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Set Aside
"You have been set aside!" (Meat
Board Apr. 1990)
Facts
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It
lasted 14 yrs 1 month |
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Represented the time
Jacob worked for his wives; 2x7=14
The 2nd 7 years started
in 1997 when I studied web design in SA
and ended in 2004 when it became time for the Lord to bring down the
walls. |
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Next 7 years prosperity,
then Armageddon!? |
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It was a year
longer than Joseph's jail term. |
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Characteristics
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Alone with no intimate friendship - even with
women who wanted to marry me.
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Uncompromised except with Marie - sexually and
being willing to believe that the calling had been over to marry her.
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The Lord's faithfulness to protect me from being
compromised.
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Provision: survival by stretching to the limit.
There was even no blessing on Freek's money or the money I inherited from
my mother.
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Open doors in Israel, after following leads
- except for 8 months in Nov 2000 to June 2002 and 2004.
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No doors opened outside Israel - no safety net
except temporary provision -- leaving me unable to opt out, because there
was just no way to survive outside Israel.
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Like the Jews:- Israel the only option. Also:
"waxing lean" as in Isa 17.
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Irregular lifestyle - not possible in
marriage.
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Periods of nothing with lots of cycling - taught
me perseverance_stamina.
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