Questions tagged [numerology]
The study of the significance of biblical numbers.
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What is the original Number of the Beast?
Seems trivial question, because 666 had been widely accepted as the original. However if you investigate further different early versions of the Book of Revelation, they gave different Numbers of the ...
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The number two in the book of Zechariah
Reading Zechariah, I have been struck by the frequency of the occurrences, explicit and implicit, of the number two. The most prominent are:
Two angels in chapters 1 and 2
Two dimensions:
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Who are the 12 apostles of the lamb?
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names
of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Revelation 21:14 KJV)
To whom does the "twelve apostles of the Lamb" refer? Is this the ...
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What is the meaning of "calculate" in Revelation 13:18?
This is perhaps the most famous prophesy in popular culture:
This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his ...
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What are the two bronze mountains in Zechariah 6?
I've already asked a broad question about the number two in the book of Zechariah. I've received some helpful input on that and made progress in my own thinking regarding it. However, some of the ...
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Who laps and who kneels? Judges 7:5
In Judges 7:5
So he took the troops down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Set apart all those who lap up the water with their tongues like dogs from all those who get down on their ...
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What is the meaning of the yields in the parable of the Sower?
After telling the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13, Jesus begins by explaining the parable to his disciples. He concludes his explanation in verse 23 by saying
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Which forms of Numerology might have been used in Revelation? [closed]
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- What is the meaning of "calculate" in Revelation 13:18?
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In general, Which forms of numerology were in use that the writer of Revelation might have likely used ...
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Apparent inconsistencies in the vision of the four chariots
In Zechariah's vision of four chariots in chapter 6 of his book, an angel tells him that the chariots are going to go to the "four winds of heaven," (verse 5)—in every direction. However, in verse 6, ...
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What is the significance of '14 generations' in Matthew’s account of Jesus's genealogy?
After giving Jesus's genealogy in the first chapter, Matthew goes on to point out the number of generations between significant events:
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to ...
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Why did Jesus fast in the wilderness?
In Luke 4:1-13 and Matthew 4:1-11, the Gospels record that Jesus fasts in the wilderness for 40 days. My understanding is that fasting is linked with mourning. Why then did Jesus fast for 40 days in ...
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Difference between the Mark of the Beast and the Seal of the Servants?
Closely Related:
- Is the Mark of the Beast Actually Voluntary?
Is there a difference between the "Mark of the Beast", and the "Seal of the Servants"? If so, what is the ...
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'Holy Spirit' vs 'Spirit of God' in context of Revelation 5:6
Revelation 5:6
"... a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth"
This verse as well as ...
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Do any Hermeneutical approaches have a specific meaning for the number 11?
I have read that in biblical numerology the number 11 indicates a system or period given to chaos or disorganization, and a survey of the text seems to bear this out. See, for example: Meaning of ...
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Reason for using 66 and then 70
In Genesis 46:26 (NASB)
All the people belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all,
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