Readers -

In my notes on the Dream of the White Room, I postulated that the hard wood floor in the Museum's main area was an indicator of Lebanon. Unknown to me until now, Lebanon actually means "whiteness" - so that is another indicator of the importance of the "white" color.

In looking at the word Lebanon, Strong's numbers prove reliable again.

Strong's hebrew number for Lebanon = 3844

going to the Bible Wheel site, I plugged 3844 into the various options available, anticipating that at least one verse or word with a gematria total of 3844 would have to do with Cedar (wood), that which Lebanon is famous for in the Bible.

Amen to God -  this is correct!

go here for a list of all the instances of Bible verses that have an in-text value of 3844:

http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.asp?SearchBy_Gematria=3844

third verse with a hebrew gematria total of 3844 =

1 Kings 6:10
"And then he (Solomon) built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar."

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That's how it works. This is one aspect of how God designed His Word. These numbers are interchangeable and a database like Bible Wheel clearly shows God's supernatural design again and again.

In this case, a Strong's number was also a gematria number for a matching verse on a known related subject. Lebanon and cedar timber.

I feel like this puzzle is solved, hallelujah to God. This is the way to navigate around God's word using Strong's numbers, basically. God hid some of His secrets in the Strong's numbers, and that is how you find them. I finally feel at peace in my soul after many years of struggle trying to understand these things. Even though the Lord has shown many startling examples, which I have shared, it wasn't until now I felt like it was finally over, and this was the answer. This is the place Strong's numbers have in His Design. They are just as valid to use for study as any other number in the God's Word.

Now all that's left to do is to stand in awe and praise at the Glory and the Majesty of God!

Jesus is Lord.