SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS:

• Debbie Grazier’s Number Study

One means UNITY: Scripture references: John 13:34, Zach 14:9, 1Cor 8:6, 1Tim 2:5

• One God
• One Savior
• One body of believers
• One book
• One woman judge
• One Tower of Babel
• One Ark
• One Tree of Life

Two: Scripture references: Phil 1:23-24, Matt 6:24, Matt 10:29-31, Deut 4:13, Luke 17:35

• 2 divisions in the Bible: Old Testament & New Testament
• 2 cities destroyed by God: Sodom and Gomorrah
• 2 kings wouldn’t let Moses pass
• 2 of each kind of animal on the Ark
• Pharoah had 2 dreams
• 2 tablets of the Ten Commandments
• 2 men went up to pray: Publican and a Pharisee
• 2 in agreement: Matt 18:18,20
• 2 builders: Matt 7:24-27
• 2 positions in life: Heaven or Hell, Light or darkness, Saved or lost, sheep or goats.

• 3 used 467 x in the Bible
• 3 nails
• Peter denies 3 times
• Trinity of God
• Trinity of Satan- Devil, Antichrist, Beast
• 3 Items in the Ark: Aaron’s rod, Tablet of the Ten Commandments, Jar of Manna
• 3 men rebelled-Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
• 3 days Jonah in the belly of the whale
• Jesus rose on the 3rd day
• Noah had 3 sons- Ham, Shem, & Japheth
• Paul had 3 shipwrecks
• 3 Wisemen brought 3 gifts

• 4 came out of Sodom
• 4 rings of gold for the Ark to be carried
• Eve is only mentioned 4 times
• Psalm 107 contains the exact phase “4 times”
• Garden of Eden had 4 rivers that separated the garden
• 4 corners of the Earth
• 4 seasons
• 4 Gospels: Matthew: King, Mark: Servant, Luke: The Perfect Man, John: The Only Begotten Son
• 4 judgments of Jerusalem
• 4 Horsemen
• 4 winds from heaven
• Parable of the 4 types of soil
• Lazarus had been dead and in the grave for 4 days
• Rainbows are only mentioned 4 times: Gen 9, Ez, Rev 4 & 10
• 4th commandment: remember the Sabbath. The Sabbath is tied directly to the creation
• Satan had 4 conversations: 1. To deceive Eve  2. He talked to God about Job  3.A short time later Satan challenges God for a second time   4. He talked to Jesus in the Wilderness tempting Jesus.
• Books that have 4 chapters: Ruth, Jonah, Malachi, Phil, Col, 1Timothy
• Psalm 123 is the only Chapter that has 4 verses
• 4 types of sacrifices: Burnt, Sin, Trespass, and Peace
• 4 elements God created: Air, Fire, Water, and Earth

Five means GRACE: Scripture references: Matt 25:2, John 6:9, Luke 9:16-18, 1Kings 7:23

• First 5 books of the Bible are the books of the Law
• 5 Kings at Joshua
• 5 wise virgins
• 5 offerings God commanded: Burnt, Sin, Trespass, Grain & Peace
• 5 spices to make oil for the furniture of Tabernacle: Olive Oil, Pure Myrrh, Cinnamon, Calamus, & Cassia
• The statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream had 5 materials: Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron, & Clay
• 5 Books only contain one chapter: IIJohn, IIIJohn, Philemon, Jude, & Obadiah
• 5 miracles of Elisha:
  • Increase of widow’s oil
  • A son for the widow
  • Death of son – the healing
  • Porridge had poison & then not
  • 100 men were fed
• Psalm divided into 5 sections
  • Psalm 1-41 refers to Passover
  • Psalm 42-72 Sings about a unified Israel in the land & also pictures the creation of the church in the New Testament.
  • Psalm 73-89 The destruction of God’s temple & Jerusalem. Also hints of the prophecies regarding the end time and the Great Tribulation.
  • Psalm 90-106 rejoices over the 1000 year reign of Jesus & also Israel gathered again.
  • Psalm 107-150 represents a time when Judah ( all Israel) shall again be delivered.
• John wrote 5 books
• Jesus turned 5 loaves into a crowd of 5000 & fed them.
• The altar was made of wood 5 cubits long by 5 cubits wide. Ex 26-27
• Only 5 people in the Bible start with a V.
• Paul was referred as a prophet in his 14 writings except 5 of them: I Thess, II Thess, Phil, Philemon & Hebrews.
• 5 roles that Jesus wanted Christians to fill: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, & teachers.

