John, I am really blessed to have read your fine article on the Tabernacle of Moses. I will need to read it several times for all the knowledge there to sink into my poor brain, but I am absolutely impressed with the truths that we are shown through your study! I cannot believe more readers have not commented on the astounding facts that you shared in your article, but then maybe some of it is over the heads of some of the readers. Several things popped out at me as I was reading, and they only further confirm your findings. I will try to organize them, as some are just random thoughts, but they may spur you and others on to discover more wondrous surprises that the Lord has in store as rewards for those who diligently seek Him.

 

   The rainbow must have both light and water in order to be seen. It was a symbol of God's covenant with Noah, and  every living creature of the earth. Four is the number of the earth and creation, and you have used this number in many ways through your article. Gen 9:11-17.

 

   Ed Vallowe in his book Keys to Scripture Numerics has several things to say about the number 4, and I highly recommend the book, but I am condensing just a few of his observations with kind permission from his widow.

 

    "Four is the number of Creation and marks God's Creative Works. It is the signature of the world. The earth has:

1. Four regions: north, south, east and west.

2. Four elements: earth, air, fire, and water.

3. Four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter.

4. Four kingdoms: mineral, vegetable, animal, and spiritual.

5. Four winds, from the four directions of this earth.

6. Four divisions of our day: morning, noon, evening and night.

7. Four phases of the moon: 1st quarter, new moon, last quarter, and full moon.

    The fourth day the material creation was finished.

 

   In Rev. 4:6-8 John saw FOUR living Creatures around the throne of God.The river that flowed out from the Garden of Eden was divided into 4 parts. Gen 2:10-14. The four cherubims that Ezekiel saw each had four faces and four wings. The four world judgements to come upon the nations are war, famine, pestilence, and earthquakes. Matt. 24:6-7, Rev 6. The brazen altar had four sides and four horns. There were four coverings for the tabernacle in the wilderness Ex. 26:1. There were four rows of stones in the breastplate of the high priest. There were four curtains to the entrance of the tabernacle, each a different color:

 

1. Blue speaks of Christ as the Heavenly ONE, or the Son of God as revealed in John.

2. Purple speaks of Christ as the Royal ONE, the King and Messiah, as in Matthew.

3. Scarlet speaks of Christ as the Perfect Servant, obedient unto death, as in the gospel of Mark.

4. White linen speaks of Christ as the Perfect Man, the Son of Man, as in Luke.

 

There were four animals that an offerer could bring as a sacrifice unto the Lord:

1. The bullock typifies Christ as the Servant, obedient unto death. Phil. 2:5-8

2. The lamb typifies Christ as the Lamb of God taking away our sins. Is 53:7. John 1:29, 1 Peter 1:19

3. The goat typifies Christ as being made a curse and a transgressor. Gal. 3:13 and Is 53:12

4. The turtledoves typify Christ as the One who became poor that through His poverty we might be rich. 2 Cor. 8:9, Luke 2:24.

 

    The fourth Hebrew letter is dalet, and even looks like the door it represents, and I think the meaning is obvious. There could be other letter - number combinations which have similar meanings.

 

   A veil is associated with a bride as part of her wedding raiment. Perhaps the veil that covered the doorway to the Holy of Holies has a similar symbolic meaning for the Bride of Christ.

 

   Water is associated with birth, as you mentioned, and is seen physically when a women gives birth, as usually the water breaks first.  Some say the tsunami was the water breaking in the travail of the earth. During the flood the water rose 15 cubits upward and the mountains were covered. Gen 7:20.The waters prevailed upon the earth 150 days. Gen.7: 24. This is connected to the number 1500.

 

   And this is one of the most amazing finds of all: the interesting figure of the 3 8s is reminiscent of a DNA molecule, a double helix, which is the building block or foundation of life, just as Jesus, the 888, is our sure foundation.      

   

    Ian Mallet, a dear friend who has written extensively about some of the number patterns in the Word, especially those in Gen. 1:1, has spent a lot of time online and on the phone with me explaining some of his discoveries. Some of his articles are linked from the homepage of Five Doves. We worked online together finding parallelograms in the matrix that he made based upon the numbers from Genesis 1:1. The arrangements of these parallelograms looked to me like the DNA double helix also. I will have to scan and then overlap the DNA design, but trust me, they made the same pattern. I have no idea what it means, maybe absolutely nothing, but it could be a confirmation of the orderly arrangement of creation by a Supreme Creator, showing us yet another facet of His infinite wisdom. 

 

    I would encourage those Doves who really enjoy searching out the hidden things in the Word, as there are abundant treasures there. Please share them with us, no matter how trivial you may think they may be. You could be holding the missing key that another Dove has been looking for to unlock a mystery. May God bless all of us as we search the Bible, which is the glorious and living Word of God!

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Thanks, Ellen! You have brought up a few very useful examples, some of which I have thought of before. You forgot to mention the FOUR bases of DNA. :)
John