Teach us to number our days

Ps 90:12 ¶ So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

In this study we will look at the prayer of Moses the man of Alahim who prays to Alahim to teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, we will learn what all this means.

Ps 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

 12 ¶ So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

The New Testament was written in Greek and in  the New Testament: A score in Roman count was 20. Three score is 60. So threescore and ten is 60+10=70

OT; The Hebrew word used is 'shibeem' which means seventy

KJV translates many portions in the OT as 'threescore and ten' where this word 'shibeem' appears. 

 Pr 25:2 ¶ It is the glory of Alahim to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

Alahim has concealed in this seventy the vanity of man which reveals his carnal/earthy nature and falls short of the glory of Alahim. We will see in spiritual comparison how man is alienated from the life of Alahim and only because of Messiah's sacrifice and  by the quickening of the Spirit of Messiah through the spirit of prophecy can he understand the parabolic language of Alahim's word.

 Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

The flesh profiteth nothing, the words of Messiah are spirit and they are life.

Speaking about the wrath of Alahim, Moses in his prayer speaks of the days of man being passed away in his wrath and he parabolically defines the days of man to be THREESCORE AND TEN and if by reason of strength they be FOURSCORE YEARS and yet their strength labour and sorrow.

We have read these scriptures many time but we must look at them closely to understand what man is made up of.

Ro 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of Alahim.

 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Not all see that they are creatures of vanity and only Messiah is the hope of our deliverance from this vanity, for he took upon himself likeness of sinful flesh to deliver us creatures of vanity to be transformed to the new creation image which he himself bears having come out from Alahim.

Only the elect of Alahim can see their days of vanity on earth groaning for their redemption and see their journey here on earth to be as a sojourner or pilgrim and desire the heavenly country in which righteousness dwells.

The carnal look for a habitation here and take Alahim's promises carnally to apply it to fulfill the lusts of their flesh which arise out of their vanity.

Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore Alahim is not ashamed to be called their Alahim: for he hath prepared for them a city.

The number seven and seventy means totality and this number is also used to show the totality of man's vanity in captivity.

2Ch 36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

 21 To fulfil the word of the YAHUAH by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Israel was in captivity of Babylon and Persia for 70 years. For 70 years she lay desolate and under the wrath of Alahim and the true observation of Sabbath could only happen in desolation because when they were full they observed the Sabbath carnally but in desolation they groaned for their redemption.

The elect of Alahim are taken through the Great Tribulation fire so that they learn to number their days of vanity and in this desolation they would groan for their redemption waiting for the bridegroom to come and transform them into the new creation image.

Moses in the wilderness journey knew and understood that the land of Cannan was only a type of the New Jerusalem and that the land of Canaan was not a permanent dwelling place for the people of Alahim but the New Heavenly Jerusalem was the place.

Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of Alahim, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

 26 Esteeming the reproach of Messiah greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

His prayer in Psalms 90 only proves this

Ps 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

In our previous studies 'The journey from a servant to a son Part 1 & 2' we have seen and understood that man is captivated by the elements of the world in the 7 days of creation and the day 1 being the Sabbath which speaks of the hope of his salvation when Alahim said "Let there be light and there was light" Gen 1:3. We saw that Paul by the spirit interprets this light to mean to be the light of the knowledge of the glory of Alahim through the face of Yahusha Messiah (2 Corin 4:6).

The seventh day speaks of the day we are redeemed from this vanity to enter into the new creation image where we would receive the gift of eternal life through Messiah Yahusha our Yahuah.

We also saw the Prince (Messiah) offering to Yahuahhh in the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and prophectically understood that the six lambs are symbolic of the SIX DAYS OF VANITY that man is wrapped in being under the time keepers and being bound to the elements of the world. The sacrifice of Messiah of his ownself for his elect was to redeem them of this vanity. Not that he died 6 times but once and for all to redeem us who were captivated by these 6 days of vanity of being bound to the elements of this world.

