So, these 4 triangles neatly fitted into the 5^th and provided us with many insights into God's Redemptive Plan for humanity. The current Age of Grace, that began at Creation, will culminate soon with Daniel's 70th Week, which will begin with the Rapture and end with the Second Coming of Jesus, at the Battle of Armageddon.

I believe that Scripture shows that the wars described in Ezekiel 38 and 39 are not the same war, as is often assumed, but are two separate ones that act as bookends to this 70th week. Ezekiel 38 aligns with the Rapture and Ezekiel 39 aligns with Armageddon and both will bring glory to God. Firstly, in Ezekiel 38 God magnifies Himself in the eyes of the nations by bringing judgement upon them and giving the nation of Israel a massive victory:

¹⁸ But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, my wrath will be roused in my anger. Ezekiel 38:18

and

²¹ I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. ²² With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. ²³ So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 38:21-23

This will be the motivating factor for the Antichrist to confirm the covenant for 7 years. It will be to protect the nations of the world against the God of Israel, not Israel from the world. Then, in Ezekiel 39, God will again bring Judgement against the nations at the Battle of Armageddon, being sanctified in their sight, but this time, because this is ushering in the 1,000-year Millennial reign of Christ, God states He will not hide His face from His people again, as He had when His wrath was being poured out during the Time of Jacob's Trouble, aka the Tribulation or Daniel's 70th Week:

²⁷ When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered -- them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; ²⁸ Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused -- them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. ²⁹ Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out -- my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 39:27-29

Based upon that foundation, what I will be examining in this article is associated with the number 47, and primarily it will involve the following:

• God's Mirror Numbers: 47 and 74 - a mirror number is simply two or more numbers reversed.

• God's Triangular numbers - using those already established in my last article T36 (666) and T37 (703). 

Note: For those unfamiliar with the mathematical concept of Triangular numbers please click here for an explanation within my last article.

Using primarily these numbers 47; 74; 666; and 703 that are associated with these mathematical concepts, and that will lead us to other numbers, we will then be able to see how God has hidden further timing clues associated with the Return of Jesus, who will ultimately be taking us home, for as 2 Corinthians states our home will be with Him in the Heavens:

¹⁸ While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. ​¹ For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 4:18 - 5:1

Jesus spoke about this in John 14:

​¹ Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. ² In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:1-3

These are all promises of God and as this article will show, 47 and its mirror 74 are associated with God's promises to us and to Israel, both as a physical nation and as a spiritual body, which scriptures such as Romans 11:17-25 show we will eternally be a part of. The exciting part of this is that these specific numbers show that the fulfilment of these promises is very close, and soon we will be going home.

The Connection to Genesis 1:1

Firstly, we need to show how we arrive at using the Mirror Numbers 47 and 74.

As shown in my last article Genesis 1:1 not only prophetically pointed to the book of Ezekiel, that contains two future wars that will usher in the return of Jesus Christ, thus defining the limit of God striving with fallen mankind prior to judgement, but it also revealed God's purposes that were based upon His personal numbers 37 and 73.

These numbers, are in turn based upon the numbers 3 and 7, that reveal God as being a Trinity of persons (3 in 1) with a 7-fold Spiritual nature, as shown in Isaiah 11:2. When combined, they formed a symbolic representation of both His heart at the center of His purposes for mankind, with the 37^th Triangular number at the center of the larger 73^rd Triangular number, that represented the limit of Sin and Free Will, as represented by the three 666 Triangles that it contained.

Importantly, it was all established by a multiple of 37:

37 x 73 = 2701

Given that 37 as a Seal of God is a very special number, this makes many of its multiples special as well and notably the very first one is:

37 x 2 = 74

This multiple immediately stands out because 74 is numerically the next number from 73, the one that formed the large Triangle in Genesis 1:1, that defined the limit of God striving with man before Judgement would come. So, the immediate question was could 74 that goes beyond this limit be connected to anything about the end-times and God's Redemptive Plan - the following is an analysis of that.

74 as a Triangular Number

When we calculate the value of the 74^th Triangular number using the following formula Tn = n(n+1) /2 , we see the following:

T74 = 74(75)/2

T74 = 5550/2

T74= 2775

and notably 2775 can be represented as:

(3 x 703) + 666 = 2775

Significantly, as was shown in the last article, the values 703 and 666 were values associated with the triangles that mathematically represent the total value of Genesis 1:1, which was 2701 in Hebrew Gematria. 703 was the value of the 37^th Triangular Number (T37) that was at the heart of Genesis 1:1 and its associated 73^rd Triangle Number, that had the value of 2701; and 666 was the value of the 36^th Triangular Number (T36) that surrounded and filled it, as the following image shows:

So numerically 74 is directly related to Genesis 1:1 and all that was revealed in relation to it, with it being comprised of exactly the same Triangular numbers T36 and T37. 

However, while Genesis 1:1's 73^rd Triangle had 3 @ T36 and 1 @ T37 at the center, as the image above also shows, this new 74^th Triangle has 3 @ T37 and 1 @ T36 at the center, as the following image shows:

As such, it is essentially an inversion of the triangles associated with Genesis 1:1, in that it replaces the 3 @ 666 Triangles (T36) of mankind's Sin with 3 @ 703 Triangles (T37), that due to them being formed from the 37^th Triangular number, that is associated with God's personal numbers (3 and 7), it represents both the spreading of God's Sovereignty and His Heart that are now symbolically seen to be containing and limiting the reach of sin and rebellion.

So mathematically, as we shift from the large T73 triangle to the large T74 triangle, the three T37s triangles that have the value of 703 and that internally now surround the single T36 triangle, with the value of 666, indicates that God is moving to a time when He will sovereignly bring  a Judgement upon Sin and limit its reach - as such it appears to be pointing to the Time of God's Wrath associated with the Tribulation that will begin with the Rapture.

