Praise the Lord!

"I will sing a new song to You, O God;
Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You," - Psalm 144:9


I recently  realized that the Dream of the Crown and Scepter on the Scroll occurred around the same time that the 444 sightings began. This came as I was again looking into the meaning of the dream. When I described the dream on the message board I'd described it as a Glorious Crown. I did not know at the time that there is a Crown of Glory. Maybe subconsciously I did? This research into my dream led me to google "Crown of glory 444". The first hit astounded me. It's a Lutheran Hymn about spiritual warfare and winning the Crown of Glory.  This is exactly what my dream was about! The Lord solidified it for me. The hymn and my dream are conveying the same message. It even speaks of the last day which I am linking to the blue halos of light in the sky. 

Once these connections were made the Lord impressed upon me an urgent need to write about these things so that they may speak to others that may be struggling with spiritual warfare, conquering sin and/or the meaning of the 444. 

So I set up the blog this week and the night the first few posts were made was the first night in a long time that I've had horrible nightmares. I have a feeling I know where they came from. The thing is, the source of those nightmares and I both know that Jesus has already won!!!

"For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time." - Rev. 12:12 NASB

"Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You"
Hymn #444
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Eph. 6:10-18
Author: Wilhelm E. Arends, 1714

1. Rise! To arms! With prayer employ you,
O Christians, lest the Foe destroy you,
For Satan has designed your fall.
Wield God's Word, a weapon glorious!
Against each foe you'll be victorious;
Our God will set you o'er them all.
Is Satan strong and fell?
Here is Immanuel.
Sing hosanna!
The strong ones yield,
With Christ our Shield,
And we as conqueror's hold the field.
2. Cast afar this world's vain pleasures,
Aye, boldly fight for heavenly treasures,
And steadfast be in Jesus' might.
He will help, whate'er betide you,
And naught will harm with Christ beside you;
By faith you'll conquer in the fight.
Then shame, thou weary soul!
Look forward to the goal:
There joy waits thee.
The race, then, run;
The combat done,
Thy crown of glory will be won.
3. Wisely fight, for time is fleeting,
The hours of grace are fast retreating;
Short, short, is this our earthly way.
Then the trump the dead is waking
And sinners all with fear are quaking,
With joy the saints will greet that Day.
Bless God, our triumph's sure,
Tho' long we did endure
Scorn and trial.
Thou, Son of God,
To Thine abode
Wilt lead the way Thyself hast trod.
4. Jesus, all Thy children cherish
And keep them that they never perish
Whom Thou hast purchased with Thy blood.
Let new life to us be given
That we may look to Thee in heaven
Whenever fearful is our mood.
Thy spirit on us pour
That we may love Thee more--
Hearts o'erflowing;
And then will we
Be true to Thee
In death and life eternally. Amen

The Bride

"Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” -Rev. 19:7-10 NASB

My wife and I had been planning a trip to San Francisco for awhile. As we got closer to our departure date for the trip God began impressing upon me the need to watch out for a 444 message. I failed to watch out for the message and before I knew it we were on our last day there. Right before heading for the airport I had to take a detour in the city to look for an item that was lost. As I was headed back to our hotel I came upon it, Galary 444. As soon as I saw the sign on the building I knew that I had to go in.

After walking through the downstairs area of the gallary I took the stairs and lo and behold at the top of the stairs was the painting, "Here Comes the Bride" by Graciela Rodo Boulanger.

This painting is amazing in person. Look at the symbolism, a bride to be revealed surrounded by 7 trumpets. I don't know if the artist intended to put any symbolic meaning in this painting. I just know that at that moment God had given me a message as to what I need to be doing. GETTING READY FOR THE WEDDING!

"The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost." - Rev. 22:17 NASB

444

Shortly before or after the dream of the Crown and Scepter on the Scroll, I began seeing the number sequences 44 and 444 everywhere. Receipts, license plates, the clock and anywhere else numbers were. At first I thought this was just confirmation bias. I dismissed this as a possibility as I began to notice that the sightings of the 44 or 444 were coinciding with something I was listening to, thinking or doing most of the time that had to do with a spiritual or religious nature. I began to see these numbers as saying "Hey! Pay Attention!!!"

Online you can find a number of folks having the same experience with 444 or other numbers 111,222,333,555,777,888,999. I believe it's a personal experience and the numbers don't necessarily  mean the same thing for everyone. It might not even be numbers, maybe it's words or pictures for other folks, whatever God can use to catch our attention. I look at the last year and spiritually it has been one of the best of my life. God is leading my path more and more each day. I can attribute the cause of these experiences to either God or coincidences of the mind. The outcome of the experiences has been overwhelmingly good and they've led me to a closer walk with the Lord. So that leads me to believe that they are in fact from the Lord.

"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." - James 1:17 NASB

The Lord has given me two additional clues using these numbers. They didn't come until I embraced my walk with the Lord with open arms and began engaging in regular confession and repentance. I'll cover these in my next post.