#9 - One-line descriptions for each of the Bible's Chapter Nines Tell Us About Serving Until Jesus Returns.

(2015-11-04 still undergoing some editing)

Were you aware that anything found in the Bible related to number nine has some aspect of it related to Christians persevering in service while eagerly awaiting for Jesus to return to save his people. For non-believers, number nine speaks about their failure to listen to the Lord, study his word and hear his message of salvation.Number nine is associated to text about those who have turned away from God or somehow turned to their other gods to seek a way to be saved

One of the easiest ways to verify this for yourself is to examine the Bible's chapter nines and look for the chapter nine theme contained in them. Watch how consistently each one has some aspect of them dealing with sin or what to do to stay away from sin...

God's symbolic meaning of numbers in His Word and in the world are one way he has left to show us very clear and unmistakable messages to confirm what the Bible says. They are not difficult to see, you just have to be willing to look for them. A great encouragement for us in these last days...

The Themes Associated With Number Nine

Below I have given a very short one line summary about each of the Bible's chapter nines. Note how they contain themes and textual content related to these concepts:

1. Number 9 is about the future and about one coming for us. Sometimes this is about passing by, or crossing over, or coming down.
2. We are to be ready and waiting for Jesus to return for his Godly people who have listened to his word, and believed his message.
3. We are to be carrying out the commands and instructions of that God has left for us. We are to be faithfully and diligently serving him in spreading the Gospel and caring for his land.
4. We are to obey the commands and instructions God gave us in his word.
5. God's wrath and consequences for turning away from him to other Gods will not go unpunished.
6. God will have great rewards for believers upon his return.
7. God constantly reminds us that we cannot be saved through our own efforts. We can only depend on the free gift of salvation he always offers us. All we need do is to accept it from him

