What's the relevance of this day to my life?
April symbolizes the number 4...and in Chinese and Japanese numerology, 4 means death and sufferings but also means luck for it sounds like water in Shanghainese.
I think I am sad today because I am very sick, and that I have cancelled all my classes online and centre-based just to have a rest so I can perform tomorrow, April 17th, 2011, for my church and for the GLORY of MY GOD.
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4 has a spiritual meaning though...as stated below:
"....Four:
The symbolic meaning of number Four deals with stability and invokes the grounded nature of all things. Consider the four seasons, four directions, four elements all these amazingly powerful essences wrapped up in the nice square package of Four. Fours represent solidity, calmness, and home. A recurrence of Four in your life may signify the need to get back to your roots, center yourself, or even "plant" yourself. Fours also indicate a need for persistence and endurance....."
SO I AM HOME NOW WORKING WITH MY OWN 'SELF'...I NEED TO HAVE TIME FOR MY SELF ALONE...THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IF GOD WANTS ME TO DO SOMETHING VERY BIG...I think it's just a PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL COME VERY SOON...so I MUST BE GLAD FOR MY GOD HAS BEEN PREPARING GOOD THINGS FOR ME...MY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS REALLY BEST FOR ME...IT'S OKAY THAT I SUFFER...THE REWARD IS GREAT...THANKS TO YOU, MY FATHER...
2011 gives also the sum of 4, and as I said, 4 means death...and I remember daddy, Andreo, mama, and Bernard....
They are my loved ones who have already passed away....
With the present economic, and financial crises, I should be glad that they are already dead...it seems like they won't be able to bear the anguish, and pains, so GOD has taken them away ahead of me...so I CAN FIGHT WITH THE REST OF OUR FAMILY...PLEASE HELP ME GOD! ( AMEN!)
But wait. There's still 16.
And 16 gives the sum of 7.
7 is the NUMBER of the LORD GOD.
"......In Scripture, seven symbolizes completeness or perfection. On the seventh day God rested from his labors and creation is finished (Gn 2:2). Pharaoh in his dream saw seven cattle coming from the Nile (41:2). Samson’s sacred Nazirite locks were braided in seven plaits (Jgs 16:13). Seven devils left Mary of Magdala, signifying the totality of her previous possession by Satan (Lk 8:2); "seven other devils" will enter the purified but vacant life of a person (Mt 12:45). However, on the positive side, there were the seven spirits of God (Rv 3:1). In the seventh year the Hebrew slave was to be freed (Ex 21:2), having completed his time of captivity and service. Every seventh year was a sabbatical year (Lv 25:4). Seven times seven reiterates the sense of completeness. In the Year of Jubilee (at the completion of 7 x 7 years = the 50th year), all land is freed and returns to the original owners (Lv 25:10). Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks, is seven times seven days after Passover. "Seventy," which is literally "sevens" in Hebrew, strengthens the concept of perfection. There are 70 elders (Ex 24:1) in Israel. Israel was exiled to Babylon for 70 years (Jer 25:12) to complete its punishment. "Seventy times seven" (Mt 18:22) reiterates this still further. The Lord was not giving Peter a mathematical number of times that he should forgive another person, but rather was insisting on limitless forgiveness for a brother’s sin...."
GOD used 7 to indicate the period WHEN GOD IS GOING TO REVEAL ALL HIS WONDROUS PLANS.
And Jesus's SECOND ADVENT is signalled by the 7th blowing of the trumpet.
Therefore, I SHOULD BE GLAD...MY SALVATION IS COMING NEARER, and NEARER and NEARER.
"......And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets....."
But 7 also symbolizes plagues and disasters.
".....And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; because in them is filled up (teléo) the wrath of God....."
"....And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done...."
Therefore, I should be glad for my SALVATION IS REALLY COMING. THOUGH SUFFERINGS WILL ALSO COME, BUT THE TIME FOR MY SUFFERINGS IS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHORT COMPARED TO THE TIME OF MY JUBILEE WITH MY LORD GOD, AND WITH MY LORD JESUS AS WELL AS MY LOVED ONES WHO I BELIEVE I WILL BE MEETING IN THE HOLY CITY.
Since on the 7th day, GOD had rested after HE created this world, I AM ALSO RESTING TODAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2011 to contemplate, to think, and to talk to my GOD so I may know HIS PLANS FOR ME for tomorrow. Anyway, tomorrow, April 17th, 2011 is another day and another narrative of my life. Since tomorrow will be Sunday, I HAVE TO SING PRAISES FOR MY FATHER IN THE CONGREGATIONAL SERVICE AT THE HOLY TEMPLE OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO in the morning, and I have to attend the choir practice in the afternoon.
I usually don't work on Thursdays and Sundays for these days are dedicated to my FATHER.
"....Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed [sanctified] it...."
But since the teacher who supposed to handle the nursery and kindergarten classes here are tooooooooooooo reluctant to do her work for me...maybe because she won't be earning much because I just ask 1000PHP a month from every child here...and I told the teacher that she would be earning 50% of the net income...maybe she was thinking that she wouldn't be earning a lot.......so she refused to teach this summer.
This spurred myself to work harder, that made me sicker and sicker every day. My heart is forced to do strenuous tasks every day so I had black spots again on my body which I noticed last Thursday, April 14th, 2011 when I performed even I was very, very sick; even I lost my voice, I still performed my duty as a choir member in my Church.
But I also suspect that my sicknesses at this time are due to the radiation that comes from the nuclear plants in Fukushima Ken, Japan. I don't believe that radiation has not reached the Philippine soil. It's carried by the wind. So most probably, and most possibly, after the explosions, it just took a few hours to reach the Philippine soil. And the Philippine governmant doesn't want to declare that we are already affected by Japan's radiation. Anyway, even if the Philippine government declares that we are already contaminated by radiation, NOTHING WILL COME OUT AS A SOLUTION. For GOD's angel has already poured the 7th bowl....
"....And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done...."
Next to this is the SECOND ADVENT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I SHOULD BE GLAD. THE TIME OF MY SALVATION IS REALLY NEAR.
