First, Last, Middle and Messiah's Mission and Identity

  Introduction

The scriptures sometimes refer to deity in terms of "Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."  They also speak of Messiah coming in the "meridian of time."

Fittingly, many first, middle and last words and numbers associated with scripture tie into and elaborate upon the concept of deity and the work of Messiah both at the first advent with Jesus Christ among the Jews as well as with the latter-day second advent in the person of the Davidic Servant, who is the Father come in the flesh among the Gentiles.   These word-number correlations elaborate on the nature of that ministry (which is accomplished by many individuals who operate in the order of one mighty and strong) as well as pinpoint the specific identity of the person fulfilling that mission in its primary manifestation.

This study is not comprehensive, but presents sufficient material to establish the case beyond reasonable doubt.  This study is but one of many that have been done to set forth the same conclusions.  Many of these other write-ups are linked below and are found at this same web site, www.GreaterThings.com.

  Alpha and Omega Words

In the Hebrew Old Testament Lexicon

The very first word in the Hebrew lexicon to the Old Testament is ab ("!), which means "Father."  We might call to mind Jesus' plea in Gethsemane saying, "Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt." (Mark 14:36.)

There is a great deal to be learned from this word.  This has been written up elsewhere.  See "God the Father and Mother in Alphabetics Bible Code."

The very last word in the Hebrew lexicon to the Old Testament, Tattenay (*1;;) means "gift."  This brings to mind the free, undeserved gift of salvation that is available to all without money and without cost.  In fact the key qualifier for salvation, unique in the gospel of Christ, is realizing that we are incapable of qualifying in and of ourselves and that we need to turn to God that he might give us a new heart and fill us with His Spirit.

The same will be true in the end times in the temporal deliverance that will come to the Lord's people as a whole at the end of the three and one half years of tribulation captivity in which Satan's beastly kingdom prevails.  We will not deserve it, but God will grant it because of our broken hearts and contrite spirits in realizing our foolishness in so fully falling for Satan's kingdom on earth, the socialist New World Order.

Gift.

1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. (Isaiah 55:1-4)

I believe that the placing of this word "gift" as the last word in the lexicon is God's way of spotlighting a most fundamental principle relevant to both the first and second comings of Messiah.

The irony is that mankind are so slow to accept this generous gift. They don't understand his work.  He comes as a thief in the night, unexpected, outside of their expectations.

Fittingly, the very middle word in the Greek New Testament lexicon (5624 -- last word -- divided by two = 2812) means "Thief," with Zodhiates giving the antonyms "(2110), a worker of good, (1395), a giver."

745-2812 was the phone number where I was staying the summer after first discovering this alphabetics code.

 

In the Greek New Testament Lexicon

The very first word listed in the Greek New Testament Lexicon is a (").  The definition for this word in relation to God could be the subject of an entire book or more.  Here we will attempt to touch on some of the key points, taking the explanations for the word given by Zodhiates' and discussing their ramifications.

1. " a; indeclinable, neut. noun. Alpha, The first letter of the Greek alphabet which corresponds in name, order, and power to the Hebrew aleph.

The Rabbis say, "To define Aleph is to define God." (Written by the Finger of God, page 165.) In these sister languages, Aleph/Alpha stands for God.

Continuing with the definition, note the extremes of meaning, from negation to augmentation to neutrality, and interesting linguistic variation of the idea of last, first, and meridian:

    (I) A is used as a prefix in compound words as a particle to denote:
    (A) Negation or privation; apart from, without [see write-up on Useless & Nothing]
    (B) Intensity increasing the meaning of the simple word; augmentative.
    (C) Collectiveness or assembling, from hama (260), same, together, with.

Continuing with the definition for word number one in the NT lexicon:

    (II) Alpha is used with the last letter of the Greek alphabet (omega [5598]) in the expression "alpha and omega, the first and the last," which is applied to God the Father or Christ (Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13).  The Hebrews, the Greeks, and the Romans all used their alphabetical letters as numerals, which accounts for the ease with which alpha and omega also represent first and last.
    (A) ...Thus in Revelation, alpha indicates that He is the one who brought all things into existence, and omega that He is the one who will bring them to their determined end.

