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THE SYMBOLOGY OF BIBLICAL
NUMBERS
PROF. M. M. NINAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER TWO USE OF NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE 8
CHAPTER THREE ONE 14
CHAPTER FOUR TWO 20
CHAPTER FIVE THREE 29
CHAPTER SIX FOUR 43
CHAPTER SEVEN FIVE 59
CHAPTER EIGHT SIX 66
CHAPTER NINE SEVEN 79
CHAPTER TEN EIGHT 96
CHAPTER ELEVEN NINE 102
CHAPTER TWELVE TENS, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS 106
CHAPTER THIRTEEN OTHERS 110
Appendices 120
Here are a few of the summary of symbolism as seen by
others
REFERRENCES 131
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Biblical numerology refers to the interpretation of numerical values
used in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament where we
believe that the numbers apart from indicating the normal numbers
also imply quality or attributes of the value. This type of approach
had been used and studied almost as ealy as writings of Bible
itself. This book is my attempt to collect these semiotics and
illustrate them from the Bible itself. According to the theory,
these numbers were purposely inserted by their authors to
emphasize a particular message. These simply becomes a symbol
so that the very mention of the number will ignite memories and
connections to enhance the concepts and relationships. It is this
aspect I have in mind when I entitled this books as the Symbology
of Biblical Numbers. I do not go into the gematria and numerolgy
and encoding of secrets in the Bible. This is a more wider field.
Numerical symbology is most abundantly found in Ezekiel, Daniel
and Revelation.
There is a whole secular area of numerology which is directed to
prophetic interpretations etc., akin to palmistry and astrology
Bible, is an absolute mine of numbers and their symbolic
representations. The numbers in the bible are present in a
definite pattern and reveal different meanings associated to
them. These numbers signify various religious incidents that
took place in history and the teachings by Jesus Christ. The
meanings of these numbers and their symbolic
representation slightly vary in the Old and new testaments
but both reveal the depth and concealed concepts of these
numbers to the readers. It is mentioned in the scriptures that
the universe is formed by three expressions, namely,
numbers, letters and the words, and the whole circle of life
revolves around them. The study of the vibrations of these
numbers is the study of tat divine creative energies in
different levels of manifestations. There is a description of
deep meanings related to the person and places in the Bible
and the study of these numbers lead to a better
understanding about the scripture. The study of numbers
and their numeric symbolization in the bible is known as
Bible numerology.
Hebrew Numbers
Hebrew and Greek languages did not develop a notation for
number system as we have it today. Instead they used their
alphabet itself to denote numbers. Every alphabet is thus
given a number. As such it is simply a word which when
adding up the sum of all represent the whole number. As
such when it form part of a text it will not make any difference
unless we recognize them as a number. Thus every word is
a number and every number can have different words
depending on how the adding numbers are placed in the
word in its ultimate sense. This is what developed the
numerology within Hebrew culture. Thus any Hebrew book
can be thought of as a series of numbers placed in such a
way as to make sense. In other words we can say the whole
book is encoded.
Even though Hebrew letter system has evolved, the mode of
numerical counting in Hebrew using the Hebrew AlefBet
remain the same as it was during the early Hebrew history.
Today numerical counting system uses the European digits
(0, 1, 2, 3...9) to represent numbers.
Each letter in the Hebrew alphabet (or aleph-bet) has a
numerical value.
This is how it is assigned.
The first 10 letters (consonants actually) have the values
1-10.
The next 9 letters are valued 20, 30, ... 100.
The remainder are valued 200, 300, and 400.
The number values for each character are shown in the table
below.
There is no representation for zero (0).
This is the system used by Hillel II in the fourth century A.D.
Later, the final forms of the letters kaf, mem, nun, pe, and
tzadi were used for the missing values 500, 600, 700, 800,
and 900.
Valu
e
Valu
e
x 1
Valu
e
x 10
The first 9 letters have the values 1- 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
א
Al
ef
י
Y
ב
Bet
כ
Kaf
ר
ק ג
Gim
el
ד
Dal
et
ה
He
ו
Vav
ז
Zayen
Next 9 letters have values 10 to 90
ל
מ ס
נ
ע
Lam Me Samek
Nun
Ayin
ed m
h
ח
Het
פ
Pe
ט
Tet
צ
Tzadi
Next four letters are 100, 200, 300,400
Valu
ש
ת e Qo Res
Shin Tav
x 100 f h
These were used later as multiples of 100 upto 900
Valu
e
x 100
ק
Qo
f
ר
Res
h
ש
Shin
ת
Tav
ך
Final
Kaf
ם
Final
Mem
ן
Final
Nun
ף
Final
Pe
ץ
Final
Tzadi
These were the original numberings:
The Hebrew script itself grew out of pictographs through the
ages. Each picture itself has a story and basic theme and
interpretation. These also come into play as association of
numbers and
names.
Development of the Hebrew Scripts over the ages.
Example
.תשסד is: The number 764 in Hebrew
The value is calculated as 764 = 4+60+300+400 =
תשסד
It can be permuted in anyway. As one can see it does not
matter in what order you write them they will represent the
same number.
My name for example
works out as
. .
M. M. N N N = M.M.Ninan= 4+4+5+5+5 =23= 20+3=
Thus it allows for a lot of manipulations and hence
interpretations whether permissible or intended.
Exceptions to Hebrew Number Formation
There are exceptions. Numbers ending in 15 or 16 would be
written as yud-he (10+5) and yud-vav (10+6) (YH), since
the letters "yud he vav he" (YHWH) is the name of God YH is
also the name often used. Hence by convention, for the sake
of sanctity they are written as tet-vav (9+6 ) טו and
tet-zayin (9+7) טז are always used. The number 18
,יח yud-het, uses the same letters as the word for life het-yud
.חי So it is written
15 16 18
טו
9+6
Not
10+5
טז
9+7
Not
10+6
חי
8+10
Thousands, Millions
Thousands are represented by the same letters as the unit
values, sometimes a character similar to an apostrophe is
appended. The character is a punctuation mark called
geresh. When geresh is not available, the single quote ‘ is
often substituted. A space often separates thousands,
millions, etc. The pattern for numbers 1-999 is repeated for
each thousand from 1,001- 999,999. Millions and Billions etc.
are formed by extending and repeating the pattern.
1,000
א׳ 1,000,000
א׳ א׳ 3,001,764
ג׳ א׳ תשסד Numbers Mixed With Text
Geresh ׳
Gershayim ״
When numbers are used with text, punctuation marks are
added to show that what written is a number not a word.
similar numerical system based on Greek alphabet in almost
exact parallel to Hebrew. Here is their number sytem.
COMPARE THE NUMBER CORRESPONDENCE
HEBREW ALPHABET and GREEK ALPHABET
The Greek system of numbering letters of the alphabet,
called isopsephy. ἴσος isos meaning "equal" and ψῆφος
psephos meaning "pebble") is the Greek word for the
practice of adding up the number values of the letters in a
word to form a single number. It is based on a similar method
to Hebrew gematria. The Greek alphabet, along with the
numerical equivalent, are outlined in the table. Note that two
letters (digamma and koppa) have fallen into disuse. .
Digamma literally means "double gamma" and is descriptive
of the original letter's shape.
Digamma, later called Stigma, continued in use as a
numerical symbol, as seen in the 666 of Revelation 13:18.
The isopsephia values of Ιησους (Iesous, translated as
"Jesus"), and Χριστος (Christos, translated as "Christ") are
also shown.
Arabic numerals used for numbers were adopted and
adapted from Indian numerals in the 8th and 9th century AD.
Until then gematria methods were used in most cultures.
CHAPTER TWO
USE OF NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE
Words are a means of encoding concepts and ideas so that it
can be used to transfer it to a receiver. Hence there are
meanings to numbers in the context of secular culture as well
as religious culture. The secular culture expands it into
occult sciences of numerology. In secular numeralogy a
number is generated using a person’s name or date of birth
or something personal and interpret that number qualities as
personificaion. They then form part of the arts of fortune
telling like, palmistry, face reading, astronomy etc.
Evidently words are encoded messages from the speaker to
the creator. So are the written words. Thus God’s word
also should be considered as encoded. These concepts
are based on the symbolisms the receiver uses in their own
culture. Since God uses the language of the culture it will
certainly reflect these secular meanings. As such they
necessarily involves symbols of the culture of the prophet
who receive the divine message. Thus most of the Biblical
numerolgy is connected to Hebrew culture since Old
Testament is revealed in Hebew. Later the New Testament
grew in the Greek culture and it came to be using the
Greco-Roman culture.
The search for hidden meanings in Scripture did not flourish
in rabbinic Judaism till after 70 CE, (that is only after the
destruction of the second temple) after which this endeavour
produced wonderfully intricate interpretations.
John 8:31-32: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.
The process is illuminated by the medieval acronym pardes.
"PaRDeS " ( 243 (5 76 ) is etymologically related to the
English word "paradise" and stands for four types of
hermeneutical meanings:
These are:
• Peshat (פְּשָׁט) — "plain" ("simple"), "surface"
("straight") or the direct
meaning.
•Remez —(רֶמֶז) "hints" or the deep (allegoric: hidden
or symbolic)
meaning beyond just the literal sense.
•Derash (דְּרַשׁ) — from Hebrew darash: "inquire"
("seek") —
the \comparative (midrashic)
meaning, as given
through similar occurrences.
•Sod (סוֹד) — "secret" ("mystery") or the
esoteric/mystical meaning, as
given through inspiration or revelation.
Remember the Holy of Holies was out of bounds to the laity
and it can be entered in only once a year and that too by the
high priest and that with the blood of sacrifice.
Esoteric interpretations have led to many misuse of the
scripture and into development of cults. Thus we should be
careful in using the higher methods especially if it contradicts
the plain meaning.
For details see my book on Hermeutics
Having said that I will try to look into the meaning of the
numbers as used in the Bible.
Bible Symbolism
as I have presented
Number Zero- God beyond understanding, Ein, Ein
sof, Ein sof Ahr.
Number One - Beginning, God who can be known,
Oneness. I AM.
NumberTwo - Witness, Power of Resonance,
Division, Yetzer Hara, Free will,
Progress, Creative Power
NumberThree - Complete, Basic stability and
oneness in spiritual world
(Holy Trinity, Animal, Vegetable,
Mineral)
Number Four - Creation (elements, seasons,
directions,
completeness of material world)
Number Six - Man (created on the sixth day, 666
fullness of man alone)
Number Seven - Spiritual Perfection and Revelation
(cycles), completion.
Number Eight- New Beginnings, Resurrection
(circumcision)
NumberTen - Perfection of Divine Order
(Law, Ten Commandments, Decade)
Number Twelve - Perfection of Government
(Apostles, Patriarchs)
NumberThirteen - Satan, Rebellion
ECHAD MI YODEA
WHO KNOWS ONE?
This is a traditional cumulative song sung on Passover and
found in the haggadah.
It enumerates common Jewish symbolism of numbers.
ECHAD MI YODEA
Echad mi yode'a
Echad ani yode'a
Echad Elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shnaim mi yode'a
Shnaim ani yode'a
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shlosha mi yode'a,
Shlosha ani yode'a.
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Arba mi yode'a
arba ani yode'a
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
WHO KNOWS ONE
1 - who knows 1
1 - I know 1
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
2 who knows 2
2 I know 2
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
3 who knows 3
3 I know 3
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
4 who knows 4
4 I know 4
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
Chamisha, mi yode'a
Chamisha, ani yode'a
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shisha, mi yode'a?
Shisha, ani yode'a
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shiv'ah mi yode'a
shiv'ah ani yode'a.
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shmonah mi yode'a
shmonah ani yode'a
shmonah yemei milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
5 who knows 5
5 I know 5
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
6 who knows 6
6 I know 6
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
7 who knows 7
7 I know 7
7 are the days in a week till
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Tish'ah mi yode'a
tish'ah ani yode'a.
tish'ah chodshei leidah
shmonah yemei milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Asara mi yode'a
asara ani yode'a
asara dibraya
tish'ah chodshei leidah
shmonah yemei milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Achad asar mi yode'a
achad asar ani yode'a
achad asar kochvaya
8 who knows 8
8 I know 8
8 are the days to the brit milah
7 are the days in a week till
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
9 who knows 9
9 I know 9
9 are the months before birth,
8 are the days to the brit milah
7 are the days in a week till
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
10 who knows 10
10 I know 10
10 are the commandments
9 are the months before birth,
8 are the days to the brit milah
7 are the days in a week till
asara dibraya
tish'ah chodshei leidah
shmonah yemei milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shneim-asar mi yode'a
shneim-asar ani yode'a
shneim-asar shivtaya
achad asar kochvaya
asara dibraya
tish'ah chodshei leidah
shmonah yemei milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
Shlosha-asar mi yode'a
Shlosha-asar ani yode'a
Shlosha-asar midaya
shneim-asar shivtaya
achad asar kochvaya
asara dibraya
tish'ah chodshei leidah
shmonah yemei milah
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
11 who knows 11
11 I know 11
11 are the stars in Joseph's
dream
10 are the commandments
9 are the months before birth,
8 are the days to the brit milah
7 are the days in a week till
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
12 who knows 12
12 I know 12
12 are the Tribes of Israel
11 are the stars in Joseph's
dream
10 are the commandments
9 are the months before birth,
8 are the days to the brit milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah
Shisha, sidre mishna
Chamisha chumshei torah
arba imahot
Shlosha avot,
shnei luchot habrit
echad elokeinu
shebashamaim uva'aretz.
7 are the days in a week till
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
13 who knows 13
13 I know 13
13 are the attributes of God
12 are the Tribes of Israel
11 are the stars in Joseph's
dream
10 are the commandments
9 are the months before birth,
8 are the days to the brit milah
7 are the days in a week till
Shabbat
6 are the orders of the mishnah
5 are the books of the torah,
4 are our matriarchs,
3 are our forefathers
2 are the tablets of the
commandments
1 is Our God who is in the
heavens and on earth.
CHAPTER THREE
ONE
The number one means unity.
Numerical Oneness. Organic Onenes
The first letter in Hebrew alphabet which its numerological
value of 1 is Aleph.
Aleph has no sound and it is the beginning of everything.
This is God.
In India we have clear teaching of Nirguna Brahman and
Saguna Brahman.
God is unknowable because he cannot be interacted in His
fulness by any human. Hence even though he is all
properties, humans will not be able to understand or
comprehend and define God. The concept is inherent also
in Caballah which is adopted by the Christian Caballists as
God defined as Ein. Ein means nothing or meaning
unknowable. It is not that God is nothing, but we can know
nothing about God. They call it neti, neti meaning - not this,
not that. It is only when God expresses himself within the
realm of human existence we can know God and then again
that will not be the essence of God. God in his essence is
unknowable. God makes himself knowable as he creates
realms within himself and we know God’s emanations or
energies within that realm of interaction. In Eastern
Churches we distinguish between God’s Essence and God’s
Energies.
Ein - Nothing is the definition as best as we could define God.
If we want to assign an essence itself we have to go beyond
nothingness - which are defined by the Caballists as Ein Sof
and Ein Sof Ahr . Ein Sof is explained as infinite - which
implies fulness of all properties, EinSof Ahr implies infinte
Light with Character. Only when God reveals himself we
have diversity and hence sees Him as an organic unity. This
is Saguna Brahaman - the first appearances of God. This
cannot be unity nor His essence. This is the basis of
Christian Trinity argument.
The first letter or number one Alef has no sound, yet in
Hebrew it is written as a Person “the Great I AM”. This
represents the Ein - the Nirguna Brahman which extends to
Ein Sof as the root of all realities . Since Alef has no sound,
the first reality is expressed by the first and the second letters
of Hebrew together which is the word Ab or Av which simply
means Father. God is defined as the father of everything
both the material and spiritual world. Ab hence is the Ain
Sof Aur - the infinite, light and Abba the Saguna Brahman.
This unity has two aspects. Primarily it indicates numerical
oneness. One - no more and no less.
Again this oneness may be more organic so that there is a
unity within it.
Here is what the numerology describe it.
PersonalityTraits: Original, Individual, Master, Creator,
Leader, Pioneer, Dominance,
The Beginning 1 gives birth to all other numbers.
However, that being said, Jungian psychology places 1 as a
symbol of unity.
Like the old saying there is no "I in T-E-A—M" when people
work together as one, and have 1 individuals among them,
the changes that result astound.
You can see these reflected in the Biblical numerology:
The first thing that brings to mind is the Shema of Israel:
In fact the basis of monotheism is that God alone exist.
Everthing else are emanations of God’s energies which form
the cosmos. It is not part of the essence of God.
In that sense even the cosmos is in existence within God and
forms part of the oneness of God.
Yachid represents numeric oneness which has no
components. One Alone. This is represented in the case of
God as “I AM” or El
Echad on the other hand is an organic oneness of many
components forming unity. This is represented the case of
God as Elohim where the plural is used.
In Hebrew there is duality word for the singular El as Elah.
In the Shema of Israel, God is not Yachid but Echad.
God is not homogeneous but hetrogenious and is potentially
infinte.
The word YACHID, which always means one and ONE
ALONE (not a unified one) is NEVER used of God
ANYWHERE in the Old Testament.
In the New Testament, the greek word corresponding to
Yachid is Hen. See John 10:30; Matt. 19:5; Mk 12:29.
There is a corresponding word for Yachid in Greek which is
Monos - One Only. See Matt 24:36; 1 Tim 1:17. Two
examples can be shown which makes it clear.
The Organic oneness concept is seen in the prayer of Jesus:
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their
message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you
are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the
world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given
them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we
are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be
brought to complete unity. This is the echad of 1
Apart from the defining of God as one, we have referrences
to Jesus as One or First
Jesus is called the firstborn of every creature (Colossians
1:15)
Jesus is called the firstborn from the dead (1:18)
Jesus is called the firstborn among many brethren (Romans
8:29).
Jesus is called the "first of the firstfruits" (1Corinthians 15:20,
23), indicating the immortal humanity through the
resurrection.
Jesus is called the FIRST or Alpha (the first letter of the
Greek language) and the Last or Omega (last letter of Greek)
(Revelation 1:11, 17, 22:13).
Greek
Alef- Tau (Hebrew forms:
pictograph to modern)
Notice Tau was a Cross
Christianity entails one hope, one faith, one baptism, one
Lord and Savior and one Father (Ephesians 4:4 - 6). Alef in
the ancient pictograohic writing was the head of an ox
indicating power and authority while, Tau the last letter was
indeed a cross which indicates total redemption back to the
beginning of all creation.