In this respect, the Rapture will limit the reach of Sin and Evil, as it will no longer be able to directly impact upon those who are part of the body of Christ. In response to those who may dismiss the hopes of individuals watching for the LORD as mere escapism, we can reframe this perspective. Rather than viewing it negatively, we can celebrate the concept of escape as a blessing from the LORD, in alignment with His words in Luke 21, where He was describing the pre-Tribulation Rapture as exactly that - an escape:

³⁶ Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36

God's Mirror Numbers 47 and 74

Given that the prophetic revelations of Genesis 1:1, that pointed to Ezekiel chapters 36 and 37, came from the combination of 37 and its mirror number 73, and the Triangles T36 and T37, then it seems logical to consider 74, that is also associated with the same triangular numbers, in relation to its mirror number 47 as well.

Doing so reveals the following:

47 x 74 = 3478

Mathematically this binary operation is very revealing because as above 74 is also 37 x 2, so this can be rewritten as a ternary operation:

47 x 37 x 2 = 3478

or reordering the factors beginning with 37 and then 47 x 2, it can be written as another binary operation:

37 x 94 = 3478

Doing this is very revealing because we can now see the mirror numbers 47-74 as a direct parallel of the numbers associated with Genesis 1:1 because both can now be understood as a multiple of God's personal number 37:

37 x 73 = 2701

37 x 94 = 3478 (or 47 x 74)

Clearly, we have God's personal number 37 being multiplied by a number that is 21 units higher (94 - 73 = 21). This is significant because:

37 x 21 = 777

This is amazing because in biblical numerics, 777 is a symbol of God's perfect completion of all of His Covenant Promises.

As a triad of the number 7, the most commonly appearing number in the bible, it represents the Triune God, who revealed Himself in Isaiah 11:2 as having a 7-fold nature to His Holy Spirit:

² The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2

In Hebrew tradition, when a single number is presented as a Triad, because of its connection to the Triune God, it serves to amplify and reinforce the concept of the number to its highest degree. 

This is particularly fascinating because, as the following shows, when a number is in this form, it is always a multiple of God's personal number 37:

37 x 3 = 111

37 x 6 = 222

37 x 9 = 333

37 x 12 = 444

37 x 15 =555

37 x 18 = 666

37 x 21 = 777

37 x 24 = 888

37 x 27 = 999

However, in relation to the number 7, it is also extremely important to understand that it is much more than just a number because the Hebrew root word, for the number seven (ש־ב־ע - Sh‑B‑A), actually carries three meanings. These are actuated by the application of different vowels, that result in 3 forms (Sheva / Shava / Sava) of the one word as follows:

• שֶׁבַע — Sheva - “Seven”

• שָׂבַע — Sava - “Fullness / Satisfaction / Completion”  

• שָׁבַע —  Shava - “To swear an oath” which is a "binding promise"

Importantly, from an etymological perspective, the meaning of each form of the 'root word' comes from the pictographic meaning of each of the letter. The pictographs are actually the original form of the Hebrew Letters, with examples historically being found carved in rocks along the route of the Exodus with Moses. 

See the table below for the definitions of the three letters ש־ב־ע under consideration:

So biblically, while 7 as a 'number' does not appear in scripture until Genesis 2:2, in association with the 7^th day of Creation, there is a inference to it earlier than that due to the number being connected to the nature of God's Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2). Essentially because of this association the theological inference that is behind the root word is really first seen in the beginning of Creation, where the Spirit of God is first mentioned, being describe as hovering above the face of the waters:

​¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2

Then since 7 represents the fullness of God's Spirit, who was present in Creation, the pictographic meanings above combine to form the three expanded meanings below that all reveal aspects of God and his purposes:

שֶׁבַע — Sheva — “Seven” - becomes the completed, fully experienced cycle of the household, or creation. To form the ordinal number "seventh" (or simply the cardinal "seven"), the pictographs of ש־ב־ע (Shin-Bet-Ayin) combine to depict a "cycle of witness" that reaches a defined, solid center point. In the Ancient Hebrew mind, "seven" was not just a quantity but a status of being fully processed and established. In this context, the letter Shin ש represents the "pressing" or "speaking out" of a complete cycle. It is the active force that brings a sequence into reality, much like the spoken words that brought the seven days of creation into being. The letter Bet ב represents the "vessel" or the "tent" of the week. So, seven is seen as the container for all that was created in the six directions (North, South, East, West, Up, Down), with the seventh being the "heart" or center point inside the house. Then the letter Ayin ע signifies the final "beholding" of the work. For something to be "seven," it must be able to be witnessed as a finished product. In the biblical account, after the seventh day, the creation was "seen" and then rested upon. 

שָׂבַע — Sava — “To be full / satisfied / complete” - becomes the experience of fullness within the household. Pictographically, in the context of being complete the letter Shin ש conveys that Just as teeth grind food until it is fully "processed" and consumed, this letter represents a word or action that has been thoroughly refined and brought forth with "sharp" clarity. Then the letter Bet ב signifies that the processed word has now found a "home" or a fixed place. In the context of completion, it represents the structure or "vessel" that holds the finished work. Finally, the letter Ayin ע signifies that the processed word has now found a "home" or a fixed place. So, in the context of completion, it represents the structure or "vessel" that holds the finished work.

שָׁבַע — Shava — “To swear an oath” - becomes a witnessed experience, that forms a binding completion of promises given within a covenant relationship. Pictographically, in the context of an oath, the letter Shin ש refers to the words spoken or the "pressed" agreement, implying that the words are sharp and final, or that the person is consuming a promise. Then the letter Bet ב suggests that the oath binds the family or household, or that the covenant is established within the house; while the letter Ayin ע signifies that the agreement is made in the sight of God or witnesses, and that the covenant is being watched over to ensure compliance.

So the root ש־ב־ע began its appearance within creation and from this the number seven (7) שֶׁבַע (Sheva) became the symbolic representation of completion, such as the completion of the creation week; and later the completion of a range of Sabbatical Cycles, such as the Shmitah שמיטה Year (every 7^th year); the Jubilee Year that follows 7 cycles of Shmitah Years, or 49 years that usher in the 50th Jubilee Year.

