Numbers
One
Number of God, Source, First,
(Gen 1:1 KJV) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
THE NUMBER OF UNITY OR COMPLETENESS:
Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
(John 17:21 KJV) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:22 KJV) And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: (John 17:23 KJV) I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
God is one spirit!
(John 4:24 KJV) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
(Eph 4:4 KJV) There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (Eph 4:5 KJV) One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
(Rom 12:5 KJV) So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
(Col 2:10 KJV) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.
(Eph 4:13 KJV) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Number of Compound Unity:
(John 17:21 KJV) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:22 KJV) And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: (John 17:23 KJV) I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Two
THE NUMBER OF DIVISION:
Jesus Christ has two natures: Human and Divine.
(Exo 31:18 KJV) And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
(Gen 1:7 KJV) And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Gen 1:8 KJV) And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Man is two: Male and Female.
(Gen 5:2 KJV) Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Two Vessels:
(Rom 9:21 KJV) Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Sheep and Goats
(Mat 25:33 KJV) And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left
Human and Divine
(Mat 12:32 KJV) And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
(John 14:17 KJV) Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
(Mat 13:49 KJV) So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
Two is one of the numbers of witness, and Testimony:
(John 8:17 KJV) It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
(Mat 18:16 KJV) But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
(Deu 17:6 KJV) At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
(Deu 19:15 KJV) One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
(Rev 11:3 KJV) And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Three
THE NUMBER OF DIVINE PERFECTION:
There are three manifestations of the one spirit of God.
There are three qualities of the universe: Time, Space, and Matter.
Each quality consists of three elements:
The three qualities of universe are each three:
Time is one yet three Past, Present, and Future
Matter is one yet three Solid, Liquid, and Gas
Space is one yet three Height, Weight, and depth
The Oneness of the Godhead is taught through nature.
Romans 1:20 says, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made..."
Man is made of three parts:
Body, Soul, and Spirit:
Human attributes are three Thoughts, Words, and Deeds
God is:
Omniscient, Love, and Holy
Omnipresent, Light, and Righteous
Omnipotent, Spirit, and Just
Three bear witness (1 John 5:8):
Spirit, Water, and Blood
Perfect Testimony:
(Dan 3:23 KJV) And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
(Ezek 14:14 KJV) Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Number of Covenants:
1. Rainbow = All Living Things
2. Old Covenant = Law
3. New Covenant = Eternal Life
Christ is Three Shepherds
The Good Shepherd:
(John 10:14 KJV) I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. (John 10:15 KJV) As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Speaking of His death
The Great Shepherd:
(Heb 13:20 KJV) Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Speaking of His resurrection
The Chief Shepherd:
(1 Pet 5:4 KJV) And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Speaking of His glory
The Three appearances of Christ: Past: Present: Future:
1. To put way sins:
(Heb 9:26 KJV) For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
2. Is Appearing Now
(Heb 9:24 KJV) For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
We as his body enter and are one with him:
(Heb 10:19 KJV) Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, (Heb 10:20 KJV) By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
(John 14:19 KJV) Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. (John 14:20 KJV) At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Will appear:
(Heb 9:28 KJV) So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
The Father spoke from Heaven three times:
(Mat 3:17 KJV) And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
(Mat 17:5 KJV) While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
(John 12:28 KJV) Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Moses Ark had three floors, The Tabernacle and the Temple consisted of three parts also:
Regarding Moses Ark it was 300 cubits long:
The Court, The Holy place, and The Sanctuary
Regarding the Tabernacle: The Holy of Holies was a cube (10 cubits x 10 cubits x 10 cubits)
Regarding the Temple: The Holy of Holies was a cube (20 cubits x 20 cubits x 20 cubits)
Three and one half
Number of Incompleteness:
(James 5:17 KJV) Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (James 5:18 KJV) And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
(Dan 9:24 KJV) Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. (Dan 9:25 KJV) Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. (Dan 9:26 KJV) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. (Dan 9:27 KJV) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Four
Creation; The world; Creative works, governments, powers,
Four Corners of the World:
(Mark 16:15 KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Four Directions:
North, South, East, West;
(Gen 2:10 KJV) And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Four Winds or Powers:
(Jer 49:36 KJV) And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
(Ezek 37:9 KJV) Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
4 Seasons
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
1. Four Winds
2. Four Horses
3. Four Rivers
4. Four Spirits of Heaven
5. Whole World Roman Empire
Four Kinds of Flesh
(1 Cor 15:39 KJV) All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
The 4th commandment is the first that refers to the earth. The 4th clause of the Lord's Prayer is the first that mentions the earth. The materials of the tabernacle were four and so were the coverings and the ornamentations.