In any language or culture around the globe, the number one
means unity. It is of great importance no matter where you
go. One has a dual nature, as do most numbers, in that it
represents both primacy – being first – and unity – being
a whole, singular thing. The number one is self-sufficient; it
stands alone, indivisible by any other numbers, as the
primary source of all numbers after it. By its very nature the
number one leaves out any differences that may exist
between numbers. It is neither in conflict or harmony with
any.
The organic unity is particularly clear in the concept of
husband and wife who become one flesh,
and in exactly similar way in the concept of the Church as
one body.
Jesus prayed to God that his followers
“that they may all be one,
just as you, Father, are in union with me
and I am in union with you.”—
John 17:21; Matthew 19:6.
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http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/number05.htm
Yacheed means absolute unity, or
uniqueness, an only one.
It occurs only twelve times in the Old Testament (3x2 2 ),
viz: Pentateuch, 3 timess and Rest of Old Testament 9 = (3 2 )
times.
• Genesis 22:2, "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac."
• Genesis 22:12 and 16, "Hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son."
• Judges 11:34, "She was his only child."
• Psalm 22:20, "Deliver...my darling" (marg. only one).
• Psalm 25:16, "I am desolate and afflicted."
• Psalm 35:17, "Rescue...my darling (marg. only one) from the
lions."
• Psalm 68:6, "God setteth the solitary in families."
• Proverbs 4:3, "I was...tender and only beloved in the sight of my
mother."
• Jeremiah 6:26, "Mourning as for an only son."
• Amos 8:10, "I will make it as the mourning of an only son."
• Zechariah 12:10, "As one that mourneth for his only son."
These are all the occurrences of the word Yacheed, and
here therefore we see the meaning of the word.
But this is not the word which is used in Deuteronomy 6:4,
and it is never used of Jehovah.
It is used of the Lord Jesus as the only begotten Son; but
never of Jehovah—the self-existant One (- Echad).
CHAPTER FOUR
TWO
2's symbolism is the union of and peace between different
entities. It seeks to end separateness and unite all
Number 2 is represented in Hebrew by the second letter Bet
“Beit is the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet and it
symbolizes blessing, creation and duality, therefore, it stands
for number 2. In creating, God imbued creatures with his
blessings. I am a bundle of (2's) -- 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils,
2 hands, 2 feet, right and left brain, etc.
When the male and female harmonize, new life
comes into being and God's blessing is realized.
The upper left corner of the symbol points upward
indicating that God the creator is the author of
blessed harmony.”
http://www.brogilbert.org/hebrew_sacred/7hebrew_
beit.htm
Since the first letter alef has no sound, the Bible starts with
the second letter Bet. Incidentally the last letter of Torah is
the last letter Tau of Hebrew, thus the Torah is the beginning
and end of humanity. Jesus claims himself to be the first
and the last, alpha and tau not just bet and tau which implies
his claim be part of the Godhead in his essence.
The second letter of the Hebrew alef-bet, bet - ,ב mirrors
the symbolism of the number two. It is called Bet. It is from
this letter that we get our word, both. This letter is the first
letter of the Torah and of the book of Genesis. As a prefix,
the letter bet may function as a preposition meaning "in",
"at", or "with". Bet is the first letter of the Torah. As Bet is the
number 2 in gematria, this is said to symbolize that there are
two parts to Torah: the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.
http://www.biblewheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Bet_House.php
The creation of the Cosmos was the building up of a House
for God himself to dwell. The house symbolizes the
ultimate purpose of all reality: to become a dwelling place
below for the manifestation of God's presence. He is the
Father, the head of the household. Holy Spirit Ruach is a
female gender and like Eve from Adam procedes from the
Father and is he Mother of All. It is the Spirit that Gives life.
Thus once again we see 2 as organic unity of God the Father
and Holy Spirit the Mother and also of the whole creation as
unity while the creation is given the freedom and form a
duality without which, the creaion would have been just a
machine and would not for a family. Ultimately God will
make his dwelling among his sons and daughters and will
form the family as he has planned. The whole theme
therefore runs from Genesis through the Temples and the
creation of the Church till the final reunion of the total family.
As a prefix, the letter bet may function as a preposition
meaning "in", "at", or "with". Bet is the first letter of the Torah.
As Bet is the number 2 in gematria, this is said to symbolize
that there are two parts to Torah: the Written Torah and the
Oral Torah
During Creation week God made two great lights, one to rule
the day (sun) and a lesser one to rule the night (moon -
Genesis 1:16).
"I am in the Father and the Father is in me." (John
14:10 NRSV)
Thus the second is a support. We see that this
is implied in the assertion of truth which is
corroborated only by the agreement of two. This
can of course be more than two, but the minimum is
two. One witness could not establish the truth.
The agreement of two releases creative power.
THE PRINCIPLE OF RESONANCE
In Physics a phenomena known as resonance have been
known for centuries where in two simultaneous impulses will
sustain vibrations to give extremely high amplitudes of
vibration if they have the same frequency.
Mechanical and acoustic resonance, Electrical resonance,
Optical resonance, Orbital resonance of celestial
orbits,Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are very well
known to the Physicists today. In the spiritual level this
phenomena exists which more or less explain the power of
prayer of experiment.
Two symbolizes Testimony
"Again I say unto you, that if two of you
shall agree
on earth as touching anything that they
shall ask,
It shall be done for them
of My Father which is in heaven.
The two witnesses spoken about in the book of Revelation
chapter eleven. They are the Lord's faithful witnesses who
bear testimony to the truth!
John 8:17 "It is also written in your law, that the testimony
of two men is true.."
When Jesus sent out his Evangelists he sent them out two
by two so that the testimony is confirmed by two witnesses
following the OT rule.
Luke 10:1 "After these things the Lord appointed other
seventy also, and sent them Two and Two before His face
into every city and place, whither He Himself would come."
Mark 6:7 "And He called unto Him the twelve, and began
to send them forth two and two; and gave them power over
unclean spirits."
At the time of the ascension we have two angels affirming
the return of Jesus. Acts 1:10
Duality
While two witnesses spports the truth, it can also mean two
witnesses opposing each other.
Thus 2 also indicate rupture or seperation to the extent
of duality of God and Satan..
The assertion of morality implies within it the assertion of
immorality. This dual concept is not proposed in the Old
Testament as such but is clearly pronounced only in
Zorastrianism
In theology, dualism may refer to duotheism, bitheism, or
ditheism. Although ditheism/bitheism imply moral dualism,
they are not equivalent: ditheism/bitheism implies (at least)
two gods, while moral dualism does not imply any -theism
(theos = god) whatsoever. Old Testament asserts moral
dualism without duotheism or two god assumption. It is
similiar to light and darkness. Darkness has no essence
and do not exists as in Light. Darkness is absence of light.
Immorality is actually absence of morality. In the same way,
Satan is not in anyway equivalent to the God. Satan is the
result of God allowing freedom of will in his creatures. God
defines what is good and right.
Both bitheism and ditheism imply a belief in two equally
powerful gods with complementary or antonymous
properties; however, while bitheism implies harmony,
ditheism implies rivalry and opposition, such as between
good and evil, or bright and dark, or summer and winter. For
example, a ditheistic system would be one in which one god
is creative, the other is destructive (cf. theodicy). In the
original conception of Zoroastrianism, for example, Ahura
Mazda was the spirit of ultimate good, while Ahriman (Angra
Mainyu) was the spirit of ultimate evil.
yin and Yang dualism of Taoism Good and Evil powers in
Zorastrianism
Dualism can also refer to the relationship between God and
creation. A dualism of God and creation exists in some
traditions of Christianity, like Paulicianism, Catharism, and
Gnosticism. The Paulicians, was a Byzantine Christian sect,
who believed that the universe was created by an evil God,
who exists separately from a moral heavenly God.
Catharist faith was agin a Dualism, where the Good God
created the invisible and spiritual universe, while Evil God
created the material world. Some believed that they both
were of equal power while others considered the evil god as
a creature of the Good God. As we can see these are
parallel to the Zoroastrianism.
Thus we see the same dichotomy of unity and harmony in
one and antagonism and duality struggle in the other. In
mathematics, two is the foundation of all division. Likewise
with humankind, the number two signifies man's fall and the
opposition that can infiltrate his being throughout life.
God created the Light on the second day, which divided the
world into dark and light. This clearly shows the divisive
nature of the number two in the Bible. When God created
Adam, Adam was both male and female, an organic unity of
duality. It was later that Eve the female part was seperated
creating male and female. The concept is clearly that the
duality of consonance and disonance, harmony and discord
was inherent in the creatures providing choices and hence
freedom by design of God. While the first sentence in the
Bible seems to shows the perfection and order, the second
sentence, "And the earth was without form and void," shows
the dissonance.
Two is the Number of the God-Son (the Verb) within Trinity,
in the Christian symbolism. If 1 is the essence, 2 is the
existence. If one is the Nirguna Brahman (unknowable God)
2 is Immanuel, God with us the Saguna Brahman living in the
family with us.
2 evidently is the symbol of sexuality since 2 represents also
the division of the unit in male and female. It also symbolises
the proceding of the Ruach (The Mother) from the Father.
We see the Spirit hovering over the waters which created the
world. It is the through the interaction of the waters of
womb and the life giving spirit we have the life in cosmos.
Thus we have a list of two:
The two great divisions of the Bible: the Old and the New
Testament.
The two sons of Rebekah. (Gn 25,23-24)
The two marriages of Jacob. (Gn 29,15-30)
The two cherubs of the ark. (Ex 25,18)
The two stone tables on which were registered the Ten
Commandments of God given to Moses on the Mount Sinai.
(Ex 31,18)
The two silver trumpets that God asked Moses to forge. (Nb
10,1)
The two expiatory goats.
The two columns in front of the Hall of the Temple of
Solomon: Jachin and Boaz. (1 K 7, 15-22)
The two kingdoms of Juda and Israel. (1 K 12,19)
The two golden calves of Rehoboam. (1 K 12,28)
The two olive-trees situated on both side of the golden lamp,
in the vision of Zechariah. (Zc 4,3)
By group of two Jesus-Christ sent his apostles to preach the
Gospel. (Mk 6,7)
The two turtledoves and the two doves of the purification. (Lk
2,24)
The two witnesses of the Revelation. (Rv 11,3-4)
The two fishes of the multiplication of breads. (Mt 14,19)
The two swords of Peter. (Lk 22,38)
The two thiefs. (Mt 27,38)
The two kinds of baptism: water and spirit. (Jn 3,5)
The two angels of the tomb. (Jn 20,12)
The two angels of the Ascension. (Act 1,10)
The two sons of Abraham. (Ga 4,22)
The two coins of money given by the widow. (Mk 12,42)
The two coins of money that the hotel keeper receives. (Lk
10,35)
The key of any duality consists in the antithesis. Growth
comes with thesis, antithesis and synthesis. This is
associated with Hegel and is known ad Dialetics. This is the
basis of all sciences and logic. If creation itself was
conclusively perfect allowing no variations then there is no
margin or uncertainity for change. If Physical and Spiriual
world were created obeying the uncompromising laws, then
the world will be perfect machine and beings will have no
choice. After the initial creation by God, change is always
from order to a higher order depending on varitions
introduced due to new creations or new order. This will
explain the need for the antithesis.
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YETZER HARA AND YETZER TOV
According to Rabbinic tradition man is given two inclination.
Yetser Hara is the inclinations based on the individual self.
Self confidence, ability of push through actions, eat good
food, drink have home ans good choice of sexual partners
etc are basic to Hara,
Yetse Hatov is the inclinations for doing good, caring for
others and the environment etc.
Yetser Hara is usually translated as “evil inclinations” and
Yetser Hatov as “good inclinations” though it gives a wrong
interpretation to poor Hara. A proper balance between
individuls and society brings a good society. An organ
which functions efffectively without becoming cancer
provides a good body.
The ancient Sages decided that they were going to capture
and imprison the Yetzer HaRa. So they ordered a complete
fast of three day….whereupon he [the Yetzer] was
surrendered to them. He came forth from the Holy of Holies
like a fiery lion…. He [the Yetzer] said to them, “Realize that
if you kill me, the world is finished.” They held him for three
days, then they looked in the whole land of Israel and not an
egg could be found. So they asked, “What shall we do
now?”…So they put out his eyes and let him go; (Yoma
69b).
It is this concept that later developed into Satan. In the book
of Job we see Satan as one of the sons of God and sitting in
the Council of Elohim. He was an official of the
Government of God as an Prosecutor so that the world may
be correctly run and not go into disorder.
Freedom of will, thinking, progress, maturity etc are involved
in the presence of Satan concept in the Bible. This was
inherenttly built into both the material and spirtual realm.
CHAPTER FIVE
THREE
The number three in Hebrew is represented by the third letter
in the alphabet Gimel which actually means a Camel. . The
meaning of the letter is thus interpreted as “to lift up”
Greek Letter is called Gama
Three lines are the minimum required to isolate a space in
two dimension - The triangle.
Progress is achived in the three pronged process in
dialectics . Every thesis has an anti-thesis which eventually
provides a synthesis as a change. Logic, society and
growth follow this system. Three is thus the basis of growth
and perfection.
There is a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (1 Jn
5:7)(Mt 28:19)
3 represents divine perfection and perfect witness.
1 John 5:6-9 This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus
Christ; not with the water only,
ut with the water and with the blood, and it is the Spirit that
witnesses,
because the Spirit is the truth. Because the witnessing
ones are three:
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree
in one.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is
greater: because the witness of God is this that He
witnessed concerning His Son
Qualities of God are three:
God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent.
The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts:
the Torah ("teaching" or "law"), the Nevi'im ("prophets"),
and the Ketuvim ("writings").
The opening verse of the Bible describes the creation of
the Space- Matter - Time continum.
“In the beginning (TIME), God created the Heavens
(Space) and the Earth (Matter)” Gen 1:1
Time is divided into the Past, Present, and Future.
Space is divided into Length, Breadth and Height.
Matter is divided into Solid, Liquids and Gases.
Human capabilities are divided into -- thoughts, words, and
deeds.
There are three degrees of comparison -- smaller than,
same as, and greater than.
There are three "kingdoms" in nature -- animal, vegetable,
and mineral.
"In this number we have quite a new set of phenomena.
"Three therefore stands for that which is solid,
real, substantial, complete, and entire" "Three"
therefore is the number of "completion,"
"finality," entirety."
FOUR PERFECTIONS
As Bullinger points out, "three" is the first of four perfect
numbers in Scripture.
3 "Three" denotes divine perfection.
7 "Seven" (as in seven days in the week) denotes
spiritual perfection.
10 "Ten" denotes ordinal perfection (Ten
Commandments, the tithe is a "tenth", Noah was
the "tenth" generation from Adam).
12 And "twelve" (as in twelve sons of Jacob, twelve
apostles) denotes governmental
perfection.
Hence, the number three points to
that which is real, substantial, perfect, complete,
essential, and Divine.
There were three Patriarchs -- Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob.
"Birkat abot". ("the God of our fathers, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob");
Abraham is a type of YEHOVAH God the Father.
Isaac, who was willingly offered to be sacrificed, was a type
of Yeshua, the Messiah.
And Jacob, whose name was changed to "Israel," is a type of
the Church of YEHOVAH God, for as the apostle Paul wrote,
the Church is "the Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16).
Thus YEHOVAH's Plan involves three "stages" -- the
Father, the Son, and the Bride (being formed now!).
Father Son Church
Three Days
occur throughout the Bible indicating the perfect period
Moses and Aaron petitioned Pharaoh, “Now let us take a
three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the
LORD our God” (Exod 5:3; cf. Exod 3:18; 8:27).
The fleeing Hebrews went three days without finding
water in the Desert of Shur (Exod 15:22).
When the Hebrews had traveled from Mount Sinai for
three days, the people began to complain (Num 10:33-11:1).
When the Hebrews neared the Jordan River they were
informed, “Three days from now you will cross the
Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the
LORD your God is giving you for your own” (Josh 1:11; cf.
3:1-4).
The men of Timnah were stumped by Samson’s riddle for
three days (Judg 14:14)
King Rehoboam gave Jeroboam and the delegation of
Israelites a three day waiting period as he considered their
petition for less stringent royal demands (1 Kgs 12:5; cf.
12:12).
Jonah spent 3 days in the belly of the "great fish" (Jon
1:17)(Mt 12:40).
When God released Him, he spent 3 days walking across
Nineveh warning the people to repent (Jon 3:3).
In the New Testament Jesus told the Jewish populace at
the Temple, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again
in three days” (John 2:16), a fact that his disciples later
recalled (v. 22).
Paul was blinded for 3 days by Jesus (Acts 9:9),
Left over meat from a vow or voluntary sacrifice had to be
destroyed (burned with fire) on the third day (Lev
7:16-17)(Lev 19:5-7).
Three Months
Moses’ mother was able to conceal her baby for three
months (Exod 2:3; cf. Acts 7:20; Heb 11:23)
The ark remained at the house of Obed-Edom for three
months (1 Chron 13:14).
Three months after Judah visited the supposed shrine
prostitute, he learned that she was really his daughter-in-law
Tamar who was pregnant with his child (Gen 38:24).
Asa’s reforms were celebrated in Jerusalem in the third
month of his fifteenth year of reign (2 Chron 15:10).
Support for the priests of Hezekiah’s day was gained by
means of a tithe which began “in the third month and finished
in the seventh month” (2 Chron 31:7).
Ezekiel received a message from the Lord concerning the
fate of Egypt in the third month of the eleventh year of his
exile (Ezek 31:1)
Lord revealed through Amos, “I also withheld rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away” (Amos 4:7).
In the New Testament record Jesus’ mother Mary visited
Elizabeth, Zechariah’s wife, and stayed for three months
(Luke 1:56).
Paul stayed in Ephesus for three months and “spoke boldly”
in the synagogue there (Acts 19:8), and subsequently stayed
three months in Greece (Acts 20:3).
Still later after the ship that was carrying him to Rome to
stand trial was wrecked in a storm, he and his captives
stayed on the island of Malta for three months (Acts 28:11).
Three years
“When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree,
regards its fruit as forbidden. For three years you are to
consider it forbidden; it must not be eaten” (Lev 19:23).
Hebrews were forbidden to sow or reap, to plant, reap or
harvest in the fiftieth year for it was to be a holy year for them.
In compensation the Lord promises “I will send you such a
blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for
three years” (Lev 25:21).
After the slaying of his brother, “Absalom fled and went to
Geshur, he stayed there three years” (2 Sam 13:38).
During David’s reign a three-year famine caused the king to
seek “the face of the LORD” (2 Sam 21:1).
David’s adversary Shimei (2 Sam 16:5-14) was spared by
Solomon on condition that he was permanently confined to
the city of Jerusalem (1 Kgs 2:36-38).
