The Time of Reckoning

⁷ Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸ And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”

   And I said, “A plumb line.”
Then the Lord said:
      “ Behold, I am setting a plumb line
      In the midst of My people Israel;
      I will not pass by them anymore.
⁹ The high places of Isaac shall be desolate,
      And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
      I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”

~~Amos 7:7-9

As we stand on the brink of a New Year, I am amazed by the things I have seen and learned this year. I must first say thank God for all that he has done. The Lord is so awesome, he keeps you even when you don’t think about being kept!

I’ve heard so many people say that this is a time of correction and all of that good stuff. A few nights ago, I looked up the biblical meaning of the number 10. Ya’ll this is going to blow your minds. I mean it made me go and look at the meaning for the number 9 as well!

Let’s start with the number 9. The number 9 is the last of the single digits. and it marks the end and also the conclusion of the matter. The number nine symbolically is the number of finality or judgment. This number further marks the completeness, the end and issue of all this as to man—the judgment of man and all his works. There are several issues in the bible that falls in nine. There are 9 different words that are used to represent judgment. Also there are nine of each of the following: Parts to the Fruit of the Spirit, Gifts of the Spirit, Persons Stoned in the Bible, Nine Widows specially mentioned, People afflicted with blindness and nine afflicted with leprosy.

To me the meaning of the number nine was huge. If you think about it so many of us have suffered so many things this year. When I learned that, I got happy to realize that 2009 represents finality in the things that have happened. When the bell tolls on 2010, I leave behind all of the bad things that have happened this year. It’s a choice that you make. You decide that things that are not healthy will not go into your future with you. Let’s look at the number 10. (This is actually one of my favorite numbers!!!)

The number ten is a perfect number. Symbolically it represents the perfection of Divine order. It also starts a new series of numbers the double digits. It also represents the completeness of order marking the entire round of anything. It implies that nothing is wanting and that the whole cycle is complete. Famous tens in the bible include: Noah is the tenth generation from God, Ten Commandments, The Lords Prayer (ten clauses, each of which also mach the significance of their respective numbers), The Tithe, Redemption Money (Ex. 30:12-16), Ten Plagues, Antichrist’s World Power, Ten Nations, Abraham’s Acts of Faith, Ten “I Am” Statements and others.

To realize that 2010 is the completion to so many things in my life. That made me happy to move on. The entire round. 2010 will complete the judgments of 2009. I don’t know about you, but I am ready to be rid of the hell I suffered in 2009. I am ready to walk in my purpose and my promise!

I chose this scripture because of its references to judgment. Then it goes on to say that God will not continue to spare his people. We as people of God must do what he is telling us to do, how he is telling us to do it. Judgment begins in the house of God. We complain and complain about what’s wrong, we have to start changing. We have to be what God has called us to be. He has called us to be both salt and light. There are things that cannot be done without either.

Choose who you will serve and give it your all. There is no longer time to be lukewarm or straddling fences. This is the time, that if you are for God, you must be totally for and with him. I challenge you to take this time these last few hours and decide what you will change for the new year and what you will do to bring correction to your house (physical and spiritual).

Kingdom Love and Blessings,

Lesley