The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

for a total of forty years. Forty is another sacred number in the Bible. It speaks to trials, testing, and training for God’s service. Forty begins as the judgment on unbelief and completes its cycle by preparing one for God’s service. Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years for refusing to conquer Kadesh Barnea at the word of the Lord. Ezekiel the prophet had to lie on his side for as many days for the sin of God’s people. Jesus was driven into the wilderness for forty days and nights to shed the cultural, ethnic, and religious conditioning gained from being born and raised by humans. When He returned, His Father’s Spirit controlled His soul. Another important number in the Bible is the number fifty. It is the number of the Bible’s jubilee, or liberation, because it is half the hundred, the full measure of man. (See Leviticus 25:10). The gateway into and out of God’s temple is measured as fifty cubits. See Mark 4:8, 20; Luke 16:6–7; John 19:39. Multiples of a hundred need to be evaluated in terms of what the value is. Four, a number that symbolizes the earth and its four poles or winds, conveys this notion when multiplied to a hundred. Seven, the number of spiritual dominance, when multiplied to a hundred is meant to convey the full measure of spiritual dominance acting in human affairs. Six hundred, as in the years of Noah’s life before the flood that destroyed his antediluvian neighbors, reflects the full measure. One hundred percent of the Lord’s grace was applied to their sin. At the end of that time, six being the number of man applied to the full measure of God’s grace indicates that at the time of Noah’s call, God had had enough. The number five defined as the number of grace also corresponds with the fivefold officers of Ephesians 4:11 and as we have shown, the digits of the hand, an instrument of labor and performance. Occultists know that sixty is the number of chaotic rule. It is an even number that tends to deadlock a council with no tiebreaker to settle its controversy. Here is a good reason why divine numbers in relation to God are generally odd as even numbers stalemate disputes. 1272. Sacred Prostitute—A cult servant who includes sexual acts with worshippers in his or her service. The sacred prostitute engages in such acts to promote procreation on behalf of the idol among the worshippers seeking to receive supposed divine seed and as a stimulus for the earth to produce bountiful harvests in due season. The sacred prostitute is paid by the temple and generally is reared there as well for the position. See Temple Prostitute, Harlot, and Qadesh. 1273. Sacred Service—Religious and ceremonial service to a deity.