A quick look at the Bible's Redemption Pattern and Numeric Map…

What is this "Redemption Pattern" God left us to find in his Word?

Every list (numbered or not); every numbered Book, verse and chapter, and virtually the entire Bible is written in what I refer to as "God's Redemption Pattern". The basic repeating numerical pattern of things arranged in one to ten sequence always line up with that I believe are God's Guide to the Ten steps we take in being redeemed. It's God's way of constantly reminding us, through his word, how we grow in him. This post explains a bit about the Redemption Pattern and how it works.

As an example of the Redemption Pattern; Take the list of "I AM" statements made in the Book of John. These statements tell us who Jesus is. Because their meanings line up with the symbolism of the numbers in the redemption pattern, we know we have an accurate/complete list of Jesus Ten statements about who he is. Below I've noted each of the 10 "I Am" statements in John and show the redemption pattern symbolism for the numbers 1-10 beside them.

Ten "I am's" of John

1 - bread of life (God is)

2 - bread that came down… (God sent a deliverer - Jesus)

3 - the living bread… (He is Holy/Righteous, we need a way to be with him)

4 - I am the Light of the world (Jesus came to our wilderness (world) to teach/save us)

5 - ...testifiy about Myself (We must learn/accept God's plan/covenants)

6 - door of the sheep (The only way to heaven is to repent/cross over via The Cross)

7 - the good shepherd (Once we accept Jesus, he is faithful to teach/guide us in growing)

8 - resurrection and the life (When we learn God's way is only good way, we become Godly)

9 - the way.. the truth ...the life (future, Jesus will return to take his people with him)

10 - the true vine (The End - Truth... end of story)

More about the Bible's Redemption Pattern

Wherever the digits or numbers one to ten in the Bible are found you will also somehow observe associated with them a progressive set of symbolic meanings that each number represents. I believe this progressive set of meanings describes God's ten step plan of redemption. Following is a list of these ten basic themes. Below is a chart that shows how some well known parts of the Bible follow these meanings. Use these examples to get an idea of how the numbers are associated with different topics and then use this knowledge to observe this pattern in your own Bible study.

• #1-God--Creator of all things--Beginnings, first things, things counted, set apart by kind, self, pride, God, leaders, Kings
• #2-Jesus-God hears and sends a redeemer to save--relationship, sons, daughters, love
• #3-Holy Spirit-God in us--Righteousness, Purity, Power of God
• #4-Wilderness Trials, testing--A time of preparing the heart--things of the world
• #5-Instructions for entering the land--Covenants, rules...choices for blessings & curses
• #6-Crossing over & turning from Sin--repentance, taking strongholds of sin
• #7-Becoming Complete--The Good Shepherd leads with rod and staff, conflict, adultery, turning away and turning back.
• #8-The Godly & New Beginnings--Faithful Servants, receiving the Holy Spirit, abundance, the remnant, baptism, circumcision
• #9 Watching for Jesus return--Persevering in service, future events and plans
• #10-The End - Last & Final Things-Commands, Day of the Lord, final judgment, last things & End Times

Redemption Pattern Examples

The Redemption Pattern is a set of ten parts of God's overall plan for redeeming men. The ten step pattern is infused into every aspect of scripture as a constant reminder of our walk with God. The chart below shows the ten parts and the numbers God associates with them. Also shown are eight different aspects of the Bible that reveal how the pattern is found virtually everywhere in the bible. Each column in this chart contains a set of ten sequential parts of different Bible passages matching the pattern. Looking across the rows of the chart for each of the ten steps you will find the theme of each one represented in the corresponding part of each passage. For more evidence you can use this chart with your own Bible to find more examples of the pattern throughout the scriptures.

