The Bride

                           

Copyright ã 2003 Rivkah Ministries By M. Larry Perrino

 

 

 

 

During the last Bible Study we pondered God’s perfect justice.  Tonight we will end by reflecting upon His perfect judgment.  When we think about it, we should realize that true and righteous justice actually demands judgment.  We are going to enter into the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation; as we do we will learn that the nineteenth Hebrew letter is absolutely related to the events described in that chapter.

Count	Heb Char.	Hebrew Name	Heb. Value	Hebrew Literal Meaning	Hebrew Symbolic Meaning	Hebraic Rabinical Meaning	Rough English Equiv.
19	Q	Kopf	100	Back of the Head	Behind, the last, least	Holiness and Growth cycles Heb – “Kedusha” is holiness	Q

 

 

 

 

 The Hebrew word for holiness is Kedushah.  Kedushah begins with the nineteenth Hebrew letter (Q) “kopf.”  It follows that, kopf is the letter of holiness, as the writer of Hebrews says “holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Heb 12:14).  Kopf also has a secondary and related meaning which is “cycles of growth.” 

The repetitive seven-day week cycle climaxing in the Sabbath and the seven-year cycle climaxing in Shemittah (Sabbatical year), and the seven-Shemittah cycle climaxing in Yovel (the year of Jubilee) were all designed to remind the Jews that God watches over them in all seasons.  All of these cycles are intended to lead the Jews into ultimate freedom!

However, the cycles were intended to lead the Jew to more that freedom, they were intended to lead humanity to the Messiah who will restore all things, “Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things” (Acts 3:21).  The Messiah will restore humanity to the original state when Adam and Eve walked in perfect harmony with each other (marriage) and with God.  Revelation nineteen marks the point in time when the Messianic Era begins and when the heavenly voices proclaim, “Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready” (Rev 19:6-7).

Notice how heavenly cycles identified in Psalms (the nineteenth book of the Bible); Psalm 19 is particularly interesting because it ties together the concepts of cycles and marriage, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit (koph) unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof” (Ps 19:1-6).  Psalm 19 is the only Psalm that uses that word “kopf” translated into circuit.  Did you notice that the concept of marriage is completely integrated? 

Based upon Biblical usage, nineteen obviously relates in a symbolic fashion to faith.  Perhaps the most eye-catching Biblical example that supports this concept is Hebrews eleven, the “faith chapter.”  In this narration of the faithful, there are nineteen persons or groups which are referred to as operating “by/through faith:” “Through faith we (1) understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God” (Heb 11:3); “By faith Abel (2) offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice” (Heb 11:4); “By faith Enoch (3) was translated” (Heb 11:5); “By faith Noah, (4) being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house” (Heb 11:7); “By faith Abraham, (5) when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went” (Heb 11:8); “Through faith also Sara (6)herself received strength to conceive seed” (Heb 11:11); “By faith Isaac (7) blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come” (Heb 11:20); “By faith Jacob, (8) when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph” (Heb 11:21); “By faith Joseph, (9) when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones” (Heb 11:22); “By faith Moses, (10) when he was born, was hid three months of his parents” (Heb 11:23); “By faith (Joshua implied (11)) the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days” (Heb 11:30); “By faith the harlot Rahab (12) perished not with them that believed not” (Heb 11:31); (By faith implied) “of Gedeon” (13) (Heb 11:32); (By faith implied) “and of Barak”(14) (Heb 11:32); (By faith implied) “and of Samson”(15) (Heb 11:32); (By faith implied) “and of Jephthae” (16) (Heb 11:32); (By faith implied) “of David also”(17) (Heb 11:32); (By faith implied) “and Samuel” (18) (Heb 11:32); (By faith implied) “and of the Prophets” (19)  (Heb 11:32).

Let’s review some of these various individuals as we search for patterns.  Moses who received the Ten Commandments is the tenth in the list; Abel whose faith caused division (meaning of number 2) is the second; Enoch “walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Gen 5:24), is the third name listed (three stands for “resurrection”); Noah’s name is listed fourth (four stands for the world.)  During the days of Noah the flood destroyed the old world.  Jacob is the eighth (eight is number representing a new birth or new beginning); he was the second born of a set of twins (new birth) from the womb of Rebekah, “when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb” (Gen 25:24).  Finally, David is the seventeenth listed (seventeen is the number for victory.)  Through faith he was victorious over every enemy!

