#14~ ELEVEN~ BIBLE NUMBER MEANINGS 1-21-12
~~ NUMBER ELEVEN USUALLY DENOTES JUDGMENT AND DISORDER ~~
ELEVEN is found 47 times in our KJ Bible; the number ELEVEN is associated usually with JUDGMENT AND DISORDER all through the Bible.
Let me point out once again for a better understanding of what I'm going to say, there are (4) numbers that are said to be numbers that relate to perfection and completion, each of these are different than the other three, and the four numbers are,--3--7--10 --12.
Three denotes divine perfection; --Seven denotes spiritual perfection; --Ten denotes orderly perfection, and twelve denotes governmental perfection.
Listen; since ten is the number which denotes orderly perfection and ELEVEN is one more than TEN; then eleven is an addition to it bringing DISORDER.
Listen, since twelve denotes governmental perfection and obviously ELEVEN falls one short of TWELVE bringing DISORDER.
So that whether we regard it as being 10 + 1, or 12 - 1, it is the number which marks, disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and disintegration.
Number TEN represents the LAW and RESPONSIBILITY. Eleven of coarse follows TEN therefore a broken Law and Responsibility always brings JUDGMENT and DISORDER.
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In Genesis 9:18-22 we read; And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
In other words Noah farmed the land, and in time he planted a vineyard, we don't know how much time, maybe several years passed, we do know that Noah now had grandchildren.
21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
For some one to say that Ham committed some sort of sex act on Noah is pure speculation, most likely when Ham went out side Noah's tent he made some kind of perverted remark to his two brothers Japheth and Shem.
22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
What I'm about to say now is certainly speculation no one can say for sure all that took place, but perhaps when Noah awoke and realized the attitude and disrespectful and suggestive maybe jokingly remarks of Ham, he cursed Ham's 4th son Canaan.
Paraphrase-- "Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren."
Why does Noah curse Canaan instead of Ham? Noah evidently knew that sexual perversion is linked with parental influence. Noah knew that Ham's tolerance of perversiveness, and his delight in it, would break out in an intensified form in at least one of his four sons, Noah being guided by divine wisdom knew that this inherited evil would be intensified in Canaan, so the curse is pronounced upon Canaan.
Listen; in Genesis 10:15-18 it says that Canaan had ELEVEN sons.
15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
In Jeremiah 52:1 it is said that Zedekiah reigned ELEVEN years in Jerusalem. He was a wicked king.
Verse 2- And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord." -- Verse 5 Jerusalem was besieged by the king of Babylon until the ELEVENTH year of Zedekiah's reign.
Verse 7-9-- Then Zedekiah was captured and taken to Babylon and JUDGMENT was given upon him. So here again, ELEVEN is shown connected with JUDGMENT.
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At Kadesh, sometimes called Kadesh-Bamea, the children of Israel brought JUDGMENT upon themselves by refusing to go up and possess the Promised Land after the twelve spies had returned.
They were condemned to wander in the wilderness until forty years were over, and until all who were 20 years old and upward when they had been numbered had died, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb.--Numbers 13:25 to 14:31. --- Deuteronomy 1:2
"There are ELEVEN days journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir unto Kadesh-Barnea."
That ELEVEN day's journey brought them to the place where JUDGMENT was passed upon them. One more day would have carried them to the complete administration of all those wonderful laws which God had given them.
The area of Sinai is often called Horeb. (Deut. 5:2-27 and Exodus 19:1 to 20:19).
At Horeb, or Sinai is where the LAW, represented by the number TEN, was given. ELEVEN is one more than TEN.
Notice how that the number ELEVEN should is found right-after Horeb, and that those ELEVEN days brought Israel to a place of JUDGMENT.