Then the verb שָׂבַע (sava - “to be full”) expressed the experiential side of completion, such as when King David was said to be full of days, wealth, and honour, when he died at 70 years of age, as recorded in 1 Chronicles 29:8 :

Then finally, the verb שָׁבַע (shava- “to swear”) expressed the covenantal / legal side of completion, such as is seen in Genesis 21:27-32 where the root word appears in two forms in connection to when Abraham and Abimelech made a covenant that was established by the exchange of 7 ewe lambs followed by them swearing an oath:

²⁷ So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. ²⁸ And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. ²⁹ Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?” ³⁰ And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.” ³¹ Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
³² Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. Genesis 21:27-32

The two words can be seen in the images below, noting that the establishment of this covenant, by the swearing of an oath in connection with a Well, resulted in the construct name "Beersheba", which literally means 'Well of the Oath' - Well (Beer - בְאֵ֣ר) and Oath (sheba - שָׁ֑בַע):

Thus, all three meanings are not separate, but are branches of a single ancient concept that God connects to His very own nature, in that His Word is a binding commitment (an oath) to fulfil all of His purposes that can be celebrated every Sabbath (cycle of 7). 

Understanding these concepts is crucial, especially when examining our two significant triangles - T73 (2701) and T74 (2775). Both of these triangles encompass the smaller triangles T36 (666) and T37 (703), and importantly, they are derived from two pairs of mirror numbers:

37-73 (2701) from Genesis 1:1 and 47-74 (3478).

This latter set is particularly significant as it reflects the number 74, which we analyzed because it forms a triangle larger than the one associated with number 73 - thereby hinting at what may follow it prophetically.

Notably, the Triangle T74 points to the number 3478, which is related to 37 x 94, equating to 777—a figure that exceeds 37 x 73 found in Genesis 1:1 by 777 units, as we discussed above. This suggests that the mirror numbers 47-74 may play a vital role in completing a significant aspect of God's Plan of Redemption. 

As I stated in the Introduction, I believe that this aspect will involve the completion of the Age of Grace and the beginning of Daniel's 70th Week, which is itself another example of a cycle of Seven (7) involving 490 years (70 x 7) that in line with the meaning shown above, in relation to שָׂבַע — Sava, will also involve a completion.

Importantly, this completion will involve exactly 7 aspects of God's Plan of Redemption (underlined below), as Daniel 9:24 shows: 

²⁴ “Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy." Daniel 9:24

By understanding the significance of the number 7, in relation to the three themes discussed above, we can begin to recognize a profound truth:

The entirety of the Bible, from the Creation Week in Genesis, to the promise of a new Heaven and Earth in Revelation, literally all represents God's Oath and unwavering commitment to fulfil all His Covenant Promises with humanity.

Created in His image, we are meant to enjoy a loving relationship with the Eternal, Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent Creator. This relationship is fundamentally rooted in Grace, Free Will, and Covenants, which in ancient times were established through blood sacrifice. This was symbolized by the splitting of creatures in half, an act that signified the fate awaiting anyone who failed to uphold the covenant. It did not always need to involve 7 creatures, but it was a principle fundamentally connected to oaths and the number 7. We see this in Genesis 15:7 where God who had previously made promises to Abram was about to cut a covenant with him and states:

​⁷ Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”

This is important because God is connecting the seven-fold "I will" promises of Genesis 12:2-3 with what is about to happen in relation to the cutting of this foundational covenant:

² I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. ³ I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:2-3

Essentially, the cutting of this covenant is formally ratifying all of the 7 promises given to Abram when he was first called. It is the guarantee by God in answer to Abram's question about how he would know that he would inherit these promises, that would effectively establish the nation, that would bring the Messiah, who will one day rule and reign the whole earth from the Land He also promised here in Genesis 15:

 ⁸ And he said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” ⁹ So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰ Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. ¹¹ And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. ¹² Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³ Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. ¹⁴ And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. ¹⁵ Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. ¹⁸ On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— ¹⁹ the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, ²⁰ the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, ²¹ the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” Genesis 15:8-19

Notably, when God placed Abram in a deep sleep, it underscored that this covenant was not only unconditional for Abram, who later had his name changed by God to Abraham, but also that God Himself (symbolized as both the smoking oven and burning torch) would serve as the sacrifice to establish it - this is Love, Mercy and Grace that in many ways is beyond our ability to truly comprehend. So, in the number 7, we are meant to remember and understand all of this, such that we put all our Faith and Trust in God, who held nothing back to save us.

Then in 777, we are to understand that God is announcing that the meaning of 7 is to be amplified as follows:

• Triplicate Completion: Since 3 is the number of divine emphasis, 777 signifies a work that is wholly finished by God. For example, this is reflected in the first verse of Genesis, which in the original Hebrew consists of 7 words and the numerical value (gematria) of the three key nouns in the Hebrew text ("God," "heavens," and "earth") is 777.

• Elohim (God - אלהים): 86

• Hashamayim (The Heavens - השמים): 395

• Ha'aretz (The Earth - הארץ): 296

• Total: 86 + 395 + 296 = 777.

• The Ultimate Oath: By repeating the root for "oath" three times, 777 represents the absolute certainty of God's promises. It implies a covenant that is unbreakable and eternally bound.

• Total Rest: Just as the 7^th day was the Sabbath, 777 points to a state of perfect rest and the conclusion of a divine cycle. 

Therefore, when we see the 777 in Revelation the 7 Seals; the 7 Trumpets; and the 7 Bowls of Wrath, we should be aware that it is announcing the absolute fulfilment of God's Covenant Promises that will usher in the 8^th day of Eternity first revealed in Leviticus 23:

³⁶ Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. Leviticus 23:36

Then just as the death of Lamech (the father of Noah) at 777 years of age symbolized the end of the antediluvian (pre-flood) era and the completion of that specific generational line, we should all be warned as we look at God's mirror numbers and see instances of 777 embedded in is word, that He is actually informing us that the end of the age is fast approaching - the following section will discuss this in further detail to help clarify the numerical connections to God's prophetic purpose.