So far we have discovered that the concepts which under gird the number nineteen are associated with faith and the growth cycles of God.  As we consider how we as individuals fit into the faith chapter, we realize that we are actually a part of the first of the nineteen listed above, “Through faith we (1) understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God” (Heb 11:3).  Now what does that mean?  Does it mean simply that God spoke and it happened?  Let’s stop and discuss what you think that phrase means.  Since we are among those who are first listed, then we better “understand that (how) the worlds were framed by the word of God!”

Now we are going to study the number nineteen to see if we can learn some secrets that it may hold especially with regard to how “the worlds were framed by the word of God.”  I remember years ago talking to a woman that was making a wedding dress; she made sure that it had seven veils, and seven silk roses, and seven petticoats.  Obviously, she wanted the dress to express God’s perfection and completion in that marriage.

The language of mathematics is made up of nine digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.  Zero (which is really merely a placeholder) was unknown until about 2400 years ago; in reality, there are really only nine digits.  This means that the digits 1 and 9 act like a set of bookends to the other seven digits; these two special numbers especially when participating with each other demonstrate some very interesting properties.  In the language of mathematics, the number nineteen is somehow a kind of common denominator.  Notice in the table (at left) that when the multiples of 19 are processed by adding their elements to arrive at a single numerical digit the result is an interesting repeating pattern from 1 to 9 which goes on repeatedly for infinitely.

The number nineteen is the eighth (new beginning) prime number (a number divisible only by itself and one).  These first eight prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, and 19.  Nineteen is an unusual prime number, and the last prime number that we will examine during our study of the Book of Revelation.  Nineteen has some interesting properties as we have already observed; nineteen is the sum of the first powers of 9¹ and 10¹ and it is also the difference between the second powers of 9² and 10².  Notice this concept in the formulas that follow: 9 + 10 = 19 and 100 - 81 = 19.

A rather famous Jewish Rabbi named Judah suggested that nineteen represents God’s own signature on everything.  His whole concept is quite interesting; he attempts to explain how God has placed a base-19 mathematical pattern upon the entirety of His creation.  Rabbi Judah’s explanation of that interesting pattern which is observable both in the scriptures as well as in the universe is documented in his work entitled “19: The Creator's Signature.”   Interestingly, Moslems believe that nineteen is an authentication code, which guarantees the perfection of every parameter of the Quran.  Moslems believe that the regular periodic occurrence of nineteen is proof that their scriptures originate from the Almighty.

Galileo made an interesting and famous statement when he said, “Mathematics is the language with which God created the universe.”  We are going to investigate the Scriptures in hopes of discovering how they reveal a mathematical structure; we will specifically search out the concept that the number 19 is somehow a common denominator.  We will also search elements from the natural world in hopes of uncovering secrets concerning how the number 19 may represent God's signature upon His creation.  Many claim that His divine stamp appears throughout the universe in much the same way that an artist’s signature identifies his own works. 

According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, the sun, the moon, and the earth become aligned in the same relative positions once every 19 years.  Essentially, every nineteen solar years, the moon revolves around the earth 235 times.  This means that 235 lunar months equals about nineteen solar years. Therefore, the solar (Roman – Gregorian) calendar and the lunisolar (Hebrew) calendar are instruments of the heavenly bodies which show an exact alignment with each other every nineteen years.

God gave humanity the heavenly bodies so that we could mark time by them, “let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years” (Gen 1:14).  The problem is that we humans tend to focus upon only one of two different cycles; there is one that uses the sun and one that uses the moon.  These two cycles are not compatible with each other since twelve lunar months add up to 354 days, which is more than 11 days short of a solar year (365.25 days/year –vs–354.75 days/year).

Virtually every calendar therefore picks on only one of these systems and proceeds from that point.  The lunar-based Jewish calendar, for example, completely ignores the solar cycle; in like fashion, the solar-based Gregorian calendar (today’s “secular” universal standard calendar) is completely disassociated from the lunar calendar except for the fact that the standard Gregorian calendar usually shows the four phases of the moon throughout the month. 

The only way that we can marry these two dissimilar systems, which measure the cycles of time without compromising the integrity of either system, is to recognize the overriding nineteen-year time cycle that rules over both of these calendars.

According to the apostle Peter there is one specific chronological concept of which we must not be ignorant, “be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Peter 3:8).  Since we obviously take this statement to be true and literal and since we know that God’s universal clock operates on a nineteen year time-cycle the question naturally arises, “How many 19-year time-cycles are there in 1,000 years?”  The answer proves to be quite curious and astonishing!  There are 52 complete 19-year time-cycles in 1,000 years.  It cannot be mere coincidence that there are also 52 (7-day) weeks in a year.

