Treasures of the Kingdom Tidbits

Kingdom Treasure #1

As I wrote each treasure, I felt like they were to be put in a particular order. Each treasure is numbered starting with the number 1 and going all the way through to number 19.  We have already seen what 19 means. But let's start at the beginning. What's behind the number 1 in Kingdom Treasure #1? What does the number 1 mean biblically? 

The number 1 marks the beginning or first. It also suggests "oneness as a quality of God, as a symbol of unity and as an expression of the unique value of individual persons."  So , Kingdom Treasure #1,  is truly about beginnings - the beginning of a new bloodline and how that adds value to each individual. This new bloodline and the inheritance it offers is truly a treasure!

(Source:  Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. General Editors: Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, 

Tremper Longman III. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. 1998)

Treasures of the Kingdom Tidbits
 

Kingdom Treasure #2

What's behind the number 2 in Kingdom Treasure # 2? What does the number 2 mean biblically? 

Two has a "high occurrence in the Bible" signifying the importance of the number. "From the very start the image of two is essential in Scripture. In many ways two encompasses the basic structure of all relationships such as love or hatred...The image of two is thus part of the biblical superstructure of human choice between contrary possibilities."

 Kingdom Treasure #2 touches on a significant area in terms of "two". That area is identity. Old man versus new man, true versus false identity, opinion versus the truth of real identity, acceptance versus rejection.....and finally the relationship between God and man. God gives man his true identity because He created man in His own image (Genesis 1:27). God gives it back to man through His son Jesus Christ where it has been lost or stolen.

God really wants us to know who we are and who He created us to be!

(Source:  Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. General Editors: Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, 

Tremper Longman III. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. 1998)