Brief Descriptions of the Bible's Chapter Nines

• Genesis 9 - Instructions for Noah to serve...be fruitful and multiply; Covenant with future generations. Canaan is cursed.
• Exodus 9 - Moses warns Pharoah release Jews. Plagues begin to proclaim God's power and His name through all the earth
• Leviticus 9 - The Glory of the LORD appears to all the people after sacrafices were made and the people were blessed (99th Bible chapter)
• Numbers 9 - The firey cloud appears over the new tabernacle and the people followed it whenever and wherever it went
• Deuteronomy 9 - Israel is to cross the land to dispossess nations greater than they are.They are warned, the Lord's strength brought them this far and goes before them now.
• Joshua 9 - The people of Gibeon deceived Joshua and Israel so they did not obey the Lord and remove them from the land.
• Judges 9 - Abimelech; Subjugation of Canaan. The danger of trusting in human wisdom without God's supernatural direction.
• 1Samuel 9 - Saul is going through the land for his father looking for lost donkeys and God leads him to Samuel to be anointed king.
• 2Samuel 9 - David’s cares for Jonathan's lame son Mephibosheth fulfilling his promise to care for the family of the King's son.
• 1Kings 9 - The Lord appears to Solomon to establish his throne and promises to bless Israel as long as his sons walk before Him in integrity and uprightness, doing as the Lord commanded
• 2Kings 9 - Jehu is anointed king of Israel. The Lord commands him to strike the house of Ahab to avenge the blood of His servants the prophets
• 1Chronicles 9 - A listing of the genealogy of the remnant of Israel written in the Book of The Kings
• 2Chronicles 9 - The Queen of Sheba visits Solomon. Solomon answers her many questions. She recognizes the riches and blessings of God on Israel for future generations. Solomon's death.
• Ezra 9 - Ezra's Prayer recognizing Israel has been left an escaped remnant, before God in their guilt, for no one can stand before Him
• Nehemiah 9 - People of Israel separated themselves from foreigners, read from God's Word, confessed, worshiped, and declared themselves slaves to God and to the land God gave them.
• Ester 9 - The Jews rid themselves of their enemies and established feast of Purim for celebrating their freedom with feasting, rejoicing and sending food and gifts to each other
• Job 9 - Job argues, no man can be right before God. We guilty and condemned. Why toil to please him in vain. Simply seek his forgiveness.
• Psalms 9 - Praise God! Those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You have not forsaken those who seek You. Let the nations be judged that they are but men.
• Proverbs 9 - Wisdom calls to those who passing, who are making their paths straight, but, only the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom...the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
• Ecclesiastes 9 - Enjoy life and be wise. The race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors.. time and chance overtake them all. It is a poor wise man in a small city (Jerusalem) who delivers the city by his wisdom.
• Isaiah 9 - The Lord reaches out to us. People in darkness will find light. A son will be given to us..The Prince of Peace. People are not seeking the Lord and those who guide them are leading them astray
• Jeremiah 9 - People proceed from evil to evil and do not know Me, Let the wise man boast that he understands and knows The Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness
• Ezekiel 9 - Due to the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, the Lord kills everyone in Jerusalem except those had received a mark because they were against the abominations that had taken place (a passover)
• Daniel 9 - 70 week prophecy to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. Daniel confesses sins of Israel and prays for God's forgiveness, not on their merit, but seeking God's grace.
• Hosea 9 - Israel has played the Harlot, forsaking their God. Their prophet is a fool, the inspired men demented. God will cast them away because they have not listened to Him;
• "Amos 9 - God declares, ""Are you not as sons to Me, O sons of Israel?"". In that day I will destroy the sinful kingdom, Then, I will restore My people and they will rebuild the ruined cities"
• Zechariah 9 - The LORD is against the enemies of Israel, for the eyes of men and of the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD. The Lord will defend Israel, destroy their enemies and restore them double.
• Matthew 9 - Jesus came across the water and was going through all the cities and villages finding those that needed a savior. Told them in 4 places to get up and follow him…and they did.
• Mark 9 - Jesus comes down from mountain (transfiguration). He condems their unbelief and casts out demons, Those who serve in Jesus name shall not lose their reward. The last shall be first.
• Luke 9 - Jesus in glory comes down mountain (transfiguration). Days approaching for His ascension. Disciples sent out, followers taken, unbelievers scolded--whoever wishes to save his life will lose it.
• John 9 - "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"" Jesus passing by... some following him, some questioning him. Unbelievers scolded. Who sinned debated, but Jesus said you only need to believe in Him to be saved"
• Acts 9 - Jesus comes down and appears and blinds Saul as he is chosen to suffer and bear Jesus name before kings, Jews and Gentiles; Church grows as Paul and Peter go throughout the land preaching the Word of God.
• Romans 9 - Paul's great sorrow that ""though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is only the remnant that will be saved"". Israel does not pursue salvation by faith but by works."
• 1Corinthians 9 - Running the race: Paul speaks of his responsibility and freedom to diligently preach the Gospel so he also may partake in its rewards. Those who serve and sow spiritual things shall also reap material things to support their efforts.
• 2Corinthians 9 - Need to give spiritual gifts. He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. God will provide to those who glorify God and for their obedience to sharing our confession of the gospel of Christ
• Hebrews 9 - Jesus first came as sacrafice for sin. Until he comes again our gifts and sacrafices cannot make us perfect. Men are appointed to die and for Judgement. Christ will appear a second time for the salvation of those who eagerly await Him.
• Revelation 9 - A star came from heaven to earth and the key of the bottomless pit given to him. Locusts came from the pit to torment godless men being judged because they did not repent of their wickedness

Hard to believe this Pattern of Chapter Nines is Real?

It is very difficult to imagine that God did actually divinely inspire the Bible's numbering and even write the text to fit his numbers. The best way to gradually confirm this for yourself is to examine the themes and numbers for other chapters and notice how they differ from number nine. A recent post I wrote was about the Bible's chapter number 8 themes. Note the consistency of the themes for chapter eights and how it is very different from that of chapter nines. The more you examine each Bible number, the more you will be convinced they have great value in understanding God's Word.

God's Message to Us in Chapter Numbers -- 28 Chapter 6 themes showing #6/#666 symbolic of Sin/Repentance

We all know the Bible relates #666 to The Beast, Sin and Evil, but were you aware that anything found in the Bible related to number 6 has some aspect to it related to sin, repentance, or being delivered from sin? One of the easiest ways to verify this for yourselves is to examine the Bible's chapter sixes. Watch how consistently each one has some aspect of them dealing with sin or what to do to stay away from sin...

