The Two Fishes on the 7th Day: Psalm 82/28 and the Path to Priesthood

Released on the Eve of the 8th Day, September 27, 2025

Today marks the seventh day since the Lord called us to this sacred journey on September 21 (8/8 plus 45 inclusive)—a week set apart for preparation (9/21–9/24) and then communion (9/24–9/27) with our Lord Christ. This morning, He gave a vision: two fishes on a platter, distinct yet united. The Spirit brought Ephesians 2:14 to mind: “For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one.” These two fishes are the numbers 82 and 28, and they reveal a pathway woven through the Psalms.

We began with Psalm 82 (9/24 Feast of Trumpets to 12/14 Hanukkah), the divine courtroom where God judges the spiritual powers of this age. This psalm gave us the 82-day count—a period of judicial unfolding from September 24 (8/8 plus 48 days inclusive) to December 14 (24th day of 9th month; Haggai). But the Lord also showed that 82 reversed is 28, the number of completion and rest, pointing to the 8th Day, September 28. This mirroring is not coincidence; it is design. Psalm 28 is the personal cry that answers the corporate judgment of Psalm 82: “Do not drag me away with the wicked… The Lord is my strength and my shield.”

When these two realities are brought together—when the judgment of Psalm 82 is met with the trusting surrender of Psalm 28—their sum is 110. This number carries the weight of Joseph’s completed governance and points directly to Psalm 110, the ultimate decree: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” The judicial process and the place of rest unite to birth a king-priest authority.

Psalm 28 is the critical pivot point. While Psalm 82 shows God judging the heavenly “gods” and corrupt systems from His throne room, Psalm 28 gives us the human response—the desperate cry of the righteous who need deliverance from those same systems. David begins with “Do not drag me away with the wicked” (v.3), echoing the very judgment Psalm 82 decrees. But the psalm shifts at verse 6: “Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy.” This is the moment of transition—the point where crying turns to confidence, and pleading becomes praise. The Lord becomes “my strength and my shield” (v.7), which is the personal experience of the 8th Day rest. Psalm 28 is therefore the spiritual journey each believer must take—moving from identifying with the systems under judgment to entering the fortified place of rest, where we become part of God’s “anointed” (v.8) who are ready to receive the Psalm 110 commissioning.

The number 28 represents completion and rest because it embodies perfect cyclical fulfillment (4 weeks of 7 days each). It completes a full lunar cycle and represents the establishment of divine order. This is why the 8th Day (September 28) following the 7-day Feast of Tabernacles is so significant—it represents resurrection life beyond the natural cycle, the eternal rest we enter when God’s purposes are complete. The judgments of Psalm 82 cannot be righteously enforced until the rest represented by 28 is entered. The two fishes vision—82 and 28 together—reveals that judgment and rest must operate in unity, and their sum (110) points to the established governance of Joseph and the king-priest authority of Psalm 110.

Joseph’s connection to 110 is no accident. Scripture tells us that Joseph lived to be 110 years old (Genesis 50:22). His life represents the completion of a cycle of governance and blessing: from the pit, to the palace, to the preservation of nations. The number 110 thus embodies fullness of authority after trial, pointing us prophetically to Psalm 110, where ultimate authority is decreed: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool.” Just as Joseph’s life was a type of Christ’s exaltation, Psalm 110 unveils the eternal reality—Jesus crowned both King and Priest, and His body sharing in that inheritance.

On this seventh day, the Lord serves the two fishes in this morning’s vision. He invites us to receive both the seriousness of His judgment and the assurance of His rest. We are to pray Psalm 28 with the conviction that our cry has been heard—that He is our strength and shield. This is the final preparation, the uniting of the two, so that tomorrow, on the 8th Day, we can rise in the full assurance of Psalm 110: seated with Him, authorized in His name, and anointed as priests in His eternal order.

Psalm 110 is not merely a chapter in the sequence; it is the ethereal destination of the entire journey, the decree from which all authority flows. While Psalm 82 is the courtroom and Psalm 28 the bridge, Psalm 110 is the throne room itself. It is the most quoted psalm in the New Testament because it contains the Father’s irrevocable oath to the Son: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool” and “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”This dual promise of kingly victory and eternal priesthood is fulfilled in Christ alone. Our timeline finds its ultimate purpose here: not to seat us as equals beside Christ, but to bring us into the reality of our union in Him. As Scripture declares, God has “raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6). The journey is one of being conformed from a petitioner in the court to abiding in the Victor, who alone holds all authority. Psalm 110 is the divine affirmation that the governmental shift prophesied is nothing less than the manifest victory of Christ’s king-priesthood being expressed through His body, which is in Him.

Beyond the intricate patterns of dates and Psalms, the Lord has placed a final, breathtaking seal upon this revelation through the Strong’s Concordance number H8228. This number corresponds to the Hebrew word שֶׁפַע (shepha’), which means “abundance, overflow, copiousness, and plenteousness.” This is the very word used to describe God’s generous blessing in verses like Psalm 68:9, where He sends a “plentiful rain” to refresh His inheritance. The mirror of our key numbers—82/28—yielding this code is a divine signature of staggering promise. It means the entire journey—from the judicial shaking of Psalm 82, through the restful surrender of Psalm 28, to the king-priest commissioning of Psalm 110—is not a path to scarcity or mere survival, but a gateway to heavenly overflow. The 82-day decree is not just about dismantling evil systems; it is about the abundant inheritance for the chosen. This is the multiplication of the two fishes—the God who orders the timeline also promises that the latter glory of His house will be greater than the former. H8228 is His covenant guarantee that what He begins in judgment, He consummates in abundance.

The week of preparation and communion draws to a close. In this sacred journey, we have walked in the Spirit with Christ, listening to His voice, receiving His counsel, and learning the ways of His kingdom. He has taught us to trust in His timing, to rest in His strength, and to see the hidden patterns of His purposes unfold. Like the disciples in John 14–16, we have been guided into truth, empowered by the Spirit, and prepared to abide in Him fully. The pathway is now clear. Tomorrow, the 8th Day dawns—a day of resurrection life, divine authority, and new beginnings in Christ. We rise not by our own power, but by the Spirit who leads us into all wisdom, all rest, and all authority in Christ.

Amen.