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Post  thirsty Thu 31 Jul 2008, 7:27 pm

The people who wrote the books of the Old Testament, ancient Israelites, loved numbers. They are not unusual in this, many different nations loved numbers as well. This is important, when they mention a number it is usually has significance way beyond just counting. More than that, the significance of the number is probably more important than the literal number itself. So


1 = Wholeness
3 = a divine number, so Abraham was visited by three men, the Temple had three parts to it, the works of God could take three days - just like the resurrection. Time is also in three parts, God was and is and is to come.
4 = the number of the created world. There are therefore four seasons, four corners of the earth, four kinds of living creatures, four riders of the apocalypse, four winds,
6 = seven minus one, a number of incompleteness. Six days of creation were incomplete until the seventh day had come. So in Revelation six seals, trumpets represent the course of the world before Gods final seventh act brings the eternal sabbath. So in spite of having seven heads the beats is number 666. See why we must not take Revelation literally!
7 = The sum of three plus four, the earth number and the divine number. It signifies perfection. There were seven heavenly bodies sun, moon and five planets, seven days of the week, seven archangels. The great festivals lasted seven days, every seventh year was a sabbath year when the land was laid fallow and slaves went free. So Jesus says forgive seven time seven, which means always. Later Christians tradition noted that the Gospels record seven last sayings of Jesus.
10= a round number, the fingers of both hands, good for commandments. Note that there were ten things God said at creation, so ten words to create were supported by ten words to keep order.
12 = there were 12 tribes - also a number of completion, so 12 x 12 is very complete (144) which is the number of the elect, not literally but to show that no one is forgotten or lost. So there will be 12 cornerstones of the new Jerusalem
40 = a strictly limited period of time. It was the length of a generation.
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Post  WordofLife Thu 31 Jul 2008, 7:33 pm

Appendix 10 From The Companion Bible

Numbers are used in Scripture, not merely as in Nature, with supernatural design, but with spiritual significance, which may be summarized as follows 1 :-

ONE. Denotes unity, and commencement. The first occurrences of words or utterances denote their essential significance, in interpretation. Words that occur only once, in the originals, are emphatic and important. First day, Light. The first occurrences of all important words and expressions are noted in the margin.

TWO. Denotes difference. If two different persons agree in testimony it is conclusive. Otherwise two implies opposition, enmity, and division, as was the work of the Second day. Compare the use of the word "double" applied to "heart", "tongue", "mind", etc.

THREE. Denotes completeness, as three lines complete a plane figure. Hence, three is significant of Divine perfection and completeness. The third day completes the fundamentals of creation-work. The fourth, fifth, and sixth days are the counterpart and repetition of the first, second, and third, and correspond respectively. (See the structure of Genesis 1) The number, three, includes resurrection also; for on the third day the earth rose up out of the deep, and fruit rose up out of the earth.

FOUR. Denotes creative works (3 + 1), and always has reference to the material creation, as pertaining to the earth, and things "under the sun", and things terrestrial.

FIVE. Denotes Divine grace. It is 4 + 1. It is God adding His gifts and blessing to the works of His hands. The Hebrew Ha'aretz (the earth), by "Gematria" (that is to say the addition of the numerical value of the letters together) is a multiple of four, while Hashamayim (the heavens) is a multiple of five. The Gematria of (charis), the Greek for Grace, is also a multiple of five. It is the leading factor in the Tabernacle measurements.

SIX. Denotes the human number. Man was created on the sixth day; and this first occurrence of the number makes it (and all multiples of it) the hall-mark of all connected with man. He works six days. The hours of his day are a multiple of six. Athaliah usurped the throne of Judah six years. The great men who have stood out in defiance of God (Goliath and Nebuchadnezzar and Antichrist) are all emphatically marked by this number.

SEVEN. Denotes spiritual perfection. It is the number or hall-mark of the Holy Spirit's work. He is the Author of God's Word, and seven is stamped on it as the water-mark is seen in the manufacture of paper. He is the Author and Giver of life; and seven is the number which regulates every period of Incubation and Gestation, in insects, birds, animals, and man.

EIGHT. Denotes resurrection, regeneration; a new beginning or commencement. The eighth is a new first. Hence the octave in music, color, days of the week, etc. It is the number which has to do with the LORD, Who rose on the eighth, or new "first-day". This is , therefore, the Dominical number. By Gematria (see above), (Jesus) makes the numbers 888. It, or its multiple is impressed on all that has to do with the Lord's Names, the Lord's People, the Lord's works.

NINE. Denotes Finality of judgment. It is 3 x 3, the product of Divine completeness. The number nine, or its factors or multiples, is seen in all cases when judgment is the subject.

TEN. Denotes Ordinal perfection. Another new first; after the ninth digit, when numeration commences anew.

ELEVEN. Denotes disorder, disorganization, because it is one short of the number twelve (see below).

TWELVE. Denotes Governmental perfection. It is the number or factor of all numbers connected with government: whether by Tribes or Apostles, or in measurements of time, or in things which have to do with government in the heavens and the earth.

THIRTEEN. Denotes rebellion, apostasy, defection, disintegration, revolution, etc. The first occurrence fixes this (Genesis 14:4); and the second confirms it (Genesis 17:25). It, and its multiples, are seen in all numbers, and in the Gematria (see above) of all names and passages that are associated with rebellion, etc.

SEVENTEEN. Denotes a combination of spirit and order (10 + 7). It is the seventh prime number (as 13 is the sixth prime number).
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Post  lovemylord Thu 31 Jul 2008, 7:35 pm

Thank you guys, I didn't know that.
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