SHADOWS & DUST
REBOUND
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and righteous to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
Standard Definition:
Shadow  A dark figure or image cast on the
ground, or some surface by a body
intercepting light.
 Shade or comparative darkness, as
in an area.
 Shadows, darkness, especially that
coming after sunset.
Jesus – Light of the world:
John 8:12
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I
am the Light of the world; he who follows Me
will not walk in the darkness, but will have
the Light of life.”
φῶς Phos (foce) NN to shine or make
manifest, especially by rays; luminousness (in
the widest application, natural or artificial,
abstract or concrete, literal or figurative):—
fire, light. - Thayer's (New Testament GreekEnglish Lexicon)
Got Holiness?
Christians in reality are little
fragments of God’s perfect light and
holiness due to Christ’s work on the
cross as well as the indwelling of the
trinity.
Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the
world. A town built on a hill cannot be
hidden.
ECCLESIASTES 6:12
“For who knows what is good for
a man during his lifetime, during
the few years of his futile life?
He will spend them like a
shadow. For who can tell a man
what will be after him under the
sun?” (NASB)
Definition of Shadow in Eccl
6:12 in Hebrew:
lx@ Tsel (t-sale) – Noun, Masculine
1.
2.
3.
4.
Shadow, shade
Shadow (on dial)
Shadow, shade (as protection)
Shadow, symbolic of our transitory
(brief) aspect of life
Biblical Numerology:
Tsel (sale) Shadow
Tsade (S)
x
x Numerical Value = 90
Lamda (L) l
l Numerical Value = 30
Biblical Numerology:
90 + 30 = 120
E.W. Bullinger – Numbers In Scripture (1967)
120 In Numerology Refers to Time.
“Applied to time it signifies a divinely
appointed period of probation (testing).
Applied to persons it points to a divinely
appointed number during a period of
waiting.” Genesis 6:3
Biblical Numerology:
Genesis 6:3 (NASB)
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not
strive with man forever, because he also
is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be
one hundred and twenty years.”
In this verse we see a period of
probation (testing) for Noah and the
Nephilim, as well as a divine period of
waiting where Noah had 120 years to
build the ark before the flood came.
Biblical Numerology:
Furthermore, interesting how the word
tsel, or Shadow in the Hebrew, numerical
values sum up to 120. A number that we
have just seen can be used for probation,
(testing) or a divine period of waiting.
Hold on a minute, what did Solomon say
earlier… Why he said man will spend his life
like a shadow. Or in other words we could
potentially say, in a human body on a
probational basis for testing for a
divine period of time that God has not
disclosed to us!
ECCLESIASTES 6:12
“For who knows what is good for
a man during his lifetime, during
the few years of his futile life?
He will spend them like a
shadow. For who can tell a man
what will be after him under the
sun?” (NASB)
Adam Clarke Commentary On
ECCLESIASTES 6:12:
For who knoweth what is good for man in
this life? Those things which we deem good
are often evil. And those which we think evil
are often good. So ignorant are we, that we
run the greatest hazard in making a choice. It
is better to leave ourselves and our concerns
in the hands of the Lord, than to keep them in
our own.
For who can tell a man what shall be after
him? Futurity is with God. While he lives, man
wishes to know what is before him. When he
is about to die, he wishes to know what will
be after him. All this is vanity; God, because
he is merciful, will reveal neither.
Shadow In Reference To Time
(Sun Dial)
JOB 8:9 (NASB)
“For we are only of yesterday and know
nothing, Because our days on earth are as a
shadow.
PSALM 144:4 (NASB)
Man is like a mere breath; His days are like
a passing shadow.
Shadow In Reference To Time
(Sun Dial)
PSALM 102:11 (NASB)
My days are like a lengthened shadow, And
I wither away like grass.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not be well for the evil man and
he will not lengthen his days like a shadow,
because he does not fear God.
Standard Definition:
Dust –
1. earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
2. a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter
in the air.
3. any finely powdered substance, as sawdust.
