This morning, after sending my teenage son to school, on my way back, I noticed these two words, BE PREPARED!, on the back of a vehicle in front of me. Without thinking and almost by reflex I immediately glanced at the dashboard for confirmation. My jaw dropped when these numbers met my eyes: 43713 (odometer) and 7:54 (clock).

713 is the prime number gematria of JESUS CHRIST, first discovered by Bible numericist, Bob Ware (see link). 754 is the Hebrew gematria of YEHOSHUA HAMASHIACH -- the Hebrew equivalent of JESUS CHRIST (see link).

Is the Lord Jesus issuing a warning to me that I should BE PREPARED? With a double confirmation from the Lord I was almost convinced that that is indeed the message. What's more my mind instinctively associated the number 43, (the leading digits of the odometer reading), to the 43rd book, the Gospel of John; since John is the name God gave me, so, yes, Jesus has just issued a warning to me to BE PREPARED!

As if the double confirmation is still not enough, trembling with excitement, I did a quick calculation of the actual time when I saw the words BE PREPARED since my car digital clock is fast by 16 minutes (something that irritates my wife no end and it continues to puzzle her why I refuse to set the time right :).

My jaw dropped a second time when I realized that by subtracting 16 from 754, the difference is 738, the Greek gematria of JESUS!

The Lord Jesus gave me a warning to BE PREPARED with a triple confirmation!

Wow!

John