TODAY’S PROPHETIC NUMBERS
December 03, 2024 – 12/03/2024
12 – Perfect Government
3 – Perfect Completion
ANOINTED FOR BURIAL
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. John 12:3 NKJV
Throughout the narrative of the four Gospels, over and over, we see that so many of those who Jesus loved and had as followers did not get it. They saw Him as the conquering king, there to free Israel from Roman occupation and lead a rebellious revolt to victory! That’s why John 6:15 records that the people sought to make Jesus king. There’s even a school of thought that believes Judas betrayed Jesus to the Pharisees in an effort to force His hand to begin a revolution against Rome.
All of them were wrong. But some people, very few, understood that Jesus had come in order to die. I imagine they were people well acquainted with Isaiah 53:7 NKJV: He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.
Imagine a young Jewish girl. She hears the prophecies of Isaiah being read aloud and the hope that they hold, especially Isaiah 61:1 NKJV: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.”
She treasures this hope in her heart, yet she’s keenly aware of the prophecy written in Isaiah 53:7. Somehow, they both describe the coming Messiah.
Now imagine the young Jewish girl grown up and going through the seasons of life. Then, she meets Jesus face to face. She’s experienced His fulfillment of Isaiah 61 but knows that Isaiah 53:7 must be fulfilled, too.
But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me. For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always. For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial. Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.” Matthew 26:10-13 NKJV
Declaration: Jesus is the perfect sacrifice through which I experience reconciliation with the Father and the power to become a child of God!
New Beginnings Conference: Breath of God
