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Teach Us To Number Our Days – Part 3

Steve Crook

In our last two studies, we covered various types and shadows contained within the first six days of creation. In this last part of “Teach Us To Number Our Days,” Lord willing, we will wrap up the last day of creation.  We will also delve into what happens after the 7 days of creation in various types and shadows.

At the end of part two, I had hoped to cover other days namely “today, yesterday and tomorrow,” but it is manifest that the Lord would leave that for another study separate from the days of creation that we are covering in this series. With that, let us begin.

Recap

Day 1: On day one we learned that there is a dividing of day and night, but that that day and night is alike to the Lord. We also saw that we are both that night and day. Christ is the light of the world, and we are only that light if Christ allows us to be that light by being in us and shining forth.

Day 2: On day two we have yet another dividing only this time it is a dividing of waters from waters. These two distinct waters were together but were dividing by a firmament called heaven. This heaven, another way to say the spirit of God, is what gives us insight into the mind of Christ and direct connection to the Father via the spirit of God. God’s spirit touches everything; thus, the two distinct bodies of water are connected to one another.

If the Lord allows, we can see that it is Christ who first come into our life and makes a change happen so that we can see the contrast in night and day. The night is first, but then the day comes. We can also see in Joh 12:36 – 40 that all we need to believe this Light, Jesus Christ, to make the necessary steps in our walk to being that same light… Christ in us a GREAT MYSTERY.

Day two is a great testimony to and against the flesh. Day two builds upon day one in more detail by showing us, among other things, that first Christ comes into our lives but we still know him after what He first shows Himself to be to us, something that we can understand as flesh. Paul clearly states in 2Co 5:16 that we NO LONGER know Christ after the flesh:

2Co 5:16  Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

It is the first dividing in day one which shows us a contrast to the only thing we had known up until then, the night and death. In day one we learn of the Light and Day. It the second dividing that teaches us much more than this if we are spiritually given the ability to see and hear that it is the Spirit which brings about the dividing of the waters so that we can see Christ in spirit.

Day 3: On day three we come to see a new development in our walk, and that is show to us in type and shadow by the revealing of the earth to us as it is, DRY LAND. It is dry because it has had its whole stay of water and whole stay of bread taken from it. We also learn that the dry land is a result of the Lord dividing the waters so that the dry land appears in the stead of the divide.

Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

This is another way to see that “you shall know them by their fruits”. The seas of humanity are gathered together and the waters in heaven are gathered together unto themselves, according to the spirit which they are of. The only fruit that can be produced by the things that grow out of the ground of the earth are those things which were already placed there from the beginning; thus, Eve was able to have the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life simply by coming from Adam who was formed from the dust of the ground.

Day 4: On day four, we have a further explanation of what we are to expect when we are taught to number our days.  I want to start this day off with the same admonition that Paul gives us in Galatians.

Gal 4:8  Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Gal 4:9  But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Gal 4:10  Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Gal 4:11  I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

There is a huge difference in knowing God and being known of God. Before Christ came into our lives, we were only in death, but being forgiven and dressed upon with Christ we are now known of God, but what results in the beast having its deadly wound healed? Well, it loses its first love and goes right back into the beggarly things of the old things that it came from. This is one type and shadow which is played out in day four.

Recall that the firmament called heaven is BETWEEN the waters which are below and above it. There is one body of water called seas which is typified by DEATH, and there is another body of water which is free flowing and gives life. The lights that are presented to us on day four are in the firmament to divide once again but they do so by deceiving us.
We are now a part of the earth which our walk is typified as being in at this stage of our walk with Christ. We are actively doing things like looking for signs, as a Christian, that our walk is righteous and that the kingdom can be won for Christ, etc. We are now the Pharisees that are constantly asking Christ “what will be the sign of the coming of your kingdom?”

Day 5: On day five, we see God letting loose all that he has created so that it has dominion over the sea of humanity and over the earth, the church that He has created. Day five shows an interesting progression of our walk because it now presents to us just what our battles will be against. We will be battling the “moving creature that hath life” and we will be battling the “fowl that flies above the earth in the open firmament of heaven”. We will also be battling the great whales, and we know by our earthly knowledge that whales are one of the biggest aquatic mammals known to man and they live in the sea.
We not only see that we will be battling against them, but that God himself has blessed them in their endeavors. We not only fight that which is without, but the larger struggle comes a little later when we are given the knowledge and wisdom that what we are really fighting and LOSING to is that which is WITHIN! We are losing in day five because if something is multiplying we surely are not depleting its resources now are we?

Day 6: We know man was is being created on the six day and man is being created in the image of God. This spiritual image is what is given dominion over those things which in day five had dominion over us.  We see this in verse 26:

Gen 1:26  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27  So God created man in his [ own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

We should all understand that Christ came from God, and thus Christ is the mind, will and very image of His Father in the spiritual. So, with Christ being our spiritual Father we are made in “our image” as it is worded in this verse and it is this image that is given dominion. This is the only way there is and that is why Christ is the way, truth and life.