The very last word in the NT lexicon  is 5624: ophelimos, "Helpful, profitable, useful.  In Zodhiates', it has a nearly one-to-one correspondence of synonyms to antonyms and antonyms to synonyms with word 888, which is the sum of the numeric values associated with the letters that spell "Jesus" in Greek.  See write-up 888 and 'Without Hands'.

Though 5624 is the last definition alphabetically, the last word mentioned by Zodhiates as part of the etymology of the word is word 4053:

4053 perissos Over and above, more than enough. (I) Particularly as exceeding a certain measure, meaning more than (Matt. 5:37, "what is beyond" or more than these). (II) Generally, superabundant, abundant, much, great. (A) beyond measure; (B) More abundant, distinguished, excellent, better. Excellence, preeminence. Syn. (3187), greater; (5228), over, above; (3123), very much; (2089), more; (4119), more than.

I find this definition personally exhilarating inasmuch as the name of this website and this ministry is "Greater Things," after III Ne. 26:9

"And if it so be that they shall believe these things then shall the greater things be made manifest unto them."

The word "greater" is found ten times on page 1151 where word 4053 is found.

Word 1151 in the Greek NT lexicon derives from word 1150, which means, "tame," which is a primary meaning of the Hebrew word Aleph (441, 502), which is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  Words Around "Middle" in LDS Topical Guide

The words "middle" and "meridian" are not included as topics in the LDS Topical Guide, but their alphabetical insertion points come in close proximity (on page 318), and are found in the midst of a sequence of very fitting words in the context of Messiah.

I will list them here in the order they appear, along with the insertion points for "meridian" and "middle."  My comments are added in [brackets].

Mercy
[A cardinal attribute of Messiah]

[>Meridian -- inserts here alphabetically]

Merit
[linked to Mercy]
[quoting full entry] 2 Ne. 2: 8 no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the m...of the Holy Messiah; Alma 22: 14 man...could not m. anything of himself; 24: 10 taken away the guilt from our hearts, through the m. of his Son; Moro. 6: 4 relying alone upon the m. of Christ.

Merry
[Positive and negative associations: (1) good news of the gospel; (2) blindness that comes when one indulges in the moment with no regard for consequences: "eat drink and be merry" on an individual level is the same as "all is well in Zion" on a societal level.]

>>Messiah

Mete
[related to Justice, the cardinal attribute in balanced contrast to Mercy]
Matt. 7: 2 with what measure ye m., it shall be measured to you; ...D&C 127: 3 God...will m. out a just recompense.

Methuselah
[quoting from LDS Bible Dictionary: "Son of Enoch and the longest lived of the patriarchs. Some details of his life and ministry are given in latter-day revelation, from which we learn that he was a righteous man, a prophet, and an astronomer, and was left on the earth when the city of Enoch was taken, to provide a posterity through which Noah would come."  Comment: This represents the imagery of the condescension of God, who though enthroned in the heavens, makes the earth his footstool where he is reviled by man.  Methuselah could have ascended with the City of Enoch, but chose instead to stay below to perpetuate a righteous seed on the earth.]

Michael (see Adam...)
[See Adam-God as taught by Brigham Young; see also commentary: The Oneness of Adam-Michael-God and Messiah-Father]

[>Middle -- inserts here alphabetically]

Midnight
Ex. 11: 4 About m. will I go out into the midst of Egypt [Egypt metaphor for U.S.; midst code of Emmanuel]; ...Matt. 25: 6 at m. there was a cry...bridegroom cometh....

Midst
[Emmanuel -- God with us; Messiah]
[Zeph. 3: 5 The just Lord is in the m. thereof; Zeph 3: 15 the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the m. of thee; Zeph 3: 17 The Lord thy God in the m. of thee is mighty;] ...3 Ne. 20: 22 powers of heaven shall be in the m. of this people; ...Moses 7:69 God...dwelt in the m. of Zion.]

