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The Number 5
.
There are five books of God's Law. The 4 Gospels
plus Acts equals five books which, as a set, can be designated as "the New
Testament Pentateuch." They reveal Jesus' teachings concerning the Law and
the Prophets. The number 5 symbolizes God's grace, goodness and favor toward
humans. Five is the number of grace and multiplied by itself, which is 25, is
'grace upon grace.'. The Ten Commandments contains two sets of 5
commandments. The first five commandments are related to our treatment and
relationship with God, and the last five concern our relationship with others
humans.
Meaning of Numbers
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The
number 5 symbolizes God's grace, goodness and favor toward humans and is
mentioned 318 times in Scripture.
Five
is the number of grace and multiplied by itself, which is 25, is 'grace upon
grace' (John
1:16).
The
Ten Commandments contains two sets of 5 commandments.
The
first five commandments are related to our treatment and relationship with God,
and the last five concern our relationship with others humans.
Appearances
of the number five
There
are 5 primary types of offerings God commanded Israel to bring to him.
o They are the Burnt Offering (Leviticus 1; 8:18-21; 16:24),
o
Sin (Leviticus 4; 16:3 - 22),
o
Trespass (Leviticus 5:14-19; 6:1-7; 7:1-6),
o
Grain (Leviticus 2) and
o
Peace Offering (Leviticus 3; 7:11-34).
The
Book of Psalms is divided into 5 major sections.
Section 1 (Psalm 1 to 41) refers to the Passover, Israel's
beginning, and the start of the God's plan of salvation that centers around
Christ.
Section 2 (Psalm 42 to 72)
sings about a unified Israel in the land and pictures the creation of the New
Testament Church.
Section 3 of 5 (Psalm 73
to 89) bemoans the destruction of both God's Temple and Jerusalem. This section
also hints at prophecies regarding the End Time Great Tribulation.
Section 4 (Psalm 90 to
106) rejoices over the 1,000 reign of Jesus and shows Israel gathered again.
Section 5 (Psalm 107 to
150) pictures a time when Judah (representing all Israel) shall again be
delivered.
There
are five books of God's Law (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and
Deuteronomy) commonly referred to as the Pentateuch ('Penta'
means five).
The
4 Gospels plus Acts equals five books which, as a set, can be designated as
"the New Testament Pentateuch."
They
reveal Jesus' teachings concerning the Law and the Prophets.
The
apostle John wrote 5 books centered on the grace of God and eternal life (the
gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John and Revelation).
Jesus
multiplied five loaves of barely to feed 5,000 (Matthew 14:17).
How
is the number 5 in God's tabernacle?
The
'tabernacle in the wilderness' profoundly reflects God's grace in its use of
the number 5.
This
tabernacle, whose design was given directly by God, contained
o
five curtains (Exodus 26:3),
o five bars (Exodus 26:26-27),
o
five pillars and five sockets (Exodus 26:37) and
o
an altar made of wood that was five cubits long and five
cubits wide (Exodus
27:1).
The
height of the court within the tabernacle was five cubits (Exodus 27:18).
The
Holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23-25), the ingredients of which were given directly by God, was
used to consecrate the furniture of the tabernacle.
It
was comprised of 5 parts, for it was a revelation of pure grace.
The
proportion of spices used in making the oil were a multiple of five, which then
had a Hin of olive oil added to it.
o
Pure Myrrh, 500 shekels
o
Sweet cinnamon, 250 shekels
o
Sweet calamus, 250 shekels
o
Cassia, 500 shekels
Additional
info on the Biblical Meaning of 5
There
are five books in the Bible that contain only one chapter (2 John, 3 John,
Philemon, Jude and Obadiah).
Moses
wrote 5 books, the most of any Old Testament writer. In the New Testament, the
apostle Paul wrote fourteen books.
Babylon's
King Nebuchadnezzar was given, by God, a dream where he saw a giant statue of a
man.
This
statue, according to the interpretation given by the Eternal to Daniel,
represented 5 periods of world-ruling empires.
The
statue's head of gold represented Babylon (Daniel 2:32, 38).
The
Chest and Arms of Silver symbolized the Persian Empire (Daniel 2:32, 39).
The
Belly and Thighs of Bronze (brass) represented the Macedonian Empire under
Alexander the Great.
The
Two Legs of Iron symbolized Rome's Empire (Daniel 2:33, 40-43).
Period 5 are the Ten Toes of Iron mixed with Clay are the successors to the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:41-44).
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