Although math can serve as a stumbling block for many, it plays a surprisingly important role in our understanding of the Bible. The scriptures are filled with not only quantitative numbers but also intrinsic meanings integrated into their usage. In fact, the whole universe functions in space with time, mass, and energy all governed by mathematical laws created by our God. The Other Witness seeks to serve as a starting point for the exploration of biblical math. This study considers numbers and their usage in the Bible in order to illustrate their meanings, and it develops a reference to confirm biblical stories. It also explores related algebraic equations to obtain more details. With this knowledge, you can better understand how numbers are integrated both in scripture and in the world around you. Offering a unique approach to the study of numbers in scripture and in everyday life, The Other Witness seeks to inspire you to search and research the Bible for a greater appreciation of the scripture's truth.
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Foreword, vii,
This Book—Why?, ix,
Acknowledgments, xiii,
1 Single Digits 0–9, 1,
2 Double Digits, 21,
3 Number Construction, 37,
4 Factors, Integers in Functions, and Prime Numbers, 51,
5 Unusual Numbers, 73,
6 Recognizing Current Numbers That Are Speaking to Us, 79,
7 Applying God's Number System to Structures, Events, Forces, 85,
8 Beginning Anew: The Gates, 97,
Glossary of Terms and Numbers, 105,
Index, 107,
Single Digits 0–9
The Bible was originally written in three languages: Hebrew, Greek, and mathematics. All numbers have two meanings: the quantitative value and the intrinsic meaning. Let us begin by examining single-digit numbers.
Why are these stand-alone single digits so important? By understanding and applying just two of these single digits to Rabbi Jonathan Cahn's best seller The Harbinger, you will be able to see what lies ahead for the United States in the year 2015 and perhaps 2022. This revelation can be frightening or reassuring—or perhaps both.
A single-digit number is a one-digit number with no numerical value on either side of it. For example:
1 - 0 = 1
0 + 1 = 1
1 = 1
One is just itself, no more and no less. This principle applies to the digits 0 through 9.
Zero
The value of zero is nothing or is the absence of something.
Genesis 11:6 states, "And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restricted from them." Here "nothing" is used by God as the "absence of something."
From 1 Corinthians 4:4: "For I know nothing by myself." Again, nothing is used as something without existence. It just does not exist or appear.
One
One is the number or single digit of God. John 1:1 tells us, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Isaiah 45:6 says, "I Am the Lord, and there is none else." From Exodus 20:3, we have, "Thou shall have no gods before Me," and in Exodus 34:14, "For thou shall worship no other god; for the Lord whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."
From this you can clearly see that YHWH stands alone. However, God is not unreachable but desires daily or continued communication with His people, that they "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17). The digit one is sovereign. This implies there is no higher power than the Creator.
Two
Two is defined as the sum of a single entity joined to another single entity. One apple added to another apple gives a sum total of two apples.
Biblically, one man and one woman are two individuals that become one flesh through the union of marriage (Genesis 5:6).
Deuteronomy 17:6 states that at the mouths of two witnesses shall one worthy of death be put to death. The two witnesses have a union of their testimonies. The same comes from Deuteronomy 19:15: "at the mouth of two witnesses, or the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established." The two witnesses confirm a fact or facts. John 20:12–13 relates: "And seeing two angels sitting in white robes ... And they said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?" And again, two angels spoke in unison to confirm that fact that Yeshua had risen from the grave. From the above scriptures, two can be defined as a union.
Yeshua, Jesus, in Mathew 22:37–40 combines all of the commandments into two by stating, "Thou shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all thy soul and with all of your mind ... thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself."
In Exodus 34:1, the Lord instructs Moses to hew two tablets of stone like the first set of three and says, "I will write upon these tablets the words that were written in the first set of three tablets." God's Ten Commandments were written the second time on two hewn stone tablets.
In Mark 8:22–26, Yeshua lays His hands on a blind man to heal his sight. The first touching allows the blind man to see men as walking trees, and the second touching completes the restoration of the man's sight ...
1 time + 1 time = 2 healing
Or the union of two times to complete the healing.
The last example of two comes from John 8:4–11. The woman caught in adultery (obviously a setup) was taken before Yeshua. As the accusers brought her before Jesus, He ignored them while writing in the dust with His finger. Finally, He answered, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" He then went back to writing in the dust. All the accusers, being convicted by their own sins, left, one by one, beginning with the eldest, until all were gone. The woman was standing all alone in front of Jesus. Then Jesus stood up and observed the woman standing there alone. He then asked her, "Woman, where are those thy accusers? Hath no man convicted thee?" She said, "No man, Lord." Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more." Her sins were just like the words in the dust that Jesus was writing. I can see Him erasing with His feet the words in the dust, exactly as He forgave her of her sins, never more to exist.
In John 10:10, He says, "I am come that they may have life and that they might have it more abundantly." Clearly, He saved her life and also gave her a new one.
Note: From Exodus, twice God used His finger to write the Ten Commandments, and twice Jesus wrote in the dust with His finger. Both gave a unity from two. Therefore, two is the number or digit of unity.
Three
On the third day of Creation, God introduces life in the form of grasses, herbs, and fruit trees (Genesis 1:12).
In Daniel 6:11, Daniel opens his window toward Jerusalem, gets down on his knees three times a day, prays, and gives thanks to his God, our God Yeshua.
Another three is shown in 2 Corinthians 1:10; this one concerns time. "He delivered us ... He delivers us and He will deliver us." The past, that which He has done, the present, now; the future, and here faith is integrated with this statement. Hence, three time zones.
Look at Exodus 24:12. The Lord said to Moses, "I will give you three tablets of stone and a law, and commandments which I have written so that you may teach them."
There are many examples of three in the Lord's Word, but perhaps it is best illustrated in 1 John 5:7: "For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit." And these three are one, three in one.
Deuteronomy 17:16 states that "three times in a year shall all males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which He shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of first fruits, and in the feast of Tabernacles." The three required feasts for males are (1) Passover, (2) Firstfruits, and (3) Tabernacles.
Summary—(1) Passover, (2) Firstfruits, (3) Feast of Tabernacles
At the expense of sounding like a simpleton, the most stable form of a stool is with three legs.
Likewise, our God is a triune God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This triune God gives us all the love, support, and direction that we'll ever need. In the Bible, the single digit or integer three carries with it the identity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as well as the power of the Trinity.
Four
Genesis 1:14. "And God said, let there be light in the firmament...
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