Six means: mankind, imperfection, evil, The Devil

• God’s creation
• Japhethah served as judge for 6 years
• Jesus was accused 6 times of being demon possessed
• The Tabernacle had 6 parts: Outer place, Holy Place, The Most Holy Place, The table of showbread, golden, lampstand, altar of incense. Rev 4:8
• 6 pillars of support the Veil- represented strength & stability
• 6 is linked to human labor ( 6 days work, 7th day rest)
• 6 colors in the rainbow
• 6 references in New Testament to people who practiced sorcery.
• Books with 6 chapters: Gal, Eph, I Tim.
• 6 people recorded that Jesus was innocent of all charges: Pontius Pilate Luke 23;14, Herod Luke 23:15, Judas (after the Devil left him), Pontius Pilate’s wife Matt 27:19, one of the thieves on the cross Luke 23:41, and Roman Centurion
• 6 branches that goes out of the lampstand – 3 on each side
• 6 measures of barley Ruth 3:17
• 6 steps to the throne. 1 King 10:19
• 6 waterpots (stone) set up for the Jewish custom of purification
• II Sam 21:29 A man had 6 fingers on each hand & 6 toes on each foot
• Four living creatures, each one had 6 wings
• Goliath stood 6 cubits
• God provided manna for 6 days a week for 40 years
• 6 things The Lord hates. Prov 6:16

Seven means completeness or divine fulfillment

• God saw 7 times goodness of His creation
• 7 clean animals on the Ark. Gen 7:23
• Ark rested in the 7th month
• 7 days between sending out the doves
• There was 7 years of plenty & seven years of famine
• On the 7th day, the Israelites were not to gather manna
• Ex 25:37 Seven lamps on the lampstands
• Blood was sprinkled 7 times for complete forgiveness. Lev 4:6
• Num 23:4 Balaam had 7 altars, 7 bulls, 7 rams for a sacrifice
• 7 priests, bearing 7 trumpets, on the 7th day, march 7 times around Jericho & blew the trumpets 7 times.
• The first child of David & Bethsheba died on the 7th day.
• 7 Mary’s in the Bible
• 7 men in the Old Testament who are labeled a man of God: Moses, David, Samuel, Shemaiah, Elijah, Elisha, Igdaliah. Jer 35:4
• Matt 13, Jesus gives 7 parables in 47 verses
• In Revelation, 7 churches with 7 angels looking over them.
• 7 Seals
• 7 Trumpets
• 7 plaques
• 7 thunders
• 7 spirits are mentioned 4 times in Rev
• Paul preached & converted groups in 7 cities: Rome, Corinth, Thessalonia, Phillipi, Collossae, Ephesians, Galatia
• Jesus performed 7 miracles on Sabbath:
  1. Healed the withered hand
  2. Cast out an unclean spirit that possessed a man
  3. Heals Peters mother in law of a fever
  4. Healed a woman attending the synagogue was made sick by a demon for 18 years
  5. Heals a man with Leprosy
  6. Healed a lame man by the pool of Bethesda.
• The 2nd number largest single chapter is in Numbers chapter 7. Has 89 verses
• Micah has 7 chapters
• 7th day of the week is a Holy Day
• 7 feasts: Lev 23
  1. Passover
  2. Unleavened Bread
  3. Tabernacle
  4. Trumpets
  5. Pentecost
  6. Day of Atonement
  7. First Fruits
• We are to forgive 7×70
• Acts 6:1-7: 7 spirit filled men where the first deacons.
• Wisdom build a house with 7 pillars: Prov 9:1

