The Tenth Time Around.

If you would have known you were going to live to see 2010 you might of taken better care of yourself. I remember being a little kid and thinking we would be shooting ray guns, driving hover crafts and having our robots clean the house by this time. The New Year is here and with it comes the promise of renewal and the hope of new beginnings. I love this time of year and this one is the tenth of our new millennium and Century.

Being a fairly hip bible thumper I have noticed a pattern throughout the scriptures in hw God uses numbers. two years ago, I finally finished my book on the subject and got it published. It’s called numbers that Preach. Now I don’t believe there is any power in numbers but I do believe there is perfect Order in how things work and that is exactly what the number ten represents. –Perfect Order.

According to the pattern in the scriptures this number has to do with time lines and how God carries out a plan in perfect order. It’s the number where God reveals His plan and sets things in order according to that plan.

Ten is all about the Kingdom. Perfect order is simply defined as Christ the head. When Jesus is our homeboy and co pilot we are way out of order. It is only when He is our KING and Apex of who we are that Perfect order is established. This is probably the reason that the first time we see the word KINGDOM in the bible, it is found in none other than Genesis 10:10.

When God wants to launch a new campaign of reminding us who the boss is, He tends to preach through the number 10. That’s why when Pharaoh thought he was God over the Israelites, God gave him TEN Plagues. That’s why when the Jews decided they would be God over their lives, He gave them TEN Commandments. I would rather have Ten Commandments than ten plagues, by the way.

We find that Noah was the Tenth generation from Adam and that’s when God showed up to remind the world that He was the boss, setting everything back into order again.

Ten Little Injuns

Other examples Of Ten In Scripture look like this; King David was the tenth in line from Judah. (Ruth 4:18-22) Abraham was the tenth in line from Noah. The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20 and that’s 10 x 2 by the way.

Under the Law, a tithe, one tenth, belonged to the Lord. God can’t bless your finances if your money is building a personal empire that competes with His Kingdom. This is a great year to put God first in everything. .

In Genesis chapter one the Phrase “God said” shows up exactly Ten times. Perfect order comes from living according to the Master’s word.

Fire comes down from Heaven Ten Times.

(Gen 19:24, Leviticus 9:24, Leviticus 10:2, Numbers 11:1, Numbers 16:35, 1st Kings 18:38, 1st Kings 1:10, 1st Kings 1:12, 1st Chronicles 21:26, 2nd Chronicles 7:1)

That’ll put things in the right perspective.

There are Ten Kingdom parables in Matthew. There are the 10 “I ams” of Christ in John.

You have Ten fingers and your hands represent your work and what you build.. Your work belongs to God so don’t get that out of order.

And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place…Judges 6:26

You have Ten Toes and your feet represent how you walk with God and advance. The Life you walk belongs to God. Don’t get that out of order.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.

Psalms 37:23

So I’m saying 2010 is a great year for things that have been in full tilt to start working the way they were supposed to. This is a good year for you and The Lord Himself has ordered something special your way.

Troy Brewer Pastors Open Door Ministries near Joshua and can be reached through his website at opendoorministries.org or troybrewer.com.