God's Mirror Numbers Reveal His Purpose

So, God's mirror numbers 37-73, in parallel with 47-74, lead us to the number 777, which is a Divine intensification of the three meanings associated with the root word ש־ב־ע. However, since God is a Trinity of Persons, it should be noted that this is not unusual, rather He is regularly associated with Triads, such as:

• both the Angels in Isaiah 6:3 and the Four Living Creatures in Revelation 4:8 crying "Holy" Holy" Holy";

• Peter’s denial of Jesus three times in Matthew 26:69-75;

• the Crucifixion that involved three people (two thieves and Jesus) in Matthew 27:38;

• Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane three times before He went to the Cross in Matthew 26:36-46, or

• the theological virtues of 1 Cor13:13:

 ¹³ And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

The fact is, that the bible is full of these kinds of examples, so when we see the triad of 7s in 777 this should be a flag to us, as it is widely regarded as the number of divine perfection or the "trinity of perfection." Essentially, it functions as the ultimate antithesis to the 666 (the number of man or imperfection) that was revealed in the triangles associated with Genesis 1:1. This why the ratio of the triangles T36 (666) and T37 (703) were inverted when moving from the 73^rd Triangle (37x73) of Genesis 1:1 to the 74^th Triangle (37 x75). Then, through 74's connection to it mirror number (47) we were led to another number in 3478 (47 x 74), that is 777 units higher in value, and that essentially signals to us that these numbers represent another triad, where all three aspects of the root word ש־ב־ע  are present in it being an:

ordinal number; perfect completion or fullness; and God's oath and promises

This means that the mirror numbers 47 -74 are part of:

God's oath or binding promise to bring about the divine completion of God's Redemptive Plan in the fullness of time that will end the Age of Grace and begin Daniel's 70th week, also known as the 'Tribulation', or the 'Time of Jacob's Trouble'.

So, the numbers 74 and its mirror 47 extend the pattern found in Genesis 1:1’s triangle numbers, moving from T73 (value 2701) to T74 (value 2775). Like T73, T74 is composed of smaller triangles T36 (666) and T37 (703), but the arrangement is inverted: now three triangles of 703 surround one of 666. This inversion symbolizes a shift—an appointed time when God ends His forbearance, or striving with human sin, and reactivates the prophetic timeline that was paused at Christ's resurrection.

Importantly, 74 (37 x 2) mathematically connects to 37 and through its mirror number 47 produces a number of 3478 that is 777 units greater than the 2701 (37 x 73) of Genesis 1:1, that formed a prophetic arc from Genesis to Revelation (see here and here for further information). As such, it is a shift in God's numbers, by an amount that is suggesting that we are nearing the completion of the "Age of Grace."

God's Mirror Numbers and His Timing Clues

This leads us to consider what timing clues 47 and 74 may hold, if any. In the last article, in relation to the mirror numbers 37 and 73, we saw a number of links with the book of Ezekiel that suggested there could be a connection to 2026. I will not re-examine those here, rather I will just look at the numbers 47 and 74 to see if they support those findings or not.

47 and God's Promises

Firstly, it is important to understand what the number 47 means biblically. At its core the numbers 4 and 7 represent:

4 - creation and the world

7 - God's oath to complete and fulfil His covenant promises that have a numerical connection to the number itself.   

So together 47 is God's oath to complete and fulfil His covenant promises in creation. Given promises and covenants are given to somebody we need to dig further to see who this somebody could be. In this respect, the additive pairs of 47 also reveal:

33 + 14 = 47

Here we see why 47 can be connected to God's promises in the first place. Essentially, 33 was the appointed age of the Son of God, in Jesus, to become the Passover Lamb, on the 14^th Nisan, fulfilling the Law of Sin and Death. This was for the purpose of setting all who love and trust Him free, to receive all the promises from Him as act of Grace and Mercy; where Mercy prevents us getting what we deserve and Grace enables us to receive what we do not deserve.

Then we have another key additive pair:

37 + 10 = 47

Here 37, as God's personal numbers, is all about showing how 47 involves the work of God to fulfil the Law that is represented by the number 10.  So together, as described above, 47 represents how God has provided a way for us to receive all He desires to bless us with, by making them a part of His covenant promises to us. Notably, these are centered on the entity that He creates for this purpose - Israel. 

Importantly, Israel has both a physical and spiritual aspect to it:

It first appeared spiritually with it being connected to Jacob, who wrestled with God and refused to let Him go, until he received a blessing from Him. God said to Jacob, because you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed, your name will no longer be Jacob but Israel:

²⁸ Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” Genesis 32:28

It then became a physical entity being the nation formed from the 12 sons of Israel that would ultimately lead to the birth of Jesus, the Messiah, who was God in the flesh, and the ultimate fulfilment of Israel.

Significantly, in relation to the nation of Israel, it is directly connected with one of 47's additive pairs as follows:

22 + 25 = 47

Here 22 is the number that represents Israel, as some of the following affirms:

 • Jacob who was renamed Israel was the 22^nd generation from Adam

 • Israel as a nation was promised to Abraham who from the genealogies in Genesis is seen to have been born 1948 years after Adam and the numbers in 1948 when combined equal 22, as follows: 1 + 9 + 4 + 8 = 22

 • Israel as a modern nation was reborn in a day in 1948 (in fulfilment of Isaiah 66:8) which again adds to 22

 •  Jesus is equated with Israel by Matthew "...so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called my son.' in Matthew 2:15 and Jesus as the ultimate fulfilment of Israel in His last breath on the cross quoted from Psalm 22:

​¹ My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Psalms 22:1

 • and the book of Psalms is positioned as the 19^th book from Genesis and the 48^th from Revelation to reflect the year 1948 which again adds to 22.

 • The Hebrew Language of Israel consists of 22 letters.

And 25 is directly related to promises, as the following related to Abram / Abraham's life also affirms:

 • Abraham was the father of our faith and to him was given all the promises that would lead to the Messiah and Saviour of the humanity. His whole life was based upon 25s:

 • Called at 75 - 25 x 3

 • Promised a son through whom all the promises would be fulfilled. Isaac was born 25 years later - 25 x 1

 • Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born - 25 x 4

 • Abraham lived for another 75 years after Isaac born - 25 x 3

 • Abraham went home to be with the LORD when he was 175 - 25 x 7

here the multiple of 7 reflected the completion of life and of the promises that needed to be fulfilled in his life-time.

