Meaning Of Biblical Numbers

numeric value of the Hebrew word amen is precisely 99. Men say “amen” to indicate agreement with what has been said
or done.
Thus, in this we see also the meaning of the number nine. It portrays the judgment and work of the Holy Spirit in our
lives to bring us into full agreement with God. When all of creation comes into agreement, the four living creatures say
“Amen!” (Rev. 5:14).
The Holy Spirit’s “baptism of fire” is the latter-day counterpart to the water baptism in Noah’s day. The primary
difference is that the water destroyed all flesh, while the Spirit baptism of fire destroys “the flesh,” that is, the carnality in
man. The water killed in Noah’s day; but the fire of God brings life. Each represents the Spirit in different ways, because
each convicts the world of sin and righteousness in a different manner.
The “fire” may be painful to our flesh, but it is gives life to our spirit. The purpose of the Holy Spirit’s work of
judgment, then, is to bring all men to repentance. This is the background of Psalm 9, where we see God’s judgments upon
the rebellious portrayed. When viewed as a revelation of the book of Genesis, Psalm 9 portrays the court case against
Nimrod, whereby the secrets of his heart are made manifest.
Ten (yod)
Divine Order, Law
Yod is a closed hand. Because ten is also the number of the law, which brings divine order, it signifies “the works of
the law.”
As we wrote earlier, the number eight indicates a new beginning, a new birth in a believer. Nine is visitation and
manifests the Holy Spirit’s leading, training, and judgment (learning to discern right and wrong) in the life of the believer,
and acts as a witness against the unbeliever to expose the secrets of his heart.
Ten is the number of divine order being reestablished one way or another through the judgment of the law (as pictured
by the Ten Commandments). In other words, it manifests the actual sentence of the law which follows the gathering and
presentation of the evidence. After the Holy Spirit has revealed the evidence to expose men’s hearts (i.e., number nine),
the Judge reveals the law. That is, he pronounces the sentence (i.e., number ten) according to the law.
Ten is the number that portrays that time of judgment when men either receive reward or come under divine
judgment. One way or another, the law must be fulfilled and the divine order reestablished.
The tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the yod, which means a deed or work. Because ten is also the number of the
law, as seen in the Ten Commandments, the yod became a symbol of “the works of the law” (Rom. 3:20). The meaning of
the number ten is based upon the divine law, because as Revelation 20:12 and 13 say, all will be judged “according to
their deeds.”
The tenth time Noah’s name is mentioned is in Gen. 6:13, where God said,
13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence
because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.”
This speaks of judgment by the divine law in Noah’s day, because the people had rejected Noah’s message—that is,
the message of the Comforter (Menachem).
The tenth time Isaac is mentioned is in Gen. 22:3, where we see his father taking him to Mount Moriah. This pictures
the great sacrifice of Christ on the cross, where the law’s judgment fell upon the only-begotten Son of God, who paid the
penalty for our sin and rebellion.
Eleven (yod-aleph)
Imperfection, Disorder, Incompleteness
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