God left clear messages in the Bible for us to see in these last days. Messages we've not previously been aware of. They are not difficult to see, you just have to be willing to look for them. A great encouragement for these last days...

• Proverbs 6 -- Six things the Lord hates, seven are an abomination
• Daniel 6 -- Daniel found guilty, Daniel delivered from the Lion's den
• Luke 6 --Jesus says --"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?"
• Ephesians 6 -- Full Armor of God-- our struggle is against powers, forces of this darkness, against spiritual forces of wickedness
• Romans 6 -- Do not continue in sin--wages of sin is death
• 1Corinthians 6 -- Flee immorality--the immoral man sins against his own body.
• Ecclesiastes 6 -- Evil of seeking the joys of this life
• Genesis 6 -- The Lord was sorry he made man
• Leviticus 6 -- Laws for sin offerings
• Judges 6 -- 666 defeating evil (The 6,666th Bible verse is 6:11)  Gideon defeats Midian
• 2Samuel 6 -- Uzzah dies for his sin of reaching out for the ark
• Ester 6 -- Haman seeks honor, but the King honors Mordecai, Haman will die
• Psalms 6 -- Prayer for God's mercy and deliverance
• Job 6 -- Job expresses his deep anguish over his suffering
• Isaiah 6 -- Isaiah's sin and guilt is taken away - a hot coal touched his lips
• Jeremiah 6 -- Jerusalem will be destroyed because of their sins
• Ezekiel 6 -- Destruction of Israel for their abominations
• Hosea 6 -- Hosea exhorts Israel to repent transgressing God's covenant
• Amos 6 -- Woe to Israel for their pride
• Micah 6 -- Lord warns Israel to plead for forgiveness
• Matthew 6 -- Lord's Prayer for confession
• Mark 6 -- Casting out demons, John beheaded
• Acts 6 -- Stephen accused of sin, dragged before court
• 2Corinthians 6 -- Do not be bound to unbelievers or touch the unclean
• Galations 6 -- Restore those caught in sin
• 1Timothy 6 -- Love of money is root of evil
• Hebrews 6 -- Do not fall back into sin
• Revelation 6 -- The great day of the wrath of the lord has come.

Ezekiel 38:18 When Gog comes to do evil, will Gog actually be confronted by God himself? How can we know this is true prophecy?

The Bible's 38:18 verses each show a similar pattern regarding how God confronts sin directly resulting in dire consequences.  

Ezekiel 38:18 When Gog comes to do evil, will they will be confronted by God himself? – Bible’s 38:18 verses are all confirming evidence we can trust God to do what he says

For those new to my AmazingWord writings, one of the things that I discovered and write about the Bible is that all the numbering of books, chapters and verses were supernaturally assigned by God. Also that all numbers have consistent symbolism wherever they were used. And the patterns of numbers and the text they are associated with help us confirm to ourselves how perfect the Bible is.

In this example I’m looking at Ezekiel 38:18 that prophesies to us that when Gog comes down from the north to go against the land of Israel that God says “his fury will mount up in his anger”. Do we think these words were written by men and may be a mistranslation or are they written by God himself? If written by men, it’s difficult to be sure that we truly do understand prophecy we read,  or that we can trust the writers understood what they were writing. But if this verse was written by God himself, we can read it with unquestioned confidence and trust that God will do what he says.

So how can we possibly know for sure God wrote these words? The patterns of Bible numbers in like referenced verses reveal to us the perfection of God’s word. We can examine all the Bibles verses that have a chapter and verse reference of 38:18 and see if the text of each of them seems to confirm similar symbolism to that in Ezekiel. Bible books were written hundreds of years apart and were numbered even thousands of years later so it cannot be coincidence that these verses happen to have very similar themes. If we find consistent themes we have to strongly consider the supernatural authoring of the Bible.

There are just seven verses in the Bible with a chapter and verse of 38:18 and I believe they provide confirming evidence that only God could have written and numbered all these verses to have very similar and related meanings.

