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What's up with 3am?

Catherineanne

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Waking between 3 and 4 am on a regular basis can be a symptom of depression, and/or ptsd.

I am not aware that it has a particular spiritual significance, because the ancients were not capable of measuring night-time in the same way that we can.
 
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It is one of the watches of the night - a time for intercession. Jesus died at 3 p.m., and the trinity is "3" and "3" is certainly a significant number all through the Bible - 3 nights in the tomb for Jesus, 3 nights in the belly of the fish for Jonah, 3.5 years of the first half and second half of tribulation (total 7), 3 times Peter received a vision, 3 times he denied Christ, 3 times he reaffirmed his love for Christ, and the list goes on, so when you see the number 3 consistently, take notice that God is speaking.

Also, the USA will be 233 years old in a few days, which could be significant.
 
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Thank you for your replies so far, I really appreciate it. The reason I ask is at slightly before 3am this morning I woke up and saw what seemed to be a black creature walking on all fours (it could also walk on two). It seemed to climb on the bed then on top of me then I couldn't breathe. i started to call out the name of Jesus and it was as if it was trying to close my mouth but I perservered and Spoke the name of Jesus and scripture over and over. I was ok after that (I wasn't scared because God told me ages ago not to fear any evil). But after then I heard almost a voice gentle, but firm, saying "take note of the time". I ignored the first time becuase I was tired and when I couldn't breathe the oxygen supply was limited to the brain so I had a bit of a headache, then I heard it again firm but gentle "take note of the time". It was 3am. I went to sleep, but first thing when I woke up I remembered, so thats why I ask. God Bless.
 
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It is one of the watches of the night - a time for intercession. Jesus died at 3 p.m., and the trinity is "3" and "3" is certainly a significant number all through the Bible - 3 nights in the tomb for Jesus, 3 nights in the belly of the fish for Jonah, 3.5 years of the first half and second half of tribulation (total 7), 3 times Peter received a vision, 3 times he denied Christ, 3 times he reaffirmed his love for Christ, and the list goes on, so when you see the number 3 consistently, take notice that God is speaking.

Also, the USA will be 233 years old in a few days, which could be significant.

Well, you are entitled to your opinion on this one. But it is only opinion.

The Bible does not say, 'when you see the number 3 consistently, take notice that God is speaking.'
 
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Wow, what an experience. And you started the thread with numbers, lol.

We tend to take a very black-and-white approach to evil and good. But there were times in scriptures where God allowed evil forces to be let loose for a little while, before He stepped in with restoration. It is hard to wrap our minds around, and we sometimes skim over those passages.

I will put some in the next post.
But after then I heard almost a voice gentle, but firm, saying "take note of the time".
What you describe fits the definition of a night terror with sleep paralysis. But which came first, the chicken patient who saw the dark creature, or the egghead medical explanation?

Look at the painting on this page: Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's not just you.


As for the time and numbers, I never seem to get that. A lot of people hear numbers, or feel significance in them, but there isn't always a follow-through conclusion. When I get that same sense, I don't find a conclusion. So I wonder if (for me) it is sometimes an emotional impulse, like times where we suddenly feel like doing something creative.

The timing of waking up -- tie together the depression info with the "up to pray" regulars. We sleep in phases, and we also sleep with an internal biological clock. We would naturally be in ready-to wake states the same times every night.

"Take note of the time."


1. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
In the context of the event, things happened when you were in a sleeping state. Taking note can show the unpreparedness of an intrusion. Something out of your control, completely unexpected, possibly sinister, and smothering. Notice how many things going on in the world could have the same effect on a larger scale.

The time, in the analogy, was when you were sleeping and unaware.
(And then Sandra Bullock was by your side.)

2. IN THE EARLY HOURS
The time was during the night, the first quarter of the 12-hour morning, the first eighth of the 24-hour day. In the early hours of the day, we are barely paying attention to what will come.

Ac 17:30
Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent

Eph 1:10
with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him


3. 3, 3:00. 300, 3 AM
The specific numbers for 3:00 AM, the natural first conclusion.



4. THE TIME TO BE WARY
Mt 16:3
And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?



Misc.:

Ac 10:16
This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.

2Co 12:8
Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me.
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I read a article by Chuck Pierce( a very well known prophet that is extremely accurate) that said that when some people wake up around that time that is one of the night watches and that it is a time for intercession. I'm sure that some people that wake up at 3:00 am are probably depressed even people that wake up at 1:00 are depressed.
 
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... And people who lose sleep that often will end up depressed! Lol.
Its very possible that the Lord wants you look at a scripture too, just keep praying on it.
That could be. Any sort of research might pull together needed information. Notice that NKorea was in the news again this morning.


I mentioned earlier that God historically and scripturally allows danger.

While this stifling experience might have stood on its own, the message at the end implies a intelligent communication related to the experience.

The following examples show that God sometimes uses the tools He has on hand to get a point across -- whether they are unclean creations and opponents, or not.

HOSEA

God asked Hosea to marry a harlot, to illustrate how Israel was like an unfaithful wife to God, and God wanted to bring her back. It also included a prophetic warning about the destruction of regions.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of correction... Therefore, I am as a moth to Ephraim, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Come and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us. He has stricken, and He will bind us up. After two days He will bring us to life. In the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him.

JOB
Most of us are familiar with the Job story, where God allowed the test of Job's spirit by the devil.

SAUL
1Sa 16:23
And it happened, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, then David would take the harp and play with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and it was well with him. And the evil spirit would depart from him.

1Sa 18:10
And on the next day it happened that the evil spirit from God came on Saul.