Eight means New Creation or New beginning, New order

• 8 people entered the Ark
• 8 good Kings in Southern Kingdom
• Boy babies were circumcised on the 8th day.
• 8 men wrote the New Testament
• Abraham had 8 sons
• Jesus revealed himself 8 times before the ascension:
  1. Mary Magdalene
  2. two other women leaving the tomb
  3. two disciples
  4. then all the other disciples except Thomas
  5. 500 believers
  6. them in Galilee Jesus met His disciples
  7. James -his half brother
• 8 Be-Attitudes
• Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days
• The word Blessed is found 8x in Proverbs
• Judge Abdon served for 8 years Judges 12:13-14
• Pentateuch has 8 songs and all were song after the resurrection of Jesus: Deut 32, Judges 5, Is 5&26, Ex 15, Song of Songs & Numbers 21
• 8 appears in the form of the timekeeping or watch. It was time periods. Judges 7:19, Mark 6:48, Matt 14:25

Nine means Divine completeness. Perfect completeness means nothing can be added.

• 9 fruits of the spirit
• Jesus died on the 9th hour
• Cornelius prayed on the 9th hour
• Peters preaching to his family and friends was on the 9th hour
• 9 judgements on the people who returned to their homeland.
• Temple was destroyed by Babylon on the 9th day of the month
• 9 people were stoned – 7 in the Old Testament, 2 in New Testament
• 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Hoshea was Israel’s last King who reigned for 9 yrs.
• 10 lepers healed, 9 ran away and gave no thanks
• In Old Testament there was 9 groups/individuals who practiced sorcery
• King Og needed a bed 9 cubits long
• 9 people had leprosy: Moses Miriam, Naaman, Gehazi, King Azariah, and 4 lepers of Samaria
• 9 judgements-
  1. The breach hedge of protection was removed
  2. The terrorist
  3. The Fallen bricks
  4. The Tower
  5. The Gazit stone
  6. The Sycamore
  7. The Erez
  8. The Utterance
  9. The Prophecy

Ten means Divine order & completeness. It’s made up of 4 which represents physical creation & 6 which symbolizes man. The meaning of 10 is one of testimony, law, responsibility & completeness of . (10 is mentioned 242 times in the Bible)

• In Genesis the phrase “God said” 10 times
• 10 commandments
• Tithe is a 10th of our earning & testimony of our faith in The Lord
• The Passover lamb was selected on day 10 of the first month. Ex 12:3
• Day 10 of the seventh month is also the Holy Day known as The Day of Atonement
• 10 generations of man lived on the earth before the flood.
  
  1. Adam: Lived 930 years and died 216 years before Noah was born
  2. Seth: Adam’s third son, who lived 912 years
  3. Methuselah: Seth’s fourth great grandson, who lived 969 years
  4. Lamech: Methuselah’s son, who lived 777 years and died five years before the flood
  5. Noah: Lived 950 years
  6. Shem: Noah’s son, who lived 600 years and lived 502 years after the flood
  7. Eber or Heber: Shem’s great-grandson, who lived 464 years
  8. Terah: Eber’s great-grandson, who lived 205 years
  9. Abraham: Terah’s son, who lived 175 years
  10. Isaac: Abraham and Sarah’s son, who lived 180 years
   
• 10 most mentioned Old Testament books mentioned in the New Testament are: Ps, Is, Gen, Ex, Deut, Ez, Daniel, Jer, Lev, & Numbers
• 10 plagues of Egypt in Exodus
• 10 Virgins – 5 foolish an 5 wise
• 10 lepers
• 10 talents
• 10  I am’s are spoken by Jesus in John
• 10 most mentioned names in KJV.: David, Jesus, Moses, Saul, Jacob, Aaron, Solomon, Abraham, Joseph, Joshua
• Days of Tribulation Rev 2:10 -prophecy about Tribulation that will come upon the earth.

