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THE SYMBOLOGY OF BIBLICAL<br />
NUMBERS<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1<br />
CHAPTER TWO USE OF NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE 8<br />
CHAPTER THREE ONE 14<br />
CHAPTER FOUR TWO 20<br />
CHAPTER FIVE THREE 29<br />
CHAPTER SIX FOUR 43<br />
CHAPTER SEVEN FIVE 59<br />
CHAPTER EIGHT SIX 66<br />
CHAPTER NINE SEVEN 79<br />
CHAPTER TEN EIGHT 96<br />
CHAPTER ELEVEN NINE 102<br />
CHAPTER TWELVE TENS, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS 106<br />
CHAPTER THIRTEEN OTHERS 110<br />
Appendices 120<br />
Here are a few of the summary of symbolism as seen by<br />
others<br />
REFERRENCES 131
CHAPTER ONE<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Biblical numerology refers to the interpretation of numerical values<br />
used in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament where we<br />
believe that the numbers apart from indicating the normal numbers<br />
also imply quality or attributes of the value. This type of approach<br />
had been used and studied almost as ealy as writings of Bible<br />
itself. This book is my attempt to collect these semiotics and<br />
illustrate them from the Bible itself. According to the theory,<br />
these numbers were purposely inserted by their authors to<br />
emphasize a particular message. These simply becomes a symbol<br />
so that the very mention of the number will ignite memories and<br />
connections to enhance the concepts and relationships. It is this<br />
aspect I have in mind when I entitled this books as the Symbology<br />
of Biblical Numbers. I do not go into the gematria and numerolgy<br />
and encoding of secrets in the Bible. This is a more wider field.<br />
Numerical symbology is most abundantly found in Ezekiel, Daniel<br />
and Revelation.<br />
There is a whole secular area of numerology which is directed to<br />
prophetic interpretations etc., akin to palmistry and astrology<br />
Bible, is an absolute mine of numbers and their symbolic<br />
representations. The numbers in the bible are present in a<br />
definite pattern and reveal different meanings associated to<br />
them. These numbers signify various religious incidents that<br />
took place in history and the teachings by Jesus Christ. The<br />
meanings of these numbers and their symbolic<br />
representation slightly vary in the Old and new testaments<br />
but both reveal the depth and concealed concepts of these<br />
numbers to the readers. It is mentioned in the scriptures that<br />
the universe is formed by three expressions, namely,<br />
numbers, letters and the words, and the whole circle of life<br />
revolves around them. The study of the vibrations of these<br />
numbers is the study of tat divine creative energies in
different levels of manifestations. There is a description of<br />
deep meanings related to the person and places in the Bible<br />
and the study of these numbers lead to a better<br />
understanding about the scripture. The study of numbers<br />
and their numeric symbolization in the bible is known as<br />
Bible numerology.<br />
Hebrew Numbers<br />
Hebrew and Greek languages did not develop a notation for<br />
number system as we have it today. Instead they used their<br />
alphabet itself to denote numbers. Every alphabet is thus<br />
given a number. As such it is simply a word which when<br />
adding up the sum of all represent the whole number. As<br />
such when it form part of a text it will not make any difference<br />
unless we recognize them as a number. Thus every word is<br />
a number and every number can have different words<br />
depending on how the adding numbers are placed in the<br />
word in its ultimate sense. This is what developed the<br />
numerology within Hebrew culture. Thus any Hebrew book<br />
can be thought of as a series of numbers placed in such a<br />
way as to make sense. In other words we can say the whole<br />
book is encoded.<br />
Even though Hebrew letter system has evolved, the mode of<br />
numerical counting in Hebrew using the Hebrew AlefBet<br />
remain the same as it was during the early Hebrew history.<br />
Today numerical counting system uses the European digits<br />
(0, 1, 2, 3...9) to represent numbers.<br />
Each letter in the Hebrew alphabet (or aleph-bet) has a<br />
numerical value.<br />
This is how it is assigned.<br />
The first 10 letters (consonants actually) have the values<br />
1-10.
The next 9 letters are valued 20, 30, ... 100.<br />
The remainder are valued 200, 300, and 400.<br />
The number values for each character are shown in the table<br />
below.<br />
There is no representation for zero (0).<br />
This is the system used by Hillel II in the fourth century A.D.<br />
Later, the final forms of the letters kaf, mem, nun, pe, and<br />
tzadi were used for the missing values 500, 600, 700, 800,<br />
and 900.<br />
Valu<br />
e<br />
Valu<br />
e<br />
x 1<br />
Valu<br />
e<br />
x 10<br />
The first 9 letters have the values 1- 9<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />
א<br />
Al<br />
ef<br />
י<br />
Y<br />
ב<br />
Bet<br />
כ<br />
Kaf<br />
ר<br />
ק ג<br />
Gim<br />
el<br />
ד<br />
Dal<br />
et<br />
ה<br />
He<br />
ו<br />
Vav<br />
ז<br />
Zayen<br />
Next 9 letters have values 10 to 90<br />
ל<br />
מ ס<br />
נ<br />
ע<br />
Lam Me Samek<br />
Nun<br />
Ayin<br />
ed m<br />
h<br />
ח<br />
Het<br />
פ<br />
Pe<br />
ט<br />
Tet<br />
צ<br />
Tzadi<br />
Next four letters are 100, 200, 300,400<br />
Valu<br />
ש<br />
ת e Qo Res<br />
Shin Tav<br />
x 100 f h<br />
These were used later as multiples of 100 upto 900<br />
Valu<br />
e<br />
x 100<br />
ק<br />
Qo<br />
f<br />
ר<br />
Res<br />
h<br />
ש<br />
Shin<br />
ת<br />
Tav<br />
ך<br />
Final<br />
Kaf<br />
ם<br />
Final<br />
Mem<br />
ן<br />
Final<br />
Nun<br />
ף<br />
Final<br />
Pe<br />
ץ<br />
Final<br />
Tzadi<br />
These were the original numberings:
The Hebrew script itself grew out of pictographs through the<br />
ages. Each picture itself has a story and basic theme and<br />
interpretation. These also come into play as association of<br />
numbers and<br />
names.
Development of the Hebrew Scripts over the ages.
Example<br />
.תשסד is: The number 764 in Hebrew<br />
The value is calculated as 764 = 4+60+300+400 =<br />
תשסד<br />
It can be permuted in anyway. As one can see it does not<br />
matter in what order you write them they will represent the<br />
same number.<br />
My name for example<br />
works out as<br />
. .<br />
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<br />
interpretations whether permissible or intended.<br />
Exceptions to Hebrew Number Formation<br />
There are exceptions. Numbers ending in 15 or 16 would be<br />
written as yud-he (10+5) and yud-vav (10+6) (YH), since<br />
the letters "yud he vav he" (YHWH) is the name of God YH is<br />
also the name often used. Hence by convention, for the sake<br />
of sanctity they are written as tet-vav (9+6 ) טו and<br />
tet-zayin (9+7) טז are always used. The number 18<br />
,יח yud-het, uses the same letters as the word for life het-yud<br />
.חי So it is written<br />
15 16 18<br />
טו<br />
9+6<br />
Not<br />
10+5<br />
טז<br />
9+7<br />
Not<br />
10+6<br />
חי<br />
8+10
Thousands, Millions<br />
Thousands are represented by the same letters as the unit<br />
values, sometimes a character similar to an apostrophe is<br />
appended. The character is a punctuation mark called<br />
geresh. When geresh is not available, the single quote ‘ is<br />
often substituted. A space often separates thousands,<br />
millions, etc. The pattern for numbers 1-999 is repeated for<br />
each thousand from 1,001- 999,999. Millions and Billions etc.<br />
are formed by extending and repeating the pattern.
1,000<br />
א׳ 1,000,000<br />
א׳ א׳ 3,001,764<br />
ג׳ א׳ תשסד Numbers Mixed With Text<br />
Geresh ׳<br />
Gershayim ״<br />
When numbers are used with text, punctuation marks are<br />
added to show that what written is a number not a word.<br />
similar numerical system based on Greek alphabet in almost<br />
exact parallel to Hebrew. Here is their number sytem.<br />
COMPARE THE NUMBER CORRESPONDENCE<br />
HEBREW ALPHABET and GREEK ALPHABET<br />
The Greek system of numbering letters of the alphabet,<br />
called isopsephy. ἴσος isos meaning "equal" and ψῆφος<br />
psephos meaning "pebble") is the Greek word for the<br />
practice of adding up the number values of the letters in a<br />
word to form a single number. It is based on a similar method<br />
to Hebrew gematria. The Greek alphabet, along with the
numerical equivalent, are outlined in the table. Note that two<br />
letters (digamma and koppa) have fallen into disuse. .<br />
Digamma literally means "double gamma" and is descriptive<br />
of the original letter's shape.<br />
Digamma, later called Stigma, continued in use as a<br />
numerical symbol, as seen in the 666 of Revelation 13:18.<br />
The isopsephia values of Ιησους (Iesous, translated as<br />
"Jesus"), and Χριστος (Christos, translated as "Christ") are<br />
also shown.<br />
Arabic numerals used for numbers were adopted and<br />
adapted from Indian numerals in the 8th and 9th century AD.<br />
Until then gematria methods were used in most cultures.
CHAPTER TWO<br />
USE OF NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE<br />
Words are a means of encoding concepts and ideas so that it<br />
can be used to transfer it to a receiver. Hence there are<br />
meanings to numbers in the context of secular culture as well<br />
as religious culture. The secular culture expands it into<br />
occult sciences of numerology. In secular numeralogy a<br />
number is generated using a person’s name or date of birth<br />
or something personal and interpret that number qualities as<br />
personificaion. They then form part of the arts of fortune<br />
telling like, palmistry, face reading, astronomy etc.<br />
Evidently words are encoded messages from the speaker to<br />
the creator. So are the written words. Thus God’s word<br />
also should be considered as encoded. These concepts<br />
are based on the symbolisms the receiver uses in their own<br />
culture. Since God uses the language of the culture it will<br />
certainly reflect these secular meanings. As such they<br />
necessarily involves symbols of the culture of the prophet<br />
who receive the divine message. Thus most of the Biblical
numerolgy is connected to Hebrew culture since Old<br />
Testament is revealed in Hebew. Later the New Testament<br />
grew in the Greek culture and it came to be using the<br />
Greco-Roman culture.<br />
The search for hidden meanings in Scripture did not flourish<br />
in rabbinic Judaism till after 70 CE, (that is only after the<br />
destruction of the second temple) after which this endeavour<br />
produced wonderfully intricate interpretations.<br />
John 8:31-32: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed<br />
on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples<br />
indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make<br />
you free.<br />
The process is illuminated by the medieval acronym pardes.<br />
"PaRDeS " ( 243 (5 76 ) is etymologically related to the<br />
English word "paradise" and stands for four types of<br />
hermeneutical meanings:<br />
These are:
• Peshat (פְּשָׁט) — "plain" ("simple"), "surface"<br />
("straight") or the direct<br />
meaning.<br />
•Remez —(רֶמֶז) "hints" or the deep (allegoric: hidden<br />
or symbolic)<br />
meaning beyond just the literal sense.<br />
•Derash (דְּרַשׁ) — from Hebrew darash: "inquire"<br />
("seek") —<br />
the \comparative (midrashic)<br />
meaning, as given<br />
through similar occurrences.<br />
•Sod (סוֹד) — "secret" ("mystery") or the<br />
esoteric/mystical meaning, as<br />
given through inspiration or revelation.
Remember the Holy of Holies was out of bounds to the laity<br />
and it can be entered in only once a year and that too by the<br />
high priest and that with the blood of sacrifice.<br />
Esoteric interpretations have led to many misuse of the<br />
scripture and into development of cults. Thus we should be<br />
careful in using the higher methods especially if it contradicts<br />
the plain meaning.<br />
For details see my book on Hermeutics<br />
Having said that I will try to look into the meaning of the<br />
numbers as used in the Bible.
Bible Symbolism<br />
as I have presented<br />
Number Zero- God beyond understanding, Ein, Ein<br />
sof, Ein sof Ahr.<br />
Number One - Beginning, God who can be known,<br />
Oneness. I AM.<br />
NumberTwo - Witness, Power of Resonance,<br />
Division, Yetzer Hara, Free will,<br />
Progress, Creative Power<br />
NumberThree - Complete, Basic stability and<br />
oneness in spiritual world<br />
(Holy Trinity, Animal, Vegetable,<br />
Mineral)<br />
Number Four - Creation (elements, seasons,<br />
directions,<br />
completeness of material world)<br />
Number Six - Man (created on the sixth day, 666<br />
fullness of man alone)<br />
Number Seven - Spiritual Perfection and Revelation<br />
(cycles), completion.<br />
Number Eight- New Beginnings, Resurrection<br />
(circumcision)<br />
NumberTen - Perfection of Divine Order<br />
(Law, Ten Commandments, Decade)<br />
Number Twelve - Perfection of Government<br />
(Apostles, Patriarchs)<br />
NumberThirteen - Satan, Rebellion
ECHAD MI YODEA<br />
WHO KNOWS ONE?<br />
This is a traditional cumulative song sung on Passover and<br />
found in the haggadah.<br />
It enumerates common Jewish symbolism of numbers.<br />
ECHAD MI YODEA<br />
Echad mi yode'a<br />
Echad ani yode'a<br />
Echad Elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shnaim mi yode'a<br />
Shnaim ani yode'a<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shlosha mi yode'a,<br />
Shlosha ani yode'a.<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Arba mi yode'a<br />
arba ani yode'a<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
WHO KNOWS ONE<br />
1 - who knows 1<br />
1 - I know 1<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
2 who knows 2<br />
2 I know 2<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
3 who knows 3<br />
3 I know 3<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
4 who knows 4<br />
4 I know 4<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments
Chamisha, mi yode'a<br />
Chamisha, ani yode'a<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shisha, mi yode'a?<br />
Shisha, ani yode'a<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shiv'ah mi yode'a<br />
shiv'ah ani yode'a.<br />
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shmonah mi yode'a<br />
shmonah ani yode'a<br />
shmonah yemei milah<br />
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
5 who knows 5<br />
5 I know 5<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
6 who knows 6<br />
6 I know 6<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
7 who knows 7<br />
7 I know 7<br />
7 are the days in a week till<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Tish'ah mi yode'a<br />
tish'ah ani yode'a.<br />
tish'ah chodshei leidah<br />
shmonah yemei milah<br />
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Asara mi yode'a<br />
asara ani yode'a<br />
asara dibraya<br />
tish'ah chodshei leidah<br />
shmonah yemei milah<br />
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Achad asar mi yode'a<br />
achad asar ani yode'a<br />
achad asar kochvaya<br />
8 who knows 8<br />
8 I know 8<br />
8 are the days to the brit milah<br />
7 are the days in a week till<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
9 who knows 9<br />
9 I know 9<br />
9 are the months before birth,<br />
8 are the days to the brit milah<br />
7 are the days in a week till<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
10 who knows 10<br />
10 I know 10<br />
10 are the commandments<br />
9 are the months before birth,<br />
8 are the days to the brit milah<br />
7 are the days in a week till
asara dibraya<br />
tish'ah chodshei leidah<br />
shmonah yemei milah<br />
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shneim-asar mi yode'a<br />
shneim-asar ani yode'a<br />
shneim-asar shivtaya<br />
achad asar kochvaya<br />
asara dibraya<br />
tish'ah chodshei leidah<br />
shmonah yemei milah<br />
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
Shlosha-asar mi yode'a<br />
Shlosha-asar ani yode'a<br />
Shlosha-asar midaya<br />
shneim-asar shivtaya<br />
achad asar kochvaya<br />
asara dibraya<br />
tish'ah chodshei leidah<br />
shmonah yemei milah<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
11 who knows 11<br />
11 I know 11<br />
11 are the stars in Joseph's<br />
dream<br />
10 are the commandments<br />
9 are the months before birth,<br />
8 are the days to the brit milah<br />
7 are the days in a week till<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
12 who knows 12<br />
12 I know 12<br />
12 are the Tribes of Israel<br />
11 are the stars in Joseph's<br />
dream<br />
10 are the commandments<br />
9 are the months before birth,<br />
8 are the days to the brit milah
shiv'ah yemei shabatah<br />
Shisha, sidre mishna<br />
Chamisha chumshei torah<br />
arba imahot<br />
Shlosha avot,<br />
shnei luchot habrit<br />
echad elokeinu<br />
shebashamaim uva'aretz.<br />
7 are the days in a week till<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.<br />
13 who knows 13<br />
13 I know 13<br />
13 are the attributes of God<br />
12 are the Tribes of Israel<br />
11 are the stars in Joseph's<br />
dream<br />
10 are the commandments<br />
9 are the months before birth,<br />
8 are the days to the brit milah<br />
7 are the days in a week till<br />
Shabbat<br />
6 are the orders of the mishnah<br />
5 are the books of the torah,<br />
4 are our matriarchs,<br />
3 are our forefathers<br />
2 are the tablets of the<br />
commandments<br />
1 is Our God who is in the<br />
heavens and on earth.
CHAPTER THREE<br />
ONE<br />
The number one means unity.<br />
Numerical Oneness. Organic Onenes
The first letter in Hebrew alphabet which its numerological<br />
value of 1 is Aleph.<br />
Aleph has no sound and it is the beginning of everything.<br />
This is God.<br />
In India we have clear teaching of Nirguna Brahman and<br />
Saguna Brahman.<br />
God is unknowable because he cannot be interacted in His<br />
fulness by any human. Hence even though he is all<br />
properties, humans will not be able to understand or<br />
comprehend and define God. The concept is inherent also<br />
in Caballah which is adopted by the Christian Caballists as<br />
God defined as Ein. Ein means nothing or meaning
unknowable. It is not that God is nothing, but we can know<br />
nothing about God. They call it neti, neti meaning - not this,<br />
not that. It is only when God expresses himself within the<br />
realm of human existence we can know God and then again<br />
that will not be the essence of God. God in his essence is<br />
unknowable. God makes himself knowable as he creates<br />
realms within himself and we know God’s emanations or<br />
energies within that realm of interaction. In Eastern<br />
Churches we distinguish between God’s Essence and God’s<br />
Energies.<br />
Ein - Nothing is the definition as best as we could define God.<br />
If we want to assign an essence itself we have to go beyond<br />
nothingness - which are defined by the Caballists as Ein Sof<br />
and Ein Sof Ahr . Ein Sof is explained as infinite - which<br />
implies fulness of all properties, EinSof Ahr implies infinte<br />
Light with Character. Only when God reveals himself we<br />
have diversity and hence sees Him as an organic unity. This<br />
is Saguna Brahaman - the first appearances of God. This<br />
cannot be unity nor His essence. This is the basis of<br />
Christian Trinity argument.
The first letter or number one Alef has no sound, yet in<br />
Hebrew it is written as a Person “the Great I AM”. This<br />
represents the Ein - the Nirguna Brahman which extends to<br />
Ein Sof as the root of all realities . Since Alef has no sound,<br />
the first reality is expressed by the first and the second letters<br />
of Hebrew together which is the word Ab or Av which simply<br />
means Father. God is defined as the father of everything<br />
both the material and spiritual world. Ab hence is the Ain<br />
Sof Aur - the infinite, light and Abba the Saguna Brahman.
This unity has two aspects. Primarily it indicates numerical<br />
oneness. One - no more and no less.<br />
Again this oneness may be more organic so that there is a<br />
unity within it.<br />
Here is what the numerology describe it.<br />
PersonalityTraits: Original, Individual, Master, Creator,<br />
Leader, Pioneer, Dominance,<br />
The Beginning 1 gives birth to all other numbers.<br />
However, that being said, Jungian psychology places 1 as a<br />
symbol of unity.<br />
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,<br />
the changes that result astound.<br />
You can see these reflected in the Biblical numerology:<br />
The first thing that brings to mind is the Shema of Israel:<br />
In fact the basis of monotheism is that God alone exist.<br />
Everthing else are emanations of God’s energies which form<br />
the cosmos. It is not part of the essence of God.<br />
In that sense even the cosmos is in existence within God and<br />
forms part of the oneness of God.<br />
Yachid represents numeric oneness which has no<br />
components. One Alone. This is represented in the case of<br />
God as “I AM” or El<br />
Echad on the other hand is an organic oneness of many<br />
components forming unity. This is represented the case of<br />
God as Elohim where the plural is used.
In Hebrew there is duality word for the singular El as Elah.<br />
In the Shema of Israel, God is not Yachid but Echad.<br />
God is not homogeneous but hetrogenious and is potentially<br />
infinte.<br />
The word YACHID, which always means one and ONE<br />
ALONE (not a unified one) is NEVER used of God<br />
ANYWHERE in the Old Testament.<br />
In the New Testament, the greek word corresponding to<br />
Yachid is Hen. See John 10:30; Matt. 19:5; Mk 12:29.<br />
There is a corresponding word for Yachid in Greek which is<br />
Monos - One Only. See Matt 24:36; 1 Tim 1:17. Two<br />
examples can be shown which makes it clear.<br />
The Organic oneness concept is seen in the prayer of Jesus:<br />
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their<br />
message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you<br />
are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the<br />
world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given<br />
them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we<br />
are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be<br />
brought to complete unity. This is the echad of 1
Apart from the defining of God as one, we have referrences<br />
to Jesus as One or First<br />
Jesus is called the firstborn of every creature (Colossians<br />
1:15)<br />
Jesus is called the firstborn from the dead (1:18)<br />
Jesus is called the firstborn among many brethren (Romans<br />
8:29).<br />
Jesus is called the "first of the firstfruits" (1Corinthians 15:20,<br />
23), indicating the immortal humanity through the<br />
resurrection.<br />
Jesus is called the FIRST or Alpha (the first letter of the<br />
Greek language) and the Last or Omega (last letter of Greek)<br />
(Revelation 1:11, 17, 22:13).<br />
Greek<br />
Alef- Tau (Hebrew forms:<br />
pictograph to modern)<br />
Notice Tau was a Cross<br />
Christianity entails one hope, one faith, one baptism, one<br />
Lord and Savior and one Father (Ephesians 4:4 - 6). Alef in<br />
the ancient pictograohic writing was the head of an ox<br />
indicating power and authority while, Tau the last letter was
indeed a cross which indicates total redemption back to the<br />
beginning of all creation.<br />
In any language or culture around the globe, the number one<br />
means unity. It is of great importance no matter where you<br />
go. One has a dual nature, as do most numbers, in that it<br />
represents both primacy – being first – and unity – being<br />
a whole, singular thing. The number one is self-sufficient; it<br />
stands alone, indivisible by any other numbers, as the<br />
primary source of all numbers after it. By its very nature the<br />
number one leaves out any differences that may exist<br />
between numbers. It is neither in conflict or harmony with<br />
any.<br />
The organic unity is particularly clear in the concept of<br />
husband and wife who become one flesh,<br />
and in exactly similar way in the concept of the Church as<br />
one body.<br />
Jesus prayed to God that his followers<br />
“that they may all be one,<br />
just as you, Father, are in union with me<br />
and I am in union with you.”—<br />
John 17:21; Matthew 19:6.
