COMPELLING EVIDENCE FOR BIBLICAL INNERANCY: Like Referenced verses 1:14 -- The Great Day of the LORD is Near

The Bible's Chapter and Verse Numbers have Divine Meaning

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 Preposterous!

What I'm presenting below, of course, sounds impossible given that everyone knows the Bible was written by about 40 different authors over a period of 2000 years. There's incredible evidence we have that confirms it a ridiculous thought that the Bible is divinely numbered and the numbers have common meanings throughout it. Preposterous!  ... But remember what scripture reminds us...

Luke 18:27 ...The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

Simply put, the clear and obvious evidence for a divinely numbered Bible defies our logic and knowledge about how the Bible was written. The number/text evidence demands we conclude only a supernatural God could have accomplished what we know to be impossible.

Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

I believe those willing to risk some time investing this impossible claim will be rewarded with a completely new awareness of the miracle of God's Word. With this knowledge you will experience great new revelations about scripture with every reading. I hope you take a few minutes to ponder this amazing possibility.

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The Bible's 1:14 Like Referenced Verses --Jesus the King Comes to save us

As I have explained in other AmazingWord Blog Posts, the Bible has been divinely numbered, with every number having symbolic significance. This means chapter and verse numbers reflect themes found in their text.

Because of this numbering/text relationship, you can observe common themes across scripture verses with like referenced chapter and verse. In addition to this being strong evidence for a God-authored inerrant KJV Bible, it becomes an aid to interpretation.

Number 14

The number fourteen has symbolism related to the warrior and King, Lord Jesus who will one day come to save his elect. Passover is the celebration of the Lord passing over those marked for God and killing the first born son of those in the land. Passover is celebrated on the 14th of the Jewish month.

The Like Referenced 1:14 Bible Verses

By looking at the Bible's 1:14 verses we experience an intense awareness of Jesus the King. These verses each help build a picture of this Jesus and how fearful we should be of him, but also, what a great blessing it is to be under his protection. These 1:14 verses also confirm to us the prophecy is true about Jesus future return. Using the like referenced verses, God confirms to us in a very Godly structured and perfect way (as opposed to random verses) that this is one of his important messages to us.

Below I have sorted and grouped the Bible's 1:14 verses in such a way as to help point out the themes found in this collection. The entire set speaks in some way about Jesus return or events surrounding his return. In some cases they instill upon us the need for his return. Of course, these are my opinions. Like any Bible study, I know others will develop their own sense of what the collection teaches. The most important take-away is to realize like referenced verses do contain some thread of a common theme running through them.

(Other posts in my blog or on my website provide many other examples of like-referenced verses)

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Teaching us of the Lord's return to save his people (past and present)

• Zep 1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
• Jude 1:14 ...saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
• 2Kin 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties...
• Rev 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; (Jesus as he returns for us)
• Eze 1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
• Jer 1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• 2Cor 1:14 ...we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• Mal 1:14 ... for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
• Zech 1:14 ...Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
• Josh 1:14 ...but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them;
• Amo 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah... with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
• Oba 1:14 ...neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
• Jnah 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life...
• Nahm 1:14 ...out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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Jesus has come to us as a man

• John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Luke 1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
• Mrk 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
• 1Kin 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
• 2Chr 1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: ... which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
• 3Joh 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. ....

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The Saving Redemption of Jesus (as in the Passover)

• Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
• Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: (speaking of the signs of his future return?)
• Lam 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand... the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
• Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
• Hag 1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel ... and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest,... and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

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Speaking of the persecuted which the Lord returns to give justice to?

• Hab 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
• Isa 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
• Exo 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service...wherein they made them serve...
• 2Sam 1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?

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Number 333 symbolism and meaning - Look at the Bible's 333 verses. The almighty presence of the spirit of God

I've mentioned many times in these posts about how like referenced verses have similar and related content and ran across another compelling example of this today. It seems worth sharing...

There are just 10 verses in the KJV and similarly structured Bibles that have a chapter and verse of 33:3. I've included these below. If you ponder them as a group you will find they all have something to do with the powerful presence of a a patriarch, king or Holy Spirit. In a couple of cases these verses speak of the opposite in their reference to improperly worshiping a false power (every number has both a positive and opposite negative meaning).

