was thinking about my 11th grandchild's birthday being 11/11/11 and this thread came to mind ...
John 11:11
Jesus raises Lazrus
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazrus sleepeth: but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
hmmm ...
companion verses
Deuteronomy 31:16
Joshua commissioned as Moses' successer
And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Daniel 12:2
the time of the end
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 9:24
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
Acts 7:60
the martyrdom of Stephen
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
and my grandaughter whose birthday was 1/1/11
John 1:1
the pre-existent word
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God.
and my son-in-law whose birthday was 1/11/11
2 Peter 1:11
growing in grace
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lrd and Saviou Jesus Christ.
cool
that was fun ...
Biblical mathematics ...
1 = the unity of God
11 = judgement and disorder