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Yacheed means absolute unity, or<br />
uniqueness, an only one.<br />
It occurs only twelve times in the Old Testament (3x2 2 ),<br />
viz: Pentateuch, 3 timess and Rest of Old Testament 9 = (3 2 )<br />
times.<br />
• Genesis 22:2, "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac."<br />
• Genesis 22:12 and 16, "Hast not withheld thy son, thine only<br />
son."<br />
• Judges 11:34, "She was his only child."<br />
• Psalm 22:20, "Deliver...my darling" (marg. only one).<br />
• Psalm 25:16, "I am desolate and afflicted."<br />
• Psalm 35:17, "Rescue...my darling (marg. only one) from the<br />
lions."<br />
• Psalm 68:6, "God setteth the solitary in families."<br />
• Proverbs 4:3, "I was...tender and only beloved in the sight of my<br />
mother."<br />
• Jeremiah 6:26, "Mourning as for an only son."<br />
• Amos 8:10, "I will make it as the mourning of an only son."<br />
• Zechariah 12:10, "As one that mourneth for his only son."<br />
These are all the occurrences of the word Yacheed, and<br />
here therefore we see the meaning of the word.<br />
But this is not the word which is used in Deuteronomy 6:4,<br />
and it is never used of Jehovah.<br />
It is used of the Lord Jesus as the only begotten Son; but<br />
never of Jehovah—the self-existant One (- Echad).
CHAPTER FOUR<br />
TWO
2's symbolism is the union of and peace between different<br />
entities. It seeks to end separateness and unite all<br />
Number 2 is represented in Hebrew by the second letter Bet<br />
“Beit is the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet and it<br />
symbolizes blessing, creation and duality, therefore, it stands<br />
for number 2. In creating, God imbued creatures with his<br />
blessings. I am a bundle of (2's) -- 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils,<br />
2 hands, 2 feet, right and left brain, etc.<br />
When the male and female harmonize, new life<br />
comes into being and God's blessing is realized.<br />
The upper left corner of the symbol points upward<br />
indicating that God the creator is the author of<br />
blessed harmony.”<br />
http://www.brogilbert.org/hebrew_sacred/7hebrew_<br />
beit.htm<br />
Since the first letter alef has no sound, the Bible starts with<br />
the second letter Bet. Incidentally the last letter of Torah is<br />
the last letter Tau of Hebrew, thus the Torah is the beginning<br />
and end of humanity. Jesus claims himself to be the first<br />
and the last, alpha and tau not just bet and tau which implies<br />
his claim be part of the Godhead in his essence.<br />
The second letter of the Hebrew alef-bet, bet - ,ב mirrors<br />
the symbolism of the number two. It is called Bet. It is from<br />
this letter that we get our word, both. This letter is the first<br />
letter of the Torah and of the book of Genesis. As a prefix,<br />
the letter bet may function as a preposition meaning "in",<br />
"at", or "with". Bet is the first letter of the Torah. As Bet is the<br />
number 2 in gematria, this is said to symbolize that there are<br />
two parts to Torah: the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.
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The creation of the Cosmos was the building up of a House<br />
for God himself to dwell. The house symbolizes the<br />
ultimate purpose of all reality: to become a dwelling place<br />
below for the manifestation of God's presence. He is the<br />
Father, the head of the household. Holy Spirit Ruach is a<br />
female gender and like Eve from Adam procedes from the<br />
Father and is he Mother of All. It is the Spirit that Gives life.<br />
Thus once again we see 2 as organic unity of God the Father<br />
and Holy Spirit the Mother and also of the whole creation as<br />
unity while the creation is given the freedom and form a<br />
duality without which, the creaion would have been just a<br />
machine and would not for a family. Ultimately God will<br />
make his dwelling among his sons and daughters and will
form the family as he has planned. The whole theme<br />
therefore runs from Genesis through the Temples and the<br />
creation of the Church till the final reunion of the total family.<br />
As a prefix, the letter bet may function as a preposition<br />
meaning "in", "at", or "with". Bet is the first letter of the Torah.<br />
As Bet is the number 2 in gematria, this is said to symbolize<br />
that there are two parts to Torah: the Written Torah and the<br />
Oral Torah<br />
During Creation week God made two great lights, one to rule<br />
the day (sun) and a lesser one to rule the night (moon -<br />
Genesis 1:16).<br />
"I am in the Father and the Father is in me." (John<br />
14:10 NRSV)<br />
Thus the second is a support. We see that this<br />
is implied in the assertion of truth which is<br />
corroborated only by the agreement of two. This<br />
can of course be more than two, but the minimum is<br />
two. One witness could not establish the truth.
The agreement of two releases creative power.<br />
THE PRINCIPLE OF RESONANCE
In Physics a phenomena known as resonance have been<br />
known for centuries where in two simultaneous impulses will<br />
sustain vibrations to give extremely high amplitudes of<br />
vibration if they have the same frequency.<br />
Mechanical and acoustic resonance, Electrical resonance,<br />
Optical resonance, Orbital resonance of celestial<br />
orbits,Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) are very well<br />
known to the Physicists today. In the spiritual level this<br />
phenomena exists which more or less explain the power of<br />
prayer of experiment.<br />
Two symbolizes Testimony
"Again I say unto you, that if two of you<br />
shall agree<br />
on earth as touching anything that they<br />
shall ask,<br />
It shall be done for them<br />
of My Father which is in heaven.<br />
The two witnesses spoken about in the book of Revelation<br />
chapter eleven. They are the Lord's faithful witnesses who<br />
bear testimony to the truth!
John 8:17 "It is also written in your law, that the testimony<br />
of two men is true.."<br />
When Jesus sent out his Evangelists he sent them out two<br />
by two so that the testimony is confirmed by two witnesses<br />
following the OT rule.
Luke 10:1 "After these things the Lord appointed other<br />
seventy also, and sent them Two and Two before His face<br />
into every city and place, whither He Himself would come."<br />
Mark 6:7 "And He called unto Him the twelve, and began<br />
to send them forth two and two; and gave them power over<br />
unclean spirits."<br />
At the time of the ascension we have two angels affirming<br />
the return of Jesus. Acts 1:10<br />
Duality<br />
While two witnesses spports the truth, it can also mean two<br />
witnesses opposing each other.<br />
Thus 2 also indicate rupture or seperation to the extent<br />
of duality of God and Satan..<br />
The assertion of morality implies within it the assertion of<br />
immorality. This dual concept is not proposed in the Old<br />
Testament as such but is clearly pronounced only in<br />
Zorastrianism<br />
In theology, dualism may refer to duotheism, bitheism, or<br />
ditheism. Although ditheism/bitheism imply moral dualism,<br />
they are not equivalent: ditheism/bitheism implies (at least)<br />
two gods, while moral dualism does not imply any -theism<br />
(theos = god) whatsoever. Old Testament asserts moral<br />
dualism without duotheism or two god assumption. It is<br />
similiar to light and darkness. Darkness has no essence<br />
and do not exists as in Light. Darkness is absence of light.<br />
Immorality is actually absence of morality. In the same way,
Satan is not in anyway equivalent to the God. Satan is the<br />
result of God allowing freedom of will in his creatures. God<br />
defines what is good and right.<br />
Both bitheism and ditheism imply a belief in two equally<br />
powerful gods with complementary or antonymous<br />
properties; however, while bitheism implies harmony,<br />
ditheism implies rivalry and opposition, such as between<br />
good and evil, or bright and dark, or summer and winter. For<br />
example, a ditheistic system would be one in which one god<br />
is creative, the other is destructive (cf. theodicy). In the<br />
original conception of Zoroastrianism, for example, Ahura<br />
Mazda was the spirit of ultimate good, while Ahriman (Angra<br />
Mainyu) was the spirit of ultimate evil.
yin and Yang dualism of Taoism Good and Evil powers in<br />
Zorastrianism<br />
Dualism can also refer to the relationship between God and<br />
creation. A dualism of God and creation exists in some<br />
traditions of Christianity, like Paulicianism, Catharism, and<br />
Gnosticism. The Paulicians, was a Byzantine Christian sect,<br />
who believed that the universe was created by an evil God,<br />
who exists separately from a moral heavenly God.<br />
Catharist faith was agin a Dualism, where the Good God<br />
created the invisible and spiritual universe, while Evil God<br />
created the material world. Some believed that they both
were of equal power while others considered the evil god as<br />
a creature of the Good God. As we can see these are<br />
parallel to the Zoroastrianism.<br />
Thus we see the same dichotomy of unity and harmony in<br />
one and antagonism and duality struggle in the other. In<br />
mathematics, two is the foundation of all division. Likewise<br />
with humankind, the number two signifies man's fall and the<br />
opposition that can infiltrate his being throughout life.<br />
God created the Light on the second day, which divided the<br />
world into dark and light. This clearly shows the divisive<br />
nature of the number two in the Bible. When God created<br />
Adam, Adam was both male and female, an organic unity of<br />
duality. It was later that Eve the female part was seperated<br />
creating male and female. The concept is clearly that the<br />
duality of consonance and disonance, harmony and discord<br />
was inherent in the creatures providing choices and hence<br />
freedom by design of God. While the first sentence in the<br />
Bible seems to shows the perfection and order, the second
sentence, "And the earth was without form and void," shows<br />
the dissonance.<br />
Two is the Number of the God-Son (the Verb) within Trinity,<br />
in the Christian symbolism. If 1 is the essence, 2 is the<br />
existence. If one is the Nirguna Brahman (unknowable God)<br />
2 is Immanuel, God with us the Saguna Brahman living in the<br />
family with us.<br />
2 evidently is the symbol of sexuality since 2 represents also<br />
the division of the unit in male and female. It also symbolises<br />
the proceding of the Ruach (The Mother) from the Father.<br />
We see the Spirit hovering over the waters which created the<br />
world. It is the through the interaction of the waters of<br />
womb and the life giving spirit we have the life in cosmos.<br />
Thus we have a list of two:<br />
The two great divisions of the Bible: the Old and the New<br />
Testament.<br />
The two sons of Rebekah. (Gn 25,23-24)<br />
The two marriages of Jacob. (Gn 29,15-30)<br />
The two cherubs of the ark. (Ex 25,18)<br />
The two stone tables on which were registered the Ten<br />
Commandments of God given to Moses on the Mount Sinai.<br />
(Ex 31,18)<br />
The two silver trumpets that God asked Moses to forge. (Nb<br />
10,1)<br />
The two expiatory goats.<br />
The two columns in front of the Hall of the Temple of<br />
Solomon: Jachin and Boaz. (1 K 7, 15-22)<br />
The two kingdoms of Juda and Israel. (1 K 12,19)<br />
The two golden calves of Rehoboam. (1 K 12,28)
The two olive-trees situated on both side of the golden lamp,<br />
in the vision of Zechariah. (Zc 4,3)<br />
By group of two Jesus-Christ sent his apostles to preach the<br />
Gospel. (Mk 6,7)<br />
The two turtledoves and the two doves of the purification. (Lk<br />
2,24)<br />
The two witnesses of the Revelation. (Rv 11,3-4)<br />
The two fishes of the multiplication of breads. (Mt 14,19)<br />
The two swords of Peter. (Lk 22,38)<br />
The two thiefs. (Mt 27,38)<br />
The two kinds of baptism: water and spirit. (Jn 3,5)<br />
The two angels of the tomb. (Jn 20,12)<br />
The two angels of the Ascension. (Act 1,10)<br />
The two sons of Abraham. (Ga 4,22)<br />
The two coins of money given by the widow. (Mk 12,42)<br />
The two coins of money that the hotel keeper receives. (Lk<br />
10,35)<br />
The key of any duality consists in the antithesis. Growth<br />
comes with thesis, antithesis and synthesis. This is<br />
associated with Hegel and is known ad Dialetics. This is the<br />
basis of all sciences and logic. If creation itself was<br />
conclusively perfect allowing no variations then there is no<br />
margin or uncertainity for change. If Physical and Spiriual<br />
world were created obeying the uncompromising laws, then<br />
the world will be perfect machine and beings will have no<br />
choice. After the initial creation by God, change is always<br />
from order to a higher order depending on varitions<br />
introduced due to new creations or new order. This will<br />
explain the need for the antithesis.
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YETZER HARA AND YETZER TOV
According to Rabbinic tradition man is given two inclination.<br />
Yetser Hara is the inclinations based on the individual self.<br />
Self confidence, ability of push through actions, eat good<br />
food, drink have home ans good choice of sexual partners<br />
etc are basic to Hara,<br />
Yetse Hatov is the inclinations for doing good, caring for<br />
others and the environment etc.<br />
Yetser Hara is usually translated as “evil inclinations” and<br />
Yetser Hatov as “good inclinations” though it gives a wrong<br />
interpretation to poor Hara. A proper balance between<br />
individuls and society brings a good society. An organ<br />
which functions efffectively without becoming cancer<br />
provides a good body.<br />
The ancient Sages decided that they were going to capture<br />
and imprison the Yetzer HaRa. So they ordered a complete<br />
fast of three day….whereupon he [the Yetzer] was<br />
surrendered to them. He came forth from the Holy of Holies<br />
like a fiery lion…. He [the Yetzer] said to them, “Realize that<br />
if you kill me, the world is finished.” They held him for three<br />
days, then they looked in the whole land of Israel and not an<br />
egg could be found. So they asked, “What shall we do<br />
now?”…So they put out his eyes and let him go; (Yoma<br />
69b).<br />
It is this concept that later developed into Satan. In the book<br />
of Job we see Satan as one of the sons of God and sitting in<br />
the Council of Elohim. He was an official of the
Government of God as an Prosecutor so that the world may<br />
be correctly run and not go into disorder.<br />
Freedom of will, thinking, progress, maturity etc are involved<br />
in the presence of Satan concept in the Bible. This was<br />
inherenttly built into both the material and spirtual realm.
CHAPTER FIVE<br />
THREE
The number three in Hebrew is represented by the third letter<br />
in the alphabet Gimel which actually means a Camel. . The
meaning of the letter is thus interpreted as “to lift up”<br />
Greek Letter is called Gama<br />
Three lines are the minimum required to isolate a space in<br />
two dimension - The triangle.<br />
Progress is achived in the three pronged process in<br />
dialectics . Every thesis has an anti-thesis which eventually<br />
provides a synthesis as a change. Logic, society and<br />
growth follow this system. Three is thus the basis of growth<br />
and perfection.
There is a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (1 Jn<br />
5:7)(Mt 28:19)<br />
3 represents divine perfection and perfect witness.<br />
1 John 5:6-9 This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus<br />
Christ; not with the water only,
ut with the water and with the blood, and it is the Spirit that<br />
witnesses,<br />
because the Spirit is the truth. Because the witnessing<br />
ones are three:<br />
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree<br />
in one.<br />
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is<br />
greater: because the witness of God is this that He<br />
witnessed concerning His Son<br />
Qualities of God are three:<br />
God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent.<br />
The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts:<br />
the Torah ("teaching" or "law"), the Nevi'im ("prophets"),<br />
and the Ketuvim ("writings").
The opening verse of the Bible describes the creation of<br />
the Space- Matter - Time continum.<br />
“In the beginning (TIME), God created the Heavens<br />
(Space) and the Earth (Matter)” Gen 1:1<br />
Time is divided into the Past, Present, and Future.<br />
Space is divided into Length, Breadth and Height.<br />
Matter is divided into Solid, Liquids and Gases.<br />
Human capabilities are divided into -- thoughts, words, and<br />
deeds.<br />
There are three degrees of comparison -- smaller than,<br />
same as, and greater than.
There are three "kingdoms" in nature -- animal, vegetable,<br />
and mineral.<br />
"In this number we have quite a new set of phenomena.<br />
"Three therefore stands for that which is solid,<br />
real, substantial, complete, and entire" "Three"<br />
therefore is the number of "completion,"<br />
"finality," entirety."<br />
FOUR PERFECTIONS
As Bullinger points out, "three" is the first of four perfect<br />
numbers in Scripture.<br />
3 "Three" denotes divine perfection.<br />
7 "Seven" (as in seven days in the week) denotes<br />
spiritual perfection.<br />
10 "Ten" denotes ordinal perfection (Ten<br />
Commandments, the tithe is a "tenth", Noah was<br />
the "tenth" generation from Adam).<br />
12 And "twelve" (as in twelve sons of Jacob, twelve<br />
apostles) denotes governmental<br />
perfection.<br />
Hence, the number three points to<br />
that which is real, substantial, perfect, complete,<br />
essential, and Divine.<br />
There were three Patriarchs -- Abraham, Isaac, and<br />
Jacob.
"Birkat abot". ("the God of our fathers, Abraham,<br />
Isaac, and Jacob");<br />
Abraham is a type of YEHOVAH God the Father.<br />
Isaac, who was willingly offered to be sacrificed, was a type<br />
of Yeshua, the Messiah.<br />
And Jacob, whose name was changed to "Israel," is a type of<br />
the Church of YEHOVAH God, for as the apostle Paul wrote,<br />
the Church is "the Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16).<br />
Thus YEHOVAH's Plan involves three "stages" -- the<br />
Father, the Son, and the Bride (being formed now!).<br />
Father Son Church<br />
Three Days<br />
occur throughout the Bible indicating the perfect period
Moses and Aaron petitioned Pharaoh, “Now let us take a<br />
three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the<br />
LORD our God” (Exod 5:3; cf. Exod 3:18; 8:27).<br />
The fleeing Hebrews went three days without finding<br />
water in the Desert of Shur (Exod 15:22).<br />
When the Hebrews had traveled from Mount Sinai for<br />
three days, the people began to complain (Num 10:33-11:1).<br />
When the Hebrews neared the Jordan River they were<br />
informed, “Three days from now you will cross the<br />
Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the<br />
LORD your God is giving you for your own” (Josh 1:11; cf.<br />
3:1-4).<br />
The men of Timnah were stumped by Samson’s riddle for<br />
three days (Judg 14:14)<br />
King Rehoboam gave Jeroboam and the delegation of<br />
Israelites a three day waiting period as he considered their<br />
petition for less stringent royal demands (1 Kgs 12:5; cf.<br />
12:12).<br />
Jonah spent 3 days in the belly of the "great fish" (Jon<br />
1:17)(Mt 12:40).<br />
When God released Him, he spent 3 days walking across<br />
Nineveh warning the people to repent (Jon 3:3).<br />
In the New Testament Jesus told the Jewish populace at<br />
the Temple, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again<br />
in three days” (John 2:16), a fact that his disciples later<br />
recalled (v. 22).<br />
Paul was blinded for 3 days by Jesus (Acts 9:9),<br />
Left over meat from a vow or voluntary sacrifice had to be<br />
destroyed (burned with fire) on the third day (Lev<br />
7:16-17)(Lev 19:5-7).<br />
Three Months<br />
Moses’ mother was able to conceal her baby for three<br />
months (Exod 2:3; cf. Acts 7:20; Heb 11:23)
The ark remained at the house of Obed-Edom for three<br />
months (1 Chron 13:14).<br />
Three months after Judah visited the supposed shrine<br />
prostitute, he learned that she was really his daughter-in-law<br />
Tamar who was pregnant with his child (Gen 38:24).<br />
Asa’s reforms were celebrated in Jerusalem in the third<br />
month of his fifteenth year of reign (2 Chron 15:10).<br />
Support for the priests of Hezekiah’s day was gained by<br />
means of a tithe which began “in the third month and finished<br />
in the seventh month” (2 Chron 31:7).<br />
Ezekiel received a message from the Lord concerning the<br />
fate of Egypt in the third month of the eleventh year of his<br />
exile (Ezek 31:1)<br />
Lord revealed through Amos, “I also withheld rain from you<br />
when the harvest was still three months away” (Amos 4:7).<br />
In the New Testament record Jesus’ mother Mary visited<br />
Elizabeth, Zechariah’s wife, and stayed for three months<br />
(Luke 1:56).<br />
Paul stayed in Ephesus for three months and “spoke boldly”<br />
in the synagogue there (Acts 19:8), and subsequently stayed<br />
three months in Greece (Acts 20:3).<br />
Still later after the ship that was carrying him to Rome to<br />
stand trial was wrecked in a storm, he and his captives<br />
stayed on the island of Malta for three months (Acts 28:11).<br />
Three years<br />
“When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree,<br />
regards its fruit as forbidden. For three years you are to<br />
consider it forbidden; it must not be eaten” (Lev 19:23).<br />
Hebrews were forbidden to sow or reap, to plant, reap or<br />
harvest in the fiftieth year for it was to be a holy year for them.<br />
In compensation the Lord promises “I will send you such a<br />
blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for<br />
three years” (Lev 25:21).