Shimei obeyed this restriction for three years, but when two
of his slaves fled from him, he left the city to retrieve them, an
action that was to cost him his life (vv. 39-46).
Every three years King Solomon’s trading fleet returned
“carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons” (1
Kgs 10:22).
Appropriately, the third year is also singled out for special
mention. The third year was special in that it was the “year of
the tithe” (Deut 14:28; cf. Amos 4:4), which was to be
collected for the needs of the Levites and the underprivileged
members of society such as the alien, the widow, and the
poor (Deut 26:12).
During the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah because “his
heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD,” in his third year
of reign he sent officials to “teach in the towns of Judah” (2
Chron 17:6-7). \
The third year was also the year that Jehoshaphat went to
meet King Ahab of Israel with regard to their joining forces in
an effort to regain Ramoth Gilead from the Arameans (1 Kgs
22:1-5).
Still later, during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem God gave
to Hezekiah a sign of deliverance and renewed activity (2
Kgs 19:29; cf. Isa 37:30).
“For the third year … there was a direct divine command:
‘Sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat fruit.’ Here was direct
assurance that the people might resume normal agricultural
activities with full expectation of eating the fruits of their labor.
When in the harvest of the third year the people ate in
abundance, they would know assuredly that God had been in
the entire crisis.”
Isaiah prophesied that “within three years … Moab’s
splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her
survivors will be very few and feeble” (Isa 16:14).
Isaiah himself went “stripped and barefoot for three years, as
a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush” (Isa 20:3).
Daniel and his three friends were schooled for three years
with regard to the language and literature of the Babylonians
(Dan 1:3-5).
It figures in Jesus’ parable of the unproductive fig tree (Luke
13:7).
The Apostle Paul spent three years in Arabia apparently to
commune with the Lord and receive instruction from him
before going to acquaint himself with Peter (Gal 1:18).
The Three
Three sons of Adam are mentioned by name: Abel, Cain,
Seth (Gen 4:1-2,25).
All men are descended from the 3 sons of Noah: Shem, Ham,
Japheth (Gen 9:18-19).
There were 3 patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel.
Three major feasts were to be celebrated:
The Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Passover),
The Feast Of Weeks (Harvest) (Penecost),
The Feast Of Ingathering (Tabernacles) (Ex
23:14-16)(Ex 34:18-23)(Deut 16:16).
Israelite men were required to appear before the Lord three
times in a year: “Three times a year all your men must
appear before the LORD your God at the place he will
choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of
Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles” (Deut 16:16).
Three items were contained in
the Ark Of The Covenant:
A pot of manna,
Aaron's rod that had
budded, and
The two tablets contained
the 10 Commandments
(Heb 9:4)(Ex 16:32-34)(Ex
25:16)(Num 17:4-10).
Both the Tabernacle and Temple were divided into 3
sections:
The Outer Court,
the Holy Place, and
the Holy Of Holies (Ex 26:33)(Ex 27:9).
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:24--26
• "The LORD bless thee and keep thee;
• The LORD make His face shine upon
thee; and be gracious unto thee;
• The LORD lift up His countenance upon
thee, and give thee peace".
THREE THINGS MOSES ASKED OF GOD
1. That the Schechinah might rest on Israel.
2. That it might rest on none but Israel.
3. That God's ways might be known to him.
(Beracheth, fol. 7, col. 1).
THREE PRECIOUS GIFTS WERE GIVEN TO
ISRAEL
1. The Law.
2. The Land.
3. The World to come (i.e., the Heavenly
Calling).
THREE MEN HANDED DOWN THE ANCIENT
WISDOM AND DIVINE SECRETS,
1. Adam,
2. Seth,
3. Enoch.
4.
Solomon’s Palace of the Forest of Lebanon was designed
with windows “placed high in sets of three facing each other.
All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the
front part in sets of three, facing each other” (1 Kgs 7:4-5).
God told Isaiah to walk naked for 3 years as a sign against
Egypt and Ethiopia (Isa 20:1-4).
Three men were in the fiery furnace when a 4th man showed
up, who most believe was a pre-incarnate Jesus (Dan
3:23-25).
Daniel prayed 3 times a day (Dan 6:10.13).
Paul was blinded for 3 days by Jesus (Acts 9:9), prayed 3
times for his "thorn in the flesh" to be removed (2 Cor 12:7-9).
Paul was stranded on the island of Malta after his shipwreck
for 3 months (Acts 28:11).
Elijah stretched out his body over the widow's dead son 3
times, and he returned to life (1 Kin 17:21-22.)
Moses was hidden by his mother for 3 months (Ex
2:1,3)(Acts 7:20)(Heb 11:23).
Three men appeared to Abraham (2 angels and what is
believed to be a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus) (Gen
Ch. 18).
The New Jerusalem will be surrounded by a great wall with 3
gates on each of 4 sides (Rev 21:13).
God brought a famine for 3 years while David was king (2
Sam 21:1).
God showed Peter in a vision 3 times that Gentiles would
now be accepted (Acts 10:9-16).
Upon entering the Promised Land, if a fruit tree was planted,
it's fruit was considered unclean for 3 years (Lev 19:23).
There are three archangels mentioned in the Bible by name
as Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
3 in the Life of Jesus
The Magi that visited Jesus Child, offering the three presents:
the gold, the frankincense and the myrrh. (Mt 2,11)
Jesus went missing from His parents for 3 days when He
was 12 years old (Lk 2:41-50).
Jesus was 30 years old when he started his public ministry.
Jesus was 33 years old when he died on the cross.
Jesus was tempted 3 times in the wilderness by Satan (Mt
4:1-11)(Lk 4:1-13).
The public ministry of Jesus-Christ lasted 3 years.
Jesus had an inner circle of 3 disciples: Peter, James, and
John (Mt 17:1)(Mk 9:2)(Lk 9:28)(Mk 5:37)(Lk 8:51)(Mt
23:37)(Mk 14:33).
Peter, James, and John were the three disciples with Jesus
in the Garden of Gethsemane. These were those whof
formed the inner circle.
The disciples failed to stay awake three times in the Garden
of Gethsemane.
Peter denied Jesus three times. Consquently in John 21
when Jesus reinstates Peter, he asks him 3 times if Peter
loves him.
IMark 15:25. It was the third hour of the day when Jesus was
crucified.
There were three crosses on the mount of Golgotha.
The Holy Spirit’s anointing at Pentecost according to Acts
2:15 happened at the third hour of the day.
Jesus rose from dead on the third day.
There were three witnesses of the Transfiguration of Jesus:
Peter, John and James. Those are the same apostles who
were witnesses to his agony.
Three times in the Gospels Jesus resuscitates a dead boby:
Jairus’ daughter (Lk 8,54); the son of the widow of Nain
(Lk 7,14); and Lazarus (Jn 11,43).
By three times in Gospels the Father gives a testimony to his
Son:
during his Baptism on the edge of the Jordan (Mt 3,17);
on the Thabor during the Transfiguration (Mt 17,5); and
to the Temple during the last Passover,
In presence of the Gentiles
acknowledging Jesus (Jn 12,28).
Three times in the Gospels Jesus announces his passion.
Jesus fell three times when carrying his cross.
The sign over His head on the cross was written in 3
languages:
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin (Lk 23:38)(Jn 19:20).
He was resurrected on the third day
(Mt 16:21)(Mk 8:31)(Lk 9:22)(Mt 17:22-23)(Lk
13:32)(Jn 2:19)(Mk 10:33-34)
(Mt 27:63)(Lk 24:6-7)(1 Cor 15:3-4).
He was crucified at the third hour (Roman time) (Mk 15:25).
He predicted Peter would deny Him 3 times (Mt 26:34)(Mk
14:30)(Lk 22:34)(Jn 13:38).
Peter then denied Jesus 3 times (Mt 26:69-75)(Mk
14:66-72)(Lk 22:54-62).
Later, Jesus restored Peter by asking him if he loved Him 3
times (Jn 21:15-17).
He raised 3 people from the dead (Lk 7:11-15)(Lk
8:41-42,49-56)(Jn 11:1-44).
He prayed to the Father 3 times in the Garden of
Gethsemane (Mt 26:36-46)(Mk 14:32-42).
Jesus is: 1. The Way, 2. The Truth, 3. The Life (Jn 14:6).
By three times in his last speech to the apostles Jesus prays
in order that they become One like Him and the Father are
One. (Jn 17,11-23)
The three hours of darkness on all the earth, from midday to
three o'clock, when Jesus was nailed on the cross. (Mt
27,45)
By three times the apostle Peter renounces Jesus and by
three times also he affirms his love for Him. (Lk 22,56-65; Jn
21,15-19)
The triple visions of Peter. (Act 10,16)
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one". 1st John 5:7
Three multitudes miraculously fed:—(1) 2 Kings 4:42, 43; (2)
Matt 15:34, 38; (3) Mark 6:38, 44.
Three times Abraham called the "Friend of God":—(1) 2
Chron 20:7; (2) Isa 41:8; (3) James 2:23.
Three times the word "Christian" is found in the New
Testament:—(1) Acts 11:26; (2) Acts 25:28; (3) 1 Peter 4:6.
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Where two or three are gathered in Christ's name,
there is the truth and the will of God being done, and
Christ in their midst. That's the two or three witnesses
of God. That's the Church with Christ in the midst
(remember the two witnesses of revelation chapter
11?) There is the "definition" of the Church! Two or
three witnesses gathered together in the name of
Christ! The two is illustrating established truth, and the
three illustrating the purpose and will of God.
1/3: In the Book of Revelation is used sixteen times in
reference to a divine curse or punishment.
• and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green
grass was burnt up. (Rev 8:7)
• and the third part of the sea became blood (Rev 8:8)
• And the third part of the creatures which were in the
sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships
were destroyed. (Rev 8:9)
One half of seven, 3½, is also a conspicuous
number in Revelation:
Wearing out the Saints for 3 ½ years.(Daniel 7:25)
Jesus Christ is killed in the middle of a week. The week
represents 7 years. The first 3 ½ years were fulfilled at Jesus
Christ's first coming. The remainder of the week shall be
fulfilled at Jesus Christ's second coming.(Daniel 9:27)
God’s holy people (the saints) shall be scattered because
they will be killed by the world power after a 3 ½ year
period.(Daniel 12:7)
The daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination
of desolation set up shall be 1290 days. There is a 30 day
extension to the 1260 days. Create a timeline using Daniels
prophecy of days. After the 1290th day, there are 45 days of
Jehovah's wrath, or the vials. The result? Blessed is he that
comes to 1335th day. The 1335th day begins the thousand
years period. See study on the 1,000 years period.(Daniel
12:11-13)
The Holy City shall be tread on, or beaten down, by the
Gentiles 42 months (1260 days). And the two witnesses
prophecy during the same time, 1260 days. This could
correspond with Jesus Christ fulfilling the second half of the
covenant (remember he was caught off or killed after
preaching for 3 ½ years). (Revelation 11:1-3)
The woman going into the wilderness (all symbolic) receives
information for 3 ½ years. (Revelation 12:6,14)
The beast, or one world government power will speak
blasphemous things against Jehovah and His son, Jesus
Christ. The beast will have power for only 42 months, about
the same amount of time that the two witnesses (from
Revelation 11:1-3) are prophesying.(Revelation 13:5)
CHAPTER SIX
FOUR
Four is the value of the Hebrew letter
dalet: .ד Dalet means door.
Four is the value of the Greek letter Delta.
Jesus said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be
saved, and will go in and out and find pasture”. (John 10:9
NKJV)
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NIV).
Bible numerology number 4 consists of two numbers - 3 and
1. 3+1 =4. Three evidently dentotes the Trinity who created
the universe. Hence the one added is the heavens and the
earth.
Thus
Fire, Earth, Water and Air are the four elements of the
universe. Four sides of the world – east, west, north,
south and four time divisions – morning, evening, noon
and midnight are also accompanied by number 4.
IN almost all 4 we wil be able to discern a 3+1 in the
following examples:
Year has 4 seasons: summer, autumn, spring and winter.
Square has 4 sides and moon has 4 main variations of
its phases. Ancient Greek medicine was based on man’s
four components of man- Yellow Bile, Black Bile, Phlegm
and blood.
Ezekiel 7:2 "Also, thou son of man, thus saith the
Lord God unto the land of Israel; an end, the end is
come upon the four corners of the earth."
Revelation 7:1 "And after these things I saw four
Angels standing on the FOUR corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind
should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on
any tree."
Again, four angels, four corners of the earth, four
winds of the earth. Universal judgment over the earth
everywhere, being held back by the angels of God.
The Earth, universally is kept from this "until" God
seals His servants in their foreheads. Revelation
20:8 "And shall go out to deceive the nations which
are in the four quarters of the earth, God and
magog, to gather them together to battle..."
Matthew 24:31 "And He shall send His angels with a
great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather
together His elect from the four winds, from one end
of heaven to another."
In other words, all the Elect (chosen) universally will
be gathered together from all parts. This symbolism is
seen consistently in scripture. We see the same
principle demonstrated in scriptures about the four
carpenters, the the four horns of the Altar, the four
Spirits of Heaven, the four beasts, etc., etc. They are
all illustrative of the universality of whatever is in view.
When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, it was
giving us a picture of the resurrection wherein we all
(believers) would be made alive.
John 11:17 "Then when Jesus came, he found that
he had lain in the grave four days
Year has 4 seasons: summer, autumn, spring and winter.
Square has 4 sides and moon has 4 main variations of
its phases. Abovementioned are the creations made by God
in the first 4 days and on the fifth and sixth day the finishing
of Earth and settling with life were made.
FOUR GOSPELS - FOUR BEHOLDS
MATHEW ; Behold your King (zech 9:9)
MARK: Behold your Servant (Isa 42:1)
LUKE : Behold the Man (Zech 6:12)
JOHN: Behold your God (isa 40:9)
Bible contains 4 main gospels: Matthew, Luke, John, and
Mark.
There are 4 gospel accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. Each
of these emphasizes a unique aspect of his sacrifice and
ministry. Matthew's focus is on Christ being the son of David
and a Lion King. Mark highlights the suffering servant aspect
of his ministry s an Ox. John proclaims Jesus is the One and
Only begotten Son of God as an Eagle. And Luke
showcases him as the Perfect Man.
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God’s throne is surrounded by 4 beasts
In Ezekiel's well-known 'wheels within wheel' vision (Ezekiel
1, 10) he sees four living creatures transporting a throne with
four sides and four wheels. Each of the living creatures has
four faces (the face of a man, lion, ox and eagle) and four
wings (1:6).
The square-shaped New Jerusalem has 4 equal sides
The breastplate of the high priests was also foursquare.
Number 4 appears in the stones with titles of twelve
tribes of Israel. These stones have four rows and three
stones within each row.
The Garden of Eden had a river which parted into the
headwaters of four other rivers.
These rivers were the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and the
Euphrates (Genesis 2:10 - 14).
In Genesis 10, "the generations of the sons of Noah" are
comprised in a four-fold description.
lands, tongues, families, nations (Verse 5, 20, 31)
THE FOUR GREAT PROPHETIC WORLD-POWERS
The first three wild beasts are named (lion, bear, leopard);
while the fourth is only described and not named (Dan
7:7,23). So in the image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, three
are metals; one is a mixture of metal and mire!
FOUR CUPS OF PASSOVER
Exodus 6:6-7 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I
[am] the Lord, and
1. I will bring you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians, and
2. I will rid you out of their bondage, and
3. I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and
with great judgments: And
4. I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to
you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord
your God, which bringeth you out from under the
burdens of the Egyptians.
See Ezekiel 34:13-14 also
FOUR CONFIRMATIONS OF THE MESSAGE
Signs, Wonders, Miracles and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
FOUR WITHIN THE TABERNACLE
A: THE FOUR COVERING
OF THE TABERNACLE:
One Vegetable
1. The curain was made of
Twined linen of Blue Purple
and scarlet Ex 26:1-6
Three animal
2. Curtains of Goat hair (Ex.
26:7-13)
3. Covering of Ram Skin dyed red Ex. 26 :14
4. Covering of badger skin Ex. 26:14
B: THE FOUR MATERIALS USED IN THE
TABERNACLE:
Vegetable
1. Shittin wood - representing the corruptibility of humanity
Metals
2. Gold -representing incorruptibility of God
3. Silver -repressenting Redemption
4. Brass - Survival through judgement
C: THE FOUR COLORS OF THE TABERNACLE Ex.25:4
1. Purple - Behold your King - Gospel of Mathew
2. White Linen - Behold your Righterous servant -
Gospel of Mark
3. Scarlet - Behold the Man - blood of Sacrifice - Gosel of
Luke
4. Blue - Behold your God - Gospel of John
Mentioned 24 times in Exodus in this order
D: ENCAMPMENT ON FOUR SIDES OF THE
TABERNACLE
FOUR PRIESTLY ORDERS:
(1 Chron 23:6)
INNER FOUR SIDES of the Tent of meeting
+ Moses and Aaron and sons
+ Kohathites
+ Geshonites
+ Merari
OUTER FOUR SIDES :
12 Tribes 3 on each side under a leading flag
East Flag Lion under Judah, Issachar and Zabulum
South Flag Man under Reuben Simeon and Gad
West Flad Ox under Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin
North Flag Eagle under Dan, Asher and Naphthali
The brazen altar which displayed the Divine judgment is four
sided, and had four horns. So with the golden altar.
The camp was four-square.
These flags represent the four living creatures of the
ezekiels Vison that carried YHVH
In Judaism, the living beings are considered angels of fire,
who hold up the throne of God and the earth itself.They are
ranked first in Maimonides' Jewish angelic hierarchy. They
form the four order of creation in heaven and earth.
In Christianity, the four living creatures are Cherubim. A
prominent early interpretation, variously modified by different
interpreters, has been to equate the four creatures as a
tetramorph of the Four Evangelists. Throughout church
history, the most common interpretation (first laid out by
Victorinus), but not the original or the only, is that the lion
epresents Mark, the calf Luke, the man Matthew, and the
eagle John. Various other associations are in existence.
Fourfold description of Manna (Exo 16:14,31)
+ three referring appearance = small, white, round
+ one to taste = sweet.
Four unclean animals
"And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying
to them, Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the
beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parts the hoof, and
is clovenfooted, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that
shall you eat.
Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the
cud, or of them that divide the hoof:
as the camel, because he chews the cud, but divides
not the hoof;
And the coney, because he chews the cud, but divides
not the hoof;
And the hare, because he chews the cud, but divides
not the hoof;
And the swine, though he divide the hoof,
and be clovenfooted, yet he chews not the
cud; he is unclean to you " (Lev.11:1-7 KJV).
