EIGHT: sh’moneh in Hebrew, from the root shah’meyn “to make fat” or “to cover with fat” which means to super-abound. The first of a new series: there are seven days in a week; the 8th day is the beginning of a new series of days. It is the number of salvation, resurrection, and new birth/regeneration. Eight is the first cubic number (2 x 2 x 2). This is significant because the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle and in the Jerusalem Temple was the same height, length and breadth--a perfect cube [1 Kings 6:20]. Eight is the number of our salvation and the Second Coming. It is the day Christ arose from the dead [Matthew 28:1-28; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-8; John 20:1-10]. Eight (okto in Greek) days after the resurrection (in the literal Greek translation) Jesus appeared to his disciples a second time; this time with Thomas [John 20:26]. The eighth day, which is Resurrection Sunday (the day after the seventh day Jewish Sabbath), is the first day of the New Covenant. Eight people were saved in the ark during the Great Flood including Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives [Genesis 7:13]. On the 8th day of an Israelite male child’s birth, he entered the Sinai Covenant by the ritual of circumcision [Genesis 17:10-12; Exodus 22:29-30; Leviticus 12:3]. On the eighth day of the dedication of the desert Tabernacle, during the morning liturgical service, God lit the fire of the sacrificial altar. This day was commemorated in the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth) which was an eight day feast [Leviticus 23:36-39]. The feasts of Passover (Nisan 14th) and Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15th -21st ) lasted 8 days and marked the beginning of the Liturgical year [Leviticus 23:5-8], while the Feast of Tabernacles lasted 8 days and marked the end of the Liturgical year. The priesthood of Aaron and his sons was consecrated on the eighth day [Leviticus 9:1]. David, God’s anointed, is the eighth son of Jesse [1 Samuel 16:10-13]. There were eight classes of furniture in the Jerusalem Temple [1 Kings 6:15-8:9]. Solomon finished building the Temple in the eighth month of the seventh year [1 Kings 6:37-38; 8:1-2]. The celebration and dedication lasted eight days [1 Kings 8:66]. The dimensions of the Temple are based on the number eight [1 Kings 7:10]. The prophet Elijah performed eight miracles [1 Kings 17 - 2 Kings 13]. Jesus rose from the dead on the eighth day of His week of Redemptive Passion (Sunday is both the first day of the week and the day that follows the seventh day the old covenant Sabbath-- the eighth day) [Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1-2; Luke 24:1-3]. There are seven or eight petitions in the Lord’s Prayer depending on how they are counted [Matthew 6:9-13]. There are seven or eight Beatitudes depending on how one counts them [Matthew 5:1-12]. The gematria of Jesus in Greek, Iesous, is 888 (I = 10, e= 8, s=200, o=70, u=400, s=200). All the names for Jesus are multiples of 8 Scientists have identified eighty-eight constellations Scientists now believe there are only eight planets (Pluto’s erratic orbit suggests it was once a moon of Neptune) In the Book of Revelation: There are twenty-four elders around the throne of God (3 x 8) [Revelation 4:4]. There are four beasts with six wings each = 24 (3x8) [Revelation 4:6-8]. Twelve thousand from each tribe of Israel 144,000 = (8x15x100) [Revelation 7:4-8].
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