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This is from Bulinger notes:
THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF GOD!
The expression Myhl)h ynb (Beni Ha-Elohim), "Sons of God," occurs seven times!*
* One of them is slightly different, yh-l) ynb (Beni El-hai), "sons of the living God." Thus the human and divine element is seen in the six and seven (see p. 164).
Now the gematria of this expression is exactly 153. Thus:
b = 2
n = 50
y = 10
h = 5
) = 1
l = 30
h = 5
y = 10
M = 40
153
In Greek, the expression exhibits in another form the same phenomena, the gematria being 3213, or 3 x 7 x 153.
It is very remarkable, in connection with this, that in Job 2:1 we have "Beni-ha Elohim with Satan among them." The gematria of this phrase is 1989, and the two factors of this number are 153 and 13 (13x153=1989).
The word συγκληρονόμος (sunkleeronomoi), "joint-heirs" (Rom 8:17), amounts to 1071, the factors of which are 153 and 7 (153x7=1071).
The expression συγκληρονόμος Χριστός (sunkleeronomoi Christou), "joint heirs with Christ" (Rom 8:17), amounts to 2751. Now the factors of 153, as we have seen, are 9 and 17, and the number 2751 is three times the nine hundred, plus seventeen, viz., 3 x (900 + 17) = 2751.
The expression Χριστός θεός (ktisis Theou), "the creation of God," is 1224, or 8 x 153.
In the record of the miracle itself there are some remarkable phenomena:—
The word for "fishes" ἰχθύς (ichthues), is by gematria 1224, or 8 x 153.
The words for "the net" are τό δίκτυον, and by gematria this also amounts to 1224, or 8 x 153, for it is unbroken, and carries the precious freight from "the right side" of the ship safely to the shore, and "not one is lost."
Quite a new thought has recently been given by Lieut.-Col. F. Roberts, who finds that amongst the multitudes who received direct blessing from Christ there are recorded exactly 153 special individual cases! We append his list, with one or two alterations: and if any names appear to be missing, it will be found on examination that there is good reason for omitting them; e.g., Nathanael is the same as Bartholomew; while Matthias, and Barsabas (Acts 1:23), Joses, Barnabas (Acts 4:36), Stephen, though they with many others may have received blessing from Jesus Himself, and probably did, yet it is not so stated. Of course Zacharias, Elisabeth, John the Baptist, Joseph, Simeon, and Anna, are not included, as they were all in blessing before the birth of Jesus.
The following is the list:—
1.The leper, Matt 8:2 (1)
2.Centurion and servant, Matt 8:5 (2)
3.Peter's wife's mother, Matt 8:14 (1)
4.Two possessed with devils, Matt 8:18 (2)
5.Palsied man and bearers [Mark 2:3], Matt 9:2 (5)
6.Jairus and his daughter, Matt 9:18 (2)
7.Woman with issue of blood, Matt 9:21 (1)
8.Blind men, Matt 9:27 (2)
9.Dumb man, Matt 9:32 (1)
10.Eleven Apostles, Matt 10:2 (11)
11.Man with withered hand, Matt 12:10 (1)
12.Blind and dumb devil, Matt 12:22 (1)
13.Brethren of the Lord [Acts 1:14] Matt 13:55 (4)
14.Syrophoenician woman and daughter, Matt 15:22 (2)
15.Lunatic child and father, Matt 17:14 (2)
16.Blind men (leaving Jericho),* Matt 20:30 (2)
17.Simon the leper, Matt 26:6 (1)
18.Mary (sister of Lazarus. See Nos 32 and 47), Matt 26:7 (1)
19.Centurion; Matt 27:54 (1)
20.Salome (mother of Zebedee's children), Matt 27:56 (1)
21.Mary (mother of James, and wife of Cleopas), Matt 27:56 (1)
22.Mary Magdalene, Matt 27:56 (1)
23.Joseph of Arimathaea, Matt 27:57 (1)
24.Man with unclean spirit; Mark 1:23 (1)
25.Man, deaf and dumb, Mark 7:32 (1)
26.Blind man, Mark 8:22 (1)
27.Son of the widow of Nain, Luke 7:12 (1)
28.A woman, a sinner, Luke 7:37 (1)
29.Joanna and Susanna, Luke 8:3 (2)
30.A disciple—"follow Me", Luke 9:59 (1)
31.The seventy disciples, Luke 10:1 (70)
32.Martha, Luke 10:38 (1)
33.Woman with infirmity, Luke 13:11 (1)
34.Man with dropsy, Luke 14:2 (1)
35.The ten lepers, Luke 17:12 (10)
36.The blind man (approaching Jericho),** Luke 18:35 (1)
37.Zaccheus, Luke 19:2 (1)
38.Malchus [John 18:10], Luke 22:51 (1)
39.Penitent thief, Luke 23:43 (1)
40.The two disciples at Emmaus, Luke 24:13 (2)
41.Nicodemus, John 3:1 (1)
42.Woman of Samaria, John 4:4 (1)
43.Nobleman and sick son, John 4:46 (2)
44.Impotent man (Bethesda), John 5:1 (1)
45.Woman taken in adultery, John 8:11 (1)
46.Man born blind, John 9 (1)
47.Lazarus, John 11 (1)
48.Mary, mother of Jesus, John 19:25 (1) = (153)
* Bartimeus being one of them (Mark 10:46), these two being healed as Jesus left Jericho.