After the slaying of his brother, “Absalom fled and went to<br />
Geshur, he stayed there three years” (2 Sam 13:38).<br />
During David’s reign a three-year famine caused the king to<br />
seek “the face of the LORD” (2 Sam 21:1).<br />
David’s adversary Shimei (2 Sam 16:5-14) was spared by<br />
Solomon on condition that he was permanently confined to<br />
the city of Jerusalem (1 Kgs 2:36-38).<br />
Shimei obeyed this restriction for three years, but when two<br />
of his slaves fled from him, he left the city to retrieve them, an<br />
action that was to cost him his life (vv. 39-46).<br />
Every three years King Solomon’s trading fleet returned<br />
“carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons” (1<br />
Kgs 10:22).<br />
Appropriately, the third year is also singled out for special<br />
mention. The third year was special in that it was the “year of<br />
the tithe” (Deut 14:28; cf. Amos 4:4), which was to be<br />
collected for the needs of the Levites and the underprivileged<br />
members of society such as the alien, the widow, and the<br />
poor (Deut 26:12).<br />
During the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah because “his<br />
heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD,” in his third year<br />
of reign he sent officials to “teach in the towns of Judah” (2<br />
Chron 17:6-7). \<br />
The third year was also the year that Jehoshaphat went to<br />
meet King Ahab of Israel with regard to their joining forces in<br />
an effort to regain Ramoth Gilead from the Arameans (1 Kgs<br />
22:1-5).<br />
Still later, during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem God gave<br />
to Hezekiah a sign of deliverance and renewed activity (2<br />
Kgs 19:29; cf. Isa 37:30).<br />
“For the third year … there was a direct divine command:<br />
‘Sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat fruit.’ Here was direct<br />
assurance that the people might resume normal agricultural<br />
activities with full expectation of eating the fruits of their labor.<br />
When in the harvest of the third year the people ate in
abundance, they would know assuredly that God had been in<br />
the entire crisis.”<br />
Isaiah prophesied that “within three years … Moab’s<br />
splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her<br />
survivors will be very few and feeble” (Isa 16:14).<br />
Isaiah himself went “stripped and barefoot for three years, as<br />
a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush” (Isa 20:3).<br />
Daniel and his three friends were schooled for three years<br />
with regard to the language and literature of the Babylonians<br />
(Dan 1:3-5).<br />
It figures in Jesus’ parable of the unproductive fig tree (Luke<br />
13:7).<br />
The Apostle Paul spent three years in Arabia apparently to<br />
commune with the Lord and receive instruction from him<br />
before going to acquaint himself with Peter (Gal 1:18).<br />
The Three<br />
Three sons of Adam are mentioned by name: Abel, Cain,<br />
Seth (Gen 4:1-2,25).<br />
All men are descended from the 3 sons of Noah: Shem, Ham,<br />
Japheth (Gen 9:18-19).<br />
There were 3 patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel.<br />
Three major feasts were to be celebrated:<br />
The Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Passover),<br />
The Feast Of Weeks (Harvest) (Penecost),<br />
The Feast Of Ingathering (Tabernacles) (Ex<br />
23:14-16)(Ex 34:18-23)(Deut 16:16).<br />
Israelite men were required to appear before the Lord three<br />
times in a year: “Three times a year all your men must<br />
appear before the LORD your God at the place he will
choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of<br />
Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles” (Deut 16:16).<br />
Three items were contained in<br />
the Ark Of The Covenant:<br />
A pot of manna,<br />
Aaron's rod that had<br />
budded, and<br />
The two tablets contained<br />
the 10 Commandments<br />
(Heb 9:4)(Ex 16:32-34)(Ex<br />
25:16)(Num 17:4-10).
Both the Tabernacle and Temple were divided into 3<br />
sections:<br />
The Outer Court,<br />
the Holy Place, and<br />
the Holy Of Holies (Ex 26:33)(Ex 27:9).<br />
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:24--26<br />
• "The LORD bless thee and keep thee;<br />
• The LORD make His face shine upon<br />
thee; and be gracious unto thee;<br />
• The LORD lift up His countenance upon<br />
thee, and give thee peace".
THREE THINGS MOSES ASKED OF GOD<br />
1. That the Schechinah might rest on Israel.<br />
2. That it might rest on none but Israel.<br />
3. That God's ways might be known to him.<br />
(Beracheth, fol. 7, col. 1).<br />
THREE PRECIOUS GIFTS WERE GIVEN TO<br />
ISRAEL<br />
1. The Law.<br />
2. The Land.<br />
3. The World to come (i.e., the Heavenly<br />
Calling).<br />
THREE MEN HANDED DOWN THE ANCIENT<br />
WISDOM AND DIVINE SECRETS,<br />
1. Adam,<br />
2. Seth,<br />
3. Enoch.<br />
4.<br />
Solomon’s Palace of the Forest of Lebanon was designed<br />
with windows “placed high in sets of three facing each other.<br />
All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the<br />
front part in sets of three, facing each other” (1 Kgs 7:4-5).<br />
God told Isaiah to walk naked for 3 years as a sign against<br />
Egypt and Ethiopia (Isa 20:1-4).<br />
Three men were in the fiery furnace when a 4th man showed<br />
up, who most believe was a pre-incarnate Jesus (Dan<br />
3:23-25).<br />
Daniel prayed 3 times a day (Dan 6:10.13).<br />
Paul was blinded for 3 days by Jesus (Acts 9:9), prayed 3<br />
times for his "thorn in the flesh" to be removed (2 Cor 12:7-9).<br />
Paul was stranded on the island of Malta after his shipwreck<br />
for 3 months (Acts 28:11).
Elijah stretched out his body over the widow's dead son 3<br />
times, and he returned to life (1 Kin 17:21-22.)<br />
Moses was hidden by his mother for 3 months (Ex<br />
2:1,3)(Acts 7:20)(Heb 11:23).<br />
Three men appeared to Abraham (2 angels and what is<br />
believed to be a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus) (Gen<br />
Ch. 18).<br />
The New Jerusalem will be surrounded by a great wall with 3<br />
gates on each of 4 sides (Rev 21:13).<br />
God brought a famine for 3 years while David was king (2<br />
Sam 21:1).<br />
God showed Peter in a vision 3 times that Gentiles would<br />
now be accepted (Acts 10:9-16).<br />
Upon entering the Promised Land, if a fruit tree was planted,<br />
it's fruit was considered unclean for 3 years (Lev 19:23).<br />
There are three archangels mentioned in the Bible by name<br />
as Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
3 in the Life of Jesus<br />
The Magi that visited Jesus Child, offering the three presents:<br />
the gold, the frankincense and the myrrh. (Mt 2,11)
Jesus went missing from His parents for 3 days when He<br />
was 12 years old (Lk 2:41-50).<br />
Jesus was 30 years old when he started his public ministry.<br />
Jesus was 33 years old when he died on the cross.<br />
Jesus was tempted 3 times in the wilderness by Satan (Mt<br />
4:1-11)(Lk 4:1-13).<br />
The public ministry of Jesus-Christ lasted 3 years.<br />
Jesus had an inner circle of 3 disciples: Peter, James, and<br />
John (Mt 17:1)(Mk 9:2)(Lk 9:28)(Mk 5:37)(Lk 8:51)(Mt<br />
23:37)(Mk 14:33).<br />
Peter, James, and John were the three disciples with Jesus<br />
in the Garden of Gethsemane. These were those whof<br />
formed the inner circle.<br />
The disciples failed to stay awake three times in the Garden<br />
of Gethsemane.<br />
Peter denied Jesus three times. Consquently in John 21<br />
when Jesus reinstates Peter, he asks him 3 times if Peter<br />
loves him.<br />
IMark 15:25. It was the third hour of the day when Jesus was<br />
crucified.
There were three crosses on the mount of Golgotha.<br />
The Holy Spirit’s anointing at Pentecost according to Acts<br />
2:15 happened at the third hour of the day.<br />
Jesus rose from dead on the third day.<br />
There were three witnesses of the Transfiguration of Jesus:<br />
Peter, John and James. Those are the same apostles who<br />
were witnesses to his agony.<br />
Three times in the Gospels Jesus resuscitates a dead boby:<br />
Jairus’ daughter (Lk 8,54); the son of the widow of Nain<br />
(Lk 7,14); and Lazarus (Jn 11,43).<br />
By three times in Gospels the Father gives a testimony to his<br />
Son:<br />
during his Baptism on the edge of the Jordan (Mt 3,17);<br />
on the Thabor during the Transfiguration (Mt 17,5); and<br />
to the Temple during the last Passover,<br />
In presence of the Gentiles<br />
acknowledging Jesus (Jn 12,28).<br />
Three times in the Gospels Jesus announces his passion.<br />
Jesus fell three times when carrying his cross.<br />
The sign over His head on the cross was written in 3<br />
languages:<br />
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin (Lk 23:38)(Jn 19:20).<br />
He was resurrected on the third day<br />
(Mt 16:21)(Mk 8:31)(Lk 9:22)(Mt 17:22-23)(Lk<br />
13:32)(Jn 2:19)(Mk 10:33-34)<br />
(Mt 27:63)(Lk 24:6-7)(1 Cor 15:3-4).<br />
He was crucified at the third hour (Roman time) (Mk 15:25).<br />
He predicted Peter would deny Him 3 times (Mt 26:34)(Mk<br />
14:30)(Lk 22:34)(Jn 13:38).<br />
Peter then denied Jesus 3 times (Mt 26:69-75)(Mk<br />
14:66-72)(Lk 22:54-62).<br />
Later, Jesus restored Peter by asking him if he loved Him 3<br />
times (Jn 21:15-17).<br />
He raised 3 people from the dead (Lk 7:11-15)(Lk<br />
8:41-42,49-56)(Jn 11:1-44).
He prayed to the Father 3 times in the Garden of<br />
Gethsemane (Mt 26:36-46)(Mk 14:32-42).<br />
Jesus is: 1. The Way, 2. The Truth, 3. The Life (Jn 14:6).<br />
By three times in his last speech to the apostles Jesus prays<br />
in order that they become One like Him and the Father are<br />
One. (Jn 17,11-23)<br />
The three hours of darkness on all the earth, from midday to<br />
three o'clock, when Jesus was nailed on the cross. (Mt<br />
27,45)<br />
By three times the apostle Peter renounces Jesus and by<br />
three times also he affirms his love for Him. (Lk 22,56-65; Jn<br />
21,15-19)<br />
The triple visions of Peter. (Act 10,16)<br />
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the<br />
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these<br />
three are one". 1st John 5:7<br />
Three multitudes miraculously fed:—(1) 2 Kings 4:42, 43; (2)<br />
Matt 15:34, 38; (3) Mark 6:38, 44.<br />
Three times Abraham called the "Friend of God":—(1) 2<br />
Chron 20:7; (2) Isa 41:8; (3) James 2:23.<br />
Three times the word "Christian" is found in the New<br />
Testament:—(1) Acts 11:26; (2) Acts 25:28; (3) 1 Peter 4:6.<br />
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Where two or three are gathered in Christ's name,<br />
there is the truth and the will of God being done, and<br />
Christ in their midst. That's the two or three witnesses<br />
of God. That's the Church with Christ in the midst<br />
(remember the two witnesses of revelation chapter<br />
11?) There is the "definition" of the Church! Two or<br />
three witnesses gathered together in the name of<br />
Christ! The two is illustrating established truth, and the<br />
three illustrating the purpose and will of God.
1/3: In the Book of Revelation is used sixteen times in<br />
reference to a divine curse or punishment.<br />
• and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green<br />
grass was burnt up. (Rev 8:7)<br />
• and the third part of the sea became blood (Rev 8:8)<br />
• And the third part of the creatures which were in the<br />
sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships<br />
were destroyed. (Rev 8:9)
One half of seven, 3½, is also a conspicuous<br />
number in Revelation:<br />
Wearing out the Saints for 3 ½ years.(Daniel 7:25)<br />
Jesus Christ is killed in the middle of a week. The week<br />
represents 7 years. The first 3 ½ years were fulfilled at Jesus<br />
Christ's first coming. The remainder of the week shall be<br />
fulfilled at Jesus Christ's second coming.(Daniel 9:27)<br />
God’s holy people (the saints) shall be scattered because<br />
they will be killed by the world power after a 3 ½ year<br />
period.(Daniel 12:7)<br />
The daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination<br />
of desolation set up shall be 1290 days. There is a 30 day<br />
extension to the 1260 days. Create a timeline using Daniels<br />
prophecy of days. After the 1290th day, there are 45 days of<br />
Jehovah's wrath, or the vials. The result? Blessed is he that<br />
comes to 1335th day. The 1335th day begins the thousand<br />
years period. See study on the 1,000 years period.(Daniel<br />
12:11-13)<br />
The Holy City shall be tread on, or beaten down, by the<br />
Gentiles 42 months (1260 days). And the two witnesses<br />
prophecy during the same time, 1260 days. This could<br />
correspond with Jesus Christ fulfilling the second half of the
covenant (remember he was caught off or killed after<br />
preaching for 3 ½ years). (Revelation 11:1-3)<br />
The woman going into the wilderness (all symbolic) receives<br />
information for 3 ½ years. (Revelation 12:6,14)<br />
The beast, or one world government power will speak<br />
blasphemous things against Jehovah and His son, Jesus<br />
Christ. The beast will have power for only 42 months, about<br />
the same amount of time that the two witnesses (from<br />
Revelation 11:1-3) are prophesying.(Revelation 13:5)
CHAPTER SIX<br />
FOUR<br />
Four is the value of the Hebrew letter<br />
dalet: .ד Dalet means door.<br />
Four is the value of the Greek letter Delta.<br />
Jesus said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be<br />
saved, and will go in and out and find pasture”. (John 10:9<br />
NKJV)
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to<br />
the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NIV).<br />
Bible numerology number 4 consists of two numbers - 3 and<br />
1. 3+1 =4. Three evidently dentotes the Trinity who created<br />
the universe. Hence the one added is the heavens and the<br />
earth.<br />
Thus<br />
Fire, Earth, Water and Air are the four elements of the<br />
universe. Four sides of the world – east, west, north,<br />
south and four time divisions – morning, evening, noon<br />
and midnight are also accompanied by number 4.<br />
IN almost all 4 we wil be able to discern a 3+1 in the<br />
following examples:
Year has 4 seasons: summer, autumn, spring and winter.<br />
Square has 4 sides and moon has 4 main variations of<br />
its phases. Ancient Greek medicine was based on man’s<br />
four components of man- Yellow Bile, Black Bile, Phlegm<br />
and blood.<br />
Ezekiel 7:2 "Also, thou son of man, thus saith the<br />
Lord God unto the land of Israel; an end, the end is<br />
come upon the four corners of the earth."<br />
Revelation 7:1 "And after these things I saw four<br />
Angels standing on the FOUR corners of the earth,<br />
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind<br />
should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on<br />
any tree."<br />
Again, four angels, four corners of the earth, four<br />
winds of the earth. Universal judgment over the earth<br />
everywhere, being held back by the angels of God.<br />
The Earth, universally is kept from this "until" God<br />
seals His servants in their foreheads. Revelation<br />
20:8 "And shall go out to deceive the nations which<br />
are in the four quarters of the earth, God and<br />
magog, to gather them together to battle..."<br />
Matthew 24:31 "And He shall send His angels with a<br />
great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather<br />
together His elect from the four winds, from one end<br />
of heaven to another."<br />
In other words, all the Elect (chosen) universally will<br />
be gathered together from all parts. This symbolism is<br />
seen consistently in scripture. We see the same<br />
principle demonstrated in scriptures about the four<br />
carpenters, the the four horns of the Altar, the four
Spirits of Heaven, the four beasts, etc., etc. They are<br />
all illustrative of the universality of whatever is in view.<br />
When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, it was<br />
giving us a picture of the resurrection wherein we all<br />
(believers) would be made alive.<br />
John 11:17 "Then when Jesus came, he found that<br />
he had lain in the grave four days<br />
Year has 4 seasons: summer, autumn, spring and winter.<br />
Square has 4 sides and moon has 4 main variations of<br />
its phases. Abovementioned are the creations made by God<br />
in the first 4 days and on the fifth and sixth day the finishing<br />
of Earth and settling with life were made.<br />
FOUR GOSPELS - FOUR BEHOLDS<br />
MATHEW ; Behold your King (zech 9:9)<br />
MARK: Behold your Servant (Isa 42:1)<br />
LUKE : Behold the Man (Zech 6:12)<br />
JOHN: Behold your God (isa 40:9)<br />
Bible contains 4 main gospels: Matthew, Luke, John, and<br />
Mark.<br />
There are 4 gospel accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. Each<br />
of these emphasizes a unique aspect of his sacrifice and<br />
ministry. Matthew's focus is on Christ being the son of David<br />
and a Lion King. Mark highlights the suffering servant aspect<br />
of his ministry s an Ox. John proclaims Jesus is the One and<br />
Only begotten Son of God as an Eagle. And Luke<br />
showcases him as the Perfect Man.
Frontpage of Four Cospels a Comparitive Study by C.H.Weich<br />
God’s throne is surrounded by 4 beasts<br />
In Ezekiel's well-known 'wheels within wheel' vision (Ezekiel<br />
1, 10) he sees four living creatures transporting a throne with<br />
four sides and four wheels. Each of the living creatures has<br />
four faces (the face of a man, lion, ox and eagle) and four<br />
wings (1:6).<br />
The square-shaped New Jerusalem has 4 equal sides
The breastplate of the high priests was also foursquare.<br />
Number 4 appears in the stones with titles of twelve<br />
tribes of Israel. These stones have four rows and three<br />
stones within each row.
The Garden of Eden had a river which parted into the<br />
headwaters of four other rivers.<br />
These rivers were the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and the<br />
Euphrates (Genesis 2:10 - 14).<br />
In Genesis 10, "the generations of the sons of Noah" are<br />
comprised in a four-fold description.<br />
lands, tongues, families, nations (Verse 5, 20, 31)<br />
THE FOUR GREAT PROPHETIC WORLD-POWERS<br />
The first three wild beasts are named (lion, bear, leopard);<br />
while the fourth is only described and not named (Dan
7:7,23). So in the image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, three<br />
are metals; one is a mixture of metal and mire!<br />
FOUR CUPS OF PASSOVER<br />
Exodus 6:6-7 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I<br />
[am] the Lord, and<br />
1. I will bring you out from under the burdens of the<br />
Egyptians, and<br />
2. I will rid you out of their bondage, and<br />
3. I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and<br />
with great judgments: And<br />
4. I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to<br />
you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the Lord<br />
your God, which bringeth you out from under the<br />
burdens of the Egyptians.<br />
See Ezekiel 34:13-14 also
FOUR CONFIRMATIONS OF THE MESSAGE<br />
Signs, Wonders, Miracles and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit<br />
FOUR WITHIN THE TABERNACLE<br />
A: THE FOUR COVERING<br />
OF THE TABERNACLE:<br />
One Vegetable<br />
1. The curain was made of<br />
Twined linen of Blue Purple<br />
and scarlet Ex 26:1-6<br />
Three animal<br />
2. Curtains of Goat hair (Ex.<br />
26:7-13)
3. Covering of Ram Skin dyed red Ex. 26 :14<br />
4. Covering of badger skin Ex. 26:14<br />
B: THE FOUR MATERIALS USED IN THE<br />
TABERNACLE:<br />
Vegetable<br />
1. Shittin wood - representing the corruptibility of humanity<br />
Metals<br />
2. Gold -representing incorruptibility of God<br />
3. Silver -repressenting Redemption<br />
4. Brass - Survival through judgement<br />
C: THE FOUR COLORS OF THE TABERNACLE Ex.25:4<br />
1. Purple - Behold your King - Gospel of Mathew<br />
2. White Linen - Behold your Righterous servant -<br />
Gospel of Mark<br />
3. Scarlet - Behold the Man - blood of Sacrifice - Gosel of<br />
Luke<br />
4. Blue - Behold your God - Gospel of John<br />
Mentioned 24 times in Exodus in this order
D: ENCAMPMENT ON FOUR SIDES OF THE<br />
TABERNACLE<br />
FOUR PRIESTLY ORDERS:<br />
(1 Chron 23:6)<br />
INNER FOUR SIDES of the Tent of meeting<br />
+ Moses and Aaron and sons<br />
+ Kohathites<br />
+ Geshonites<br />
+ Merari<br />
OUTER FOUR SIDES :<br />
12 Tribes 3 on each side under a leading flag<br />
East Flag Lion under Judah, Issachar and Zabulum<br />
South Flag Man under Reuben Simeon and Gad<br />
West Flad Ox under Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin<br />
North Flag Eagle under Dan, Asher and Naphthali
The brazen altar which displayed the Divine judgment is four<br />
sided, and had four horns. So with the golden altar.<br />
The camp was four-square.