• Then In John's vision of God's Throne Room in Revelation 4, we see not 1 throne, but 25 thrones (God's plus those associated with the 24 elders).

² Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. ³ And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. ⁴ Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. Revelation 4:2-4

This shows a direct fulfilment of God's promise to all who overcome:

¹² If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 2 Timothy 2:12

and

²⁶ And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— ²⁷ ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’— as I also have received from My Father; Revelation 2:26-27

and

²¹ To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. Revelation 3:21

From this we can see that together 22 (Israel) and 25 (promises) that make 47 are related to the promises that God gives specifically to Israel - the nation that God created to bring the Messiah, the Saviour of fallen humanity, into the world.

In this regard, we firstly see God establish a Land for His people when He calls Abram from the Ur of the Chaldees and promises him a land that He would show him:

​¹ Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee: Genesis 12:1

and

⁷ And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give -- this land: and there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. Genesis 12:7

In association with the Land, God also promised him that He would make of Him a great nation:

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: ³ And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Genesis 12:2-3

Then God promised to make the land an everlasting possession for Abram and his descendants:

⁷ And I will establish -- my covenant between me and -- thee and -- thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, -- the land wherein thou art a stranger, -- all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Genesis 17:7-8

Following this pivotal moment, Scripture reveals how the covenant promises are transmitted from Abram (whose name was divinely transformed to Abraham, to signify his role as the Father of a Multitude), to his son Isaac, and then to his grandson Jacob. God also renamed Jacob to Israel, meaning "to strive and prevail with God." This renaming empowered him to become the patriarch of the nation promised to Abram, with his twelve sons founding the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

Key Stages of the Covenant Transfer

Importantly, the covenant did not pass in a single moment, but was systematically confirmed across generations: 

• To Abram / Abraham (The Origin): God firstly established the covenant with Abram in Genesis 12:1–3 and formalized it with a blood ceremony in Genesis 15:18, promising land from the "river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates".

• To Isaac (The Second Link): God reaffirmed the "oath that I swore to Abraham your father" to Isaac in Genesis 26:3–4, specifically promising him the land and numerous descendants.

• To Jacob at Bethel (The Third Link):

• The Vision: In Genesis 28:13–15, God appeared to Jacob in a dream, declaring, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants".

• The Formal Re-naming: In Genesis 35:10–11, God changed Jacob's name to Israel and commanded him to "be fruitful and multiply," promising that "a nation and a community of nations" would come from him. 

Later biblical texts celebrate this specific three-part succession as an "everlasting covenant": 

• Psalm 105:9–10: "The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant".

• 1 Chronicles 16:16–18: Echoes this same progression, identifying the gift of the Land of Canaan as the specific portion of their inheritance:

¹⁶ Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; ¹⁷ And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹⁸ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 1 Chronicles 16:16-18

So, Israel became the nation and their Land was the Land of Canaan and importantly, as the following map shows, this includes all the land currently being occupied by people calling themselves Palestinian Arabs - so it is not the Jews who are the occupiers, but those that are falsely trying to claim as their own what has clearly been given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and his descendants, who are the Jewish people:

Israel's first explicit connection to 47

Therefore, we can now highlight the most significant event associated with God's chosen people that resulted in them moving from being a collection of tribes (descended from Jacob / Israel) that were slaves in Egypt to becoming the nation first promised to Abraham, their generational father, at the base of Mount Sinai, where God gave them the Law and reaffirmed His Covenant. The event was the Exodus from Egypt led by Moses, that as Exodus 12 and Galatians 3 affirm, occurred precisely 430 years after the promises given to Abraham:

⁴⁰ Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹ And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that all the armies of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:40-41

and

¹⁶ Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. ¹⁷ And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God Galatians 3:16-17

However, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for an additional 40 years because of their lack of faith in God’s promise to deliver to them the land He had promised to Abraham. Their fear of the giants that inhabited the land caused all those aged 20 and over, who had doubted, to pass away before they could enter.

²⁸ Say to them, As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: ²⁹ The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. ³⁰ Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. ³¹ But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. ³² But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. ³³ And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. ³⁴ According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection. ³⁵ I the LORD have spoken this. Numbers 14:28-35

So from the Exodus from Egypt to the day that God's chosen people, in the nation of Israel, were standing on the edge of the Jordan ready to enter the Promised Land, exactly 470 (430 + 40) years had passed - the 430 years was an appointed time; and the 40 years was the delay caused by unbelief.

Together they made the 470 years or 47 x 10 that would come to be associated with being on the threshold of God's Promises being fulfilled. Here, the multiplier of 10 that turns 47 into 470 represents the Law that Jesus had to fulfil on our behalf, on the Cross, to enable all God's promises to become available to us.

47 in the Modern Era

Notably we also see 47 connected with Israel and God's promises in the modern era numerous times as follows:

• in the 47^th year of the twentieth century (1947) the United Nations voted in support of Israel becoming a modern nation again, after nearly two thousand years.

• in 2026, Israel and the United States together have brought the nation of Iran (ancient Persia), that has been the primary source of all terrorism against Israel since 1979, to its knees, after killing their Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and most of his leadership. Though the Islamic regime is still in place, they are not the major threat that they were previously. So, Israel is at the threshold of seeing another enemy removed and God's promises to His people are being advanced exactly 47 years after the Regime came to power in February 1979, noting that Khamenei was killed on the 28^th of February 2026.

• All the events in relation to Iran have only been possible because of US President Donald Trump, who is widely recognized as a modern-day Cyrus and was declared by Benjamin Netanyahu to be the...

"...greatest friend the State of Israel has ever had in the White House. No American president has ever done more for Israel. It ain't even close."

He also thanked Trump for supporting Operation Rising Lion and launching Operation Midnight Hammer, that were designed to stop Iran's nuclear threat against Israel and the world; and he officially declared that Trump would be the first non-Israeli to receive the Israel Prize in 2026. So, in this context, it is very significant that Donald Trump is the 47^th President of the United States because again we see God using the US and Donald Trump, in connection with the number 47, to bring Israel to the threshold of seeing God progress His promises to the nation.