Midwife
[Bringing forth the man child -- the Messianic kingdom of God]

Might, Mightily, Mighty, Mightier
["Mighty and strong" a title for God and meaning of the word God in Hebrew, as well as of his emissaries.]

Mild, Mildness
[The definition of the Hebrew word Aleph (the spelling of the first letter of their alphabet) includes the meaning of "gentle," again a cardinal attribute of God counterbalancing the attribute of might.]

These words are on page 318 and 319 (mainly 318).  See study below on "half way between II Nephi and Moroni," which also happens to be on a page 318.

  Alpha and Omega and Fractions

The last word of the NT lexicon is numbered 5624.  One quarter of this is 1406.   Zodhiates defines word 1406 in the NT lexicon as follows:

1406 drachme A drachma. A Greek coin of silver equal to a quarter of the Jewish shekel.

There in the very definition of the 1/4^th word is the phrase, "a quarter."

On page 1406 of Zodhiates' are words 5209 and 5210 which both mean "You."   You is the last word listed in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.  See write-up on "Alpha and Omega and YOU."  The essence of the message is that just as each cell of the body has a complete set of DNA but manifests but that portion requisite to its function in the united body, so also does each individual have within them the full set of godly DNA, each person manifesting but that portion requisite to his or her mission in the body of Christ, the remaining portions of that DNA being unexpressed or dormant.  And just as some of the body's DNA is designed to be passed on to new progeny by way of reproduction, so also are there some in the body of Christ who are sufficiently prepared to grow into the full measure of Godhood themselves.  We live in that day when an entire people are going to thus come forth: the man child kingdom of God and general assembly of the church of the firstborn, born of the woman, the church of God.

Below are a few more interesting firsts and lasts.

  Half Way Between Second Nephi and Moroni

When I was living in my parents' home in Fountain Green, Utah, I used to jokingly give directions to our place by saying it is "half way between Second Nephi and Moroni," referring to Interstate 15 exit 225 in Nephi Utah, which is the second of three exits coming from either the North or the South on I-15 and the town Moroni just beyond Fountain Green.  My parent's home is about a twelve minute drive to either town.

Having said this so many times, one day (May 4, 1997 to be exact), I got curious as to what might be found "half way between Second Nephi and Moroni" in the scriptures.  I pulled out my Book or Mormon and noted the page number where the book of Second Nephi ends.  It is half way down page 117 (117 ½).  Then I looked up where the book of Moroni begins.  It is half way down page 518 (518 ½).  I then calculated that the midpoint between these two locations in the Book of Mormon would be the very first verse on page 318, whatever that was.

I then opened to that page and started reading.  The first complete phrase is:

"...they were gathered together in one body in the valley..." (Alma 43:15.)

That struck me because I had been talking just in the past 24 hours with a couple of my dearest friends about moving here to Fountain Green with us.  In fact one of my friends from Pocatello was paying us a visit at the time, and ended up looking very seriously at buying some property and building next to us.  There are many like-minded patriot Saints moving to the valley, recognizing it as a place of refuge for when the tribulations are poured out upon the backsliding people of this nation in the days to come.

What comes before and after that phrase is astonishingly fitting of the idea of "half way between Second Nephi and Moroni," speaking of the directions of how to drive here.  Nephi is mentioned prior to the verse, and Moroni is mentioned following the verse.  Even the word "driven" is included.  I will quote the verses with my  comments indicated in [brackets].

Note about Pages 318:

On March 22, 1998, I discovered that the location of the insertion point of the word "middle" in the LDS Topical guide, with surrounding words mentioned above, is page 318  -- the very same page number as this midway point between Second Nephi and Moroni.

Word 318 (0*9(!) in the OT lexicon means "at the last."

