Michael Mize
World Literature 271
Instructor: Jim Roth
The Numerical
Principle of the Bible
1. The number ONE is a primary Number. All other numbers depend on ONE. It precedes
and
produces all other numbers.; that is, every digit is
dependant on number ONE. This is God’s
number; without Him nothing could exist; “In the beginning
God….” No creator ----no creation.
No designer----no design. The number ONE stands alone, independent of
all others.
2. The number TWO is the number of division
or separation. Number TWO affirms there is a
difference. Exodus 8:23. “ I will
put a division between my people and thy people.” In the
first chapter of Genesis we discover that the earthly waters
are separated from the heavenly
waters.. God divided night from day. Light and darkness
don’t mix. There are two masters----
God and Satan. Two covenants---old and
new. In Gen. 3:15, we have the
woman and her
Sseed and Satan and his seed.
The development of choices, good and evil, true and false and
positive and
negative.
3. The number three is the number of union,
approval, approbation, co-ordination, completeness,
and perfection. It is
the number of the Trinity. THREE persons in One God----THREE
Members of Divine perfection. Isaiah 6, the
Seraphims praise God by saying,” Holy, Holy, Holy.”
Christ was crucified at the THIRD hour. He hung on the cross six hours – THREE
in darkness and THREE in light. As
Christ hung on the cross, the inscription over His head was written in THREE
languages. There are THREE definitions of God. God is Love, God is Light, and
God is a Spirit. The resurrection of Jesus was on the THIRD day. Jonah was
THREE days and THREE nights in the belly of the great fish. THREE persons were raised from
the dead by Christ, Jairus’ daughter, the widow’s son, and Lazarus
4. The number FOUR, the creation number,
has special reference to the earth .On the FOURTH
day material creation was finished. There are FOUR regions
of the earth: North, South, East
and West. The day has FOUR divisions, morning,
FOUR seasons, Spring, Summer,
Fall and Winter. There Are FOUR Lunar divisions, first, half,
ffull
and last. Family, tongue, nation and country designate the fourfold division of
mankind.
The Fourth commandment refers to the earth. The FOURTH clause in the
Lord’s Prayer refers
to the earth. The FOUR gospels present the earth-life of our
Lord. FOUR women are mentioned
in our Lord’s earthly genealogy. There are FOUR kinds of
flesh mentioned in 1 Corinthians
15:39. We have FOUR Hebrew children in the book
of Daniel. FOUR inFOUR in the fiery furnace.
FOUR world empires, FOUR winds of heaven. There are FOUR
judgments upon the earth
mentioned in Ezekiel 21.Created beings are found in heaven,
on the earth, under the earth,
and in the sea. Lastly, we, we
note that the cherubim of Ezekiel 1: 5, 6; 10: 9, 11, 14, 20, 21, had
FOUR faces, FOUR wings, Four sides, and FOUR
wheels.
5. The number FIVE is significant of God’s
wonderful grace. *In Genesis
manifestation of His amazing
grace in bringing living beings into existence on the FIFTH day. FIVE animals were slain—Gen. 15: 9. The
Tabernacle in the wilderness was marked with a number FIVE. The pillars of the outer court
were FIVE cubits apart and FIVE cubits high. The Brazen altar ,altar,
where the sacrifice was offered was FIVE cubits by FIVE cubits. The FIVE great names given
to Jesus Christ, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father,
and the Prince of Peace. When God
called unworthy Abram, He changed the FIFTH letter and substituted the FIFTH
letter of the Hebrew alphabet --- Abraham. The numerical value of this letter
is FIVE. The same thing was done in the changing of Sarai to Sarah.
6. The number SIX is man’s number and
brings to light the sad state of human incompleteness.
Man was created on the SIXTH day. God said that six days would make
mark the number of man’s
labor.
There are SIX generations of Cain. Noah lived SIX hundred years. Twice in the
Old
Testament there steps out a wicked man, than these are
both marked with SIX. Goliath was SIX cubits
tall. He wore SIX pieces of armor,armor;
His spears head weighed 600 shekels of iron. In passing, Wwe
mention the “ man“man
of great
staturegreat stature”
in II Samuel 21, who had SIX fingers on each hand and SIX toesSIX toes
on each foot. There are SIX words used for man in the Bible, Adam, Ish,
Geber,and, and
Enosh in the Old Test. and Anthropos and Aner in the New
Testament.
