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121212 – In light of the attention given to the date of 121212 I decided to search the Bible using this number. The first 121212 I found was the Bible book 12 chapter 12 verse 12, (2 Kings 12:12). I further continued to the next book counting in 12’s (12, 24, 36…) and landed in Jeremiah. The next book, Zephaniah, did not have 12 chapters so I used chapter 1 verse 2 and also verse 12 (121212), and that was the formula for the books with less than 12 chapters. Here is the list of scriptures followed by a compilation of the passages:

 2 Kings 12:12; Jeremiah 12:12; Zephaniah 1:2; Zephaniah 1:12; Zechariah 12:12; Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:12; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 1:12 (NKJV)

… and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to repair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple. … The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the Lord shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have  peace…. “I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land, ”Says the Lord;  …  “And it shall come to pass at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men Who are settled in complacency, Who say in their heart, ‘The Lord will not do good, Nor will He do evil.’  And the land shall mourn, every family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; …  and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:  For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ… elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied…. To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.

Reading these verses make me think that God is calling his people to invest in restoring His temple.  In a figurative way the temple may represent our own lives which are in dire need of repair and restoration. Let's get back to that place of prayer and communion with the Spirit. I believe that God is warning the world of His imminent intervention. Was this the meaning of 121212?