Did you know there’re folks out there that are Biblical Numerologists? What’s that you say? Me too. I found that it’s the study of numbers and their relationship to events in the Bible. Those folks are able to relate specific Biblical events with specific numbers. For instance, Jesus’s transfiguration on the Mount was witnessed by three people, John, Peter and James. Jesus prayed three times in the garden before he was arrested. There were fourteen generations from Abraham to King David, fourteen generations from King David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen generations from the Babylonian exile to the birth of the Messiah. Who knew? The Biblical Numerologists. Anyway. You get what I’m talking about. Numbers are significant in the Bible or they wouldn’t be there. Remember, God breathed.
I’m into numerology too. I study numbers and their impact on my life. Sounds a bit like the dark side, doesn’t it? Palm reading, tarot cards, and lucky lottery numbers, right? Wrong. I’m not into that kind of numerology.
I’m into egg numerology. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. Haven’t you counted your chickens before they hatched? I count the number of eggs I get each day and make a mental note. Simple as that. She’s lost her mind, you say and quite right you are, just not about egg numerology. You know we have these seven chickens, my girls. Each evening when I go to the barn, with great anticipation I count the number of eggs I gather. Egg numerology. What else would you call it? The number of eggs my girls lay has a direct impact on the number of egg sandwiches we will eat at our house. See.
It would stand to reason that with seven chickens I would get seven eggs. That’s just not how it works though. Some days I get six eggs. Some days I get four eggs. Yesterday I got three eggs. Three eggs from seven chickens. I have a few slackers. So, daily, I count.
When I think of numbers in the Bible, my mind quickly goes to this verse:
And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to him than a whole flocks of sparrows. Luke 12:7
He knows the very number of hairs on my head. Think about that. Did you know the average human head loses 50-100 hairs a day. That’s just gross, I know. Here’s the point. The hairs on my head change daily, hourly, minutely – by the numbers. Do you know what that means? It means that the God of the Universe, the Creator of All finds me so valuable that He knows when I lose a hair on my head, or when one grows in. It means that every time my hair count changes, He knows about it! But, it’s not my hair that’s significant. If he cares about the insignificant things about me enough to take note of them, how much more does He care about the significant things that have to do with me. Me, Beth, and you too. Because He cares that much for me, I need have no fear. He cares so much that:
He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He ransoms me from death and surrounds me with love and tender mercies. Psalm 103:3-4
Do you know what ransom means? Ransom is a price paid. It means a rescue from punishment. It means deliverance. It means redemption. Ransom, the price paid to release a slave from bondage. I’m the slave and sin is my bondage. Without Him, there is no deliverance from my sins which are too numerous to count.
For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give my life as a ransom for many. Matthew 21:28
So, here’s a little of Beth’s Biblical Numerology for you…there’s a direct connect between my sin, my bondage, and Christ. My sins and the sins for all were paid for by a Thirty-Three year old, the One and only child of God, on One Cross in Three Days.