Five
THE NUMBER OF the cross, GRACE. of Redemption, of atonement, and life:
(Eph 4:11 KJV) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
(Exo 26:3 KJV) The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
(Exo 26:26 KJV) And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (Exo 26:27 KJV) And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
Israel came out of Egypt 5 in rank:
(Exo 13:18 KJV) But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
Harnessed: or, by five in a rank
David picked up 5 smooth stone to fight Goliath
(1 Sam 17:40 KJV) And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
The Holy Anointing Oil was pure and composed of 5 parts
(Exo 30:23 KJV) Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
(Exo 30:24 KJV) And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: (Exo 30:25 KJV) And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
The five, I wills of Satan
The five wounds of Jesus on the cross
Note number five in the Tabernacle:
Six
THE NUMBER OF MAN, BEAST, AND SERPENT:
Man was created on the 6th day.
Man labors 6 days only.
The Serpent was created on the 6th day.
Six words are used for man: Adam, ish, Enosh, gehver, anthropos, anar.
In the book of Ruth we see that Ruth was given six measures of barley. Jesus filled up six water pots with water and turned them into wine in the book of Matthew. The candlestick in Moses Tabernacle had one central shaft and then six branches. You remember that on the table of shewbread, the bread was divided into two stacks of six each.
Seven
THE NUMBER OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION: COMPLETENESS
Gen 2:1-3 7th day
Seven days in a week. Seven colors in the spectrum.
1. There are 7 seals
2. 7 trumpets
3. 7 parables in Matthew
4. 7 promises to the churches
5. 7 Churches
6. 7 Candlesticks
7. 7 Stars
8. 7 Thunders
9. 7 Seals
10 7 Sayings On The Cross
There are 7 "eternals" in Hebrews which are: A priest for ever (1:6); Eternal salvation (1:9); Eternal judgment (6:2); eternal redemption (9:12); eternal spirit (9:14); eternal inheritance (9:15); and everlasting covenant (13:20).
Jesus said 7 things on the cross:
(1) Luke 23:34 "Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
And they divided up his clothes by casting lots;
(2) Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise";
(3) Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" -- which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
(4) John 19:26 "When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son";
(5) John 19:28 "Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
(6) John 19:30 "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit"; and
(7) Luke 23:46 "Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last."
"Hallelujah" occurs 28 times or 4 x 7.
"Hosanna" occurs 7 times.
"Milk" occurs 49 times or 7 x 7.
"After the order of Melchizedek" occurs 7 times.
Seven is used about 600 times in the word of God.
Eight
THE NUMBER OF NEW BEGINNING AND RESURRECTION:
EIGHT - Denotes resurrection, regeneration; a new beginning or commencement. The eighth is a new first. Hence the octave in music, color, days of the week; It is the number, which has to do with the Lord, Who rose on the eighth, or new "first-day". This is, therefore, the dominical number.
By Gematria (the addition of the numerical value of the letters together) the Greek letters for Jesus makes the numbers 888. It, or its multiple is impressed on all that has to do with the Lord's Names, the Lord's People, and the Lord's works.
8 people on Noah's Ark
(2 Pet. 2:5); circumcision on 8th day
(Gen. 17:12); God made 8 covenants with Abraham
(2 Pet 3:13) Day of the Lord = New heaven and New Earth Eight Day
I was born again on the eighth day or first day of the New Creation and received circumcision of the heart.