Word 318 in the NT lexicon means "necessity."  See write-up on "Jesus Christ: Necessary and Sufficient."  One of the synonyms that Zodhiates gives for word 318 is word 5532, chreia, which is the etymological root of word 888, achreios.  888 is the sum of the numeric values of the letters that spell Jesus in Greek. See write-up on "888 and 'Without Hands'."

Another synonym Zodhiates gives (actually twice) for word 318 is 1163, dei "it is necessary."  I find this personally relevant inasmuch as 11 is the month I was born, '63 was the year, and the Greek word for 1163 is dei, which transliterated sounds like "day."  [More birthday links below.]

On page 318 of Gesenius' OT lexicon is found word 2891 (9%)), which is the one-third-of-the-way-through point.  The total number of words in the OT lexicon, 8674 x 1/3 = 2891.3

It means "(1) to shine, to be bright; noon; (2) to be or become clean, or pure (a) in a physical sense; (b) in a Levitical sense; (c) in a moral sense."  The word Gesenius lists immediately before it likewise means "pure, clear, unmixed, unalloyed, e.g. as of gold." [match word 1505 "purity" below]

The "moral" purification has to do with the first Messianic advent.  The "physical" has to do with the Second.

Page 318 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon is the ninth of a twelve-page definition for baptizo.  The first string of words on the page is "physically introduces a person into the kingdom of God."  This is a perfect yin/yang contrast between the first and second Messianic advents.  The first advent brought about spiritual salvation, to which salvation Baptism is part of the gate into the walk as a disciple.  The second advent is more about a physical introduction of the kingdom or government of God.

Note about "Valley" and "River" and Aleph

The address of my parent's home is 650 West Big Springs Road.  They are about a mile down from the spring that provides culinary and irrigation water for that end of the valley.  My parents built their home right on the wash where a small trickle of waters still flows on occasion.  They build a diversion canal to go around their home.  With this in mind, consider now the definition of word 650 in the Old Testament Hebrew lexicon (Gesenius):

650 8*5! (1) a channel, tube, so called from the idea of containing. (a) a channel, bed of a stream; (b) a brook, a stream; (c) a valley itself, especially as watered by a stream. (2) strong, robust

"Strong" is also the definition of the Hebrew word "allon" (440 0&-!) which is the closest word in the Bible to our last name, Allan.  The word just after that is aleph (441 4&-!) which is the name of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  Note about first and last elements of the name Sterling David Allan

"Men" is the heading on page 670 of James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, which is the midpoint of its 1340 pages.  Page 650 is where the "man" entry begins.

"Man" is also the definition of word 435 in the NT Greek. (435 is Utah's phone area code prefix outside of Wasatch Front corridor).  [See write-up on "435 and the Mormon Remnant Outcasts"]

Word 1130 (Nov. 30) in the NT lexicon means "to be naked with the implied meaning of to be poorly clothed," which is how I was born.  It is also the posture we all take before the Lord in order to be born of God.

A word for "naked" in the Hebrew is word 5783, which is 2/3 times 8674, the very last word in the OT lexicon.

The word before it (5782) means "to be alert, watchful; to wake to be awake; keeping watch; arouse; arise;" which also, among other things, fit the idea of birth.

I just discovered (11/9/99) that in the New Testament lexicon as well, the word before 1130, (1129), means "Exercise of the body by severities such as fasting, abstinence, or watching."

It turns out that there is a lengthy series of parallel word definitions between these two sections of the Old and New Testament lexicons which provides insight into the relationship between God and man.

On page 1130 of James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance is the heading:

When
Where

"When" fits the idea of November 30 pretty well.  The "where" is also addressed in these Alphabetics Bible codes.

Page 1163 [Nov. '63] of Zodhiates' NT lexicon is the second of a three-page definition for "faith."  The first explanation coming onto the page from the previous is, "(II) Good faith, faithfulness, sincerity," the last of these words being a synonym of the English word sterling.  I particularly like definition IV which Zodhiates proffers:

"As a technical term indicative of the means of appropriating what God in Christ has for man, resulting in the transformation of man's character and way of life. Such can be termed gospel or Christian faith."