#	Theme	First Ten Books	Genesis 1-10	Lords Prayer	Ten I am's	Ten Genera-tions	Beatitudes	23rd Psalm	Full Armor of God
1	God-sin-separates us	Genesis—Separated by kind	Creation...the beginning	Our Father in heaven	bread of life	Adam-- man	poor in spirit	Jehovah is my shepherd…	the full armor of God
2	Jesus – the redeemer	Exodus--- Israel  led out of Egypt	Man and woman created	Holy be thy name…	bread that came down…	Seth-- a substitute	those who mourn (cry out to God)	...leads me to waters of rest;	Girded your loins with Truth (Jesus)
3	Holy Spirit  - righteousness	Leviticus--- a righteous god	The fall of man –  Great Sin…	thy will be done	the living bread…	Enosh-Mortal	the gentle	guides in paths of righteousness	Breastplate of righteousness
4	Wilderness wandering…	Numbers---desert years separate & prepare	Cain is forced to wander	On earth as it is in heaven	I am the Light of the world	Kenan –Sorrow	who hunger and thirst…	I walk through the valley of death	Feet shod with Gospel of Peace
5	Preparing to enter the land	Deuteronomy--- have faith and obey	Generations of blessings	Give us...our daily bread	...testifiy about Myself	Mahalalel-blessed	the merciful	I will fear no evil; for …	Shield of Faith
6	Sin and Repentance	Joshua--- Leads in taking the land…	God sorry he made man	Forgive us our sins	door of the sheep	Jared-Shall come down	the pure in heart	You are with me;	Helmet of Salvation
7	God makes us compete	Judges -- Israel repeatedly fails…	The Flood, saves, cleanses	As we forgive others	the good shepherd	Enoch-Teaching	peacemakers (learning)	Your rod and Your staff comfort me.	Sword of the Spirit--word of God
8	The Godly- new covenant	Ruth--faithful servant & the kinsman redeemer	flood subsides, Godly saved	Lead us from temptation	resurrection and the life	Methuselah-death brings	persecuted for righteousness…	...You anoint my head with oil…	with prayer / petition in the spirit
9	Persevering until his return	Samuel---David sins but seeks God's way.	Sign of the rainbow	Deliver us from evil	the way.. the truth ...the life	Lamech- the despairing	insulted, evil said about them…	goodness and mercy follow me…	make known the mystery--persevere
10	Last things, Judgment	Kings---Israel turns from God—results in captivity	Reviewing Noah's life	thy is the kingdom…	the true vine	Noah- Rest or comfort		will dwell with the Lord forever

This single chart reveals the concept of the Redemption Pattern and how numbers associated with various parts of scripture are appropriately associated with each progressive part of God's plan. Numbers are very important to the Redemption Pattern but at the same time they are only symbols or pointers to the themes that tell us about each step in the plan. Unlike Bible codes or other complex numerical studies, God's numbers are easily understood and put to use at their most basic level, but the numbers also create a perfect DNA like web of interrelationships of scripture that provide many useful values once you understand them. Every number in the Bible from numbers in the text, to unnumbered lists and book chapter and verse numbers all line up with the text to; Reveal God's ten step plan of redemption; validate the supernatural construction of the Bible; provide valuable insights to interpretation; are a built in numeric cross reference to related passages; as well as showing us how God's numbers in our world reflect his plan of redemption.  In addition to these numbers mentioned, there are also perfectly aligned cross Bible verse numbers; cross book verse numbers; numbers associated with word usage patterns and much more. God's Redemption Pattern and Numeric Map is a wonder beyond our capability to comprehend and shows what an awesome and amazing God we have. Praise God!

What are The Bible's Redemption Pattern and Numeric Map about?

 

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Description

Most everyone has heard random comments from sermons about the symbolism behind numbers in the Bible, but the explanations given are so brief that they have little practical use in our own personal Bible study. As a result, Christians read the Bible without being able to put one of the best tools of interpretation to use in their study. This book explains not only the symbolism of Biblical numbers but more importantly describes the progressive meaning behind each number and how they relate to what the author refers to as the Bible's Redemption Pattern. Numbers not only have a consistent symbolism everywhere they are used in scripture, but each number helps describe the ten basic steps of a Christian's path of walking with God in their lives.

Similarly to "The Four Spiritual Laws" of Campus Crusade, the Redemption Pattern explains in detail the ten steps of; One-Knowing God; Two-The Appointed Redeemer who came for us; Three-God's Holiness and Righteousness; Four-Our trials and journey through the wilderness life; Five-What God demands of us and resulting blessings and consequences; Six-Our decision to cross over and turn from sin in our life; Seven-God as the Good Shepherd who uses the rod and the staff to teach us his ways to lead us to being complete;; Eight-How we become faithful believers by finally being convinced to give up our own ways to sincerely try to let God lead our lives; Nine-Our responsibility to anxiously anticipate Jesus return and faithfully serve while we await this event; and Ten-The number of final things including God's final disposition at the end of the age.

