With Jewish year 5787 now underway, Perry Stone says its numbers carry a concealed warning about an intensifying battle in which speech will be used as a weapon.
Rosh Hashanah, also known as the biblical Feast of Trumpets, began at sundown on Sept. 11. Stone applied symbolic meanings associated with Hebrew letters to the numbers in 5787 to interpret what the year ahead might hold.
“This is not a prophecy. This is not some kind of revelation from the Holy Spirit,” Stone said. “It is a hint. It is just saying this year could go in this direction.”
Stone focused on the Hebrew letter pey, which carries a numerical value of 80 and symbolizes the mouth, expression or words. He also examined zayin, which has a value of seven and can symbolize a sword, combat or weapon.
Stone believes that the combination points toward an escalating war of words.
“Evil people will use their mouth or words as a weapon against others,” he said.
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Stone said that pattern is already unfolding through social media, where people increasingly broadcast their opinions and attack others with their words. However, he said the symbolism also carries an instruction for Christians.
“Take your mouth and use the Word of God,” Stone said. “Not your opinions, not just criticism, to combat the evil that people are doing.”
Stone warned that believers cannot continue wavering between Scripture and the world’s competing opinions. He compared that indecision to the Israelites who hesitated between God and Baal during the ministry of Elijah.
“Stop halting between two opinions,” Stone said. “This will be a year to make up your mind who is on the Lord’s side.”
Stone said the pressure of the coming year will expose people’s spiritual allegiance and produce a clearer division. “There’s coming a separation of the sheep and the goat,” he warned.
That separation makes personal faithfulness essential, according to Stone. “The main thing is over the next 12 months, serve God and follow the Lord,” he said.
As others turn their words into weapons, Stone said Christians must answer with biblical truth.
“The child of God must use their words as a sword,” he said.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a journalism background from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and at the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
