You know, the Bible says
that the voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The voice of the Lord
is upon the many waters. And while I know that
there's only one word of God, there's no ending
to the voices that actually carry the word of God. Hi, I'm Troy Brewer. And you know what? For today, we're
going to be looking at how God loves to speak
through numerical events. I believe that the
numbers within your life are not near as random as you
probably think that they are. In fact, one of the
greatest prophetic voices that God has is
through numerical sequences in the order of events
within your life. Every single day you have
numbers within your life. And you can ignore
them if you want to. But I believe--
well, what if God was speaking to you because
you woke up at 3:33 a.m. this morning? Or 2:22? Or maybe you started seeing
those numbers everywhere. Maybe the number
25 or the number 21-- and you thought
to yourself, perhaps there's a message in that. There could be. In fact, one of the
most prophetic ways that God Almighty
can speak to us is through numerical values
and numerical sequences in the order of things
within our own lives. And the Bible says
that when we begin to acknowledge him in all of our
ways, he will direct our steps. Join me today, as we discover
the mystery in numbers on Dreams and Mysteries. [music playing] [music playing] ANNOUNCER: This is
Dreams and Mysteries. The mystery in numbers has
been a great big part of my life ever since I first got saved. I believe that everything
within the kingdom is not just functional, but
that it has to be relational before it's functional. And since it's relational,
there are things that are uniquely tailored. For example, I have
four different kids and I talk to all my kids. I give them all the same
word, but I don't talk to them exactly the same way. And I began to see that
within my own life, I would come across some
of the same things over, and over, and over again. And I know that the Bible says
that every word is established by the mouth of two
or three witnesses. I know that God also says, I've
spoken once, I've spoken twice, yet man perceives it not. And I began to go, I keep
coming across this thing over, and over, and over again. The thing I'm talking
about is numbers. It seemed like every time I
would go to the grocery store I would have the
same exact number. Or every single
time I got a bill it would have the same number. I would see it on license
plates in front of me. And I began to become aware. I think God is trying
to get my attention. So I began to look in the Bible
at the numerical sequences of things. And I began to see it's
part of the language that God loves to speak. I first noticed it whenever
the disciples brought up the net of fishes and the Holy
Spirit said, be sure and stamp the number 153 on that. And then I began to
recognize that every time I saw the number 153, it had
to do with ministry somehow. Then I began to study all the
way through the word of God and see, that every
time that God begins to preach some kind
of a sermon on unity, he loves to use the number one. And then every
single time that God loves to talk about
a faithful witness or being separated
from the world, he loves to stamp the
number two upon that. And I wondered, how
far does this go? As I studied history,
and as I begin to look through day to day
to events in the newspaper and in the headlines
of the day, I began to recognize that
the numbers lined up with exactly what God was
saying within the Bible. A real good example
of that is one time I was studying the word, and
I saw that the number 29 had something to do with mountains. And why would I think that? I would think that
because there is actually 29 mountains that are listed
within the Bible-- 29 of those specifically. And so as I began to study
the word of God and say, I think that God uses
the number 29 somehow to say something
about mountains. I also began to recognize that
in the mountains of the world there are so many
29s attached to it. Could it be that the
author is the same? The answer to that
is obviously yes. If you go to anywhere on the
web, and if you look up Mt. Everest-- Mt. Everest being the apex
of all the mountains is the mountain that actually
recognizes, or I should say, represents all the mountains. If you look at it, the
official height of Mt. Everest is, are you ready for
this, 29,029 feet tall-- 2929. There it is within the Bible. And there it is within the
history books and geography of things going on
around us-- 2929. Another interesting fact
is this it was first surmounted by Sir Edmund
Hillary on May 29, 1953. You can't get away from it. Once you begin to
speak this language, then you start hearing the heart
of God everywhere around you. I started waking up at 3:33. And I don't know, maybe
you're a 3:33 person. If you're a 3:33
person, you need to know that Jeremiah
