The Bible Number 9 Most of the religions maintain numbers carry hidden meanings which are supposed to carry the secrets of universe. Every number is associated with gods, goddesses, gemstones, superstitions, colours, flowers etc. As such many people refer biblical numerology as it contains numerous achievements while Etchegoyen called it an expression of the power of the Holy Spirit. The number 9 is seen an eternal number of human immortality when it comes to freemasons. The biblical number 9 was taken as sacred in Greece and Egypt as well. It is the last number of finalization and is therefore considered as the most complex and the number marking the full lighting up of numerical series. It is also the number of man and depicts gestation which is also a period of nine months. It is the number of hierarchy; it represented nine choruses of angels. It is also a favourable number associated to the eternity. Biblical number nine is a symbol of multitude and totality of human being according to Parmenides. It represents three divine manifestations through three plans which are world of spirit, world of soul, world of matter thus giving it a triple manifestation of 3 x 3. According to bible, number 9 has got a lot of spiritual significance. When Jesus Christ was nailed on the cross, he expires at the ninth hour. Also Jesus appears a total of nine times to his apostles and disciplines after his resurrection. As specified by Saint Paul, there are nine spiritual gifts of God which are wisdom, knowledge, faith, gift of healing, to operate miracles, prophecy, discreetness of spirits, tongues and to interpret them. Also Saint Paul listed nine fruits of spirit which are love, joy. Peace, patience, kindness, goodness, truthfulness, gentleness and self control. Number nine is also associated with Hoshea, son of Elah who became king of Israel in Samaria and ruled for nine years. A very holy saying from Jesus Ben Sira in Ecclesiastic also supports the holiness of biblical number nine. He says, “There are nine things I can think of which strike me as happy and a tenth one which is now my tongue”.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:43:38 +0000
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