Definition of number 2 is about Jesus, Love, being joined together and a redeemer has come for us. 2nd book, Exodus Moses delivers God's People 2:22 Bible verses

Just a quick post to share one of the best examples of the Bible Like Referenced Verse Sets that help us understand the meaning of God's numbers. As I've mentioned in many other blog posts, like referenced verses of the Bible have a common theme of meaning running through them. When the chapter and verse numbers are the same, such as in the Bible's 2:22 verses, we find themes that are very reflective of the symbolism of that number (IE number 2).

The number two is symbolic of these types of things; Jesus (who is 2nd to God); a redeemer who is sent to ave us; things joined together or things in pairs, love and other similar themes. Of course, like all numbers, each has positive and negative symbolism, so number two can also be related to things opposite to these meanings such as; things that take us away from God, things that don't love, things being separated or torn apart, etc.

I've explained the meaning of God's numbers 1-10 in several other places in this blog.

Below I've provided a list of most of the Bible's 38 verses that have a chapter and verse reference of 2:22. Observe them to better understand the hyper number 2 (#2 three times) and what symbolism the Bible's associates with this number. Watch for these in your Bible reading and they will help teach you how to discern the meanings of Biblical numbers.
 

2:22 verses -- God/Jesus saves his people

Dan 2:22 "It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.

John 2:22 So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

Act 2:22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know--

Luke 2:22 And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

Jam 2:22 You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;

1Pet 2:22  (Jesus)

Eph 2:22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

Ruth 2:22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that others do not fall upon you in another field."

Gen 2:22 The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Joel 2:22 Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.

Philp 2:22 But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father.

Exo 2:22 Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." (but now have been redeemed)

Matt 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, (redeemed)

Josh 2:22 They departed and came to the hill country, and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned….

2:22 verses -- God’s people are lost (taken away) when they turn from the Lord

1Joh 2:22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

Isa 2:22 Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?

Rom 2:22 You who say that one should not commit adultery, (adultery=leaving your husband) do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Prov 2:22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

2Tim 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Col 2:22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)--in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?

Judg 2:22 in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers did, or not."

Mrk 2:22 "No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."

Rev 2:22 'Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.

Jer 2:22 "Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me," declares the Lord GOD.

2Pet 2:22 It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire."

Lam 2:22 You called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the LORD'S anger. …

Ecc 2:22 For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

Est 2:22 But the plot became known to Mordecai and he told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.

1Sam 2:22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Deu 2:22 …He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.

Hag 2:22 'I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; …

The Bible's numbering is an impossible miracle that the LORD God has prepared for us in His Word.  It looks coincidental for a long time even after you being observing their perfection. If you observe them, eventually, you will be surprised in a tremendous heart-felt way, how holy, the HOLY BIBLE truly is.

 

Hidden lessons you can find in the Bible - The Bible’s 322nd book verses warn against trusting our salvation in worldly things

Great lessons in sets of like numbered verses. IE The Bible’s 322nd verses warn against trusting our salvation in other than the LORD Jesus Christ

There are 29 books of the Bible that have a 322nd verse, that is, there are just 29 King James Bible books that have at least 322 verses. Patterns in God's Word reveal that each different set of like cross-book verse numbers contain a discernible lesson for us. See the examples below to experience the amazing similarities in a single sub-theme found in verse sets.

Below I’ve shown 14 of them that all seems to contain a sub-theme about those that jeopardize their eternal life by trusting it to other than the LORD Jesus Christ. You can examine every unique set of verses with the same cross Bible verse numbers and discern a different lesson. This can also be done consistently with verses with like chapter and verse numbers.

When you examine all these 322 verses you gain a deeper understanding of how critical it is to depend on Jesus for salvation. These contain several examples of what happens to those who are deceived and put their trust in worldly things.

LESSON BKVerse #322: Death to those who put their trust in other than Jesus... 

Showing 14 of 29 verses with a cross book verse number of 322

Mrk 8:37 "For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Eze 16:24 that you built yourself a shrine and made yourself a high place in every square.

2Chr 16:7 …"Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God,…

Judg 11:2 ……"You shall not have an inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman"

Dan 11:23 "After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, …

Psa 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Prov 12:3 A man will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved.

Matt 11:7 As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak..about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? (men putting their trust in John)

Luke 7:20 …"John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?' " (men putting their trust in John, note this is very similar to the 322^nd verse of Matthew – 11:7)

John 7:38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.' "

Act 9:29 And he was..arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.

1Cor 14:7 Yet even lifeless things… if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? (a distinction in what/who we believe in?)

It is very interesting that the 323rd book verse at 1Cor 14:8 contains a like message. Compare 322 book verses to 323 bookverses... 1Cor 14:8 For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? 

Rev 19:2 …He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality,…

Lev 13:15 "The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy.

Last days evidence Jesus is the messiah of the Bible (KJV/NIV/NASB...)

Astounding ...Psalm 117 divinely ties together the Old and New Testament--As mentioned in an earlier item, Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Bible in terms of it's number of chapters and it is very unique in that this chapter contains just two verses. Psalm 117 is the 595th of 1,189 total Bible chapters (1189/2=594) (KJV, NIV, NASB... structured Bibles).

Psa 117:1 Praise the LORD, all nations; Laud Him, all peoples! (1929th verse of Psalms)
Psa 117:2 For His lovingkindness is great toward us, And the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD! (1930th verse of Psalms)

Isn't it interesting that the chapter that splits the Bible in two equal parts has only two verses which both proclaim "Praise the Lord". I imagine this to be one of God's supernatural indications that the entire Bible - both halves, is about Jesus Himself.