These flags represent the four living creatures of the<br />
ezekiels Vison that carried YHVH<br />
In Judaism, the living beings are considered angels of fire,<br />
who hold up the throne of God and the earth itself.They are<br />
ranked first in Maimonides' Jewish angelic hierarchy. They<br />
form the four order of creation in heaven and earth.<br />
In Christianity, the four living creatures are Cherubim. A<br />
prominent early interpretation, variously modified by different<br />
interpreters, has been to equate the four creatures as a<br />
tetramorph of the Four Evangelists. Throughout church<br />
history, the most common interpretation (first laid out by<br />
Victorinus), but not the original or the only, is that the lion
epresents Mark, the calf Luke, the man Matthew, and the<br />
eagle John. Various other associations are in existence.<br />
Fourfold description of Manna (Exo 16:14,31)<br />
+ three referring appearance = small, white, round<br />
+ one to taste = sweet.<br />
Four unclean animals<br />
"And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying<br />
to them, Speak to the children of Israel, saying,<br />
These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the<br />
beasts that are on the earth. Whatsoever parts the hoof, and<br />
is clovenfooted, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that<br />
shall you eat.<br />
Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the<br />
cud, or of them that divide the hoof:<br />
as the camel, because he chews the cud, but divides<br />
not the hoof;
And the coney, because he chews the cud, but divides<br />
not the hoof;<br />
And the hare, because he chews the cud, but divides<br />
not the hoof;<br />
And the swine, though he divide the hoof,<br />
and be clovenfooted, yet he chews not the<br />
cud; he is unclean to you " (Lev.11:1-7 KJV).<br />
+ three chewed the cud, but did not divide the hoof =<br />
camel, hare, and coney.<br />
+ one divided the hoof, but did not chew the cud=the<br />
swine.<br />
Four houses were built by Solomon<br />
+ three were for himself,—his own house (1 Kings 7:1), the<br />
house of the forest of Lebanon (v 2), the house for<br />
Pharaoh's daughter (v 8);<br />
+ one was the House of the LORD (1 Kings 6:37).<br />
God's four sore judgments in the earth (Eze<br />
14:21):
+ three are inanimate (the sword, famine, and pestilence);<br />
+ one is animate (the noisome beast).<br />
Four kinds of divine destroyers In Jeremiah 15:3,<br />
+three are animate (dogs, fowls, and beasts),<br />
+ one is inanimate (the sword).<br />
FOURS OF PERSONS<br />
The four of the Book of Job:—<br />
• Eliphaz<br />
• Bildad<br />
• Zophar (friends)<br />
• Elihu (mediator)<br />
The children of Lamech:—<br />
• Jubal<br />
• Jabal
• Tubal-Cain (sons)<br />
• Naamah (daughters)<br />
The four whose names were changed:—<br />
• Abram (Gen 27:5) [in blessing]<br />
• Sarai (Gen 27:15) [in blessing]<br />
• Jacob (35:10, 37:28) [in blessing]<br />
• Pashur (Jer 20:3) [in judgment]<br />
Jeremiah said to him,<br />
"Pashhur is not the name the LORD has called you, but rather<br />
Magor-missabib.(fear on every side,)
FOUR PROPHETESSES OF THE OLD<br />
TESTAMENT:—<br />
• Miriam (Exo 15:20)<br />
• Deborah (Judg 4:4)<br />
• Huldah (2 Kings 22:14)<br />
• Noadiah (Neh 6:14)<br />
The Rabbis taught in Megillah (14a), one of the tractates of<br />
the Talmud, “Our Rabbis taught: Forty-eight prophets and<br />
seven prophetesses prophesied to Israel. . . . ‘<br />
Seven prophetesses’. Who were these? –<br />
Sarah, Gen 11:29 - 23:20<br />
Miriam, Ex 15:20-21; Num 12:1-12:15, 20”1<br />
Deborah, Jud. 4:1-5:31<br />
Hannah, 1 Sam 11:1 -25:42<br />
Abigail, 1 Sam 25:1 - 25:42<br />
Huldah 2 Kings 22:14-20<br />
Esther. (Book of Esther)<br />
But Sarah, Hannah, Abigail, and Esther are never called<br />
prophetesses in the Hebrew Bible.<br />
THE FOUR "CHILDREN" OF THE BOOK<br />
OF DANIEL:—<br />
• Daniel<br />
• Shadrach<br />
• Meshach<br />
• Abednego
THE FOUR IN THE FURNACE:<br />
3 human + 1 Divine<br />
• Shadrach<br />
• Meshach<br />
• Abednego<br />
• The son of God.<br />
THE FOUR KINGS NAMED IN DANIEL<br />
• Nebuchadnezzar (1-4) [the first of Babylon]<br />
• Belshazzar (5) [the last of Babylon]<br />
• Darius (6) "the Median" (5:31)
• Cyrus (6:28, 10:1) "the Persian"<br />
The prophecy of Zechariah which has special reference to<br />
the earth<br />
• In Chapter 1 we have the four horns or Gentile<br />
powers, and the four carpenters to fray them.<br />
• In chapter 4 we have the four chariots with horses of<br />
four colours, signifying the spirits of the heavens acting for<br />
God in the midst of the four Gentile powers.<br />
THE FOUR-FOLD WITNESS<br />
TO SHOW NATURE'S INABILITY TO FIND<br />
WISDOM (JOB 28:7,8)<br />
• The fowl.<br />
• The vulture's eye.<br />
• The lion's whelps.<br />
• The fierce lion.<br />
FOUR THINGS "LITTLE AND<br />
WISE"<br />
(PROV 30:24-28):—<br />
• The ant.<br />
• The coney.<br />
• The locust.<br />
• The spider.<br />
THE FOUR WOMEN IN THE LORD'S<br />
GENEALOGY (MATT 1)
• Thamar (Gen 38:27, &c.; Matt 1:3)<br />
• Rahab (Ruth 4:20; Matt 1:5)<br />
• Ruth (Ruth 4:13,14; Matt 1:5)<br />
• Wife of Uriah (2 Sam 12:24; Matt 1:6)<br />
FOUR NAMES OF SATAN<br />
(REV. 20:2)
(JOHN 8:44)<br />
THE SPHERE OF SUFFERING IS<br />
FOUR-FOLD<br />
(IN 2 COR. 4:8, 9)<br />
• Troubled, but not distressed.<br />
• Perplexed, but not in despair.<br />
• Persecuted, but not forsaken.<br />
• Cast down, but not destroyed.
Four kinds of flesh in 1 Corinthians 15:39,<br />
+ three are animals (beasts, birds, and fishes);<br />
+ one is human (man).
The four glories of 1 Corinthians 15:40, 41: three are<br />
celestial and are detailed (the sun, moon, and stars); while<br />
one is not detailed and is terrestrial.
The body is sown and raised (1 Cor 15:42-44) in three ways<br />
that relate to corruptibility:<br />
In the parable of the sower (Matt 13) the kinds of soil are<br />
four; but three are characterised as being all alike in contrast<br />
to the one (viz., the wayside, the stony ground, and the<br />
thorns). These are all unprepared! while the one is good<br />
because it is prepared!
In the Lost Son's welcome (Luke 15), three things were<br />
material (the robe, the ring, and the shoes); while one was<br />
moral (the kiss).<br />
"The Seventy" went forth with a four-fold prohibition (Luke<br />
10:4), of which three related to matters (carry no purse, no<br />
scrip, no shoes); while one related to action ("salute no man<br />
by the way").<br />
God's four-fold witness in the earth (Heb 2:4): three are<br />
impersonal (signs, wonders, and miracles), and one<br />
personal (the gifts of the Holy Ghost).<br />
After Jesus was nailed and hung on a cross, Roman soldiers<br />
divided up his clothes into four parts (one for each soldier -<br />
John 19:23).
CHAPTER SEVEN<br />
FIVE
Number 5 in Hebrew is denoted by Heh - a picture of the<br />
window through which we can see the future and the other<br />
side from where you are.
In Greek it is Epsilon
The Meaning of Numbers: The<br />
Number 5<br />
The number 5 symbolizes God's grace, goodness and favor<br />
toward humans and is mentioned 318 times in Scripture.<br />
Five is the number of grace, and multiplied by itself, which is<br />
25, is 'grace upon grace' (John 1:16).
The Ten Commandments contains two sets of 5<br />
commandments.<br />
The first five commandments are related to our treatment<br />
and relationship with God,<br />
and the last five concern our relationship with others<br />
humans.<br />
The number 5 in Biblical numerology symbolizes the creation<br />
of God, as the person has five fingers, five toes and five<br />
senses.
THE FIVE SACRIFICES OF LEVITICUS<br />
There are five primary types of offerings God commanded<br />
Israel to bring to him. They are the Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1;<br />
8:18 - 21; 16:24), Sin (Leviticus 4; 16:3 - 22), Trespass<br />
(Leviticus 5:14 - 19; 6:1 - 7; 7:1 - 6), Grain (Leviticus 2) and<br />
Peace Offering (Leviticus 3; 7:11- 34).
There were five sacrifices portrayed in Gen. 15:9 by which<br />
the promise to Abraham was secured: a heifer, a goat, a ram,<br />
a dove, and a pigeon. These typified Christ’s sacrifice on the<br />
cross to secure the promises for mankind.
Appearances of the number five<br />
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The Book of Psalms is divided into five major sections.<br />
Section 1 (Psalm 1 to 41) refers to the Passover, Israel's<br />
beginning, and the start of the God's plan of salvation that<br />
centers around Christ.<br />
Section 2 (42 to 72) sings about a unified Israel in the land<br />
and pictures the creation of the New Testament Church.<br />
Section 3 (73 to 89) bemoans the destruction of both God's<br />
Temple and Jerusalem. This section also hints at prophecies<br />
regarding the End Time Great Tribulation.<br />
Section 4 (90 to 106) rejoices over the 1,000 reign of Jesus<br />
and shows Israel gathered again.<br />
Section 5 (107 to 150) pictures a time when Judah<br />
(representing all Israel) shall again be delivered.<br />
NUMBER 5 SEEN IN GOD'S TABERNACLE<br />
The 'tabernacle in the wilderness' profoundly reflects God's<br />
grace in its use of the number 5. This tabernacle, whose<br />
design was given directly by God,<br />
contained five curtains (Exodus 26:3),<br />
five bars (Exodus 26:26 - 27),<br />
five pillars and<br />
five sockets (Exodus 26:37)<br />
and an altar made of wood that was five cubits long and five<br />
cubits wide (Exodus 27:1).
The height of the court within the tabernacle was five cubits<br />
(Exodus 27:18).<br />
THE HOLY ANOINTING OIL (Exo 30:23-25)<br />
The Holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23 - 25), the ingredients of<br />
which were given directly by God, was used to consecrate<br />
the furniture of the tabernacle. It was comprised of five parts,<br />
for it was a revelation of pure grace. The proportion of spices<br />
used in making the oil were a multiple of five, which then had<br />
a Hin of olive oil added to it.<br />
Pure Myrrh, 500 shekels<br />
500 = 5X100<br />
Sweet cinnamon, 250 shekels 250 = 5 x 50<br />
Sweet calamus, 250 shekels<br />
250 = 5x50<br />
Cassia, 500 shekels<br />
500 = 5 x<br />
100<br />
Olive oil, 1 hin
5 REVEALS THE GRACE OF GOD<br />
Gen 43:34 Benjamin received 5 times more than his<br />
brothers<br />
Gen 45:22 Benjamin received 5 changes of clothing from<br />
Joseph<br />
Num 18:16 Redemption price was 5 shekels of silver<br />
Matt 14:17 5 loaves of bread fed 5000<br />
Matt 25:15 The good steward received 5 talents and<br />
gained 5 more.<br />
Additional info on the Biblical<br />
Meaning of 5<br />
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There are five books in the Bible that contain only one<br />
chapter<br />
2John, 3John, Philemon, Jude and Obadiah.<br />
Moses wrote five books.<br />
Dream Statue of King Nebuchadnezzaar<br />
Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar was given, by God, a<br />
dream where he saw a giant statue of a man. This statue,<br />
according to the interpretation of Daniel,<br />
represented 5 periods of world-ruling empires.<br />
The statue's head of gold represented Babylon<br />
(Daniel 2:32, 38)<br />
The Chest and Arms of Silver symbolized the Persian<br />
Empire (Daniel 2:32, 39)<br />
The Belly and Thighs of Bronze (brass) represented<br />
the Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great<br />
The Two Legs of Iron symbolized Rome's Empire<br />
(Daniel 2:33, 40 - 43)
The Ten Toes of Iron mixed with Clay are the<br />
successors to the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:41 - 44)<br />
The five wounds of Jesus on the cross.<br />
The five wounds comprised:<br />
one through each hand or wrist,<br />
one through each foot,<br />
and one to the chest.<br />
The five parts of the clothing remaining of Jesus during his<br />
crucifixion after the soldiers had made four parts of his dress,<br />
plus his tunic which they did not tear. (Jn 19,23)<br />
Saint Paul declares that by five times he received the 39<br />
lashes from the Jews. (2 Co 11,24)<br />
The five unwise and five wise virgins of the parable of Jesus.<br />
(Mt 25,1)
The five porticos of the pool of Bethesda. (Jn 5,2)<br />
The five pebbles which made it possible to small king David<br />
to kill the giant Goliath.<br />
The five kinds of animals that God asked Abraham to<br />
present to him to conclude with him an alliance: a heifer of<br />
three years old, a goat of three years old, a ram of three<br />
years old, a turtledove and a young dove. (Gn 12, 5-18)<br />
The five books of the Torah (the Law) according to the<br />
Judaism that corresponds to the number of the first books of<br />
the Bible.<br />
The book of the Lamentations of Jeremiah contains also five<br />
chapters.
CHAPTER EIGHT<br />
SIX
Hebrew letter Vau stand for 6: The Greek<br />
Letter Digama stood for 6<br />
Digamma, waw, or wau (uppercase: Ϝ,<br />
lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an archaic letter of<br />
the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the<br />
sound /w/ but it has principally remained in use<br />
as a Greek numeral for 6. Whereas it was<br />
originally called waw or wau, its most common<br />
appellation in classical Greek is digamma; as<br />
a numeral, it was called episēmon during<br />
the Byzantine era and is now known as<br />
stigma after the Byzantine ligature combining<br />
σ-τ as ϛ<br />
To understand the number six, we need to<br />
understand the vav - ,ו which is the Hebrew letter<br />
representing six. The sixth letter of the alef-beit is the<br />
vav. The vav is shaped like a hook .(ו) or a peg. A<br />
hook is something that holds two things together. This<br />
property of the letter vav, in its Hebrew usage, is<br />
referred to as the vav of connection. It is normally<br />
translated as and which is used to hook heavens and<br />
earth together.<br />
Vav<br />
is a Nail or peg - a connector<br />
Vav is a connecting letter. At the beginning of a word<br />
it usually means "and".<br />
The first Vav is in Gen 1:1. It is the 1st letter of the 6th<br />
word, and connects heaven and earth.<br />
Numeric value = 6<br />
This is the number of "man"
It also indicates Jesus ─ the Son of Man.<br />
Jesus connects heaven and earth.<br />
Jesus connects the spiritual and the material.<br />
Jesus connects the unseen world with what we see<br />
around us<br />
Number 6 is A Perfect Number<br />
The Pythagoreans acknowledged number 6 to be the<br />
first perfect number.<br />
In mathematics a perfect number is when all the<br />
numbers divisors (excluding the number itself) are<br />
added, the sum equals the number itself. 1+2+3=6<br />
In addition when including the number itself and<br />
dividing by two the result is the number itself.<br />
(1+2+3+6)/2 = 6<br />
Perfect numbers are rare. The Ancient Greeks<br />
recognized four perfect numbers: 6 – 28 – 496 –<br />
8,128. Throughout history perfect numbers have
fascinated mathematicians and more perfect numbers<br />
have been discovered.<br />
“Six is a number perfect in itself, not<br />
because God created all things in six days;<br />
rather, the convert is true God created all<br />
things in six days because the number is<br />
perfect.” Saint Augustine (The City of<br />
God)<br />
Six is the number of man, for man was created on the sixth<br />
day (Gen. 1:24-31). Man was also to labor for six days before<br />
entering into the Sabbath rest (Ex. 20:8-11), and the Hebrew<br />
slave was to serve for six years (Ex. 21:2).<br />
Again the emphasis of the working for the length of<br />
the number "six".<br />
The Earth and all things were created in 6 days (Gen<br />
1:31-2:2)(Ex 20:11)(Ex 31:17).
Genesis1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and<br />
[vav] the earth.<br />
The connectivity of six and the vav is illustrated in the design<br />
of an alef - .א The alef is actually made up of three different<br />
letters: the letter yud - י above; a yud - י below; and a<br />
diagonal vav – ,ו or line suspended in between. The upper<br />
yod represents the upper world and the lower yod<br />
represents the lower world. The vav connects these two<br />
worlds.<br />
This vav, the first letter of the sixth word, serves to join<br />
spiritual and physical, heaven and the earth, in creation. This<br />
teaches us a very significant lesson regarding the meaning<br />
of six.<br />
The world was created in six days, the six days of creation.<br />
The first word in the Torah is Bereshit (In the beginning)<br />
which itself is composed of six letters .- .בראשית Furthermore<br />
the Torah clearly states: God created six days. There are<br />
also six alefs – ,א in the first verse of the Torah. The first<br />
letter vav in the Torah is found at the beginning of the sixth<br />
word (v’et). So creation is connected to the number six.<br />
Creation was completed in six days<br />
"And God saw everything that He had made, and<br />
behold, it was very good. And the evening and the<br />
morning were the sixth day.
The Number of Man<br />
The number six is symbolic of man.<br />
Man was created on the sixth day.<br />
Men are appointed to work for six days and after six days of<br />
labor, they are to rest on the seventh day.<br />
The sixth commandment prohibits the murder of man.<br />
666 - the triple 6 represents the very best human system<br />
of governance that mankind can produce without God under<br />
human wisdom and logic or Yetser Hara and Yetser Hatov.
The number 666 relates to the carbon atom, and man.<br />
Carbon-12; one of 5 elements in the human DNA is<br />
composed of 6 protons, 6 electrons and 6 neutrons, which<br />
equates to 666. Carbon-12 is the most abundant of the two<br />
stable isotopes of the element carbon, accounting for<br />
98.89% of carbon. Carbon forms the major part of human<br />
body and DNA encodes life. Oxygen is the life giving<br />
component.<br />
Carbon (18%) is synonymous with life. Its central role is due<br />
to the fact that it has four bonding sites that allow for the<br />
building of long, complex chains of molecules. Moreover,<br />
carbon bonds can be formed and broken with a modest<br />
amount of energy, allowing for the dynamic organic<br />
chemistry that goes on in our cells.<br />
Lucifer is another word for phosphorus. The Latin word<br />
corresponding to Greek Phosphorus is<br />
“Lucifer.” Phosphorus (Greek Φωσφόρος Phōsphoros), a<br />
name meaning “Light-Bringer”, is the Morning Star. When<br />
phosphorus is combined with the other elements and carbon,<br />
it forms our very DNA.
Six as period of labor
Exodus 20:9-11<br />
"Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:<br />
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord Thy<br />
God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,<br />
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,<br />
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:<br />
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the<br />
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh<br />
day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and<br />
hallowed it."<br />
Six signified the completion of work days. i.e., in six<br />
days, work was complete.<br />
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all<br />
the host of them.<br />
Man was created on the 6th day (Gen 1:26,31).<br />
God flooded the whole world when Noah was six hundred<br />
years old (Gen 7:6,11).<br />
Abraham interceded on behalf of the people of Sodom 6<br />
times (Gen 18:16-33).<br />
Leah had 6 sons (Gen 30:19-20)(Gen 35:23).<br />
The Israelites were to gather Manna for 6 days (Ex<br />
16:5,22,29).<br />
The 6th Commandment is "thou shalt not murder" (Ex<br />
20:13)(Deut 5:17).<br />
A Hebrew slave was only to work 6 years and then be<br />
released (Ex 21:2)(Deut 15:12.18)(Jer 34:14).<br />
Jeremiah 34:13-14
Hebrew slaves were released at the end of six<br />
years<br />
"...I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that<br />
I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the<br />
house of bondmen, saying, at the end of seven<br />
years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew,<br />
which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath<br />
served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free<br />
from thee..."<br />
The land receives rest at the end of six years.<br />
Exodus 23:10 "And six years thou shalt sow thy<br />
land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: But the<br />
seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the<br />
poor and the needy shall eat."<br />
God commanded the Israelites to give their land a Sabbath<br />
rest after 6 years of farming it (Ex 23:10-11)(Lev 25:1-7).<br />
The glory of the Lord covered Mt. Sinai for 6 days (Ex 24:16).
The gold lampstand in the Tabernacle (which signified Jesus)<br />
had 6 branches coming out of its sides (Ex 25:32-35)(Ex<br />
37:17-21).<br />
Two onyx stones, each with 6 names of the sons of Israel<br />
were put on the ephod of the High Priest (Ex 28:9-12).<br />
There were 6 "cities of refuge" in the land of the Levites<br />
(Num 35:6,13,15).<br />
The Walls of Jericho and the Number Six<br />
We read in Joshua, naturally in chapter six, that God gave<br />
Joshua and Israel this command regading the conquest of<br />
the city of Jericho.;<br />
“You shall march around the city, all the men of war<br />
circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.<br />
Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’<br />
horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall<br />
march around the city seven times, and the priests shall<br />
blow the trumpets. It shall be that when they make a long<br />
blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of<br />
the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and<br />
the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up<br />
every man straight ahead” (Joshua 6:3-5).<br />
Jephthah judged Israel 6 years (Judg 12:7).<br />
When the Ark was being brought to Jerusalem, after the<br />
Levites took 6 steps, David sacrificed sheep and oxen (2<br />
Sam 6:13).<br />
There was a giant that had 6 fingers on each hand and 6<br />
toes on each foot (2 Sam 21:20).<br />
Solomon's throne had 6 steps (1 Kin 10:19)(2 Chr 9:18).<br />
Joab remained in Edom 6 months until he had killed every<br />
male (1 Kin 11:16).
