Host: Sheryl Glick R.M.T.
Special Guest: Pastor Bill Jenkins (http://http//www.churchofacts.org/)
In today’s episode of Healing From Within, your host Sheryl Glick, author of The Living Spirit: Answers for Healing and Infinite welcomes Pastor Bill Jenkins author of Fifteen –Holy number for Success in 2015. Pastor Bill Jenkins, the founder and senior pastor of Church of Acts in Indianapolis and host of Generation Acts which is a weekly television broadcast on TBN and has been recognized by his community as a Man of Distinction receiving The Mayors Community Service Award shares his insights on how the Bible and Spirit offer us through the power of the Word to find answers and direction to create our best life journey. As a 17 year old with a strong passion for baseball, Bill Jenkins had an opportunity to sign a professional contract. Instead of seeking success through baseball, Jenkins became a youth pastor and traveled the United States preaching the gospel. He describes an awakening or spiritual calling that happened to him while in a local church.
Pastor Jenkins goes on to tell us the number 15 and indeed each number is a code with messages and they have many meanings in the Bible. The number 15 in the Bible pictures rest, which comes after deliverance, represented by fourteen. The 15th day of the first Hebrew month (Nisan) is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a day of rest for the children of Israel (and for Christians). The 15th day of the 7th Hebrew month begins the Feast of Tabernacles, also a day of rest.
God told Abraham in a vision, just as the sun was setting to begin Nisan 15 on the Hebrew calendar, that his descendants would end up as slaves in a foreign country (Egypt). They would, however, eventually be set free (Genesis 15:12 - 16). Many years later in Egypt, God miraculously delivered Israel’s firstborn from the death angel just as Passover began after sunset (Nisan 14). Then, 24 hours later (just as the sun was setting to begin Nisan 15), the children of Israel began to leave Egypt (Exodus 12:40 - 41). This night is referred to as the 'night to be much observed' (Exodus 12:40 - 42, Deuteronomy 16:1). God's prophecy of freedom, given to Abraham on Nisan 15, was fulfilled years later on the exact same day.
After dying on the cross, Jesus' body is placed in a Garden Tomb as the sun was setting to begin Nisan 15 in 30 A.D. (Matthew 27:57 - 61, Luke 23:50 - 55, John 19:38 - 42).
King Hezekiah, who was sick and dying, prayed that God would remember his works and how he served him with his whole heart. God heard his prayer and told the king, through the prophet Isaiah, that he would be healed and granted an additional number of years of live, 15 years.
Pastor Bill tells us that the number 15 is important in today’s world. Believing in God or a Higher Source of Life and Creation and that we are more than our physical bodies establishes and puts us in a favorable position because we are in agreement with God. Much like the saying, “Your will is my will.” Believing His prophets or light workers or those who receive information from Spirit in the hopes of helping us grow and evolve prospers us and causes us to have long-term success because we are at peace with whatever transpires in our lives. The word “prosper” in verse 20 is referring to economic or financial success. Believing the prophets of God can often release financial favor although it is important to remember soul growth and the refinement of our energy is not limited to success in the sense of the material world. True success and happiness involves self-development and sharing your spiritual gifts and understandings with others in the hope of making the world a more unified and cooperative state.
Sheryl says it seems to her that anyone who seeks to understand the Universe Laws of Energy and its divine force whether by religious or spiritual practices is searching for the Word or truth of our being is a prophet.