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Lets go out to the ball game Sep 03, 2008
How do you know if you have heard from God? How can you know if another person has heard from God? The best answer is by the Word of God. My favorite past time for the last 35 years has been studying the Bible. As a young man I acquired a desire to read the scriptures and that desire has only increased in recent years. When I wrote Ready or Not, Here I Come I was not planning to hear from God. I wrote the book to explain what modern ministers are not preaching. My intent was to explain what Christ taught. However, as the book progresses it is filled with me talking to God. What happened?
After I finished writing what I intended from the beginning, God takes me on a tour of my life in the book and shows me what happened to me as a child and how he would change me into a warrior for social justice in the earth. What! That's what I said. Remedies in the practice of law (GR 24 in Washington state, it's unconstitutional), how to love your wife "ouch", prison reform, and finally, my calling and ordination before God. All of this is recorded in the book on a day by day basis as it occurred spontaneously.
God tells me in the book that there will be no chapter divisions. The truth is there to seek and find. It did give me peace of mind that what occurred was hidden because it was so personal.
How can you be sure all this happened to me? How can anyone before the Flood know for certain God spoke to Noah? Who saw the burning bush other than Moses? Now I will share what happened this year in 2009 in Major League Baseball one year after Ready or Not, Here I Come was published. It is astonishing beyond measure.
Griffey returned to the Mariners after being away for 10 years. I found that quite the coincidence because I named Griffey as my favorite player on page 452, which I discovered on my birthday on 9-20-2009. On April 15, 2009 Griffey hit career home run no. 613, which was his 400th home run as a Mariner, making him the only player in history to ever hit 400 hrs with one team and 200 with another.
April 15, 2009 was also the 557th birthday of Leonardo de Vinci. Seventeen years prior on the same day Griffey hit hr no. 62 and then hr no. 63 on May 2, 1992, which is the day De Vinci died with no home runs in between those two dates. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 127 years prior on April 15, 1865 (the very same day). Israel was in bondage to the Egyptians for 430 years. Galatians 3:17. When 127 is added to 430 we see 557, the years since the birth of De Vinci. Leonardo painted the world renown last supper and was arguably the most gifted man ever to live. God uses the greatest among us in his orchestration for his glory. This is why there are 557 years from Seth to Methuselah in Genesis.
Ten years after Griffey hit homers on the birth and death of De Vinci, Mike Cameron, playing for the Mariners in centerfield, had a parallel occurrence and topped it off with four home runs on the day De Vinci died on May 2, 2002.
So in one day we have the birthday of Leonardo de Vinci, the death of Abraham Lincoln, and the first occurrence of any MLB player with 200 hrs with one team and 400 with another. In the parallel home run occurrence of Griffey and Cameron we see 127 and 137. Two nos. which are at the very center in the life of Abraham and Sara in the book of Genesis.
Abraham was 137 when his wife Sarah died at age 127 representing the New Testament in 27 books. She is the only woman that we are given her age at her death in scripture. Christ can only die once. There is no other testament of Jesus Christ other than the New Testament. Abraham's first son Ishmael died at age 137 as did Levi and Amram, the father of Moses. The no. 137 is at the heart of the orchestration of God. Shem even had his first son Arphaxad 137 years after Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Then I learned my father's birthday on 5-6-1920 was 137 days before mine on 9-20-1959. The year of his birth contains the day and month of my birth. He passed away at age 56. God had my attention because I knew Abraham was 137 when Sara passed away at age 127.
Then I learned that Babe Ruth hit 59 home runs in 1921 and Griffey's 59th hr. of his career was his 21st of the year. Also, as Ruth hit 60 in 1927, Griffey's 60th hr. of his career was hit on 9-27. Lou Gehrig's first and last home runs were both hit on 9-27. So God had my attention and I was very curious to see other parallels.
In 1961 Roger Maris hit his 21st hr of the year on 6-13, and his 59th of the year on 9-20. This caught my attention big time because it wasn't just the 21/59 parallel again, but 6-13 matched the 613th hr of Griffey on 4-15-2009, and 6-13 is 59 days away from 4-15 and my brother's birthday. He also hit hr no. 3 on the year on 5-6, which is 21 days from 4-15 and my father's birthday. Then I realized there are five brothers in our family, four of which have the same names as the four apostles named in Mark 13 upon which Ready or Not, Here I Come is based, and even our ages from oldest to youngest are in the same order as named in Mark 13:3 where Jesus instructs the four apostles privately concerning the end of the world and his return. I knew I could be the only person on the planet with this family profile and Biblical match. Plus, who in the last year could have written a book on the coming of Christ with the Gospel of Mark as a major theme in which the names of four brothers in our family are named in the same order as in Mark 13:3? It was not intentional by our parents because I'm brother no. 5 and brother no. 4 was born before the baseball season. Plus, James and Andrew were given to us as middle names so a Biblical match was not intended, but it's there. It was an orchestration of God for this sign.
Here are the Biblical matches in the career of Griffey and Genesis and Abraham Lincoln.
In Genesis, Abraham's first son Ishmael was born to him at age 86 and 86 days after President Lincoln died, a boy was born on July 10, 1865 whose name was Bobby Lowe. Bobby grew up to be a Major League Baseball player. On May 30, 1894 he became the first player to hit four home runs in one game. This was 10 years from the day of the first triple home run occurrence on May 30, 1884. He hit 17 hrs on the year and 71 hrs in his career. All of Griffey's career nos. through 9-27-09 in 21 categories add up to 71,017, linking him to Bobby Lowe 115 years ago.
