THE NUMBER 4 - There are 4 gospel accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. Each of these emphasizes a unique aspect of his sacrifice and ministry. Matthew's focus is on Christ being the son of David and a King. Mark highlights the suffering servant aspect of his ministry. John proclaims Jesus is the One and Only begotten Son of God. And Luke showcases him as the Perfect Man. The number 4 derives its meaning from creation. On the fourth day of what is called 'creation week' God completed the material universe. On this day he brought into existence our sun, the moon, and all the stars. Their purpose was not only to give off light, but also to divide the day from the night on earth, thus becoming a basic demarcation of time. They were also made to be a type of signal that would mark off the days, years and seasons. Interestingly, the Hebrew word for 'seasons' in Genesis 1:14 is moed (Strong's Concordance #H4150), which literally translated is "appointed times" (divine appointments) in reference to God's festivals. This is the earliest known allusion to what would later be called the Holy (or Feast) days (periods) of worship, which are seven in number. The 4th of the Ten Commandments is to remember and keep God's holy Sabbath day. The Sabbath day is tied directly to the creation week. God himself made the period between Friday sunset and Saturday sunset extra special when he rested on it after bringing everything into existence the previous six days.

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The Number 4

There are 4 gospel accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. Each of these emphasizes a unique aspect of his sacrifice and ministry. Matthew's focus is on Christ being the son of David and a King. Mark highlights the suffering servant aspect of his ministry. John proclaims Jesus is the One and Only begotten Son of God. And Luke showcases him as the Perfect Man.

Meaning of Numbers in the Bible

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The Meaning of Numbers: The Number 4

The number 4 derives its meaning from creation.

On the fourth day of what is called 'creation week' God completed the material universe.

On this day he brought into existence our sun, the moon, and all the stars (Genesis 1:14-19).

Their purpose was not only to give off light, but also to divide the day from the night on earth, thus becoming a basic demarcation of time.

They were also made to be a type of signal that would mark off the days, years and seasons. 

Interestingly, the Hebrew word for 'seasons' in Genesis 1:14 is moed (Strong's Concordance #H4150), which literally translated is "appointed times" (divine appointments) in reference to God's festivals.

This is the earliest known allusion to what would later be called the Holy (or Feast) days (periods) of worship, which are seven in number.

The 4th of the Ten Commandments is to remember and keep God's holy Sabbath day (Exodus 20:9-11).

The Sabbath day is tied directly to the creation week.

God himself made the period between Friday sunset and Saturday sunset extra special when he rested on it after bringing everything into existence the previous six days (Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 20:11).

Appearances of the number four

One of the top ten most frequently mentioned women in the Bible, Eve, is only referenced four times (Genesis 3:20, 4:1, 2 Corinthians 11:3 and 1 Timothy 2:13).

Psalm 107 is the only section or chapter in God's word that contains the exact same phrase four times (Psalm 107:8, 15, 21 and 31).

The apostle Paul was a man familiar with 4 major first century cultures. He was a Roman citizen, he was a Jew who spoke Greek as well as Hebrew, and he was a Christian.

The Garden of Eden had a river which parted into the headwaters of four other rivers. These rivers were the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and the Euphrates (Genesis 2:10-14).

After Jesus was nailed and hung on a cross, Roman soldiers divided up his clothes into four parts (one for each soldier - John 19:23).

The four witnesses of God on earth are miracles, wonders, signs and the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Hebrews 2:4).

The number of times rainbows are referenced in scripture are four (Genesis 9, Ezekiel 1:28, Revelation 4:3, 10:1).

Ezekiel, prophecy and the number 4

In Ezekiel's well-known 'wheel in the middle of a wheel' vision (Ezekiel 1, 10) he sees four living creatures transporting a throne with four sides and four wheels.

Each of the living creatures (likely Cherubim, a class of angels) has four faces (the face of a man, lion, ox and eagle) and four wings (Ezekiel 1:6).

Later in the book that bears his name, Ezekiel is told to proclaim to Israel that an end is coming upon 'the four corners of the land' (Ezekiel 7:2).

In chapter 14 the prophet is told by the Eternal to ask Israel's unrepentant elders to repent or else four sore judgments will come upon Jerusalem.