If you look at the pattern of the text in the following seven 38:18 verses you will see that

 in each situation we find sin being done, and as a result of this sin those mentioned have either lost their protection from God or encountered God or Jesus directly to deal out the consequences of sin. In Exodus we see this pattern a bit differently --  the screen of the gate of the court in this verse is what keeps us from entering into the temple courtyard… This is another way of showing how we must encounter Christ to open the gate and enter into the holy place.

Examine the following verses to confirm for yourself this relationship between the seven like referenced “38:18” verses with sin and confrontational situation with Gods as a result of it:

1.       Gen 38:18 He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" And she said, "Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave {them} to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

2.       Exo 38:18 The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the weaver, of blue and purple and scarlet {material} and fine twisted linen. And the length {was} twenty cubits and the height {was} five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

3.       Job 38:18 "Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. (confronted by God)

4.       Psa 38:18 For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin (knowing confessing of our sin is the only way to be forgiven)

5.       Isa 38:18 "For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

6.       Jer 38:18 'But if you will not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and you yourself will not escape from their hand.' " (God’s consequences for disobedience)

7.       Eze 38:18 "It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," declares the Lord GOD, "that My fury will mount up in My anger. (God will stand in the way and in his fury and anger deal out consequences)

What does this all mean?

Hopefully studying these verses has given you a new experience that helps you take a good solid step forward in being absolutely sure God himself wrote his word. This knowledge should strengthen your faith and biblical foundation and trust that God will do exactly as he says.

So when God says in Eze 38:18  (("It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," declares the Lord GOD, "that My fury will mount up in My anger.)) You can be sure it will happen.

In these chaotic in times days we want to trust the Bible and be sure of what we think it is saying. This tool to help us confirm our Biblical understanding will help us go out with more confidence telling others about prophecy and the good news and what God is doing in the world today.

October 1^st, 2015

The Christian Bible and the year 2015; What will God do when nations reject His Son...Jesus)?

Note: #20 has a symbolic team related to the soon coming of the Messiah to save Israel. The following examples are all from chapter 20's of the Bible and we can imagine that each of these chapters could be speaking about events that will shortly be followed by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In previous blog posts I have shown where the Bible's numbering always has a special meaning related to the text. One of my favorite methods for confirming my understanding of Scripture is to check like referenced verses to see a common thread of meaning is found across them. I also watch for numbers that possibly relate to dates because I have seen many instances where this is the case.

Today it occurred to me to take a look at the Bible's 20:15 versus to see if they might have any message related to this year 2015. There is so much Bible prophecy suggesting saying 2015 could be a critical endtimes date, I was curious to see if the 20:15 verses might also support an end times scenario.

The Bible's 20:15 verses speak to consequences to the Wicked...

I believe what I discovered is very possibly related to past biblical events that may be being mirrored in these last days. You will have to judge these for yourself but it seems to me that the Bible's 20:15 versus have a theme related to punishment of the wicked and consequences to those who turn from God. The message includes verses that speak of God abandoning his people and causing their enemies to prevail over them.

Rather than go through this possibility in great detail I've listed the Bible's 20:15 versus below for your examination. (It's sometimes difficult to see how a common theme runs through like referenced verses. To contrast this like referenced verse theme with others, consider examining other blog posts on this subject. If you look at other examples, you will see how unusual this theme is and how finding it repeated over and over again is very unlikely a coincidence.)

Look for the common theme runing through this set of the Bible's 20:15 verses. 

John 20:15 (Jesus is missing, he has been murdered)  "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" .."Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him…"

Luke 20:15 "(What will God do when his son is rejected?) So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
 
2Chr 20:15 (Israel reassured in their fear) …"Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem..thus says the LORD, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's.
 
Judg 20:15 (War between Israel and Dan) -- From the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword...
 
Num 20:15 (Jews exiled to foreign land) that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.
 
Deu 20:15 "(Israel is to do away with their enemies during war) Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.
 
2Sam 20:15  (Sheba’s rebellion against David)  They came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood by the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.
 
1Kin 20:15 (War with Syria) Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, {even} all the sons of Israel, 7,000.
 
Job 20:15 "(The wicked will be punished) He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.
 