Nebuchadnezzar set up an image of gold. It
was Sixty SIXTY cubits
high, SIX cubits in breadth. SIX
kinds
of musicals instruments were played to denote the time of worship. When the
children of
of
in
fish,
cucumbers, melons,
leeks, onions, and garlic.
7. This is the
number of divine fullness, perfection, and completeness. It is one of the
perfect
Nnumbers and comes from a Hebrew
word meaning “to be complete.” “to be full.” “to be
satisfied,”
“to have enough.” Let look at the number SEVEN outside of the scripture.
. There are seven SEVEN
holes in the head: Two ears, two eyes, two nostrils and one mouth.
There are SEVEN ribs connected to the breastbone
on each side. There are SEVEN bones in each wrist, SEVEN muscles between the
bones in the hand=s and feet. SEVEN classes of colors
of the eyes. SEVEN openings in the throat. SEVEN more bones on the backbone of
a child than in an adult. When we are SEVEN years old we begin to cut our
teeth, when we are SEVEN we began to lose them. There are SEVEN types
of connective tissues, SEVEN layers of ventricles in the heart; There are SEVEN stages
of man, SEVEN classes of relationships of the
first degree; father, mother, sister, brother, wife, son, daughter. There is a
SEVEN day regulation of the pulse-beat; for six days out of SEVEN the pulse
beats faster in the morning than in the evening. On the SEVENTH day it beats
slower in the morning than in the evening. Botany is divided into SEVEN
branches. There are SEVEN stages in the life of a fruit –bearing
Pplant:
fruit, stem, leaves, flowering stalk, flower, root, seedand
seed. The plants that are beneficial to man as cereal food, are SEVEN in number. ,.
They are found in all parts of the world. They are wheat, oats, barley, maize,
rice, rye, and millet. The human voice has SEVEN ranges; bass, baritone, tenor, counter alto, alto, mezzo soprano and soprano. There
are SEVEN terms for volume in music; ff, f, mf, m. mp, p, pp.
The
last book of the Bible is the book which fills up and completes the Scriptures.
In Revelation we find the SEVEN churches, SEVEN seals, SEVEN trumpets, SEVEN
personages, SEVEN vials, SEVEN dooms, and SEVEN new things.
In Revelation 1 there are SEVEN glories of the Son of Man; head, hairs, eyes,
feet, hands, mouth, and countenance. There are SEVEN beatitudes of blessing.
The word Jesus is found SEVEN times in Revelation. The vengeance and wrath of
God are found SEVEN times. There are SEVEN better things found in Hebrews;
covenant, promise, substitute, hope, sacrifice, word, and
resurrection. There are SEVEN walks in Ephesians,
There are SEVEN precious things in Peter. SEVEN miracles are recorded in John’s
gospel. There are SEVEN sayings on the cross and these are made up of
forty-nine Greek and Arabic words. In Isaiah 11 there is a SEVEN-fold
description of the Holy Spirit. SEVEN gifts are given in Romans 12:6 – 8;
Prophecy, ministry, teaching, exhorting, giving, ruling, and showing mercy.
8. The number EIGHT is the number of resurrection. The ark, a
type of Christ, passed through the
water,
a picture of death. When it rested on
the
resurrection number. On the EIGHTH day there is a new beginning, That also
makes it a
resurrection
number. The first day of the week is a resurrection day. The sign of
circumcision
was
placed on a Jewish child on the EIGHTH day, the sign of separation. –a new beginning.
When a priest was
consecrated the ceremony took seven days, and on the EIGHTH day the
priest
took up his new work. When Saul was king there was nothing but trouble, God
chose
David, a man after
God’s own heart; and David, instead of being a man of splendid stature was
the
EIGHTH son---a youth. He was a new beginning.
