John,
Thanks for the suggestion to read Baxter's Explore the Book. I ordered a copy and am looking forward to reading it.
Incidentally, I awoke with some thoughts about Gabriel's message "very, very soon" and felt the pattern of these words is similar to 1-1-7.  Since the message to Vincent Tan is dated 1993, then "very,very soon" does not really relate to our time system--since 14 years is hardly "very, very soon".
Therefore, it may mean something else, but what? The realm in which heaven and angels dwell is I think OUTSIDE OF TIME anyway. That's what led me to the examination of the PATTERN of the words rather than their literal meaning. Then I thought that if we want to really understand Gabriel's message we would probably need to be conscious in the same angelic TIMELESS state, or as close as we can come--like when we are almost asleep or in a meditative reverie.  Another thought along these lines is that NUMBERS and WORDS seem to exist outside of time in a way, since there is an eternal something about these abstract symbols--after all after we go to the grave what linger on after us, in addition to the memories in the minds of those we touched with our lives, are the collections of symbols, like words and numbers, that we assembled and wrote down before shuffling off.
Thanks again for reading and responding to my request for information. I also agree with the other Doves who concluded your Firstfruits message was awesome and brilliant!!
Yours sincerely, Robert
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Thanks for your kind words, Robert. I like your comments on TIMELESSNESS!
John