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The Bible Numbers

Numbers (or mathematical figures) are never used promiscuously in the Bible, but rather take on spiritual meaning and significance; and for the searcher after truth there is found “the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Proverbs 25:2).
All creation is stamped with the “Seal of God” in numeric’s. God has made man himself a creature of time and therefore, a creature of number. Therefore, it is consistent with the very nature and being of God that His Book, the Holy Bible, should be stamped with this same “Seal” - Biblical numeric’s.

God is consistent throughout His Book, and though the Bible was written by various men of God over different periods of time and generations, there is manifest throughout all the Bible, the same marvelous meaning and harmony in the use of numbers. This begins in Genesis and flows through each book and consummates in Revelation. All this confirms the fact of Divine Inspiration (II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21).

The simple numbers of 1 through 13 have spiritual significance Multiples of these numbers, or doubling and tripling, carry basically the same meaning only intensifying the truth. It is important to note that the first use of a number in scripture generally conveys its spiritual meaning throughout the rest of the passage.

Since God is consistent, the meaning of a number in the book of Genesis remains the same all the way to the book of Revelation. Sometimes the spiritual significance of a number is not always stated; it may be hidden or seen by comparison with other scriptures. Finally, since there is good and evil as well as true and counterfeit, both Godly and Satanic aspects can be seen in numbers.

Below is a list of numbers written in the Bible with their meanings.

 

 

Number  

Meaning  

One  

Beginning, one  

Two  

Witness, separation  

Three  

The Godhead  

Four  

Earth, creation, world  

Five  

Grace, cross, atonement, life  

Six  

Man, beast, Satan  

Seven  

Perfection, completeness  

Eight  

New beginning  

Nine  

Completeness, finality, fulness  

Ten  

Law, government, restoration  

Eleven  

Incompleteness, disorganization, disintegration  

Twelve  

Divine government, apostolic fulness  

Thirteen  

Rebellion, backsliding, apostacy.  

Fourteen  

Passover  

Seventeen  

Spiritual order  

Twenty-four  

Priestly courses; governmental perfection  

Thirty  

Consecration; maturity for ministry  

Forty  

Probation, testing, closing in victory or judgment  

Fifty  

Pentecost, liberty, freedom, jubilee  

Seventy  

Prior to increase  

Seventy-five  

Separation, cleansing, purification  

One hundred twenty  

End of all flesh, beginning life in the Spirit  

One hundred forty-four  

God’s ultimate in creation  

One hundred fifty-three  

Revival, the elect  

Three hundred  

Faithful remnant  

Six hundred sixty-six  

Antichrist, Satan, the damned Triplicate 666  

 

 

 

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