1000 Multiple Mortalities and God
Introduction
J J Dewey in his book, The
Immortal about his interactions with John the beloved revelator, teaches that a
person (human conscious entity rooted in decision) evolving in his/her upward
journey toward godhood will experience roughly 1000 mortal lives by the time it is
accomplished.
There is some interesting validation and exposition for this premise in the Alphabetics
Word-Number study approach, which looks both at words in alphabetic vicinity of a word as
well as the numbers associated with the word in its alphabetic location.
Aleph = 1000 = God
The first letter in the Hebrew alphabet, aleph, has as one of its meanings,
"One thousand."
In rabbinical tradition, the letter aleph itself stands for God.
"To define aleph is to define God."
I've known for some time that the number 1000 is linked to the idea of God and godhood,
so it was easy for me to believe what John/Dewey said about 1000 being the number of lives
a person typically lives before graduating and achieving the stature of the beginning
ranks of godhood.
The Greek word for 1000 versus 666
In Zodhiates' lexicon of the NT, the words for "a
thousand" (5505, 5507) are face to face with the word for "666" (5516) on
the opposite page. This classic struggle between the godliness in us and the beastly
nature in us is addressed with fresh insight by John/Dewey, e.g. his recent post on "The Dweller on the Threshold."
The word just prior to the first word for "thousand" is chthes,
which means "yesterday, former times." The synonyms, "long ago, from
of old, in the old time;" carry the idea of "ancient" as in "Ancient
of days;" and together with the antonyms, "tomorrow, afterward, later, last,
final;" convey the idea of Alpha and Omega.
The word following word 5507 "a thousand," word 5508 has a couple of plays on
words. The Greek word is Chios, a proper noun. The name
"Chios" is very close to the English word "choice," which is a synonym
of the word "decision" which John/Dewey teaches is the essence of who or what we
are. In the explanation given by Zodhiates, he says that Chios is "A Greek
island west of Smyrna, between Samos and
Lesbos." What is interesting about this is that Hebrew words 996 and 997 (just
prior to 1000) both mean "between" and are derived from word 996 which has the
meaning of "distinguishing" or DECISION.
Word 1000 in the OT Lexicon: Decision, Intelligence, Embryo
The 1000th word, listed alphabetically (James Strong) in
the Old Testament means "an egg."
This carries the idea of an embryo. We as humans are Gods (1000) in embryo.
The two words just before it mean "understanding, intelligence" (998, 999).
"Intelligence" is the name Joseph Smith revealed to be the core element
of our eternal being. See list of scriptures
on "Intelligences."
The three word prior to that mean "to distinguish between, to discern"
(995-997). That brings to mind the word "decision," which is the key word
of "Who or what we are" according to John/Dewey. It is the idea of agency
or free will that makes up our consciousness.
The three words following word 1000 mean "fortress, castle, palace," as well
as "temple, throne" (1001-1003). I think of the idea of God dwelling in
us, as we are the temple of God, and he is our fortress, our rock if we will have him to
be our God.
The very next word, 1004, is bet, "a house." Bet also
happens to be the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. So aleph means 1000, and in
close vicinity to word 1000 is the word bet. Together we get
"alphabet," or the idea of "the word." (Another great
endorsement of this 'alphabetics' approach to deriving hidden meaning from the words of
scripture.)
Also, aleph and bet together spell "ab" which is
the Hebrew word for "Father," which again is the idea of God. See "God the Father and Mother in Alphabetics Bible Code."
Page 1000 in Zodhiates' NT Lexicon
The first word on page 1000 of Zodhiates' New Testament
lexicon has the word "thousand" in its definition. The first word is 3463,
murios, which means "ten thousand." The words before and after it
both have to do with anointing, which is the meaning of Christ or Messiah.
Another very interesting word on page 1000 is word 3466
3466 musterion, A secret, or esoteric knowledge. (I) Denotes
in general something hidden or not fully manifest. (II) Some sacred thing hidden or
secret which is naturally unknown to human reason and is only known by the revelation of
God. (III) Paul speaks of the mystery of the relationship between Christ and His Church as
being great. Musterion denotes a spiritual truth couched under an external
representation or similitude and concealed or hidden thereby unless some explanation is
given.
Speaking of Church, on the facing or opposite page is the insertion point
alphabetically of the name "Mormon" between moria "folly,
foolishness," and morologia, "foolish talking." Ironically
"foolish" is the definition of word 801 in the NT lexicon, and 801 is the
telephone area code where the Mormon church headquarters are located and its largest
concentration of members found. I think of Jesus parable of the "wise" and
the "foolish" virgins. See write-up "Mormons
and 801: As Salt that has Lost its Savor."
One of the great mysteries revealed through founder Joseph Smith is that "As man
is, God once was; and as God is, man may become." This doctrine is shunned by
the current membership as exemplified by a recent interview
of Mormon President Gordon B. Hinckley on the subject. "I don’t know
that we teach it. I don’t know that we emphasize it ... I understand the
philosophical background behind it, but I don’t know a lot about it, and I don’t
think others know a lot about it."
Interesting that the word after "mystery" on page 1000 is 3467 muopazo,
"To shut the eyes, blink, to squint like one who cannot see clearly."
As another validation of the theme presented above, Zodhiates' explanation for word
3464 which means "ointment" includes the words "distinction," and
"between." Though these are not part of the definition, their mention is
significant in our context, especially in a word that means "ointment," which
links to the name "Christ."
Word 3462, which begins on page 999 and spills onto page 1000 means "To anoint for
burial, embalm." I think of the idea of life and death and 1000 multiple mortal
probations to achieve the state of Godhood.
Conclusions
There is more that could be said about each of these words and their locations, but
what has been shown provides strong enough evidence that as John/Dewey teaches, the number
1000 is associate with God and our destiny as his offspring to become like him through a
series of 1000 some human lifetimes.
by Sterling D. Allan; Manti, Utah; December 14, 1999
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