They are the sword, famine, wild beasts or animals, and pestilence (Ezekiel 14:21).

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There are 4 gospel accounts of Jesus' life and ministry. Each of these emphasizes a unique aspect of his sacrifice and ministry.

Matthew's focus is on Christ being the son of David and a King.

Mark highlights the suffering servant aspect of his ministry.

John proclaims Jesus is the One and Only begotten Son of God.

And Luke showcases him as the Perfect Man.

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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. 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'. The Book of Psalms is divided into 5 major sections. 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. The 'tabernacle in the wilderness' profoundly reflects God's grace in its use of the number 5. The Holy anointing oil, 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. There are five books in the Bible that contain only one chapter (2 John, 3 John, Philemon, Jude and Obadiah).

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The Number 5

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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

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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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THE NUMBER 3 - The number 3 pictures completeness, though to a lesser degree than 7. There are 27 books in the New Testament, which is 3 x 3 x 3, or completeness to the third power. Three is the number of Resurrection. Christ was dead for three full days and three full nights, a total of 72 hours, before being resurrected on Saturday, April 8, just before sunset. Next to seven, 3 is the most commonly found or referenced number in Revelation. An angel is charged to cry three woes to those who live on earth to warn them of more trials to come. The New Jerusalem, created by God for placement on a new earth, will be shaped like a square with three gates on each side. God is described, in the very beginning of the book of Revelation, as a Being "which is, and which was, and which is to come. The number 3 is used 467 times in the Bible. The meaning of this number derives from the fact that it is the first of four spiritually perfect numerals (the others being 7, 10 and 12). The 3 righteous patriarchs before the flood were Abel, Enoch and Noah. After the deluge there was the righteous "fathers" Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (later renamed Israel). There are 27 books in the New Testament, which is 3 x 3 x 3, or completeness to the third power. Jesus prayed three times in the Garden of Gethsemane before His arrest. He was placed on the cross at the 3rd hour of the day (9 a.m.) and died at the 9th hour (3 p.m.). There were 3 hours of darkness that covered the land while Jesus was suffering on the cross from the 6th hour to the 9th hour. Three is the number of resurrection. Christ was dead for three full days and three full nights, a total of 72 hours, before being resurrected.

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The Number 3

Three is the number of Resurrection

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The number 3 pictures completeness, though to a lesser degree than 7. There are 27 books in the New Testament, which is 3 x 3 x 3, or completeness to the third power. Christ was dead for three full days and three full nights, a total of 72 hours, before being resurrected on Saturday, April 8, just before sunset. Next to seven, 3 is the most commonly found or referenced number in Revelation. An angel is charged to cry three woes to those who live on earth to warn them of more trials to come.  The New Jerusalem, created by God for placement on a new earth, will be shaped like a square with three gates on each side. God is described, in the very beginning of the book of Revelation, as a Being "which is, and which was, and which is to come."

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The number 3 is used 467 times in the Bible.

It pictures completeness, though to a lesser degree than 7.

The meaning of this number derives from the fact that it is the first of four spiritually perfect numerals (the others being 7, 10 and 12).

The 3 righteous patriarchs before the flood were Abel, Enoch and Noah.

After the deluge there was the righteous "fathers" Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (later renamed Israel).

There are 27 books in the New Testament, which is 3 x 3 x 3, or completeness to the third power.

Jesus prayed three times in the Garden of Gethsemane before His arrest.

He was placed on the cross at the 3rd hour of the day (9 a.m.) and died at the 9th hour (3 p.m.).

There were 3 hours of darkness that covered the land while Jesus was suffering on the cross from the 6th hour to the 9th hour.

Three is the number of resurrection.

Christ was dead for three full days and three full nights, a total of 72 hours, before being resurrected on Saturday, April 8, just before sunset.

Appearances of the number three

There were only three individuals who witnessed Jesus' transfiguration on Mount Hermon. Those who saw Jesus' glory on the mount were John, Peter and James.

The apostle Paul was an exceptionally well educated person.

In three different occasions he quotes directly from Greek poets (Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 15:33 and Titus 1:12).

He also was privileged to visit the location of God's throne, which is in the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2-4).

The three words that appear only once in Scripture are

o  Reverend (Psalms 111:9),

o  Eternity (Isaiah 57:15) and

o  Grandmother (2 Timothy 1:5).