God's Timing Clues

Understanding that 47 is connected to bringing us to the threshold of God's Promises is huge, when we link this with the idea that 47, in conjunction with its mirror number 74, is also, as we have been discussing in this article, possibly associated with ending of the Age of Grace.

This means that somehow both 47 and 74 could be pointers to the Rapture, or at the very least to a time that is on the threshold of the Rapture. So, returning to our numbers of:

47 x 74 = 3478 - product of mirror numbers and possible timing clue.

37 x 2 x 47 = 3478 - This equation symbolizes the product of God's personal number (37), multiplied by Jesus (2), the second person of the Godhead, together with the number of God's promises for Israel, represented by 47.

Here, the mirror numbers 47 and 74 are bridging the divine promises made by God to Israel (47) with the 74^th Triangular Number (T74). This intriguing connection reveals how God, through the T37 (703) and T36 (666) triangles that the 74^th Triangle (T74) contains, is about to sovereignly surround and overcome His adversaries, as illustrated by the ratio of 3 @ 703–1 @ 666, all of which ultimately leads us to the significant number 3478. Essentially, T74 serves as a precise inversion of the T73 triangle, which corresponds to the value found in Genesis 1:1.

As suggested in my previous article, the first verse of the Bible prophetically points to two end-time wars that are described in Ezekiel 38 and 39. This leads us to consider whether the number 3478 might be linked to either of these conflicts that are both signify the end of the Age of Grace. Interestingly, the number 3478 seems to be formed by the numbers (3 and 8) from Ezekiel's chapter number 38 actually enclosing the number 47 that represents God's promises for Israel - 3 47 8 - so if our interpretation holds true and 3478 is indeed a timing indicator, we must establish a reference point for this number that aligns with God's promises and the significance of the number 47. 

A natural starting point would be the Exodus, given its connection to the 470 years leading up to Israel's entry into the Promised Land. In this regard, one widely accepted date it 1446 BC - see the video below by Joel Kramer who had the top-selling book in Biblical Archaeology in Amazon Books.

I have linked to him before because he provides a credible explanation of why 1446 BC is a valid date for the Exodus: 

In recognising that the Exodus occurred in 1446 BC, if when then apply our timing clue of 3478 we get the following possibility for God's final Exodus when He comes to deliver Israel fully at His Second Coming:

1446 BC + 3478 = 2033 - after adjusting for no year zero.

Clearly, if 2033 is the Second Coming, at the end of the Tribulation period, then the Rapture, which according to 2 Thessalonians begins the Tribulation, will occur 7 years earlier:

2033 - 7 = 2026

Notably, while there are numerous passages in the bible that make this connection, that the Rapture is actually the key trigger for the Tribulation, many people still question it. So, it is worth noting the following in 2 Thessalonians, which is a key Rapture passage by Paul. Here, there is a "grammatical parallel" or "grammatical equivalence" between two passages - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 and 2 Thessalonians 2:5-8, that are a few verses apart. It is often missed, but actually confirms this understanding, as will be explained in the following section.

Firstly, see both passages below:

³ Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, ⁴ who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

and

⁵ Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? ⁶ And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. ⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. ⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2 Thessalonians 2:5-8

Many interpret the Greek word ἀποστασία as "the falling away" or what they describe as a 'spiritual departing from the truth'. They even coined a new word in English (apostasy) to describe this, with it basically being a transliteration of the Greek letters, not a translation because no English word for this previously existed. However, this is not actually what the passage in 2 Thessalonians 2 shows, because here Paul is trying to comfort the Thessalonian believers that they are not in the Tribulation and that they can know that they are 'not' because precisely 2 things have to occur for this to be so. For emphasis, he describes these 2 things twice, firstly in verses 3 - 4 and then in verses 5 - 8, and by so doing he creates a grammatical equivalence, that like any equation enables us to determine precisely the value of each of its terms, as follows:

Verses 3–4:

1) The apostasisa (ἀποστασία) comes first

2) The man of Sin is revealed

Verses 5–8:

1) The Restrainer will be taken out of the way

2) The Lawless one will be revealed

Clearly, the second term of both passages are equivalent because they are both describing the Antichrist, just using different names for him - "man of sin" and "lawless one". Noone would argue that, but in the same way, the first term of both passages is just using different descriptors for the same event.

Firstly, and quite importantly, ἀποστασία is 'definite' and so carries the definite article 'the', which makes it an event, not a gradual process of spiritual falling away. Then, here in this grammatical parallel, or grammatical equivalence, the event of the ἀποστασία, is actually being equated with the 'Restrainer being removed'. As such, it is definitely not affirming a spiritual 'falling away' of believers, rather an event that is also associated with the removal of believers, prior to the Antichrist being revealed.

This grammatical construction of 2 Thessalonians is often overlooked, as is the fact that the first 7 English Bibles ever printed, all translated ἀποστασία as  'departure' indicating that it is the physical departure of the Restrainer – in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit filled Church – that makes the way for the Antichrist, the man of Sin; the Lawless one, to be revealed;

 • Wycliffe (1384) – “departynge first”

 • Tyndale (1534) – “departynge first”

 • Coverdale (1535) – “departynge first”

 • Cranmer (1539) – “departynge first”

 • Geneva (1557/1560) – “departynge first”

 • Beza (1583) – “departing first”

 • Early editions of the KJV marginal notes also acknowledged “departing.”

Only later did translators begin using “falling away,” influenced by:

 • The Latin discessio (which can mean departure or rebellion)

 • The theological assumption that Paul must be referring to a religious falling away

 • Post-Reformation polemics, where “apostasy” became a useful doctrinal category because Catholics saw Protestants as being in "apostasy".

So, the shift was theologically driven, not linguistically required. As such, it is also overlooked that there has always been a significant spiritual departure (or apostasy) from truth in the church. Scripture in several places warns about it, so this was never going to be an indisputable sign to the Thessalonians. In fact, its existence in the early church, along with Roman and Jewish Leader' Persecution, would no doubt have been sufficient to make the Thessalonians think they were in the Tribulation, if this is what  ἀποστασία actually meant.

The parallelism is deliberate and Paul is reminding them of what he already taught them (in verse 5), and he restates the same two-step sequence, in different terms, to bring clarity - not the confusion that still exists today.