Evil Queen Athaliah's reign was 6 years (2 Kin 11:3)(2 Chr<br />
22:12).<br />
Boaz gave Ruth 6 ephahs of barley (Ruth 3:15,17).<br />
The Seraphim angels have 6 wings (Isa 6:2)(Rev 4:8 ?).<br />
After 6 days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John up the<br />
mountain for the Transfiguration (Mt 17:1)(Mk 9:2).<br />
In the 6th month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel<br />
appeared to Mary to announce she would give birth to Jesus<br />
(Lk 1:26:36).<br />
In Jesus' first miracle, He changed 6 waterpots into wine (Jn<br />
2:6-10).<br />
Mary anointed Jesus' feet 6 days before Passover (Jn<br />
12:1-3).<br />
At about the 6th hour, Pilate said to the Jews, "Behold your<br />
king" (Jn 19:14).<br />
When Peter received his vision from God opening the door to<br />
the Gentiles, it was the 6th hour (Acts 10:9).<br />
The number of the Antichrist (or beast) is 666 (Rev<br />
13:17-18).<br />
Jephthah (in the East) served six years as a Judge of Israel<br />
(Judges 12:7).<br />
The Bible mentions six earthquakes (Exodus 19:18, 1Kings<br />
19:11, Amos 1:1, Matthew 27:54, 28:2, Acts 16:26).<br />
Jesus was accused six times of being demon possessed<br />
(Mark 3:22, John 7:20, 8:48, 8:52, 10:20 and Luke 11:15).<br />
On the sixth day of the week, at the sixth hour, Jesus<br />
was nailed to the cross. Jesus bought our redemption with<br />
His sacrifice. He was the perfect man, brother of Man, the<br />
second Adam<br />
Six people,declared that Jesus was innocent of all the<br />
charges leveled against him.<br />
Roman Prefect of Judea Pontius Pilate (Luke 23:14),<br />
Herod (Luke 23:15),<br />
Judas Iscariot (after the devil left him - Matthew 27:3),<br />
Pontius Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19),
one of the thieves on the cross near Christ's (Luke 23:41)<br />
and<br />
the Roman Centurion who was at the crucifixion (Luke<br />
23:47).<br />
Six is either 4 plus 2, i.e., man's world (4) with<br />
man's enmity to God (2) brought in: or it is 5<br />
plus 1, the grace of God made of none effect<br />
by man's addition to it, or perversion, or<br />
corruption of it: or it is 7 minus 1, i.e., man's<br />
coming short of spiritual perfection. In any<br />
case, therefore, it has to do with man; it is the<br />
number of imperfection; the human number;<br />
the number of MAN as destitute of God,<br />
without God, without Christ.<br />
Six represents connection, exemplified by the angels in<br />
Isaiah’s vision, who had six wings each<br />
Isaiah 6:1-3 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the<br />
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train<br />
filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one<br />
had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain<br />
he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one<br />
cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is HaShem of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.<br />
SIX ORDERS OF THE MISHNA.<br />
Six also represents the six orders of the Mishna. Through<br />
learning Torah, one connects with HaShem. The six orders<br />
are<br />
Zeraim ("Seeds"), dealing with prayer and blessings, tithes<br />
and agricultural laws.<br />
Moed ("Festival"), pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and<br />
the Festivals.<br />
Nashim ("Women"), concerning marriage and divorce,<br />
some forms of oaths and the laws of the nazirite.<br />
Nezikin ("Damages"), dealing with civil and criminal law, the<br />
functioning of the courts and oaths.<br />
Kodashim ("Holy things"), regarding sacrificial rites, the<br />
Temple, and the dietary laws.<br />
Tohorot ("Purities"), pertaining to the laws of purity and<br />
impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of rituals<br />
Six and The House of David<br />
Six is a number that is uniquely associated<br />
with the Jewish people, in the star of David<br />
(Magen David – The Shield of David), a six pointed star:<br />
An existentialist commentary on the Star of David was<br />
advanced by the philosopher Franz Rosenzweig in the Star<br />
of Redemption, which he wrote on postcards during World<br />
War I. Rosenzweig described two interlocking triangles —<br />
the corners of one representing creation, revelation, and<br />
redemption; the corners of the other representing Man, the<br />
World and God.
There seems to be an intimate connection between the<br />
number six and the house of David.<br />
Thus a vav was added to Nahshon, hinting that six<br />
righteous men would come forth from his tribe, each of<br />
whom was blessed with six virtues.<br />
Thus of David it is written, That is skilful in playing, and a<br />
mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs,<br />
and a comely person, and the Lord is with him (I Sam. XVI,<br />
18).<br />
Of Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah it is written, Youths in<br />
whom was no blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful in all<br />
wisdom, and skilful in knowledge, and discerning in thought,<br />
and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace (Dan. I,<br />
4).<br />
Of Hezekiah too six virtues are recorded: And his name is<br />
called, Wonderful, Counselor, Prince, Mighty, Everlasting<br />
father, Prince of peace (Isa. IX, 5).4 Of Daniel it is written,<br />
Forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and<br />
understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of<br />
riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel<br />
(Dan. V, 12). Finally, of the royal Messiah it is written, And<br />
the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom<br />
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit<br />
of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (Isa. XI, 2)<br />
Midrash Rabbah - Numbers XIII:11 Another reason why<br />
‘attudim’ is written in full and the other word with a<br />
superfluous vav. It alludes to the six sons descended from<br />
Nahshon who were possessed of six blessings. They are<br />
the following: David, the Messiah, Daniel, Hananiah,<br />
Mishael, and Azariah.<br />
As we shall see, Ruth, as the progenitor of David, is also<br />
intimately bound with six and it’s multiples.
Six In Space<br />
We do know that the number six represents the physical<br />
world. The Torah describes the creation of the universe<br />
as a six part, six day, process.<br />
The Maharal indicates that six: Connotes being one in the<br />
sense of being whole and all encompassing, rather than<br />
being part of something else. The concept is illustrated by<br />
the six sides of an object (right, left, front, back, top, and<br />
bottom) that fully encompasses it:<br />
6 sided cube<br />
Sefer Yetzira of Father Abraham describe the universe as<br />
emanating in six directions: north, south, east, west, up,<br />
down, from a central point. All physical space and all<br />
physical objects have these six dimensions. Six represents<br />
completion, because something that is surrounded on all six<br />
sides: north, south, east, west, above and below, is<br />
complete.
6 AS IMPERFETION IN MAN
Both Hebrew and Christian sources believe six indicates<br />
"imperfection," "man", or "evil." or Man without the Spiritual<br />
connection of the Seven. For Christianity, this occurs<br />
preeminently in the Book of Revelation. Some Christians<br />
believe that 666 is the Number of the Beast. 666 is triple<br />
attempt to be perfect by man or creation of its own effort. The<br />
significance of three 6s shows eternal imperfection of Lucifer.<br />
In the historical context of history of the period of Revelation<br />
evidently Nero the persecutor of Christian was ponted to as<br />
666. But its extension to later history is a projection.<br />
There are other referrences to 6, 60, 666 in the Bible all<br />
of them indicates trend in gold, money, and also idolatory<br />
trends:<br />
Solomon's wealth included an annual income of 666<br />
talents of gold (1 Kings 10.14)<br />
When a remnant returned from captivity to Jerusalem,<br />
they included 666 from the people of Adonikam (Ezra<br />
2.13). Adonikam was a noble sent from Babylon to<br />
rebuild the Temple - a false priest given to idolatry.<br />
The number 666 is strongly inferred in<br />
Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold (Dan 3).
Its dimensions were 60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide,<br />
and when the people heard the sound of 6 instruments<br />
(Dan 3.5 KJV, NASB) they had to fall down and worship<br />
the image. Those who did not were to be killed. So in<br />
Nebuchadnezzar's image we see 666 is associated with<br />
gold, idolatry and enforced worship on pain of death.<br />
Finally, the world in its current state will exist for six<br />
thousand years:<br />
Sanhedrin 97a The Tanna debe Eliyyahu teaches:<br />
The world is to exist six thousand years.<br />
In the first two thousand there was desolation;<br />
two thousand years the Torah flourished;<br />
and the next two thousand years is the Messianic era,<br />
but through our many iniquities all these years have been<br />
lost.<br />
The Talmud, the Midrash, and the Kabbalistic work, the<br />
Zohar, state that the 'deadline' by which the Messiah must<br />
appear is 6,000 years from creation. According to tradition,<br />
the Hebrew calendar started at the time of Creation, placed<br />
at 3761 BC.<br />
The current (2016/2017) Hebrew year is 5777.<br />
According to classical Jewish sources, the Hebrew year<br />
6000<br />
(from nightfall of September 30, 2239 until nightfall of<br />
September 17, 2240 on the Gregorian calendar)<br />
marks the latest time for the initiation of the Messianic Age.
In the Midrash in Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer comments:<br />
Six eons for going in and coming out, for war<br />
and peace. The seventh eon is entirely<br />
Shabbat and rest for life everlasting.<br />
Kaballah considers every 1000 years from creation as a<br />
day which will end up in the seventh day Sabath during<br />
the seventh 1000 years when the Kindom will be<br />
re-established as the following table shows<br />
Kabbalah<br />
The Zohar states:
In the 600th year of the sixth thousand, the gates of<br />
wisdom on high and the wellsprings of lower wisdom<br />
will be opened. This will prepare the world to enter the<br />
seventh thousand, just as man prepares himself<br />
toward sunset on Friday for the Sabbath.<br />
The Zohar explains further:<br />
The redemption of Israel will come about through the<br />
mystic force of the letter “Vav” [which has the<br />
numerical value of six], namely, in the sixth<br />
millennium…. Happy are those who will be left alive at<br />
the end of the sixth millennium to enter the Shabbat,<br />
which is the seventh millennium; for that is a day set<br />
apart for the Holy One on which to effect the union of<br />
new souls with old souls in the world (Zohar, Vayera<br />
119a).<br />
The tradition teaches that the seventh day of the week, the<br />
Sabbath day of rest, corresponds to the seventh millennium,<br />
the age of universal 'rest' - the Messianic Era.<br />
The belief that the seventh millennium will correspond to the<br />
Messianic Age is founded upon a universalized application of<br />
the concept of Shabbat—the 7th day of the week—the<br />
sanctified 'day of rest'.<br />
THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD<br />
(Ephesians 6:10-12) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the<br />
Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor<br />
of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the<br />
devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but<br />
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of<br />
the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of<br />
wickedness in the heavenly places.
6 The above passage describes six manifestations of<br />
Satan's influence over man: |<br />
"the devil's schemes,"<br />
"flesh and blood,"<br />
"rulers,"<br />
"authorities,"<br />
"powers of this dark world," and<br />
"spiritual forces of evil."<br />
3 It also contains three admonitions<br />
"be strong,"<br />
"put on," and<br />
"take your stand".<br />
6+3 = 9 If you add three (Gimel, "important ideas") to six<br />
(Waw, "man in his sinful nature"),<br />
you get nine (Teth, "new life").
CHAPTER NINE<br />
SEVEN<br />
Greek Zeta<br />
“Zayin is the Crowned Man (Jesus) equipped with the<br />
sword of the Holy Spirit.<br />
Since -‘av represents man and Zayin is the crowned -‘av<br />
(i.e., the Crowned Man), we can
also see that the Zayin represents Jesus the Messiah, the<br />
true King of the Jews. And<br />
since Zayin also represents a sword, we see the Man Jesus<br />
equipped with the sword of<br />
the Holy Spirit.”<br />
Pictogram: Sceptre (a staff − an emblem of royalty, a<br />
symbol of sovereign power)<br />
“Zayin is a Picture of Jesus the Messiah<br />
Since Zayin represents the crowned Man, we would expect<br />
it to reveal other truth about<br />
Jesus as the King of the Jews. JESUS − the King of kings.<br />
Indeed, since Zag-'in's sword represents our Protector, as<br />
Jesus is the "Lion of the tribe of Judah"; and since Zayin<br />
also represents nourishment<br />
life, Jesus is here depicted as the Shepherd who feeds His<br />
sheep.”<br />
A major Hebrew word for making an oath or swearing,<br />
shava' , was closely related to the word seven , sheva' . The<br />
original meaning of “swear an oath” may have been “to<br />
declare seven times” or “to bind oneself by seven things.”<br />
Used 735 times (54 times in the book of Revelation alone),<br />
the number 7 is the foundation of God's word. If we include<br />
with this count how many times 'sevenfold' and 'seventh' is<br />
used, our total jumps to 860 references.<br />
Seven is the number of completeness and perfection (both<br />
physical and spiritual). It derives much of its meaning from<br />
being tied directly to God's creation of all things. According to<br />
Jewish tradition, the creation of Adam occurred on October<br />
7th, 3761 B.C. (or the first day of Tishri, which is the seventh<br />
month on the Hebrew calendar). The word 'created' is used 7<br />
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<br />
Sabbath is on the 7th day.<br />
The Bible, as a whole, was originally divided into 7 major<br />
divisions.<br />
They are<br />
1) the Law; 2) the Prophets; 3) the Writings, or Psalms; 4)<br />
the Gospels and Acts;<br />
5) the General Epistles; 6) the Epistles of Paul; and 7) the<br />
book of Revelation.<br />
The total number of originally inspired books was<br />
forty-nine, or 7 x 7, demonstrating the absolute perfection of<br />
the Word of God.<br />
Thus, right at the start of the Bible, the number 7 is identified<br />
with something being “finished” or “complete.”<br />
From then on, that association continues, as 7 is often found<br />
in contexts involving completeness or divine perfection.<br />
So we see the command for animals to be at least seven<br />
days old before being used for sacrifice (Exodus 22:30),<br />
the command for leprous Naaman to bathe in the Jordan<br />
River seven times to effect complete cleansing (2 Kings<br />
5:10),<br />
and the command for Joshua to march around Jericho for<br />
seven days (and on the seventh day to make seven circuits)<br />
and for seven priests blow seven trumpets outside the city<br />
walls (Joshua 6:3–4). In these instances, 7<br />
signifiescompletion of some kind: a divine mandate is fulfilled.<br />
Interestingly, man was created on the sixth day of creation.<br />
In some passages of the Bible, the number 6 is associated<br />
with mankind.<br />
In Revelation “the number of the beast” is called “the<br />
number of a man. That number is 666” (Revelation 13:18).<br />
If God’s number is 7, then man’s is 6.
Six always falls short of seven, just like “all have sinned and<br />
fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Man is not God,<br />
just as 6 is not 7.<br />
Series of seven things crop up often in the Bible.<br />
Seven pairs of each clean animal on the ark (Genesis 7:2);<br />
Seven stems on the tabernacle’s lampstand (Exodus 25:37);
seven qualities of the Messiah in Isaiah 11:2;<br />
SEVEN SPIRITS<br />
Isaiah 11:2<br />
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—<br />
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,<br />
the Spirit of counsel and of might,<br />
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD—<br />
SEVEN MEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHO<br />
ARE MEN OF GOD.<br />
They are<br />
Moses (Joshua 14:6),<br />
David (2Chronicles 8:14),<br />
Samuel (1Samuel 9:6, 14),<br />
Shemaiah (1Kings 12:22),<br />
Elijah (1Kings 17:18),<br />
Elisha (2Kings 5:8) and I<br />
Gdaliah (Jeremiah 35:4).<br />
SEVEN PATRIARCHS WITH WHOM GOD MADE<br />
HIS COVENANTS<br />
(1) Abraham (Gen. xv. 18),<br />
(2) Isaac (ib. xvii. 19),<br />
(3) Jacob (Lev. xxvi. 42),<br />
(4) Moses (Gen. xxxiv. 27),<br />
(5) Aaron (Num. xviii. 19),<br />
(6) Phinehas (ib. xxv. 12), and<br />
(7) David (Ps. lxxxix. 3).<br />
The Patriarchs are also among seven who, in their<br />
sepulchers, were not touched by worms or rot (Derek Ereẓ<br />
Zuṭa i. 7).<br />
Among others, the Patriarchs were not dominated by the evil
spirit or by the angel of death.<br />
The Patriarchs were given a taste of paradise by being<br />
supplied with all the world's good.<br />
Abraham was blessed "in all things" ("ba-kol"; Gen. xxiv. 1);<br />
Isaac had eaten "of all" ("mi-kol"; ib. xxvii. 33); and Jacob<br />
said "I have enough" ("kol"; ib. xxxiii. 11; B. B. 17a). These<br />
words "kol," "mi-kol," "ba-kol" were inserted as a blessing in<br />
the grace after meals.<br />
They are buried in the cave of Machpelah.<br />
The Mohammedans had built three minarets on this cave<br />
above the supposed locations of the respective graves of<br />
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; but the center minaret, that of<br />
Isaac, soon collapsed, and after it had been rebuilt it fell<br />
again. Since then, tradition says, the Mohammedans have<br />
abandoned the idea of replacing Isaac's minaret, as the<br />
Jews claim that Isaac, being the holiest of the Patriarchs,<br />
objects to a heathen tower over his grave.<br />
(http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11944-patriarch<br />
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SEVEN FESTIVALS in three groups in Leviticus 23<br />
There are 7 annual Holy Days, beginning with Passover and<br />
ending with the Last Great Day (the day after the Feast of<br />
Tabernacles ends in the fall).<br />
The cycle of the holy days is completed in 3 festival seasons<br />
by the 7th month of the sacred calendar:<br />
Passover and Unleavened Bread, 1st month;<br />
Pentecost, 3rd month; and
Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles and Last Great Day, 7th<br />
month.<br />
Multiples of 7 also figure into the biblical narrative: the<br />
“seventy weeks” prophecy in Daniel 9:24 concerns 490<br />
years (7 times 7 times 10).
Jeremiah 29:10 predicted the Babylonian Captivity would<br />
last for seventy years (7 times 10).<br />
SPRINKLE OF THE BLOOD SEVEN TIMES<br />
"And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and<br />
sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord,<br />
before the veil of the sanctuary". Leviticus 4:6<br />
There we see that the blood was to be sprinkled<br />
seven times, which signifies that the person is 'totally'<br />
forgiven and made completely clean. Likewise:
According to Leviticus 25:8, the Year of Jubilee was to<br />
begin after the passing of every forty-ninth year (7 times<br />
7). Leviticus 25:1-4, 8-10<br />
The Sabbath Year<br />
25 The LORD said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 2 “Speak to the<br />
Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am<br />
going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to<br />
the LORD. 3 For six years sow your fields, and for six years<br />
prune your vineyards and gather their crops. 4 But in the<br />
seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a<br />
sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or prune your<br />
vineyards. 5 Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the<br />
grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of<br />
rest. 6 Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will<br />
be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants,<br />
and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among<br />
you, 7 as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in<br />
your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.<br />
The Year of Jubilee<br />
8 “‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven<br />
years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period<br />
of forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet sounded<br />
everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the<br />
Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land.<br />
10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty<br />
throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee<br />
for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to<br />
your own clan. 11 The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you;<br />
do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest<br />
the untended vines. 12 For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for<br />
you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
13 “‘In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own<br />
property.<br />
14 “‘If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land<br />
from them, do not take advantage of each other. 15 You are<br />
to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of<br />
years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the<br />
basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops.<br />
16 When the years are many, you are to increase the price,<br />
and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price,<br />
because what is really being sold to you is the number of<br />
crops. 17 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your<br />
God. I am the LORD your God.<br />
No animal could be sacrificed until it was seven days old (Ex<br />
22:30).<br />
The Lord would discipline Israel up to sevenfold (up to seven<br />
times) if they refused to obey Him (Lev 26:18).<br />
Elisha told the military commander Naaman to bathe in the<br />
Jordan River seven times and he would be healed of his<br />
leprosy (2 Kings 5:10).<br />
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http://www.seekingtruth.co.uk/bible_numbers.htm<br />
gives the following interesting information on number 7 as a<br />
built in life cycle for life.<br />
Number SEVEN is so important it is worth another visit. It<br />
seems to place God's stamp on the living world around us,<br />
specifically in the physiology of living organisms. For<br />
example:
• According to scripture, man's years are 70 (7 × 10)<br />
(Ps 90.10). Today, the world average life expectancy<br />
at birth is around 67.2 years<br />
• The human body has an approximate 7-day clock.<br />
The science of chronobiology describes circaseptan<br />
('about 7') rhythms or body rhythms that run about<br />
seven days in length. This is a very good reason to<br />
rest every 7 days (Exod 20.10)! The 10-day week of<br />
the humanistic French Revolution, and the<br />
'continuous work week' of the Russian Revolution<br />
both failed for this very reason<br />
• Researchers report 'a built-in (genetically determined)<br />
about-7-day (circaseptan) period' in connection with<br />
human organ transplants. Swelling or rejection of an<br />
organ transplant tends to follow a circaseptan rhythm<br />
i.e. about 7 or 14 (7 × 2) days after surgery. It is<br />
claimed that this rhythm also applies to the immune<br />
response to infections, blood and urine chemicals,<br />
blood pressure and the common cold<br />
• Circaseptan (7-day) rhythms have been detected in<br />
simple Plant life<br />
• A woman's fertility cycle has multiples of 7. In a short<br />
cycle of 21 days, ovulation occurs around day 7. The<br />
average fertility cycle is 28 days (7 × 4). In a long<br />
cycle e.g. 35 days, ovulation does not occur until<br />
around day 21 (7 × 3)<br />
• The adult human body is made up of around<br />
7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion)<br />
atoms<br />
• In obstetrics, the human gestation period (denoting<br />
completeness) is around 280 days (7 × 40)<br />
• The gestation period for a dog is typically 63 days (7 ×<br />
9)<br />
• The gestation period for a sheep is typically 147 days<br />
(7 × 21)
• The gestation period for a domestic duck is typically<br />
28 days (7 × 4)<br />
7 = 4+3<br />
The number three is “the number of divine fullness in unity”<br />
and the number seven “being the sum of four and three, may<br />
naturally be supposed to symbolize some mystical union of<br />
God with the world, and accordingly may be called the<br />
sacred number of the covenant between God and his<br />
creatures.”. It points to the fullness of the Divine within the<br />
fullness of the created world. The ideal world we look forward<br />
to.<br />
THE 7 LAWS WHICH NOAH GAVE TO HIS<br />
CHILDREN - ALL MANKIND<br />
There were seven pairs of clean animals that were<br />
received into the Ark (Gen 7:2).
