GOD’s NUMEROLOGY
"TWO"
Division or Separation
The number two is the Bible number for
"DIVISION" or "SEPARATION."
It might be a peaceful division or separation, but
usually it isn't.
Some have made the grievous error of teaching that
"two" is the number of "agreement" or "marriage"
or "unity," but the Bible reveals that this is wrong. The fact of the
matter is that the number "Two" rather speaks of the opposite—which
is "Division" or "Separation."
Not "Two," but "One" is the
number of "UNITY."
When 'two' are said to have a covenant, a treaty, or
agreement, the separate parties become one entity, one organization, one
enterprise, or a joint venture; they become 'one,' not ‘two.’
“Two cannot work together except they agree” (two
cannot work together except they become one).
Genesis 10:25 records:
Two sons were born to
Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his
brother was named Joktan (NIV).
Here, the word “divided” is used in connection with
number two.
In Genesis 1:4, it is stated:
"...and God divided the light from the darkness" (KJV).
Here we find two things, "light and darkness"
and the word "divided" connected with them.
In verse 14, God said, "Let
there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the
night…"
Here also are two things, "day and night,"
and the word “divided” connected with them.
Genesis 1:16 states, “And
God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night...” (KJV).
Then, the two great lights divided the day and the
night.
Other perfect examples on this lesson in the Bible
are as follow:
When Paul and his companions were caught by the
storm at the sea, the ship approached a crosscurrent—where two seas met, then
struck a sandbar and ran aground. It remained unmovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of
the waves, before they arrived safe at Malta (see Acts 27:41).
The division of Israel into two Kingdoms known as
the house of Israel and the house of Judah, under the reigns of Jereboam and
Rehoboam.
Sometime later, the Lord God Almighty reunited
Israel and Judah as one nation. Here is the word of prophecy He gave to prophet
Ezekiel regarding this:
And say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among
the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and
bring them into their own land:
And I will make them
one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king
to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be
divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
Ezek 37:21-22 KJV
In verses 16 to 20, the two nations ‘shew forth’ a
divided condition. The ‘two sticks’ pictured this division, and when the ‘two
sticks’ became one in the hand of the prophet, the picture of the abolishment
of that "Division" was seen, and a condition of "UNITY" was
brought again.
Hebrews 8:7-10 talks about God’s promise of a “New
Covenant” with His people—Jewish and Gentile believers of all generations.
For if there had been
nothing wrong with that first Covenant, no place would have been sought for
another. But God found fault with the people and said:
"The time is
coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a New
Covenant
with the house of
Israel
and with the house of
Judah.
It will not be like
the Covenant
I made with their
forefathers
when I took them by
the hand
to lead them out of
Egypt,
because they did not
remain faithful to My Covenant,
and I turned away from
them,
declares the Lord.
This is the Covenant I
will make with the house of Israel
after that time,
declares the Lord.
I will put My Laws in
their minds
and write them on
their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My
people.
Heb 8:7-10 NIV
“The New Covenant” is separate from “the Old
Covenant.” In “the new” “the old” is fulfilled. “The new” takes away the veil
of “the old.”
But their minds were
made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the Old Covenant is read.
It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this
day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns
to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2 Cor 3:14-16 NIV
By “the New Covenant” freedom comes; by God’s solemn
Agreement with us, we are transformed, and the Glory of the Lord is revealed in
us.
Another good lesson on this subject, which we can
learn from the Bible is in King Solomon’s wise judgment regarding two babies by
two prostitutes in First Kings 3:16-27. By wisdom, King Solomon made a clear
distinction between the destinies of the two parties— and the legal parent of
the living son was known.
The king’s wisdom commanded ‘compassion’ of the
rightful mother for her living son (vv. 24-26).
Verse 28 records: When
all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe,
because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice (NIV).
In Acts 13:2, two names, the name Barnabas and the
name Saul are connected with the word "separate."
In the Parable of “the Prodigal Son” in Luke 15,
Jesus said, "There
was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give
me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them (vv.11-12 NIV).
Here again, we find the number “two” connected with
the word “divided.”
In verse 13, we find the younger son separating
himself from his father and going into a far country.
In John 10:17-18, Jesus said,
Therefore doth My Father Love Me, because I lay down My life, that I
might take it again.
No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have Power
to lay it down, and I have Power to take it again. This Commandment have I
received of My Father (KJV).
In this passage the word “Power” is used twice and there
is a distinction between the ‘laying down’ and the ‘taking up’ of the Savior’s
life of His own accord.
Again, we
find separation connected with the number “two.”
Rebecca’s nurse is mentioned twice in the Bible. She
was mentioned first in Genesis 24:59 and the second time in 35:17, 18 where we
read about her death.
In Genesis 46:12 is recorded, the death of the two
sons of Judah.
In Leviticus 10:1-2, we read about the death of two
of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu. In Judges 7:25, also two are connected with
the death of two princes of the Midianites.
Ruth 1:5 records:
“…both Mahlon and
Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.”
In II Samuel 3:30 we read that Joab and his brother
Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel.
And in Isaiah 37:37, 38 we read where Sennacherib
was killed by two of his sons.
When Jesus received the news of the sickness of
Lazarus, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.
Jesus loved Martha and
her sister and Lazarus. Yet when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed
where He was two more days.
John 11:5-6 NIV
Lazarus and her sisters were Jesus' dear friends,
and He held them in loving esteem, yet after receiving the news that Lazarus
was sick, He stayed where He was two more days—this was for a purpose.
Number “two” stands for Separation or Division.
Death is a separation.
In I Timothy 5:6, in the King James Version, the
word “liveth” is used twice with the word “dead.”
But she that liveth in
pleasure is dead while she liveth.
She who lives in pleasure and self-gratification
[giving herself up to luxury and self-indulgence] is spiritually dead even
while she still naturally lives. Her ‘spiritual death’ is a separation of her
spirit from God.