This book explains the symbolism of numbers; how to understand the Redemption Pattern steps; and most importantly, how we find this Redemption Pattern used throughout the Bible thus it being a constant reminder in scripture of God's plan for our lives. This pattern can be seen repeatedly in virtually every list of the Bible including; the Lord's Prayer; The names of ten generations from Adam to Noah; the Beatitudes; The Plagues of the Bible; feast days and more.

There's many other gems of knowledge throughout the book; explaining the numbers 72, 144, 153, 666, 777, & 1260; how 911 can be seen in scripture; the special numerical significance of John chapter 3; how numbers combine to make meaning and much more.

 

From the Author   

Once you see all the examples of how numbers are used in whatever Bible you use today, you will quickly begin to make use of them in your everyday Bible study. These principals apply to both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible so this means they also will be observed and equally useful in the study of the Torah and other religious documents.

 

About the Author   

Norm Patriquin is an everyday layman believer who over a ten year period accidentally stumbled over the Redemption Pattern and what he calls the Numeric Map of the Bible. He works today to pass on this knowledge to others showing how Biblical numbers are not a complex code or mathematical puzzle, but instead can be quickly comprehended as a very simple guide to helping us understand God's plan for our lives.

Bless the LORD O my soul song about Jesus comes from Ps 103:1-2, the exact center of Bible verses

When you sing the song "10,000 Reasons (Bless the LORD)" by Matt Redman you are singing the center verses of the Bible at Psalm 103:1-2. Matt wrote the song from these specific Bible verses and likely did not realize he was using the exact center verses to help us worship the LORD Jesus Christ.

Psa 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, {bless} His holy name.
Psa 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;

Is the Bible About Jesus?

If you put the Old Testament and New Testament together you have 31,102 verses in the King James and similarly structured Bibles (NASB, NIV, ESV...). This makes the 15551st and 15552nd verses the exact middle verses and they happen to declare for us to "Bless the LORD". This is one great evidence the Old Testament and New Testament are two parts to a single volume which we call the Bible. These two middle verses show us both halves of the Bible speak to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Want more evidence the KJV bible is about Jesus? Only God could divinely inspire in multiple perfect locations it is about Jesus. Not only do the two center verses of the Bible (Ps 103:1-2) point to the LORD, but the exact center chapter also does the same. Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter of the Bible and the only chapter with just two verses. Not coincidentally, Psalm 117 is the 595th and exact center chapter of the Bible (1189 chapters).

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

Is the Bible about Jesus? 

See the following Bible verses that together tell us the Bible is about Jesus Christ. It makes sense these above mentioned two centers of God's Word would point to Jesus.

Psa 40:7 Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44 Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."

John 5:39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;

John 5:46 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.

Rom 1:2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Heb 10:7 "THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.' "

God is Good

Praise God! He has left these two great evidences anyone can confirm for themselves that Jesus is the promised messiah and Son of God. These two middle locations declaring to bless and praise the LORD could not be the center of the Bible had not the Old Testament and New Testament been brought together to form one single Bible we know as God's divinely inspired Word.

Listen to the song....  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWJLy3-iRQo



"10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)"

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes....

see http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mattredman/10000reasonsblessthelord.html

NEW DISCOVERY! 31 (1000 verse) Bible sections -- Each showing a new layer of interpretation God left for us to find

Just wanted to point out I've made major updates to my most popular 2012 blog entry showing 31 exact sized 1000 verse Bible sections. Each section showing a definite transition in Biblical events. This is not only compelling new evidence of the perfection of God's Word, but is an amazing newly discovered layer of Bible interpretation God left for us to find. 

See link....   http://amazingword.blogspot.com/2012/02/most-compelling-evidence-for.html …

Mark 13:13 "You will be hated by all because of My name" ... Patterns in Biblical numbers...

The Bible's 13:13 verses reveal #13 is about men following their own ways and not comprehending God's ways...