In 1991, both houses of Congress passed a bill, signed into<br />
law by President George H. W. Bush, that declared the<br />
Noahide laws to be “the bedrock of society from the dawn of<br />
civilization” and the “ethical values and principles . . . upon<br />
which our great Nation was founded” (H.J.RES.104.ENR).<br />
These seven laws are the pillars of human civilization, and<br />
are named the “Seven Laws of Noah” since all humans are<br />
descended from Noah.<br />
These are not defined and postulated in the Bible but were<br />
implied and compiled by the Rabbis later.<br />
Gen 9:8-10<br />
” Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
"Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you,<br />
and with your descendants after you; and with every living<br />
creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every<br />
beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark,<br />
even every beast of the earth.…”<br />
The Sign of the Covenant was the Seven colored rainbow.<br />
SEVEN SIGNS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL<br />
1. Changing water into wine at Cana in John 2:1-11 -<br />
"the first of the signs"<br />
2. Healing the royal official's son in Capernaum in John<br />
4:46-54<br />
3. Healing the paralytic at Bethesda in John 5:1-15<br />
4. Feeding the 5000 in John 6:5-14<br />
5. Jesus walking on water in John 6:16-24<br />
6. Healing the man blind from birth in John 9:1-7<br />
7. The raising of Lazarus in John 11:1-45
SEVEN THINGS THE LORD HATES IN PROVERBS<br />
6:16-19<br />
There are six things the LORD hates,<br />
seven that are detestable to him:<br />
haughty eyes,<br />
a lying tongue,<br />
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,<br />
feet that are quick to rush into evil,<br />
a false witness who pours out lies<br />
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.<br />
SEVEN PARABLES IN MATTHEW 13;<br />
• Parable of the Sower.<br />
• Parable of the Tares.<br />
• Parable of the Mustard Seed.<br />
• Parable of the Leaven.<br />
• Parable of the Hidden Treasure.<br />
• Parable of the Pearl.<br />
• Parable of Drawing in the Net.<br />
JESUS PRONOUNCED SEVEN BLESSINGS ON THE<br />
RIGHTEOUS<br />
In Matthew 5:3-10
AND SEVEN WOES IN MATTHEW 23.<br />
JESUS IS THE SEVEN-FOLD “I AM” IN THE<br />
GOSPEL OF JOHN.<br />
1. The Bread Of Life(John 6:35)<br />
2. The Light Of The World (John 8:12)<br />
3. The Gate (John 10:9)<br />
4. The Good Shepherd (John 10:11)<br />
5. The Resurrection And The Life (John 11:25-26)<br />
6. The Way, The Truth, And The Life (John 14:6)<br />
7. The Vine (John 15:5)<br />
Jesus told Peter to forgive a wrongdoer “seventy<br />
times seven” times (Matthew 18:22,).<br />
On the occasion of the feeding of the five thousands<br />
we have: "And they did eat, and were filled, and they<br />
took up of the broken that was left, seven baskets<br />
full." Matthew 15:37
MARY CALLED MAGDALENE, OUT OF WHOM<br />
WENT SEVEN DEVILS<br />
"And certain woman, which had been healed of evil<br />
spirits and infirmities, Mary called magdalene, out of<br />
whom went Seven Devils." luke 8:2<br />
"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the<br />
week, He appeared unto mary Magdalene, out of<br />
whom went Seven devils." Mark 16:9<br />
Jesus cast out of her seven devils to signify the totality<br />
of the rule of Satan in her. When we are saved, we<br />
are made free from Satan where he no longer has rule<br />
over us. The number seven signified the total removal<br />
of Satan from within her, and now God would make<br />
His abode there. And what agreement has the Temple<br />
of God with the temple of idols? None. Satan is totally<br />
cast out. The Number seven illustrates his total rule in<br />
the unsaved. But by Grace of God he is totally cast<br />
out when we become Saved.<br />
In the book of Revelation, the number 7 is used there<br />
more than fifty times in a variety of contexts:<br />
REVELATION OF JOHN SEES<br />
seven letters to seven churches in Asia<br />
seven spirits before God’s throne (Revelation 1:4),<br />
seven golden lampstands (1:12),<br />
seven stars in Christ’s right hand (1:16),<br />
seven seals of God’s judgment (5:1),<br />
seven angels with seven trumpets (8:2),<br />
seven bowls of the Great Tribulation, for example<br />
(Revelation 16:1)
Likewise, we can see the exact same application of the<br />
number seven in the opposite of Christ. As in the totality of<br />
authority in the kingdom of Satan. This is illustrated in the<br />
seven heads of the dragon as revealed in Revelation<br />
chapter twelve.<br />
"And there appeared another Wonder in Heaven, and<br />
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and<br />
and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."<br />
Revelation 12:3<br />
The seven heads are seven mountains (revelation<br />
17:9) which are symbolic of kingdoms. Seven equals<br />
the totality of authority (heads) of this dragon and of<br />
his rule throughout time.<br />
The crowns signify that it is a kingdom, and the seven<br />
his complete rule throughout time in it. Thus we see in<br />
this symbolism a picture of the totality of the dragon's<br />
(satan's) rule.<br />
That is why it says (revelation 17:10) that five of the<br />
heads of this beast had already fallen at the time of<br />
the writing of Revelation. Those rules of Satan were<br />
over. It said, one is, and one is yet to come, and there<br />
was a final 8th (which was part of the seven). i.e., it's<br />
part of 'this totality,' and he would rule a short time<br />
near the end of the world when Satan is loosed. The<br />
Seven illustrates the totality of the time of rule of this<br />
beast. God uses this number in this way to show us<br />
certain Spiritual truths. It's not the perfection of Satan,<br />
but illustrates the totality of his authority (heads) and<br />
rule. He is the prince of the power of the air. When the<br />
seventh king falls, that will be the end of him, the finish<br />
of the totality of his rule and authority.
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS SIGNIFIED BY 'SEVEN<br />
SPIRITS, AND SEVEN EYES.'<br />
"And unto the Angel of the Church at Sardis write, these<br />
things saith He that hath the Seven Spirits of God, and the<br />
Seven stars; I know thy Works, that thou hast a name which<br />
thou liveth, and art dead." Revelation 3:1
http://www.shepherds-rod-speaks.org/<br />
"And out of the Throne proceedeth lightnings and<br />
Thunderings and voices; and there were Seven lamps of fire<br />
burning before the Throne, which are the seven Spirits of<br />
God." Revelation 4:5<br />
"And I beheld, and lo in the midst of the throne and of the<br />
four living creatures,, and in the midst of the elders, stood a<br />
Lamb as it had been slain, having Seven Horns, and Seven<br />
Eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God sent forth into all<br />
the earth." Revelation 5:6<br />
The seven horns signify the 'totality' of his rule and power,<br />
and the seven eyes illustrate the 'totality' of the watch of the<br />
Holy Spirit.<br />
Eyes equate to seeing/knowing.<br />
There is one Holy Spirit, but the number seven here is<br />
numeric symbolism illustrating His presence over the totality<br />
of the world.<br />
And the same application with the Seven eyes. It illustrates<br />
his 'total' watch over the earth where He sees all.
The Holy Spirit of God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and<br />
Omnipresent.<br />
The number seven illustrates the magnificent totality of this.<br />
(7 horns - Omnipotent) The totality of His Power!<br />
(7 spirits - Omnipresent) He is all (totality) Everywhere!<br />
(7 eyes - Omniscient) He is all (totality) knowing/seeing!<br />
In the book of Hebrews, .<br />
SEVEN TITLES TO REFER TO CHRIST<br />
ARE<br />
'Heir of all things' (Hebrews 1:2),<br />
'Captain of our salvation' (2:10),<br />
'Apostle' (3:1),<br />
'Author of salvation' (5:9),<br />
'Forerunner' (6:20),<br />
'High Priest' (10:21) and<br />
the 'Author and finisher of our faith' (12:2).<br />
JESUS PERFORMED SEVEN MIRACLES ON<br />
SABBATH DAY<br />
thus affirming its continued sacredness to God and necessity<br />
in the life of the believer.<br />
Jesus healed the withered hand of a man attending<br />
synagogue services (Matthew 12:9)<br />
At a Capernaum synagogue he casts out an unclean spirit<br />
that possessed a man (Mark 1:21)<br />
Right after the above miracle Jesus heals Peter's wife's<br />
mother of a fever (Mark 1:29)<br />
A woman attending synagogue, who was made sick by a<br />
demon for eighteen years, is released from her bondage<br />
(Luke 13:11)<br />
At a Pharisee's house eating a meal with the host and<br />
several lawyers, Jesus heals a man with dropsy (Luke 14:2)
A man who is disabled and unable to walk is healed at the<br />
pool of Bethesda (John 5:8 - 9)<br />
Jesus heals a man born blind at the pool of Siloam (John<br />
9:14)<br />
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STATISTICS OF SEVENS IN THE BIBLE<br />
http://www.vic.australis.com.au<br />
By Andrew Harris 6 July 1999<br />
Seven in the Old Testament<br />
The Hebrew word for seven occurs a total of 392 times in the<br />
Bible.<br />
This is not only a multiple of seven but of seven times seven,<br />
392 = 8 x 7 x 7.<br />
392 is also remarkable for being the sum of the square of<br />
seven and the cube of seven, ie. 392 = (7 x 7) + (7 x 7 x 7) or<br />
392 = 7 2 + 7 3 .<br />
It may be nothing more than a strange coincidence that the<br />
word seven is used exactly seven times in Genesis chapter<br />
seven. Then again, it may not.<br />
The times seven is used as a number by itself is 287<br />
times.287 = 41 x 7.<br />
It is used in conjunction with other numbers to make a<br />
composite number (such as one hundred and seven) 105<br />
times(note 105 +287 =392). 105 = 15 x 7. This number also<br />
has the interesting property of being the lowest multiple of<br />
3,5,7 the three consecutive odd numbers (also primes) after<br />
one itself.<br />
The word seven is often used more than once in a verse. So<br />
the number of verses in which it appears will be less than the<br />
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<br />
therefore 49 times seven is used more than the first time in a<br />
verse, or there are 49 repeat uses. 49 = 7 x 7 = 7 2 . This is the<br />
same division of 392 = 7 3 + 7 2 that we noted at the top of this<br />
list.<br />
There are two other words used in the Old Testament to<br />
mean seven. The aramaic word ([b'v] shib-aw') is used six<br />
times. A long form of the Hebrew word for seven (hn:[;b]vi<br />
shib-aw-naw’) is used once. In total these other words are<br />
used seven times.<br />
The Hebrew word for a seventh (y[iybiv] sheb-ee-ee’) occurs<br />
98 times. 98 = 2 x 7 x 7. Note that not only is this a multiple of<br />
seven but of seven times seven, just as was the total number<br />
of occurrences of the word seven (see above).<br />
The word for sevenfold, or seven times, (µyIt'[;b]vi<br />
shib-aw-thah’-yim) occurs seven times.<br />
The word for seventy (µy[ib]vi shib-eem’) occurs 91 times. 91<br />
= 13 x 7.<br />
There are ten other words derived from the same word as<br />
seven meaning fullness or completeness. Together they<br />
appear a total of 434 times in the Bible. 434 = 62 x 7.<br />
Seven in the New Testament<br />
The Greek word for seven (eJptav hepta) occurs 87 times.87<br />
= 29 x 3.<br />
It is also remarkable that the word for seven is used in only<br />
the first three of the gospels.<br />
It is used a total of nine times in Matthew. 9 = 3 x 3.<br />
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.<br />
It is used a total of nine times between the Gospels and<br />
Revelation. Eight times in Acts and once in Hebrews. 9 = 3 x<br />
3.<br />
It is used a total of 54 times in the book of Revelation. 54 =<br />
18 x 3 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 2 x 3 3 .<br />
The Greek word seventh (e{bdomo" hebdomos) occurs nine<br />
times.9 = 3 x 3.<br />
Seven times or seven fold (eJptavki" heptakis) occurs 3<br />
times.<br />
Seventy (eJbdomhvkonta hebdomenkonta) occurs 5 times.<br />
Seventy times or seventy fold (ejbdomhkontavki"<br />
hebdomenkontakis) occurs once. Together these two words<br />
occur 6 times.6 = 2 x 3.<br />
In total these words occur 105 times (87 +9 +3 + 6 =105).<br />
105 =3 x 5 x 7. So the total occurences are not only a<br />
multiple of three but of seven as well. This is interesting<br />
because 3 and 7 are the first two of the perfect numbers.<br />
Thus appearence of the word seven itself is used in a<br />
marvelous pattern of sevens that spans each of the<br />
testaments. In combination a few points can also be made.<br />
Seven in the Bible<br />
Now that we are aware of the complimentary pattern of<br />
threes that appears in the New testament, it should be noted<br />
that there are three different words used in the Old<br />
Testament to mean, the number seven.
The number of times that the word for seven or one of its<br />
derivitive numbers (seventh, seventy etc.) appears in the<br />
entire Bible is 392 + 7 + 98 + 7 + 91 = 595 in the Old<br />
Testament. Add the 105 occurences from the New<br />
Testament and we have the remarkable number 700.<br />
Taking the number of 700 arrived at above, if we add the<br />
other 434 occurences of words derived from the same root in<br />
the Hebrew we get a total of 1134. Naturally this is a multiple<br />
of seven, but it is also a multiple of 3 which also fulfills the<br />
pattern seen in the occurences of seven in the New<br />
Testament. 1134 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 = 2 x 3 4 x 7.<br />
The total number of words based on the Hebrew and the<br />
Greek words for seven is, sixteen in the Old testament and<br />
five in the New Testament. Making a total of twenty one<br />
words (13) , this again fills the pattern of both sevens and<br />
threes. 21 = 3 x 7.<br />
Light splits into the seven colors of the rainbow, a<br />
musical octave has seven different notes before it repeats<br />
itself, there are seven mineral crystal types and even<br />
seven periodicity levels on the Periodic Table of<br />
Elements. Because of the omnipresence of seven in all of<br />
the systems we understand today, many people understand<br />
that the Holy Bible is a perfect textbook of all of creation:<br />
music, chemistry, physics and many other types of science.<br />
Hebrew people find the number seven to be sacred because<br />
it signifies godly perfection in the world and heaven above.<br />
The number seven therefore speaks of a union between<br />
heaven and earth that is demonstrated frequently in the Bible:<br />
seven churches, seven stars, seven seals, seven dooms,<br />
seven trumpets and seven spirits.<br />
The number seven is perhaps most obviously associated<br />
with completeness and oneness of God and earth in the<br />
story of creation. Everything was done on the seventh day<br />
and nothing else was added or taken away after that.<br />
Perfection was achieved on day seven.<br />
On the Day of Atonement, the mercy seat is dabbled with<br />
blood seven times by the high priest. This signifies the<br />
perfect ability of God to redeem humankind. The Holy<br />
Tabernacle's candlestick has seven branches, which signify<br />
the entirety of God's light working in people's lives. In the<br />
Book of Revelation, God promises various blessings on<br />
believers seven different times.<br />
Scientifically speaking, seven is a very significant number as<br />
well. Much of the human body's cellular regeneration works<br />
on a seven-year scale. There are seven holes in our head,<br />
and seven bones in our neck, ankle and face.
Panin discovered 30 separate codes involving the number 7<br />
in this first verse of the Bible.<br />
A Partial Listing of the Phenomenal Features of<br />
Sevens Found in Genesis 1<br />
The number of Hebrew words = 7<br />
The number of letters equals 28 (7x4 = 28)<br />
The first 3 Hebrew words translated "In the beginning God<br />
created" have 14 letters (7x2 = 14)<br />
The last four Hebrew words "the heavens and the earth"<br />
have 14 letters (7x2 = 14)<br />
The fourth and fifth words have 7 letters<br />
The sixth and seventh words have 7 letters<br />
The three key words: God, heaven and earth have 14 letters<br />
(7x2 = 14)<br />
The number of letters in the four remaining words is also 14<br />
(7x2 = 14)<br />
The shortest word in the verse is the middle word with 7<br />
letters<br />
The Hebrew numeric value of the first, middle and last letters<br />
is 133 (7x19 = 133)
The Hebrew numeric value of first and last letters of all seven<br />
words is 1393 (7x199 = 1393)<br />
The Pattern of SEVENS in Matthew 1:18-25<br />
The History of Christ's Birth<br />
1 The number of words in the seven word passage is 161<br />
(7x23 = 161)<br />
2 The number of Vocabulary words is 77 (7x11 = 77)<br />
3 Six Greek words occur only in this passage and never<br />
again in Matthew. These six Greek words contain precisely<br />
56 letters (7x8 = 56)<br />
4 The number of distinct proper names in the passage is 7<br />
5 The number of Greek letters in these seven proper<br />
names is 42 (7x6 = 42)<br />
6 The number of words spoken by the angel to Joseph is<br />
28 (7x4 = 28)<br />
7 The number of Greek forms of words used in this<br />
passage is 161 (7x23 = 161)<br />
8 The number of Greek forms of words in the angel's<br />
speech is 35 (7x5 = 35)<br />
9 The number of letters in the angel's 35 forms of words is<br />
168 (7x24 = 168)<br />
Panin's book, The Inspiration of the Scriptures Scientifically<br />
Demonstrated,<br />
("The Signature of God" by Grant R.<br />
Jeffrey, Frontier Research Publications, Inc. (1996),<br />
p.230-237)panin3.htm<br />
CHAPTER TEN<br />
EIGHT<br />
Number 8 is written in Hebrew as Chet which is the 8 th letter<br />
in the Hebrew alphabet and represents a gateway which<br />
gives it meaning of freedom and the Life Dynamic of Run and<br />
Return . Chet is the letter of life (chaim, from the root chayah,<br />
whose most important letter is chet). According to the Ari<br />
z”l,” the letter chet is constructed by combining the two
previous letters, vav and zayin, The shape of the letter,<br />
according to the rabbis, is formed through a Vav and Zayin<br />
side by side.<br />
the shape of the Vav (nail) and Zayin (sceptre) are nearly<br />
identical. Joined together they form the entranceway to God<br />
Jesus said ... "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one<br />
comes to the Father but through Me."<br />
(John 14:6)<br />
The number eight in the Bible signifies Resurrection and<br />
Regeneration. ... Eight is 7 plus 1 and since it comes just<br />
after seven, which itself signifies an end to something, so<br />
eight is also associated with the beginning of a new era or<br />
that of a new order.<br />
All three concepts of Circumcision, Baptism, and<br />
Resurrection come together as rebirth symbols<br />
One of the beginning of New Era was when Noah emerged<br />
from the Ark.<br />
8 people started a new world.<br />
The resurrection of Jesus again starts a new life for all who<br />
believe in him by his rising from the dead on the eighth day<br />
or first day after the end of the old week.<br />
The eighth day marked the beginning of new life form. Thus<br />
we can see that the number eight in the Bible signifies<br />
resurrection and new beginning.
THE EIGHT CREATIVE WORDS OF GOD IN SIX<br />
DAYS,<br />
IN GENESIS CHAPTER 1,<br />
verses 3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26. ( 9 th + 29 granting all<br />
creation to Man)
3 And God said, “Let there be light,”<br />
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to<br />
separate water from water.” 7<br />
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to<br />
one place, and let dry ground appear.”<br />
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:<br />
seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with<br />
seed in it, according to their various kinds.”<br />
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky<br />
to separate the day from the night,<br />
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,<br />
and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”<br />
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures<br />
according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that<br />
move along the ground, and the wild animals, each<br />
according to its kind.”<br />
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in<br />
our likeness,<br />
He granted them to Man:<br />
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb<br />
bearing seed…….
THE EIGHT COVENANTS OF THE<br />
BIBLE<br />
There are eight major covenants between God and man in<br />
the Bible<br />
I. THE EDENIC COVENANT Genesis 1:28-30:<br />
II. THE ADAMIC COVENANT Genesis 3:14-19<br />
III. THE NOAHIC COVENANT Genesis 9:1-17<br />
IV. THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT<br />
First: Genesis 12:1-3:<br />
Second: Genesis 12:7:<br />
Third: Genesis 13:14-17<br />
The fourth and fifth Genesis 15:1-21 and Genesis<br />
17:1-21<br />
A sixth passage is Genesis 22:15-18:<br />
V. THE MOSAIC COVENANT<br />
Exodus 20:1 - 31;Exodus 19-24; 34:10, 27, 28;<br />
Deuteronomy 5:2-3.<br />
VI. THE LAND COVENANT A. Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20<br />
VII. THE DAVIDIC COVENANT II Samuel 7:11b-16:<br />
VIII. THE NEW COVENANT<br />
Jesus’ New Covenant in his blood Isaiah 55:3;<br />
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20;<br />
Hebrews 12:24. "<br />
The eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles was special, a<br />
solemn assembly:<br />
Leviticus 23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made<br />
by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy<br />
convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by<br />
fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do<br />
no servile work therein.
8 is the number of new beginnings. Blood<br />
is the seal of God's covenant.<br />
• Jewish males had to be circumcised on the 8 th day after<br />
birth. Jesus was circumcised and<br />
first shed His blood on the 8th day.<br />
• Eight were saved in the ark (1 Peter 3:20).<br />
• David was the 8th son of Jesse.<br />
• After the flood subsided. Noah sacrificed to God. God<br />
smelled the soothing aroma and made a covenant with<br />
Noah.<br />
The soothing aroma has 8 letters in which<br />
is the 3 rd , 7 th , and 8 th letters<br />
THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF JESUS<br />
The eight beatitudes of the sermon on the<br />
mountain. (Mt 5:3-11)<br />
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of<br />
heaven.<br />
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.<br />
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.<br />
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.<br />
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.<br />
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.<br />
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called<br />
children of God.<br />
Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of<br />
righteousness,<br />
for theirs<br />
is the kingdom of heaven."<br />
There are 8 things God’s Word commands us to think about<br />
in order to have a new life:<br />
Philippians 4:8<br />
Finally, brethren,<br />
1. whatsoever things are true,<br />
2. whatsoever things are honest,<br />
3. whatsoever things are just,<br />
4. whatsoever things are pure,<br />
5. whatsoever things are lovely,<br />
6. whatsoever things are of good report;<br />
7. if there be any virtue,<br />
8. and if there be any praise,<br />
think on these things.
There are 8 things that the Bible says shall not cease!<br />
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth,<br />
1. seedtime and<br />
2. harvest,<br />
3. and cold<br />
4. and heat,<br />
5. and summer<br />
6. and winter,<br />
7. and day<br />
8. and night<br />
shall not cease.
Eight is the personal number of Jesus.<br />
When we add together the letter values of the name Jesus in<br />
the Greek we get 888.
EIGHT, OCTAVES, AND NEW BEGINNINGS<br />
Octaves are notes that you hear as being "the same" in spite<br />
of their being higher or lower in actual pitch. (Technically,<br />
notes separated by an octave are in the same pitch class.)<br />
Play middle C on the piano. Then go up the C major scale<br />
(the white keys) and the eighth note you play will be another<br />
C an octave higher. The "oct" part of the word refers to this<br />
eight step distance up the scale.<br />
From a science perspective, octaves are pitch intervals<br />
related by factors of two. When a tuning fork plays standard<br />
concert A, it vibrates at 440 Hz. The A an octave higher is<br />
880 Hz, and the A an octave lower is 220 Hz. Any note with<br />
the frequency 2^n * 440 will be an A. It's a central mystery of<br />
human cognition why we hear pitches related by powers of<br />
two as being "the same" note. It is the same note but one<br />
step higher. - a new heaven. The ability to detect octave<br />
equivalency is probably built in to our brains, and it isn't<br />
limited to humans.