Only three people were allowed to ask God anything. They were

o  Solomon (1 Kings 3:5),

o  Ahaz (Isaiah 7:11) and, of course,

o  Jesus Christ (Psalm 2:9).

The three gifts given to Israel by God were his law, the land of their inheritance, and their calling (the world to come).

The Bible only mentions the name of three angels (Michael, Gabriel and Lucifer).

How is the number 3 related to sex sins?

There are three places in the New Testament where sex sins are specially referenced.

The first is in Romans 1:20-32, where certain people who reject God are given over to defile themselves in a variety of ways that includes homosexuality (male and female) and overall sexual immorality.

The second mention of sex-related sins is in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, where the apostle Paul must handle the problem of the local church allowing a member to openly commit incest.

The third sex issue dealt with in the New Testament is in Revelation 2:19-25.

A female who considers herself a prophetess within the Thyatira church, in the spirit of Jezebel, was teaching believers to commit sexual immorality and spiritual adultery.

Three in Prophecy

Next to seven, 3 is the most commonly found or referenced number in Revelation.

An angel is charged to cry three woes to those who live on earth to warn them of more trials to come (Revelation 8:13).

The murdered bodies of the Two Witnesses will not be allowed to be buried but rather will lie openly in Jerusalem for three days before they are resurrected.

Three unclean spirits will be allowed to deceive the whole world to fight the returning Jesus Christ in what is called the battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:13-16).

The New Jerusalem, created by God for placement on a new earth, will be shaped like a square with three gates on each side (Revelation 21:13).

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God is described, in the very beginning of the book of Revelation, as a Being "which is, and which was, and which is to come" (Revelation 1:4).

There are 3 great periods of God's annual Feast days of worship.

o  They are the Spring festivals (Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread),

o  the summer festival (Pentecost) and

o  the Fall festivals (Feast of Trumpets, Atonement and Feast of Tabernacles).

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THE SECRET BEHIND THE NUMBER 666 - True completeness was only achieved by Jesus Christ, who saved the world through his perfect sacrifice. If Jesus had a symbolic number, it would be 777 - by assigning 666 to the "number of the beast," the author of Revelation is warning Christians to beware of Satan's "cheap imitation of Christ - In the book of Revelation 3:18, it reads, "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is 666." When you dig deeper into its historical context, there's evidence that the author of Revelation was using numbers to send his early Christian readers a coded message. "The beast" was a reference to an evil-looking creature that the author of Revelation saw rising out of the earth in a vision. This creature could perform miracles, would demand that everyone be "marked" with its name or number in order to buy and sell anything; and would also kill those who did not worship it. People have wondered whether this beast referred to someone who has come and gone, was yet to come or to no person in particular. The book of Revelation was written in Greek, the language of the Christian world in the first and second century C.E. Instead, each letter of the Greek (and Hebrew) alphabet had a numeric value.

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What's the Secret Behind the Number 666?

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True completeness was only achieved by Jesus Christ, who saved the world through his perfect sacrifice. If Jesus had a symbolic number, it would be 777 - by assigning 666 to the "number of the beast," the author of Revelation is warning Christians to beware of Satan's "cheap imitation of Christ"  

BY DAVE ROOS

Would you buy a used car with a license plate ending in 666?

Or take a job at an office tower in New York City with the address 666 Fifth Avenue?

After all, 666 is the infamous "number of the beast," allegedly Satan's secret code for evil.

In the biblical apocalyptic book of Revelation 3:18, it reads, "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is 666."

Is 666 really "the devil's number," or is there a more down-to-earth
explanation for these three digits?

From that passage, it sure sounds like 666 is Lucifer's lucky number.

But when you dig deeper into the Bible and its historical context, there's evidence that the author of Revelation was using numbers to send his early Christian readers a coded message.

When Letters Are Also Numbers

"The beast" was a reference to an evil-looking creature that the author of Revelation saw rising out of the earth in a vision (Revelation 13:11-18).

This creature could perform miraculous things, would demand that everyone be "marked" with its name or number in order to buy and sell anything; and would also kill those who did not worship it.

So, who was this?