9. The number NINE is the number of judgment, finality, and
completion. Christ was nailed to the
cross
at
afternoon,
the NINTH hour of the day. We read that there was darkness all over the earth
until
the
NINTH hour. There is the “NINE-fold fruit of the Spirit”. Given in Galatians 5:
22, 23: “love,
joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance,: against
such
there is no law.” We note here also that
there are NINE gifts of the Spirit, as shown in
I Corinthians 12:
8-10. They are: the word onf wisdom,
the word of knowledge, faith, the gifts of
healing, the working of miracles, prophecy,
discerning of spirits, divers kinds of tongues, and
the interpretation
of tongues. The word “amen” translated “verily,” is used by Our Lord
NINETY-NINE times and the numerical value is
also NIN ETY-NINE. Here is finality. Other
Sstriking
instances of the number NINE R
are as follows: The northern kingdoms fell in the
NINTH years of Josiah’s rule. In Haggai
1:11, we have a NINED-fold judgment on
There are NINE records of stoning in the
Word. There are NINE cases of people afflicted with
blindness. There
are NINE recorded instances of people afflicted with leprosy,
10. The number TEN
is the number of perfection or completeness in divine order. It is a perfect
number. It is
the number of sufficiency according to God’s purpose in divine order and
responsibility.
The human body has five fingers in each hand. TEN in all. In the TEN
Commandments we see the completeness of
God’s claim. In the old testament, redemption
money is TEN gerahs.(Exodus 30:13) Man’s responsibility to God is one-TENTH of
his
earnings. The
completeness of God’s judgment of plagueplagues.
The
completeness of
numbers 14numbers
14: 22; .”….and have tempted me
now these TEN times,
and have not hearkened
untohearkened unto my voice.” Noah was the
TENTH antediluvian
patriarch. In Psalms 119, there are TEN words
descriptive of God’s word: way, percepts,
commandments,
testimonies, laws, sayings, statutes, judgments, righteousness and word. Upon
examination you will find that one of these occurs in
every verse of this Psalm with the exception
of
just one verse. Paul witnesses a
TEN–fold security of the saints in Romans: 8: 39, for he says that
neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to
come, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God. In the great covenant
with Abraham , we read of TEN nations which are
included.
11. The number ELEVEN
is the number of disorder and imperfection. Note the significance. In Genesis 32: 22.
Jacob has been in Padan-aram and is returning to the
ELEVEN sons.
Benjamin is not yet born. It is Benjamin
who completes the house of Jacob
and alters the
number from ELEVEN to twelve, like the coming of Christ will change the
present world
disorder and disorganization to a rule of perfect peace. God was forced to
send His chosen
nation into captivity because of their stubbornness and rebellion. Two of the
last kings each
reigned ELEVEN years. They were Zedekiah and Jehoiakim. So it was in the
ELEVENTH ofyear
of Jehoiakim, that Nebuchadnezzar began to carry away
the inhabitants, and
in
and in the
ELEVENTH year of
Zedekiah that he finished it.
Only one more days would
have brought God’s people in the Promised Land. But,
Deuteronomy 1: 12 says it was an
ELEVEN–day journey to where they turned back in
unbelief.
Failure to make the complete twelve-day journey resulted in their forty-year
wandering in
the wilderness. The second curtain of the tabernacle was made up of ELEVEN
curtains
(Incompleteness). In the book of Acts there were ELEVEN disciples—(-incompleteness.incompleteness).
The vacancy was filled by one who
took the place of Judas.
12. The number
TWELVE speaks of governmental perfection or rule. Service, power, and
deliverance are
manifested in a perfect system of government. The sun and the moon were
made to rule
the day and govern the nauight
and they do it by passing through the TWELVE
signs of the
Zodiac which completes 360 degrees --- 30 X 12. Our Lord chose TWELVE
apostles. They
were leaders or rulers in the affairs of the early church Jacob had TWELVE
sons who became the TWELVE tribes of
God’s city,
TWELVE gates and at
the gates TWELVE angels. The wall of the city has TWELVE
foundations and
in them TWELVE apostles of the Lamb. The length, breadth, and height
of the city
were 12,000 furlongs. Our Lord tells us that He could have prayed to His Father
for TWELVE
legions of angels. (Fullness of perfection in Angelic power).
Solomon is a type of Christ and his
reign portrays the reign of Christ in the Millennium.
Solomon had TWELVE officers over all of
connection with
his throne, TWELVE lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon
the six steps.
There was only one activity mentioned in the early life of Christ and that was
when he was
TWELVE years of age and was trying to do the will of his Father.
In the book of Judges, there are
TWELVE judges (a judge was a ruler) . The book of
Judges was a book of apostasy because
Wwere
TWELVE judges but thirteen rulers, the thirteenth being Abimilech, a usurper.
