Last week we looked at the
numerical value of Jesus of Nazareth as well as the numerical value
of satan and it was exactly the same. Jesus became like satan on
the cross, He became like the ancient serpent.
How is that possible you might
ask?
Let's look at Numbers 21:7-9. The
Israelites sinned against the Lord once again and He sent poisonous
snakes amongst them. The people realized that they had sinned
against the Lord and asked Moses to pray for them and remove the
snakes otherwise they might all die. And this is what the Lord
answered in verse 8 "Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a
pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten,
when he looketh upon it, shall live". And it happened like that.
The plague stopped because they looked up at the snake at the top
of the pole.
Now look at John 3:14 where Jesus
is talking of Himself. "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up."
Jesus was referring to Himself as
the serpent. And if you look at Revelations 12:9, the same Greek
word for serpent is used to describe satan.
Jesus therefore knew that He had to
take on the sins of the whole world and by doing that, He had to
become evil, He became the serpent. The whole expanse turned into
darkness when all the sins were placed on Him and even the Father
and the Holy Spirit had to leave Him as they cannot tolerate sin or
be close to it due to their holy nature. He became black so that we
can become white (righteous). And all we have to do is look up to
Him to be healed of our sinful nature.
This is confirmed with the number
2197, representing the number of satan and Jesus of Nazareth. It
consists of the number 13 x 13 x 13. And the number 13 represents
sin, bitterness and rebellion. So in essence the numbers seem to
indicate that Jesus became like satan, full of sin, bitterness and
rebellion. He took on all the sins of the whole world and became
like sin.
Wow. How amazing. Of all the things
Pilate could have written, he wrote Jesus of Nazareth, whose
numerical value showed exactly what He was here to do. He was here
to take the world's sins on Him and become the serpent which was
satan, so that we can be freed from his stronghold on us. We can
only look up to Him and be saved.
How wonderful is our God! Jesus is
our glorious Savior!
Thank you Father, thank you Jesus.
We don't know what else to say, but may our lives reflect our
gratitude towards You! Amen