Dear Doves,
 
  There has been a lot of interest in the Number 444. Here is my basic understanding of this most important number. I begin with I John 4.18
 
  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
 
  Perfect Love is written in the nominative case. Its value is:
 
  Pefect Love (Teleia Agape) = 444
 
  This coincides with the phrase "I love the Lord" from Ps 116.1:
 
  Ahavti YHVH (I love the Lord) = 418 + 26 = 444 
 
 Note that the first word, Ahavti (I love) = 418, the index of the verse in I John where we find the Perfect Love. 
 
 God revealed His perfect love for us when Jesus Christ shed His Blood on the Cross. The Cross, with its four points, relates to the Number 4. The idea of shedding blood is spoken of in Gen 9.6:
 
  Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
 
  The Hebrew phrase is literally "whoso sheddeth the blood of man." The phrase of interest is:
 
  Sheddeth Blood (Shophek Dam) = 444
 
  A closely related phrase, (with reversed word order and a change in vowel points) also appears in Lev. 17.4, with regards to sacrifices made to the Lord:
 
  What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
 
  The phrase is:
 
  He hath shed blood (Dam Shaphak) = 444
 
  This coheres with the identity in Caps post from yesterday:
 
  Flesh and Blood (Sarx kai haima) = 444
 
  This all links to the central theme, based on the Dalet KeyWord Dam:
 
  Blood (Dam) = 44
 
  Note the reference to the Door (Petach) in Lev. 17.4. This is a synonym for the name of the Fourth Letter Dalet (Door). Both Blood, Door (Petach) and the first murder (associated with Gen 9.6 above) first appear together in Genesis Chapter 4, where also Abel made a sacrifice pleasing to the Lord. Recall also the blood of the passover lamb above on the lintel of the door.
 
  The Fourth Letter Dalet is the symbol of the Door - both of entering the world (Birth) and of exiting the world (Death). Thus blood is typically shed when one enters or exits this Door, and the first occurrences of Blood, Birth, Death and Door all occur together in Genesis 4, which opens with the words:
 
  And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
 
  The word translated as bare is Teled, and anagram of Dalet, the name of the Fourth Letter. It is based on the fundamental root word Yalad, meaning Birth. We have the identity:
 
  Birth (Yalad) = 44
 
  With a change in vowel points, Yalad becomes Yeled, meaning son or child. Both are used in used in Isaiah 9.6:
 
  For unto us a child (yeled) is born (yullad), unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
 
  And here then is the Key to it all. In Job 19.25 we read:
 
  For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
 
  We have the identity:
 
  My  Redeemer (Goahli) = 44
 
  The theme of the Door, Blood, my Redeemer, entrance into the Holiest (cf. Miqdash = 444), and the flesh and blood (= 444) of Jesus are all linked together in Hebrews 10.19-20:
 
  Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
 
  So to put it all together now, here are the words each believer in Christ Jesus may say with full assurance of Faith:
 
  My birth into God's Family came through the perfect love of Christ my redeemer when He shed His Blood upon the Cross. He died for me, and sanctified me, and is now the Door through which I enter into the eternal Holy of Holies, and am born into life everlasting as a child of the Most High God. Now I can say I Love the Lord!
 
  Of course, this is just a hint of what's really going on with the Numbers 4, 44, and 444, the Letter Dalet, the structure of Scripture, and the heart of the Gospel. For more information, I offer this page from my site, which has links to over 30 articles discussing the meaning of Dalet and its relation to Spoke 4 of the Bible Wheel.
 
  http://www.BibleWheel.com/Wheel/Spokes/Dalet.asp
 
  In service of Christ, our Redeemer,
 Richard Amiel McGough
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