Griffey hit hr nos. 52, 252, and 452 all as his 14th home run of the year. Reverse the common nos. of 52 and 14 and see 1452 the year De Vinci was born in 1452 A.D. Hr no. 252 was hit on the day De Vinci died on May 2. After the children of Israel were in the desert for 37 years the warriors were numbered in the year 1452 B.C. In Ready or Not, Ken Griffey's name is mentioned as my favorite player on page 452 mysteriously.
The three home runs including 52/14, 252/14, and 452/14 occur 255 days away from 4-15. On July 22, 2009 I took a snapshot of all the homeruns in baseball out of what an unbeliever would say was a very strange occurrence. On the day, Griffey had 621 hrs, Mike Cameron had 255. Then a month or so later I measured the days away from 4-15 and added the three nos. together including 116, 17, and 122 for a total of 255. Then I added all nos. of all the homers of Griffey on 5-2 and the no. was 621. then I added the three home runs of Griffey on 4-15 (62, 595, and 613) and the no. is 1270, which is 10 times 127.
Lamech was 595 when he begat Noah. On 6-23, Griffey hits the 5000th home run of the Mariners, which takes us back in time to the year 1009 from creation when Lamech was 135 years old and 47 years away from begatting Noah. (We have to say begat because the names of their wives are unknown until Sarah, the wife of Abraham. We have more information regarding her death than any other woman in the Bible including her funeral arrangements. Her life if filled with the treasure in the field hidden in Christ Jesus.
On the 213th day of this year (08-01-09) Griffey hit career hr no. 622 off his 400th distinct pitcher of his career, showing 213 and 400 again on the same day just like on 4-15-2009 when he hit hr 400 as a Mariner and had 213 hrs while away from Seattle for 10 years.
All of the hrs hit by all players in major league baseball by players with at least 200 home runs as of 9-20-09 adds up to 92,007. My 48th birthday was on 9-20-07. I have a son born on 6-2, which is 48 days after the Emerald Home Run hit on 4-15-09.
Griffey's father had 152 career home runs and when added to 213 the no. 365 appears which are all the years of Enoch. God adds a "1" before a no. and zero after to enlarge the no. for a sign. The most vivid example is Sara who died at age 127 pointing to the 27 books of the New Testament. Then I realized that Griffey returned to Seattle with 611 career hrs and with a "1" in front it's 1611. He also returned having 398 hrs as a Mariner and 398 years ago was 1611. God was using Griffey to confirm the King James Bible was the Word of God published in 1611.
He also places nos. inside of other nos. to point to a truth or an occurrence. An example would be the no. 603,550, which is the no. of all the warriors of Israel in Numbers 1 and 2 when they were first counted. The no. 355 within is the no. of years of Noah after his father Lamech died, pointing back to the days of Noah even within the law of Moses. The nos. 603 and 550 can be added together to see the last miracle of Christ because 603 plus 550 is 1153 and the no. of fish was 153. So the law of Moses pointed to Christ and also back again to the days of Noah. The no. 550 is important to see because the 137th memorial of President Abraham Lincoln on 4-15-2002 was also the 550th birthday of Leonardo de Vinci. God has merged these great men in history together with the leading active home run hitter in Griffey for the world to see Christ because De Vinci painted the Last Supper which points to Christ. His paintings apears throughout the world. When God uses the greatest men in history to orchestrate a sign he is doing something marvellous before our eyes.
On 6-23-2009 Griffey hit hr no. 619, which was the 5000th home run of the Mariners. 5000 years ago Lamech, the father of Noah, was 135 in the year 1009 from creation. On page 623 in Ready or Not, Here I Come my father's name appears, James Raymond Janda. His name only appears twice in the 722 page book. Griffey, Sr. hit three home runs in one game on 7-22-1986, which was the 279th occurrence of a triple homer game, which was 100 days after Jack Nicklaus shot 279 to win his 6th Masters. It was the only triple home run occurrence in the career of Ken Griffey, Sr. and the date 7-22 is a perfect match to the official page count of Ready or Not, Here I Come.
Abraham entered the land of Canaan in Genesis at age 75 and lived to age 175. As of 9-27-09, the total no. of home runs by players with at least 75 career home runs was 175,675. The cumulative total at player no. 1000 is 175,000. Three players hit no. 75 this year on 9-20-09 on my birthday. It was very happy, thank you. That is called an orchestration of God.
The date, 9-27 points to Daniel 9:27 when all scripture will be fulfilled in the last week of the 70 weeks of Daniel. As Babe Ruth hit 60 in 1927, Griffey hit his 60th of his career on 9-27. That was the mustard seed link that caught my attention like a burning bush and I followed Griffey the entire season.
The Bible is all about the eternal purpose of God in the Father and Son relationship of God and Christ. So God used that purpose to cause me to see the sign. The scripture says to honor your father and mother. Griffey's first home run was on his father's birthday, as was his 61st, his 135th, and his 400th. Hr 61 was a link to Roger Maris who is a type of Christ in the sign. Hr. 135 points to Lamech 5000 years ago Abraham who was 135 when his father Terah died. Hr. 400 points to the deliverance from the Egyptians by Moses under the mighty hand of God. When God poured all that truth into the career of Griffey, I knew he was called to hit home runs for a sovereign purpose.
Many of the four home run occurrences match the pages of Ready or Not, Here I Come. Rocky Colavito hit four home runs on 6-10-59 including 102, 103, 104, and 105, and 6-10-59 was 102 days before I was born. The Emerald Home Run was hit on 4-15-2009, and is the 105 day of the year. My ordination by God appears on page 610 in my book in which I declare before God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ many declarations of truth.
Mark Whiten hit four home runs on 9-7, which is the 250th day of the year. Abraham's name appears in scripture 250 times. Whiten's career home runs is 105 pointing again to the 105th day of the year on 4-15 when Griffey hit no. 613, which I refer to as The Emerald Home Run. It's all on file with the Mariners and ABC World News.
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