Raynette K. Weiss Ministries and Assistant Minister Jessie K. Weiss invites you to this lesson on The meaning of the numbers 19 and 20 Saturday June 18, 2022.

5 = GENESIS 1:14

THE VERSE:
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for SEASONS, and for days, and years:”
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS TRANSLATION:
The word “seasons” here creates the impression that this word is a reference to the annual seasonal cycle. This is a completely wrong focus.
THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSLATION:
The Hebrew word here translated as “seasons” is “mow’edim”, and it has no reference to the annual seasons at all! This word really means “appointed gatherings”, and in the O.T. it is used both, to identify the time of commanded gatherings (i.e. the Holy Days), and also to identify the place of commanded gatherings (i.e. the tabernacle of the congregation). (We have already seen that the word “firmament” is a mistranslation.)
A CORRECT TRANSLATION OF THIS VERSE:
“And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for (determining) HOLY DAYS, and for days, and years:”
THE CORRECT MEANING OF THIS VERSE:
1) By “lights” God is here referring specifically to the sun and the moon, not to the stars. These two lights do determine the length of a month, a season, and a year, but this is only part of the focus of God’s statement in this verse. The statement that these two lights are for “signs” means that they, either individually or in combination, determine the start and the length of each month, and of each of the four annual seasons, and of each year.

6 = GENESIS 1:16

THE VERSE:
“And God MADE two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.”
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS TRANSLATION:
Some people (including many commentators) read this translation to mean that the sun and the moon were only created on the fourth day, even though there had already been evenings and mornings on the previous three days.

THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSLATION:
We often tend to treat the verb “made” as if it were a synonym for the verb “create”. That is not right, as far as the two Hebrew verbs are concerned. And this verse does NOT use the verb “to create”.
First of all, the Hebrew verb translated “made” is different from the Hebrew verb translated “created”, and these words have different meanings. We can express the differences between these two verbs as follows:
The Hebrew word for “create” implies bringing something new into existence by using only the Holy Spirit (the power of God) to do the creating.
The Hebrew word for “make” generally implies bringing something new into existence by working with, or making use of some things that were created previously. In other words, “making” generally presupposes that something used in the making process is already in existence before the new thing is “made”.
Secondly, the Hebrew verb for “made” is used with the imperfect mood in this verse, and it is here better rendered as “had made”. In this context this statement should be understood as a follow-on to the statements in verses 14 and 15. Thus the intended meaning is “had made” or “had designated”, keeping in mind that the Hebrew word used here does not mean “to create”.
As a minor consideration, the Hebrew word that is here translated as the verb “to rule” is in fact a noun. So where the KJV English text reads “TO RULE the day” and “TO RULE the night”, the Hebrew text literally reads “FOR THE RULE of the day” and “FOR THE RULE of the night”. Young’s Literal Translation has presented this aspect correctly.
Lastly, the words “he made” in the last part of this verse are not found in the Hebrew text, and are therefore printed in italics in the KJV. These words should either be omitted, or at least the appropriate tense should be supplied.

A CORRECT TRANSLATION OF THIS VERSE:
“And God HAD MADE (had designated) two great lights; the greater light for the rule of the day, and the lesser light for the rule of the night: (He had made or had appointed) the stars also.”
THE CORRECT MEANING OF THIS VERSE:
This verse expresses some of God’s intended functions for the sun and the moon. The next verse then shows God restoring the correct orbit for the moon to achieve perfect 30-day months, and the correct orbit for the earth to achieve perfect 360-day

The biblical meaning of the number 19; number 19 is used as a symbol of faith. It means that people who have faith in divine forces will have better lives, full of love and peace. People need to have faith in Jesus and also in his cross.
Joshua 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
2 Samuel 2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

The biblical meaning of the number 20; Number 20 in Bible symbolizes the cycles of completeness. It is not so widely used, but often it is connected to a perfect period of waiting, labor or suffering that is compared to a trial and rewarded.
Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Numbers 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
Closing Prayer; We pray that the people reading this will put it into there hearts what is simple to do, and what they should not do. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
For those who wish to become a child of Our Heavenly Father or wish to be stronger in his eyes, please say the following prayer below.

Dear Heavenly Father, I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.”

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