+ three chewed the cud, but did not divide the hoof =
camel, hare, and coney.
+ one divided the hoof, but did not chew the cud=the
swine.
Four houses were built by Solomon
+ three were for himself,—his own house (1 Kings 7:1), the
house of the forest of Lebanon (v 2), the house for
Pharaoh's daughter (v 8);
+ one was the House of the LORD (1 Kings 6:37).
God's four sore judgments in the earth (Eze
14:21):
+ three are inanimate (the sword, famine, and pestilence);
+ one is animate (the noisome beast).
Four kinds of divine destroyers In Jeremiah 15:3,
+three are animate (dogs, fowls, and beasts),
+ one is inanimate (the sword).
FOURS OF PERSONS
The four of the Book of Job:—
• Eliphaz
• Bildad
• Zophar (friends)
• Elihu (mediator)
The children of Lamech:—
• Jubal
• Jabal
• Tubal-Cain (sons)
• Naamah (daughters)
The four whose names were changed:—
• Abram (Gen 27:5) [in blessing]
• Sarai (Gen 27:15) [in blessing]
• Jacob (35:10, 37:28) [in blessing]
• Pashur (Jer 20:3) [in judgment]
Jeremiah said to him,
"Pashhur is not the name the LORD has called you, but rather
Magor-missabib.(fear on every side,)
FOUR PROPHETESSES OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT:—
• Miriam (Exo 15:20)
• Deborah (Judg 4:4)
• Huldah (2 Kings 22:14)
• Noadiah (Neh 6:14)
The Rabbis taught in Megillah (14a), one of the tractates of
the Talmud, “Our Rabbis taught: Forty-eight prophets and
seven prophetesses prophesied to Israel. . . . ‘
Seven prophetesses’. Who were these? –
Sarah, Gen 11:29 - 23:20
Miriam, Ex 15:20-21; Num 12:1-12:15, 20”1
Deborah, Jud. 4:1-5:31
Hannah, 1 Sam 11:1 -25:42
Abigail, 1 Sam 25:1 - 25:42
Huldah 2 Kings 22:14-20
Esther. (Book of Esther)
But Sarah, Hannah, Abigail, and Esther are never called
prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible.
THE FOUR "CHILDREN" OF THE BOOK
OF DANIEL:—
• Daniel
• Shadrach
• Meshach
• Abednego
THE FOUR IN THE FURNACE:
3 human + 1 Divine
• Shadrach
• Meshach
• Abednego
• The son of God.
THE FOUR KINGS NAMED IN DANIEL
• Nebuchadnezzar (1-4) [the first of Babylon]
• Belshazzar (5) [the last of Babylon]
• Darius (6) "the Median" (5:31)
• Cyrus (6:28, 10:1) "the Persian"
The prophecy of Zechariah which has special reference to
the earth
• In Chapter 1 we have the four horns or Gentile
powers, and the four carpenters to fray them.
• In chapter 4 we have the four chariots with horses of
four colours, signifying the spirits of the heavens acting for
God in the midst of the four Gentile powers.
THE FOUR-FOLD WITNESS
TO SHOW NATURE'S INABILITY TO FIND
WISDOM (JOB 28:7,8)
• The fowl.
• The vulture's eye.
• The lion's whelps.
• The fierce lion.
FOUR THINGS "LITTLE AND
WISE"
(PROV 30:24-28):—
• The ant.
• The coney.
• The locust.
• The spider.
THE FOUR WOMEN IN THE LORD'S
GENEALOGY (MATT 1)
• Thamar (Gen 38:27, &c.; Matt 1:3)
• Rahab (Ruth 4:20; Matt 1:5)
• Ruth (Ruth 4:13,14; Matt 1:5)
• Wife of Uriah (2 Sam 12:24; Matt 1:6)
FOUR NAMES OF SATAN
(REV. 20:2)
(JOHN 8:44)
THE SPHERE OF SUFFERING IS
FOUR-FOLD
(IN 2 COR. 4:8, 9)
• Troubled, but not distressed.
• Perplexed, but not in despair.
• Persecuted, but not forsaken.
• Cast down, but not destroyed.
Four kinds of flesh in 1 Corinthians 15:39,
+ three are animals (beasts, birds, and fishes);
+ one is human (man).
The four glories of 1 Corinthians 15:40, 41: three are
celestial and are detailed (the sun, moon, and stars); while
one is not detailed and is terrestrial.
The body is sown and raised (1 Cor 15:42-44) in three ways
that relate to corruptibility:
In the parable of the sower (Matt 13) the kinds of soil are
four; but three are characterised as being all alike in contrast
to the one (viz., the wayside, the stony ground, and the
thorns). These are all unprepared! while the one is good
because it is prepared!
In the Lost Son's welcome (Luke 15), three things were
material (the robe, the ring, and the shoes); while one was
moral (the kiss).
"The Seventy" went forth with a four-fold prohibition (Luke
10:4), of which three related to matters (carry no purse, no
scrip, no shoes); while one related to action ("salute no man
by the way").
God's four-fold witness in the earth (Heb 2:4): three are
impersonal (signs, wonders, and miracles), and one
personal (the gifts of the Holy Ghost).
After Jesus was nailed and hung on a cross, Roman soldiers
divided up his clothes into four parts (one for each soldier -
John 19:23).
CHAPTER SEVEN
FIVE
Number 5 in Hebrew is denoted by Heh - a picture of the
window through which we can see the future and the other
side from where you are.
In Greek it is Epsilon
The Meaning of Numbers: The
Number 5
The number 5 symbolizes God's grace, goodness and favor
toward humans and is mentioned 318 times in Scripture.
Five is the number of grace, and multiplied by itself, which is
25, is 'grace upon grace' (John 1:16).
The Ten Commandments contains two sets of 5
commandments.
The first five commandments are related to our treatment
and relationship with God,
and the last five concern our relationship with others
humans.
The number 5 in Biblical numerology symbolizes the creation
of God, as the person has five fingers, five toes and five
senses.
THE FIVE SACRIFICES OF LEVITICUS
There are five primary types of offerings God commanded
Israel to bring to him. They are the Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1;
8:18 - 21; 16:24), Sin (Leviticus 4; 16:3 - 22), Trespass
(Leviticus 5:14 - 19; 6:1 - 7; 7:1 - 6), Grain (Leviticus 2) and
Peace Offering (Leviticus 3; 7:11- 34).
There were five sacrifices portrayed in Gen. 15:9 by which
the promise to Abraham was secured: a heifer, a goat, a ram,
a dove, and a pigeon. These typified Christ’s sacrifice on the
cross to secure the promises for mankind.
Appearances of the number five
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The Book of Psalms is divided into five major sections.
Section 1 (Psalm 1 to 41) refers to the Passover, Israel's
beginning, and the start of the God's plan of salvation that
centers around Christ.
Section 2 (42 to 72) sings about a unified Israel in the land
and pictures the creation of the New Testament Church.
Section 3 (73 to 89) bemoans the destruction of both God's
Temple and Jerusalem. This section also hints at prophecies
regarding the End Time Great Tribulation.
Section 4 (90 to 106) rejoices over the 1,000 reign of Jesus
and shows Israel gathered again.
Section 5 (107 to 150) pictures a time when Judah
(representing all Israel) shall again be delivered.
NUMBER 5 SEEN IN GOD'S TABERNACLE
The 'tabernacle in the wilderness' profoundly reflects God's
grace in its use of the number 5. This tabernacle, whose
design was given directly by God,
contained five curtains (Exodus 26:3),
five bars (Exodus 26:26 - 27),
five pillars and
five sockets (Exodus 26:37)
and an altar made of wood that was five cubits long and five
cubits wide (Exodus 27:1).
The height of the court within the tabernacle was five cubits
(Exodus 27:18).
THE HOLY ANOINTING OIL (Exo 30:23-25)
The Holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23 - 25), the ingredients of
which were given directly by God, was used to consecrate
the furniture of the tabernacle. It was comprised of five parts,
for it was a revelation of pure grace. The proportion of spices
used in making the oil were a multiple of five, which then had
a Hin of olive oil added to it.
Pure Myrrh, 500 shekels
500 = 5X100
Sweet cinnamon, 250 shekels 250 = 5 x 50
Sweet calamus, 250 shekels
250 = 5x50
Cassia, 500 shekels
500 = 5 x
100
Olive oil, 1 hin
5 REVEALS THE GRACE OF GOD
Gen 43:34 Benjamin received 5 times more than his
brothers
Gen 45:22 Benjamin received 5 changes of clothing from
Joseph
Num 18:16 Redemption price was 5 shekels of silver
Matt 14:17 5 loaves of bread fed 5000
Matt 25:15 The good steward received 5 talents and
gained 5 more.
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There are five books in the Bible that contain only one
chapter
2John, 3John, Philemon, Jude and Obadiah.
Moses wrote five books.
Dream Statue of King Nebuchadnezzaar
Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar was given, by God, a
dream where he saw a giant statue of a man. This statue,
according to the interpretation of Daniel,
represented 5 periods of world-ruling empires.
The statue's head of gold represented Babylon
(Daniel 2:32, 38)
The Chest and Arms of Silver symbolized the Persian
Empire (Daniel 2:32, 39)
The Belly and Thighs of Bronze (brass) represented
the Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great
The Two Legs of Iron symbolized Rome's Empire
(Daniel 2:33, 40 - 43)
The Ten Toes of Iron mixed with Clay are the
successors to the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:41 - 44)
The five wounds of Jesus on the cross.
The five wounds comprised:
one through each hand or wrist,
one through each foot,
and one to the chest.
The five parts of the clothing remaining of Jesus during his
crucifixion after the soldiers had made four parts of his dress,
plus his tunic which they did not tear. (Jn 19,23)
Saint Paul declares that by five times he received the 39
lashes from the Jews. (2 Co 11,24)
The five unwise and five wise virgins of the parable of Jesus.
(Mt 25,1)
The five porticos of the pool of Bethesda. (Jn 5,2)
The five pebbles which made it possible to small king David
to kill the giant Goliath.
The five kinds of animals that God asked Abraham to
present to him to conclude with him an alliance: a heifer of
three years old, a goat of three years old, a ram of three
years old, a turtledove and a young dove. (Gn 12, 5-18)
The five books of the Torah (the Law) according to the
Judaism that corresponds to the number of the first books of
the Bible.
The book of the Lamentations of Jeremiah contains also five
chapters.
CHAPTER EIGHT
SIX
Hebrew letter Vau stand for 6: The Greek
Letter Digama stood for 6
Digamma, waw, or wau (uppercase: Ϝ,
lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an archaic letter of
the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the
sound /w/ but it has principally remained in use
as a Greek numeral for 6. Whereas it was
originally called waw or wau, its most common
appellation in classical Greek is digamma; as
a numeral, it was called episēmon during
the Byzantine era and is now known as
stigma after the Byzantine ligature combining
σ-τ as ϛ
To understand the number six, we need to
understand the vav - ,ו which is the Hebrew letter
representing six. The sixth letter of the alef-beit is the
vav. The vav is shaped like a hook .(ו) or a peg. A
hook is something that holds two things together. This
property of the letter vav, in its Hebrew usage, is
referred to as the vav of connection. It is normally
translated as and which is used to hook heavens and
earth together.
Vav
is a Nail or peg - a connector
Vav is a connecting letter. At the beginning of a word
it usually means "and".
The first Vav is in Gen 1:1. It is the 1st letter of the 6th
word, and connects heaven and earth.
Numeric value = 6
This is the number of "man"
It also indicates Jesus ─ the Son of Man.
Jesus connects heaven and earth.
Jesus connects the spiritual and the material.
Jesus connects the unseen world with what we see
around us
Number 6 is A Perfect Number
The Pythagoreans acknowledged number 6 to be the
first perfect number.
In mathematics a perfect number is when all the
numbers divisors (excluding the number itself) are
added, the sum equals the number itself. 1+2+3=6
In addition when including the number itself and
dividing by two the result is the number itself.
(1+2+3+6)/2 = 6
Perfect numbers are rare. The Ancient Greeks
recognized four perfect numbers: 6 – 28 – 496 –
8,128. Throughout history perfect numbers have
fascinated mathematicians and more perfect numbers
have been discovered.
“Six is a number perfect in itself, not
because God created all things in six days;
rather, the convert is true God created all
things in six days because the number is
perfect.” Saint Augustine (The City of
God)
Six is the number of man, for man was created on the sixth
day (Gen. 1:24-31). Man was also to labor for six days before
entering into the Sabbath rest (Ex. 20:8-11), and the Hebrew
slave was to serve for six years (Ex. 21:2).
Again the emphasis of the working for the length of
the number "six".
The Earth and all things were created in 6 days (Gen
1:31-2:2)(Ex 20:11)(Ex 31:17).
Genesis1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and
[vav] the earth.
The connectivity of six and the vav is illustrated in the design
of an alef - .א The alef is actually made up of three different
letters: the letter yud - י above; a yud - י below; and a
diagonal vav – ,ו or line suspended in between. The upper
yod represents the upper world and the lower yod
represents the lower world. The vav connects these two
worlds.
This vav, the first letter of the sixth word, serves to join
spiritual and physical, heaven and the earth, in creation. This
teaches us a very significant lesson regarding the meaning
of six.
The world was created in six days, the six days of creation.
The first word in the Torah is Bereshit (In the beginning)
which itself is composed of six letters .- .בראשית Furthermore
the Torah clearly states: God created six days. There are
also six alefs – ,א in the first verse of the Torah. The first
letter vav in the Torah is found at the beginning of the sixth
word (v’et). So creation is connected to the number six.
Creation was completed in six days
"And God saw everything that He had made, and
behold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
The Number of Man
The number six is symbolic of man.
Man was created on the sixth day.
Men are appointed to work for six days and after six days of
labor, they are to rest on the seventh day.
The sixth commandment prohibits the murder of man.
666 - the triple 6 represents the very best human system
of governance that mankind can produce without God under
human wisdom and logic or Yetser Hara and Yetser Hatov.
The number 666 relates to the carbon atom, and man.
Carbon-12; one of 5 elements in the human DNA is
composed of 6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 neutrons, which
equates to 666. Carbon-12 is the most abundant of the two
stable isotopes of the element carbon, accounting for
98.89% of carbon. Carbon forms the major part of human
body and DNA encodes life. Oxygen is the life giving
component.
Carbon (18%) is synonymous with life. Its central role is due
to the fact that it has four bonding sites that allow for the
building of long, complex chains of molecules. Moreover,
carbon bonds can be formed and broken with a modest
amount of energy, allowing for the dynamic organic
chemistry that goes on in our cells.
Lucifer is another word for phosphorus. The Latin word
corresponding to Greek Phosphorus is
“Lucifer.” Phosphorus (Greek Φωσφόρος Phōsphoros), a
name meaning “Light-Bringer”, is the Morning Star. When
phosphorus is combined with the other elements and carbon,
it forms our very DNA.
Six as period of labor
Exodus 20:9-11
"Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord Thy
God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and
hallowed it."
Six signified the completion of work days. i.e., in six
days, work was complete.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all
the host of them.
Man was created on the 6th day (Gen 1:26,31).
God flooded the whole world when Noah was six hundred
years old (Gen 7:6,11).
Abraham interceded on behalf of the people of Sodom 6
times (Gen 18:16-33).
Leah had 6 sons (Gen 30:19-20)(Gen 35:23).
The Israelites were to gather Manna for 6 days (Ex
16:5,22,29).
The 6th Commandment is "thou shalt not murder" (Ex
20:13)(Deut 5:17).
A Hebrew slave was only to work 6 years and then be
released (Ex 21:2)(Deut 15:12.18)(Jer 34:14).
Jeremiah 34:13-14
Hebrew slaves were released at the end of six
years
"...I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that
I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondmen, saying, at the end of seven
years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew,
which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath
served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free
from thee..."
The land receives rest at the end of six years.
Exodus 23:10 "And six years thou shalt sow thy
land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: But the
seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the
poor and the needy shall eat."
God commanded the Israelites to give their land a Sabbath
rest after 6 years of farming it (Ex 23:10-11)(Lev 25:1-7).
The glory of the Lord covered Mt. Sinai for 6 days (Ex 24:16).
The gold lampstand in the Tabernacle (which signified Jesus)
had 6 branches coming out of its sides (Ex 25:32-35)(Ex
37:17-21).
Two onyx stones, each with 6 names of the sons of Israel
were put on the ephod of the High Priest (Ex 28:9-12).
There were 6 "cities of refuge" in the land of the Levites
(Num 35:6,13,15).
The Walls of Jericho and the Number Six
We read in Joshua, naturally in chapter six, that God gave
Joshua and Israel this command regading the conquest of
the city of Jericho.;
“You shall march around the city, all the men of war
circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.
Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’
horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall
march around the city seven times, and the priests shall
blow the trumpets. It shall be that when they make a long
blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of
the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and
the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up
every man straight ahead” (Joshua 6:3-5).
Jephthah judged Israel 6 years (Judg 12:7).
When the Ark was being brought to Jerusalem, after the
Levites took 6 steps, David sacrificed sheep and oxen (2
Sam 6:13).
There was a giant that had 6 fingers on each hand and 6
toes on each foot (2 Sam 21:20).
Solomon's throne had 6 steps (1 Kin 10:19)(2 Chr 9:18).
Joab remained in Edom 6 months until he had killed every
male (1 Kin 11:16).
Evil Queen Athaliah's reign was 6 years (2 Kin 11:3)(2 Chr
22:12).
Boaz gave Ruth 6 ephahs of barley (Ruth 3:15,17).
The Seraphim angels have 6 wings (Isa 6:2)(Rev 4:8 ?).
After 6 days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John up the
mountain for the Transfiguration (Mt 17:1)(Mk 9:2).
In the 6th month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel
appeared to Mary to announce she would give birth to Jesus
(Lk 1:26:36).
In Jesus' first miracle, He changed 6 waterpots into wine (Jn
2:6-10).
Mary anointed Jesus' feet 6 days before Passover (Jn
12:1-3).
At about the 6th hour, Pilate said to the Jews, "Behold your
king" (Jn 19:14).
When Peter received his vision from God opening the door to
the Gentiles, it was the 6th hour (Acts 10:9).
The number of the Antichrist (or beast) is 666 (Rev
13:17-18).
Jephthah (in the East) served six years as a Judge of Israel
(Judges 12:7).
The Bible mentions six earthquakes (Exodus 19:18, 1Kings
19:11, Amos 1:1, Matthew 27:54, 28:2, Acts 16:26).
