Alan Dale Gross
Active Member
The Numbers 10, 100, 1,000.
"The Numbers Ten and it's Multiples (100, 1000) often Illustrates the Fullness of whatever is in view,
without it "necessarily" being the Totality.
"As a Practical Illustration, Monday would be a Full Day, but not the Totality of the Week.
"Likewise Ten would Represent the Fullness or Completeness of that Particular Day,
but not necessarily the Totality of the Whole Week which that Day is part of.
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"A perfect Biblical example is the Beast of Revelation chapter 12 and chapter 17, with it's 7 heads and 10 horns.
"The Number seven Illustrates the Totality or total length of time of Satan's authority (heads) and rule (crowns),
while the ten horns Illustrates his rule only near the End of the World. i.e., as said in Revelation 17,
the ten horns had no kingdom as yet (when revelation was written), but is Prophesied to reign one hour with the Beast.
"The ten horns Signified the Fullness of Time (10) that these kings would have power (horns) to reign with the beast.
It's called a short season, but it is the Fullness of Time within the Time context of the rule of this Beast!
"That Number Ten Signifies that Fullness of Time.
"Likewise, the Multiples of Ten, as Ten Times Ten (100)
or Ten Times One Hundred (1,000) illustrate the Completeness or Fulness of whatever is in view,
without it necessarily being the Totality of it.
...
As an example, look at the Parable of the Silver Money.
Luke 15:8;
This is Numerical Symbolism which shows the believer's search for lost souls representing those who are to be Saved.
When we have Found what was lost, the Batch will be a Full or Complete Treasure.
The Number Ten Signified the Fullness of believers there.
We are the Silver which is Found by the Lighted Candle.
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"This is just like the Parable of the One Hundred (multiple of 10) sheep,
Luke 15:3-5;
The Number One Hundred there Signified the Fullness of believers which are shepherded over.
...
Likewise in the Multiple of 10x100 = 1,000, it Signifies the Fulness of whatever is in view.
Isaiah chapter Seven speaks about the First Coming of the Lord (verse 14) and says,
Isaiah 7:23;
and One Thousand Silverlings (not 1001 or 999)?
When we look at the verse carefully we see that God is using Numerical Symbolism to Signify
that where there was the Fullness of vines, there will be briers and thorns.
"The Number One Thousand is not to alert us to the exact Literal Number of vines,
or the exact Literal Number of One Thousand Silverlings (pieces of Silver Money),
rather that Number One Thousand Illustrates where the Fullness of vines once were,
and where the Fullness of Treasure was, it is changed to briers and thorns.
Not Literally every place where One Thousand Pieces of Silver were, was it to also be where One Thousand Vines were.
The words One Thousand are merely being used to Signify a Very Large Amount (but, nevertheless, 'FINITE'),
but not Literally a Thousand, necessarily.
Deuteronomy 7:9;
Alan's note: Remember if we just guesstimate 'a Generation' to be approximately '35 years', or so,
then, 1,000 X 35 = 35,000 years is what these would represent and we've only a little over 6,000 years so far.
When: "God is saying that His Word is Commanded to All Generations, not just Literally One Thousand Generations.
"But God is using the Number Thousand here to show Spiritual Consistency in Representing the Fullness.
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"Likewise in Revelation chapter 20, where it speaks of The One Thousand Year Millennial Reign of Christ.
That One Thousand Years is the perfect example of God using Numerical Symbolism,
to Represent the Time Period, between Jesus' First Advent and His Second Coming.
"The One Thousand Years, in Revelation 20:4-6, Signifies the Fullness of Time of the Reign of Christ,
during the Very Long and Full, but Finite, Time Period, between Jesus' First Advent and His Second Coming,
along with the Binding of Satan,
and the rest of the dead live not again, before the Second Resurrection, after The Thousand Years,
of that Very Long, but Finite, Time Period,
which God there uses Numerical Symbolism of "a Thousand Years", to Symbolize, or Represent.
"Not the Totality of Time from the Beginning, and not Literally One Thousand Years,
but IT'S TALKING ABOUT a Fullness of Time between events spoken of there",
WHICH ALL TAKE PLACE OVER the Very Long and Full, but Finite, Period of Time, between Jesus' First Advent and His Second Coming,
i.e., OUR CURRENT NEW TESTAMENT ERA, CHURCH AGE, IN WHICH WE ARE NOW LIVING.
That is what The Thousand Years in Revelation 20 is intended to mean.
"The Numbers Ten and it's Multiples (100, 1000) often Illustrates the Fullness of whatever is in view,
without it "necessarily" being the Totality.
"As a Practical Illustration, Monday would be a Full Day, but not the Totality of the Week.
"Likewise Ten would Represent the Fullness or Completeness of that Particular Day,
but not necessarily the Totality of the Whole Week which that Day is part of.
