Neck in Dreams
This is an important one in dreams; and not uncommon. The neck speaks of the human will, often wilfulness,
In a dream, if the neck of a person (or yourself) appears accentuated in size, colour or clothing – this may represent wilfulness in that person. “… they (Israel and Judah) did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.“ 2 Kings 17:14
“So, circumcise your heart, and do not stiffen your neck any longer.” Deuteronomy 10:16
When any body part is out of proportion or oddly accentuated, in Shape, colour or size, it means the Holy Spirit is drawing your attention to that part of your character. The neck is the will, the shoulder, responsibility, the leg, your walk in life.
The neck is the place that an ox’s yoke is placed to bring it into the will of the Master. But if we have been wilful in serving darkness and won’t repent: “You will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and devoid of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.” Deuteronomy 28:48
In other words, wilfulness disallows rest and opens us to all manner of torments.
But if one serves the Lord, rest and peace can be ours because we can live in His power- Matthew 11:29 “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.”
Isaiah 10:27 ”So it will be on that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.”
This verse in Isaiah is spoken to Israel about the liberation through Messiah which will come on “that day”, looking forward to the cross. Even though the sin nature is being purged, they will have all sin taken away. We hear that the one who punished them – who thought to do more than God’s correction, will be removed. In Isaiah 10 we see God does not want to punish his kids to destroy them; He wants to correct them like a loving Father.
It is the fallen nature that is to be destroyed. If we see our wilfulness in a dream, we are offered Holy Spirit power to repent of it and “take His humble yoke”. We find then that wilfulness had a cost – it demands we keep up appearances and pretence to some degree or another in various contexts. Humility is very liberating because no-one – not even your “other self” can knock you down / accuse you.
The Old Testament breaking of the neck in the animals that symbolised the various aspects of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ also speak of the will and death to the old nature: Jesus prayed one of the hardest prayers, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” Luke 22:42
NUMBERS
This segment is currently being developed. It will soon be more substantial. I give some scriptures to show the meaning of these numerals, but if you need more, I’ll supply them. Space is limited on the page.
Numbers / Numerals generally represent biblical qualities rather than actual quantities.
One
One is the Number of God. He is One. In fact, He is The One and only God. Isaiah 9:6; Hosea 13:4; Malachi 2:10; John 1:1; 10:30-38; 20:28.
One is also an indication of the unity of the bride of Christ as in Jesus’ prayer of John 17:20,21. This is a crucial understanding required of those who follow Christ. Unity is within the remnant – that is those who follow the Lamb wherever He goes; love is for all people. That they are one in Him is also prophesied in the Messianic passage of Zechariah 14:9 in which the word “eretz” speaks of the land of Israel, being a veiled reference to Jesus Christ. These veiled references were important as they had to be hidden from Satan. They were revealed to the apostles, making their hearts burn with love and joy, thus enabling the apostolic writing of the New Testament that gives us the intention of the Old Testament prophecies as Christocentric.
The number one also speaks about His supremacy / primacy – as seen in Exodus 20:3; Revelation 2:4. In His letter to the Ephesians, Jesus uses the word “first love” which, we see in relation to His teaching on priority, is about the primacy of Himself in the heart of the believer – even more important than one’s children, spouse etc.
Two
Two is the number of agreement, covenant. It is the first number capable of whole number division. As covenant, we also see it as the sacrificed animal halves before Abram in Genesis.
Two also represent witnesses. The Lord says His people are His witnesses and that is why the church is symbolised as two witnesses in Revelation
When we see fractions and percentages, we are looking at division, Although numbers represented as per cent are a little different. they relate to per one hundred and as such, draw meaning from the pure square of ten. See Ten below.
Fractions, like numbers / numerals, generally represent biblically expressed qualities rather than quantities. They speak directly of dividing asunder, differentiating this from that and parts of a whole.
Three
Three is another of God’s numbers indicating His tripartite Persn: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Likewise we humans are made in His image and have three parts; A spirit, a soul (mind, will and emotions) as well as a body of flesh.
Three indicates perfect completeness and is used throughout the Bible to indicate this when used as an integer (whole number).
One third as a fraction is also not uncommon. One third of people who are killed in Revelation Where three speaks of resurrected life, one third can speak of the inverse of God’s complete work. So in Revelation 8:7-12 we see creation symbolically deteriorate by thirds, culminating in 9:15 where humans are destroyed by one third.
