's Jesus!  He's the freest af all people:  Free INside, no slavery ON the outside.

Why a cow?  Because female denotes application subjectivness.  In other words "man-ward."  Male typifies "God-ward."  This law is FOR MAN, for his benefit, to cleanse him on a daily basis, not an offering TO GOD.

 (Cedar, Hyssop and Scarlet thrown in by priest)

 

They killed it outside the camp in front of the priest, then burned it until it became ashes.  While it was burning they had to throw in CEDAR, HYSSOP AND SCARLET.  The ashes were then stored in a clean vessel outside the camp to be used when a person touched anything dead.  Everyone involved in this preparation had to wash their clothes and were considered UNCLEAN UNTIL EVENING.  (Remember this phrase for later.)

It was killed ouside the camp because it was a sin sacrifice.  That's why Jesus, Who became sin, was crucified OUTSIDE the walls of Jerusalem.  He took our sins on Himself and paid for them IN HIS BODY.  His Spirit remained UNTOUCHED.  Our sins were placed on Him like a garment.  
 

He was literally the Offerer and the Offering!  He paid a debt He did not owe for us who owed a debt we could not pay.     

(For more on this topic, follow the link below:

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2015/09/victima.html?m=1)

 

Numbers 19:4

"...and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood SEVEN TIMES directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting."

 

Seven in Hebrew numerics means "completeness or perfection."  Sprinkling the blood seven times is a depiction of the PERFECT blood of Jesus.  You and I only need ONE APPLICATION of His blood because it is PERFECT.  We are perfectly, eternally and COMPLETELY cleansed from all sin;  YES, for our entire life, even those we have not yet committed.  
 

Contrary to popular Christian opinion, this does not lead to licentiousness.  It is a lack of understanding how forgiven we are that causes people to live in bondage; that causes people to live a sinful lifestyle.  

You don't combat sin by telling people a lot of do's and don'ts.  That is law, which ends in death.  The antidote is grace.

It is the Law that gives strength to sin.  Grace is greater. You cannot out sin God's grace!

Now, whenever you do commit any sin, you recognize it, confess it to God not to be forgiven, but because you already are.  Confessing you are the righteousness of God in Christ is what will cause that sin or bad habit not to have control over your any more.

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What's In Your Water? Part 1 Of 9

Numbers 19:1-2 

“Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never come.”

    

Part 1
"What does this passage from Numbers have to do with water," you ask?  Everything.

In this law concerning the ashes of the red heifer, the Holy Spirit has imparted some vital information about water and about what He wants that water to contain.  

There is so much to study in this ordinance, however, that I have divided it into nine parts.  There's just no way to cover it all in one sitting.  

(King Solomon)

This particular law is very exciting because what you're seeing is something that Solomon in all his wisdom couldn't figure out. 
WHAT!?  

Yep; it's true!  He was unable to decipher it, according to rabbinical tradition.  He says in Proverbs 18 that "there are things too wonderful for him" to comprehend.  Betcha he was referring to this ordinance for one.  

That's another reason to approach this topic in this way; so as to understand his confusion. 

Down through their history, and even today, Jewish rabbis have discussed this law in their religious writings.  They actually mention the fact that Solomon regretted he was unable to uncover the wisdom behind it.  Remember, though, he was under the law and subject to the blood of bulls and goats.  You and I are not.  We are in Christ Who is GREATER than Solomon!  Know what that means?  If you understand this law you're smarter than Solomon!  

 

 

Not his fault, though.  You see, he didn't have The Key:  JESUS!   

There are 613 laws in all including the big 10; and every single one of them unveils a different facet of Jesus' beauty.  We no longer study them as laws, though.  Otherwise we run the risk of falling prey to well-meaning folks out there who, believe it or not, think the law is still in effect.  We must make sure that we go there to see Jesus.

The Church today certainly does not need to be put back under the yoke of bondage!  That only leads to the fear of death.  The spirit of the law is Christ Himself.  That's where we focus!

 

Water is the single most important item on planet earth.  Without it, life would cease to exist.  It is refreshing, thirst quenching, good for cleansing and so many other things.  Even our bodies are about 65% water.  
 

In the Old Testament, diseases were often, though not always, called "uncleanness."  What was the prescription for cleansing the unclean something or someone?  Water.
 

Jesus was also very concerned about water.  Immediately after they had communion in the upper room, He washed the disciples' feet which we will discuss later on.

This Old Testament ordinance is mentioned by name in the Book of Hebrews.  Since the Old is the New concealed and the New is the Old revealed, that means that it has application today.  Not in a literal sense, of course, because we are no longer under the Law of Moses;  we are under the New Covenant.  But there is great benefit in studying this as well as all the laws of the Pentateuch, as long as we bring out the spiritual truths.

 

 

The Bible says, "The LETTER--the law--KILLS but the SPIRIT--Jesus--gives life;" and where the Spirit of the LORD is THERE IS LIBERTY!  Jesus came to set us free from the FEAR of death "who were all our lifetime subject to bondage," according to Hebrews 2:4-5.  

 

Any religious system that points to you and your performance makes you feel condemned.  When you feel condemned, there is a fear of judgment, even though believers are not actually subject to God's judgment.  It is only your PERCEPTION.  Once there is fear, there'll be stress. Once there is stress, your body will begin to react.  Your immune system will weaken, you'll get sick and, ultimately, die.

