Monday, December 12, 2011

The Biblical Meaning of the Number 12

As I mentally, physically, and most importantly, spiritually prepare for 2012, I found it necessary to share my limited knowledge of the the Biblical Meaning of the Number 12.  This is an amazing number to me, and I am so excited to begin the new year.  This number is, in obvious definition, a multiplication of the significance of the numbers 3 and 4.  Join in my excitement and joy for the upcoming year.

Twelve is a perfect number, signifying perfection of government, or of governmental perfection. It is found as a multiple in all that has to do with rule. The sun which "rules" the day, and the moon and stars which "govern" the night, do so by their passage through the twelve signs of the Zodiac which completes the great circle of the heavens of 360 (12 x 30) degrees or divisions, and thus govern the year.
Twelve is the product of 3 (the perfectly Divine and heavenly number) and 4 (the earthly, the number of what is material and organic).
While seven is composed of 3 added to 4, and is God's number of completion.  The number 12 is 3 multiplied by 4, and hence denotes that which can scarcely be explained in words, but which the spiritual perception can at once appreciate, organization, the products denoting production and multiplication and increase of all that is contained in the two numbers separately. The 4 is generally prominently seen in the twelve.

Living, loving, and loving some more.   carry on

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