4. the ground; the earth's surface.
5. the substance to which something, as the
dead human body, is ultimately reduced by
disintegration or decay; earthly remains.
GENESIS 2:7:
Then the LORD God
formed man of dust from
the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a
living being. (NASB)
Definition of Dust in Gen
2:7:
rp!^u* Aphar (aw-fawr) Noun,
Masculine
Dry earth, dust, powder, ashes,
earth, ground, mortar, rubbish
Adam Clarke Commentary On
Genesis 2:7:
God formed man of the dust - In
the most distinct manner God shows us
that man is a compound being, having a
body and soul distinctly, and separately
created; the body out of the dust of the
earth, the soul immediately breathed
from God himself. Does not this strongly
mark that the soul and body are not the
same thing?
Adam Clarke Commentary On
Genesis 2:7:
The body derives its origin from the
earth, or as aphar implies, the dust;
hence because it is earthly, it is
decomposable and perishable. Of the
soul it is said, God breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; nishmath
chaiyim, the breath of Lives, i.e., animal
and intellectual. While this breath of God
expanded the lungs and set them in
play, his inspiration gave both spirit and
understanding.
GENESIS 2:7:
Then the LORD God
formed man of dust from
the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a
living being. (NASB)
Definition of ground in Gen 2:7:
hm*d*a& adamah (ad-aw-maw)
NF
Ground, land
1. Ground (as general, tilled, yielding
sustenance)
2. Piece of ground, a specific plot of land
3. Earth substance (for building or constructing)
4. Ground as earth's visible surface
5. Land, territory, country
6. Whole inhabited earth
Biblical Numerology:
rp^u^ Aphar Dust
Resh (R)
r
r Numerical Value = 200
E.W. Bullinger – Numbers In Scripture (1967)
200 In Numerology Refers to Insufficiency.
Biblical Numerology:
John 6:5-7
Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and
seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him,
*said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so
that these may eat?” This He was saying to
test him, for He Himself knew what He was
intending to do. Philip answered Him, “Two
hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient
for them, for everyone to receive a little.”
Compare:
Joshua 7:21; Psalm 49:7-9; 2 Sam 14:26, 2
Sam 18:9, etc.
Definition of Adam:
<d^a^ (aw-dawm) NM
First Man, First Dust
Adam = “red”
Red could correlate to our human blood,
(spiritual emphasis) as well as the red
earth (physical body emphasis)
Mans’ Destiny In Adam’s Name:
<d^a^ Adam
Alef (Silent a)
a Numerical Value = 1
Dalet ( d )
d Numerical Value = 4
Mem ( m )
< Numerical Value = 40
Mans’ Destiny In Adam’s Name:
E.W. Bullinger – Numbers In Scripture (1967)
1 = Primacy, One God.
4 = Creation, Material Matter.
40 = Probation, trial and chastisement.
Mans’ Destiny In Adam’s Name:
5X8 = 40
5 = Grace
8 = New Beginning, Super Abundance, Regeneration.
Grace of God X Super-abundance, Regeneration, New
Beginning
Putting it all together, we start with God, (1) who
created man (4). Man who sinned and entered himself
into a time of probation and chastisement due to his sin.
(40) Christ who died on the cross for our sins and gave
us an abundant new life, grace and salvation, as well as a
new beginning in Him… (5X8)
Dust References:
GENESIS 3:19
By the sweat of your face You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground, Because from
it you were taken; For you are dust, And to
dust you shall return.” (NASB)
GENESIS 18:27
And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have
ventured to speak to the Lord, although I
am but dust and ashes. (NASB)
Dust References:
ECCLESIASTES 3:20
All go to the same place. All came from
the dust and all return to the dust.
(NASB)
ECCLESIASTES 12:7
Then the dust will return to the earth as
it was, and the spirit will return to God
who gave it. (NASB)
Grace Fellowship Church
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tape # 12-130
Shadows and Dust
Buddy Soule
James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012