There are only about three scriptures in the Bible containing the number nineteen. When nineteen is mentioned, it represents divine order connected with judgment since it is a combination of nine (judgment) with ten (perfect order); another way of considering nineteen would be that it represents God’s “perfect judgment.”  xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx

With that concept in mind let’s read Genesis chapter nineteen where two angels journeyed to Sodom after being part of a visitation between the LORD and Abraham; while in Sodom the angels rescued righteous Lot and then executed God’s perfect judgment against the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.   The cities were so morally bankrupt that the angels had to strike the lascivious intruders with blindness in order to preserve Lots home during the night before the destruction of the cities.  It is interesting that this chapter consists of exactly 38 verses, (38 = 2 x 19).  You may be surprised to learn that Gomorrah is mentioned exactly nineteen times in the Old Testament; indeed, the first time where this name is mentioned is Genesis chapter ten and verse nineteen; (how is that for coincidence?)  Sodom is actually mentioned more that 38 times in the Old Testament; however, Sodom is mentioned in exactly 38 verses (again we see 2 x 19.  No, this is not mere coincidence?)

It is also interesting that in verse nine, (significant of judgment) the people of Sodom accused Lot of judging them, “This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door” (Gen 19:9).  It should not surprise us to learn that the word “judge” is the ninth Hebrew word in Genesis 19.

And then we observe Jonah who was commanded to go and preach to Nineveh (which by the way appears in exactly nineteen verses).  The message to Nineveh was that they must repent or be destroyed.  The Book of Jonah therefore, suitably typifies God’s perfect judgment and the theme of the number nineteen. The Holy Spirit confirms this concept; why else would Jonah’s name be used exactly nineteen times in the Old Testament?

Recognizing that nineteen occurrences of Biblical elements has a definite meaning, we cannot help but notice that the word, “condemn” which comes from the Greek word kat-ak-ree’-no, occurs exactly nineteen times in the New Testament.  This word means to pronounce judgment against, or to judge worthy of punishment.  Kat-ak-ree’-no is derived from two Greek roots, kata meaning “according to,” and krino which means “judgment.”  This second root word kree’-no occurs 114 times in the New Testament which by the way is (6 x 19).  Do not forget that the Greek word kree’-no (equivalent of “judgment” in the English) occurs 114 times.  Later, we are going to observe that 114 forms a special image.

The first time this word “condemn” is uttered out of the mouth of Jesus, He mentions it in the context of Ninevah, “the men of Nineveh (which we have already seen is mentioned in exactly 19 verses) shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; (which we have already seen is mentioned 19 times in the Old Testament) and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here” (Matt 12:41-42). 

You may be asking yourself, “How does all this information regarding judgment and faith relate to Revelation chapter 19?”  Let’s read the first portion of that chapter and keep our eyes open to God’s perfect judgment, “And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. (When God’s perfect judgment is manifest, His elders and angels worship Him!) 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” (Rev 19:1-6).  We studied last week how, “Justice and judgment are the habitation” (Ps 89:14) of His throne!  Chapter nineteen of Revelation is the beginning of the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy, “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever” (Isa 9:7).

Last week we studied from the Book of Jeremiah concerning, “Jehovah-Tsidkenu” (The Lord Our Righteousness), “this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” (Jer 23:6); what grabs our attention in this study is that the verse just before speaks of judgment and justice, “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth” (Jer 23:5).  The beginning of everlasting judgment and justice upon the earth can take place only after He judges “the great whore!” 

Notice the earliest recorded judgment pronounced from the mouth of the Lord in Genesis, “And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return” (Gen 3:13-19).  Here we find that all three: the serpent, the woman and Adam each receive a portion of the curse.  Isn’t it interesting that the most severe aspect of the curse is found in verse nineteen?

You might not have noticed that the first occurrence of the Hebrew word “yalad” which means to beget, is used in the previous passage, “thou shalt bring forth.”  The point is that this Hebrew word is first used in connection with Gods judgment.  Interestingly, the Hebrew word yalad is used in the Book of Genesis 171 times (9 x 19, or judgment times Gods perfect judgment).  Because it is repeated in several different passages, the word actually appears in only 133 (7 x 19) verses in Genesis.  This proves beyond all doubt that judgment and the number nineteen are closely associated with each other.

