NUMBERS

[For my Jonathan who loves numbers]

Many numbers in the Bible have special significance. Today we are going to look at numbers.

One signifies the one unique God.

Two signifies fellowship.

Three also signifies God as He is truine [trinity]. One refers to God's unity, and three to His completion. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Four is built on three. It is three plus one. Four is the number of creation. There are four corners of the earth, four seasons, four winds, and four rivers that flow from the Garden of Eden. Four Gospels record Christ life on earth. Adam was a four, everything that is produced from God is four in number.

Five is the separation of man from God. Each hand has five fingers. There were five wise and five foolish virgins. Five represents human responsibility before God. The ear is one of the five senses, the thumb is one of the five fingers, the big toe is one of the five toes. Applying the blood to the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot signifies man's separation to bear responsibility before God.

Six is the number of man, created on the sixth day. Six being less then seven means that man can never match what God does.

Seven is the number of perfection. This refers to the present temporary perfection, it is not eternal perfection. Three is the number of God, four the number of the creature. God plus creature is perfection. God plus man equals perfection, but only temporary perfection. Everything temporal in the Bible is signified by seven. Seven days in the week, seven parables in Matthew 13, seven churches in Revelation, seven lamp stands, seven, messengers, seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls, all refer to temporal perfection rather than perfection in eternity.

Eight is the number of resurrection. Seven being a cycle, eight is the first number after and Jesus was resurrected on the eighth day.

Nine is three times three, a multiplicity of God's number. God's testimony is not only God's word but God's speaking to us.

Ten is for human perfection. The human number is complete at ten, such as ten fingers, ten toes.

Eleven does not have much significance in the Bible.

Twelve is also a number of perfection, but it refers to the perfection in eternity. Seven and twelve are both numbers for perfection. Seven is for today, divine perfection. Twelve is divine but has to do with eternity.

In the new heaven and the new earth the number seven will be gone. New Jerusalem has twelve gates, twelve fountains, the names of the twelve apostles, twelve kinds of precious stones and twelve pearls. These will remain forever, meaning twelve signifies eternal perfection.

Why is seven temporal and twelve eternal perfection? Three plus four is God plus man, the Creator plus the creature. Three times four is the Creator multiplied by the creature. The two are mingled together. There is a difference between addition and multiplication. In multiplication the two are no longer separate. God and man, it is an oneness between the creating God and the created beings. That oneness is eternal, twelve is eternal perfection.

God Bless Indeed

recj/LJG
{Thank you my David}