What else do the Mirror numbers Reveal

Amazingly, the T74 triangle and its related mirror numbers 47-74, in an inversion of our first mirror numbers 37-73 and their related T73 triangle, appear to be point to 2033, but the connections do not stop there, for if you take the numbers from the two sets of mirror number and add them as below, something intriguing occurs:

37 and 73

47 and 74

Adding the first two numbers, and then adding the second two you get:

37 + 47 = 84

73 + 74 = 147

These two numbers 84 and 147 are significant because the first set of mirror numbers (37-73) as discussed in my previous article point to the Restoration of Israel and then connected them to the Ezekiel wars 38 (Gog/ Magog and possibly Rapture) and 39 (Armageddon), while the second set of mirror numbers (47-74) seems to be suggesting a timing of when this will occur (possibly 2026 - 2033). So when you consider the narrative of Jacob who was renamed Israel, and reconstruct his ages from the information in the text, and think about it in relation to Jeremiah's prophetic utterance about the 'time of Jacobs trouble', something fascinating occurs as follows:

 • Isaac was 60 when Jacob / Israel was born.

 • Jacob / Israel was 77 when he fled from Esau and Isaac and Rebecca beginning his time of Trouble with his Uncle Laban.

 • Jacob / Israel was 84 when he married his two brides one week apart. Leah symbolised the gentile bride of Israel, while Rachel symbolised his beloved Jewish bride, while the week between the two weddings was a picture of the Tribulation or time of Jacob's trouble between them.

 • Jacob / Israel had his beloved son Joseph when he was 91 and returned home after 20 years completing his time of trouble at 97 before losing Joseph at the age of 108.

 • Jacob / Israel had lost his son (a type of Jesus) for 22 years, the number that symbolically represents Israel

 • Jacob / Israel at the age of 130, was restored to his son Joseph in Egypt. Significantly this was an appointed time as Adam was 130 when he had Seth (whose name means appointed) who was said in Genesis 4:13 to be a replacement for Abel. THis was important because the integrity of the Messianic Seed Line from Adam to Jesus had to be preserved to enable the Seed of the Woman prophecy in Genesis 3:15 to be fulfilled.

 • Jacob / Israel then lived another 17 years, remembering that this symbolises new resurrection life, as Jesus was raised to life on the 17^th Nisan.

 • Jacob / Israel was 147 when he died or went to be with the LORD when he is 147. Here 147 consists of 100 years representing the fallen generation, as Adam was 100 when he had Cain and Able, and the 47 is Israel's connection to God's Promises, that are ultimately fulfilled when all those that are part of Israel go to be with Him in Heaven, at the Rapture. 

So, in these mirror numbers we have another hidden template based upon the numbers 84 and 147 that are associated with Jacob / Israel and that are connected to the two brides of Jacob / Israel and the age that he went home to be with the LORD. Given that the Rapture is recognized as being for the purpose of Jesus returning for His bride (the church), so that He can take us back to the Father's house, we can see how these numbers again connect us with the idea that we are about to go home to be with the LORD.

Then further to this, if we simply add these mirror numbers 37-73 and 47-74 together individually, something else that ties this altogether appears:

3 + 7 + 7 + 3 = 20

4 + 7 + 7 + 4 = 22

20 - Here, the number 20 is connected with the 'age of accountability' in that all the Israelites who had not trusted God to fulfil His promise, to give them the land, when they came out of Egypt, they had to die out in the wilderness. This was before those who were under 20, regardless of whether they had trusted God or not, plus those born since that time, could go into the Land, in fulfilment of God's promises.

So, in the mirror numbers 37-73, that are connected to all the prophetic destiny of mankind, that is hidden in the value of Genesis 1:1 (2701–37 x 73), God appears to have created a world where mankind would be given a choice of where they want to spend eternity. Either with God, by trusting in the finished work of Christ on the Cross, or in an eternal wilderness forever separated from God. Ultimately all, including those under 20, will be given the choice.

This is a large part of what the Millennium is for, because it will be a time when all the children who have died, including aborted babies, who were all under the age of 20 when they died, will live out their full life during the 1,000-year reign of Jesus on the current earth, as is appropriately revealed in chapter 20 of Revelation:

​¹ Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. Revelation 20:1-3

Then, when the 1,000 years is expired and Satan is released for one last time to tempt and deceive mankind, they will make their final decision. As the following passage shows, many will reject God at this time, and will gather to battle against Him:

⁷ Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. ⁹ They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Revelation 20:7-10

However, as stated previously, they will be devoured or consumed by God, and as Revelation 20:14-15 also states, they will ultimately end up in the Lake of Fire - the eternal wilderness:

¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵ And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:14-15

22 - Then there is the number 22, which is the number for Israel. Significantly, it represents all who love and trust in Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, who is equated with the nation of Israel in Matthew 2:15. So when Paul in Romans 11 speaks about 'all believers', both Jew and Gentile being grafted into Israel, he is ultimately revealing that all who are in Christ become part of Israel and the covenant promises, such that he can say in Romans 11:26 that "...all Israel will be saved".

Essentially, it should be remembered that the name Israel means 'those who 'strive with God and men and prevail' - Just like Jacob did when his name was changed to Israel. Here our relationship with God is never isolated from our relationship with people. So Jacob’s “striving with men” is not a separate category from his striving with God, it is part of the same spiritual formation. Before the wrestling match with God, Jacob has:

• struggled with Esau (birthright, blessing, fear of revenge)

• struggled with Isaac (seeking the blessing)

• struggled with Laban (deception, wages, wives, flocks)

• struggled with his wives (Rachel and Leah’s rivalry)

• struggled with his own sons (later, their jealousy and violence)

Jacob’s life is a tapestry of relational conflict. He is constantly striving, negotiating, maneuvering, and surviving. So when God says:

“You have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed,” —Genesis 32:28

He is naming Jacob’s entire life story. Jacob’s striving with God is not isolated from his striving with people. They are intertwined. Similarly then, Matthew’s use of Hosea (“Out of Egypt I called my son”) and Paul’s teaching on believers being grafted into Israel show that:

• Jesus embodies the story of Israel

• Believers share in that identity through Him

Then, it is important to note that Jesus, like Jacob, who became Israel before Him, had also “striven with God and with men.”