In verse 27 we see that God made man and woman and then the next verse we see that this IMAGE is now told that “they are blessed, be fruitful and multiply.” So, not only are we blessed but we are to be fruitful.

A Day To Rest – Day 7

Gen 2:1  Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2  And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Day 7: We have finally arrived at day 7, the day to rest.  On the surface, Gen 2:1 through 3 seem fairly straight forward, but as with all scripture we need to compare spiritual with spiritual and pray to be given understanding into what else is hidden under the surface of words that are written in physical letters. In order to do that, we must go further into the Word of God to see what else we can learn concerning what leads up to the day of rest, our sabbath, our Lord Jesus Christ. We can start in Exodus.

Exo 16:4  Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Exo 16:5  And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare [ that] which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

Here is Exodus, we have a tremendous example of just what leads us to resting on day seven. Notice, in verse 4 we just read “I will rain bread from heaven for you” and God’s people are told to go gather a certain amount so that God can prove whether or not we will “keep His commandments”. In verse 5, we are told that whatever we gather WE are to prepare and what we bring in is TWICE as much as WE had gathered on the days before. Stick with me here because this type and shadow gets very intriguing.

Gen 1:28  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Remember, we just recapped all the days leading up to day six and all the days leading up to day six show us, among other things, that everything through to day six played it’s part in having dominion over us. In effect, we are shown that God is soverign and in control the whole time. In day six, God the Father flips the roles and now tells us to be fruitful and multiply.
Here in Exo 16:5, on day six, we see that God in- fact multiplies what was happening on all the other five days, but He is now flipping the coin, so to speak, in that He is now blessing us with a bounty of DOUBLE PORTIONS so that we can rest the next day. Pay close attention to why He does it though, “that I may prove them.” Can anyone say “fire”? Not only that, but we are essentially GIVEN DOUBLE THE WORK, now the Lord’s work, because we have to gather twice as much and prepare or cook twice the meals in one day.

Staying with this train of thought, just who is the TRUE bread from heaven? Just who is the sabbath? It is none other than Jesus Christ Himself.

Joh 6:32  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Joh 6:33  For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Joh 6:34  Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
Joh 6:35  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

When we are given eyes to see and ears to hear the Spirit of God, we should start to see these days in a whole new light. Let’s continue to see how the Word of God bares out what He is doing with us up and through day seven.

Exo 16:6  And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
Exo 16:7  And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [ are] we, that ye murmur against us?
Exo 16:8  And Moses said, [ This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [ are] we? your murmurings [ are] not against us, but against the LORD.

Notice, it is at even in the dark, that we eat flesh but it is during the day, in the morning from which we receive bread to the FULL. These next verses I believe are crucial to understanding just what our six days are all about up until we finally receive our rest. The rest we receive is the rest from our OWN WORKS, but those works are of course worked out “according to the council of His own will”.

Exo 16:16  This [ is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [ according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [ them] which [ are] in his tents.
Exo 16:17  And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Exo 16:18  And when they did mete [ it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Exo 16:19  And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Exo 16:20  Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
Exo 16:21  And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
Exo 16:22  And it came to pass, [ that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [ man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exo 16:23  And he said unto them, This [ is that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [ is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake [ that] which ye will bake [ to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exo 16:24  And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
Exo 16:25  And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [ is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Exo 16:26  Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [ which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Exo 16:27  And it came to pass, [ that] there went out [ some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Exo 16:28  And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 16:29  See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Exo 16:30  So the people rested on the seventh day.

Now we are getting somewhere. We should, Lord willing, start to see a progression with that we are being told about our walk. Starting in verse 18 we just read, “they gathered every man according to his eating” but they weren’t to leave any leftovers until the morning time as commanded. However, we see that “it came to pass” that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much and they were commanded to lay it up to be kept until the next morning.

We should be able to see that on all other days we are told to do something else, but on day six after “it came to pass” then there is a change. On all other days, dominion is had over us but on day six we are told to do double the work (double gathering) and leave what we have gathered extra because whatever the Lord is going to do is going to be all of the Lord. Of course, the people never listen as you and I don’t and we still try to do our works on day seven, spiritually speaking, because we didn’t do as commanded.

Foundation of The New Man

Now, we have a foundation of this train of thought laid. Comparing Genesis and Exodus together leads us into a truth that on day seven we have rest. Of course, there is much more scripture to be had on just what day seven is to us.  We can see an example straight from the Lord’s mouth just what is happening in our seven days as laid out to us:

Mar 2:24  And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Mar 2:25  And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mar 2:26  How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Mar 2:27  And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mar 2:28  Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Notice, when we are in need and hungry, it is THEN that we go into the house of God and eat bread, but not only that, we also GIVE that bread to those who are with us. Christ clarifies that the sabbath rest is made for man, and not the reverse. In other words, rest was created for man to be nourished by but not the other way around. Weren’t we just told in Exodus that what God gives us to be nourished with on day seven is also to be used for those who are with us?

Exo 16:16  This [ is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [ according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [ them] which [ are] in his tents.

