User:Pbarnes/Biblical Numerology
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Numerical Meaning
[edit]One: Unity
[edit]- Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
- Ephesians 4:5 "one Lord, one faith, one baptism."
Three: Divine Perfection
[edit]- Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
- Matthew 12:40 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
- Three major feasts appear in Jewish Tradiction (Exod. 23:14-19)
- Feast of Unleavened Bread
- Feast of Harvest
- Feast of Ingathering
- Prayer was urged three times daily (Dan. 6:10; Ps. 55:17)
- The sanctuary was divided into three parts: vestibule, nave, and inner sanctuary (1 Kings 6:2-22)
- Three-year-old animals were prized for special sacrifices (1 Sam. 1:24; Gen. 15:9)
Seven: Spiritual Perfection
[edit]- Seven days in a week.
- Seven of the 10 commandments begin with the word "not."
- 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 parables in Matthew, and 7 promises to the churches.
- There are 7 "eternals" in Hebrews which are:
- A priest for ever (1:6)
- Eternal salvation (1:9)
- Eternal judgment (6:2)
- Eternal redemption (9:12)
- Eternal spirit (9:14)
- Eternal inheritance (9:15)
- Everlasting covenant (13:20)
- Jesus said 7 things on the cross:
- Luke 23:34 "Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots
- Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise"
- Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" -- which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
- John 19:26 "When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son"
- John 19:28 "Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
- John 19:30 "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit"
- Luke 23:46 "Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last."
Eight: New Beginning
[edit]- 8 people on Noah's Ark (2 Pet. 2:5)
- Circumcision on 8th day (Gen. 17:12)
- God made 8 covenants with Abraham
Twelve: Governmental Perfection
[edit]- The twelve tribes of Israel
- Twelve Apostles
- 12 foundations in the heavenly Jerusalem
- 12 gates
- 12 pearls
- 12 angels
Further Reading
[edit]- E. W. Bullinger (1921). Number in Scripture. Eyre & Spottiswoode (Bible Warehouse) Ltd.
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