Gesenius gives two contrasting definitions for word 1163 in the OT lexicon, which signify the cause-effect relationship of man's rejection of the repentance clause extended to him, in this case for societal repentance. Rejecting of such an invitation leads to societal destruction, as the sword of their own wickedness falls upon their own heads.   In prophetically describing such retribution under the superintending hand of a just God, the Lord describes the pending treading down of the recalcitrant Gentiles by the remnant of Jacob saying, "I am he that doeth it" (III Nephi 20:19). Word 1163 means "(1) To tread, to trample down; (2) to kick, to kick backward, applied to the contumacy of men against God."

I think of the scripture, "And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder." (Matthew 21:44.)

Ironically, the word immediately following the insertion point of the word "Mormon" transliterated into Hebrew is 4823 (2/9/, mirmas), "a treading down, something to be trodden with the feet."   The two words immediately before and after the insertion point of the word "Mormon" transliterated into Greek are 3472 (moria) "folly" and 3473 (morologia) "foolish," which is the definition of the NT lexicon word 801, which is the telephone area code for central Utah.  The two words before and after these mean "...e.g. salt not being able to make things salty" (3471), and "refers to salt that has lost its flavor, become tasteless" (3474).   See write-up Mormons and 801.

These words are all found on page 1001 of Zodhiates, facing page 1000, which number is one of the meanings of the word aleph (502-505) in Hebrew, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.  As a curious validation of this "Alphabetics word-number" approach, the first definition on page 1000 is 3463 (murios) "Ten thousand, Deriv. (3461), a myriad or ten thousand."

Another word of keen interest and application on that page is

4366 musterion (from mustes, a person initiated into sacred mysteries, which is from mueo (3453), to initiate, learn a secret). A secret or esoteric knowledge. [Enoch (as in city of, Zion) in Hebrew means "initiated."]
(I) Denotes in general something hidden or not fully manifest. 2 Thess. 2:7 speaks of "the mystery of iniquity" [See The Man of Sin Revealed].
(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.

Curiously, the next word on page 1000 means "To shut the eyes, blink, to squint like one who cannot see clearly," which brings to mind Isaiah 6:9,10 and Jeremiah 4:22.

The next word and last on the page calls to mind the word "marring" (Isa. 52:14, III Ne. 21:10).  It means

"a blow or wound made in war, also a scar, wheal, or the mark left on the body by the stripe of the whip. Used figuratively in 1 Pet. 2:24 referring to stripes, quoted from Is. 53:5."

The Hebrew word for "marred" found in Isaiah 52:14 is word 4893 and occurs closely before the word for "Messiah," Meshiyach (4899) in Hebrew.

On the other side of the word Meshiyach is the word mashal, "To make like, to assimilate; similitude, parable; hence (1) to put forth a parable, (b) to use a proverb."  I think of Bible codes such as the ones we are exploring at present.

Sterling D. Allan = 1506 in ASCII code

The numeric sum of the letters that spell "Sterling D. Allan" in ASCII code is 1506.

Sterling D. Allan = S (83) + t (116) + e (101) + r (114) + l (108) + i (105) + n (110) + g (103) + _ (32) + D (68) + . (46) + _ (32) + A (65) + l (108) + l (108) + a (97) + n (110) = 1506

The last page of Zodhiates NT lexicon is 1505.  Words 1505 and 1506 in the NT lexicon have synonymous meanings, 1505 being derived from 1506.

1505 eilidrineia (from eilidrines (1506), pure, sincere.) Purity, sincerity, clearness, used metaphorically.

1506 eilikrines (from heile, the shining or splendor of the sun, and krino (2919), to judge, discern.)  Sincere, pure, unsullied, free from spot or blemish to such a degree as to bear examination in the full splendor of the sun.

[Match page 318 Gesenius, 1/3-point word 2891 "pure" above]
These word explanations dovetail into the definition of the English word, sterling.

sterling (probably from A.Sax. steorra, a star, because some early coins of exceptional purity were stamped with a star.) An epithet by which English money is distinguished, signifying that it is of the standard value; hence, genuine; undoubted; of excellent quality.