3:33 says, call upon me and I will show you great and
mighty things that you just don't know. There's so many things
that you and I don't know. And the Lord Jesus
Christ encourages me to call out to him by waking
me up at 3:33 in the morning. Why? Because I had began to learn
the language of numbers. Now this is not numerology. This is Bible. This is not some
kind of witchcraft. This is the kingdom. And this is one of
the ways that the Lord is so willing to speak to you. Have you ever noticed
that every time God begins to speak a word about
creation he loves to stamp the number four upon creation? That's why there's north,
south, east, and west. That's why there's
four lunar cycles. That's why there's
four seasons in a year. That's why there's
four elements. That's why there are
four cherubim that are circling the throne
with four different faces upon behalf of all creation,
worshipping God, saying, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God
Almighty who was, and who is, and who is yet to come. Have you ever noticed
that the number seven is the most prolific
number in all the Bible? And it literally represents
spiritual perfection. It represents a manifest
power of the Holy Spirit within every single
one of our lives. The number eight
represents new beginnings. If we jump from number eight
over to the number 16-- I'll tell you about
the number 16. The first time I
ever really began to pay attention
to the number 16 is in 1 Corinthians,
Chapter 13, which is called the love chapter. It gives 16 attributes
to the love of God. And I went, I bet the number
16 has something to do with the love of God. And then I began to
discover that there are 16 titles of Jehovah. And certainly, we
know that God is love. And whenever we
know him by name, the number 16 is
attached to that. The number 17 is also
something that fascinates me. There are 17 promises, to him
that overcomes, in the Book of Revelation. So I know that 17 has something
to do with overcoming power. All of these things are
all about being fascinated and growing in a constant
sense of awareness of how the Holy Spirit is
dealing within every single one of our lives. And here's the deal, my friend,
if we will acknowledge him in all of our ways, he
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established that numbers are a legitimate way that God
Almighty speaks to people, let's just unpack a few of them. I like the number one. If we start off with the
number one-- one of the things that I want to tell you is that
every single time God loves to preach a message
on unity, he loves to stamp the number one on it. Now unity is huge to God. It's so much bigger than what
people actually imagine it is. The Bible says, the very last
prayer that Jesus ever prayed was a prayer for unity. He said, Father make
them one, as we are one. That's amazing to me. Then we get off
into the number two. Now the number two always
represents a faithful witness. I think about the animals
coming in by twos into the ark. There's two witnesses in
the Book of Revelation. I like that. There were two other people
on the cross besides Jesus, to witness the cross. There were two angels that
witnessed the Resurrection. There were two angels that
also witnessed the ascension into heaven. The Bible says,
that every word is established by the mouth
of two or three witnesses. OK. So let's unpack
the number three. Now this number has
to do with fullness. It has to do with being
all the way complete. I like to say, the
whole enchilada. Three is Resurrection. It's the number that God
stamps upon divinity. About 500 years
after Abraham's seed proliferated all
of eastern Africa like jackrabbits, in the
third month after leaving the bondage of
Egypt, the Israelites arrived at the Sinai
desert in droves. God instructed Moses to tell
the people to wash their clothes and to be ready
for the third day. And in Exodus,
Chapter 19 verse 11, it says this, for
on the third day, the Lord will come
down upon Mount Sinai before the eyes
of all the people. Now God wanted to show
everybody how awesome he was. Not on the first day, or
even on the seventh day, but of course, on the third day. He was preaching again, and
about 1,500 years later, the Lord would show the world
how incredible he really was by resurrecting his
son on the third day. Not the fourth day, not the
fifth, but on the third. The Resurrection of
Jesus has lots of threes all around it because
God was preaching that Jesus was perfectly
complete sacrifice for all time. Jesus rose on the third day. The writing on the cross was
in three different languages. There were three
crosses upon Calvary. He was crucified
upon the third hour. There were three hours
of darkness at Calvary. There were three words of Jesus. The last three words of Jesus
was this, it is finished. Peter denied Jesus three
times before the Resurrection. And Peter acknowledged that
