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</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><u><b>URIM
AND THUMMIM</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b> - February
11, 2010</b></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif">In the “Fall” of 1942 I received a
call from God to the “ministry”, though at the time I did not
know Him. However, I obeyed Him to join the Navy in June of 1943, and
9 months later He revealed Himself to me through reading the Book of
Romans.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I
knew the Bible somewhat from a Modernistic background, but felt the
need to know it more accurately, so that I would understand what I
had got myself into by yielding to the call of entering the Ministry.
So I read the Bible through in 6 weeks. One of the two things that
gripped my attention through this reading overview, was the </span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“Urim
and Thummim”.</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"> The
Spirit revealed to me that it had a spiritual application both for me
and others.</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif">I questioned a number of pastors and
Christians in Victoria, B.C., and searched through a number of books,
but did not receive a satisfactory explanation. Then I remembered
that as a paper-boy, one of my customers was a convert from a Jewish
background to Christianity, while still maintaining her Jewish
heritage. She had literally memorized the entire Bible, much of it in
Hebrew as well as in English. At my first Naval leave, I hitch-hiked
home to Port Alberni from Esquimalt, a naval suburb of Victoria,
B.C., and went to her home to quiz her on my problem.</font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: none;">A
big smile came over her face, and she said, “Turn to Proverbs
6:20-23, and read to me.</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
“My son, keep the commandment of your father, and forsake not the
law (Torah, or Teaching) of your mother: </b></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>21</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them about your neck. </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>23</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
When you walk, it </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>shall
lead you</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>;
When you sleep, </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>it
shall watch over you</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>;
And when you awake, </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>it
shall talk with you</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>.
</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>23</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
For the commandment is a </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>lamp</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>;
and the law is </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>light</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>;
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life.”</b></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">These
verses </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">exactly</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
parallel Exodus 28:15-30, for the breastplate of judgment </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">was
bound</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
upon Aaron the High Priest's heart, and </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">tied</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
about his neck! And in this breastplate was the Urim and Thummim.
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“And
you shall put in the breastplate of judgment </b></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>the
Urim and Thummim</b></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>;
and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Jehovah:
and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his
heart before Jehovah continually” (Exodus 28:30).</b></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Urim
and Thummim means “</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Lights</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Perfection</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">”.
Urim is a light from God's Word to </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">guide
us</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
It also </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">protects</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
us, and </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">talks</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to us, for the law (Torah) is a light! Psalm 27:1 says, </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“Jehovah
is my </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>light</b></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
and my salvation.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:48, </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>“YOU
shall be </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>perfect</b></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>,
as your :heavenly :Father is </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>perfect</b></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>.”</b></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>God</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in His Word, and Jesus as our Living Word, are our </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>light</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>Perfection</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
When we put </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>Christ</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in our heart, we have a spiritual Urim and Thummim!</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">David
made more use of the Urim and Thummim than any other Bible man. Even
before he was king, while King Saul was yet alive, David continually
consulted God by having the Ephod brought to him. For the Breastplate
of Judgment was bound to the Ephod, and in that was the Urim and
Thummim. When David was fleeing from Saul for his life, Doeg slew
Ahitub and all the priests of Nob except Abiathar, who fled for
safety to David, bringing </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>the
Ephod</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
with him (1 Samuel 23:6). So when David </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>wondered</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
if the men of Keilah whom he had protected - would yet betray him to
Saul, he inquired of Jehovah through Urim, and the Lord through Urim
said they </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>would</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
betray him. Previously God in 1 Samuel 23:2 and 4, when David
inquired of Him, gave him accurate answers through Urim.</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
when </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>Saul</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
inquired of the Lord, He did </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>not</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
answer him through dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets 1 Samuel
28:6). Then when David became King over both Judah and Israel, the
Philistines came up against him while he was yet new as king. David
inquired of the Lord what he should do (2 Samuel 5:19) and God
assured him through Urim that he would have victory over them. But
the Philistines felt that another army as large as the first would do
the trick. David </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>again</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
inquired of the Lord, and He gave </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>different</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
instructions (2 Samuel 5:22-25). David was to make an ambush - and
wait till he heard God's angels going to war over the trees - to
knock out the Philistines. </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>Then</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
David was to go in and “mop-up”. All this happened </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>exactly</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
as the Lord foretold.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Some
of the rabbis in the Talmud and Mishnah believed that the Urim and
Thummim were two stones: one black and one white. When the priest
reached into the pocked of the Breastplate and brought one stone out
- white meant “Yes”; and black, “No”. That is patently wrong,
because the two answers David got from Urim in 2 Samuel 5 were
detailed messages what to do, especially the second. “Prophecy”
through the High Priest accompanied Urim, to give such detailed
answers.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">In
1944, God not only gave me the answer to Urim through Mrs. Mary
Bertha Allquist - He also put into my hands the secrets of George
Muller, who profited strongly from George Whitefield - in the area of
Bible Meditation! As we “pray over” God's Word, the Holy Spirit
speaks to us - as in Proverbs 6:20-22. I have found it so regularly
in my 66 years as a Christian. God is faithful! This builds up Christ
Jesus in our hearts, and He by His Spirit does for us what David
received in his day.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Numbers
have noted my references to Urim and Thummim through the years, and
asked how they practically can gear into these secrets and mysteries,
like David, George Muller, Rees Howells, Oswald Chambers and others.
The above can be an open door to </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>any</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
believer to enter into these blessings also - </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>for
God</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
is </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>no respecter</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of persons. Find the secret, and meet the conditions, and it will
work for you also.</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">In
1963 I was speaking in a town East of Cashmere, Washington. A lady
challenged me on the promises of God concerning one's devotional
prayer language as outlined in 1 Corinthians 14. She said that she
came up </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>dry</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
from an hour of such prayer, and “</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>What</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
was I going to say about </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>that</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">?”
I asked her about her use of the </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>Word</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
in her devotions. “Oh - I don't use the Bible,” she replied.
“</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>That's</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
your problem,” I responded. “Take a Psalm a day for 5 months
followed by Proverbs, and then repeat this for the next 6 months.
Read </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>aloud</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
on your knees a verse or two at a time, and then pray over them
devotionally. Then divide the rest of the Bible and read it, an OT
book at a time, and then one from the NT in an alternate manner:
Genesis, Matthew; Exodus, Mark; Leviticus, Luke; etc. She asked me to
write it out, which I did, and entitled it, </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>Read
Your Bible Through in One Year</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">We
have literally seen tens of thousands go all over the world. We even
saw copies in Egypt in 1980. We are soon going to put a copy of this
on our Website, so that you can also make use of this secret. I have
outlined the entire Bible on this format, and am presently producing
an Interlinear Greek NT based on God's Bible Numerics as discovered
by Ivan Panin. There are Greek Word Studies also based on this
discovery. The Interlinear NT is currently in process of being put
into print.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
- Urim and Thummim - is </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>not</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
just an idle subject, but a door of great blessing through Bible
Meditation. See Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-3; Psalm 19:14 for further
encouragement to pursue this secret of George Muller and George
Whitefield. J.A.W.</span></font></font></p>
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