The definition for word 1504 in the NT lexicon just prior to the two words mentioned above is also worth note:

1504 eikon [Enlish "Icon"] A representation, an image, as of a man, made of gold, silver, or other material; a monarch's likeness impressed on a coin.

See write-up: Male and Female Elements of God Expounded in Tri-fold Parallel Between pages 370 through 377 and 781 through 785 of Gesenius' OT Lexicon, Zodhiates' NT Lexicon and Webster's '71 English Dictionary Surrounding the Words Gold and Silver.

Silver and Messiah

Sterling silver is defined as "92.5 parts silver."  The gametria for the Greek word for Messiah (9,FF4@L) is 925.

Messiou = M (40) + e (5) + s (200) + s (200) + i (10) + o (70) + u (400) = 925

The gametria for the Greek phrase the Messiah (J@< 9,FF4"<) is 926.

ton Messian = t (300) + o (70) + n (50) + M (40) + e (5) + s (200) + s (200) + i (10) + a (1) + n (50) = 926

Pages 925 and 926 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon are the second and third of a three-page definition/explanation of the word:

3056 8@(@H logos Word.

Which is the pivotal word used in John 1:1

"In the beginning was the word...."

For additional commentary on 925 and 926, see 888 and 'Without Hands'.

Transliterating the name "Sterling" into Greek and then taking the numeric values gives:

Sterling = S (200) + t (300) + e (5) + r (100) + l (30) + i (10) + n (50)  + [g silent] = 695

Word 695 in the NT lexicon is

695 argurokopos (from arguros (696), silver, and kopto (2875), to cut, beat out). A silversmith.

  Telephone Number Midpoint Math

Another technique of Alphabetics is to look up the digits of a phone number in the lexicons to see what commentary may be contained for the person, family, business or other entity associated with that phone number.

In the Greek New Testament lexicon, the numbers go up to 5624.  In the Hebrew Old Testament lexicon, the numbers go up to 8674.  So when four-digit numbers get larger than this, I will sometimes try dividing them in half.

That is what I did with the Mapleton phone number I had prior to my current residence.   491-9155 was the number.  I took 9155 and divided it by two, which is 4577.5

Word number 4578 (rounding up from 4577.5) in Gesenius' OT Hebrew lexicon is on page 491 -- the phone prefix.  It's third definition, "the breast, the heart, figuratively, the inmost soul," carries an allusion to the meaning of "middle."

It's first definition is "Intestines, to come forth from any one's bowels, to be descended from anyone."  At the time I had this phone number, I was living in my paternal grandmother's home, in what used to be my father's bedroom.

A word on the previous page is word 4557, which means "number" and "narration," which is an interesting combination of meanings, inasmuch as we are seeing how the numbers of words have a narrative function.

On page 491 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon is the following word whose definition fills the page, beginning at the top of the page.  It is the last word of the delta section which begins with the word David.

1435 *TD@< doron Gift. (p. 491)

which is the meaning of the last word in the OT lexicon.  1-435 is the telephone area code for Manti and everywhere outside of the Wasatch Front 801 area.  (See write-up on 435 Area Code and the Mormon Remnant Outcasts.)

On page 1435 of Webster's III '61 dictionary are found several words with the prefix "mill" and "milli" which relates to 1,000,000 and to 1/1000, respectively, which call to mind the number 1,000, which is one of the representations/definitions of aleph.

When I was living in Alpine, Utah, prior to moving to Mapleton, my phone number was 763-9155.  The last four digits, 9155, divided by 1/3 is 3051.6.  Word 3051 in the OT lexicon means "to give" -- linking to the meaning of the last word in the OT lexicon, "gift."

The word immediately before that is:

3050 %* Jah a word abbreviated from Jehovah (%&%*).

The largest sum using this method is 127 in which all the positions are 1:   1111111.   In the world of computer programming, 127 is related to the "maximum" position.