Eleven represents disorder, chaos, judgment.11 mentioned 24x in the Bible and 11th is 19x.

• Gen 11: Tower of Babel, God judged them by confusing their language
• King Zedekiah ruled for 11 yrs
• John saw 11 things in connection with final judgment.
• Dead sea scrolls were discovered in 11 cavesf
• 11 New Testament books that don’t have any direct quotes from the Old Testament: Phil, Col, 1 Thes, II Thes, Titus, Philemon, John 1,2,3, Jude, & Revelation.
• John records 11 promises
  1. A person can received ever lasting life by believing in the Son of God. John 3:16
  2. A person can have eternal life by eating, spiritually Jesus body. John 6:54
  3. By Following Jesus, you will not walk in darkness. John 8:12
  4. Those who continue in Jesus’ word will be set free. John 8:31&32.
  5. A person will truly be free if made so by Jesus. John 8:36
  6. God the Father will honor those who serve Christ. John 12:26
  7. Those who believe in Jesus will do greater deeds than he did. John 14:12
  8. Those who obey Christ’s commands will receive the Spirit. John 14:15-16
  9. Those who keep Jesus’ commands will be loved by both Him & God the Father. John 14:21
  10. Those who abides in Jesus will be fruitful. John 15:5
  11. A person can be Christ’s friend, if they obey Him. John 15:14.
• Only 11 of Jesus’ disciples took he bread & wine symbolic of his broken body & shed blood, that made the New Covenant possible.
• 11 of Jesus’ disciples after the resurrection, used lots to determine who would replace Judas (Acts 1)
• Judas showed himself 3x to all 11 disciples as a group.
• 11 Psalms were created for the Sons of Korah: 42, 44, 49, 84, 85, 87, 88
• Paul was baptized & the preached the gospel. It takes 11 more yrs before he carries out his first missionary journey.
• On the 3rd day of the Feast of Tabernacle, God commanded 11 bullocks to be offered.
• Scripture lists 11 Kings or officials who were offended when they told the truth by one of God’s servants.
• Moses made 11 curtains for the Tabernacle. Ex 26:7-8
• 1 Kings is the 11th book.

Twelve symbolizes – His authority & spiritual completeness. Mentioned 189 times in the Bible. 114 in Old Testament, 75 New Testament.

• Jacob had 12 sons and they became the 12 tribes of Israel.
• Moses sent out 12 spies. Numbers
• Elijah build an altar of 12 stones, when he called for fire down from heaven. I King 18
• There’s 12 minor prophets
• God specified that 12 loaves of unleavened bread cakes be placed weekly in the temple. The priests were to change the bread every Sabbath. Lev 24
• Jesus’ first words are recorded at age of 12 yrs old.
• Jesus had 12 disciples.
• When Jesus fed the 5,000, 12 baskets were filled with left overs.
• When Peter cut off the soldier’s ear, Jesus rebuked him saying” I could have called 12 legions of angels. Matt 26:5-12
• The New Jerusalem has 12 gates and 12 foundation. Rev 21
• The Tree of Life will bear 12 fruit cups 12 times a year. Rev 22
• Eccles & Daniel each have 12 chapters
• There are 12 names in the Bible with 2 letters in them.
• Solomon appointed 12 officers over Israel.
• There are 6 Passovers mentioned in New Testament and 6 in the Old Testament. (12)
• 12 Tribes (1,000 from each tribe) 144,000 from the 12 tribes will receive salvation during the end times.
• Prophetic bride, the church will wear a crown containing 12 stars. Rev 21
• 12 angels will man the 12 gates.
• The priests breastplates had 12 gemstones.
• Jesus answered ” Are there not 12 hours in a day? John 11:3
• In Numbers 23:9 There are mentioned 12 springs of water.
• 12 lions were standing there on the 6 steps on one side and the other side. I Kings 11:30.