Can we find other hints of the number nineteen in the opening chapters of Genesis?  Yes!  Notice that the numerical value of the name Eve, Hebrew () pronounced chavah totals nineteen; what is even more interesting is that Eve was made from Adam’s rib “tsalo.”  The numerical value of tsalo is 190 (19 X 10).  There is obviously some form of integration between the words “rib” and “Eve!”  Further, these two words somehow relate to the concept of nineteen.  We cannot get away from nineteen!  In fact, the number 190 (sum of the Hebrew word for rib “tsalo”) is the 19^th triangle number (shown as a watermark on this page). 

You will recall when we studied the fifteenth chapter of Revelation that the number fifteen naturally had inherent characteristics, which portrayed the concept of a higher dimension.  We said that fifteen was a triangle number and that it was geometrically related to both of its major factors 5 & 3; when arranged as an equilateral triangle it has three sides with a length of five whose interior is also a triangle (as shown upper left).  It is interesting that 21, (the 6^th triangle number), has an external perimeter the sum of which is fifteen (as shown upper left).  Notice how those fifteen items (representative of the higher level) seem to be at a higher dimension than the internal six (representative of man).  This concept again shows up in the 19^th and 20^th triangle numbers!

Now, let’s notice some interesting mathematical concepts in the natural realm particularly regarding what mathematicians call “star numbers;” and “triangle numbers.”  Both of these special classes of numbers display some rather interesting and unusual mathematical properties.  If you would like to learn more about the geometric aspects of Scripture or other concepts we have so far studied, you can obtain a copy of the Rivkah Ministries Bible Studies entitled, “The Star of David,” & “Finding Paradise in the Bible.”  You can obtain copies from the Internet at http://www.Rivkah.org.

We have studied the concepts how faith and judgment are related to nineteen.  However, these are not the only two concepts associated with nineteen.  Nineteen has several other related concepts, which we must investigate in order to get the full picture.

Do you remember the original question that led to our earlier discussion?  We discussed that the first of the nineteen people of faith listed in the Book of Hebrews focused upon us; let’s take another look at that specific passage; “Through faith we (1) understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God” (Heb 11:3).  Our question was, “What does it mean that the worlds were framed by the word of God?”  Let’s take a closer look now at some of the secrets submerged beneath the number nineteen.  Since “we” “understand” that the worlds were framed by the word of God.  Let’s begin with the section where “the worlds were framed,” “In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth” (Gen 1:1). 

During our study of chapter seventeen we investigated the first verse of the Bible.  However, now we are going to search yet another layer beneath that which we have previously plumbed.  We are now going to include the mathematical perspective that under girds those seven words.  Our belief is that the number nineteen is somehow implicated in the very words of creation.  Let’s begin by looking at the next layer of the table below:

Bªree'shiyt	baaraa'	'Elohiym	'eet	hashaamayim	wª'eet	haa'aarets
In the beginning	created	God	ta        the Alpha & the Omega	Heavens	and	earth
tycarb	arb	myhla	ta	<ymch	taw	Jrah
913	203	86	401	395	407	296

The first thing that we discover is that those seven Hebrew words add up to the sum 2701.   At first that sum seems rather unimportant; however, when we begin to search for the factors that make-up that number we discover quickly that 2701 has only two factors beside itself and one; the other two factors are opposites (palindrome) 37 and 73.  Now, these two numbers are especially important!  Take notice of the graphic (at left).  That visual aid pictorially illustrates the first four star numbers; the first eight star numbers are identified as follows: 1, 13, 37, 73, 121, 181, 253, and 337.  Obviously, the third and fourth star numbers 37 and 73 are the only two factors of (2701) the value of the first verse of the Bible!  Again, this is no coincidence! 

Further, when we consider the properties of the third star number (37) we learn that those properties are truly amazing.  Notice (at left) how the number thirty-seven is unquestionably associated with the name, Jesus Christ.  The amazing numeric properties associated with Jesus and the number 37 do not end there.  Notice in the passage, “Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Cor 4:4), the Greek words, “Image of God,” add up to the sum of 1369 which “happens” to be = (37)*(37) or 37². 

We know that Jesus is known as the, “Word;” we see this illustrated three times in the first verse of John’s Gospel, “In the beginning was the Word, (Lógos) and the Word (Lógos) was with God, and the Word (Lógos) was God” (John 1:1).  That special Greek word (Lógos) adds up to the sum of 373.  This number happens to be the 74^th prime number; therefore 373 has no factors.  However, the remarkable number 373 can be expressed by the following formula: 7*37 + 6*19!  This is remarkable because it brings us back to the numbers (19 and 37), on which we have been focusing!  You might wonder, “How can (19 and 37) be expressed by a picture?”  The image (above) is made up of 37 total elements.  It is known as a centered hexagon, which means that all of its elements can be arranged into the shape of a hexagon with one element (the nineteenth) at the center.  Notice further that the inner hexagon (see inside area) represents the number 19.  In the same fashion, 37 happens to be the core hexagon of the star number 73 (notice the star number 73 (largest color star above) has a core hexagon of 37.)