On page 127 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon is word number 254.   The number 127 is half of 254.  Notice that the binary code decreases in increments of one half from left to right.  32 is half of 64.  16 is half of 32.

The last word on page 127 is word 255: "unprofitable," with synonym 888 "unprofitable" and antonym 5624 "profitable, useful."  888 is the numeric sum of the letters that spell Jesus in Greek.  5624 is the very last word in the New Testament lexicon.

Also on the page is word 249 with synonym 801.  See Mormons and 801.

Word 127 in the Greek NT lexicon comes right after the word for "eternal, without beginning or end" (126, aidios [adios]), and before the word for "blood" (129), as in "flesh and blood" or corporeal.

This word 127 itself has an interesting definition:

127 aidos Modesty, an innate moral repugnance to a dishonorable act or fashion. It implies reverence for the good as good, not merely as that to which honor and reputation are attached.

In other words, it is not relativism but absolutism: 127.

The first entry on page 127 of the LDS topical guide, spilling over from the previous page, is "Everlasting," followed by "every."

One of the words on page 127 in Gesenius' OT lexicon is 1130 [November 30]

1130 $$%<0" ben-hadad "son," i.e. "worshipper of Hadad," or Adodus, the greatest deity of the Syrians.

"Hey, Dad, look, it's me, your son!"

The last word Gesenius lists on page 127 means "to build, to erect; restore, rebuild" (1129); which might be compared to the process of the binary code being the building blocks for today's society, which has become so dependant on the computer.   It also calls to mind the Messianic/prophetic injunction to "build and to plant" after the "tearing down and roooting out."

Word 127 in the Old Testament lexicon means, "earth, the ground, land, region, country."  This is significant on several counts.  First, in the Jewish tradition, land is everything so far as the covenant made to Abraham is concerned.   It is a centerpiece of their belief of a Messianic kingdom coming to earth.   So having this be word 127 as representing a sort of pinnacle is very appropriate.   As is the corollary word on page 127 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon which means "sea" (251, 252).

The Hebrew spelling of word 127 in the OT lexicon also contains profound insight.   'Adamah (%/$!) begins with the word "Adam," which stands both for "everyman" [127] and for Adam-Michael-God.  The suffix is the letter heh (%), which is a feminine ending for a word, and as a letter represents the female-dominant attributes of kindness, gentleness, intuition, sensitivity.  Hence the idea of "Eve," which stands for "everywoman" [127] is also included in the word, as well as an allusion to her role in stewardship over the earth, "mother earth," or "mother nature."  See the write-up on God the Father and Mother in Alphabetics Bible Code.

On page 127 of Strong's Concordance are the word topics, "between" and "betwixt," which is a yin/yang correlate of the idea of "first" and "last."  The word "beyond" is also found on the page.

In the Appendix of Strong's Concordance is a "Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary" as well as a "Greek Dictionary of the New Testament."  The Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament ends with a full page 126, which in essence makes the beginning of page 127 the absolute end.

  Last Page in Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament

The second word here is different from 1000, but the way Gesenius lists it makes it look as if it is still part of definition 1000.  His typesetting style is to list the word number or some kind of note in the margin next to each new entry.  In this case, no such note exists.  And aside from this curious typographical omission, words in immediate vicinity in Alphabetics studies count for a strong connection.

As another example of this, the number 876 is immediately next to 877, which is the third toll-free telephone prefix in America, after 1-800 and 1-888.

Word 876 and 877 are the only two words on page 303 of Zodhiates' NT lexicon.  The telephone area code where I grew up in Boulder, Colorado, was/is 303.  The zip code was/is 80303.

The meaning of word 877 is "folly, foolishness, lack of sense," which is nearly the same definition as word 801, "foolish," which is Wasatch Front Utah's telephone area code [home of many foolish (and some wise) "virgins," to use parable language].  See Mormons and 801.

