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Sons To Glory
The Following day: 11/12/99
Some other interesting things surrounding Stephen’s birth include:
1) The doctor telling Linda (my wife) that “today is a day of rest.” The
1,000 year millennial reign of Christ is to be a “day of rest.” Today’s
Feast day is considered a High Sabbath (day of rest).
2) At Huntsville Hospital when Stephen went into the nursery for the
first time there were 12 boys and only one girl... “she delivered a male
child” (Isa. 66:7 and Rev. 12:5). I overheard a doctor commenting on
how unusual this was. I found out officially there were 11 boys and 4
girls born on Friday the 10th, and 6 boys and 1 girl born on Saturday
the 11th.
3) Two other things, besides the Feast of Trumpets, are mentioned in
the Scriptures to have specifically taken place on Stephen’s birth date
(1st day of the 7th Jewish month):
Genesis 8:13 -- It was a new beginning for Noah because, “the waters
were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the
ark and looked and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.”
Ezra 3:1-7 -- It was a new beginning for Ezra and the captives who
returned from Babylon to restore the sacrificial worship system in
Jerusalem. “The people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem…
from the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt
offerings to the LORD.” Also, Nehemiah 8:1-12 -- “All the people
gathered together as one man in the open square” and Ezra read to
them from the Book of the Law from morning until midday. They
were repentant and sorrowful because they weren’t doing these things,
but Ezra encouraged them and said, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink
the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for
this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD
is your strength!”
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