Over the last 25 years I have been looking for unique markers in the Bible. Psalms 117 has two of these significant anomalies:
1) Psalms 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible. Psalms 117 has only two verses with a total of 17 Hebrew words: “1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.” The 260 chapters of the New Testament plus 117 equals the 377 radius of a circle with a circumference equal to the Greek gematria of ‘JESUS CHRIST’ (2368).
2) Psalms 117 is the 595th and center chapter of the Bible. 595 plus (6+6+6) x 117 equals the gematria of Genesis 1:1 (2701). A circle is created from its center and its circumference is determined by the radius. When the radius is 117 the circumference is 735. Its diameter of 2 (number of verses in Psalms 117) x 117 plus the circumference of 735 equals the longest lifespan in the Bible – Methuselah’s 969 years. The 17th triangle number is 153. 969 is the sum of the first 17 triangle numbers. There were 153 fish caught in the net in John 21:11.
595 chapters to Psalms 117 plus all 260 chapters in the New Testament equals the sum of the ASCII codes for ‘JESUS CHRIST’ (855). 2 x (260 + 117) equals the Hebrew gematria for ‘Yehoshua HaMeshiach’ (754). When the circumference of a circle equals the Greek gematria of ‘JESUS CHRIST’ (2368) its diameter is 754.
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On January 3rd of 2021 the 117th U.S. Congress was sworn in.
The gematrias of the last three words of Genesis 1:1 (’heaven and earth’) total 1098. The four assassinated U.S. Presidents served a total of 4392 days. The exact average number of days served by these four assassinated Presidents is 1098. On January 17th (1.17) of 2021 President Trump will complete 1458 days in office. 4392 days (sum of four values) plus 1458 days equals: 5850, or 5 x 5 x 234, or 50 x 117, or 5^2 x 2 x 117. 522 is the sum of the ASCII codes for ‘Jesus’.
The 117th triangle number equals the current Jewish year 5781 plus 1122. JFK was assassinated on November 22nd (11.22) of 1963.
117 is the 86th composite number. 86 is the gematria of the third word in Genesis 1:1 (’God’). 86 + 117 equals 203 which is the gematria of the second word of Genesis 1:1 (‘created’).
Sunset of January 13th (1.13) of 2021 completes the 117th day of 5781. There are 2808 hours in 117 days. 2808 equals the gematria of Genesis 1:1 (2701) plus the rapture number (107). The 117 days of 5781 plus the 366 days of 2020 plus the first 13 days of 2021 equals the third perfect number (496). The Greek gematria of ‘JESUS CHRIST’ (2368) equals: 496 + (16 x 117). 496 is the 31st triangle number and 113 (January 13th) is the 31st prime number. 113 is also the first point of the ‘Prime Cross’ where the sum of its four points is 1948 (the year of Israel’s rebirth). The composite number gematria of ‘CENTER SHORTEST BIBLE CHAPTER’ is also 496. There are 16 ounces in one pound. 496 plus the number of ounces in 117 pounds also equals 2368. When 31 and 113 are the sides of rectangle, then each of the two diagonals through its center round off to 117. 31 pounds plus 117 pounds have a total of 2368 ounces. The perimeter of this rectangle plus its 2 diagonals equals the sum of the ASCII codes for ‘Jesus’ (522).
The Greek gematria of ‘JESUS CHRIST’ (2368) is the 2017th composite number. The center stone of the center row of the ‘Genesis 1:1 Triangle’ is stone number 2017. 2368 minus 2017 equals: 351 (the mirror image of 153 and the first reversible triangle number with different digits). 351 equals: 3 x 117.
The sum of the ASCII codes for the three digits in the number string ‘117‘ is 153. 153 minus 117 equals: 36. The 36th triangle number is 666. 666 is the sum of the ASCII codes for ‘HOLY BIBLE’.
There were 66 generations from God to Jesus through Solomon where Joseph’s family tree split at King David. There are 66 books in the Bible and there are 66 words in the Bible with a gematria of 117. 01:17 AM is the 77th minute of a day. There were 77 generations from God to Jesus through Nathan where Mary’s family tree split at King David. The sum of the ASCII codes for ‘King David’ is 881. 881 is the 153rd prime number.
On June 19th of 1988 thousands of overseas Vietnamese worldwide gathered at the Vatican for the Celebration of the Canonization of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. From 6.19.1988 to 1.07.2021 was 10 x 1189 days. There are 1189 chapters in the Bible. From 6.19.1988 to 1.17.2021 will be 20 x 595 days. Again, Psalms 117 is the 595th and center chapter of the Bible.
F-117 is the designation of the first operational stealth attack aircraft.
1-1-7 is the police emergency telephone number in Switzerland.
The Chinese Communist Party interfered with the 2020 Presidential election. Chinese dragons are usually depicted as having 117 scales.
117 is the smallest possible length of the longest side of an integer Heronian tetrahedron (one whose sides are all rational numbers). 117 is a pentagonal and Harshad number.
There are seven Hebrew words in Genesis 1:1. E.W. Bullinger wrote in his book “NUMBER in Scripture” that the prime number seven could be broken into the sum of the sides of the first two rectilinear forms that encompass an area: the three sides of a triangle and the four sides of a square. The sum of the three consecutive composite numbers: 38, 39 and 40 is 117. The sum of the four consecutive composite numbers: 27, 28, 30 and 32 is also 117. The sum of these seven composite numbers is 234 and the seven Hebrew words of Genesis 1:1 have a total of 28 letters.
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I hope to go home at some point during the seven day period from January 7th to January 13th of 2021. If we are still here, January 17th (1.17) of 2021 may be another day to watch.