Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: do515127@longs.lance.colostate.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: important biblical numbers Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 06:38:18 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 127 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu There is an excellent book concerning numbers in Scripture called "Theomatics" by Jerry Lucas and Del Washburn, Scarbourough House/ Publishers. In it he reveals the structure given by God to his Word. The entire Greek alphabet also had numerical equivalents as they had no "Arabic numerals" and thus wrote numbers with their alphabet. Alpha is 1, Beta 2, and so on to iota 10, kappa 20 and rho 100, sigma 200 etc. When the words and phrases in both the New and Old testaments (Hebrew having a similar structure) are added amazing numbers reveal themselves. As an example, Jesus, or transliterated, "Ihsous" gives (iota=10 + eta=8 + sigma=200 + omicron=7 + nu=400 + sigma=200 = 888. In general any reference to Jesus involves 888, or at least 111 and multiples thereof. For example, Mt 1:23, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they will call the name of Him Emmanuel, which is being interpreted -- with us God" adds up to in the Greek to be 111 * 80 (888) or, "When the time had come, God sent forth His Son born of a woman" adds ups to 111*64 (888*8) The lowest factor is 37 an likewise "The Messiah" (Jn 1:41), Jesus (ihsous), Christ (xristos) and Jesus Christ (ihsous xristos) are all multiples of 37. It is interesting to note that all of the following involve 111: Jesus (ihsous=111*8=888), Christ (Xriston=111*12), God (ton teon=111*5), Lord (kurion=111*9). "The Son of God" Mk 15:39 (te uion ton theon=111*22), "Name of the only begotten Son of God" Jn 3:18 (onoma uonogenous uion teon=111*23) "The name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene Acts 4:10 = 111*56 (888) Likewise names referring to the son of David based on 37, "Of the seed of David" Jn 7:42, (oti ek ton spermatos David=37 * 70) of "Son of David" Mt 21:15 (uiO David=37*44) Likewise the Old Testament "Jehovah God" in Gen 3:9 adds up to 111 or in Gen 14:22 "I have sworn by Jehovah God most high, possessor of heaven and earth adds up to 111*16 (888). 153 is also a prominent number as in the story of the miracle of 153 fishes in John 21:11 "Fishes" (ixtues=153*8) and "Fishers of men (aleeis antropon=153*14) "way, truth, life (odos aleteia zon=153*8) "The door" Lk 13:25 (ton turan=153*6) or "If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in" Rev 3:20 = 153*39 References to light, power, and darkness involve 100 as "Was the light of men" in Jn 1:4 = 100*46, or "He came for a witness of the light" in Jn 1:7 =5000 of "The true light" in Jn 1:9 (pOs to aletinion=100*21) "Out of the power of darkness" in 1 Pet 2:9 = 1500*2, "The darkness walks" in 1 Jn 2:11 =1500, "Exposed by the light in Eph 5:132l =4000 An interesting progression is "Lord" Lk 5:17 =1000, "Lord of glory" 1 Cor 2:8 =1500, "Name of the Lord" 1 Cor 2:8=2000, "Name of Lord Jesus" 1 Cor 5:4=3000, "And the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified" Acs 19:17 = 4000, "To Him be the glory for ever and ever, amen" Rom 16:27 =5000, "And He shall regn for ever and ever" Rev 11:15 = 6000. 276 refers to Satan and his kingdom (satana=276*2) or "The evil one" 1 Jn 5:19 (tO ponerO=276*8) and "the dragon" Rev 13:4 (tO drakonti=276*6) Also, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh" Jn 3:6 =276*10 and "In sin you were born in Jn 9:34 = 276*6. It is interesting to note "Man" in Mt 26:24 (o antrOpos) is 276*5, as in Gen 5:2 (Hebrew here) "Their name man" = 276*3. Now "Adam" in Gen 5:2 adds up to 46, as does Adam Rom 5:14 (Adam=46) also in the Greek, and what is 276 but 46*6, 6 being the number of man. Which brings us to the infamous number 666, so let us take the familiar verse of Rev 13:18 "The one therefore having wisdom, let him calculate the number of the beast: for it is the number of man, and it is 666" (exOn oun PepisatO aritmon ton terion aritmos gar antrOpon estin estin de Xxs) adds up exactly to 666*15. Likewise, 2 Thess 2:3-4 "The man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, showing himself as being God" adds up exactly to 666*22. Or in 2 Thess 2:9 "According to the operation of Satan with all power and sign and wonders" = 666*6. Or "The one who has the mark, or the name of the beast or the number of its name" Rev 13:17 666 *11 and "Those who worship the beast and its image" Rev 14:11 = 666*6, and from the same verse "Whoever receives the mark of its name " = 666*6. 6 also relates to things of this world, "World" (kosmos=600), "Earth" (gen=60) "In the world" Jn 1:9 (eis kosmon=666) "Ruler of this world" Jn 12:31 = 666*7. In this manner, 6 is seen as the number of man, 7 the number of God, and 8 the number of Christ. Likewise "Wrath of God" Col 3:6 (arge teon=666) "Love of God" Rom 8:39 (agapes teon=777) "Resurrection, life" Jn 11:25 (anastasis zOe=111*16 (888)) 144 is also prominent such as "Purchases firstfruits" Rev 14:4=144*10, "The great multitude which to number it no one was able, from every nation" Rev 7:9=144*42. Priests of God Rev 20:6=144*11, "Saints" Rev 8:3 (agiOn=144*6) "The city of My God" Rev 3:12 =144*24 , "Jerusalem Rev 3:12 (ieronsagem=144*6) or "New Jerusalem" Rev 3:12 (kaiues Ieronsalem=144*8) or in Mt 4:25 Jerusalem (IerosolemOn=888*2) The number of 144 is also prominent in references to the Passover - "Eat the Passover" Jn 18:28 (PagOsin pasxa=144*17) -, the "kingdom of God" Mt 21:31 (ten basileian theon=144*8) -- the "Gospel" Gal 2:2 (enaggelion=144*4)-- the "Lamb's Book of life" Rev 21:27 = 144*25, or "Names written in heaven" in Lk 10:20 = 144*20, -- "The elect" in Rom 11:7 (h eklogh=144) -- "believers" 1 Tim 4:12 (piston=144*10) -- "The seed in good soil" Lk 8:15 (en th kalh gh=144*3) -- "Body of Christ" 1 Cor 12:12 (sOma o Xristos=144*18, "Is not one member, but many" 1 Cor 12:14 = 144*12, -- "The flock" Acts 20:28 (tO poimniO= 144*15) -- "House of Isreal" Acts 2:36 (oikos Isreal=144*5), "The lost sheep of the house of Isreal" Mt 10:6 =144*24 , likewise the true Isreal by spirit, "He is a Jew who is one inwardly, Rom 2:28 = 144*18, or "The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it" Mt 21:43 = 144*61, "Not only of the Jews" Rom 9:24 (on monon eC IoudaiOn = 144*14) , "Also of the Gentiles" Rom 9:24 (kai eC etnon=144*7) Thus it is seem in numerous cases that the actual Greek and Hebrew alphabets portray the design placed there by God in numbers. 37 and 111 = the God head 666 Man, this world 777 God, perfection 888 Jesus, life 276 Satan 100 Light, power, darkness 144 the elect, ture Isreal Isn't God's word incredible? -- DAvid Olson | "I have come that they might have life, and have it to INET: do515127@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu | the full." -- Jesus, John 10:10b UUCP: boulder!ccncsu!longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu!do515127