Why is this so important? Well, let’s read the scripture on the matter and see what is said.

Heb 3:8  Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Heb 3:9  When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Heb 3:10  Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in [ their] heart; and they have not known my ways.
Heb 3:11  So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
Heb 3:12  Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Heb 3:13  But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Heb 3:14  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Heb 3:15  While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Heb 3:16  For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Heb 3:17  But with whom was he grieved forty years? [ was it] not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Heb 3:18  And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Heb 3:19  So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Lord willing, we should be able to connect the spiritual dots and come to the conclusion that we are led to. On day six of our spiritual walk we are given commandments on just what to do. We are blessed and told to multiply, but this is done to prove us with it. What happens is that we all, at our appointed time do not BELIEVE what we are told; thus, we continue to do what we want and go out to “gather on the seventh day”. This is a sin which, at it’s appointed time, causes God’s wrath to prevent us from entering into His rest, Jesus Christ. Yes, indeed, it is VERY FEW who actually enter into that rest NOW.

The sin is the unbelief that plagues most of us our entire lives UNLESS the Lord gives us HIS FAITH, HIS REST.

Heb 4:3  For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Why is it added to 4:3 “although the works were finished from the foundation of the world?” It is because it just clarifies that simply spiritual truth that God is working all this out after the council of His own will. Continuing in Heb 4 we read:

Heb 4:4  For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [ day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Heb 4:5  And in this [ place] again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Heb 4:6  Seeing therefore it remaineth that some (some NOT ALL enter now) must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Heb 4:7  Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Heb 4:8  For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Heb 4:9  There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb 4:10  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [ did] from his.
Heb 4:11  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Brothers and sisters, there is simply NOTHING we can do to enter into that rest. It is all of God. Praise the Lord for that. It is truly only the people of God NOW who are given the faith to enter into that rest.

The New “Eighth Day”

Now, biblically speaking there are seven days of creation, but after everything is created, then what? Was anything else going to happen? Well, as is with the book of Genesis so it is with the rest of the bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ. We all know that there are seven days, but what about the next day the EIGHTH day? What about what happens after God has created everything of His own works? No, I am not crazy. There is in fact an eighth day spiritually speaking.

2Co 5:17  Therefore if any man [ be] in Christ, [ he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Eph 4:22  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Eph 4:23  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Eph 4:24  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Col 3:10  And have put on the new [ man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

You might be asking yourself what the new man has to do with the eighth day? Lets continue with the word of God to see what the Spirit says about this subject:

Pro 24:16  For a just [ man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Falling seven times only leads into one thing for the righteous man, rising up again after seven falls but there will not be an eigtht fall but only an eighth and final standing. This rising is LIFE and is hid with Christ in God.

Col 3:1  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Col 3:2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Col 3:3  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Col 3:4  When Christ, [ who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Day seven is our day of rest, and entering into His rest is entering into Christ who is hid in God. This spiritual truth is blatantly clear if we are given eyes to see and ears to hear it.

Lev 12:3  And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Lev 14:23  And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.

Lev 22:27  When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Act 7:5  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [ so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [ as yet] he had no child.
Act 7:6  And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [ them] evil four hundred years.
Act 7:7  And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Act 7:8  And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [ Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [ begat] Jacob; and Jacob [ begat] the twelve patriarchs.

It is the eighth day that the new man is brought forth. It is the eighth day that in Christ, we are accepted to God after all His work is finished and we have entered into His rest. Day eight it what it is all about!

Day eight is so great because we now do much more than Christ did. This all stems from what God has created in His days of creation. Where does God dwell?

1Co 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [ that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Joh 3:12  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [ of] heavenly things?
Joh 3:13  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [ even] the Son of man which is in heaven.

Joh 14:11  Believe me that I [ am] in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
Joh 14:12  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [ works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

The culmination of the days of creation result in US doing greater things than Christ did in the flesh, because His ways are above ar ways. Christ is in us (if He is in Us), we are in Him and Christ is in God. Christ is in heaven, therefore heaven is in God and God dwells in His temple. Therefore, the greater works are done BECAUSE CHRIST GOES UNTO HIS FATHER IN US!

Conclusion

The works that God has created, as is talked about in type and shadow in this series on “Teach Us To Number Our Days” conclude in God being all in all. There is no greater plan than what God has laid out in His plan for mankind.

Eph 3:9  And to make all [ men] see what [ is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph 3:10  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [ places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Eph 3:11  According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Eph 3:12  In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Eph 3:13  Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Eph 3:14  For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Eph 3:15  Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Eph 3:16  That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Eph 3:17  That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Eph 3:18  May be able to comprehend with all saints what [ is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Eph 3:19  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Indeed, that is my prayer and hope for you all now. I pray we may all be given the knowledge, wisdom and understanding that through our tribulations from God, through our fiery trials, that we be given the faith of Christ so that we believe what we are told about the msytery of the Kingdom of God in US!

I pray your inner new man is strengthened with this study by His spirit.

1Co 10:15  I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
1Co 10:16  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1Co 10:17  For we [ being] many are one bread, [ and] one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.