Over the centuries, people have wondered whether this beast referred to someone who has come and gone, was yet to come or to no person in particular.

The book of Revelation was written in Greek, the language of the Christian world in the first and second century C.E.

There were no numbers in Greek, at least not the numbers that we'd recognize today. (Our so-called "Arabic numerals" — 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. — were developed centuries later.)

Instead, each letter of the Greek (and Hebrew) alphabet had a numeric value. For example:

alpha = 1

beta = 2

pi = 80

psi = 700

For the Greek-speaking Christians reading Revelation, they would have been very comfortable reading letters as numbers.

That's how numbers were displayed in the market or in legal documents.

They also would have been comfortable turning numbers back into letters thanks to a practice called isopsephy.

Word Games With Numbers

Isopsephy, in Greek, means "equal in numeric value," and was a popular way of playing with words in the first century.

The trick was to add up the numeric value of one word and then find a second word or phrase that added up to the same number.

Words that were numerically equal were thought to have a special connection.

One of the best-known first-century isopsephies was referenced by the Roman historian Seutonius.

"A calculation new: Nero his mother slew." In this case, the emperor's name "Nero" equals 1,005, the same value of the phrase "his mother slew."

For Romans who suspected that the ruthless emperor had murdered his mother, this isopsephy was the proof.

Archaeologists have even discovered ancient Roman graffiti that substituted numbers for names, says Thomas Wayment, a classics professor at Brigham Young University.

"There's graffiti at Smyrna and Pompeii that says, 'I love her whose number is 1,308,'" says Wayment.

"That's pretty common. And hopefully everybody did their math correctly and could make the connections."

'666' Was a Coded Message

Wayment and most other biblical scholars have no doubt that the author of Revelation intended 666 to be an isopsephy solved by his first-century readers.

"The author says, this is the number of a man, which is a classic isopsephy formula," says Wayment, who recently co-wrote an article on Revelation 13:18 and early Christian isopsephies.

"Christians would have known right away, this is a coded message."

Revelation is famously cryptic and was meant to be that way, even to its original audience.

Wayment says that in apocalyptic writings, an angel or other heavenly messenger often reveals their meaning through coded speech.

"As a reader, you're seeing something through the eyes of the visionary and he's telling you, 'you need to make sense of this,'" says Wayment.

"That's part of your experience and participation in the vision."

According to most scholars, 666 was yet another coded reference to Nero, a "beastly" emperor who brutally persecuted early Christians in the Roman Empire.

To solve the isopsephy and equate Nero to 666, you need to use the full name "Caesar Nero" in Greek.

If Caesar Nero is transliterated into Hebrew as nrwn qsr or "Neron Kesar" and then calculated, the numbers add up to 666.

Interestingly, some early manuscripts of Revelation have the number written as 616 instead of 666.

The common explanation is that "Caesar Nero" is written differently in Greek and Latin, another language spoken by early Christians.

In the Latin version, the letters only add up to 616.

Other Readings of '666': Satan's Perfect Imperfection

Not all Bible scholars are convinced that 666 is simply an isopsephy.

James M. Hamilton, a professor of biblical theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and author of "Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches," sees powerful symbolism in the repetition of the number 6.

In biblical symbolism, Hamilton says, the number seven represents "completeness" or "perfection."

True completeness was only achieved by Jesus Christ, who saved the world through his perfect sacrifice. If Jesus had a symbolic number, it would be 777.

By assigning 666 to the "number of the beast," the author of Revelation is warning Christians to beware of Satan's "cheap imitation of Christ," says Hamilton. "That's the best Satan can do, one short of perfection."

For Hamilton, those "false Christs" raised up by Satan could take the form of a corrupt emperor like Nero or even modern cultural norms that are in rebellion against God.

"If participating in that culture entails worshiping false gods or denying something that the Bible teaches, Christians need to say, 'I'm not going to take the number or name of the beast,'" says Hamilton.

NOW THAT'S COOL

Third-century Christians picked up the habit of signing letters with the number 99, the numeric value of "Amen."

Dave Roos

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Dave began freelancing when he and his wife moved to Mexico in 2003, publishing articles about Mexican food and culture in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek. Nearly 15 years and three kids later, Dave and his family recently moved back to Mexico and just might stay a while.

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