I've been writing about the meaning of numbers in the Bible for more than 10 years and I still struggle when I set out to explain that even the numbering of chapter and verses has divine perfection. It is an incredibly impossible statement to believe --- that is, until the preponderance of evidence finally convinces you it cannot be coincidence. Here's another set of compelling evidences that demonstrate the Bible's numbers have a consistent theme and pattern to them and the text they are associated with.

As I've noted in prior posts, themes found in the text of any verse has relationship to its numbering.  The best examples of numbers and their related themes are found in what I refer to as the Bible's hyperverses where a verse's chapter and verse numbers are the same. What I observe seems to demonstrate that when the same number is repeated in relationship to a verse's numbering or numbers in the text, then the theme of that number comes out more strongly in the text. Thus, verses with the same chapter and verse number are great examples to use to determine the God given symbolism of numbers.

In the following examples, I show how the theme running through the Bible's 13:13 verses relate to symbolism/themes of; confusion, misunderstanding, foolishness or different types of turning from God and living in the ways of men. Below are 20 of the Bible's 30 verses with both a chapter and verse number of 13 -- Observe how they so consistently reveal this theme. I've left out 10 of these 13:13 verses to help focus on the most obvious examples, but if you examine even those 10 carefully, the same theme will emerge. This theme is also revealed to various degrees in other parts of scripture related to 13. Look at chapter number 13s as well as verses with thirteen in the text for more support of this theme. One of my most favorite places to confirm my comprehension of number symbolism is to look at the nnth thousanth verses of the Bible (31 in total) and the 13,000th Bible verse is no disappointment -- Job 6:21 says "Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid". The same theme of confusion, foolishness, wickedness surfaces in this 13,000th verse.

Observe for yourself...

Observe the underlined text in the following 13:13 verse examples and take your time to ponder if this consistency of theme is a curious example of coincidence, or if it might be evidence right before your eyes that God Almighty alone could be the only explanation for this numbering perfection...

Gen 13:13 the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.

Exo 13:13 every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem..but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck…

Lev 13:13 the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his body…

Deu 13:13 ..worthless men seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods…

1Sam 13:13 .."You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God…

2Sam 13:13 ...you will be like one of the fools in Israel…

2Chr 13:13 But Jeroboam had set an ambush. Israel was in front and the ambush was behind them.

Prov 13:13 The one who despises the word will be in debt to it..

Isa 13:13 I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken...
Jer 13:13 …"..I am about to fill all the inhabitants…in Jerusalem--with drunkenness!

Eze 13:13 "I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath...a flooding rain and hailstones…

Hos 13:13 The pains of childbirth come upon him; He is not a wise son…

Matt 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Mrk 13:13 "You will be hated by all because of My name...

John 13:13 "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.

Act 13:13 Now Paul and his companions put out to sea. But John left them...

Rom 13:13 ..behave properly.. not in carousing, drunkenness...promiscuity, strife…jealousy.

1Cor 13:13 ..faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest is love (The LOVE IS NOT chapter)

Heb 13:13 So, let us go out to Him...bearing His reproach.

Rev 13:13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men.

 Look at other verses in the Bible with like chapter and verse for more confirmation...  A favorite example of mine is the Bible's 14:14 verses that speak to Jesus, the King and Redeemer...

1Kin 14:14 "Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

Rev 14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud {was} one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

Isa 14:14 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

Exo 14:14 "The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent."

John 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do {it.}

Num 14:14 and they will tell {it} to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, for You, O LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

 (27 14:14 verses exist in the KJV and like structured Bibles -- NIV, NASB, ESV...) Gen, Exo, Lev, Num, Deu, Josh, Judg, 1Sam, 2Sam, 1Kin, 2Kin, 1Chr, 2Chr, Job, Prov, Isa, Jer, Eze, Zech, Matt, Mrk, Luke, John, Act, Rom, 1Cor, Rev

Is it possible God even numbered his Word...consider what he has told us...

Jer 32:27 "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?"

Isa 55:8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. 9 "For {as} the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Job 11:7 "Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?

Mrk 10:27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

Luke 1:37 "For nothing will be impossible with God."

Luke 18:27 But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

Gen 18:14 "Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."