Dear John and five doves,

The other day at work, I was playing around with prime numbers when something got my attention.  I noticed the date 7-4-1776.  Backwards you get 3 primes which is 47, 67, 71.  The reason it caught my attention because that date was when the Declaration of Independence was signed.  I did a 5 x 5 grid.  Here are the first 25 prime numbers:

02 03 05 07 11

13 17 19 23 29

31 37 41 43 47

53 59 61 67 71

73 79 83 89 97

The numbers in bold are very important dates.  47 is the 15th prime and it’s above the 20th prime 71.  And the 19th prime is 67.

7-4-1776 was the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  On 11-29-1947, Israel petitioned to have Israel become statehood.

From July 4, 1776 to November 29, 1947 is 171 years and 148 days.  On May 14, 1948, Israel became a nation again.  That’s 171 years and 315 days from the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  May 14, 2018 is almost 71 years from the November 29, 1947. When you count 71 weeks from May 14, 2018, you get to, hold on to your hat, September 23 - 29, 2019.  God is amazing.  September 29th starts Rosh Hashanah at sundown this year.

Sara