Jesus was accused six times of being demon possessed
(Mark 3:22, John 7:20, 8:48, 8:52, 10:20 and Luke 11:15).
On the sixth day of the week, at the sixth hour, Jesus
was nailed to the cross. Jesus bought our redemption with
His sacrifice. He was the perfect man, brother of Man, the
second Adam
Six people,declared that Jesus was innocent of all the
charges leveled against him.
Roman Prefect of Judea Pontius Pilate (Luke 23:14),
Herod (Luke 23:15),
Judas Iscariot (after the devil left him - Matthew 27:3),
Pontius Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19),
one of the thieves on the cross near Christ's (Luke 23:41)
and
the Roman Centurion who was at the crucifixion (Luke
23:47).
Six is either 4 plus 2, i.e., man's world (4) with
man's enmity to God (2) brought in: or it is 5
plus 1, the grace of God made of none effect
by man's addition to it, or perversion, or
corruption of it: or it is 7 minus 1, i.e., man's
coming short of spiritual perfection. In any
case, therefore, it has to do with man; it is the
number of imperfection; the human number;
the number of MAN as destitute of God,
without God, without Christ.
Six represents connection, exemplified by the angels in
Isaiah’s vision, who had six wings each
Isaiah 6:1-3 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train
filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one
had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain
he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one
cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is HaShem of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
SIX ORDERS OF THE MISHNA.
Six also represents the six orders of the Mishna. Through
learning Torah, one connects with HaShem. The six orders
are
Zeraim ("Seeds"), dealing with prayer and blessings, tithes
and agricultural laws.
Moed ("Festival"), pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and
the Festivals.
Nashim ("Women"), concerning marriage and divorce,
some forms of oaths and the laws of the nazirite.
Nezikin ("Damages"), dealing with civil and criminal law, the
functioning of the courts and oaths.
Kodashim ("Holy things"), regarding sacrificial rites, the
Temple, and the dietary laws.
Tohorot ("Purities"), pertaining to the laws of purity and
impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of rituals
Six and The House of David
Six is a number that is uniquely associated
with the Jewish people, in the star of David
(Magen David – The Shield of David), a six pointed star:
An existentialist commentary on the Star of David was
advanced by the philosopher Franz Rosenzweig in the Star
of Redemption, which he wrote on postcards during World
War I. Rosenzweig described two interlocking triangles —
the corners of one representing creation, revelation, and
redemption; the corners of the other representing Man, the
World and God.
There seems to be an intimate connection between the
number six and the house of David.
Thus a vav was added to Nahshon, hinting that six
righteous men would come forth from his tribe, each of
whom was blessed with six virtues.
Thus of David it is written, That is skilful in playing, and a
mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs,
and a comely person, and the Lord is with him (I Sam. XVI,
18).
Of Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah it is written, Youths in
whom was no blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful in all
wisdom, and skilful in knowledge, and discerning in thought,
and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace (Dan. I,
4).
Of Hezekiah too six virtues are recorded: And his name is
called, Wonderful, Counselor, Prince, Mighty, Everlasting
father, Prince of peace (Isa. IX, 5).4 Of Daniel it is written,
Forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and
understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of
riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel
(Dan. V, 12). Finally, of the royal Messiah it is written, And
the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit
of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (Isa. XI, 2)
Midrash Rabbah - Numbers XIII:11 Another reason why
‘attudim’ is written in full and the other word with a
superfluous vav. It alludes to the six sons descended from
Nahshon who were possessed of six blessings. They are
the following: David, the Messiah, Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah.
As we shall see, Ruth, as the progenitor of David, is also
intimately bound with six and it’s multiples.
Six In Space
We do know that the number six represents the physical
world. The Torah describes the creation of the universe
as a six part, six day, process.
The Maharal indicates that six: Connotes being one in the
sense of being whole and all encompassing, rather than
being part of something else. The concept is illustrated by
the six sides of an object (right, left, front, back, top, and
bottom) that fully encompasses it:
6 sided cube
Sefer Yetzira of Father Abraham describe the universe as
emanating in six directions: north, south, east, west, up,
down, from a central point. All physical space and all
physical objects have these six dimensions. Six represents
completion, because something that is surrounded on all six
sides: north, south, east, west, above and below, is
complete.
6 AS IMPERFETION IN MAN
Both Hebrew and Christian sources believe six indicates
"imperfection," "man", or "evil." or Man without the Spiritual
connection of the Seven. For Christianity, this occurs
preeminently in the Book of Revelation. Some Christians
believe that 666 is the Number of the Beast. 666 is triple
attempt to be perfect by man or creation of its own effort. The
significance of three 6s shows eternal imperfection of Lucifer.
In the historical context of history of the period of Revelation
evidently Nero the persecutor of Christian was ponted to as
666. But its extension to later history is a projection.
There are other referrences to 6, 60, 666 in the Bible all
of them indicates trend in gold, money, and also idolatory
trends:
Solomon's wealth included an annual income of 666
talents of gold (1 Kings 10.14)
When a remnant returned from captivity to Jerusalem,
they included 666 from the people of Adonikam (Ezra
2.13). Adonikam was a noble sent from Babylon to
rebuild the Temple - a false priest given to idolatry.
The number 666 is strongly inferred in
Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold (Dan 3).
Its dimensions were 60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide,
and when the people heard the sound of 6 instruments
(Dan 3.5 KJV, NASB) they had to fall down and worship
the image. Those who did not were to be killed. So in
Nebuchadnezzar's image we see 666 is associated with
gold, idolatry and enforced worship on pain of death.
Finally, the world in its current state will exist for six
thousand years:
Sanhedrin 97a The Tanna debe Eliyyahu teaches:
The world is to exist six thousand years.
In the first two thousand there was desolation;
two thousand years the Torah flourished;
and the next two thousand years is the Messianic era,
but through our many iniquities all these years have been
lost.
The Talmud, the Midrash, and the Kabbalistic work, the
Zohar, state that the 'deadline' by which the Messiah must
appear is 6,000 years from creation. According to tradition,
the Hebrew calendar started at the time of Creation, placed
at 3761 BC.
The current (2016/2017) Hebrew year is 5777.
According to classical Jewish sources, the Hebrew year
6000
(from nightfall of September 30, 2239 until nightfall of
September 17, 2240 on the Gregorian calendar)
marks the latest time for the initiation of the Messianic Age.
In the Midrash in Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer comments:
Six eons for going in and coming out, for war
and peace. The seventh eon is entirely
Shabbat and rest for life everlasting.
Kaballah considers every 1000 years from creation as a
day which will end up in the seventh day Sabath during
the seventh 1000 years when the Kindom will be
re-established as the following table shows
Kabbalah
The Zohar states:
In the 600th year of the sixth thousand, the gates of
wisdom on high and the wellsprings of lower wisdom
will be opened. This will prepare the world to enter the
seventh thousand, just as man prepares himself
toward sunset on Friday for the Sabbath.
The Zohar explains further:
The redemption of Israel will come about through the
mystic force of the letter “Vav” [which has the
numerical value of six], namely, in the sixth
millennium…. Happy are those who will be left alive at
the end of the sixth millennium to enter the Shabbat,
which is the seventh millennium; for that is a day set
apart for the Holy One on which to effect the union of
new souls with old souls in the world (Zohar, Vayera
119a).
The tradition teaches that the seventh day of the week, the
Sabbath day of rest, corresponds to the seventh millennium,
the age of universal 'rest' - the Messianic Era.
The belief that the seventh millennium will correspond to the
Messianic Age is founded upon a universalized application of
the concept of Shabbat—the 7th day of the week—the
sanctified 'day of rest'.
THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
(Ephesians 6:10-12) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the
Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor
of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places.
6 The above passage describes six manifestations of
Satan's influence over man: |
"the devil's schemes,"
"flesh and blood,"
"rulers,"
"authorities,"
"powers of this dark world," and
"spiritual forces of evil."
3 It also contains three admonitions
"be strong,"
"put on," and
"take your stand".
6+3 = 9 If you add three (Gimel, "important ideas") to six
(Waw, "man in his sinful nature"),
you get nine (Teth, "new life").
CHAPTER NINE
SEVEN
Greek Zeta
“Zayin is the Crowned Man (Jesus) equipped with the
sword of the Holy Spirit.
Since -‘av represents man and Zayin is the crowned -‘av
(i.e., the Crowned Man), we can
also see that the Zayin represents Jesus the Messiah, the
true King of the Jews. And
since Zayin also represents a sword, we see the Man Jesus
equipped with the sword of
the Holy Spirit.”
Pictogram: Sceptre (a staff − an emblem of royalty, a
symbol of sovereign power)
“Zayin is a Picture of Jesus the Messiah
Since Zayin represents the crowned Man, we would expect
it to reveal other truth about
Jesus as the King of the Jews. JESUS − the King of kings.
Indeed, since Zag-'in's sword represents our Protector, as
Jesus is the "Lion of the tribe of Judah"; and since Zayin
also represents nourishment
life, Jesus is here depicted as the Shepherd who feeds His
sheep.”
A major Hebrew word for making an oath or swearing,
shava' , was closely related to the word seven , sheva' . The
original meaning of “swear an oath” may have been “to
declare seven times” or “to bind oneself by seven things.”
Used 735 times (54 times in the book of Revelation alone),
the number 7 is the foundation of God's word. If we include
with this count how many times 'sevenfold' and 'seventh' is
used, our total jumps to 860 references.
Seven is the number of completeness and perfection (both
physical and spiritual). It derives much of its meaning from
being tied directly to God's creation of all things. According to
Jewish tradition, the creation of Adam occurred on October
7th, 3761 B.C. (or the first day of Tishri, which is the seventh
month on the Hebrew calendar). The word 'created' is used 7
times describing God's creative work (Genesis 1:1, 21, 27
three times; 2:3; 2:4). There are 7 days in a week and God's
Sabbath is on the 7th day.
The Bible, as a whole, was originally divided into 7 major
divisions.
They are
1) the Law; 2) the Prophets; 3) the Writings, or Psalms; 4)
the Gospels and Acts;
5) the General Epistles; 6) the Epistles of Paul; and 7) the
book of Revelation.
The total number of originally inspired books was
forty-nine, or 7 x 7, demonstrating the absolute perfection of
the Word of God.
Thus, right at the start of the Bible, the number 7 is identified
with something being “finished” or “complete.”
From then on, that association continues, as 7 is often found
in contexts involving completeness or divine perfection.
So we see the command for animals to be at least seven
days old before being used for sacrifice (Exodus 22:30),
the command for leprous Naaman to bathe in the Jordan
River seven times to effect complete cleansing (2 Kings
5:10),
and the command for Joshua to march around Jericho for
seven days (and on the seventh day to make seven circuits)
and for seven priests blow seven trumpets outside the city
walls (Joshua 6:3–4). In these instances, 7
signifiescompletion of some kind: a divine mandate is fulfilled.
Interestingly, man was created on the sixth day of creation.
In some passages of the Bible, the number 6 is associated
with mankind.
In Revelation “the number of the beast” is called “the
number of a man. That number is 666” (Revelation 13:18).
If God’s number is 7, then man’s is 6.
Six always falls short of seven, just like “all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Man is not God,
just as 6 is not 7.
Series of seven things crop up often in the Bible.
Seven pairs of each clean animal on the ark (Genesis 7:2);
Seven stems on the tabernacle’s lampstand (Exodus 25:37);
seven qualities of the Messiah in Isaiah 11:2;
SEVEN SPIRITS
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—
SEVEN MEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHO
ARE MEN OF GOD.
They are
Moses (Joshua 14:6),
David (2Chronicles 8:14),
Samuel (1Samuel 9:6, 14),
Shemaiah (1Kings 12:22),
Elijah (1Kings 17:18),
Elisha (2Kings 5:8) and I
Gdaliah (Jeremiah 35:4).
SEVEN PATRIARCHS WITH WHOM GOD MADE
HIS COVENANTS
(1) Abraham (Gen. xv. 18),
(2) Isaac (ib. xvii. 19),
(3) Jacob (Lev. xxvi. 42),
(4) Moses (Gen. xxxiv. 27),
(5) Aaron (Num. xviii. 19),
(6) Phinehas (ib. xxv. 12), and
(7) David (Ps. lxxxix. 3).
The Patriarchs are also among seven who, in their
sepulchers, were not touched by worms or rot (Derek Ereẓ
Zuṭa i. 7).
Among others, the Patriarchs were not dominated by the evil
spirit or by the angel of death.
The Patriarchs were given a taste of paradise by being
supplied with all the world's good.
Abraham was blessed "in all things" ("ba-kol"; Gen. xxiv. 1);
Isaac had eaten "of all" ("mi-kol"; ib. xxvii. 33); and Jacob
said "I have enough" ("kol"; ib. xxxiii. 11; B. B. 17a). These
words "kol," "mi-kol," "ba-kol" were inserted as a blessing in
the grace after meals.
They are buried in the cave of Machpelah.
The Mohammedans had built three minarets on this cave
above the supposed locations of the respective graves of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; but the center minaret, that of
Isaac, soon collapsed, and after it had been rebuilt it fell
again. Since then, tradition says, the Mohammedans have
abandoned the idea of replacing Isaac's minaret, as the
Jews claim that Isaac, being the holiest of the Patriarchs,
objects to a heathen tower over his grave.
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SEVEN FESTIVALS in three groups in Leviticus 23
There are 7 annual Holy Days, beginning with Passover and
ending with the Last Great Day (the day after the Feast of
Tabernacles ends in the fall).
The cycle of the holy days is completed in 3 festival seasons
by the 7th month of the sacred calendar:
Passover and Unleavened Bread, 1st month;
Pentecost, 3rd month; and
Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles and Last Great Day, 7th
month.
Multiples of 7 also figure into the biblical narrative: the
“seventy weeks” prophecy in Daniel 9:24 concerns 490
years (7 times 7 times 10).
Jeremiah 29:10 predicted the Babylonian Captivity would
last for seventy years (7 times 10).
SPRINKLE OF THE BLOOD SEVEN TIMES
"And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and
sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord,
before the veil of the sanctuary". Leviticus 4:6
There we see that the blood was to be sprinkled
seven times, which signifies that the person is 'totally'
forgiven and made completely clean. Likewise:
According to Leviticus 25:8, the Year of Jubilee was to
begin after the passing of every forty-ninth year (7 times
7). Leviticus 25:1-4, 8-10
The Sabbath Year
25 The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 2 “Speak to the
Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am
going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to
the LORD. 3 For six years sow your fields, and for six years
prune your vineyards and gather their crops. 4 But in the
seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a
sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or prune your
vineyards. 5 Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the
grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of
rest. 6 Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will
be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants,
and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among
you, 7 as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in
your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.
The Year of Jubilee
8 “‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven
years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period
of forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet sounded
everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the
Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land.
10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty
throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee
for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to
your own clan. 11 The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you;
do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest
the untended vines. 12 For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for
you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own
property.
14 “‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land
from them, do not take advantage of each other. 15 You are
to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of
years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the
basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops.
16 When the years are many, you are to increase the price,
and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price,
because what is really being sold to you is the number of
crops. 17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your
God. I am the LORD your God.
No animal could be sacrificed until it was seven days old (Ex
22:30).
The Lord would discipline Israel up to sevenfold (up to seven
times) if they refused to obey Him (Lev 26:18).
Elisha told the military commander Naaman to bathe in the
Jordan River seven times and he would be healed of his
leprosy (2 Kings 5:10).
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gives the following interesting information on number 7 as a
built in life cycle for life.
Number SEVEN is so important it is worth another visit. It
seems to place God's stamp on the living world around us,
specifically in the physiology of living organisms. For
example:
• According to scripture, man's years are 70 (7 × 10)
(Ps 90.10). Today, the world average life expectancy
at birth is around 67.2 years
• The human body has an approximate 7-day clock.
The science of chronobiology describes circaseptan
('about 7') rhythms or body rhythms that run about
seven days in length. This is a very good reason to
rest every 7 days (Exod 20.10)! The 10-day week of
the humanistic French Revolution, and the
'continuous work week' of the Russian Revolution
both failed for this very reason
• Researchers report 'a built-in (genetically determined)
about-7-day (circaseptan) period' in connection with
human organ transplants. Swelling or rejection of an
organ transplant tends to follow a circaseptan rhythm
i.e. about 7 or 14 (7 × 2) days after surgery. It is
claimed that this rhythm also applies to the immune
response to infections, blood and urine chemicals,
blood pressure and the common cold
• Circaseptan (7-day) rhythms have been detected in
simple Plant life
• A woman's fertility cycle has multiples of 7. In a short
cycle of 21 days, ovulation occurs around day 7. The
average fertility cycle is 28 days (7 × 4). In a long
cycle e.g. 35 days, ovulation does not occur until
around day 21 (7 × 3)
• The adult human body is made up of around
7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion)
atoms
• In obstetrics, the human gestation period (denoting
completeness) is around 280 days (7 × 40)
• The gestation period for a dog is typically 63 days (7 ×
9)
• The gestation period for a sheep is typically 147 days
(7 × 21)
• The gestation period for a domestic duck is typically
28 days (7 × 4)
7 = 4+3
The number three is “the number of divine fullness in unity”
and the number seven “being the sum of four and three, may
naturally be supposed to symbolize some mystical union of
God with the world, and accordingly may be called the
sacred number of the covenant between God and his
creatures.”. It points to the fullness of the Divine within the
fullness of the created world. The ideal world we look forward
to.
THE 7 LAWS WHICH NOAH GAVE TO HIS
CHILDREN - ALL MANKIND
There were seven pairs of clean animals that were
received into the Ark (Gen 7:2).
In 1991, both houses of Congress passed a bill, signed into
law by President George H. W. Bush, that declared the
Noahide laws to be “the bedrock of society from the dawn of
civilization” and the “ethical values and principles . . . upon
which our great Nation was founded” (H.J.RES.104.ENR).
These seven laws are the pillars of human civilization, and
are named the “Seven Laws of Noah” since all humans are
descended from Noah.
These are not defined and postulated in the Bible but were
implied and compiled by the Rabbis later.
Gen 9:8-10
” Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
"Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you,
and with your descendants after you; and with every living
creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every
beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark,
even every beast of the earth.…”
The Sign of the Covenant was the Seven colored rainbow.
SEVEN SIGNS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL
1. Changing water into wine at Cana in John 2:1-11 -
"the first of the signs"
2. Healing the royal official's son in Capernaum in John
4:46-54
3. Healing the paralytic at Bethesda in John 5:1-15
4. Feeding the 5000 in John 6:5-14
5. Jesus walking on water in John 6:16-24
6. Healing the man blind from birth in John 9:1-7
7. The raising of Lazarus in John 11:1-45
SEVEN THINGS THE LORD HATES IN PROVERBS
6:16-19
There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
SEVEN PARABLES IN MATTHEW 13;
• Parable of the Sower.
