I (Diane) have a tendency to notice when a car is in front of mine that has my initials on the license plate. I usually take note of numbers. I love Strong's Concordance and feel like one of the ways God talks to me is through what those number mean. It's pretty easy to do a quick Google search by asking what 4742 (or whatever number it is) means in Strongs. It will give you the Hebrew and the Greek meaning of that number. I also tend to see how that word/meaning is then used in scripture. If the shoe fits, I wear it. If it's weird, I usually let it go.
The above number (4742) appeared on a license plate on a car stopped in front of me at a light this morning. I took note and later looked it up. G4742 or the greek word sphragizo means: a mark incised or punched (for recognition of ownership). This is referencing a symbolic type of mark that is embedded.
Immediately I thought of a couple scriptures that include the word "mark". The first one is Ephesians 1:13-14 where Paul reminded us that, "... you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory."
Ephesians 1:13-14 NIV
The word "seal" means something done in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing to show it's authentic. Are we really the in love with Jesus, obedient bride of Christ?
Another scripture that immediately came to mind is found in, Ezekiel,
"and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple."
Ezekiel 9:4-6 NKJV
"For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?” Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.“
I Peter 4:17-19 NKJV
We believe we are coming into changing times which will include shaking so that what is not Kingdom will fall. We believe it starts with the house of God.
We each have a choice to make daily.
My heart cries, "Oh let my love and passion for you, King Jesus, be above all! Mark me! I am yours!"
”Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: The end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.“
Psalm 37:37-40 KJV