** The blind man (No. 36) was healed (Luke 18:35) "as He was come nigh unto Jericho," and therefore is additional to the two who were healed as He was leaving Jericho (No. 16). See Matt 20:30; Mark 10:46.
We give the above not as an alternative solution, but as an additional illustration, believing that all may be true; and at any rate, that all contribute to, and increase the cumulative evidence in support of the same great and blessed fact, that it is true of the Lord's people as it is of the stars, "He calleth them all by their names" (Psa 147:4). The book of Exodus is the book in which we first hear of redemption (Exo 15:14), and the Hebrew and divinely canonical name for this book is "THE NAMES," because His people are redeemed by name!
This is the lesson of the 153 great fishes.
Bulinger's Numbers In Scriptures (i think? - just some notes layin around)
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Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous (Matthew 13:47-49).
Perhaps this already happened?
Rom 9:27 Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Rom 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Rom 9:29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah.
Rom 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
Rom 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Rom 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offense: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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After the conclusion of World War II, divisions among the nations continued. In the late 1980s, Robert Vandermaten contacted someone at the United Nations in order to pinpoint exactly how many nations existed at the time. Imagine his amazement when he discovered there were 153 nations recognized in the world!
Hummmmm.... That would have been around the time that Israel became a Nation as well ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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The Prophecy of the 153 Fish
Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn (John 21:11).
After 28 years of reading and studying the Scriptures, I am convinced that every word, phrase and number in the Bible is divinely positioned. At times a prophetic clue is hidden within the Scriptures, and must be researched by comparing verse with verse. Such an example is John 21.
In this narrative, Christ had risen from the dead and was with His disciples on the shores of Galilee. The disciples had caught a huge number of fish in a net. They were amazed that the net did not break . . . as had happened on other occasions (see Luke 5:6).
Nowhere in Scripture do we find that fish were counted, except on this occasion. Could a prophetic meaning be hidden within this event, a meaning that could speak to us today?
The Net and the Fish
When searching for Biblical insight, we must always allow the Scriptures to interpret themselves. Jesus told His disciples He would make them “fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19). In Scripture, the net and the sea can represent the nations of the world. This truth is alluded to in the parable of Matthew 13:47-49:
Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous (Matthew 13:47-49).
In this parable, the net and the fish represent the nations of the world that will be separated, the good from the bad, at the end of the age. Saint Jerome, in his commentary on Ezekiel 47, stated that there were 153 different species of fish. He assumed that the 153 fish in John 21 referred to going into the entire world and preaching the gospel to all nations.
On the other hand, Augustine said that 153 is the sum of the numbers 1 through 17. Seventeen is 10 plus 7.
There were 10 sayings that created the world.
There were 10 generations from Adam to Noah.
There were 10 generations from Noah to Abraham.
Further, by taking 153 and breaking down its three primary numbers, we have:
100 (which alludes to the fullness of the Gentiles)
50 (which alludes to the fullness of Israel’s rest)
3 (which alludes to the fullness of the Trinity)
As you can see, 153 is a number that alludes to completeness, or fullness!
Hebrew Gematria
One of the laws of hermeneutics (interpreting the Scripture) among Jewish rabbis is called gematria. It is the root word from which we get the word geometry. Using Hebrew gematria, the letters of the Hebrew alphabet have a numerical value. The alphabet can be interchanged for numbers, and the numbers can be interchanged for the alphabet. This is also true of the Greek alphabet.
In the early church, the fish became a symbol of Christianity. In fact, the fish was probably used long before the Roman emblem of a cross. This fish emblem was called the ICHTHUS. These letters form an acrostic for the words, Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior. The abbreviation is IXO, and has a numerical value of 153!
With this knowledge, we can see that Jesus was letting them know that He was God’s Son!
The 153 Nations
If we compare Scripture with Scripture, the sea is the world and the fish can allude to the nations of the world. In the parable, a net is cast and the fish are caught. Soon, a separation occurs as the good is separated from the bad.
Could it be that there will be a total of 153 nations at the very end of the age? It is true that the number of nations fluctuate with political movements and as a result of wars. At the conclusion of World War I, the world began to divide into various nations as Russia annexed surrounding countries under the control of the Soviet Union. At that time there were just over 100 nations in the world.
After the conclusion of World War II, divisions among the nations continued. In the late 1980s, Robert Vandermaten contacted someone at the United Nations in order to pinpoint exactly how many nations existed at the time. Imagine his amazement when he discovered there were 153 nations recognized in the world!
Presently, there are well over that number. The United Nations currently recognizes 191 nations. Again, political shifts and amalgamations affect the number. For example, Yugoslavia was once a single nation. Since the fall of Communism in Yugoslavia, the country has been divided into five nations recognized by the U.N.: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
It is important to remember that during the Tribulation, nations will fall under the control of the Antichrist. This will create another shakeup among the nations of the world.
It could be that the 153 fish were a hidden clue, revealing that 153 nations would exist at the end of the age. This seems possible, considering the fact that the primary numbers composing 153 (100, 50, and 3) can allude to Gentile fullness, Israel’s fullness and spiritual fullness.
This is an interesting idea to consider.
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