• Parable of the Tares.
• Parable of the Mustard Seed.
• Parable of the Leaven.
• Parable of the Hidden Treasure.
• Parable of the Pearl.
• Parable of Drawing in the Net.
JESUS PRONOUNCED SEVEN BLESSINGS ON THE
RIGHTEOUS
In Matthew 5:3-10
AND SEVEN WOES IN MATTHEW 23.
JESUS IS THE SEVEN-FOLD “I AM” IN THE
GOSPEL OF JOHN.
1. The Bread Of Life(John 6:35)
2. The Light Of The World (John 8:12)
3. The Gate (John 10:9)
4. The Good Shepherd (John 10:11)
5. The Resurrection And The Life (John 11:25-26)
6. The Way, The Truth, And The Life (John 14:6)
7. The Vine (John 15:5)
Jesus told Peter to forgive a wrongdoer “seventy
times seven” times (Matthew 18:22,).
On the occasion of the feeding of the five thousands
we have: "And they did eat, and were filled, and they
took up of the broken that was left, seven baskets
full." Matthew 15:37
MARY CALLED MAGDALENE, OUT OF WHOM
WENT SEVEN DEVILS
"And certain woman, which had been healed of evil
spirits and infirmities, Mary called magdalene, out of
whom went Seven Devils." luke 8:2
"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the
week, He appeared unto mary Magdalene, out of
whom went Seven devils." Mark 16:9
Jesus cast out of her seven devils to signify the totality
of the rule of Satan in her. When we are saved, we
are made free from Satan where he no longer has rule
over us. The number seven signified the total removal
of Satan from within her, and now God would make
His abode there. And what agreement has the Temple
of God with the temple of idols? None. Satan is totally
cast out. The Number seven illustrates his total rule in
the unsaved. But by Grace of God he is totally cast
out when we become Saved.
In the book of Revelation, the number 7 is used there
more than fifty times in a variety of contexts:
REVELATION OF JOHN SEES
seven letters to seven churches in Asia
seven spirits before God’s throne (Revelation 1:4),
seven golden lampstands (1:12),
seven stars in Christ’s right hand (1:16),
seven seals of God’s judgment (5:1),
seven angels with seven trumpets (8:2),
seven bowls of the Great Tribulation, for example
(Revelation 16:1)
Likewise, we can see the exact same application of the
number seven in the opposite of Christ. As in the totality of
authority in the kingdom of Satan. This is illustrated in the
seven heads of the dragon as revealed in Revelation
chapter twelve.
"And there appeared another Wonder in Heaven, and
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and
and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."
Revelation 12:3
The seven heads are seven mountains (revelation
17:9) which are symbolic of kingdoms. Seven equals
the totality of authority (heads) of this dragon and of
his rule throughout time.
The crowns signify that it is a kingdom, and the seven
his complete rule throughout time in it. Thus we see in
this symbolism a picture of the totality of the dragon's
(satan's) rule.
That is why it says (revelation 17:10) that five of the
heads of this beast had already fallen at the time of
the writing of Revelation. Those rules of Satan were
over. It said, one is, and one is yet to come, and there
was a final 8th (which was part of the seven). i.e., it's
part of 'this totality,' and he would rule a short time
near the end of the world when Satan is loosed. The
Seven illustrates the totality of the time of rule of this
beast. God uses this number in this way to show us
certain Spiritual truths. It's not the perfection of Satan,
but illustrates the totality of his authority (heads) and
rule. He is the prince of the power of the air. When the
seventh king falls, that will be the end of him, the finish
of the totality of his rule and authority.
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS SIGNIFIED BY 'SEVEN
SPIRITS, AND SEVEN EYES.'
"And unto the Angel of the Church at Sardis write, these
things saith He that hath the Seven Spirits of God, and the
Seven stars; I know thy Works, that thou hast a name which
thou liveth, and art dead." Revelation 3:1
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"And out of the Throne proceedeth lightnings and
Thunderings and voices; and there were Seven lamps of fire
burning before the Throne, which are the seven Spirits of
God." Revelation 4:5
"And I beheld, and lo in the midst of the throne and of the
four living creatures,, and in the midst of the elders, stood a
Lamb as it had been slain, having Seven Horns, and Seven
Eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God sent forth into all
the earth." Revelation 5:6
The seven horns signify the 'totality' of his rule and power,
and the seven eyes illustrate the 'totality' of the watch of the
Holy Spirit.
Eyes equate to seeing/knowing.
There is one Holy Spirit, but the number seven here is
numeric symbolism illustrating His presence over the totality
of the world.
And the same application with the Seven eyes. It illustrates
his 'total' watch over the earth where He sees all.
The Holy Spirit of God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and
Omnipresent.
The number seven illustrates the magnificent totality of this.
(7 horns - Omnipotent) The totality of His Power!
(7 spirits - Omnipresent) He is all (totality) Everywhere!
(7 eyes - Omniscient) He is all (totality) knowing/seeing!
In the book of Hebrews, .
SEVEN TITLES TO REFER TO CHRIST
ARE
'Heir of all things' (Hebrews 1:2),
'Captain of our salvation' (2:10),
'Apostle' (3:1),
'Author of salvation' (5:9),
'Forerunner' (6:20),
'High Priest' (10:21) and
the 'Author and finisher of our faith' (12:2).
JESUS PERFORMED SEVEN MIRACLES ON
SABBATH DAY
thus affirming its continued sacredness to God and necessity
in the life of the believer.
Jesus healed the withered hand of a man attending
synagogue services (Matthew 12:9)
At a Capernaum synagogue he casts out an unclean spirit
that possessed a man (Mark 1:21)
Right after the above miracle Jesus heals Peter's wife's
mother of a fever (Mark 1:29)
A woman attending synagogue, who was made sick by a
demon for eighteen years, is released from her bondage
(Luke 13:11)
At a Pharisee's house eating a meal with the host and
several lawyers, Jesus heals a man with dropsy (Luke 14:2)
A man who is disabled and unable to walk is healed at the
pool of Bethesda (John 5:8 - 9)
Jesus heals a man born blind at the pool of Siloam (John
9:14)
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STATISTICS OF SEVENS IN THE BIBLE
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By Andrew Harris 6 July 1999
Seven in the Old Testament
The Hebrew word for seven occurs a total of 392 times in the
Bible.
This is not only a multiple of seven but of seven times seven,
392 = 8 x 7 x 7.
392 is also remarkable for being the sum of the square of
seven and the cube of seven, ie. 392 = (7 x 7) + (7 x 7 x 7) or
392 = 7 2 + 7 3 .
It may be nothing more than a strange coincidence that the
word seven is used exactly seven times in Genesis chapter
seven. Then again, it may not.
The times seven is used as a number by itself is 287
times.287 = 41 x 7.
It is used in conjunction with other numbers to make a
composite number (such as one hundred and seven) 105
times(note 105 +287 =392). 105 = 15 x 7. This number also
has the interesting property of being the lowest multiple of
3,5,7 the three consecutive odd numbers (also primes) after
one itself.
The word seven is often used more than once in a verse. So
the number of verses in which it appears will be less than the
total number of times it is used. It turns out that the word
seven appears in 343 verses. 343 = 7 x 7 x 7 = 7 3 . There is
therefore 49 times seven is used more than the first time in a
verse, or there are 49 repeat uses. 49 = 7 x 7 = 7 2 . This is the
same division of 392 = 7 3 + 7 2 that we noted at the top of this
list.
There are two other words used in the Old Testament to
mean seven. The aramaic word ([b'v] shib-aw') is used six
times. A long form of the Hebrew word for seven (hn:[;b]vi
shib-aw-naw’) is used once. In total these other words are
used seven times.
The Hebrew word for a seventh (y[iybiv] sheb-ee-ee’) occurs
98 times. 98 = 2 x 7 x 7. Note that not only is this a multiple of
seven but of seven times seven, just as was the total number
of occurrences of the word seven (see above).
The word for sevenfold, or seven times, (µyIt'[;b]vi
shib-aw-thah’-yim) occurs seven times.
The word for seventy (µy[ib]vi shib-eem’) occurs 91 times. 91
= 13 x 7.
There are ten other words derived from the same word as
seven meaning fullness or completeness. Together they
appear a total of 434 times in the Bible. 434 = 62 x 7.
Seven in the New Testament
The Greek word for seven (eJptav hepta) occurs 87 times.87
= 29 x 3.
It is also remarkable that the word for seven is used in only
the first three of the gospels.
It is used a total of nine times in Matthew. 9 = 3 x 3.
It is used a total of nine times in Mark. 9 = 3 x 3.
It is used a total of six times in Luke. 6 = 2 x 3.
It is used a total of nine times between the Gospels and
Revelation. Eight times in Acts and once in Hebrews. 9 = 3 x
3.
It is used a total of 54 times in the book of Revelation. 54 =
18 x 3 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 2 x 3 3 .
The Greek word seventh (e{bdomo" hebdomos) occurs nine
times.9 = 3 x 3.
Seven times or seven fold (eJptavki" heptakis) occurs 3
times.
Seventy (eJbdomhvkonta hebdomenkonta) occurs 5 times.
Seventy times or seventy fold (ejbdomhkontavki"
hebdomenkontakis) occurs once. Together these two words
occur 6 times.6 = 2 x 3.
In total these words occur 105 times (87 +9 +3 + 6 =105).
105 =3 x 5 x 7. So the total occurences are not only a
multiple of three but of seven as well. This is interesting
because 3 and 7 are the first two of the perfect numbers.
Thus appearence of the word seven itself is used in a
marvelous pattern of sevens that spans each of the
testaments. In combination a few points can also be made.
Seven in the Bible
Now that we are aware of the complimentary pattern of
threes that appears in the New testament, it should be noted
that there are three different words used in the Old
Testament to mean, the number seven.
The number of times that the word for seven or one of its
derivitive numbers (seventh, seventy etc.) appears in the
entire Bible is 392 + 7 + 98 + 7 + 91 = 595 in the Old
Testament. Add the 105 occurences from the New
Testament and we have the remarkable number 700.
Taking the number of 700 arrived at above, if we add the
other 434 occurences of words derived from the same root in
the Hebrew we get a total of 1134. Naturally this is a multiple
of seven, but it is also a multiple of 3 which also fulfills the
pattern seen in the occurences of seven in the New
Testament. 1134 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 = 2 x 3 4 x 7.
The total number of words based on the Hebrew and the
Greek words for seven is, sixteen in the Old testament and
five in the New Testament. Making a total of twenty one
words (13) , this again fills the pattern of both sevens and
threes. 21 = 3 x 7.
Light splits into the seven colors of the rainbow, a
musical octave has seven different notes before it repeats
itself, there are seven mineral crystal types and even
seven periodicity levels on the Periodic Table of
Elements. Because of the omnipresence of seven in all of
the systems we understand today, many people understand
that the Holy Bible is a perfect textbook of all of creation:
music, chemistry, physics and many other types of science.
Hebrew people find the number seven to be sacred because
it signifies godly perfection in the world and heaven above.
The number seven therefore speaks of a union between
heaven and earth that is demonstrated frequently in the Bible:
seven churches, seven stars, seven seals, seven dooms,
seven trumpets and seven spirits.
The number seven is perhaps most obviously associated
with completeness and oneness of God and earth in the
story of creation. Everything was done on the seventh day
and nothing else was added or taken away after that.
Perfection was achieved on day seven.
On the Day of Atonement, the mercy seat is dabbled with
blood seven times by the high priest. This signifies the
perfect ability of God to redeem humankind. The Holy
Tabernacle's candlestick has seven branches, which signify
the entirety of God's light working in people's lives. In the
Book of Revelation, God promises various blessings on
believers seven different times.
Scientifically speaking, seven is a very significant number as
well. Much of the human body's cellular regeneration works
on a seven-year scale. There are seven holes in our head,
and seven bones in our neck, ankle and face.
Panin discovered 30 separate codes involving the number 7
in this first verse of the Bible.
A Partial Listing of the Phenomenal Features of
Sevens Found in Genesis 1
The number of Hebrew words = 7
The number of letters equals 28 (7x4 = 28)
The first 3 Hebrew words translated "In the beginning God
created" have 14 letters (7x2 = 14)
The last four Hebrew words "the heavens and the earth"
have 14 letters (7x2 = 14)
The fourth and fifth words have 7 letters
The sixth and seventh words have 7 letters
The three key words: God, heaven and earth have 14 letters
(7x2 = 14)
The number of letters in the four remaining words is also 14
(7x2 = 14)
The shortest word in the verse is the middle word with 7
letters
The Hebrew numeric value of the first, middle and last letters
is 133 (7x19 = 133)
The Hebrew numeric value of first and last letters of all seven
words is 1393 (7x199 = 1393)
The Pattern of SEVENS in Matthew 1:18-25
The History of Christ's Birth
1 The number of words in the seven word passage is 161
(7x23 = 161)
2 The number of Vocabulary words is 77 (7x11 = 77)
3 Six Greek words occur only in this passage and never
again in Matthew. These six Greek words contain precisely
56 letters (7x8 = 56)
4 The number of distinct proper names in the passage is 7
5 The number of Greek letters in these seven proper
names is 42 (7x6 = 42)
6 The number of words spoken by the angel to Joseph is
28 (7x4 = 28)
7 The number of Greek forms of words used in this
passage is 161 (7x23 = 161)
8 The number of Greek forms of words in the angel's
speech is 35 (7x5 = 35)
9 The number of letters in the angel's 35 forms of words is
168 (7x24 = 168)
Panin's book, The Inspiration of the Scriptures Scientifically
Demonstrated,
("The Signature of God" by Grant R.
Jeffrey, Frontier Research Publications, Inc. (1996),
p.230-237)panin3.htm
CHAPTER TEN
EIGHT
Number 8 is written in Hebrew as Chet which is the 8 th letter
in the Hebrew alphabet and represents a gateway which
gives it meaning of freedom and the Life Dynamic of Run and
Return . Chet is the letter of life (chaim, from the root chayah,
whose most important letter is chet). According to the Ari
z”l,” the letter chet is constructed by combining the two
previous letters, vav and zayin, The shape of the letter,
according to the rabbis, is formed through a Vav and Zayin
side by side.
the shape of the Vav (nail) and Zayin (sceptre) are nearly
identical. Joined together they form the entranceway to God
Jesus said ... "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one
comes to the Father but through Me."
(John 14:6)
The number eight in the Bible signifies Resurrection and
Regeneration. ... Eight is 7 plus 1 and since it comes just
after seven, which itself signifies an end to something, so
eight is also associated with the beginning of a new era or
that of a new order.
All three concepts of Circumcision, Baptism, and
Resurrection come together as rebirth symbols
One of the beginning of New Era was when Noah emerged
from the Ark.
8 people started a new world.
The resurrection of Jesus again starts a new life for all who
believe in him by his rising from the dead on the eighth day
or first day after the end of the old week.
The eighth day marked the beginning of new life form. Thus
we can see that the number eight in the Bible signifies
resurrection and new beginning.
THE EIGHT CREATIVE WORDS OF GOD IN SIX
DAYS,
IN GENESIS CHAPTER 1,
verses 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26. ( 9 th + 29 granting all
creation to Man)
3 And God said, “Let there be light,”
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to
separate water from water.” 7
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to
one place, and let dry ground appear.”
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:
seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with
seed in it, according to their various kinds.”
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky
to separate the day from the night,
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures
according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that
move along the ground, and the wild animals, each
according to its kind.”
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in
our likeness,
He granted them to Man:
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed…….
THE EIGHT COVENANTS OF THE
BIBLE
There are eight major covenants between God and man in
the Bible
I. THE EDENIC COVENANT Genesis 1:28-30:
II. THE ADAMIC COVENANT Genesis 3:14-19
III. THE NOAHIC COVENANT Genesis 9:1-17
IV. THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
First: Genesis 12:1-3:
Second: Genesis 12:7:
Third: Genesis 13:14-17
The fourth and fifth Genesis 15:1-21 and Genesis
17:1-21
A sixth passage is Genesis 22:15-18:
V. THE MOSAIC COVENANT
Exodus 20:1 - 31;Exodus 19-24; 34:10, 27, 28;
Deuteronomy 5:2-3.
VI. THE LAND COVENANT A. Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20
VII. THE DAVIDIC COVENANT II Samuel 7:11b-16:
VIII. THE NEW COVENANT
Jesus’ New Covenant in his blood Isaiah 55:3;
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20;
Hebrews 12:24. "
The eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles was special, a
solemn assembly:
Leviticus 23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made
by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy
convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by
fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do
no servile work therein.
8 is the number of new beginnings. Blood
is the seal of God's covenant.
• Jewish males had to be circumcised on the 8 th day after
birth. Jesus was circumcised and
first shed His blood on the 8th day.
• Eight were saved in the ark (1 Peter 3:20).
• David was the 8th son of Jesse.
• After the flood subsided. Noah sacrificed to God. God
smelled the soothing aroma and made a covenant with
Noah.
The soothing aroma has 8 letters in which
is the 3 rd , 7 th , and 8 th letters
THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS
The eight beatitudes of the sermon on the
mountain. (Mt 5:3-11)
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
children of God.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of
righteousness,
for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven."
There are 8 things God’s Word commands us to think about
in order to have a new life:
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren,
1. whatsoever things are true,
2. whatsoever things are honest,
3. whatsoever things are just,
4. whatsoever things are pure,
5. whatsoever things are lovely,
6. whatsoever things are of good report;
7. if there be any virtue,
8. and if there be any praise,
think on these things.
There are 8 things that the Bible says shall not cease!
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth,
1. seedtime and
2. harvest,
3. and cold
4. and heat,
5. and summer
6. and winter,
7. and day
8. and night
shall not cease.
Eight is the personal number of Jesus.
When we add together the letter values of the name Jesus in
the Greek we get 888.
EIGHT, OCTAVES, AND NEW BEGINNINGS
Octaves are notes that you hear as being "the same" in spite
of their being higher or lower in actual pitch. (Technically,
notes separated by an octave are in the same pitch class.)
Play middle C on the piano. Then go up the C major scale
(the white keys) and the eighth note you play will be another
C an octave higher. The "oct" part of the word refers to this
eight step distance up the scale.