he loved Jesus three times after the Resurrection. Colossians, Chapter 2
verse 9 says, for in him dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily. Even the word fullness
occurs in the Bible three different times, Ephesians,
Chapter 3:19, Ephesians, Chapter 4:13, and Colossians,
Chapter 2 verse 9. The fullness of God,
the fullness of Christ, and the fullness of the Godhead. And that pretty
much wraps up Jesus. And I like that. People that follow Jesus
are called Christians. And it's no coincidence
that the word Christian appears only three times
in all of the Bible. Now the reason being is because
in Christ, Christians are full. And we have the promise
of the Resurrection stamped upon all of us. Michael Hoggard, in
his amazing book, points out the term, born
again, is found in the Bible exactly three times. I love that. John 3 verse 3 is incredible. Jesus answered and
said unto them, verily, verily I say unto you,
accept a man be born again. He cannot see the
kingdom of God. Born again, not of
a corruptible seed, but of an incorruptible seed,
as First Peter 1:23 says. I've also noticed that
God Almighty-- well, any time that God
gets ready to say, this is all the way
complete, he loves to stamp a number
three upon that. Now let's think about this. Samson lied to
Delilah three times before he revealed to her the
source of his true strength. When he did, his
demise was complete. That's Judges,
Chapter 16 verse 15. Isaiah mentions three times that
the wicked will have no place. In Genesis, Chapter 15
verse 9, the Lord requests a three-year-old heifer,
a three-year-old she goat, and a three-year-old ram. Why? Because he can't stand
things done halfway. Jesus raised three
people from the dead. Three people in the Old
Testament were, in fact, resurrected. And God spoke from heaven
three different times. After Paul met Jesus he was
blind for, guess how many days? Three days. The Jordan River was parted
three different times. Noah's ark had three
different levels in it. God told Joshua three different
times to be courageous. Jonah was in the belly of the
great fish for three days. So three is the number that God
uses to preach that perfect, complete, all the way
fullness of something. And it's something
that he does very well. [music playing] DREAMER: I had a dream that my
brother and I were kids again. We found our grandfather's old
fishing poles and bait bucket. We decided to go down to
the lake and start fishing. We were having such
a wonderful time. And I woke up
feeling invigorated. Now let's interpret this dream. In the Gospels, Jesus
told Peter that he would make him a fisher of men. In this dream, God
is showing me a gift that has been in my
family to gather people and to help them
encounter truth. My brother and I are both
called to evangelism. And we either have started,
or will start walking, in this very soon. The dream shows me and my
brother as kids again to let us see that we have been prepared
for this from a young age. Not only that, it's also
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the mystery of numbers. Now if you're taking
notes, I encourage you to write quickly
because we're going to go through a
whole bunch of them. Here we go. We just got through telling
you that the number three represents perfect,
completion, or fullness. And by the way, there are four
different perfect numbers. There's the number
three, there's the number seven, the number
10, and the number 12. The number three represents
perfect completion or perfect fullness. The number seven
represents the spirit of God being made manifest
in a very complete way. The number 10 represents
perfect order. And then the number 12
represents perfect government. It's the number where God
marks these things are under my control. So let's continue. Number four. The number four
represents creation. Now anytime God likes
to make a big deal out of things that he
has created, he loves to stamp the
number four on that. Some examples of that
are, well, there's north, south, east,
and west, right? There's four lunar cycles. There's four seasons in a year. There's the four
major elements, right? There's the four
cherubim that circle the throne, 24 hours a day,
with four different sides, up on behalf of all creation. Right, the four cherubim. There's four Old
Testament major prophets. And there's four
gospels in the New Testament for all the world. I like that. The number four literally
represents all the world. The number five. Well, that's the number
that represents grace. I love the number five. Oh, let's see. One my favorite number
fives is that David picked up five smooth stones, right? So that the Holy Spirit stamped
the number of grace upon it. Did you know that whenever
Joshua ordered everybody out of Egypt, he had them go
out in ranks of fives? Wow. Why is that? Because it was by
the grace of God. There are five ingredients