Eze 46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before YAHUA in the sabbath and in the new moon.
 4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto Yahuahhh in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

Ga 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, Alahim sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

A complete redemption of  the children of Alahim from the law of sin and death into the glorious liberty of being a child of Alahim through the Sonship of Messiah, the purpose he came out from Alahim to bestow on us adoption as sons.

Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of Alahim, even to them that believe on his name:

Ro 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

Messiah is our only hope of delivering us from this servanthood to the elements of the world to the sonship of Alahim through him if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of this hope firm unto the end.

Heb 3:6 But Messiah as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Coming back to the seven and seventy let's look at spiritual vs spiritual comparison to see what Moses the man of Alahim prayed as recorded in the book of Psalms Chapter 90.

 Ge 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

We now are seeing the captivity in an 2nd instance where the number threescore and ten/seventy is assocaiated with.  The first scripture we saw was in 2 Ch 36:20-21 where Israel was in captivity in Babylon and Persia for seventy years.

2Ch 36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

 21 To fulfil the word of the YAHUAH by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Alahim registers a 'spiritual language' in his word and opens the eyes of those whom he has chosen to draw near to him to understand that spiritual language. The rest who are not chosen trample the outer court by interpreting his word carnally.

The house of Jacob went into the land of Egypt when the great famine came across the entire world and Alahim shows us that the number of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt were threescore and ten/seventy.

This can't be a concidence can it? Let's look at some more scriptures.

 De 10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the YAHUAH thy Alahim hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Zec 1:12 Then the angel of the YAHUAH answered and said, O YAHUAH of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

In the message to the seven churches Messiah speaks to Smyrna that they shall have tribulation ten days. The message was to all the SEVEN CHURCHES as Messiah's elect were in all of these churches and promise of the crown of life to all elect. Hence Seven * ten days of tribulation  =70

 Re 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

The entire body comprised of wheat and tares and the wheat and the tares separated in the end. 

Let's look at another verse where three score and ten is mentioned. While the younger ruled the elder (as prophesied of Jacob and Esau) Scripture records that Solomon an elect of Alahim of all strangers that were in the land of Israel he separated to do the work to build the house of Alahim out of which threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens and fourscore to hewers in the mountain 

2Ch 2:1 ¶ And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the YAHUAH, and an house for his kingdom.

 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2Ch 2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

 18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

So the house of the Yahuah was built by strangers who were in the land of Israel. What does this spiritually mean?

In spiritual comparison to the prayer of Moses the man of Alahim, Moses says that days of our years are threescore and ten and if by reason of strength they be fourscore i.e 80 and yet their strength labour and sorrow.

Ps 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

The threescore and ten thousand of strangers who bore burdens and the fourscore hewers in the mountain are a picture of those who labour to enter the rest but fall short because they are not chosen for salvation and are wrapped up in their vanity.

In our previous studies we have also learnt of the 7 beastly rules of Satan and the eighth is of the seven

Re 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

Again we see two unique numbers SEVEN of the SEVENTY (threescore and ten) and Eight of the Eighty (Fourscore). Man in his carnality is bound to the elements of the world to be captive under the heavy burden of sin and tries to build an house to Alahim in his carnality but Alahim speaks about his house in this manner

Ac 7:47 But Solomon built him an house.

 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Yahuah: or what is the place of my rest?

 50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

The temple Solomon built was a figure of the spiritual house built by Messiah the Son over his own house.

Heb 3:4 For every house is builded by some; but he that built all things is Alahim.

 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

 6 But Messiah as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Alahim allowed the building of his house using stangers three score and ten/seventy who are part of Mystery Babylon as this kingdom of Satan was within Alahim's kingdom. The wheat and the tares together only to be separated in the end.

The captivity under the beastly rule (seven) and the eighth (fourscore) who is of the seven is a picture of a reward of a servant 'A penny a day' labouring in the vineyard (parable of the workers in the vineyard) for his salavtion but falls short of sonship and takes his penny and goes his way for it was designed by Alahim

Re 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Ps 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

The prayer of Moses asking Alahim to teach us to number our days so that we apply our hearts unto wisdom is in this context.