...
"A perfect Biblical example is the Beast of Revelation chapter 12 and chapter 17, with it's 7 heads and 10 horns.
"The Number seven Illustrates the Totality or total length of time of Satan's authority (heads) and rule (crowns),
while the ten horns Illustrates his rule only near the End of the World. i.e., as said in Revelation 17,
the ten horns had no kingdom as yet (when revelation was written), but is Prophesied to reign one hour with the Beast.
"The ten horns Signified the Fullness of Time (10) that these kings would have power (horns) to reign with the beast.
It's called a short season, but it is the Fullness of Time within the Time context of the rule of this Beast!
"That Number Ten Signifies that Fullness of Time.
"Likewise, the Multiples of Ten, as Ten Times Ten (100)
or Ten Times One Hundred (1,000) illustrate the Completeness or Fulness of whatever is in view,
without it necessarily being the Totality of it.
...
As an example, look at the Parable of the Silver Money.
Luke 15:8;
- "Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
- doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?"
This is Numerical Symbolism which shows the believer's search for lost souls representing those who are to be Saved.
When we have Found what was lost, the Batch will be a Full or Complete Treasure.
The Number Ten Signified the Fullness of believers there.
We are the Silver which is Found by the Lighted Candle.
...
"This is just like the Parable of the One Hundred (multiple of 10) sheep,
Luke 15:3-5;
- "And He spake this Parable unto them, saying,
- What man of you, having an Hundred sheep, if he lose One of them,
- doth not leave the Ninety and Nine in the wilderness,
- and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
- And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing".
The Number One Hundred there Signified the Fullness of believers which are shepherded over.
...
Likewise in the Multiple of 10x100 = 1,000, it Signifies the Fulness of whatever is in view.
Isaiah chapter Seven speaks about the First Coming of the Lord (verse 14) and says,
Isaiah 7:23;
- "And it shall come to pass in THAT DAY, that every place shall be,
- where there were a Thousand vines at a Thousand Silverlings,
- it shall even be for briers and thorns. With arrows and with bows shall men come hither;
- because all his land shall become briers and thorns."
and One Thousand Silverlings (not 1001 or 999)?
When we look at the verse carefully we see that God is using Numerical Symbolism to Signify
that where there was the Fullness of vines, there will be briers and thorns.
"The Number One Thousand is not to alert us to the exact Literal Number of vines,
or the exact Literal Number of One Thousand Silverlings (pieces of Silver Money),
rather that Number One Thousand Illustrates where the Fullness of vines once were,
and where the Fullness of Treasure was, it is changed to briers and thorns.
Not Literally every place where One Thousand Pieces of Silver were, was it to also be where One Thousand Vines were.
The words One Thousand are merely being used to Signify a Very Large Amount (but, nevertheless, 'FINITE'),
but not Literally a Thousand, necessarily.
Deuteronomy 7:9;
- "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the Faithful God,
- which Keepeth Covenant and Mercy with them that Love Him and Keep His Commandments to a Thousand Generations;"
- "Be ye mindful always of His Covenant; the Word which He Commanded to a Thousand Generations,"
- "He hath Remembered His Covenant Forever, the Word which He Commanded to a Thousand Generations."
Alan's note: Remember if we just guesstimate 'a Generation' to be approximately '35 years', or so,
then, 1,000 X 35 = 35,000 years is what these would represent and we've only a little over 6,000 years so far.
When: "God is saying that His Word is Commanded to All Generations, not just Literally One Thousand Generations.
"But God is using the Number Thousand here to show Spiritual Consistency in Representing the Fullness.
...
"Likewise in Revelation chapter 20, where it speaks of The One Thousand Year Millennial Reign of Christ.
That One Thousand Years is the perfect example of God using Numerical Symbolism,
to Represent the Time Period, between Jesus' First Advent and His Second Coming.
"The One Thousand Years, in Revelation 20:4-6, Signifies the Fullness of Time of the Reign of Christ,
during the Very Long and Full, but Finite, Time Period, between Jesus' First Advent and His Second Coming,
along with the Binding of Satan,
and the rest of the dead live not again, before the Second Resurrection, after The Thousand Years,
of that Very Long, but Finite, Time Period,
which God there uses Numerical Symbolism of "a Thousand Years", to Symbolize, or Represent.
"Not the Totality of Time from the Beginning, and not Literally One Thousand Years,
but IT'S TALKING ABOUT a Fullness of Time between events spoken of there",
WHICH ALL TAKE PLACE OVER the Very Long and Full, but Finite, Period of Time, between Jesus' First Advent and His Second Coming,
i.e., OUR CURRENT NEW TESTAMENT ERA, CHURCH AGE, IN WHICH WE ARE NOW LIVING.
That is what The Thousand Years in Revelation 20 is intended to mean.