Day of the beginning of the New Creation
(Dan 12:2 KJV) And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. This verse fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ Jesus
(Mat 27:52 KJV) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints, which slept arose,
Nine
Number of Judgment; Number of completeness; Number of Holy Spirit or light;
There are 9 Greek words derived from the root word meaning judgment = dikay.
(Mat 27:45 KJV) Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Fruit of the womb takes nine months; Nine gifts of the spirit.
(1 Cor 12:1 KJV) Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (1 Cor 12:2 KJV) Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. (1 Cor 12:3 KJV) Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. (1 Cor 12:4 KJV) Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (1 Cor 12:5 KJV) And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. (1 Cor 12:6 KJV) And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. (1 Cor 12:7 KJV) But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. (1 Cor 12:8 KJV) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; (1 Cor 12:9 KJV) To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; (1 Cor 12:10 KJV) To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: (1 Cor 12:11 KJV) But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. (1 Cor 12:12 KJV) For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
(Gen 17:1 KJV) And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Ten
THE NUMBER LAW, ORDER, GOVERNMENT, AND OF DIVINE PERFECTION.
God said ten things in Genesis Chapter One:
(Gen 1:3 KJV) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
(Gen 1:6 KJV) And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
(Gen 1:9 KJV) And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
(Gen 1:11 KJV) And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
(Gen 1:14 KJV) And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
(Gen 1:20 KJV) And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
(Gen 1:24 KJV) And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
(Gen 1:26 KJV) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
(Gen 1:28 KJV) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
(Gen 1:29 KJV) And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
There are 10 commandments (Ex. 20);
1/10 of your income is a tithe;
There were 10 plagues on Egypt (Ex. 9:14ff);
10 x 10 silver sockets formed the foundation of the Tabernacle (Ex 38:27);
There are 10 "I AM's spoken by Jesus in John: 1) I am the Bread of Life (6:35); 2) I am the Bread of Life which came down from heaven (6:41); 3) I am the Living Bread (6:51); 4) I am the Light of the world (8:12); 5) I am One that bears witness of Myself (8:18); 6) I am the Door of the sheep (10:7,9); 7) I am the Good Shepherd (10:14); 8) I am the Resurrection and the Life (14:6); 9) I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (11:25); and 10) I am the True Vine (15:1,5).
Eleven
Number of Incompleteness; disorganization; Disintegration; antichrist
(Mat 20:6 KJV) And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
(Exo 26:7 KJV) And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
The little horn was the eleventh:
(Dan 7:8 KJV) I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Twelve
THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTAL PERFECTION
There were 12 tribes of Israel
12 Apostles
12 foundations in the heavenly Jerusalem
12 gates
12 pearls
12 angels
12 stones on Aaron's breastplate
The measurements of New Jerusalem are 12,000 furlongs or stadia, while the wall will be 144 (12 x 12) cubits (Rev. 21:16-17).
Thirteen
Apostasy; depravity, and rebellion
Nimrod was the 13th from Adam
(Gen 14:4 KJV) Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Not of the promised seed
(Gen 17:25 KJV) And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Fourteen
Deliverance; Salvation, number of Passover
(Exo 12:6 KJV) And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
(Num 9:5 KJV) And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
(Mat 1:17 KJV) So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Fifteen
Rest and deliverance
(2 Ki 20:6 KJV) And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
(Isa 38:5 KJV) Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Sixteen
Love
(Exo 26:25 KJV) And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Seventeen
Number of Spiritual order = 10+7 = 17
Enoch the 7th and Noah the 10th
Redemption, rest, and victory
Jesus Christ was crucified on the fourteenth and rose on the Seventieth.
(Jer 32:8 KJV) So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. (Jer 32:9 KJV) And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
(Gen 8:4 KJV) And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Eighteen
Bondage
Nineteen
Faith
Twenty
Redemption
Twenty One
Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin
Twenty-Two
Light
Twenty Three
Death
Twenty Four
The Priesthood number of Courses, Governmental perfection;
(1 Chr 24:3 KJV) And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. (1 Chr 24:4 KJV) And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. (1 Chr 24:5 KJV) Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
4 living beasts with 24 wings, 24 Elders
(Rev 4:8 KJV) And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
(Rev 4:10 KJV) The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,