From a science perspective, octaves are pitch intervals
related by factors of two. When a tuning fork plays standard
concert A, it vibrates at 440 Hz. The A an octave higher is
880 Hz, and the A an octave lower is 220 Hz. Any note with
the frequency 2^n * 440 will be an A. It's a central mystery of
human cognition why we hear pitches related by powers of
two as being "the same" note. It is the same note but one
step higher. - a new heaven. The ability to detect octave
equivalency is probably built in to our brains, and it isn't
limited to humans.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
NINE
Tet is interpreted as a man in submission
as snake
Tet interpreted
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The ninth letter in the Hebrew alefbet is tet - .ט The letter tet
has the numerical value of nine. The least common letter ט -
in the Torah is a Tet.
In Greek it is the letter Theta
The first tet - ט that appears in the Torah is in the word tov
of Genesis 1:4, normally translated as good, but a better
meaning is beneficial. There are other intepretation of tet as
representing evil presence within the creation just as when
light was created darkness was also embeded since
darkenss in simply lack of light. Hence some Kaballists
represent it as s Serpent.. So it is the dialectics of creation -
both good and evil.
“Tet = Snake/Surround .. objectively good but may
be evil, judgment of God.”
NINE CHORUSES OF ANGELS
There are nine choruses of angels are commonly given by
early Christian Fathers
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in De Coelesti Hierarchia
(ca. 5th century):
St. Gregory the Great in Homilia (6th century)
St. Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae (7th century) etc.
• First sphere: 1. Seraphim, 2. Cherubim, 3. Thrones;
• Second sphere: 4. Dominations (also translated as
Lordships), 5. Virtues (also trans. as Powers), 6.
Powers (also trans. as Authorities);
• Third sphere: 7. Principalities, 8. Archangels, 9.
Angels.
There are multiple instances in the Bible that utilize the
number nine to fulfill these symbols as well. Jesus Christ
died at the ninth hour after being hung on the cross.
St. Paul's list
fruits of the Holy Spirit number nine:
peace, love, goodness, gentleness, truthfulness, joy,
patience, kindness and self-control.
The judgments of God
In Haggai 1:11 are enumerated in nine particulars:
“And I called for a drought upon the land,
and upon the mountains,
and upon the corn,
and upon the new wine,
and upon the oil,
and upon that which the ground bringeth forth,
and upon men,
and upon cattle,
and upon all the labor of the hands.”
The fruits of the Holy Spirit
"But the fruit of the Spirit is
love,
joy,
peace,
forbearance,
kindness,
goodness,
faithfulness,
gentleness, and
self-control."
The Manifestations of the Holy Spirit
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit
1. the word of wisdom;
2. to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
3. To another faith by the same Spirit;
4. to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit
5. To another the working of miracles;
6. to another prophecy;
7. to another discerning of spirits;
8. to another divers kinds of tongues;
9. to another the interpretation of tongues:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally as he will.
In the genealogy of biblical characters,
the time between Adam and Noah is nine generations,
and the time between Noah and Abraham is also nine
generations.
Abraham received direct word from God he was 99 years old.
Logically speaking, the original name of Habram works out to
be the number nine as well. This signifies the spiritual
completion of his life and soul.
CHAPTER TWELVE
TENS, HUNDREDS,
THOUSANDS
The Numbers 10, 100, 1000
In the Old Testament one direct connecttion to number 10
comes from Ten Commandment given to Israel on the Mount
Sinai.
There were 10 Plagues of Egypt before God rescued Israel
out of Egypt.
PEOPLE RAISED FROM THE DEAD
OLD TESTAMENT
1. Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow from the
dead (1 Kings 17:17-22).
2. Elisha raised the son of the Shunammite woman from the
dead (2 Kings 4:32-35).
3. A man was raised from the dead when his body touched
Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13:20, 21).
NEW TESTAMENT
4. Many saints rose from the dead at the resurrection of
Jesus (Matt. 27:50-53).
5. Jesus rose from the dead (Matt. 28:5-8; Mark 16:6; Luke
24:5, 6).
6. Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain from the dead
(Luke 7:11-15).
7. Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Luke
8:41, 42, 49-55).
8. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44).
9. Peter raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:36-41).
10. Eutychus was raised from the dead by Paul (Acts 20:9,
10).
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The mention of number 10 in the Bible occurs very often. It
usually refers to the completeness or fullness.
Number 10 in Bible is also about 10 nations who were
hostile to the Israel.
Revelation 17:12: And the ten horns which thou sawest
are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet;
but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
The 10 kingdoms of Revelation 17 are considered by some
scholars as enumerated in Psalms 83:6-8: These are:
Psalms 83:6: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites;
of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Psalms 83:7: Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the
Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Psalms 83:8: Assur also is joined with them
But in general it symbolizes a large number of surrounding
nations.
When used in connection with the heavenlies it is the
number of heavenly perfection - 10 plagues, 10
commandments, 10x10 sockets of Tabernacle foundation,
10th of your earnings make the tithe.
The Numbers ten and it's multiples (10,100, 1000)
often illustrates the Fullness of whatever is in view,
without it "necessarily" being the totality. This is
especially true about the symbolism in Revelations
and in parables:
The Parable of the lost coin:"Either what woman
having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and
seek diligently till she find it?" Luke 15:8
The Parable of the lost sheep:What man of you,
having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the
wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until
he find it? Luke 15:3-5
The parable of the vines and silverings of Isaiah:"And
it shall come to pass in THAT DAY, that every place
shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a
thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and
thorns. With arrows and with bows shall men come
hither; because All he land shall become briers and
thorns." Isaiah 7:23
A THOUSAND GENERATIONS:
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God,
the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy
with them that love him and keep his commandments
to a thousand generations;" Deuteronomy 7:9
"Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which
he commanded to a thousand generations," 1st
Chronicles 16:15
"He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word
which he commanded to a thousand generations."
Psalms 105:8
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
OTHERS
THE NUMBER 12
Twelve spiritually points to the Congregation of God.
A good example would be the twelve brothers, the
twelve sons of Jacob who were the progenitors of
the twelve tribes of Israel. This was the Old Testament
congregation, or Children of God.
Likewise, the significance is passed on after the cross
as the twelve apostles became the New Testament
representative of the congregation or Children of God.
Another example would be the woman who had
suffered many things of Physicians, and none could
heal her. God meticulously points out that it was for
twelve years..
Mark 5:25
• "And a certain Woman which had an issue of
blood twelve years.."
This woman touched but the hem of Jesus garment,
and was made whole. I.e., what was unclean for 12
years was now clean. The garment of Christ is
signifying the Righteousness of Christ. Just as
scripture says we are clothed in the Righteousness of
Christ. This Woman had been made righteous, by the
virtue of Christ!
The number 12 is closely associated in the Bible with the
number three, which represents the holy Trinity, and the
number four, which represents the whole material
realm.
The golden table was to hold 12 cakes of bread made of fine
flour. They were placed there in two rows of six, each loaf
representing one of the tribes of Israel (Lev. 24:8). the whole
called out tribes.
At the last supper, Jesus Christ breaks one loaf of bread
and declares them to be the "Bread of Life," as well as his
divine body. And gives it to his 12 disciples, the nucleus of
his church.
The Old Testament is also full of symbology surrounding the
number 12 and the various meanings of it.
For example, the celestial city was guarded by 12 different
gates, each of which had one of 12 precious gemstones.
The tree of life grows a different type of fruit for each month
of the year: 12 different ones.
A woman is graced by 12 stars resting on her crown.
Both Jacob and Ishmael had 12 sons and there were 12
priests in the Chronicles.
Elisha's altar was made from 12 stones, 12 loaves of bread
for left on a golden table as an offering, 12 names were
engraved on the pectoral, 12 branches confined Aaron and
12 explorers sought out Canaan.
The book of Revelation again mentions the 12 gates,
which are each guarded by an angel so that they number
12 altogether, that must be passed through to reach the
kingdom of heaven.
THE THREE-FOLD
COMBINATIONS OF A
NUMBER
The tripling of a number emphasizes the
characteristics of the number:
Thus;
• 666 is the number of man, and it symbolises fitly,
therefore, the essence of human wisdom, and also of
imperfection.
• 888 is the number or gematria of the name "JESUS."
• 999 is the number connected with judgment, hence
the numerical value of the phrase th orgh mou (tee orgee
mou), my wrath, is 999. The same number is very prominent
in the judgment on Sodom. (See further under Nine.)
The Number 40
The letter Mem is the thirteenth letter of the
Hebrew Alphabet. The letter Mem is equivalent
to forty (40).
Mem is heavily connected with the concept of
Water and womb. As such it is interpreted as a
period of new beginnings, rebirth and
renewals.
“And אלהים Elohiym said, Let the מים mayim (waters) under
shamayim be gathered שמים
together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it
was so. And אלהים Elohiym called the
dry [land] ארץ 'erets [earth, our body]; and the gathering
together of the waters called he ים yam
[seas]…” - Genesis 1:9-10
Traditionally, Mem means “waters”, “people” “nations”,
“languages” and tongues.
The mem, the letter of “water” (mayim) symbolizes the
fountain of the Divine Wisdom of Torah. It is the spiritual
womb from which we rebirth into a higher world after a period
of gestation.
When the whole mankind turned to selfish and when their
imaginations of their mind became constantly evil after a
period of gestation with 40 days of rain and subsequent
period of preparation Noah and his family were reborn into a
new cleaned earth.
In this way almost all referrence to 40 may be associated
with newbirth to a new realm of existence.
Every time one finds the number forty in Torah, its inner
meaning is the ascent from one level to the next higher one.
In fact the human gestation period is 40 weeks.
THE NUMBER FORTY IN SCRIPTURE
OFTEN ILLUSTRATES A TIME OF
TRIAL OR TESTING A PREPARATION
FOR NEW BIRTH
The letter Mem is the first letter of the word Mayim – The
Hebrew word for water. Mayim- מים starts with an open
mem and concludes with a closed mem. Water, a drash or
parable for Torah. The closed "mem" is used in the first
saying of Creation. The open "mem" is used in the
subsequent nine sayings of Creation. It is a womb of creation
with the Holy Spirit.
In the terminology of Kabbalah, this flow is from keter
(“crown”) to chochmah (“wisdom”).
There are two forms of Mem. One open and the other closed.
One refers to the revealed secrets
of God and the others closed or unrevealed
mysteries.
ם
- The closed, Final Mem, represents the era of Mesiah. The word Mashiach (Messiah) itself begins with a mem. In
the time of the coming of Mashiach, the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of HaShem as the waters cover the sea
(Isaiah 11:9); then, even the closed mem will be revealed.
http://tshuvah.weebly.com/teachings-blog/messiah-in-prophecyscripturethe-final-mem-in-isaiah-97-yshayahu-96
Only once in the entire Torah, in reference to Mashiach, do
we find a closed mem in the middle of a word:
Mem-Sofit letter(ם) – EXCEPT for the only exception in all
of Scripture being in Isaiah 9:6/(7) where the closed/final
Mem is used in the middle of a word !…
"Of the INCREASE of His government…”.
In this one and only case, we see that the closed-Mem
appears in the middle of the word “increase/l:marbeh”
While in and of itself, this highly unusual exception .(לםרבה)
in the midst of this remarkable passage speaks for itself, yet
early Judaic commentary adds even more interesting
observations…In Judaism, the Closed-Mem is also spoken
of as referring to the closed womb of a woman (One example:
Bahir 84-85). This then points us to this Child in verses
9:5-6/(6-7) being of a super-natural birth, and also points us
back to this verse of Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord
himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a Son, and shall call His Name ImmanuEl/(El/God
with us).”
efore God selected him to lead his people out
of slavery.
Moses was in the mount of Sinai 40 days
twice (Exodus 24:18, 34:1 - 28)
Moses was in the mount of Sinai with the Lord
for forty days and the Children of Israel were
tried, and they failed the test making
themselves an idol. The second time he
brought in the Law that should govern the
people of God.
Punishment of correction was to be one less
that 40 lashed to the guilty.
Israel in the wilderness 40 years
"And thou shalt remember all the way which
the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in
the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove
thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether
thou wouldest keep His commandments or no."
Deuteronomy 8:2
Only after the whole adults who left Egypt
perished (except the few God selected) they
were allowed to enter Canaan.
Moses sent out spies into Canaan for 40 days
to test and see the land before crossing over.
(Numbers 13:25, 14:34).
Jona
The prophet Jonah prophesied againsst the
City of Nineveh, for forty days, and they were
saved.
Ezekiel
The prophet Ezekiel laid on His right side for
40 days to symbolize Judah's sins (Ezekiel
4:6).
Elijah
Elijah went 40 days and 40 nights without food
or water to Mount Horeb.
Jesus was tested in the wilderness 40 days
"and He was there in the Wilderness forty days,
tempted of Satan." Mark 1:13
Jesus among his disciples 40 days after his
resurrection.
"to whom Jesus showed Himself alive after His
passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of
them forty days, and speaking of things
pertaining to the Kingdom of God." Acts 1:3
40 years after the resurrection Jerusalem was
totally destroyed and the temple burned by the
Romans in AD 70.
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The number 40 has great significance throughout the Torah
and the Talmud. The number 40 represents transition or
change; the concept of renewal; a new beginning. The
number 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state. Consider:
When a person becomes ritually impure, he must immerse in
a ritual bath, a mikveh. The Talmud tells us that a mikveh
must be filled with 40 se'ahs (a measure of water).
Immersion in a mikveh is the consummate Jewish symbol of
spiritual renewal.
It is no accident that in the story of Noah, the rain poured for
40 days, and submerged the world in water. Just as a person
leaves a mikveh pure, so too when the waters of the flood
subsided, the world was purified from the licentiousness
which had corrupted it in the days of Noah.
Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and came down with the
stone tablets. The Jews arrived at Mt. Sinai as a nation of
Egyptian slaves, but after 40 days they were transformed
into God's nation.
According to the Talmud, it takes 40 days for an embryo to
be formed in its mother's womb.
In Kabbalah, 40 represents the four sides of the world, each
side containing the ten Sefirot (esoteric powers).
When a rabbinical court finds someone guilty of a crime, the
punishment is sometimes lashes, prescribed in the Torah as
"forty less one." The purpose is to bring the offender to a
point of change, transition and atonement.
There are 40 days between the first day of Elul, when we
begin to blow the Shofar to prepare for Rosh Hashana, until
Yom Kippur, the end of the annual teshuva (repentance)
period. These 40 days are the most auspicious time for
personal growth and renewal.
According to the Talmud (Avot 5:26), at age 40 a person
transitions from one level of wisdom to the next. After Moses
led the Jewish people for 40 years in the wilderness, he told
them: "God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to
see, and ears to hear, until this day" (Deut. 29:3-4). From
here we see that it took the Jewish people 40 years before
reaching a full level of understanding.
Periods of 40
Gen 7:4 Noah’s flood: "For after seven more days, I will
send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights ..."
Gen 8:6 After 40 days Noah opened a window
Gen 25:20 Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah
Gen 26:34 Esau was 40 years old when he married Judith
Gen 50:3 40 days to embalm Joseph
Acts 7:23 Moses was 40 years in Egypt
Acts 7:30 Moses was 40 years in Midian
Exo 16:35 Moses and Israelites 40 years in wilderness. Israelites
ate Manna 40 years. (+ Num 14:33-34; 32:13; Dt 2:7)
Exo 24:18 Moses was 40 days and 40 nights on Mt Sinai (+ Dt
9:9)
Exo 34:28 Moses on Mt Sinai for second time 40 days and 40
nights (+ Dt 9:18)
Num 13:25 Spies were in Canaan for 40 days
Josh 14:7 Joshua was 40 years old when he went in as a spy
Judg 3:11 Israel had peace for 40 years in the time of Othniel,
brother of Caleb
Judg 5:31 Israel had peace for 40 years in the time of Deborah
and Barak
Judg 8:28 Israel had peace for 40 years in the time of Gideon
Judg 13:1 Israel subject to the Philistines for 40 years before
time of Samson
1 Sam 4:18 Eli led Israel for 40 years before the time of Samuel
1 Sam 17:16 For 40 days Goliath challenged Israel each morning
and evening
2 Sam 2:10 Ish-Boshet, son of Saul, was 40 years old when he
became king
2 Sam 5:4 David reigned for 40 years over Israel (+ 1 Kgs 2:11;
1 Chr 29:27)
1 Kgs 11:42 Solomon reigned for 40 years over Israel (+ 2 Chr
9:30)
1 Kgs 19:8 Elijah ran for 40 days and 40 nights from Beersheva
to Mt Horeb
2 Kgs 12:1 Joash reigned for 40 years over Judah (+ 2 Chr
24:1)
Eze 29:11-13 Ezekiel prophesies the desolation of Egypt for 40
years
Jonah 3:4 Jonah prophesies the overthrow of Ninevah in 40
days' time
Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights
Jesus 40 days to His ascension
50
Numeric value of = 50
50 is 5 (the number for grace) x 10 (the full manifestation
of)
נ
The 50th year was the jubilee year, when slaves were set free.
(Lev 25:10)
The Law was given to Israel at Mt Sinai at Shavuot, 50 days
after Passover and the Exodus from slavery in Egypt.
The feast of Shavuot was given to commemorate the new harvest.
Lev 23:16 You shall count fifty days to the day after the
seventh sabbath, then you shall present a new grain offering to
the LORD
PENTECOST
Pentecost = Shavuot = Fifty days after Passover
Acts 2:1-4 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all
together in one place ...
Pentecost = Shavuot = Fifty days after Passover.
(2) ... noise like a violent rushing wind ...
(3) ... tongues of fire ... rested on each one
(4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
...
.
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Appendices
Bible Numerology
Here are a few of the summary of
symbolism as seen by others
I
http://www.bbclandrum.com/index_htm_files/Bible%
20Numerology.pdf
1. Unity
2. Union, Division, Witnessing
3. Resurrection, Divine Completeness, Perfection, Godhead &
Trinity
4. Creation, World
5. Grace
6. Man’s Number, Satan, His Influence
7. Completeness, Spiritual, Perfection
8. New Beginning, New Creation, New Birth
9. Fruit of the Spirit, Divine Completeness, From the Lord
10. Testimony, Law and Responsibility
11. Judgment and Disorder
12. Governmental Perfection, Divine Power, Rule or Authority
13. Depravity, Lost and Rebellious
14. Deliverance and Salvation
15. Rest
16. Love
17. Victory
18. Bondage
19. Faith
20. Redemption, Expectancy
21. Exceedingly Sinfulness of Sin
22. Light, Making Manifest
23. Death
24. Priesthood
25. Forgiveness of Sins
26. Gospel of Christ
27. Preaching of the Gospel, Prophecy
28. Eternal Life
29. Departure
30. Dedication or Blood of Christ
31. Offspring, Seed
32. Covenant
33. Promise
34. Naming of a Son, Endurance
35. Hope
36. Enemy
37. Word of God, Exhaultation.
38. Slavery, Righteousness.
39. Disease, Truth.
40. Trial, Testing, Tribulation.
41. Deception.
42. Israel’s oppression, 2nd Coming.
44. Perdition.
45. Preservation, Inheritance.
46. Holy Spirit, Second Death.
48. Tabernacle, Dwelling Place.
49. Wrath of God.
50. Spirit, Holy Ghost, Israels Jubillee.
51. Divine Revelation (51 books).
54. Security of the Believer.
60. Pride.
65. Apostacy.
66. Image or Idol Worship.
70. Israel’s Restoration.
77. Vengeance.
91. Casting Out.
99. Seal.
100. God’s Election.
105. Calling on the name of the Lord.
119. Resurrection or Lords Day.
120. Divine Period of Probation.
144. The Spirit Guided Life.
153. Fruit Bearing.
200. Insufficiency of Earthly/Fleshly things.
390. Number of Israel.
400. Period Of Divine Perfection.
430. Promise To The Law, Sojourning.
490. Spiritual Perfection, (Seventy x Seven) Israels Complete & Final
Restoration.
