Blog to discuss the book "The Apocalypse - Letter by Letter: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Revelation" and current events that point to the events described therein.
Note: I wrote previously about my feeling that the meaning behind 9:11 referred to the Book of Revelation chapter 9, verse 11. the time 9:11 always seems to get my attention, morning and night. It signals the end of the first woe, or more importantly and accurately, the beginning of the second woe and God's judgements in the time of the 6th and 7th trumpets. The article on SpiritDaily is interesting in that others are feeling something ominous about this number.
DOES NUMBER '11' SIGNIFY 'THE LAST HOUR' AS WELL AS BIBLICAL-LIKE JUDGMENTS?
Is there really anything to the number "11"? We have been having fun with this lately -- if "fun" is the right word. Let's say we see it as curious. So many run across this number and believe there is importance attached to it.
Some of it does seem to indicate significance -- at least to certain people.
We have warned it may be linked to the occult -- that the concept is popular among New Agers (who are also seeing it). But we are not ones to disdain the prophetic, nor potential signs. In this case, it is a number that seems to figure often into both personal and societal situations.
"My dear sweet husband passed December 19," wrote a woman named Nancy. "A speeding car hit him at his work site. He was a lineman and was ready to retire. Please pray for his soul. He had on his brown scapular and just went to Confession and Communion the week before. He has to be with Jesus. Joe was a very holy and loving man. I will be lost and alone without him.
"That day on the clock I saw 11:11 a.m. That evening is when it happened. The day before I saw 11:11 too. I tried to e-mail you the first time, but my email didn't go through. This number is always showing and Joe and I both noticed it. He used to say it's '11:11,' or I'd tell him. Please pray for our family. I have five children and ten grandchildren. They are his step children, but love him as a real father. They are very devastated as am I. I have been reading the articles on the number eleven being noticed by many people, and I have to share my experience. I don't believe this is of the occult, but somehow, in my case, it is a grace from God, and He is showing me that he is in control, and that Jeremiah 1:5 is so true, and he knows or controls when we come into this world and when we leave."
Let us indeed pray for Nancy and her family.
"Twelve years ago my mother suffered and died from cancer," said another viewer. "I took care of her and prayed to God to take her up and end her suffering.
"This went on for a couple of months. Those last few months of taking care of her were a very holy time for us, I had many experiences that brought me back to my Catholic faith in a real committed way. But what I find most remarkable here is what is on my birth certificate and on her death certificate -- the uncanny 'coincidence' in the dates and times (with 11's) with which we came in and out of this world. I was born on 5:11 at 1:15 and she passed on on 5:11 at 11:55. You tell me what are the chances of that...
"I know He was showing me something really big here, and this has a very deep spiritual meaning. He gave me the Grace to deepen my faith in a tangible way; He gave me proof that I could look at over and over."
And so we discern, as we are careful not to become obsessed with it -- not to look too much for any word or symbol (but for the Cross) or number. Is it the coincidence of big numbers (that with a large population, any happenstance can and does occur)?
Or is it -- as a fundamentalist Christian website asserts -- a number that in the Bible means "last hour" and "judgment"?
We can't link directly to the site because it is one of those with anti-Catholic views (many fundamentalists fall into this trap), but it has admittedly intriguing information.
The day of the terrorist attack on New York: 11 The date of the attack, September 11 or 9/11 = 9 + 1 + 1 = 11 911 is emergency number = 9 + 1 + 1 = 11 September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11 After September 11th we have 111 remaining for the end of the year. 119 is the area code for Iran & Iraq 1 + 1+ 9 = 11 The first plane to hit one of the buildings was Flight 11 The State of New York was the 11th state to join the Union New York City = 11 letters Afghanistan = 11 letters The Pentagon = 11 letters Flight 11 had 92 passengers, 9 + 2 = 11 Flight 77 had 65 passengers, 6 + 5 = 11 Twin Towers look like an 11 Twin Towers had 110 floors Another sad occurrence of the number 9 and 11 is found in the official number of people killed in the World Twin Towers: 2792. 2 + 7 = 9 9 + 2 = 11 27 + 92 = 119 92 - 27 = 65 = 6 + 5 = 11
But can we not find such associations -- if we move around figures enough -- with any number? Or do the repeated occurrences of the number eleven have a deeper meaning?
