“A Window Of Time”.

The significance of “555”

Have you ever had one of those moments where all the pieces seem to fit; where the celestial bodies that comprised your search suddenly align and the answer you've been seeking presents itself in full eclipse of your query?

Recently I have had just such an experience.
The context; for the past several months I have been waking up at 5:55 am. I have come to realize that this is more than coincidence, and am confident that the Lord is trying to reveal something to me. Yet I struggled to find the revelation of this “sign”. While others have spoken concerning “5:55 am”; I found little that resonated with me personally, short of 5 being the number of grace (as it relates to biblical numerology). What did resonate with my spirit; given my brief foray into the study of electronics, was a particular integrated circuit commonly known as the “555 Timer”. This device controls the clocking or timing functions of a circuit, and so I began to consider the aspect of time or timing as I pursued revelation.

Then it happened, on a non-descript Sunday, I heard a scripture referenced; while the pastors’ topic was unrelated, I knew that the passage in question was the key to revelation. The verses being:

Genesis 8:6-7 (ASV)

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: (7) and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Here Noah, the one who controlled the window of the ark; set the opportune time to release the raven. The raven. The sent one; the one who prepared the way (like the Baptist) for the dove.

Revelation has eclipsed my questioning and my answer has presented itself. For me 555 signifies a window of time, for going forward TO DO (over and above TO BE). With the abounding evils in this world, and mans ever increasing depravity, it is time for believers, myself included to go forward in this window of time – to do the works of whose name we bear. To be like the raven; heralding the coming of the dove. This grace filled window of time is now open; signifying the close of the season of mere identification and the beginning of a season of pointed action.

The raven has wings and voice; and in this window of time, it must fly and speak or forever remain locked within the vessel of a bygone era. We cannot (I cannot) dare exempt ourselves from this call.

Luther.