This is another strong evidence for a divinely numbered and structured Bible. This evidence reveals how perfect our Holy Christian Bible is. Even though many Christians believe the Bible is the Holy and inspired Word of God, at the same time they will effectively dismiss that same statement by explaining that it was the words of men that they were writing because of being inspired by God - or some other qualified explanation of what they think "inspired" means.

The precise DNA-like  perfection of how Biblical text lines  up with the Bible's numbers is incredible evidence that only a supernatural God could have developed such a book. It could not have been conceived by mere men. As much as this creates a quandary in us about how a book we know to be written by men could be supernatural, the perfection in number demands the conclusion - the Bible was written by God. It really does not matter that we cannot comprehend how or why God gave it to us through human hands.

The Bible's ten 33:3 verses...

Gen 33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Exo 33:3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Num 33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Deu 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
2Chr 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Job 33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Psa 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Isa 33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Eze 33:3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

Praise the LORD! (Psalms 103:1-2 and Psalm 117:1-2 --- The exact middle verses and exact middle chapter of the Bible.)

Number Seventy (70) in the Bible - Revealed by the 70th verses

Jeremiah Chapter 25 (the 770th Bible chapter) 

V12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

 As I have explained in other blog posts, the Bible's text for like numbered book verses has a theme that somehow reflects the definition and symbolism for number seventy. By calling them "book verses" I am referring to all the verses of a book sequentially numbered in the same way chapter verses are numbered.  For example, the 70th verse of the book of Revelation is Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Notice how this 70th verse of Revelation speaks of believers persevering until the return of Jesus Christ to reign and rule on earth.

If you carefully observe the 70th book verses, you will notice a common theme of things coming to fruition or about being prepared for when a time of completion comes. In addition to this study revealing a deeper understanding of the meaning of number 70, it also demonstrates the incredible supernatural perfection of numbering of the Bible.

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Number 70 – covenants – salvation – completion of times/events – becoming complete/saved

#70 AND ATONEMENT

Lev 4:20 …the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

Heb 5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

2Kin 3:27 Then he took his eldest son…and offered him for a burnt offering…there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. For example, the 70th verse of the book of Revelation is Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 

#70 AND COVENANTS

Ruth 4:7 …for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel.

Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

#70 AND BECOMING COMPLETE/SALVATION/COMING OF THE LORD

1The 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Gal 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Zech 6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains;…

Lam 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Dan 2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Joel 3:18 it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine…a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Mic 6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

1Pet 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

#70 AND CROSSING OVER/DECISIONS

Matt 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Josh 4:11 it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests…

Deu 2:24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand… begin to possess it…

Est 4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

#70 AND BEING CALLED

Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

2Tim 4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

1Cor 3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

Act 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Col 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

1Sam 3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I…

Jer 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city…and I will bring you to Zion:

2Cor 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

#70 AND WISDOM

Jam 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Prov 3:15 (Wisdom) She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Luke 1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

Philp 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

#70 AND JUDGMENT

Gen 3:14 the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle...dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Job 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Eze 4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, 390 days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

The Bible's Chapter Numbers are Keys to Themes You should Notice in the Chapter's Text

Since every number in the Bible has meaning, even the Bible's chapter numbers reflect some aspect of what themes you will find in chapter contents. This quick post demonstrates how chapter numbers in Matthew guide you to new understandings in the text...

For example consider the simple symbolism associated with the following numbers:

• Number 12 -- is a number related to government, rulers and those who judge
• Number 13 -- is a number related to misunderstanding, confusion, deceit, evil ways or doing things the wrong way
• Number 14 -- is a number of Kings, rulers, authority.

Considering these numbers lets look at Matthew chapters 12-14

Matthew chapter 12 shows Jesus being judged by the authorities. A chapter about the religious authorities judging and condemning Jesus.

