Randall & Laura Shortridge in Alphabetics Bible Code

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From: Randall Shortridge <rds@acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: sterlingda@greaterthings.com <sterlingda@greaterthings.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:57 AM
Subject: private

Sterling.  I am curious about what my phone number says about me (or Shortridge family?)... flattering or not.  Truth always welcome here.

716-798-1081

How does one analyze this anyway?  Guess I haven't spent enough time on your site to figure out how to do it by myself.

Randall

  716-798-1081

Randall,

When people make requests like this of me, my response is to encourage them to find the stuff for themselves, for it is much better to teach how to fish that to just give a fish.  But when I know someone as well as I do you, I am more inclined to spend a bit of time poking around myself -- which discoveries I am more than glad to share.

The tools are describe at

www.greaterthings.com/Intro/alphabetics_tools.htm

I usually like to start with the most specific number.  In this case, 1018.

Word 1018 in the Hebrew Old Testament lexicon means "house of firm root, i.e. of fixed seat"

That's pretty cool.  I think of the rock of Jesus Christ, the sure foundation.

Word 1018 in the Greek NT lexicon means "To rule, govern, and metaphorically to prevail, abound."

Also fitting (and flattering).

The etymology for word 1018 in Hebrew is "house of" and "firm root."  The latter word, EZEL, has the following sister meanings, spelled "aleph" "tsadeh" "lamed."  (The "heh" before it is equivalent to the English "the.")

"Ezel" means "to join, connect together; noble, joining together."

Combined, I think of "the house of gathering, of drawing near [to God], the noble deed"

As for 798, that is very close to the 800, 801 set.  800 stands for Christ, "toll free" as in "come, all ye that hunger, come buy and eat, without money and without price." The opposite comes just after it.  801 is the area code for mainstream Utah, the wayward bride.  The words around Utah in English include "usury, usurp."

So your number being so close to these two is very significant.

Word 798 is essentially the same as word 6449 (Gesenius doesn't even give a separate definition but refers to 6449).  That word means, "a part," "a fragment." which makes me think of the REMNANT.  The words before and after have to do with "hand" and "corn."  Corn is code for Messiah and his work.  Hand links to the idea of "without hands," meaning the work is directed of heaven not of the arm of flesh.

So the distilled meaning I see is the idea of the Messianic calling of gathering the remnant who are separated from the mainstream body that has grown corrupt.

Word 798 in Greek is "astron" meaning "a constellation consisting of several stars but also used for a single star."  It is where the English "astronomy" comes from.

The word before it is "to lighten, flash or shine as lightning."

I personally can relate to these meanings in close proximity to 800/801 because "star" is the etymological root of "Starling" for the star that was imprinted on silver coins.  My Native American name given me is "Silver Thunder."  So in word 797 and 798 are two words I consider metaphors linking myself to this work of which you are also a part.

716 is a number I can relate to as well, as it was my address in a Provo apartment for three or so months, just down the street from 814 N, which is the home I bought upon returning from my mission in '84.  The street is 440 west.  Word 440 in Hebrew is pronounced "Alon" which is the closest thing to "Allan" there is in the Bible.

Word 716 in Greek, "harma" (close) means "a chariot or vehicle" ("harma" with the German H is close to the English "car").  The word before is "a bear," and the word after "Armageddon."

I see imagery of the Soviet attack -- the bear's vehicles which bring Armageddon.  I'm guessing that you believe that such a thing is likely, as do I, and it has been our saying so that has been part of getting us in trouble with the sleepy heads of Mormondom.

Word 716 in Hebrew derives from word 714, which means "to wander, fugitive."

I had to chuckle out loud when I saw that, because when I lived in that apartment I was running from the Lord and the discoveries I was making in Alphabetics.  It was getting a bit strange for me and those around me.  I felt like Jonah.

There is a lot more you can do with these numbers.  You can also look up your name in a large variety of ways.  This is the tip of the iceberg as to what you can find by using these methods.

Maybe it's not for you.  But I find it fascinating, fun, enlightening, and motivating.

Sterling

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From: Randall Shortridge <rds@acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: David's Outcasts <davids_outcasts@listbot.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Shortridge's Phone Number in Alphabetics Bible Code

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Thanks Sterling for doing this.  Yes, I guess after reading this flattering symbolism, I will get a big head.  ;-)

Yes, I have not delved much into these things because of some of my experiences and what I learned from them.  As you can probably see from an article on my website (on Hebrew and the search for Adamic) that I was once deep into studying this symbolism in Hebrew (as well as everything).  It is truly amazing how deep it goes.  I eventually came to understand that I could lose myself in it and miss the plain things. I felt that the scripture in Jacob about the Jews being given things they couldn't understand (i.e. it was so deep it went on forever) that I wondered if I was the same... that I had missed the point.  So, one day I dropped it all.  I gave it up.  Then a funny thing happened after I quit.  I found what I was looking for.  I found the Adamic tongue.  It was right in front of me all the time.  I felt a bit like Dorothy in Oz.  ;-)

One should only do what he is directed by the master (Christ), the universal intelligence that lights all men.  Ok, that is a bit new age, but it is the only thing that makes sense in the context of my experiences.

Thanks again,
Randall

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