Ironically the ones who are blind refer to those who are watchful as being "foolish" -- "apostate" in modern LDS vernacular.  Zodhiates devotes half of page 303 to discussing this variation in reference to Paul's statement, "Let no man think me a fool," but that his boasting was a result of his "confidence" in the Lord and was not boasting but glorifying God, whose servant he was.

  Last Page in Strong's Concordance

There are 1340 pages in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Word 1340 in the Greek NT means:

1340 diischurizomai (from 1223), ischurizomai, to corroborate, confirm, affirm, which is from ischuros (2478), firm, strong.) To affirm or assert strongly or vehemently.

The very name of "Strong" is in the word definition, along with the idea of the "confirming" value of these word code studies.

Word 1340 in the OT Hebrew lexicon is the very last word of the "B" or beth section.  This brings to mind the word ab or "Father," which is spelled with the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet.   The very word, ab is synonymous with "alphabet," which is fitting inasmuch as the concordance is an exhaustive alphabetical listing of all the words in the Bible.

Page 1340 in Zodhiates' NT lexicon includes word 4899, suneklektos, which means "Chosen."  Word 4899 in Hebrew, Mashiyach, means "anointed" and is pronounced "Messiah" in English.

Six of the words on the page begin with 489x, which was the phone prefix in Mapleton mentioned above.

All of the words begin with the suffix sun, which transliteration brings to mind the glory of the Celestial.

The four words prior to word 4899 carry the notion of Immanuel or "God with us."

4895 suneimi To be with. [Immanuel]

4896 suneimi To gather together, convene, bring together; to perceive, understand. [By pulling together the relevant information.]

4897 suneiserchomai To go or come in with someone, to enter with. [Condescension of God.]

4898 sunekdemos A fellow traveler in foreign countries. ["the earth is my footstool."]

The word following 4899 conveys the idea of the mission of Jacob's son, Joseph as given in Deuteronomy 33:17, that they "shall push the people together to the ends of the earth."

4990 sunelauno To drive together into one place, of wild beasts or persons. Figuratively, to impel or persuade together.

Another scripture that comes to mind in this context of Messiah Immanuel and gathering is Ezekiel 34:11-13

"For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out . . . of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries. . . ."

The first definition on page 1340 of Zodhiates, which spills over from the previous page, is rather interesting to consider in this context of these word studies and setting forth these correlations.

4893 suneidesis Conscience, to be one's own witness, one's own conscience coming forward as witness.
(I) Particularly, a knowing of oneself, consciousness.
(II) Used metonymically meaning a person (2 Cor. 4:2, to commend oneself to every man). Thought not a synonym, the related term sunesis (4907), perception, understanding, the ability to understand concepts and see relationships between them, should be distinguished from suneidesis. Sunesis is the moral awareness which generally precedes action. Suneidesis ... is a moral awareness that springs from and is conditioned by one's knowledge of God and his duties to Him.  Accordingly it has the duty of confirming the truth of divine saving revelation designed to meet and satisfy man's religious need. Thus conscience is the testimony of the Spirit in man's heart concerning his obligation to God.

  Conclusions

There can be no doubt but that the placement of these words and the numbers associated with them are not accidental.  God did this with a purpose.  Encoded within the words is a witness of THE WORD.

In this case we have looked at the first, last, middle and other such words and numbers and have shown their relevance to the topic of Messiah's mission and identity.

The conclusions are obvious, but you must make the final connections. We've set the table, sat you down, placed the meal before you, blessed the meal.  It's your task to put the food into your mouth, chew it up, enjoy the flavor, swallow and digest.

I hope you have enjoyed the meal and that it will make you a stronger and more healthy soul.

-- end --

by Sterling D. Allan; Manti, Utah; November 19, 1999*

*Note about 11-19-1999 passed on to me by a friend.  This is the last "odd" date of this millennium.  The next occurrence will be 1-1-3111.   The next "even" date will be 2-2-2000 - the first one since 8-28-888.  --Vinod.  (Word number 888 -- the number of Jesus -- links to the first and the last word in the Greek NT lexicon).

  See also:

  Bibliography