1Sa 19:9
And the evil spirit from Jehovah was on Saul.

JUDAS
And supper having occurred, the devil/accuser having put already into the heart of Simon's son Judas Iscariot that he should betray Him,

Lu 22:3
And Satan entered into Judas, the one having been called Iscariot, being of the number of the Twelve.


ABIMELECH
Judges 9


AHAB
1 Kng. 22:19-22

And the Lord said, “Who will lure Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?”

One [spirit] suggested this, and another that. Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, “I will lure him.”

“By what means?” the Lord asked.

“I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,” he said.

“You will succeed in luring him,” said the Lord. “Go and do it.”


See also
Psalm 78:49
2 Thess. 2:11​
 
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Well, you are entitled to your opinion on this one. But it is only opinion.

The Bible does not say, 'when you see the number 3 consistently, take notice that God is speaking.'

While it is true that there is no doctrinal teaching in scripture on this subject, that I know of, all scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, instruction, correction and training in righteousness. So we can see patterns in scripture and we can learn lessons from them.

Do a search on the number of times the number 3 is used throughout scripture (OT and NT) and see the significance of it in each instance and I think you will learn that the number 3 is of great Biblical significance and that it has meaning for us. Often the third time was the point of a light bulb turning on inside someone's head or someone coming to repentance or someone being delivered - something really significant and life-changing took place when they got to the 3rd day or the 3rd instance.

So, if someone is seeing the number 3 repeatedly or feels that they have been told to pay attention to the time, then it is certainly worth investigating, don't you think? We often miss God's messages because we dismiss them too quickly without doing to research, the study and taking the time in prayer before the Lord to see what he is actually saying. I believe that there is enormous Biblical support for what I said about "3" having to do with God speaking some type of a message and that we should listen. I can not teach it doctrinally, but I do believe there is solid Biblical support for that belief.
 
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So we can see patterns in scripture and we can learn lessons from them.

Feel free. Meanwhile, I will stick to what it actually says, rather than looking for hidden codes.

Each to his own.

:wave:

As a general principle, anyone who wakes at any time of night after having a nightmare is well advised to pray. That probably goes without saying. Meanwhile, if God has a message for us, he does not deliver it by monsters in the night.
 
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Even occultists will say that the certain times of the night yield certain results. That is were we get the term witching hour. IMO it sounds more like the Lord is waking you up for His own reasons and it would be good to seek that out. But yes some do wake up as of sickness of the flesh. I know I only slept about 2hrs last night and my husband's alarm sounded at 5am:p
And yes the Lord has always used symbols to communicate with us as we rarely hear Him speak even close to what we would consider audibly. She is a wise and serious Christian lady and I would encourage you to check out what Christ's servant posted to you.
 
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Hello everyone, just a quick question: Is there anything significant in the spirit world about the time 3am? thank you

the Bishop at my chuirch taught on this. Inded there is spiritual significance and it has to do with the unseen forces of darkness and the spiritual, unseen battle that rages, beyond what our senses tell us. It is a time for intercession. It is God speaking to us. There have been times i have awakened in the middle of the night, with crystal clear clarity, and it was God Who woke me up, i knew this. For it was no sound that woke me, just a prompting that only my spirit knew of and detected. And my mind and heart was at attention in extreme alertness and i could feel God's presence, and like yes, He was talking to me...communicating with my mind and heart.

Recently i had a dream of a dark figure that hovered over me and i was shaking violently. Finally i just kept calling out the name of Jesus and i woke up, still shaking violently. I've been sensing that God's children are under attack, even before this dream.

I'm lifting you and my brothers and sisters in Christ up to Abba. We are surely in a battle. Although unseen, it is raging. We need His armor and His mindset and heartset. For we are surely under attack, as we are told in His Word. It is real.
 
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Even occultists will say that the certain times of the night yield certain results. That is were we get the term witching hour. IMO it sounds more like the Lord is waking you up for His own reasons and it would be good to seek that out. But yes some do wake up as of sickness of the flesh. I know I only slept about 2hrs last night and my husband's alarm sounded at 5am:p
And yes the Lord has always used symbols to communicate with us as we rarely hear Him speak even close to what we would consider audibly. She is a wise and serious Christian lady and I would encourage you to check out what Christ's servant posted to you.

amen.
 
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I've been sensing that God's children are under attack, even before this dream.
Something is definitely going on around here. Hearing noises, things moving, waking up at three, hearing clear voices in the middle of the night, with no visible people.

I wonder how the ghouls adjust to time zones.
 
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Something is definitely going on around here. Hearing noises, things moving, waking up at three, hearing clear voices in the middle of the night, with no visible people.

I wonder how the ghouls adjust to time zones.

i'm sensing that God is calling His children to attention, to stand together in unity and prompting us to set our faces like flint and to not be moved, but to intervene for one another. lifting each other to Him, and to be aware clearly of the battle that rages, unseen...for the battle becomes more fierce even as we speak....for the time is short.

Weapons that are deadly for the dark forces, for the enemy, are praise and worship.....and dancin' like David did....amen! He, our Abba, is with us!! Halleluia!! Praise His name!! These things chase the dark forces like sniveling cowards, for His light pierces them and they have no place to hide. May His light shine, amen.

May His joy, His peace, abide in us, His children, amen.

May His vision be ours:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G70IhjDOuu8
 
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my daughter and i were just speaking on this the other day....we've got to come together in unity, lifting each other up to Abba...

here's another song i've been meditating on today...a dear member of CF sent me the link

praise His name!! He IS a Mighty warrior, and we are warriors and are equipped by His armor to fight the good fight:

YouTube - Mighty Warrior
 
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