Biblical numerology
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
When God created, He built in deliberate, masterful, design. And in that was his delight to conceal things that we may seek Him, and see the masterful detail in His creation.
Pro 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.
Some matters God has made plain to us, and yet sadly we can be blind to the most beautiful and obvious revelations God has made to us through his works.
Rom 1:20
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Tools
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[fn] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Numerology
The study of the significance of numbers in the bible. With extension to hidden 'checksum' codes in the bible.
Be contextual
Remember that the bible was not authored in english. So important nuances so get lost in translation, particularly where they need:
- An understanding of the native written language of the bible.
- As close to original text as possible.
- An understanding of culture.
- Combining the above to find hidden gems
A primer on Hebrew
- Hebrew has 22 letters int he alphabet
- Hebrew numbers are based on the alphabet
An acrostic example from Psalm 119
Psalm 119 is one of many examples of acrostics in the Bible.