The number ten is regarded as the most perfect of numbers, because it contains the Unit that did it all, and the zero, symbol of the matter and the Chaos, of which all came out; it then includes in its figure the created and the non-created, the beginning and the end, the power a...
40: Trials and Transformation The number 40 is another recurring figure in the Bible and seems to be closely associated with times of trial and testing that lead to transformation. When God commands Noah to build the ark, the rains flood the Earth for 40 days and 40 nights. When the Isr...
The number 7, according to Ambroise, corresponds to the Old Testament but he sees it also as the number representing the virginity. Thibaut of Langres gives also this attribute to this number because it is the only one of the first nine numbers which does not father and the only one which...
these coincidences have irrational explanations. What, for example, should be made of the following similarities (not all of them numerological) between U.S. PresidentsAbraham LincolnandJohn F. Kennedy, taken from a far more extensive list in Martin Gardner’sThe Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix(...
declaration of faith (shahādah), prayer (ṣalāt), fasting duringRamadan, giving alms (zakāt), and making the pilgrimage to Mecca (thehajj). Prayers are said five times every day. There are five categories ofIslamic lawand five law-giving prophets (Noah,Abraham,Moses,Jesus, andMuhammad)....
the 40 years in the desert wilderness and on into the land of Canaan. . This page was brought about due to a series of dreams and visions I had over the last 10 years. For most of that time, I was not aware what the number 72 meant except that I knew it had value. It was ...
In Genesis 17:9–14, God tells Abraham, “For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised.” This act is a symbol of the covenant between God and Abraham—Abraham agrees that his people will follow the Lord, and God promises to protect Abraham...