Pastor Taylor is a native of Pine Bluff and a graduate of Pine Bluff High School. He attended Ouachita Baptist University and received his B.A. in 1967. He did graduate Work at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, California. He received his Master of Divinity degree from there in 1970 and the Doctor of Ministry degree in 1980. While attending Seminary, Pastor Taylor served as a Student Chaplain at San Quentin State Prison for two years. He has served as Pastor in Arkansas, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area. Pastor Taylor and his wife JoAnne have two grown children and twelve grandchildren.
We are counting down the days to Easter here at Immanuel, so I thought I would share the meaning of numbers we find in Revelation. Last week we covered numbers 1-4. Today we pick up with number 5 and go to 12:
The Numbers Five and Ten...We put them together because they are of the same thing. They speak of completeness.
We have 5 fingers, 5 toes, 5 senses. Five doubled to Ten stand for human completeness. The whole duty of man is summed up in 10 Commandments.
The picture of complete power in human government would be a beast with 10 horns as we have in Revelation 13:1.
In Matthew 25 the ten virgins represent the churches in their entirety; some of them asleep and some awake.
In Revelation 2:10 Jesus says "you will have tribulation for 10 days. Remain faithful." Jesus is not talking about a literal 10 days, but that God will allow a full and complete tribulation.
The Number 6...This is the number of man. Man was created on the 6th day. Seven is perfect, 6 falls short. It represents failure.
In Revelation 13:18 we read "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred three score and six."
6 6 6...Represents evil in its fullest activity; the number of man aspiring to be God. The Antichrist. Three is the number of God...Six the number of man... 6 6 6...3 X 6=man trying to be God.
The Number 8...Eight stands for a new beginning; a new birth. There are 7 notes in the musical scale which is the basis for all our music. Eight marks a new octave.
Jewish children were circumcised on the eighth day. When the old world perished, God saved eight people on the ark
The eighth day marks the first day of a new week. It was on this day that Jesus revealed He was alive following the cross.
The Number 12...The elements of the numbers seven and twelve are the same. 4 + 3 = 7 , 4 X 3 = 12
Twelve is the number of the world (4) and the number of God (3) multiplied. God in His world.
Twelve represents the elective purpose of God in the story of creation and human life. It is a symbol of religion in the world..
Twelve is God ruling and reigning over the whole earth. There were 12 tribes in Israel. There were 12 apostles following Jesus.
In heaven we see 24 thrones and on the thrones 24 elders dressed in white; in worship around the throne of God.
Twelve is unity and completeness. There are 12 months in a year, there are 12 fruits from the tree of life in Revelation 22:2
The redeemed are multiples of 12. 12 X 12 X 1000 = 144,000
The Numbers Five and Ten...We put them together because they are of the same thing. They speak of completeness.
We have 5 fingers, 5 toes, 5 senses. Five doubled to Ten stand for human completeness. The whole duty of man is summed up in 10 Commandments.
The picture of complete power in human government would be a beast with 10 horns as we have in Revelation 13:1.
In Matthew 25 the ten virgins represent the churches in their entirety; some of them asleep and some awake.
In Revelation 2:10 Jesus says "you will have tribulation for 10 days. Remain faithful." Jesus is not talking about a literal 10 days, but that God will allow a full and complete tribulation.
The Number 6...This is the number of man. Man was created on the 6th day. Seven is perfect, 6 falls short. It represents failure.
In Revelation 13:18 we read "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred three score and six."
6 6 6...Represents evil in its fullest activity; the number of man aspiring to be God. The Antichrist. Three is the number of God...Six the number of man... 6 6 6...3 X 6=man trying to be God.
The Number 8...Eight stands for a new beginning; a new birth. There are 7 notes in the musical scale which is the basis for all our music. Eight marks a new octave.
Jewish children were circumcised on the eighth day. When the old world perished, God saved eight people on the ark
The eighth day marks the first day of a new week. It was on this day that Jesus revealed He was alive following the cross.
The Number 12...The elements of the numbers seven and twelve are the same. 4 + 3 = 7 , 4 X 3 = 12
Twelve is the number of the world (4) and the number of God (3) multiplied. God in His world.
Twelve represents the elective purpose of God in the story of creation and human life. It is a symbol of religion in the world..
Twelve is God ruling and reigning over the whole earth. There were 12 tribes in Israel. There were 12 apostles following Jesus.
In heaven we see 24 thrones and on the thrones 24 elders dressed in white; in worship around the throne of God.
Twelve is unity and completeness. There are 12 months in a year, there are 12 fruits from the tree of life in Revelation 22:2
The redeemed are multiples of 12. 12 X 12 X 1000 = 144,000