GOD'S AUTOGRAPH - with 3's & 7's

This is IOPNA’s 5^th article in our conversational study of CREATION in Genesis 1:

Well, that was a surprise….finding that religion destroys the Bible’s credibility, thanks to Man interrupting God after only 10 words!...while real Science agrees with the Bible! Not only that, there’s no Big Bang here – that comes at the end, and the Earth in some form is somehow centre-stage. What next?

Just by the way, as we read through this first chapter of Genesis how about we look out for patterns of 3 and patterns of 7.

What on earth for?

From reading the Bible, it looks as if they’re God’s two favourite numbers.

Do you mean if we can find these patterns it’s like a signature or watermark showing He wrote it?

It could be, so let’s keep an open mind on that. Now, do you remember this?...a prime number is a natural number that can be divided only by itself and 1 to leave no remainder. In other words it’s a strong number - except for ‘2’ which can be split. That leaves 3, 5 and 7 – where 3 is the smallest and 7 the largest, strong single-digit prime numbers.

I’ve noticed ropes are commonly laid in 3 strands, for strength.

Yes, and the full bench of the High Court of Australia comprises 7 judges so there can never be a hung judgment; the weakest result possible is a 4 – 3.

As for 5, the Bible seems to regard that as Man’s number…

…last time I counted I had 5 fingers on each hand and 5 toes on each foot.

Same here.

So you tell me the Hebrew word : bara - 'created from nothing' - is the first series of 3 to look out for, with some series of 7 to find as well.
What was the Earth like, to start with?

We’re going to find out but first of all, Someone needs to turn on ...

The 1st Sound & Light Show - in our next article.
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/sound-n-lite-show.html

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