to the holy anointing oil. Amen. There are actually
five different animals for sacrifice. Five represents
the grace of God. And grace is not just unmerited
favor, which of course it is. But it's also God given
ability to overcome something. So grace is the power
to get past something. I like that. The number six. Well, that's the number
that represents flesh. Now any time that you see
carnal things in the Bible, you're going to
see the number six. For example, man was
created upon the sixth day. We could talk about that. The world famous
number of 666 is what you've already discovered,
that the number three, well, that represents
perfect completion. So the number six
represents a fleshly or a beastly person
that is completely away from God Almighty, 666. Then of course, there's
the number seven. The number seven is the
most prolific number in the entire Bible. It's all the way
through the Bible. It's a number that represents
a manifest presence of God. It's how you know that
the Holy Spirit is there. Oh man, the Book of Revelation
is just solid number sevens. Why? Because it's the work
of the Holy Spirit that God has been made
manifest upon the earth. Yeah, I like that. The number eight. Well, the number eight
represents new beginnings. Now new beginnings have
to do with everything that Jesus Christ is doing. This is the whole
reason Jesus comes. And he said, behold I
make all things brand new. It's so important
that we understand the work of King Jesus
himself is to set people free. And whenever he does that, he
likes to stamp the number eight upon that. There's examples of
eight all the way through the word of God. I love the number eight. When I think of the number
eight, what I think most, more than anything,
is again, Jesus making all things brand new. And the number nine. Whenever we get to
the number nine, we get to some
interesting things. Because sometimes it's
apples and oranges. And what I mean by
that is sometimes a number will have
a negative meaning and it will also have
a positive meaning. Now in the English language
we have the same word that can mean a couple
of different things, sometimes positive,
sometimes negative. And since numbers are
part of God speak, language works like that. So the number nine actually has
a couple of different meanings. Now in the positive, the number
nine represents fruit bearing. So ladies, how many months does
it take for you to have a baby. It takes you nine months, right? There are nine gifts
of the Holy Spirit. There are nine fruit
of the Holy Spirit. And so nine represents, in
the positive, fruit bearing. But in the negative,
nine represents judgment. There are so many
examples of nine all the way through the Bible. There are nine
earthquakes in the Bible. There are nine plagues. There are nine sieges against
the city of Jerusalem. Nine tends to represent
judgment all the way through the word of God. Then we come to the number 10. The number 10 is one of
those perfect numbers. And I love the number 10. It's when God sets
things in order. And he says, OK, this
thing has been out of tilt, it's been out of
order, but I'm going to bring it into perfect order. That's why God Almighty
came down from the mountain and he sent Moses down
with 10 commandments. Now there's 613
Old Testament laws, 613 rules that they were
going to have to live by, but they're all summed
up in the top 10. 10 represents perfect order. Then we come to the number 11. Now I'm going to spend
some time on the number 11 here in just a moment. But let the number 11 is also
one of those dual meaning ones. In the positive, it
represents heroes rising up. And it represents
people of faith standing up and
accomplishing amazing things. And in the negative,
it represents disorder. We will impact that a little
bit more here in just a moment. The number 12 is
perfect government. There's 12 major constellations
within the heavens. There are 12 tribes of Israel. There are twelve Apostles-- 12. There are 12 hours of day time. There are 12 hours
of night time. Why is that? Because God is saying, I am
in control of those things. The number 13 is a number
that represents rebellion. Wow. The number 14 is a
number that represents generational promises. The Bible says in
a book of Matthew that there are 14 generations
from Adam to Abraham. 14 generations from Abraham to
the carrying away of Babylon. And 14 generations from the
carrying away of Babylon all the way up to Jesus. It's God saying, I will
accomplish the thing that I promise from
generation to generation. The number 15
represents consecration. It represents being set away. All of the different
feasts always happen on the 15th,
very important. The number 16 represents
the love of God. In the love chapter, in 1
Corinthians, Chapter 13, the Bible lists 16 attributes
of the love of God. Love is kind, right? And then there's 16 of those. The number 17 represents