600. Warfare.
666. Number of Man, Man of Sin.
888. Ist Resurrection of Saints.
1000. Number of the Glory of God, Divine Completion
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Biblical numerology
http://asis.com/users/stag/godcount.html
The following table is taken from God Counts.
No.
Meaning
1 Unity; New beginnings
2 Union; Division; Wittnessing
3 Divine completeness and perfection
4 Creation; The world; Creative works
5
6
7
Grace; God's goodness; Pentatuech (first five
books)
Weakness of man; Manifestation of sin ; Evils of
Satan
Resurrection; Spiritual completeness; Fathers
perfection
8 New birth; New beginnings
9
Fruit of the spirit; Divine completeness from the
Father
10 Testimony; Law and responsiblity
11 Disorder and judgement
12 Governmental perfection
13 Apostacy; depravity and rebellion
14 Deliverance; Salvation
15 Rest
16 Love
17 Victory
18 Bondage
19 Faith
20 Redemption
21 Exceeding sinfulness of sin
22 Light
23 Death
24 The Priesthood
25 Repentance; The forgiveness of sins
26 The Gospel of Christ
27 Preaching of the Gospel
28 Eternal life
29 Departure
30 Blood of Christ; Dedication
31 Offspring
32 Covenant
33 Promise
34 Naming of a son
35 Hope
36 Enemy
37 The word of our Father
38 Slavery
39 Disease
40 Trials; Probation; Testings
42 Israel's opression; First advent
44 Judgement of the World
45 Preservation
50 Holy Spirit; Pentacost
60 Pride
66 Idol worship
70
Punishment and restoration of Israel;
Universality
100 Election; Children of the promise
119 Spiritual perfection and victory 7*17=119
120 Divine period of probation
144 The Spirit guided life
200 Insufficiency
600 Warfare
666 Antichrist
777 Christ
888 Holy Spirit; The sum of Tree of Life
1000 Divine completeness and Fathers glory
4000
Salvation of the world through the blood of the
Lamb ( Those who chose between Christ and
Antichrist)
6000 Deception of Antichrist; Second advent
7000 Final judgement; Zadok
144,0
00
Those numbered of Isreal
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Biblical Numerology (Numbers
and Meanings)
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bi
ble/1.html
Number 1
Symbol of Unity. “One” excludes all difference, for there is no
second with which it can either harmonize or conflict. It
marks the beginning. We must begin with God. All our words
and works must be characterized by the first words of the
Bible: “In the beginning GOD.” Nothing is right that does not
begin with Him. “God first” is the voice of Scripture. “Seek ye
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33) is the
testimony of Christ. “God first” is the great proclamation.
Number 2
Two affirms that there is a difference – there is another. One
affirms that there is not another!
This difference may be for good or for evil. A thing may differ
from evil, and be good; or it may differ from good, and be evil.
Hence, it takes a Two-fold coloring, according to the context.
It is the first number by which we can divide another, and
therefore in all its uses we may trace this fundamental idea of
division or difference.
The number two may be, though different in character, yet
one as to testimony and friendship. The Second that comes
in may be for help and deliverance. But, alas! where man is
concerned, this number testifies of his fall, for it more often
denotes that difference which implies opposition, enmity, and
oppression.*
Number 3
Three, therefore, stands for that which is solid, real,
substantial, complete, and entire. All things that are specially
complete are stamped with this number:
•God’s attributes are: omniscience, omnipresence, and
omnipotence.
•There great divisions completing time: past, present, and
future.
•3 persons, in grammar, express and include all the
relationships of mankind.
•Thought, word, and deed, complete the sum of human
capability.
•Three degrees of comparison complete our knowledge of
qualities.
•The simplest proposition requires three things to complete it;
viz., the subject, the predicate, and the copula.
•Three propositions are necessary to complete the simplest
form of argument: the major premise, the minor, and the
conclusion.
•3 kingdoms embrace our ideas of matter; mineral, vegetable,
and animal.
When we turn to the Scriptures, this completion becomes
Divine, and marks Divine completeness or perfection.
Number 4
Now 4 is made up of three and one (3+1=4), and it denotes
His creative works. He is known by the things that are seen.
Hence the written revelation commences with the words, “In
the beginning God CREATED.” Creation is therefore the next
thing – the fourth thing, and the number four always has
eference to all that is created. It is emphatically the number
of Creation; of man in his relation to the world as created.
•Four is the number of the great elements: earth, air, fire, and
water.
•Four are the regions of the earth: north, south, east, and
west.
•Four are the divisions of the day: morning, noon, evening,
and midnight.
•Four are the seasons of the year – spring, summer, autumn,
and winter.
• Four are the great variations of the lunar phases.
Four marks division also. For the river was “parted.” It is the
first number which is not a “prime,” the first which can be
divided. It is the first square number also, and therefore it
marks a kind of completeness as well, which we have called
material completeness.
Number 5
Five is four plus one (4+1). Now we have a further revelation
of a People called out from mankind, redeemed and saved,
to walk with God from earth to heaven. Hence, Redemption
follows creation. Inasmuch as in consequence of the fall of
man creation came under the curse and was “made subject
to vanity,” therefore man and creation must be redeemed.
Thus we have:
1.Father
2.Son
3.Spirit
4.Creation
5.Redemption
These are the 5 great mysteries, and five is therefore the
number of GRACE.
If four is the number of the world, then it represents man’s
weakness, and helplessness, and vanity, as we have seen.
But four plus one (4+1=5) is significant of Divine strength
added to and made perfect in that weakness; of omnipotence
combined with the impotence of earth; of Divine favor
uninfluenced and invincible.
November 6
Six is either 4 plus 2, i.e., man’s world (4) with man’s enmity
to God (2) brought in: or it is 5 plus 1, the grace of God made
of none effect by man’s addition to it, or perversion, or
corruption of it: or it is 7 minus 1, i.e., man’s coming short of
spiritual perfection. In any case, therefore, it has to do with
man; it is the number of imperfection; the human number; the
number of MAN as destitute of God, without God, without
Christ.
Six, therefore, is the number of labor also, of man’s labor as
apart and distinct from God’s rest. True, it marks the
completion of Creation as God’s work, and therefore the
number is significant of secular completeness.
The serpent also was created on the sixth day.
The Sixth Commandment relates to the worst sin – murder.
The sixth clause of the Lord’s prayer treats of sin.
The number 6 is stamped on all that is connected with
human labor. We see it stamped upon his measures which
he uses in his labor, and on the time during which he labors.
And we see this from the very beginning.
The number 6 is also stamped upon the measurements of
the Great Pyramid, the unit of which was the inch and its
sexagesimal multiples. The first multiple is the foot, 12
inches (2×6); and after this the rises are 18 ( 3 x 6), 24 (4×6),
30 ( 5 x 6), and 36 (6×6 = the yard).
Number 7
We come now to the great number of spiritual perfection. A
number which, therefore, occupies so large a place in the
works, and especially in the Word of God as being inspired
by the Holy Spirit.
Number 8
In Hebrew the number eight is (Sh’moneh), from the root
(Shah’meyn), “to make fat,” “cover with fat,” “to
super-abound.” As a participle it means “one who abounds in
strength,” etc. As a noun it is “superabundant fertility,” “oil,”
etc. So that as a numeral it is the superabundant number. As
seven was so called because the seventh day was the day of
completion and rest, so eight, as the eighth day, was over
and above this perfect completion, and was indeed the first
of a new series, as well as being the eighth. We consider the
connection between 8 and 7 in another section.
Eight is 7 plus 1. Hence it is the number specially associated
with Resurrection and Regeneration, and the beginning of a
new era or order.
Number 9
The number nine is a most remarkable number in many
respects. It is held in great reverence by all who study the
occult sciences; and in mathematical science it possesses
properties and powers which are found in no other number.*
* Among others may be mentioned (1) that the sum of the
digits which form its multiples are themselves always a
multiple of nine; e.g., 2 x 9 = 18 (and 1+8=9); 3 x 9 = 27 (and
2+7=9); 4 x 9 = 36 (and 3+6=9); 5 x 9 = 45 (and 4+5=9), etc.,
etc.; and so with the larger numbers: 52843 x 9 = 475587
(and 4+7+5+5+8+7=36, and 3+6=9). (2) The sum of its
multiples through the nine digits = 405, or 9 times 45.
It is the last of the digits, and thus marks the end; and is
significant of the conclusion of a matter.
It is akin to the number six, six being the sum of its factors (3
x 3=9, and 3+3=6), and is thus significant of the end of man,
and the summation of all man’s works. Nine is, therefore, the
number of finality or judgment.
The number of finality or judgment is committed unto Jesus
as “the Son of man” (John 5:27; Acts 17:31). It marks the
completeness, the end and issue of all things as to man —
the judgment of man and all his works.
It is a factor of 666, which is 9 times 74.
The Gematria (substituting numbers for letters) of the word
“Dan,” which means a judge, is 54 (9 x 6).
The sum of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is 4995 (5 x
999). It is stamped, therefore, with the numbers of grace and
finality. The sum of the Greek alphabet is 3999.
What are the 9 judgments of God?
The judgments of God in Haggai 1:11 are enumerated in
nine particulars:
“And I called for a drought upon the land,
and upon the mountains,
and upon the corn,
and upon the new wine,
and upon the oil,
and upon that which the ground bringeth forth,
and upon men,
and upon cattle,
and upon all the labor of the hands.”
Number 10
It has been already pointed out that ten is one of the perfect
numbers, and signifies the perfection of Divine order,
commencing, as it does, an altogether new series of
numbers. The first decade is the representative of the whole
numeral system, and originates the system of calculation
called “decimals,” because the whole system of numeration
consists of so many tens, of which the first is a type of the
whole.
Completeness of order, marking the entire round of anything,
is, therefore, the ever-present signification of the number ten.
It implies that nothing is wanting; that the number and order
are perfect; that the whole cycle is complete.
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments contain all that is necessary, and
no more than is necessary, both as to their number and their
order, while the Lord’s prayer is complete in ten clauses.
The 10 clauses of the Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s prayer is completed in ten clauses. *
1.The first, God’s sovereignty.
2.The second, God’s manifested Name
3.The third, the realization of God’s kingdom.
4.The fourth first mentions the earth.
5.The fifth, the gift of grace supplying our need.
6.The sixth treats of man’s sin.
7.The seventh pleads for spiritual guidance.
8.The eighth pleads for final deliverance from all evil.
9.The ninth sums up the divine glory (32)
10.The tenth completes the eternal cycles.
* These clauses have the significance of their respective
numbers.
The Tithes
The tithes represent the whole of what was due from man to
God, as marking and recognizing God’s claim on the whole.
The number 10 and redemption
The redemption money was ten gerahs, and thus was
acknowledged both what God claimed, and what man was
responsible to give. Now ten gerahs was half a shekel
(Exodus 30:12-16; Numbers 3:47). Every male that was
numbered, over 20 years of age, must pay this sum and
meet God’s claim. *
* When David numbered the people (2Samuel 24 and
1Chronicles 21), this payment was not made and God’s
claim was not met. Hence the judgment which followed.
But the firstborn were to pay ten times as much; for when
God took the Levites instead of the first-born of Israel, there
were found 22,273 first-born males, but only 22,000 Levites.
So that 273 had to pay the ransom money, which amounted
to ten times ten gerahs. Thus, though the five shekels looked
like a variation, the significance of ten is sustained, for the
five shekels were ten times the “half shekel.” (See Numbers
3:12,13,40-51).
The 10 Plagues of Egypt
The ten plagues were representative of the complete circle of
God’s judgments on Egypt. Exodus 9:14, “I will . . . send all
my plagues.”
The 10 kingdoms controlled by the Antichrist
Antichrist’s world power is comprised in the ten kingdoms,
symbolized by the ten toes on the feet of the image of
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2:41), and by the ten
horns of the fourth beast of Daniel’s vision (Daniel 7:7,20,24,
etc.; Revelation 12:3, 13:1, 17:3,7,12).
Number 11
If ten marks the perfection of Divine order, then the number
eleven is an addition to it, subversive of and undoing that
order. If twelve is the number which marks the perfection of
Divine government, then 11 falls short of it. So that whether
we regard it as being 10 + 1, or 12 – 1, it is the number which
marks, disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and
disintegration.
The importance of the number eleven is that it signifies
disorder and judgment and is used 24 times in the Bible. The
designation “11th” is used 19 times in scripture. Coming after
10 (law and responsibility), the number 11 represents the
opposite — the irresponsibility of breaking the Law, which
brings disorder and judgment.
In Genesis 11, men rebelled against God and built the tower
of Babel. God judged them by confusing their language,
resulting in chaos. In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the last
king of Judah, God executed His final judgment against
Judah with the complete destruction of Jerusalem and the
temple and the exile of the remaining Jews to Babylon.
The apostle John saw 11 things in connection with the final
judgment (Revelation 20:12-14).
Number 12
Twelve is a perfect number, signifying perfection of
government, or of governmental perfection. It is found as a
multiple in all that has to do with rule. The sun which “rules”
the day, and the moon and stars which “govern” the night, do
so by their passage through the twelve signs of the Zodiac
which completes the great circle of the heavens of 360 (12 x
30) degrees or divisions, and thus govern the year.
Twelve is the product of 3 (the perfectly Divine and heavenly
number) and 4 (the earthly of what is material and organic).
While seven is composed of 3 added to 4, the number twelve
is 3 multiplied by 4, and hence denotes that which can
scarcely be explained in words, but which the spiritual
perception can at once appreciate, viz., organization, the
products denoting production and multiplication and increase
of all that is contained in the two numbers separately. The 4
is generally prominently seen in the twelve.
The number twelve is found 187 times total in the Bible, 22 of
which are in the book of Revelation.
The significance of the number 12 is that it represents divine
authority and appointment, as well as governmental
foundation and perfection, and shows completeness. Twelve
is also used as a signature of Israel. Truth is symbolized by
144, or 12 x 12.
There are twelve divisions of heaven called the Mazzaroth,
which God uses for signs and seasons. The testimony of the
stars is numerically in harmony with the Bible: “The heavens
declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His
handiwork” (Psalms 19:1).
Number 13
The number thirteen and the enemy of God
The enemies of God and his people, as named in Scripture,
are generally multiples of 13. The primary example of this is
the great enemy himself, Satan. Although we may give the
English for the sake of clearness, the Gematria (the values
formed by the letters of the words themselves) are always
based on the original Hebrew or Greek:
•Satan, in Hebrew = 364 (13 x 28)
•Satan, in Greek = 2197 (133)
•”That old serpent, even Satan” = 2756 (13×212)
•”Ha-Seraph” (Numbers 21:8) = 585 (13×45)
•Beelzebub = 598 (13 x 46)
•Belial – 78 (13×6)
•Dragon (Revelation 12:9) = 975 (13 x 75)
•Serpent = 780 (13×60)
•Murderer = 1820 (13 x 140)
•Tempter = 1053 (13×81)
•The Scape-goat = 585 (13 x 45)
•The Lion (Psalm 91:13) = 338 (13×26)
•”As a Lion” (1Peter 5:8) = 1885 (13 x 145)
•”The Power of the Enemy” (Luke 10:9) = 2509 (13 x 193)
•”Your adversary, the Devil, as a roaring lion” = 6032
(13×464)
•Fowler (Psalm 91:3) = 416 (13×32)
•”Who is called the Devil and Satan” = 2197 (133)
•”Seven Devils” = 572 (13 x 44)
•”Because the Prince of this world is judged” (John 16:11) =
5577 (132×33)
•”When he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own, for he is a
liar” (John 8:44) = 7072 (13×544)
The longest book name and number 13
The longest name of a Bible book, Thessalonians, is 13
characters.
Additional commentary on the Biblical Meaning of 13 *
The number thirteen is associated with rebellion and
depravity and is used fifteen times in the Bible. All the names
of Satan are divisible by thirteen. Nimrod, the chief rebel
after the flood, was the thirteenth in the line of Ham. In their
thirteenth year of servitude, the kings of the nations rebelled
(Genesis 14:4). Twelve represents the government of
God and thirteen represents the governments of men in
rebellion against God.
Number 666
The number six hundred sixty six is “the number of a name”
(Revelation 13:17-18). When the name of Antichrist is known
its Gematria (substituting numbers for letters) will doubtless
be found to be 666. But this number has, we believe, a far
deeper reference to and connection with the secret
mysteries of the ancient religions, which will be again
manifested in connection with the last great apostasy.
If six is the number of secular or human perfection, then 66 is
a more emphatic expression of the same fact, and 666 is the
concentrated expression of it; six hundred sixty-six is
therefore the triple of human perfection; the perfection of
imperfection; the culmination of human pride in
independence of God and opposition to His Christ.
The number, however, has to be computed, to reckon, to
calculate, not merely to count or enumerate). See Revelation
13:18. Therefore it is not to be known by gematria merely,
though, as we have said, that will be one of the factors in the
calculation, just as the letters in the word Jesus amount to
888.
But 666 was the secret symbol of the ancient pagan
mysteries connected with the worship of the Devil. It is to day
the secret connecting link between those ancient mysteries
and their modern revival in Spiritualism, Theosophy, etc. The
efforts of the great enemy are now directed towards uniting
all into one great whole. The newspapers, worldly and
religious, are full of schemes as to such a union. “Reunion” is
in the air. The societies for the re-union of Christendom, and
the Conferences for the re-union of the Churches, are alike
parts of the same great movement, and are all making for
and are signs of the coming Apostasy. During this age,
“Separation” is God’s word for His people, and is the mark of
Christ; while “union” and “re-union” is the mark of Antichrist.
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