 

For the believer at least, it's a good end.  But it makes the devil VERY happy to get rid of us faster so that we cannot be of any more earthly good. 

Even if he kills you Church, you still win!  You get to live forever!

But our Father doesn't want us to die young. He wants to satisfy us with LONG LIFE in order to know more about Jesus and tell others.

This law is concerned with how that long life is accomplished. 

 

Jesus destroyed by His own death him {satan} who had--PAST TENSE--the power of death; that is, the devil."   Just as David who, with Goliath's own sword cut off the head of the giant, Jesus, the greater Son of David through death, destroyed him who had--PAST TENSE, I reiterate--the power of death; that is, the devil. 

Jesus shows us through this law how we can keep ourselves from falling prey to the cares of this life and the law-centric among us so that He can satisfy us with that long, healthy life! 

So let's go step by step through this amazing ordinance, verse by verse.  See if you can understand what Solomon could not.  

I hope studying it will bless you as it has blessed me.  Please proceed to Part 2

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Paul And Ananias

Acts 9:1-2

1 "Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 

2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem."
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Saul, who later in life became the Apostle Paul, was very zealous for God in his earlier life. He had been a student of the Law from his youth, a "Pharisee of Pharisees."  You might call him a "legalist among legalists."     
This was the same young man who watched over the coats of those involved in the stoning of righteous Stephen, a messenger of the gospel to the Jewish people, consenting to his death.

(For more on that topic, follow the link below:

https://emmausroadministries.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/god-shifts-gears-part-10-of-16-rightly-dividing-the-word-of-god/)
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Saul Goes Hunting For Believers.
In fact, he was so adamantly opposed to this so-called, "Jesus sect," which the Jews called "Followers of The Way,"  that he sought to stop this "heresy" before it got out of hand.  So, he obtained legal papers from the religious leaders in Jesusalem allowing him to go after these "heretics" outside of town.  This pleased them very much.  That is why he was on his way to Damascus.
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Then, something quite unexpected happened.  On the way there, Jesus appeared to him in a light so bright it literally knocked him off his "high horse," so to speak.  Let's follow the story.
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"Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?' And he said, 'Who are You, Lord?' Then the Lord said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' So he, trembling and astonished, said, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?' Then the Lord said to him, 'Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.'” (Acts 9:4-6)
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He was blind for three days. 
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(Saul visited by Jesus on the way to Damascus)

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Startling Revelation.
Imagine how he must have felt when he realized the truth what he'd done!  He was actually working against God and against the Messiah Himself!  Shaken?  You betcha!  No wonder his life turned around 180°!
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During those three days of blindness, he was given the full-up revelation of the gospel of Grace from our risen and glorified Jesus, seated at the right hand of the Father.  

Interesting that it wasn't  given to Peter, James or John, men who knew Jesus personally and walked with Him while he was here on earth.  

Paul may have missed out on walking with Jesus person bit, because of what was revealed to him, he went on to write 3/4 of the New Testament! Wow!  

That's actually how the majority of the Bible was written:  By revelation.  That's how God primarily leads us and teaches us His word today:  By revelation!

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Saul's companions, not knowing what was happening, were terrified!  They took him by the hand and led him the rest of the way to Damascus.  Just as Jesus instructed Saul, they brought him to the house of a man named, "Ananias."     

Good thing he was given advanced notice of his "guest's" arrival.  Paul's murderous intent toward Christians was known far beyond Jerusalem.  He would otherwise have been terrified had God not spoken to him in a dream.

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Ananias, led by the Spirit, laid his hands on Saul in Jesus' name and his eyes, both physical and spiritual,  were opened! 

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Secrets In The Hebrew.
Our Abba loves to hide wonderful truths for us in the meanings of people, places, things and even numbers.  

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Ananias' name in Hebrew means "the grace of God" or "God has been gracious!"  Quite literally, "GRACE" opened Paul's eyes.  The first thing Paul saw was Ananias--GRACE--and the  first path or street he walked on after his conversion was called "Straight!"

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Isn't God cool? GRACE opened his eyes; the first thing he saw was GRACE.  Afterward, he was able to walk straight!  WOOHOO!  No such thing as an insignificant detail in the Bible.  The message, I'm sure, is obvious.

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The Greatest EvangelistnOf All Time.

After this whole scenario, Paul became the greatest evangelist of all time!  That is so like our God. He takes the most contrary, obstinate, unlikely person in the world and totally uses them for His purposes.  He the God of the "impossible!"
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The New Hidden In The Old.

This particular part of Paul's life, interestingly enough, is hidden in the Old Testament in the most surprising place:  Jacob's blessing over Benjamin.

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"Benjamin is a ravening wolf. In the morning he shall devour the prey, but in the evening, he shall divide the spoils."  Genesis 49:27

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What do wolves eat?  SHEEP.   Paul was the "wolf" who went after God's "sheep," devouring all he could in his early life. But after his conversion on the Damascus road, he got all that revelation (the spoils) and they have been shared around the world for 2,000 years. What a blessing!

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Would you care to guess from which tribe was Paul came?  BENJAMIN! 

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Who would have thought that in this long-ago blessing from Genesis 49 you would find a prophecy about Paul and Ananaias.