O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 117:1,2
Greetings to all the readers in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am very glad to update that I am writing my 49th article which is a special one because 49 itself is a very special number, 49 = 7x7. So, this article is also going to deal with a Biblical numerics and that's why the topic name is 117. This should be a certainly chapter.
I have written a lot about the number 17 in the past. But, here I am going to write about a special number 117. As the title verse have Psalm 117, you can thing about Psalm 117 which is the smallest chapter of the Bible that contains just 2 verses. But, today we will see few other special about 117. My grandfather, D. Paulraj was a visionary prophet who had many visions throughout his life and he interprets the dreams and they exactly fulfill as his interpretations. He died 12 years before on 1 March, 2008 at the age of 85. Before his death, when he lost his strength and bed ridden, he insisted me frequently to read the smallest chapter of the Bible which is 117. He used to say, "Oh, my grandson, I am not able to read as my eyes are not able to see. So, I just wanted to hear the smallest chapter." Then I used to read him Psalm 117.
It was 12 years since he passed away. But, what a man of God he was !. Just few months back, God revealed me why He insisted on Psalm 117 and He showed me the following amazing calculation. As we know, there are total 66 books in the Bible. When we split into OT and NT, there are 39 books in the old testament and 27 books in the New Testament. If we use 3, the number of trinity, to divide these we get the following calculation.
39/3 = 13 (Number that marks rebellion and judgement for rebellion)
27/3 = 9 (Number of love and the fruits and gifts of Holy Spirit)
When we multiply the results, we get 13 x 9 = 117. Psalm 117 is not only the smallest chapter but it is also the middle chapter of the Bible with 594 chapters before it and 594 chapters after it. The total number of chapters in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is 1189. If we divide the total number of books by 3, we get 66/3 = 22. There are 22 alphabets in the Hebrew language. The book of Revelation has 22 chapters. Psalm 119 contains 22 divisions with each one associated with one Hebrew letter (Aleph to Tav) and each division contains 8 verses. The 22nd letter of Hebrew is Tav and this letter in Hebrew pictogram represents the cross. The 22nd book of the Bible is Song of Songs. The Song of Songs actually represents the Holy of Holies. It expresses the divine love between a male and female in their physical consummation to represent Jesus, the groom taking His Holy Bride with Him. It expresses the beauty of the Holy bride representing the true church. The real wonder is the Song of Songs too has 8 chapters (that represents Salvation) and the total number of verses in these 8 chapters is 117.
Not only that, but the total number of chapters in the first three books of the Bible is 50 (Genesis) + 40 (Exodus) + 27 (Leviticus) is 117. Amazing organization of the books and chapters, isn't it? The Holy Bible though written by various anointed people and arranged by different persons, we have the confirmation that it is written by Holy Spirit Himself. God has an amazing way of representing His handiwork.
Let's look into Psalm 117. There are just 2 verses. First verse says Praise the Lord. Second verse speaks about the grace and truth. The two verses simply spoke about Jesus Christ. John 1:17 (again see 1:17) says that the law was given through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. In the entire Bible, only one person has two names together and that is our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the first name which means He will Save His people from their sins and the second name Christ is a title which means Messiah or the Anointed One. There are 2 verses just to represent that our Lord has two names Jesus Christ which in turn represents His Grace and His Truth. That's what the second verse says. His mercy and truth are forever. Praise the Lord.
I believe this is one of the lot many hidden gems in the scriptures to be discovered and whenever Lord reveals I will update in this blog. May God bless you all. I praise my Lord with rejoicing and heart full of thanks that He enabled me to write 49 articles in the blog which is one of the greatest achievement. God bless you with His richest blessings. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, love of the Father and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Greetings to all the readers in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am very glad to update that I am writing my 49th article which is a special one because 49 itself is a very special number, 49 = 7x7. So, this article is also going to deal with a Biblical numerics and that's why the topic name is 117. This should be a certainly chapter.
I have written a lot about the number 17 in the past. But, here I am going to write about a special number 117. As the title verse have Psalm 117, you can thing about Psalm 117 which is the smallest chapter of the Bible that contains just 2 verses. But, today we will see few other special about 117. My grandfather, D. Paulraj was a visionary prophet who had many visions throughout his life and he interprets the dreams and they exactly fulfill as his interpretations. He died 12 years before on 1 March, 2008 at the age of 85. Before his death, when he lost his strength and bed ridden, he insisted me frequently to read the smallest chapter of the Bible which is 117. He used to say, "Oh, my grandson, I am not able to read as my eyes are not able to see. So, I just wanted to hear the smallest chapter." Then I used to read him Psalm 117.
It was 12 years since he passed away. But, what a man of God he was !. Just few months back, God revealed me why He insisted on Psalm 117 and He showed me the following amazing calculation. As we know, there are total 66 books in the Bible. When we split into OT and NT, there are 39 books in the old testament and 27 books in the New Testament. If we use 3, the number of trinity, to divide these we get the following calculation.
39/3 = 13 (Number that marks rebellion and judgement for rebellion)
27/3 = 9 (Number of love and the fruits and gifts of Holy Spirit)
When we multiply the results, we get 13 x 9 = 117. Psalm 117 is not only the smallest chapter but it is also the middle chapter of the Bible with 594 chapters before it and 594 chapters after it. The total number of chapters in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is 1189. If we divide the total number of books by 3, we get 66/3 = 22. There are 22 alphabets in the Hebrew language. The book of Revelation has 22 chapters. Psalm 119 contains 22 divisions with each one associated with one Hebrew letter (Aleph to Tav) and each division contains 8 verses. The 22nd letter of Hebrew is Tav and this letter in Hebrew pictogram represents the cross. The 22nd book of the Bible is Song of Songs. The Song of Songs actually represents the Holy of Holies. It expresses the divine love between a male and female in their physical consummation to represent Jesus, the groom taking His Holy Bride with Him. It expresses the beauty of the Holy bride representing the true church. The real wonder is the Song of Songs too has 8 chapters (that represents Salvation) and the total number of verses in these 8 chapters is 117.
Not only that, but the total number of chapters in the first three books of the Bible is 50 (Genesis) + 40 (Exodus) + 27 (Leviticus) is 117. Amazing organization of the books and chapters, isn't it? The Holy Bible though written by various anointed people and arranged by different persons, we have the confirmation that it is written by Holy Spirit Himself. God has an amazing way of representing His handiwork.
Let's look into Psalm 117. There are just 2 verses. First verse says Praise the Lord. Second verse speaks about the grace and truth. The two verses simply spoke about Jesus Christ. John 1:17 (again see 1:17) says that the law was given through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. In the entire Bible, only one person has two names together and that is our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the first name which means He will Save His people from their sins and the second name Christ is a title which means Messiah or the Anointed One. There are 2 verses just to represent that our Lord has two names Jesus Christ which in turn represents His Grace and His Truth. That's what the second verse says. His mercy and truth are forever. Praise the Lord.
I believe this is one of the lot many hidden gems in the scriptures to be discovered and whenever Lord reveals I will update in this blog. May God bless you all. I praise my Lord with rejoicing and heart full of thanks that He enabled me to write 49 articles in the blog which is one of the greatest achievement. God bless you with His richest blessings. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, love of the Father and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