Thirty-seven is a most unusual number; it has one certain property that makes it extremely rare.  That rare property is that it is both a centered hexagon as well as a star number (see both structures at left).  The first six known numbers that share these same rare qualities are: 1; 37; 1,261; 42,841; 1,455,337; and 49,438,621.  Obviously, there are not many numbers (6 in 50 million) that are both a centered hexagon as well as a star number at the same time. 

Notice in the figures (at left) that they share a common core hexagon of 19, this makes 19 a most influential number. 

Now change your focus to the color image (below left).  Because of its numeric value, it can be representative of the Greek word, “Lógos;” it is made up of 373 elements and is broken down into six centered hexagons of 19 and seven star numbers of 37 (which have a core hexagon of 19)!  Nineteen is the heart of both numbers (images).  Notice that the Hebrew word for “the heart” halev () adds to the sum of 19 using the ordinal value of l; and, it adds up to 37 when we use the standard value of l.  Notice the formulas: 19 = 5 + 12 + 2 (ordinal value); and, 37 = 5 + 30 + 2 (standard value).  We also must realize that the number 19 comes into view in the heart of Genesis 1:1 since the sum of the verse is 2701 and its factors are 37 and 73.  Nineteen is the common denominator or the point of marriage between the centered hexagon number 37 and star number 73 (both of which are factors of 2701, the sum of the Bible’s first verse).  This also means that there is a base-19 numerical correlation between Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1     

It may surprise you that God’s own stamp upon each of us is manifest through the medical fact that the human body has 209 bones (19 X 11).  Notice the passage, “And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” (Gen 2:23).  Notice what Adam did just moments earlier, “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living” (Gen 3:20).  The name Eve in (Gen 3:20) is Chavah (); you guessed it, that word Chavah () adds up to the sum of 19!

There is a mysterious aspect of marriage and faith associated with the number nineteen.  We have earlier observed that nineteen speaks to the concept of faith.  Notice the story of Lot’s faithless wife, “(Lot’s) wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt” (Gen 19:26).  She became a pillar of salt because of her faithlessness.  On the other hand, Jesus told his faithful, “Ye are the salt of the earth” (Matt 5:13).  Our faith literally relates to salt!

Additionally, we are also going to learn that the number nineteen figures prominently in the phrase “the body of Jesus.”   After Jesus’ crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathaea “besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus” (John 19:38).  The exact Greek words written in that passage which are translated into “the Body of Jesus” are (To Soma tou Ihsou) =    what is utterly amazing is that phrase has the Greek value of 2869 (151 X 19).  Clearly, the “body of Jesus” or His flesh relates to the number nineteen.     

Now we can pick-up with Revelation nineteen and take note of the marital aspects of that chapter, “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God” (Rev 19:7-9).

Now at the end of this study we come to His righteous judgment and war, “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh” (Rev 19:11-21).

The very last word of the nineteenth chapter of Revelation ends with the word “flesh” the Greek word “sarx”.  The apostle John wrote the word “sarx” in nineteen other passages besides the verse, Revelation 19:18.  This leads us to a final concept associated with the nineteenth Hebrew letter Koph.   The apostle John wrote, “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh” (2 John 7).  The Greek word “sarx” is translated into the English word “flesh.”  We cannot help but notice that the sum of the Greek letters for “sarx” totals 361 (19 x 19 or 19²).  Sarx is used in a very important passage concerning Jesus, “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).  In order to complete the course of marriage with His church, Jesus had to become flesh so that His bride could become, “bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh!”

With the understanding that (sarx) or “flesh” is definitely related to nineteen, consider the following passage spoken by Jesus in Matthew chapter nineteen, “For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” (Matt 19:5-6).

Jesus has already become part of our flesh, “But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16).  Since he is part of our flesh, let’s remember John’s warning, “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.  This is a deceiver and an antichrist” (2 John 7).

Since Jesus is already in us, then we must keep ourselves from the spiritual adulteries of which Israel so easily fell victim, “How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers” (Isa 1:21).  Jesus warned, “Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels” (Mark 8:38). 

Indeed, we are the just and faithful bride of the Lord, “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul” (Heb 10:38-39).

Jesus totally adjusted the calendar and became our Jubilee; He has come to set us free from Babylon!  Therefore let us prepare, “for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready” (Rev 19:7)!