CHAPTER ELEVEN<br />
NINE<br />
Tet is interpreted as a man in submission<br />
as snake<br />
Tet interpreted<br />
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/Tet/tet.ht<br />
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The ninth letter in the Hebrew alefbet is tet - .ט The letter tet<br />
has the numerical value of nine. The least common letter ט -<br />
in the Torah is a Tet.<br />
In Greek it is the letter Theta<br />
The first tet - ט that appears in the Torah is in the word tov<br />
of Genesis 1:4, normally translated as good, but a better<br />
meaning is beneficial. There are other intepretation of tet as<br />
representing evil presence within the creation just as when<br />
light was created darkness was also embeded since<br />
darkenss in simply lack of light. Hence some Kaballists<br />
represent it as s Serpent.. So it is the dialectics of creation -<br />
both good and evil.<br />
“Tet = Snake/Surround .. objectively good but may<br />
be evil, judgment of God.”
NINE CHORUSES OF ANGELS<br />
There are nine choruses of angels are commonly given by<br />
early Christian Fathers<br />
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in De Coelesti Hierarchia<br />
(ca. 5th century):<br />
St. Gregory the Great in Homilia (6th century)<br />
St. Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae (7th century) etc.<br />
• First sphere: 1. Seraphim, 2. Cherubim, 3. Thrones;<br />
• Second sphere: 4. Dominations (also translated as<br />
Lordships), 5. Virtues (also trans. as Powers), 6.<br />
Powers (also trans. as Authorities);<br />
• Third sphere: 7. Principalities, 8. Archangels, 9.<br />
Angels.
There are multiple instances in the Bible that utilize the<br />
number nine to fulfill these symbols as well. Jesus Christ<br />
died at the ninth hour after being hung on the cross.<br />
St. Paul's list<br />
fruits of the Holy Spirit number nine:<br />
peace, love, goodness, gentleness, truthfulness, joy,<br />
patience, kindness and self-control.<br />
The judgments of God<br />
In Haggai 1:11 are enumerated in nine particulars:<br />
“And I called for a drought upon the land,<br />
and upon the mountains,<br />
and upon the corn,<br />
and upon the new wine,<br />
and upon the oil,<br />
and upon that which the ground bringeth forth,<br />
and upon men,<br />
and upon cattle,<br />
and upon all the labor of the hands.”<br />
The fruits of the Holy Spirit<br />
"But the fruit of the Spirit is<br />
love,<br />
joy,<br />
peace,<br />
forbearance,<br />
kindness,<br />
goodness,<br />
faithfulness,<br />
gentleness, and
self-control."<br />
The Manifestations of the Holy Spirit<br />
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to<br />
profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit<br />
1. the word of wisdom;<br />
2. to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;<br />
3. To another faith by the same Spirit;<br />
4. to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit<br />
5. To another the working of miracles;<br />
6. to another prophecy;
7. to another discerning of spirits;<br />
8. to another divers kinds of tongues;<br />
9. to another the interpretation of tongues:<br />
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,<br />
dividing to every man severally as he will.
In the genealogy of biblical characters,<br />
the time between Adam and Noah is nine generations,<br />
and the time between Noah and Abraham is also nine<br />
generations.<br />
Abraham received direct word from God he was 99 years old.<br />
Logically speaking, the original name of Habram works out to<br />
be the number nine as well. This signifies the spiritual<br />
completion of his life and soul.
CHAPTER TWELVE<br />
TENS, HUNDREDS,<br />
THOUSANDS<br />
The Numbers 10, 100, 1000<br />
In the Old Testament one direct connecttion to number 10<br />
comes from Ten Commandment given to Israel on the Mount<br />
Sinai.
There were 10 Plagues of Egypt before God rescued Israel<br />
out of Egypt.
PEOPLE RAISED FROM THE DEAD<br />
OLD TESTAMENT<br />
1. Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow from the<br />
dead (1 Kings 17:17-22).<br />
2. Elisha raised the son of the Shunammite woman from the<br />
dead (2 Kings 4:32-35).<br />
3. A man was raised from the dead when his body touched<br />
Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13:20, 21).<br />
NEW TESTAMENT<br />
4. Many saints rose from the dead at the resurrection of<br />
Jesus (Matt. 27:50-53).
5. Jesus rose from the dead (Matt. 28:5-8; Mark 16:6; Luke<br />
24:5, 6).<br />
6. Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain from the dead<br />
(Luke 7:11-15).<br />
7. Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Luke<br />
8:41, 42, 49-55).<br />
8. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44).<br />
9. Peter raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:36-41).<br />
10. Eutychus was raised from the dead by Paul (Acts 20:9,<br />
10).<br />
https://answersingenesis.org<br />
The mention of number 10 in the Bible occurs very often. It<br />
usually refers to the completeness or fullness.<br />
Number 10 in Bible is also about 10 nations who were<br />
hostile to the Israel.<br />
Revelation 17:12: And the ten horns which thou sawest<br />
are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet;<br />
but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.<br />
The 10 kingdoms of Revelation 17 are considered by some
scholars as enumerated in Psalms 83:6-8: These are:<br />
Psalms 83:6: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites;<br />
of Moab, and the Hagarenes;<br />
Psalms 83:7: Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the<br />
Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;<br />
Psalms 83:8: Assur also is joined with them<br />
But in general it symbolizes a large number of surrounding<br />
nations.<br />
When used in connection with the heavenlies it is the<br />
number of heavenly perfection - 10 plagues, 10<br />
commandments, 10x10 sockets of Tabernacle foundation,<br />
10th of your earnings make the tithe.<br />
The Numbers ten and it's multiples (10,100, 1000)<br />
often illustrates the Fullness of whatever is in view,<br />
without it "necessarily" being the totality. This is<br />
especially true about the symbolism in Revelations<br />
and in parables:<br />
The Parable of the lost coin:"Either what woman<br />
having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,<br />
doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and<br />
seek diligently till she find it?" Luke 15:8<br />
The Parable of the lost sheep:What man of you,<br />
having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of<br />
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the<br />
wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until<br />
he find it? Luke 15:3-5<br />
The parable of the vines and silverings of Isaiah:"And<br />
it shall come to pass in THAT DAY, that every place<br />
shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a<br />
thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and<br />
thorns. With arrows and with bows shall men come
hither; because All he land shall become briers and<br />
thorns." Isaiah 7:23<br />
A THOUSAND GENERATIONS:<br />
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God,<br />
the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy<br />
with them that love him and keep his commandments<br />
to a thousand generations;" Deuteronomy 7:9<br />
"Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which<br />
he commanded to a thousand generations," 1st<br />
Chronicles 16:15<br />
"He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word<br />
which he commanded to a thousand generations."<br />
Psalms 105:8
CHAPTER THIRTEEN<br />
OTHERS<br />
THE NUMBER 12<br />
Twelve spiritually points to the Congregation of God.<br />
A good example would be the twelve brothers, the<br />
twelve sons of Jacob who were the progenitors of<br />
the twelve tribes of Israel. This was the Old Testament<br />
congregation, or Children of God.
Likewise, the significance is passed on after the cross<br />
as the twelve apostles became the New Testament<br />
representative of the congregation or Children of God.<br />
Another example would be the woman who had<br />
suffered many things of Physicians, and none could<br />
heal her. God meticulously points out that it was for<br />
twelve years..<br />
Mark 5:25<br />
• "And a certain Woman which had an issue of<br />
blood twelve years.."<br />
This woman touched but the hem of Jesus garment,<br />
and was made whole. I.e., what was unclean for 12<br />
years was now clean. The garment of Christ is<br />
signifying the Righteousness of Christ. Just as<br />
scripture says we are clothed in the Righteousness of<br />
Christ. This Woman had been made righteous, by the<br />
virtue of Christ!<br />
The number 12 is closely associated in the Bible with the<br />
number three, which represents the holy Trinity, and the<br />
number four, which represents the whole material<br />
realm.
The golden table was to hold 12 cakes of bread made of fine<br />
flour. They were placed there in two rows of six, each loaf<br />
representing one of the tribes of Israel (Lev. 24:8). the whole<br />
called out tribes.<br />
At the last supper, Jesus Christ breaks one loaf of bread<br />
and declares them to be the "Bread of Life," as well as his<br />
divine body. And gives it to his 12 disciples, the nucleus of<br />
his church.<br />
The Old Testament is also full of symbology surrounding the<br />
number 12 and the various meanings of it.<br />
For example, the celestial city was guarded by 12 different<br />
gates, each of which had one of 12 precious gemstones.<br />
The tree of life grows a different type of fruit for each month<br />
of the year: 12 different ones.<br />
A woman is graced by 12 stars resting on her crown.<br />
Both Jacob and Ishmael had 12 sons and there were 12<br />
priests in the Chronicles.<br />
Elisha's altar was made from 12 stones, 12 loaves of bread<br />
for left on a golden table as an offering, 12 names were<br />
engraved on the pectoral, 12 branches confined Aaron and<br />
12 explorers sought out Canaan.<br />
The book of Revelation again mentions the 12 gates,<br />
which are each guarded by an angel so that they number<br />
12 altogether, that must be passed through to reach the<br />
kingdom of heaven.
THE THREE-FOLD<br />
COMBINATIONS OF A<br />
NUMBER<br />
The tripling of a number emphasizes the<br />
characteristics of the number:<br />
Thus;<br />
• 666 is the number of man, and it symbolises fitly,<br />
therefore, the essence of human wisdom, and also of<br />
imperfection.<br />
• 888 is the number or gematria of the name "JESUS."<br />
• 999 is the number connected with judgment, hence<br />
the numerical value of the phrase th orgh mou (tee orgee<br />
mou), my wrath, is 999. The same number is very prominent<br />
in the judgment on Sodom. (See further under Nine.)<br />
The Number 40<br />
The letter Mem is the thirteenth letter of the<br />
Hebrew Alphabet. The letter Mem is equivalent<br />
to forty (40).
Mem is heavily connected with the concept of<br />
Water and womb. As such it is interpreted as a<br />
period of new beginnings, rebirth and<br />
renewals.<br />
“And אלהים Elohiym said, Let the מים mayim (waters) under<br />
shamayim be gathered שמים<br />
together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it<br />
was so. And אלהים Elohiym called the<br />
dry [land] ארץ 'erets [earth, our body]; and the gathering<br />
together of the waters called he ים yam<br />
[seas]…” - Genesis 1:9-10<br />
Traditionally, Mem means “waters”, “people” “nations”,<br />
“languages” and tongues.<br />
The mem, the letter of “water” (mayim) symbolizes the<br />
fountain of the Divine Wisdom of Torah. It is the spiritual<br />
womb from which we rebirth into a higher world after a period<br />
of gestation.<br />
When the whole mankind turned to selfish and when their<br />
imaginations of their mind became constantly evil after a<br />
period of gestation with 40 days of rain and subsequent
period of preparation Noah and his family were reborn into a<br />
new cleaned earth.<br />
In this way almost all referrence to 40 may be associated<br />
with newbirth to a new realm of existence.<br />
Every time one finds the number forty in Torah, its inner<br />
meaning is the ascent from one level to the next higher one.<br />
In fact the human gestation period is 40 weeks.<br />
THE NUMBER FORTY IN SCRIPTURE<br />
OFTEN ILLUSTRATES A TIME OF<br />
TRIAL OR TESTING A PREPARATION<br />
FOR NEW BIRTH<br />
The letter Mem is the first letter of the word Mayim – The<br />
Hebrew word for water. Mayim- מים starts with an open<br />
mem and concludes with a closed mem. Water, a drash or<br />
parable for Torah. The closed "mem" is used in the first<br />
saying of Creation. The open "mem" is used in the<br />
subsequent nine sayings of Creation. It is a womb of creation<br />
with the Holy Spirit.
In the terminology of Kabbalah, this flow is from keter<br />
(“crown”) to chochmah (“wisdom”).<br />
There are two forms of Mem. One open and the other closed.<br />
One refers to the revealed secrets<br />
of God and the others closed or unrevealed<br />
mysteries.<br />
ם<br />
- The closed, Final Mem, represents the era of Mesiah. The word Mashiach (Messiah) itself begins with a mem. In<br />
the time of the coming of Mashiach, the earth will be filled<br />
with the knowledge of HaShem as the waters cover the sea<br />
(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<br />
Only once in the entire Torah, in reference to Mashiach, do<br />
we find a closed mem in the middle of a word:<br />
Mem-Sofit letter(ם) – EXCEPT for the only exception in all<br />
of Scripture being in Isaiah 9:6/(7) where the closed/final<br />
Mem is used in the middle of a word !…<br />
"Of the INCREASE of His government…”.<br />
In this one and only case, we see that the closed-Mem<br />
appears in the middle of the word “increase/l:marbeh”<br />
While in and of itself, this highly unusual exception .(לםרבה)<br />
in the midst of this remarkable passage speaks for itself, yet<br />
early Judaic commentary adds even more interesting<br />
observations…In Judaism, the Closed-Mem is also spoken<br />
of as referring to the closed womb of a woman (One example:<br />
Bahir 84-85). This then points us to this Child in verses<br />
9:5-6/(6-7) being of a super-natural birth, and also points us<br />
back to this verse of Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord<br />
himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,<br />
and bear a Son, and shall call His Name ImmanuEl/(El/God<br />
with us).”
efore God selected him to lead his people out<br />
of slavery.<br />
Moses was in the mount of Sinai 40 days<br />
twice (Exodus 24:18, 34:1 - 28)<br />
Moses was in the mount of Sinai with the Lord<br />
for forty days and the Children of Israel were<br />
tried, and they failed the test making<br />
themselves an idol. The second time he<br />
brought in the Law that should govern the<br />
people of God.<br />
Punishment of correction was to be one less<br />
that 40 lashed to the guilty.<br />
Israel in the wilderness 40 years<br />
"And thou shalt remember all the way which<br />
the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in<br />
the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove<br />
thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether<br />
thou wouldest keep His commandments or no."<br />
Deuteronomy 8:2<br />
Only after the whole adults who left Egypt<br />
perished (except the few God selected) they<br />
were allowed to enter Canaan.<br />
Moses sent out spies into Canaan for 40 days<br />
to test and see the land before crossing over.<br />
(Numbers 13:25, 14:34).<br />
Jona<br />
The prophet Jonah prophesied againsst the<br />
City of Nineveh, for forty days, and they were<br />
saved.<br />
Ezekiel
The prophet Ezekiel laid on His right side for<br />
40 days to symbolize Judah's sins (Ezekiel<br />
4:6).<br />
Elijah<br />
Elijah went 40 days and 40 nights without food<br />
or water to Mount Horeb.<br />
Jesus was tested in the wilderness 40 days<br />
"and He was there in the Wilderness forty days,<br />
tempted of Satan." Mark 1:13<br />
Jesus among his disciples 40 days after his<br />
resurrection.<br />
"to whom Jesus showed Himself alive after His<br />
passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of<br />
them forty days, and speaking of things<br />
pertaining to the Kingdom of God." Acts 1:3<br />
40 years after the resurrection Jerusalem was<br />
totally destroyed and the temple burned by the<br />
Romans in AD 70.<br />
The Aish Rabbi Replies:<br />
http://www.aish.com/atr/The_Number_40.html<br />
The number 40 has great significance throughout the Torah<br />
and the Talmud. The number 40 represents transition or<br />
change; the concept of renewal; a new beginning. The<br />
number 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state. Consider:<br />
When a person becomes ritually impure, he must immerse in<br />
a ritual bath, a mikveh. The Talmud tells us that a mikveh<br />
must be filled with 40 se'ahs (a measure of water).
Immersion in a mikveh is the consummate Jewish symbol of<br />
spiritual renewal.<br />
It is no accident that in the story of Noah, the rain poured for<br />
40 days, and submerged the world in water. Just as a person<br />
leaves a mikveh pure, so too when the waters of the flood<br />
subsided, the world was purified from the licentiousness<br />
which had corrupted it in the days of Noah.<br />
Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and came down with the<br />
