Understanding Languages 6

Zechariah 2: 6 speaks of the house of Israel being scattered abroad as the four winds of heaven; the use of the number "4" by Zechariah implies that they are spread or scattered throughout the earth, even scattered unto the land of promise (Lehi).

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When one speaks of the resurrection, Ezekiel speaks of the resurrection with the four winds representing that the resurrection will be through the entire earth. (Ezekiel 37:9)

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When Christ speaks, employing parables, he uses four different types of soil representing the types and conditions of people to cultivate the word of God, which representation is symbolic of all the kindred, tongues and peoples of the earth's receptiveness to the gospel of Christ. (Matthew 13)

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The Number Five

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The number "5" represents two things: God's grace and man in his fallen state.

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In the time of Moses, the tabernacle had the number "5" represented throughout or that God's grace is being poured out upon the Israelites.

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Moses in the mount was told by JHWH: "Who serve unto the example of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle; for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed thee in the mount."

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Moreover, five sacrifices were required (a heifer, a goat, a ram, a dove, and a pigeon).

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If Israel complied with faith and complete obedience, it was believed that in the typifying of the Savior, Israel according to Moses, would be the recipient of God's grace.

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The portal temple or the tabernacle wherein these sacrifices were performed had the number "5" in all-pervading numbers, nearly every measurement was in multiples of five being a reminder and being a source from whence God's grace is made manifest.

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In other times, the temple represented the source of God's grace to mortal man as he completed various aspects of endowments and heavenly actions to remind him of the need to be in a place that was sin free, where the Lord dwells. (Revelations 21:27)

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For example, in Helaman 14:2, Samuel, the Lamanite, testified by prophesy that in a period of 5 years, the ultimate grace extended to mankind would be made manifest by God, in the birth of the Messiah Jesus Christ.

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Indeed, in the parable of the ten virgins, which is revealed in the Book of Matthew and in the Book of Mosiah, the five wise virgins who have oil in their lamps or who have the testimony of Christ, and they had righteousness in their hearts symbolized the grace of God, while the five unwise virgins represent fallen man,

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Those who have no oil or those that have not acquired a testimony of Christ in the flesh and they are foolish in being led astray by the enticement of the devil, who is an enemy to God;

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Thus, the five unwise virgins have not prepared themselves for the coming of Christ.

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Furthermore, in the building of the Nauvoo temple by Joseph Smith, above the door of the temple on the East door, he placed two hands clasping one another, one hand slightly higher than the other demonstrating a hand from heaven and a hand from the earth.

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This symbolizes the hand with 5 fingers in a clasping mode to exemplify the grace of God upon all those who enter the temple performing endowment work for the dead and the living; such actions have to be sealed by the holy spirit of promise as is written in the Doctrine and Covenants Section 78.

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The Number Six

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The number "6" in scripture means: deficit, imperfection, lacking, or the failure to attain completeness.

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Accordingly, the number "6" falls short of the number "7" because of imperfection or a failure, for example, of man to fall short of Christ.

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Thus, in the Book of Genesis, Abraham's six intercession for the city of Sodom and its people, illustrates mortal man's intercession in prayer unto God, which intercession falls short of divine intercession of Christ.

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If one might recall Paul's admonition to the Ephesians regarding the putting on the armor of God consisting of six different parts:

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The girdle, the breastplate, the sandals, the shield, the helmet, and the sword.

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Thus Paul preached to protect those who accept the gospel of Christ against the evil that can take eternal life away from them.

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The time maintained by mortal man is marked by the number six that equals the numbers: twenty-four (6 X 4) hours, twelve (2X6) hours in the day to twelve (2X6) hours in the night, sixty minutes in one hour, sixty seconds in one minute, and twelve (2X6) months in a year; which time is symbolic of the imperfection of time; because there is a leap year every fourth year.

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In Third Nephi 7:8, the Nephite people turned from the righteousness of the gospel principles within a six year time; Goliath was the manifestation of evil to the children of Israel, he having a stature of six cubits-six inches, he is described wearing six pieces of armor, and carrying a spear head weighing six-hundred shekels of iron.

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The description of Goliath symbolizes the height of evil or height of opposition to God's righteousness.

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Now, in view of this story regarding Goliath, one cannot complete the story as contained in holy writ unless a further examination is made of David.

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David chose five stones for his sling to fight Goliath; wherein David's approach to battle Goliath was with the grace of God, then one must bear in mind that David slew Goliath with one stone symbolizing the intervention of God in the ordeal.

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In the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Book of John, John describes the Savior's turning water into wine at a wedding at Cana (the place of Christ's first two miracles, John 2:1 and 4:46).

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Herein the Savior comes to a wedding, i.e., the Bridegroom cometh to meet the bride.

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For most people, it is nothing but a miracle since there was no wine brought or available as was custom at the time.

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For the "LDS church" members, this is the essence to them of the story because they lack for understanding what is involved in the story.

