Exploring Spiritual
Meaning
Of the number
22
Major Themes:
Genesis 22
Abraham sacrificing Isaac
1 Samuel 22
David fleeing Saul
Psalm 22
My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me? Bulls of
Bashan surround me.
Luke 22
The decision to deliver Christ for Crucifixion
Hebrews 11 (11 x 2 = 22)
Faith “Hall of Fame”
11: 11 By faith even Sarah
herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she
counted him faithful who had promised.
Revelation 22
The River of
Life
Terms Associated:
Spiritual Warfare,
Judgment, Birth/Pregnancy, Ship, Serpent, Rapture, Elect & Elder, Door/passage,
See God’s face, Quickening, falling away/antichrist, elevate/promote
position
Some association
of 22, 11 or a multiple, i.e. 55, 66 or an arrangement of numbers to make
22 or 11.
Elevate/Promote
Proverbs 30
19The way of an eagle in the air (rapture); the way of a serpent upon a rock (spiritual warfare, serpent, Antichrist); the way of a ship in the midst of the sea (deliverance); and the way of a man with a maid (marriage).
22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool
when he is filled with meat;
23For an odious
woman when she is married; and an handmaid
that is heir to her mistress.
Ship/Boat
(Noah’s Ark)
Luke 8:20-22 (King James Version)
20And it was told
him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring
to see thee.
21And he answered
and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word
of God, and do it.
22Now it came to
pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship
with his disciples: and he said unto them,
Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
Matthew 8:22-24 (King James Version)
22But Jesus said
unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
23And when he was
entered into a ship,
his disciples followed him.
24And, behold, there
arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with
the waves: but he was asleep.
Matthew 4:22 (King James Version)
22And they immediately
left the ship and their
father, and followed him.
Matthew 14:22 (King James Version)
22And straightway
Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he
sent the multitudes away.
John 6:20-22 (King James Version)
20But he saith unto
them, It is I; be not afraid.
21Then they willingly
received him into the ship:
and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
22The day following,
when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there
was none other boat
there, save that one where into his disciples were entered, and that Jesus
went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone
away alone;
Birth (man-child of Revelation)
Hebrews 11:11 (King James Version)
11Through faith
also Sara herself received strength to conceive
seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age,
because she judged him faithful who had promised.
1 Samuel 1:11 (King James Version)
11And she vowed
a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction
of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt
give unto thine handmaid a man child,
then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall
no razor come upon his head.
Isaiah 66:6-8 (King James Version)
(11 X 6= 66) Also, 666 birth coming before
antichrist.
6A voice of noise
from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth
recompence to his enemies.
7Before she travailed,
she brought forth;
before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8Who hath heard
such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth
in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon
as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Matthew 2
11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child
with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had
opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense
and myrrh.
Revelation 12:13 (King James Version)
22nd mention of man child in
KJV
13And when the dragon
saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought
forth the man child.
Elect & Elder (24 elders
and 144,000 also 72)
Matthew 24
22And except those
days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Isaiah 65
22They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant,
and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and
mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their
hands.
Mark 13:22 (King James Version) (11 x 2)
22For false Christs
and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce,
if it were possible, even the elect.
Titus 1 1:1 (11)
1Paul, a servant
of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's
elect, and the acknowledging of the truth
which is after godliness;
Door (Rapture – Open Door)
Revelation 3
11Behold, I come
quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (verse 11 “come quickly” to the Church of Philadelphia)
22He that hath an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (last verse)
Revelation 4
1After this I looked,
and, behold, a door was opened in
heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were
of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew
thee things which must be hereafter. (the
very first verse after 22 and in chapter 4, the number of earth, suddenly
an open door)
11Thou
art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. (last verse)
Genesis 32:22 (King James Version)
22And he rose up
that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven
sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok
Ford is a shallow place where a stream
may be crossed.
See God’s Face
Judges 6:22 (King James Version)
22And when Gideon
perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God!
for because I have
seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
Judges 13 (King James
Version)
22And Manoah said
unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we
have seen God.
Quickening of Spirit
Romans 8 (King James Version) verse 11
11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell
in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Marriage (wife)
Proverbs 18:22
22“He who finds a wife, finds what is good and receives
favor from the Lord.”
Falling away/Anti-christ
Proverbs 30:11
11There is a generation
that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.
1 John
2
22Who
is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist,
that denieth the Father and the Son.
Blessings,
Tony
P.S. – John and all you
could probably add quite a bit of this. Any insight is much appreciated
in advance (smile).