Dear John & Doves:
 
I'm a long time reader and have not posted in the past, however Tracy K's comment
regarding "11:11" yesterday definitely caught my attention.
 
My wife works a night shift from 11:30 pm until 7:30 in the morning, and I drive her to
and from work. We have no set time for leaving, although it is generally around 10:45
or so. I vary my route to and from her place of employment, depending on traffic or if
we have any errands to run.
 
Over the past two weeks, I distinctly remember looking at the clock in the car as my
wife got out, and noting the time was "11:11 pm", and on some occasions when we
were running early, I noted that my return home was likewise "11:11 pm".  But that's
not all: on days when I do not work, I try to stay up as much the night before, so we
stay as close to the same sleep cycle as we can, and twice last week, after going to
sleep around 9:30 am, I've been awakened suddenly for no reason, but have noted
the time on our bedside clock was "11:11 am".  On one occasion, we were away for
a day, and a power surge caused all the clocks to reset, but when we returned, we
noticed that they were all flashing "11 hours 11 minutes" (the length of time that the
power had been back on). Startling to say the least.
 
Now it may all be coincidence, but on a hunch I looked up 1st Kings, (11th book of the
Bible), 11th chapter, which records King Solomon's unfaithfulness regarding foreign
women and the false gods those women followed after. Chapter 11 specifically makes
mention of the fact that in his old age, Solomon himself followed after those false gods,
and actually built a place of worship to 'Chemosh', false god of the Moabites, and very
similar (if not identical) to the false god Moloch, demanding that children be offered as
burnt offerings. In verse 11 of Chapter 11, it states "Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,
"Since this has been your mind and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes which
I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant."
 
I can only interpret this "11:11" in one of two ways (or perhaps both):
 
On an individual basis, it could represent a not-so-subtle warning from the Lord that if we do
what is clearly evil in His sight, the very things we are commanded NOT to do, that we might
well see our personal 'kingdoms' (personal possessions, financial security, reputations with
our neighbors and communities, etc.) torn away from us and given to those we may view as
our 'servants', or perhaps beneath our own station in life. As Christians, we all strive (or we
at least should try) to treat our fellow men and women as Christ Himself would treat them, as
being no worse or better than ourselves, indeed we should seek to be their servant, just as
Jesus gladly served others. I have not always acted that way, I have been guilty of avoiding
or evading others who might be less well off, or less educated, or simply "from the other side
of the tracks" when I should be treating such people as my Lord would treat them. I've got to
try harder.
 
The other possible interpretation of this "11:11" is that God is signaling that America, despite
all of it's basic goodness and early efforts to do the Will of God as part of it's national aspirations,
has chosen in it's latter years to follow after false gods, to seek after that which is considered evil
in God's sight, and that the American 'kingdom' will be torn away and given to it's 'servants', i.e.,
nations which have always been 'have-nots' in the global scheme of things.
 
I don't know if my understanding or interpretations of this have any validity or not, but I offer
them for whatever value they may have.
 
Marc McIntosh
marc.mcintosh@gmail.com
 
PS - John Tng? Bless you for your dedication to keeping this website running over the years....!
(you can include a link to my email address if anyone wishes to write back...thanks!)
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Thanks, Marc. I have wired in your e-mail address in the first letter of your name above.
Welcome to the Doves!
John