Good morning! What time is it? Now is the time. I’ll start tomorrow. When is the perfect time? His/her life was too short. Many expressions, and I’m sure you can think of many yourself, deal with time and duration. Mozart created an incredible repertoire of music in a short life, some actors are treasured for the few movies they made in a short life, but one short life stands above all others, that of our Lord Jesus. He didn’t begin his ministry until he came of age, approximately 30 years old for a man of that time. He was crucified only a short time later. I have heard that he ministered somewhat over 3 years, and I would guess 42 months. The reason I guess that number is the use of it in the Bible. The tribulation is divided into two sections of 42 months. In this great creation that we are in, God has set numbers which seem to be constant and significant. You will recognize such numbers as 3, 7, 40 (days and nights), 12, 144 (thousand), and that infamous, 666. All numbers used with great significance in the Bible. So was Jesus’ life and ministry cut short or too short? No, I suspect the duration of his stay on the earth was like everything God does; it was just right! Four is known in the Bible as the Earth number; four cardinal directions, four seasons, four elements (earth, air, fire, water), and other occurrences of the number. So the Lord gave us 4 gospels to save the earth. Next the letters of the apostle Paul, a man who was turned 180° from his chosen path. 3 the number of the Trinity, times 6 the number of imperfection or Saul, times 10 the number of wholeness of completion, equals 180 a man named Saul turned around to become Paul. God does everything perfectly; and we can rest in the fact that Jesus’ life was not cut short, but was lived and ended perfectly, and he rose again, perfectly.
Praise God for the perfect life of Jesus!
Bucky
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