13. The number
THIRTEEN is the number of ill-omen, rebellion, and apostasy. Its first
occurrence
is in Genesis
14: 4 --- “TELVE years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the THIRTENENTH
year they
rebelled. Twelve speaks of government rule, THIRTEEN appears and proves
rebellion and
government resisted. Genesis 17: 25 informs us that Ishmael was circumcised
when he was
THIRTEEN years old. The rebellion was foreshadowed even before he was
born, for we
read that he was to be a wild man---his hand against every man and every
man’s hand
against him. Ishmael was not the promised seed but he was part of the promised
multiplication
of Abraham. The descendants of Ishmael through his twelve sons, constitute
the Arabian
race or nation. They have dwelt in the presence of other nations, and have
retained their
freedom to this day.
Truly every man’s
hand against them.
refused to
recognize Alexander the Great, and he died before preparations could be made to
overthrow them.
If
one denies seeing the
apostasy centered in one man, he should study the tenth chapter
of Genesis.
Joktan is THIRTEENTH in order of the children and descendants of Shem. The
names of
Joktan’s THIRTEEN children are given. Someone has figured the gematria of
Joktan’s name to be
169 or 13 times 13. The gematria of his THIRTEEN sons’ names is
2756 or 212 time 13.
Twenty kings reigned over the
southern kingdom, or
THIRTEEN led the people away from God.
food which
The
twenty-sixth book of the New Testament, Jude, contains a description of an
apostate
heart.
(13 X 2)
Mark IRTEEN
characteristics of an apostate heart.
In the book of Revelation, Satan is
called the great rebel thirteenTHIRTEEN
times.
Leaven, which
means evil or wickedness, is found THIRTEEN times in the New Test.
The “
On the day before the betrayal of Jesus , there were THIRTEEN at the table .Later Judas
went out and
betrayed Jesus. There were twelve who were bound together in love, but Judas
the THIRTEENTH,
was apart from them all.
17. The number SEVENTEEN
represents spiritual perfection.
or perfection of spiritual order. the
sum of two perfect numbers ten and seven. It is not
a multiple of any number. It is an indivisible number –
a prime number.
The seven prime numbers are: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, and 17. The eighth chapter of
Romans sums up the SEVENTEEN blessing to those who are dead and risen in Christ..
There is a series of seven and a series of ten. There are seven parts to the
question and ten parts to the answer. There is a seven-fold “who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? “and a ten-fold “I am
persuaded that.”
There are
SEVENTEEN angelic appearances recorded in the Gospels and Acts.
SEVENTEEN tongues
were spoken on the day which marked the coming of the Holy
Spirit from
heaven --- Acts 2.
There are SEVENTEEN prayers of Jeremiah in the
first thirty chapters of his book. From
there on, a sudden
silence.
40. The
number FORTY isFORTY
is the number of probation, testing
, and trial. The significance
of
“FORTY”
is seen in the life of Moses. FORTY years Moses was
in the
FORTY years in
the desert, and FORTY years
in the service of God. He was FORTY
years in finding out that he was “somebody;” then
it took him FORTY years to find out that he was “nobody.” FORTY more years and
he discovered that God was “everybody.”
Saul had FORTY years in which to prove
himself worthy of a people’s choice. In those
FORTY years, he sinned against the people.
It rained FORTY days and FORTY nights upon
the earth during the time of Noah and FORTY days Moses was up in the mountains
for the transcript of the law. FORTY days the spies were
in the land. Our Lord was
tested in the wilderness for FORTY days.
and
nights.
Our Lord was FORTY
days on the earth with His
disciples, after the resurrection.
FORTY years after
the crucifixion came the destruction of
50. The number
FIFTYnumber
FIFTY is the number of salvation and is used
approximately three hundred
ttimes
in the Word. In Genesis 18, we see that God will spare the wicked ndre
found within the city limits.
Pentecost was FIFTY days after the Passover.
The FIFTIETH year was the year of jubilee.
-- the
year of liberation and restoration. If any man sold
his land or a portion of it, that piece of land returned to the family
in FIFTY years.
Depending upon when
the last year of jubilee was. If it was ten years before the sale, then that
person had only forty years left. That way each tribe maintained its
inheritance.
The ark of Noah
was FIFTY cubits wide.