overcoming power. That's why they're 17 promises
in the Book of Revelation for him that overcomes. The number 18
represents bondage. The number 19 represents faith. Amen. Do you know in
Hebrews, Chapter 11, it's a hall of fame of faith. Remember, I told you 11
is when heroes rise up. There's 19 of those people
that are actually listed. And then I'll go ahead and
end this on the number 20. The number 20
represents expectancy. And expectancy is the
currency of prophetic people. It's what you hold on to. It's what you use to cash in
upon all prophetic things. And that's probably why there
are 20 dreams and 20 visions listed in the Bible. And you know what that is? That's 2020. 2020 dreams and visions. Wow. I like that. ANNOUNCER: Troy Brewer is known
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your God Speaks Package today. I've had people
all over the world contact me and
say, Pastor Troy, I am seeing this number over,
and over, and over again. Maybe you're a 111
person, or 222, or a 333. Somebody recently
contacted me and said, they had seen the number 222,
in over 20 different instances, within 24 hours and
was driving him crazy. I told him, hey, why
don't you just look up? All of the 2:22 scriptures
or all the 22 scriptures-- the Bible says in Acts,
Chapter 2 verse 22, it's the only scripture
in the entire Bible that has all three signs,
miracles, and wonders. Man, I like that. I said, I guess that God's
getting ready to do some signs, and some miracles, and some
wonders within your life. But there has never been
a number bigger than 1111, as far as people
contacting me and asking me what does this mean. So the number 11. In the positive, it's the number
for heroes rising and also heroes being recognized. In the negative, it's
the number for disorder. Now the number 11 has been a
major progressive revelation for me through the years. It's very much connected
to the revelation that has to do with
the number nine. And just like the
number nine, it has two completely
different meanings. Now when God is speaking
something positive and using the number nine
or the number 11 to do it, he likes to recognize victorious
attributes of people of faith. When people win huge
battles of faith he likes to stamp the
number 11 all over it. 11 is a number associated
with might deeds and extraordinary acts. You will recognize that the hall
of fame of faith in Hebrews, Chapter 11, is exactly that. These world class veterans
overcame by faith. And that chapter is
marked by the number 11. Veteran's Day, here within
the United States, is 11 11. World War I ended on the
11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. And when a hero rose to the
moon in the very first lunar landing, which is an
amazing feat, was Apollo 11. If you've ever read
it First Chronicles, Chapter 12 verses
8 through 15, David had 11 mighty men who had
been a part of something else and they came back and
they rejoined him there. And there's not 12 of them,
there is not nine of them, but the Bible lists these
11 mighty men of faith. And then of course,
there's the greatest hero that has ever lived. The Lord Jesus Christ himself. He was 33 years old whenever
he overcame death, hell, and the grave at the cross. I'm so grateful for that. And you will recognize
that 33 is 11 times 3. So let's get ready to
wrap all of this up. I've been talking to
you about the numbers. And talking to you about how
God speaks through numbers. I know that I told you at
the very beginning of this that there is no
power in numbers, there's only power
in the word of God. You can live at 1313
Mockingbird Lane. You can have weird numbers
in your birthday, whatever. But you know what? Here's what real is, God
Almighty is speaking to you and it's so powerful
whenever the Lord personally speaks to us. I believe with all my heart
that because you have an eye to see this, and now because
you have an ear to hear this, that you're going to begin
to see the Lord Jesus Christ speaking to you through
everything around you and it's beautiful. The Bible says in
the book of Proverbs that it is a glory of
God to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings is
to search out the matter. In these last days,
by the way, we all know that 11 also
represents the final hour. I'm seeing 1111 everywhere. And you know why that is? It's because, my friends,
the time is short. Jesus Christ is
coming back soon. And in these last days I want
to hear him speak more than I've ever, ever, ever seen him. More than I've ever heard him. I want to be looking
unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of my faith. That's all the time
that I have for today. I just love you and
I call you blessed. And I'm so excited about how
God Almighty is speaking to you. I want to say thank you so
much for joining me today. I'm Troy Brewer. And this is Dreams
and Mysteries.
