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on Numerology (Part 2)I suppose the most famous number in the book of Revelation is 666. The book of Daniel also has symbolic numbers. Plenty of other numbers can be found in the Bible, but not all have mystical significance.
John records how many fish were caught in the miracle that the risen Christ did when he appeared to his discipls by the Sea of Tiberius. There were 153 (Jhn 21:11). Efforts to find some mysterious meaning in this number are worthy of scorn. It was simply the number of fish that were counted in the net as counted by the amazed disciples.
In numerology including Bible numerics, each number is given certain attributes, but these vary according to which numerological system you favour. Numerological systems are derived principally from the Pythagoreans and in the case of supposed Biblical numerology, the Kabbalists. Of course numerology is also influenced by the number elements of other occult systems.
The following is a sample of what may be attributed to a number by a numerologist...
The thing that probably strikes you most from the above overview, is how arbitrary the whole system is. Finding the significance of a person's name, for example consists of several steps, all of which involve making decisions among variants. The numerologist has to decide what name to use, how to reduce it to a number, and what attribute to assign that number. The numerologist selects from so many variants that the reading can be whatever the numerologist thinks fit.
By way of example, my name (Ron) follows this pattern: The letter R=18, and the digits 1+8 reduce to 9. The letter O=15, and the digits 1+5 reduce to 6. The letter N=14, and the digits 1+4 reduce to 5. Combining these results, 9+6+5 reduces to 20 and 2+0 yields 2. What is the significance of this? Well, the number 2 means separation and/or witness, which is appropriate because I, as an evangelist, am separated unto the gospel and in preaching the gospel I will be said to "witness for Christ". The name "Jesus" also reduces to 2, just like mine. You see, if you are gullible, that the seal of God is upon my ministry, hidden in my name.
On the other hand, the number 2 is said to mean so many different things that you could just as easily make me out to be a false witness and antichrist who is in communion with the devil!
Don't be fooled by such nonsense, "Nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edifying which is in faith" (1Tm 1:4).
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