There are many special numbers in the Bible, that is what this blog is about, but it is clear that the most special number is seven. The evidence is simple. Seven by far the most frequently referenced number. And seven,…
Category: <span>Bible Numbers</span>
If you think that God is not interested in numbers then I have news for you. The evidence says that God loves statistics. In this blog I will look at that evidence through the Bible’s use of two numbers –…
Luke’s account of Christmas has a census as the reason Jesus birth took place in Bethlehem. As we come into the Christmas season I want to reflect on the nature of what statisticians do, in the light of the Bible’s…
It is the season of “mellow fruitfulness” – harvest – and thus also the season for tithing. At least it was until 1977 in England. Today we will look at the connection between ten – as in the ten commandments…
Why Twelve? Twelve is fundamental number in the Bible it appears almost 190 times in various configurations. Most importantly there are twelve tribes and twelve apostles. It is a special number, a holy number, a perfect number. But where…