66 and 33 What are God’s numbers for the righteous? Be with the faithful few!

66 and 33 What are God’s numbers for the righteous?  Be with the faithful few! 

Kelly Durant

 

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

                                                

2. We live in a nation, a Republic, that in general permits the majority to rule. For example , if Congress votes on a law or something, they need a 2/3rds majority for it to pass, or a 66%. In general when people play games, dominoes or cards quite often they play for the best 2 out of 3, right? If 2 is a number that leaves you tied, with no winners, you need a 3^rd or a final deciding factor, right?

 

There is power in numbers and many numbers are considered sacred and we know about them: 1,3,7,9,12, etc. I had a friend that was a math teacher and I asked him how he became a believer, and he said by observing the perfection of absolute numbers which prove there is a God! Our God changes not; 2 and 2 make 4 no matter the time in history, no matter the place in space, on earth or in the heavens. The forces of the universe are measured constant so all is maintained together. But I will advise you not to worship numbers (numerology) as many people guess numbers wrong and the Scripture condemns decisions based on superstitions. 

 

Why is this the topic today? Because who you side with in this life is important! For example, the rebellious angels that sided with Satan and fell to earth to be stripped of heaven’s status were how many? 33% Revelation 12: 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 

3. So what do we learn from this? That the faithful majority of angels that did not get persuaded were the 2/3rds majority. The angels were 66% and the dragon followers of Satan were the 33%. Be careful with people who esteem 33 as a special sacred number, it represents those cursed to remain forever on or in the earth which is later to be cast into lake of fire!

So would the remaining 66% or even 66.6% be considered those blessed by God? After all there are 10s of thousands of angels. A real number might even be more like 666,666,666! But 666 always brings to mind the ‘mark of the beast’, as something evil. Here is the factor, Satan always tries to rob for himself the things of God, even His numbers! Jesus preached 33 years and we have 33 spine bones!

 

Satan wants to imitate God! But he only has an evil 33%, not the majority 66% of the righteous as his followers. Jesus and the angels are the winners despite Satan’s deception as being so powerful and god like. Satan imitates everything of god, that he is all powerful, that he is the light, that he offers more justice and pleasures than God. But what did Jesus say about him?  John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

 

4. Today we observe that there were angels that sided with God and others that sided with Satan and it is the same with us, with humans! Some people do not even realize they have chosen the losing side of things as people get deceived all the time. We see that all the time. Have you ever had a friend who always sides with a sports team that seems to never win, or haven’t won for 60 years? Don’t ignore the odds of anything. Why would anyone choose the side of Satan who’s going to lose?

 

Why are some people so blind, so rebellious that they always choose poorly and then always have to pay the sad consequences? It’s in part because they are always getting the numbers wrong! They believe in fake numbers or they are believing they can beat the odds, that they are with the majority, and often they don’t believe in real provable numbers. Google search on the odds of winning the lottery: “the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million” So why do people play it?  Knowing numbers and who controls the odds and outcomes is important as you want to be a winner not a loser! I never gamble, the math proves I’ll lose!

 

We live in a society where the wicked majority appear to rule and have chosen the lies over the truth but what does the Bible say? Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. We are God’s creation, He formed us in the womb (Job 31:15) and that being said, the sooner we surrender our will to Him, the better off we will be. 

 

5. Satan and his corrupting and damaging sins are pushed loud and proud from every source imaginable and one would believe 90% of the people in the society are in agreement with his perversions and corruption! But those of us who know the truth know that is not so, that there are few faithful ones that resist his devices and lies and Jesus describes it like this… Matthew 7:13-14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

 

On earth, where Satan has done a demonic fallen angel coup invasion and highjacked this world temporarily away from God, reality is as things appear to be, Satan is controlling a majority of the people and it is sad for them that they will not find life in heaven being that they are choosing the wide gate of destruction. Ephesians 6: 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 

So how many are a few? Could it be only 10% of the population are really Christian and understand and obey Jesus commands? In an experiment, to learn answers you sample 10% of the population. One of the 10 lepers came back to thank Jesus,  and 10% in the Bible is common. But 10% of our current 7.6 billion people is still 760,000,000. 760 million! From past history there may be another 500 million too! Try to count that many standing before God! Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

 

6. Remember that when Gideon went to war against the evil kings nearby he only chose 300. That number appears often in Scripture. Judges 7:7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

 

God does not need numbers to win, but God does have numbers on His side. Revelation 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; (100 million times 1,000s!) In the Bible God wins even with just one, one brave one, like David against Goliath. 

