![]() It is impossible to survive or simply exist in this world without being affected by numbers. Our house numbers, telephone numbers, bank account, the level of inflation, unemployment, starving children in the third world. Everything we deal with in the course of this life is controlled by numbers. In the end it is hard to disagree with the cynic's view that we each have just become statistics - numbers! Sadly, this world seems to be much better suited to deal with numbers than people.
But God views things very differently.
Two: The number of witness - Luke 10 v 1,2 Three: The number of Father, Son and Holy Spirit - 1 John 5 v 7 Four: The number of the creation (universal) - Isaiah 11 v 12 Five: The number of grace - Matthew 25 v 2 Six: The number of man - Genesis 1 vv 27-31 Seven: The number of completeness - Genesis 2 v2 Eight: The number of resurrection and of new beginnings - the 8th note of a scale is the beginning of a new scale. God longs for people, (not numbers) to turn to Him, away from sin. By trusting Him implicitly we can be sure that we will spend eternity with Him. God created the universe and its vast number of stars and planets and He wants to see multitudes of people saved out of this world's numbered system. |