• Jesus heals on the Sabbath – insulting the Pharisees
• Pharisees plan to destroy Jesus- Jesus withdraws, crowds follow him
• Possessed blind and dumb, casting out devils by Beelzebub
• Pharisees ask for a sign but they will only receive the sign of Jonah

Matthew Chapter 13 – Jesus reveals secrets shared to faithful, hidden from disbelievers and those with eyes and ears shut - A chapter about understanding/comprehending secrets

• Parables – Parable of the seed, good produce but many die
• Disciples ask, why speak in Parables – Only believers will see secrets
• Given to disciples to know secrets but not to others
• To those who have, more will be given, taken from others
• Peoples hearts dull, eyes don’t see, if they did, they would be healed
• Explains Parable of the Sower; Harvest will be plentiful, but Tares will remain until the harvest
• All teaching in parables:  Fills prophecy, secrets to be revealed
• Jesus says–Have you understood these things—Old and new things
• Jesus came to his home: a prophet not honored in his own house

Matthew Chapter 14 – Jesus demonstrates he is the Son of God (The King). A chapter that contrasts an earthly king with Jesus and tells of Jesus evidences he is the Son of God..

• King Herod hears of Jesus – believes he is John the Baptist
• King Herod was sorry he had to honor his oath to give John's head
• Chapter contrasts King Herod's power of life and death to Jesus power of life and death
• Jesus walks on water
• Jesus power over the seas and storm
• Jesus heals the sick - Woman healed by touching hem of his garment (Mal 4:2 sign of the Savior)
• Key verse in chapter is: Matt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

 

CONCLUSION:

Notice how by understanding the overall meaning of the numbers 12, 13 and 14, they give you ideas about the types of teachings you should be looking for in the chapters. This does not take away from any other meanings you will find. Instead, by using chapter numbers to guide interpretation, you discover a great new took for getting more meaning out of your study time.

As you consider the number meanings I explain online and in my books, watch chapter numbers as you read the Bible. They will help you notice some of the key points you are to discover in your study.

Is the study of numbers in the Bible or numerology a sin? No. See what the Bible says...

Some believe or were taught the study of numbers is sinful...I don't think so..

Just a quick post to say that I cannot find any hint of Bible scripture speaking against the study of numbers in the Bible or in any other field of research. Below I have quoted the scriptures commonly quoted by those attempting to justify this incorrect belief. ... Numbers were created by our God of order and by being part of our Bible, we are commanded to thoroughly study every part of it.

The assertions made about a supernatural structure in the bible are very difficult to accept for a number of reasons. First, we have been conditioned to be very skeptical and even overly fearful of anything that has to do with symbolism of numbers.  This theory has largely come from the occult or numbers are used to justify strange and even evil thinking. Christians seem to fear the study of numbers so much they seem to run from the subject whenever it is mentioned as if some evil teaching will reach out and grab them. Numbers are an important part of the world we live in and God's use of his numbers in His Holy Word are an important and valid area of study. 

NOTE: Some refer to the term NUMEROLOGY when warning about numbers study. I've seen many different definitions of this term and some even mention it being related to a study of occult numbers -- but there is no evidence this term has anything to do with evil or things of evil. Just because it is sometimes used in this context does not make it a term we should be afraid of. 

God is a god of order and it is no surprise his creation is numerically perfect. For those who think such things possible, might Satan have been working for hundreds of years to find ways to discredit any study of numbers as evil? Maybe all the strange occult writings about numbers was written for this reason?

I am unable to find any Bible verses that speak against the study of numbers. When I looked for biblical arguments against the study of numbers, I found the following scriptures quoted and decided to pass them along for others to examine. The most quoted scriptures against number study is in Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 9-12:

Deu 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. v10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. v11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. v12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

There is no reason to apply any of these scriptures to the discipline of study of God's numbers.  Following are other verses quoted when they warn against the study of numbers.

Deu 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Isa 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
 
Isa 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. 

Matt 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

Matt 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: v40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
 
Act 8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
 
Act 19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
 
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
 

2The 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. v11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
 
Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

I believe numbers are a part of God's Holy word, and like all its parts, they can be abused and studied and taught with evil intent in mind. As long as numbers are studied to be understood within the context of God's Word, and the resultant knowledge is totally consistent with the Bible, I believe the study is good and a worthwhile endeavor.