God's favorite numbers

[Luther073082]

Ok obviously we all know that God has his favorite numbers. If you havn't noticed God's favorite numbers are 3, 7, and 12. (There are a few others too such as 144, (12 squared), and 40 but those are the big ones)

Now I also noticed that 2 of those three numbers are prime numbers. (3 and 7)

When I first realized this a while back it immediatly made me think of the movie "Contact" where the alien life that contacts earth (by radio transmissions) does so by sending the sequence of prime numbers. And they did this to prove that they where intelligent beings. . .

Maybe I'm totally off base here on this but do you think that it may be possible that God is trying to communicate something with these numbers? I mean have you ever wondered. . . "Why 3?" "Why 7?" "Why 12?" and more importantly why do these numbers come up over and over and over again in the bible from Genesis to Revelations? Its clearly not a coincidence as often as they come up.

 

[Blank123]

meh... If we needed to know why God chose a certain number of days to carry out an event we would be told. but if the Bible is silent on it then it makes about as much sense to dwell on that as to dwell on, 'why did God choose to make both the ocean and the sky blue and what is the significance of the colour blue to God?'

 

[Luther073082]

So you don't think God was trying to say anything subtle or teach us something subtle?

 

[kingoffools13]

*quietly dons his tin foil hat*

K
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[memoriesbymichelle]

I think everything in the universe is mathematically driven.

 

[Luther073082]

Well I think everything in the universe is mathematically predictable if you have all the correct variables.

My wonder is why God uses these numbers over and over again and if the numbers have special significance that we can understand perhaps outside of a biblical context.

 

[Tinkerbell33]

Ok obviously we all know that God has his favorite numbers. If you havn't noticed God's favorite numbers are 3, 7, and 12. (There are a few others too such as 144, (12 squared), and 40 but those are the big ones)

Now I also noticed that 2 of those three numbers are prime numbers. (3 and 7)

When I first realized this a while back it immediatly made me think of the movie "Contact" where the alien life that contacts earth (by radio transmissions) does so by sending the sequence of prime numbers. And they did this to prove that they where intelligent beings. . .

Maybe I'm totally off base here on this but do you think that it may be possible that God is trying to communicate something with these numbers? I mean have you ever wondered. . . "Why 3?" "Why 7?" "Why 12?" and more importantly why do these numbers come up over and over and over again in the bible from Genesis to Revelations? Its clearly not a coincidence as often as they come up.

I have wondered that too, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

 

[radhead]

Numerology.

 

[SonicBOOM]

Ok obviously we all know that God has his favorite numbers. If you havn't noticed God's favorite numbers are 3, 7, and 12. (There are a few others too such as 144, (12 squared), and 40 but those are the big ones)

Now I also noticed that 2 of those three numbers are prime numbers. (3 and 7)

When I first realized this a while back it immediatly made me think of the movie "Contact" where the alien life that contacts earth (by radio transmissions) does so by sending the sequence of prime numbers. And they did this to prove that they where intelligent beings. . .

Maybe I'm totally off base here on this but do you think that it may be possible that God is trying to communicate something with these numbers? I mean have you ever wondered. . . "Why 3?" "Why 7?" "Why 12?" and more importantly why do these numbers come up over and over and over again in the bible from Genesis to Revelations? Its clearly not a coincidence as often as they come up.

you gotta look at it with a peotic eye. 3 symblizes something [I can't remember] 7 symblizes perfection while 6 symblizes imperfection. 12 symblizes goverment [12 Apostles, 12 profits, 24 elders]. and 40 symblizes testings and trails.

 

[.Sabre.]

3 is the Trinity.

 

[Bindilar]

Ok obviously we all know that God has his favorite numbers. If you havn't noticed God's favorite numbers are 3, 7, and 12. (There are a few others too such as 144, (12 squared), and 40 but those are the big ones)

Now I also noticed that 2 of those three numbers are prime numbers. (3 and 7)

When I first realized this a while back it immediatly made me think of the movie "Contact" where the alien life that contacts earth (by radio transmissions) does so by sending the sequence of prime numbers. And they did this to prove that they where intelligent beings. . .

Maybe I'm totally off base here on this but do you think that it may be possible that God is trying to communicate something with these numbers? I mean have you ever wondered. . . "Why 3?" "Why 7?" "Why 12?" and more importantly why do these numbers come up over and over and over again in the bible from Genesis to Revelations? Its clearly not a coincidence as often as they come up.

Hmm. It sure is a mystery, Kirk.

meh... If we needed to know why God chose a certain number of days to carry out an event we would be told. but if the Bible is silent on it then it makes about as much sense to dwell on that as to dwell on, 'why did God choose to make both the ocean and the sky blue and what is the significance of the colour blue to God?'

Wise answer, Sheri.

 

[sinning machine]

1 as it is complete in its self, being not divided by another

 

[MehGuy]

An all powerful being has favorite numbers?!?!?!

I wonder what God's favorite color is..

 

[trentlogain2]

i think numerologies, typologies and other things like that have their place, but many times preachers blow them way out of proportion. people come up with stuff that makes you wonder..where in the world did you come up with that??