Eze 20:15 (Israel rebelled against God and God punished them)"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,
 
Rev 20:15 (Judgement) if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
 
1Sam 20:15 (?) "You shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth."

Matt 20:15 (IE Jesus said) 'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious..'
 
2Kin 20:15 (The nations treasures in jeopardy) -- "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house…"
 
Exo 20:15 (Those taking from others/God) "You shall not steal.


Lev 20:15  (The wicked will be put to death) 'If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal.
 
Prov 20:15 (Warning to the wicked) There is gold, and an abundance of jewels; But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing.
 
Jer 20:15 (Jeremiah beaten and put into stocks) Cursed be the man who brought (news of my birth).
 
Act 20:15 (Paul (Jewish) was hurrying to be in Jerusalem) Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to Miletus.
 
Gen 20:15 (Abimelech making amends to Abraham) Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."

Bible's #37 is about being saved - Its 30:7 verses help confirm this meaning and the numbering perfection of scripture

The Bible is divinely numbered by God --

 This is just a short blog post to document and provide additional evidence that liked-numbered Bible verses all contain a common thread of meaning. There’s multiple values in knowing about like referenced themes; the one I will mention here is that when you observe the common theme running through like-numbered verses, you have helped confirm the theme for the associated numbers and can use that knowledge to research and more accurately interpret other Bible passages associated with that same number.

The Bible’s 30:7 verses reflect the meaning of #37

The Bible’s 30:7 verses reflect (in part) the theme of the number 37 (and also number 777  [3 sevens]). Number 37 and 777 are always related to sanctification or of being saved. In some cases it can also be associated with meaning opposite to being saved.  Assuming this is true, any Biblical text associated with number 37 (such as book 37, chapter 37, and verse 37s) will also reflect the being saved theme.

See for yourself…

Below are all the Bible’s 30:7 verses. If you observe their contents, you will see each one has to do with some aspect of saving God’s people or of the purity of heaven.

Note: Every Bible verse has many numbers associated with it and the contents of verse text reflects all the numbers. For this reason, we look for a common thread of meaning in like referenced verses and do not expect them all to have identical meaning.

• Gen 30:7 Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. (v1 Rachel said give me children or else I die. With the children she was saved?)
• Exo 30:7 "Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. (Luke 1 – Incense represents prayers for believers and symbolic of cloud of Jesus who goes up between men and God. Saves us.)
• Num 30:7 and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears {it,} then her vows shall stand and her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand.
• Deu 30:7 "The LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
• 1Sam 30:7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. (Ephod represents presense of God or of one that had a special relationship to God. IE Priests or Jesus himself. One who Goes to God on behalf of the people – to save them.)
• 2Chr 30:7 "Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror, as you see.
• Job 30:7 "Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together. (God defending them).
• Psa 30:7 O LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
• Prov 30:7 Two things I asked of You, Do not refuse me before I die: (second request was not allow him to deny the LORD who saves him).
• Isa 30:7 Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her "Rahab who has been exterminated."
• Jer 30:7 'Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it.
• Eze 30:7 "They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

Did You Observe The #37 Theme?

If you saw the meaning for #37 running through these verses, it will help you take in the amazing perfection of God’s Word – even down to the numbering of books, chapters and verses. It also contributes to validating we have a pretty good understanding of the meaning associated with #37.  With this information, we can confirm a theme associated with other #37 related text.  For example, consider the “being saved” theme in the descriptions of the Bible’s chapter number 37s:

• Genesis 37 -- Joseph is saved from death -- Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
• Jeremiah 37 -- King Zedekiah saves Jeremiah --  by committing him to the court of the guardhouse
• Psalm 37 – The LORD will save us -- Psa 37:34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
• Job 37 – The Lord Almighty saves us -- Job 37:7 "He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.
• Isaiah 37 – Jerusalem saved from king of Assyria - Isa 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead. 
• Ezekiel 37 – God will save Israel -- "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land

 Consider...

Every like-numbered verse set has common meaning running through them. If you want to research the meaning of any Bible verse, you can also consider examining other Bible verses of the same number. This can be a wonderful way to confirm or assist in your understanding of the text of scripture.