stone tablets. The Jews arrived at Mt. Sinai as a nation of<br />
Egyptian slaves, but after 40 days they were transformed<br />
into God's nation.<br />
According to the Talmud, it takes 40 days for an embryo to<br />
be formed in its mother's womb.<br />
In Kabbalah, 40 represents the four sides of the world, each<br />
side containing the ten Sefirot (esoteric powers).<br />
When a rabbinical court finds someone guilty of a crime, the<br />
punishment is sometimes lashes, prescribed in the Torah as<br />
"forty less one." The purpose is to bring the offender to a<br />
point of change, transition and atonement.<br />
There are 40 days between the first day of Elul, when we<br />
begin to blow the Shofar to prepare for Rosh Hashana, until<br />
Yom Kippur, the end of the annual teshuva (repentance)<br />
period. These 40 days are the most auspicious time for<br />
personal growth and renewal.<br />
According to the Talmud (Avot 5:26), at age 40 a person<br />
transitions from one level of wisdom to the next. After Moses<br />
led the Jewish people for 40 years in the wilderness, he told<br />
them: "God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to<br />
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<br />
reaching a full level of understanding.<br />
Periods of 40<br />
Gen 7:4 Noah’s flood: "For after seven more days, I will<br />
send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights ..."<br />
Gen 8:6 After 40 days Noah opened a window<br />
Gen 25:20 Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah<br />
Gen 26:34 Esau was 40 years old when he married Judith<br />
Gen 50:3 40 days to embalm Joseph<br />
Acts 7:23 Moses was 40 years in Egypt<br />
Acts 7:30 Moses was 40 years in Midian<br />
Exo 16:35 Moses and Israelites 40 years in wilderness. Israelites<br />
ate Manna 40 years. (+ Num 14:33-34; 32:13; Dt 2:7)<br />
Exo 24:18 Moses was 40 days and 40 nights on Mt Sinai (+ Dt<br />
9:9)<br />
Exo 34:28 Moses on Mt Sinai for second time 40 days and 40<br />
nights (+ Dt 9:18)<br />
Num 13:25 Spies were in Canaan for 40 days<br />
Josh 14:7 Joshua was 40 years old when he went in as a spy<br />
Judg 3:11 Israel had peace for 40 years in the time of Othniel,<br />
brother of Caleb<br />
Judg 5:31 Israel had peace for 40 years in the time of Deborah<br />
and Barak<br />
Judg 8:28 Israel had peace for 40 years in the time of Gideon<br />
Judg 13:1 Israel subject to the Philistines for 40 years before<br />
time of Samson<br />
1 Sam 4:18 Eli led Israel for 40 years before the time of Samuel<br />
1 Sam 17:16 For 40 days Goliath challenged Israel each morning<br />
and evening<br />
2 Sam 2:10 Ish-Boshet, son of Saul, was 40 years old when he<br />
became king<br />
2 Sam 5:4 David reigned for 40 years over Israel (+ 1 Kgs 2:11;<br />
1 Chr 29:27)
1 Kgs 11:42 Solomon reigned for 40 years over Israel (+ 2 Chr<br />
9:30)<br />
1 Kgs 19:8 Elijah ran for 40 days and 40 nights from Beersheva<br />
to Mt Horeb<br />
2 Kgs 12:1 Joash reigned for 40 years over Judah (+ 2 Chr<br />
24:1)<br />
Eze 29:11-13 Ezekiel prophesies the desolation of Egypt for 40<br />
years<br />
Jonah 3:4 Jonah prophesies the overthrow of Ninevah in 40<br />
days' time<br />
Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights<br />
Jesus 40 days to His ascension
50<br />
Numeric value of = 50<br />
50 is 5 (the number for grace) x 10 (the full manifestation<br />
of)<br />
נ<br />
The 50th year was the jubilee year, when slaves were set free.<br />
(Lev 25:10)<br />
The Law was given to Israel at Mt Sinai at Shavuot, 50 days<br />
after Passover and the Exodus from slavery in Egypt.<br />
The feast of Shavuot was given to commemorate the new harvest.<br />
Lev 23:16 You shall count fifty days to the day after the<br />
seventh sabbath, then you shall present a new grain offering to<br />
the LORD<br />
PENTECOST<br />
Pentecost = Shavuot = Fifty days after Passover<br />
Acts 2:1-4 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all<br />
together in one place ...<br />
Pentecost = Shavuot = Fifty days after Passover.<br />
(2) ... noise like a violent rushing wind ...<br />
(3) ... tongues of fire ... rested on each one<br />
(4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit<br />
...<br />
.<br />
+
Appendices
Bible Numerology<br />
Here are a few of the summary of<br />
symbolism as seen by others<br />
I<br />
http://www.bbclandrum.com/index_htm_files/Bible%<br />
20Numerology.pdf<br />
1. Unity<br />
2. Union, Division, Witnessing<br />
3. Resurrection, Divine Completeness, Perfection, Godhead &<br />
Trinity<br />
4. Creation, World<br />
5. Grace<br />
6. Man’s Number, Satan, His Influence<br />
7. Completeness, Spiritual, Perfection<br />
8. New Beginning, New Creation, New Birth<br />
9. Fruit of the Spirit, Divine Completeness, From the Lord<br />
10. Testimony, Law and Responsibility<br />
11. Judgment and Disorder<br />
12. Governmental Perfection, Divine Power, Rule or Authority<br />
13. Depravity, Lost and Rebellious<br />
14. Deliverance and Salvation<br />
15. Rest<br />
16. Love<br />
17. Victory<br />
18. Bondage<br />
19. Faith<br />
20. Redemption, Expectancy<br />
21. Exceedingly Sinfulness of Sin<br />
22. Light, Making Manifest<br />
23. Death<br />
24. Priesthood<br />
25. Forgiveness of Sins<br />
26. Gospel of Christ<br />
27. Preaching of the Gospel, Prophecy
28. Eternal Life<br />
29. Departure<br />
30. Dedication or Blood of Christ<br />
31. Offspring, Seed<br />
32. Covenant<br />
33. Promise<br />
34. Naming of a Son, Endurance<br />
35. Hope<br />
36. Enemy<br />
37. Word of God, Exhaultation.<br />
38. Slavery, Righteousness.<br />
39. Disease, Truth.<br />
40. Trial, Testing, Tribulation.<br />
41. Deception.<br />
42. Israel’s oppression, 2nd Coming.<br />
44. Perdition.<br />
45. Preservation, Inheritance.<br />
46. Holy Spirit, Second Death.<br />
48. Tabernacle, Dwelling Place.<br />
49. Wrath of God.<br />
50. Spirit, Holy Ghost, Israels Jubillee.<br />
51. Divine Revelation (51 books).<br />
54. Security of the Believer.<br />
60. Pride.<br />
65. Apostacy.<br />
66. Image or Idol Worship.<br />
70. Israel’s Restoration.<br />
77. Vengeance.<br />
91. Casting Out.<br />
99. Seal.<br />
100. God’s Election.<br />
105. Calling on the name of the Lord.<br />
119. Resurrection or Lords Day.<br />
120. Divine Period of Probation.<br />
144. The Spirit Guided Life.<br />
153. Fruit Bearing.<br />
200. Insufficiency of Earthly/Fleshly things.<br />
390. Number of Israel.<br />
400. Period Of Divine Perfection.
430. Promise To The Law, Sojourning.<br />
490. Spiritual Perfection, (Seventy x Seven) Israels Complete & Final<br />
Restoration.<br />
600. Warfare.<br />
666. Number of Man, Man of Sin.<br />
888. Ist Resurrection of Saints.<br />
1000. Number of the Glory of God, Divine Completion<br />
II<br />
Biblical numerology<br />
http://asis.com/users/stag/godcount.html<br />
The following table is taken from God Counts.<br />
No.<br />
Meaning<br />
1 Unity; New beginnings<br />
2 Union; Division; Wittnessing<br />
3 Divine completeness and perfection<br />
4 Creation; The world; Creative works<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
Grace; God's goodness; Pentatuech (first five<br />
books)<br />
Weakness of man; Manifestation of sin ; Evils of<br />
Satan<br />
Resurrection; Spiritual completeness; Fathers<br />
perfection<br />
8 New birth; New beginnings<br />
9<br />
Fruit of the spirit; Divine completeness from the<br />
Father<br />
10 Testimony; Law and responsiblity<br />
11 Disorder and judgement<br />
12 Governmental perfection<br />
13 Apostacy; depravity and rebellion
14 Deliverance; Salvation<br />
15 Rest<br />
16 Love<br />
17 Victory<br />
18 Bondage<br />
19 Faith<br />
20 Redemption<br />
21 Exceeding sinfulness of sin<br />
22 Light<br />
23 Death<br />
24 The Priesthood<br />
25 Repentance; The forgiveness of sins<br />
26 The Gospel of Christ<br />
27 Preaching of the Gospel<br />
28 Eternal life<br />
29 Departure<br />
30 Blood of Christ; Dedication<br />
31 Offspring<br />
32 Covenant<br />
33 Promise<br />
34 Naming of a son<br />
35 Hope<br />
36 Enemy<br />
37 The word of our Father<br />
38 Slavery<br />
39 Disease<br />
40 Trials; Probation; Testings
42 Israel's opression; First advent<br />
44 Judgement of the World<br />
45 Preservation<br />
50 Holy Spirit; Pentacost<br />
60 Pride<br />
66 Idol worship<br />
70<br />
Punishment and restoration of Israel;<br />
Universality<br />
100 Election; Children of the promise<br />
119 Spiritual perfection and victory 7*17=119<br />
120 Divine period of probation<br />
144 The Spirit guided life<br />
200 Insufficiency<br />
600 Warfare<br />
666 Antichrist<br />
777 Christ<br />
888 Holy Spirit; The sum of Tree of Life<br />
1000 Divine completeness and Fathers glory<br />
4000<br />
Salvation of the world through the blood of the<br />
Lamb ( Those who chose between Christ and<br />
Antichrist)<br />
6000 Deception of Antichrist; Second advent<br />
7000 Final judgement; Zadok<br />
144,0<br />
00<br />
Those numbered of Isreal
III<br />
Biblical Numerology (Numbers<br />
and Meanings)<br />
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bi<br />
ble/1.html<br />
Number 1<br />
Symbol of Unity. “One” excludes all difference, for there is no<br />
second with which it can either harmonize or conflict. It<br />
marks the beginning. We must begin with God. All our words<br />
and works must be characterized by the first words of the<br />
Bible: “In the beginning GOD.” Nothing is right that does not<br />
begin with Him. “God first” is the voice of Scripture. “Seek ye<br />
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these<br />
things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33) is the<br />
testimony of Christ. “God first” is the great proclamation.<br />
Number 2<br />
Two affirms that there is a difference – there is another. One<br />
affirms that there is not another!<br />
This difference may be for good or for evil. A thing may differ<br />
from evil, and be good; or it may differ from good, and be evil.<br />
Hence, it takes a Two-fold coloring, according to the context.<br />
It is the first number by which we can divide another, and<br />
therefore in all its uses we may trace this fundamental idea of<br />
division or difference.<br />
The number two may be, though different in character, yet<br />
one as to testimony and friendship. The Second that comes<br />
in may be for help and deliverance. But, alas! where man is<br />
concerned, this number testifies of his fall, for it more often
denotes that difference which implies opposition, enmity, and<br />
oppression.*<br />
Number 3<br />
Three, therefore, stands for that which is solid, real,<br />
substantial, complete, and entire. All things that are specially<br />
complete are stamped with this number:<br />
•God’s attributes are: omniscience, omnipresence, and<br />
omnipotence.<br />
•There great divisions completing time: past, present, and<br />
future.<br />
•3 persons, in grammar, express and include all the<br />
relationships of mankind.<br />
•Thought, word, and deed, complete the sum of human<br />
capability.<br />
•Three degrees of comparison complete our knowledge of<br />
qualities.<br />
•The simplest proposition requires three things to complete it;<br />
viz., the subject, the predicate, and the copula.<br />
•Three propositions are necessary to complete the simplest<br />
form of argument: the major premise, the minor, and the<br />
conclusion.<br />
•3 kingdoms embrace our ideas of matter; mineral, vegetable,<br />
and animal.<br />
When we turn to the Scriptures, this completion becomes<br />
Divine, and marks Divine completeness or perfection.<br />
Number 4<br />
Now 4 is made up of three and one (3+1=4), and it denotes<br />
His creative works. He is known by the things that are seen.<br />
Hence the written revelation commences with the words, “In<br />
the beginning God CREATED.” Creation is therefore the next<br />
thing – the fourth thing, and the number four always has
eference to all that is created. It is emphatically the number<br />
of Creation; of man in his relation to the world as created.<br />
•Four is the number of the great elements: earth, air, fire, and<br />
water.<br />
•Four are the regions of the earth: north, south, east, and<br />
west.<br />
•Four are the divisions of the day: morning, noon, evening,<br />
and midnight.<br />
•Four are the seasons of the year – spring, summer, autumn,<br />
and winter.<br />
• Four are the great variations of the lunar phases.<br />
Four marks division also. For the river was “parted.” It is the<br />
first number which is not a “prime,” the first which can be<br />
divided. It is the first square number also, and therefore it<br />
marks a kind of completeness as well, which we have called<br />
material completeness.<br />
Number 5<br />
Five is four plus one (4+1). Now we have a further revelation<br />
of a People called out from mankind, redeemed and saved,<br />
to walk with God from earth to heaven. Hence, Redemption<br />
follows creation. Inasmuch as in consequence of the fall of<br />
man creation came under the curse and was “made subject<br />
to vanity,” therefore man and creation must be redeemed.<br />
Thus we have:<br />
1.Father<br />
2.Son<br />
3.Spirit<br />
4.Creation<br />
5.Redemption<br />
These are the 5 great mysteries, and five is therefore the<br />
number of GRACE.
If four is the number of the world, then it represents man’s<br />
weakness, and helplessness, and vanity, as we have seen.<br />
But four plus one (4+1=5) is significant of Divine strength<br />
added to and made perfect in that weakness; of omnipotence<br />
combined with the impotence of earth; of Divine favor<br />
uninfluenced and invincible.<br />
November 6<br />
Six is either 4 plus 2, i.e., man’s world (4) with man’s enmity<br />
to God (2) brought in: or it is 5 plus 1, the grace of God made<br />
of none effect by man’s addition to it, or perversion, or<br />
corruption of it: or it is 7 minus 1, i.e., man’s coming short of<br />
spiritual perfection. In any case, therefore, it has to do with<br />
man; it is the number of imperfection; the human number; the<br />
number of MAN as destitute of God, without God, without<br />
Christ.<br />
Six, therefore, is the number of labor also, of man’s labor as<br />
apart and distinct from God’s rest. True, it marks the<br />
completion of Creation as God’s work, and therefore the<br />
number is significant of secular completeness.<br />
The serpent also was created on the sixth day.<br />
The Sixth Commandment relates to the worst sin – murder.<br />
The sixth clause of the Lord’s prayer treats of sin.<br />
The number 6 is stamped on all that is connected with<br />
human labor. We see it stamped upon his measures which<br />
he uses in his labor, and on the time during which he labors.<br />
And we see this from the very beginning.<br />
The number 6 is also stamped upon the measurements of<br />
the Great Pyramid, the unit of which was the inch and its<br />
sexagesimal multiples. The first multiple is the foot, 12<br />
inches (2×6); and after this the rises are 18 ( 3 x 6), 24 (4×6),<br />
30 ( 5 x 6), and 36 (6×6 = the yard).<br />
Number 7
We come now to the great number of spiritual perfection. A<br />
number which, therefore, occupies so large a place in the<br />
works, and especially in the Word of God as being inspired<br />
by the Holy Spirit.<br />
Number 8<br />
In Hebrew the number eight is (Sh’moneh), from the root<br />
(Shah’meyn), “to make fat,” “cover with fat,” “to<br />
super-abound.” As a participle it means “one who abounds in<br />
strength,” etc. As a noun it is “superabundant fertility,” “oil,”<br />
etc. So that as a numeral it is the superabundant number. As<br />
seven was so called because the seventh day was the day of<br />
completion and rest, so eight, as the eighth day, was over<br />
and above this perfect completion, and was indeed the first<br />
of a new series, as well as being the eighth. We consider the<br />
connection between 8 and 7 in another section.<br />
Eight is 7 plus 1. Hence it is the number specially associated<br />
with Resurrection and Regeneration, and the beginning of a<br />
new era or order.<br />
Number 9<br />
The number nine is a most remarkable number in many<br />
respects. It is held in great reverence by all who study the<br />
occult sciences; and in mathematical science it possesses<br />
properties and powers which are found in no other number.*<br />
* Among others may be mentioned (1) that the sum of the<br />
digits which form its multiples are themselves always a<br />
multiple of nine; e.g., 2 x 9 = 18 (and 1+8=9); 3 x 9 = 27 (and<br />
2+7=9); 4 x 9 = 36 (and 3+6=9); 5 x 9 = 45 (and 4+5=9), etc.,<br />
etc.; and so with the larger numbers: 52843 x 9 = 475587<br />
(and 4+7+5+5+8+7=36, and 3+6=9). (2) The sum of its<br />
multiples through the nine digits = 405, or 9 times 45.
It is the last of the digits, and thus marks the end; and is<br />
significant of the conclusion of a matter.<br />
It is akin to the number six, six being the sum of its factors (3<br />
x 3=9, and 3+3=6), and is thus significant of the end of man,<br />
and the summation of all man’s works. Nine is, therefore, the<br />
number of finality or judgment.<br />
The number of finality or judgment is committed unto Jesus<br />
as “the Son of man” (John 5:27; Acts 17:31). It marks the<br />
completeness, the end and issue of all things as to man —<br />
the judgment of man and all his works.<br />
It is a factor of 666, which is 9 times 74.<br />
The Gematria (substituting numbers for letters) of the word<br />
“Dan,” which means a judge, is 54 (9 x 6).<br />
The sum of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is 4995 (5 x<br />
999). It is stamped, therefore, with the numbers of grace and<br />
finality. The sum of the Greek alphabet is 3999.<br />
What are the 9 judgments of God?<br />
The judgments of God in Haggai 1:11 are enumerated in<br />
nine particulars:<br />
“And I called for a drought upon the land,<br />
and upon the mountains,<br />
and upon the corn,<br />
and upon the new wine,<br />
and upon the oil,<br />
and upon that which the ground bringeth forth,<br />
and upon men,<br />
and upon cattle,<br />
and upon all the labor of the hands.”<br />
Number 10<br />
It has been already pointed out that ten is one of the perfect<br />
numbers, and signifies the perfection of Divine order,
commencing, as it does, an altogether new series of<br />
numbers. The first decade is the representative of the whole<br />
numeral system, and originates the system of calculation<br />
called “decimals,” because the whole system of numeration<br />
consists of so many tens, of which the first is a type of the<br />
whole.<br />
Completeness of order, marking the entire round of anything,<br />
is, therefore, the ever-present signification of the number ten.<br />
It implies that nothing is wanting; that the number and order<br />
are perfect; that the whole cycle is complete.<br />
The Ten Commandments<br />
The Ten Commandments contain all that is necessary, and<br />
no more than is necessary, both as to their number and their<br />
order, while the Lord’s prayer is complete in ten clauses.<br />
The 10 clauses of the Lord’s Prayer<br />
The Lord’s prayer is completed in ten clauses. *<br />
1.The first, God’s sovereignty.<br />
2.The second, God’s manifested Name<br />
3.The third, the realization of God’s kingdom.<br />
4.The fourth first mentions the earth.<br />
5.The fifth, the gift of grace supplying our need.<br />
6.The sixth treats of man’s sin.<br />
7.The seventh pleads for spiritual guidance.<br />
8.The eighth pleads for final deliverance from all evil.<br />
9.The ninth sums up the divine glory (32)<br />
10.The tenth completes the eternal cycles.<br />
* These clauses have the significance of their respective<br />
numbers.<br />
The Tithes<br />
The tithes represent the whole of what was due from man to<br />
God, as marking and recognizing God’s claim on the whole.
The number 10 and redemption<br />
The redemption money was ten gerahs, and thus was<br />
acknowledged both what God claimed, and what man was<br />
responsible to give. Now ten gerahs was half a shekel<br />
(Exodus 30:12-16; Numbers 3:47). Every male that was<br />
numbered, over 20 years of age, must pay this sum and<br />
meet God’s claim. *<br />
* When David numbered the people (2Samuel 24 and<br />
1Chronicles 21), this payment was not made and God’s<br />
claim was not met. Hence the judgment which followed.<br />
But the firstborn were to pay ten times as much; for when<br />
God took the Levites instead of the first-born of Israel, there<br />
were found 22,273 first-born males, but only 22,000 Levites.<br />
So that 273 had to pay the ransom money, which amounted<br />
to ten times ten gerahs. Thus, though the five shekels looked<br />
like a variation, the significance of ten is sustained, for the<br />
five shekels were ten times the “half shekel.” (See Numbers<br />
3:12,13,40-51).<br />
The 10 Plagues of Egypt<br />
The ten plagues were representative of the complete circle of<br />
God’s judgments on Egypt. Exodus 9:14, “I will . . . send all<br />
my plagues.”<br />
The 10 kingdoms controlled by the Antichrist<br />
Antichrist’s world power is comprised in the ten kingdoms,<br />
symbolized by the ten toes on the feet of the image of<br />
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2:41), and by the ten<br />
horns of the fourth beast of Daniel’s vision (Daniel 7:7,20,24,<br />
etc.; Revelation 12:3, 13:1, 17:3,7,12).<br />
Number 11
If ten marks the perfection of Divine order, then the number<br />
eleven is an addition to it, subversive of and undoing that<br />
order. If twelve is the number which marks the perfection of<br />
Divine government, then 11 falls short of it. So that whether<br />
we regard it as being 10 + 1, or 12 – 1, it is the number which<br />
marks, disorder, disorganization, imperfection, and<br />
disintegration.<br />
The importance of the number eleven is that it signifies<br />
disorder and judgment and is used 24 times in the Bible. The<br />
designation “11th” is used 19 times in scripture. Coming after<br />
10 (law and responsibility), the number 11 represents the<br />
opposite — the irresponsibility of breaking the Law, which<br />
brings disorder and judgment.<br />
In Genesis 11, men rebelled against God and built the tower<br />
of Babel. God judged them by confusing their language,<br />
resulting in chaos. In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the last<br />
king of Judah, God executed His final judgment against<br />
Judah with the complete destruction of Jerusalem and the<br />
temple and the exile of the remaining Jews to Babylon.<br />
The apostle John saw 11 things in connection with the final<br />
judgment (Revelation 20:12-14).<br />
Number 12<br />
Twelve is a perfect number, signifying perfection of<br />
government, or of governmental perfection. It is found as a<br />
multiple in all that has to do with rule. The sun which “rules”<br />
the day, and the moon and stars which “govern” the night, do<br />
so by their passage through the twelve signs of the Zodiac<br />
which completes the great circle of the heavens of 360 (12 x<br />
30) degrees or divisions, and thus govern the year.
Twelve is the product of 3 (the perfectly Divine and heavenly<br />
number) and 4 (the earthly of what is material and organic).<br />
While seven is composed of 3 added to 4, the number twelve<br />
is 3 multiplied by 4, and hence denotes that which can<br />
scarcely be explained in words, but which the spiritual<br />
perception can at once appreciate, viz., organization, the<br />
products denoting production and multiplication and increase<br />
of all that is contained in the two numbers separately. The 4<br />
is generally prominently seen in the twelve.<br />
The number twelve is found 187 times total in the Bible, 22 of<br />
which are in the book of Revelation.<br />
The significance of the number 12 is that it represents divine<br />
authority and appointment, as well as governmental<br />
foundation and perfection, and shows completeness. Twelve<br />
is also used as a signature of Israel. Truth is symbolized by<br />
144, or 12 x 12.<br />
There are twelve divisions of heaven called the Mazzaroth,<br />
which God uses for signs and seasons. The testimony of the<br />
stars is numerically in harmony with the Bible: “The heavens<br />
declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His<br />
handiwork” (Psalms 19:1).<br />
Number 13<br />
The number thirteen and the enemy of God<br />
The enemies of God and his people, as named in Scripture,<br />
are generally multiples of 13. The primary example of this is<br />
the great enemy himself, Satan. Although we may give the<br />
English for the sake of clearness, the Gematria (the values<br />
formed by the letters of the words themselves) are always<br />
based on the original Hebrew or Greek:<br />
•Satan, in Hebrew = 364 (13 x 28)
•Satan, in Greek = 2197 (133)<br />
•”That old serpent, even Satan” = 2756 (13×212)<br />
•”Ha-Seraph” (Numbers 21:8) = 585 (13×45)<br />
•Beelzebub = 598 (13 x 46)<br />
•Belial – 78 (13×6)<br />
•Dragon (Revelation 12:9) = 975 (13 x 75)<br />
•Serpent = 780 (13×60)<br />
•Murderer = 1820 (13 x 140)<br />
•Tempter = 1053 (13×81)<br />
•The Scape-goat = 585 (13 x 45)<br />
•The Lion (Psalm 91:13) = 338 (13×26)<br />
•”As a Lion” (1Peter 5:8) = 1885 (13 x 145)<br />
•”The Power of the Enemy” (Luke 10:9) = 2509 (13 x 193)<br />
•”Your adversary, the Devil, as a roaring lion” = 6032<br />
(13×464)<br />
•Fowler (Psalm 91:3) = 416 (13×32)<br />
•”Who is called the Devil and Satan” = 2197 (133)<br />
•”Seven Devils” = 572 (13 x 44)<br />
•”Because the Prince of this world is judged” (John 16:11) =<br />
5577 (132×33)<br />
•”When he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own, for he is a<br />
liar” (John 8:44) = 7072 (13×544)<br />
The longest book name and number 13<br />
The longest name of a Bible book, Thessalonians, is 13<br />
characters.<br />
Additional commentary on the Biblical Meaning of 13 *<br />
The number thirteen is associated with rebellion and<br />
depravity and is used fifteen times in the Bible. All the names<br />
of Satan are divisible by thirteen. Nimrod, the chief rebel<br />
after the flood, was the thirteenth in the line of Ham. In their<br />
thirteenth year of servitude, the kings of the nations rebelled<br />
(Genesis 14:4). Twelve represents the government of
God and thirteen represents the governments of men in<br />
rebellion against God.<br />
Number 666<br />
The number six hundred sixty six is “the number of a name”<br />
(Revelation 13:17-18). When the name of Antichrist is known<br />
its Gematria (substituting numbers for letters) will doubtless<br />
be found to be 666. But this number has, we believe, a far<br />
deeper reference to and connection with the secret<br />
mysteries of the ancient religions, which will be again<br />
manifested in connection with the last great apostasy.<br />
If six is the number of secular or human perfection, then 66 is<br />
a more emphatic expression of the same fact, and 666 is the<br />
concentrated expression of it; six hundred sixty-six is<br />
therefore the triple of human perfection; the perfection of<br />
imperfection; the culmination of human pride in<br />
independence of God and opposition to His Christ.<br />
The number, however, has to be computed, to reckon, to<br />
calculate, not merely to count or enumerate). See Revelation<br />
13:18. Therefore it is not to be known by gematria merely,<br />
though, as we have said, that will be one of the factors in the<br />
calculation, just as the letters in the word Jesus amount to<br />
888.<br />
But 666 was the secret symbol of the ancient pagan<br />
mysteries connected with the worship of the Devil. It is to day<br />
the secret connecting link between those ancient mysteries<br />
and their modern revival in Spiritualism, Theosophy, etc. The<br />
efforts of the great enemy are now directed towards uniting<br />
all into one great whole. The newspapers, worldly and<br />
religious, are full of schemes as to such a union. “Reunion” is<br />
in the air. The societies for the re-union of Christendom, and<br />
the Conferences for the re-union of the Churches, are alike<br />
parts of the same great movement, and are all making for
and are signs of the coming Apostasy. During this age,<br />
“Separation” is God’s word for His people, and is the mark of<br />
Christ; while “union” and “re-union” is the mark of Antichrist.
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