It surely was not a coincidence; it was so designed by our Great God who inspired the Scriptures to show us the connection between the Law and Judgment. A broken LAW always brings JUDGMENT
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There were ELEVEN things that John saw in connection with the JUDGMENT at the Great White Throne. Revelation 20:11-15
He saw (1) a great white throne; (2) Him that sat upon the throne; (3) the dead, small and great, stand before God; and (4) the books were opened, and (5) another book, which was the book of life; and (6) the dead were judged out of the things written in the books; and (7) the sea gave up its dead; and (8) death and hell delivered up their dead; and (9) these were judged, every man, according to their works; (10) |he saw death and hell being cast into the lake of fire, and he saw (11) those cast into the lake of fire whose names were not found written in the book of life.
This is the last JUDGMENT.
When the Bible talks about ELEVEN disciples, it means one has fallen away, JUDGMENT has fallen, and one is under judgment. --JUDAS--
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The dukes (or chiefs) of Edom were eleven in number, and Edom, though closely related to Israel, was different from it in order and government, while the bitterest hatred existed between them.
Gen.36:40-43 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau ** (twin brother of Jacob) the father of the Edomites. ----------------
After going down too Egypt to buy bread, Josephs brethren comes back and reports to their father Jacob about what took place, not knowing that it was Joseph their brother whom they had been dealing with.
The ELEVEN sons of Jacob told of the disintegration and disorganization in Jacob's family, which made it possible for it to be said "one is not."
Genesis 42:29-32 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not,-
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* Joseph was ELEVEN years in Potiphar's house:
He was 30 years of age when he stood before Pharaoh:
Genesis 41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt.
He was 17 years old when sold:
Genesis 37:2--Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
--verse 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
He was two years in prison:
Genesis 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, ---
Genesis 40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. --
Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed--
He was 30 years of age when he stood before Pharaoh
He was 17 years old when sold
He was 2 years in prison
=19 from 30 = 11
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ELEVEN kings and rulers were offended with God's servants for telling them the truth:
(1) Pharaoh, Exodus 10:28. (2) Balak, Numbers 24:10 (3) Jeroboam, 1Kings 13:4.
(4) Ahab, 1Kings 22:27. (5) Newman, 2 Kings 5:12. (6) Asa, 2Chronicles 16:10.
(7) Joash, 2Chronicles 24:21. (8) Uzziah, 2Chronicles 26:19. (9) Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 26:21. (10) Zedekiah, Jeremiah 32:3. (11) Herod, Matthew 14:3.
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Dan and Ephraim were the two offending tribes, for Micah, who made the image with the ELEVEN hundred shekels, was of the Tribe of Ephraim, and the tribe that stole it and his priest was the Tribe of DAN,
Both are omitted from the tribes in Revelation 7, according to the declaration of God in Deuteronomy 29:18-20, that the "man, woman, family, or tribe" which should introduce idolatry into Israel, "the LORD shall BLOT OUT HIS NAME."
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"ELEVEN hundred" occurs only twice, both referring to days of defective administration, marked by the fact that there was "no king"
Judges 16:5 - the Philistine bribe which deprived Israel of their mighty judge and deliverer, Samson.
Judges 17:2 - connected with the introduction of idolatry into Israel, which brought with it trouble and disintegration; added to God's order and ordinances for them; and in the end caused the ruin and loss of all government.
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The life of the Lord Jesus on earth was about 33 years (3 x 11), and then He was "cut off,"
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The ELEVENTH hour: (Matthew 20:6 & 9) is proverbial as being contrary both to what is right in order and arrangement.
VS.6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Vs.9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.--meaning a full days wage, the men hired later in the day received as much as those that were hired and worked first, a full day.
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The ELEVENTH year in which Ezekiel prophesied against Tyre (Ezekiel 26:1) and against Egypt (30:20 and 31:1) was the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in which Jerusalem was broken up.
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Johoiakim reigned ELEVEN years when Nebuchadnezzar came up and began his disintegrating work on Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:36 & 2 Chronicles 36:5-6).
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In Genesis ELEVEN, men rebelled against God and built the tower of Babel. God judged them by confusing their language, resulting in chaos.
In the ELEVENTH year of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, God executed His final judgment against Judah with the complete destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and the exile of the remaining Jews to Babylon.