What God needs is for the righteous (all true Christians) to be brave and courageous and to stand up for Him against the wicked majority. You and I must stand against the deceived ones who are complacent with sinful practices in our communities. 

 

7. It is amazing how Satan and his people shield their selves from guilt, capture, and judgment. Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! What evil we see today has always been around but since we are in the end-times, it is multiplying. 

 

Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn. Today corruption of all kinds is legalized and promoted by the top main offenders in power worldwide as normal behavior and if you say anything contrary you are to be demonized as a racist homophobe and hater. Jesus said we would suffer persecution and they accused him of having a demon when they had the demons! Every abusive enslaving despicable practice you can image is being made legal of late with demands that law enforcers go away demonized as entirely evil! This is a huge mistake! Any nation falling into this deception degrades itself until a violent self-destruction culminates. It’s been happening since 1917! People in high places can steal millions of dollars and there is no consequence because we are told that is just the accepted practices! But if you or I steal a $10 watch we will be fined and punished harshly. 

 

So who is buying the lie that evil is good and good is evil? 90%? I think not when you see people upset in the streets. Is it 50%? Or is it more like an evil 33%? The point is who will stand for the righteous causes of God? So what do we as Christians consider righteous? You can google the Salvation Army’s International positions of what we deem as righteous causes to fight for. The Bible is the source.  https://www.salvationarmy.org/isjc/ips

 

8. The Solders in the Salvation Army are supposed to be 100% behind these causes and if not, then they are free to fellowship with us but not free to argue, bring division, bring compromise, or try to shame us into conforming to the ways of the world. Evil of late has escalated! Many Christians are not even aware of all the Satanic ritual abuse and child trafficking for sex happening. It is horrible!  

 

Here are some of evils we speak up for or against; these practices in the world bring destruction to human bodies as well as bring on the enslavement of the soul to demons. They are: Abortion, alcohol in society, ancestorial worship, caring for the environment, corruption, death penalty, euthanasia and assisted suicide, gambling, modern slavery and human trafficking, peacemaking, pornography, racism, refugees and asylum seekers, Sabbath observance, the SA and the State, sexism, suicide prevention, and the use (abuse) of power. 

There are even more stances that the Bible is clear on and this is why many people hate the Bible and hate Christ followers.    

 

9. So I began the message with the question of who will follow God, “if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him”.  God has given each person a freewill to choose and then you are then counted in with the few ones that choose what the faithful angels chose, or in with the vast majority of the condemned fallen ones, those controlled by demons, whose punishment is hell.

 

The true Christians (on this temporary earth) will always be few in number and always in the minority and will need to confront the evil majority. If you are in the corrupted majority crowd it might go well with you for a while, you might be praised as a good little consumer of all the perverse vices, but then you will be judged by God for not discerning with the Holy Spirit the things that are abominable to God. 

 

So who is righteous in our world? Probably the one(s) that get the most attacks, ridicule, and persecution from all sources. Luke 6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. To be counted in with the righteous do not fool yourself that you can claim to be Christian and then applaud or support those that practice everything contrary to the Christian faith. 

 

10. Jesus asked us this so we see who is evil or not: Matthew 7:16

You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Don’t think you are a Christian if you prefer the company of the thorny people who support everything that a Christian does not. These people are as dried dead leaves on the vine that do nothing good for anyone but are as blackholes condemned astral bodies sucking up every person and thing for their own lustful corrupt selves. 

 

2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

 

The wicked majority have the quality of appearing to be righteous as they claim to stand up against oppressors, but they are not righteous at all since they do not have any good fruits in their works to prove it: 2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

 

Remember how Lot had to escape Sodom because not even 10 in the city were found to be righteous!? Pray about where you live. If it is in a place where God’s spirit has departed (Inchabod) you might need to move! Proverbs 22:3

A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. God is in the middle of all numbers, please be wise with your stances, be saved through Jesus, and be counted in with the number of the righteous! Ask Him in your life today!