One More 21...its larger meaning revealed

My husband saw me in a dream, I was on an altar, and I was being ministered to by 12 men. I proceeded to surf for meanings to the Biblical meaning of the number 12; and in the course of doing so, I see that 12 connects to 21, the number we have laughingly shared as strangely pertinent between my husband and his best friend. Here is what I found on the site http://www.vic.australis.com.au/hazz/number012.html:

"The first time that the number twelve appears in the Bible (other than as part of a compound number such as nine hundred and twelve) is:
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:4
Here it for twelve years that Chedorlaomer ruled over these other kings. In scripture we find twelve associated with rule. The sun which rules the day, and the moon and stars which govern the night move through the twelve signs of the zodiac. The zodiac resides in the great circle of the heavens, which is itself 360 degrees (= 30 x 12).
The Heavenly City
The city of God in Revelation chapter 21, symbolic of the church and also called the bride of Christ.
10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. 18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. 19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Revelation 21:10-21

The city has twelve gates with the names of the twelve tribes on them. Twelve angels stand at the gates, the walls have twelve foundations garnished with twelve precious stones, and in them the names of the twelve apostles. The city is twelve thousand furlongs square, and the twelve gates are twelve pearls. The number twelve is used here symbolically of God's perfect government. Twelve is here nine times and the walls are 144 cubits = 12 x 12. If we accept the 144 being a reference to 12 then we have ten such in this passage. But also not that the length bredth and heigh are all equal, all twelve thousand furlongs. If we count this as three measures of twelve rather than just one, than there are twelve, twelves in this passage of twelve verses.
Perfect numbers
Twelve is one of the perfect numbers, three is divine perfection, seven is spiritual perfection, ten is ordinal perfection and twelve is governmental perfection."

12: the measure of the City of God
21: the place where Saint John recorded his vision of that city.
Again, so much fascinating stuff to be discovered, and the farther we get into it, the more I go back to what I have said before: you two men are only now beginning to learn how important you are in the larger story that many people never even realize is being told.

Scott and John...just who are you guys? (smile)