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Key and central to the story recorded by John are the six stone jars, the jars held water that was used for ceremonial washings under the laws of Moses.

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The two laws, one conflicting with the other, the law of Moses and the law of Christ that Christ brings, is represented in the difference between the old wine and the new wine, the new wine symbolizing the fulness of the gospel that Christ brings.

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Thus, one can understand the application of the story if one truly knows of the gospel laws and the true points of the doctrine of Christ, meaning that the six stone jars represent the imperfection of the laws of Moses and the changing of the water into wine represents the perfection of Christ in bringing a newness to the law of the gospel; the wine represents eternal salvation or the use of wine in the-a-then time to be introduced in the sacrament for the blood of Christ.

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Thus, Christ turns the Judaic water into wine in place of the waters of Judaism which in and of itself does not bring a remission, but only by his blood.

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The marriage is representative of the marriage of the Bridegroom and the Bride that all things shall change that the imperfection found in the 6th millennia time might bring forth the 7th millennial time of perfection or completion of his gospel unto righteous mortal and immortal man.

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Furthermore, putting new wine in old bottles lest it burst the bottle or old wine in new bottles lest it ruin the vintage represents that even the church becomes new lest the precepts of men ruin the church.

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Even that this church referenced is the Church of the Firstborn coming down out of heaven.

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"In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.

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Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."

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"For if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

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For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

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For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

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The Number Seven

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The number "7" is used more frequently than all other numbers in the scriptures, both the Old Testament and the New Testament including the Book of Mormon, to set forth the theology of God.

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The use of the number "7" among the Semitic people, of which people the house of Israel is a direct lineal descendant, illustrates their relationship to God.

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Indeed, Native American tribes do likewise in that the number "7" is not just theological but also cultural.

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The number "7" symbolizes: fulness, completion, totality, Eternity, entirety, and the spiritual perfection of God in all his works.

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Wherefore, the number "7" also carries greater emphasizes of the same when in multiples of the number "7".

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In the Hebrew language the word seven is "shevah" which is the root of the word "savah" - to be full or to be satisfied.

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Thus, in the Book of Genesis it states that on the seventh day of creation, God rested from the work of creation, or that God was fully satisfied with his work of creation because it was complete, perfect and because of it, he was satisfied.

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Therefore, God's work is spiritually complete or satisfying to him.

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Indeed, it behooveth all people who have a desire to learn truth that one must take into considerable thought and learning-the learning of language(s).

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In Hebrew the word "shevah" is identical to the Hebrew verb "shevah" that means "to take an oath".

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Thus, the word "shevah" for seven is connected to the verb "shevah" for covenant making, and covenants made between Noah and God; the covenant and promise made to Abraham, and the covenant made with Lehi and his family.

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These covenants and promises all pertain to the seventh millennial time to bring together all the acts of God that all things might be completed and perfected into the eternities or the immortality of righteous man.

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In the Book of Hebrews it says: "And others had a trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered in the deserts, and in the mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect."

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It is for this intent that God made promises and covenants with our forefathers because of their righteousness in him, and in a prayer of faith, they have looked forth to the coming of the Savior, and then they looked forward to the seed of Lehi to come forth again in restoration to do a work, and for that intent is the 7th millennial day or the final 1,000 years instituted from before the foundation of this world.

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What say ye at the knowledge of God that all things move in their times and seasons, and man has been given much in holy writ to understand what is to come to pass if ye only but read, ponder, and ask the Eternal Father if what ye have read is not true?

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There are many examples and use of the number "7" in the scripture, and I am not going to go through all those scriptures to support this writing, but I will employ one example that appears most applicable for the understanding of those who seek to understand God's writings to man.

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In the Book of Jude it is written that Enoch is said to be "…the seventh from Adam…" (Jude 1; 14)

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Enoch brought a perfect people in the likeness of God into the heavenly abode of God that they who were one and thereby they being perfected in God.

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In the Kabalah Jewish scholars consider that the number for Enoch is eighty-four (7 X 12) which number represents Enoch's perfection (number "7") and perfect priesthood (number "12").

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This might appear to be coincidental to what is found in the scriptures, but there are many other examples of the same employing other numbers to acts or occurrences in the scriptures.

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In the Book of Exodus 12: 15-19, God commanded Israel to remove all leaven from their homes for a period of seven months since leaven was a symbol for sin and corruption.

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Thus the removal of leaven represent the removal of complete sin and corruption from all Israel and from the lives of each Israelite.

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The Passover was the means whereby or it represented the atonement that would remove all sin from the house of Israel.

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Furthermore, in the tabernacle that Moses built, a number of things reminded the House of Israel the significance of their relationship with God. (Revelation 1:12)

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The seven branches of the candle place between the Holy Place (terrestrial kingdom) and the Holy of Holies (celestial kingdom) was the only source of light between the two windowless chambers and it was the only way to pass from the Outer Place to the Holy of Holies (the only path between the telestial kingdom to the celestial kingdom). Exodus 25: 31-32