When I first ran across this evidence I could not imagine it to be coincidence. What I knew about men creating the Bible said it had to be an accident of chance, but my logic told me I could not so quickly dismiss this explanation. Over the coming months, more and more evidences compelled me to understand the Bible is supernaturally numbered and ordered.

About two years after I noticed the special nature of this center chapter, I was astounded at another incredible evidence for God's numbering in these same two verses. The cross book verse numbers (in Psalms) of these two verses corresponded directly to the sequential chapter numbers of the last chapter of the Old Testament and the first chapter of the New Testament. These two verses are the 1929th and 1930 verses of Psalms, and Malachi 4 and Matthew 1 are the 929th and 930th chapters of the Bible. Now I was sure, both these amazing "coincidences" for the middle Bible chapter could not have happened by chance.

The chapter that splits Bible chapters into two equal parts also points to the division of Old and New Testaments. So not only is Psalm 117 a unique two verse chapter positioned precisely in the middle of the Bible, but it is also a chapter whose verses divinely link the Old Testament and New Testament into a single volume of God's Word. It is better evidence for the divine authorship of the Bible than we have ever seen - it is evidence people have spent their lifetimes trying to discover - I.E. searching the Dead Sea Scrolls for evidence of Jesus.

This chapter is an amazing evidence anyone can validate for themselves of the DNA like numbering perfection supernaturally constructed in the Bible - the Jesus of the New Testament is the same messiah told about throughout every book of the Old Testament. Praise the Lord!

Note: It is also very interesting that there are 39 books in the Old Testament and the first chapter in the first book in the New Testament is the 930th chapter (39 in reverse). Bible patterns demonstrate the significance of this number which I suspect is related to the number 40-1 (39) which reflects a count of years one short of completing Wilderness Wandering - a nation and people's who have not yet discovered the messiah is - Jesus Christ.

How can the average person know where to find God?

I struggled for years as a Christian sitting in a pew, often wondering how others were so sure of their faith. I heard many of the “proofs” people give about Jesus and the authenticity of the bible, but each one seemed to have gaps I personally could not explain so they each fell short of being proofs for me. I still held my faith but at the same time wondered how we Christians expect others to see god with evidence that is beyond the capability of the average person to verify? In these times, every religion has their own compelling “truths” and men are left not knowing what’s real and what’s not. How do we know who to believe?

I now have found the proofs I sought for years and ones that were in reach of anyone that wanted to examine the bible in a sincere way to seek out God. If God wanted to absolutely prove himself he could simply appear in the sky and blast us with his truths, but I suppose he did not want to fear us into believing in him. What kind of followers would that make? God says those who seek him will find him.

I say this because the proofs are in the bible but they are not in any single verse. Proofs I think a discerning mind like ours can accept, but God has placed them there in such a way that only a truly seeking person will find and comprehend. I don’t have room for much explanation here but can pass along a couple of clues that might make you wonder about the possibility of such strong evidence about God really existing. These two facts are only coincidences without more to go along with them, but strong coincidences can eventually change random facts into a preponderance of evidence which establish truths.

So here are just two small verifiable facts that help demonstrate the bible is truly the Word of God. Hopefully these encourage you to look into his word more to find out who he is –

#1 - There are 1189 chapters in the King James Bible and the 595th and exact middle chapter of the bible is Psalms 117. It is both the shortest chapter in the bible and the only one with just two verses. The two verses in this tiny chapter exclaim praise for God’s lovingkindness and everlasting nature. Might be a coincidence but if you think about it for a few moments, it is quite an incredible chance that this unique chapter could also be in a very unique place in God's Holy book. One chance in 1189 this coincidently finds its way to this place in the bible.

#2 – One thousand is a milestone number that is also a unique chapter number in a book with just over 1000 chapters. In this special chapter of the bible God has left us another amazing coincidence and a special clue about who he is. Even more amazing, this clue is in the form of a single bible verse God has been popping up around the world for years and is often seen by millions in televised sports events. Is it a coincidence that John 3:16 just happens to be in this milestone and special chapter of the bible? John 3, the Born Again chapter, explains the single key concept how we must be born again to see the kingdom of God.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

These are just two “coincidences” everyone can see and confirm are in the King James Bible – the same bible millions of people have in their home today. Admittedly, these alone don’t prove anything about God, but maybe they are a way of getting your attention. Imagine there are thousands of other such verifiable facts in the bible to be found if you look for them. God will show up if you seek him but don't expect him to jump off the page at you – that’s not how he works.

If you want to know about God, ask him and sincerely seek him out and I think he will be paying you a visit.

Why – I almost hate to add the next part of what is needed to be said because it can appear to take away from the loving image of God. We are not just encouraged to seek God, we must if we want to avoid spending eternity without him. There are serious consequences to not accepting Jesus Christ as your LORD and savior. Every soul is eternal whether we like it or not. We will spend eternity somewhere and there is only one way to spend it with God. As much as we might like to dismiss God or trust that we are good enough to be deserving of a good life when we leave this one, God tells us clearly this is a huge mistake.

The creator of the universe makes the rules and we cannot understand his ways, even if he tried to explain them to us. Don’t try to out-reason God. Investigate him to see if you believe he is the creator of the universe and if you do, don’t doubt that what he tells us plainly in his word will come to pass. It does not matter how we think things ought to work. The eternal future you have depends on it. It’s OK to doubt God, but give him a chance to prove who he is.

Norm Patriquin

March 2008