The number 153 is interesting. We hear of
the number 153 in the gospel of John regarding
the number of fish caught in the net. John 21:11 “Simon
Peter went up, and drew
the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred
and fifty and
three: and for all there
were so many, yet was not the net broken.”
The number 153 appears elsewhere as well.
The length of the Grand Gallery in the Great
Pyramid of Egypt is 153 feet;
the square root of 153 is 12.3693 which
when divided into the length of the solar year
in days (365.2422) yields 29.528, the number of
days in the lunar cycle; the number of courses
of masonry from the floor of the King’s Chamber
to the summit of the Great Pyramid is 153; the
maximum height ever achieved in masonry when
building the Gothic cathedrals was 153 meters in
the tower of the Beauvais Cathedral in France
(it collapsed in a short time, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvais_Cathedral and view the photo to be
impressed by the incredible height of the choir
and the vaulting).
Of course the number 153 is interesting
in it own right. Its
divisors are 1, 3, 9, 17, 51, and 153. It is the 17-th
triangular number, that is it is the sum of the
first 17 digits. Using Gauss’ formula
for pairs: (1+2+3+… +16+17)= (1+17)+(2+16)
+…+(8+10)+ 9= 8(18)+9 = 153. The number 153 squared is
153x153=23409. The aliquot factors (not
including 153 and 1) have a product of 23409
also: 3x9x17x51= 23409. If we pair the
factors then their products are all 153:
1x153, 3x51, 9x17. The sum of the cubes of
the digits in 153 add to 153:
1x1x1+3x3x3+5x5x5=153.
The sum of the divisors of 153 is
1+3+9+17+51+153=234 which is the number given by
Vincent Tan’s angel for gas money (see http://www.choicesforliving.com/spirit/part3/angels.htm). This was the third encounter with the
angel on December 23, 1993, and the angel
prayed: “Oh most holy and powerful God in
heaven, we know you are coming very, very soon.
Help us now in your own time and way. In Jesus’
name. Amen.”
The Bible verses that the angel, who
called himself Gabriel, read were: Matt. 24:36
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”,
Matt. 24:42 “Watch therefore: for ye know not
what hour your Lord doth come.”, John 14:1-3 “1Let
not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God,
believe also in me. In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also.”, and
Rev. 3:11 “Behold, I come quickly: hold that
fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown.”.
An interesting puzzle might be to find a
fitting number for the servant (4-th) candle in
the 7-candle menorah, given the numbers for the
6 arms were: 1,3,9 and 17,51,153. Notice that
3=1x3, 9=3x3, and 51=17x3, 153=51x3. The sum of the left
three candles is 13 and the right three candles
is 221 and 221/13=17. My
selection would be 153 as the 4-th
candle value, then the divisors needed to obtain
the left candles would be the values of the
right candles. This provides a symmetrical
balance that is pleasing!
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See Five Doves message by
Bob Ware
(http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/feb2011/bobware223.htm)
for additional information on 153 as a rapture
date predictor, perhaps pointing at 8/28/2011.
See Five Doves message by Kevin Heckle
(http://www.fivedoves.com/ac/kevinh129.htm) for
additional information on 153 and other numbers
of interest such as 666.