• He wrestled in Gethsemane with the will of the Father

• He wrestled with Pharisees, crowds, disciples, and authorities

• He prevailed not by domination, but by obedience and sacrificial love

So, the pattern of Israel—struggling or striving with God and with people—is fulfilled in Christ, and then extended to all who are in Him.

Then, when you put these numbers together, you see how it is all completed, because Matthew 1:17 states the following in relation to Christ:

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations. Matthew 1:17

So from Adam to Christ, Matthew's Gospel declares there are three sets of 14 generations or:

14 + 14 + 14 = 42 generations

And our mirror numbers 37-73 and 47-74, that as above, add to 20 and 22 respectively, also reflect this when they are combined:

20 + 22 = 42 

Notably 42 numerically equates to 7 x 6, which symbolically represents that it is God's oath to fulfil or complete all of His Promises (7) in relation to mankind (6), which as Revelation 21 (3x7 - Gods personal seal) shows us, is for the purpose of Him dwelling forever with those who love and trust Him, in a new Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, the meaning of the numbers that are woven together in many layers is consistent and it is clear, as the title of this article suggests, God's mirror numbers are leading us home.

Summary

The Triangular and Mirror numbers: 37 -73 and 47 - 74 are leading us home because together, starting with the absolute sovereignty of the Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent God (37) revealed in Genesis 1:1, they point to the all-loving God, who sacrificed Himself from the Foundation of the World before we had sinned, and before we had even existed.

His eternal solution was to create Israel, a name that actually defines mankind's relationship with Him, in that all who strive with God and men, and prevail, will like Jacob, become a part of this eternal body that is fulfilled in Jesus. Like Jesus Himself, it comprises both a physical and spiritual body. Historically, the physical body, that was first established as the covenant nation of Israel, was scattered to the four winds of the earth, due to missing the time of their visitation by their Messiah. However, God established the numerical value of Genesis 1:1 (2701) to reveal how He was going to reverse this.

Through the triangular value (2701) connected to the 73^rd triangle, the mirror number of His personal number 37, He revealed how even before Israel had been created and had fallen, He had already planned their restoration. Hidden within the 73^rd triangle were values for the smaller triangular values 36^th (666); 37 (703); 38^th (741); and 39^th (780) that together pointed us to the associated chapters of Ezekiel 36; 37;38; and 39.

These chapters dealt with the restoration of Israel (36 and 37) before revealing how the prophetic wars involving Israel in Ezekiel 38 (Gog / Magog) and Ezekiel 39 (Battle of Armageddon), that arguably form the book ends of the Tribulation in the Rapture and the Second Coming, would bring victories to God's people. This was all detailed in my previous article ("Ezekiel's mathematical pathway to the Rapture").

Importantly, in relation to these events, that were all revealed in the book of Ezekiel, there were numerous links between Ezekiel and 2026 that suggested that they were imminent, including:

 ○ Ezekiel is the 26^th book of the bible.

 ○ Ezekiel's name has the value of 156 that again has factors pointing to this year (2026) in 26 x 6

 ○ Ezekiel's name that has a value of 156 also has factors of 78 in 78 x 2 = 156 and in 2026 it is exactly 78 years since Israel was reborn in 1948 and according to the Fig Tree Prophecy in Matthew's Gospel (Matthew 24:32-35) the generation that sees Israel reborn will not pass away until everything is fulfilled. Importantly, in this respect, Psalm 90 places a generation in the 70-to-80-year range, which makes 78 a valid possibility.

Ultimately, in this way, the mirror numbers 37 and 73 are pointing to Jesus' Return and are therefore leading us home.

Following this we established that because 74 was sequentially the next value from 73, it was possible that God had hidden further revelations about the end-times and when we considered the 74^th Triangular value (2775 - 37 x 75), this is exactly what we saw, because hidden within it were values for exactly the same smaller triangular values, as appeared for the 73^rd Triangle - in the 36^th (666); 37 (703); 38^th (741); and 39^th (780) triangles.

However, this time the ratio of the smaller triangles was inverted suggesting a prophetic shift from God striving with man to sovereignly beginning the events that will conclude with His return. Given this, we then examined the mirror number of 74 in 47, and found that it was connected to the fulfilment of His covenant promises, and that it also contained some timing clues that strongly suggest that in 2026, we are very close to the end.

The significance of 37 in all of this

As was shown above, God's personal number 37 was mathematically central in all of this, reminding us that everything exists because of Him and for Him. Some of the special ones are below, and as was discussed previously, there are a number of Triadic numbers where the number is repeated. In mathematics this is given the term repdigits, and in bible numerics, they are attributed with an intensification of the number they are based upon:

Of these numbers 8 of them were directly related to the numbers hidden in the 73^rd and 74^th Triangular numbers that were connected to Genesis 1:1; and of those 5 were directly related to our mirror numbers of 37-73 and 47-74, that culminated in the number 3478 (47 x 74), which is a number bridging the gap between God setting His people free from slavery of the world, to entering His Promised Land. As such, they are numbers that are leading God's people home.

Interestingly, only one of those represented God's sovereignty inside both of the larger 73^rd and 74^th Triangles and that was 37 x 19 = 703. This is significant because it involves God's personal number (37) multiplied by the number 19 that carries the biblical meaning of being hidden in Christ. This is seen in connection with the Israelites that had failed to trust that God would give them the Promised Land following the Exodus from Egypt. Essentially, all those that had not believed in God that were 20 years of age and older, they had to die out in the wilderness. This meant that those 19 years old and younger, regardless of their belief, were protected and ultimately got to enter the Promised Land.

Another multiple of this number 19 x 3 = 57 is also seen in the narrative of Noah's flood:

¹³ In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. ¹⁴ In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. ¹⁵ Then God said to Noah, ¹⁶ “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁷ Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” ¹⁸ So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. ¹⁹ Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark. Genesis 8:13-19

The sequence is as follows:

The flood ended on the 1^st Tishrei (1^st day of the 1^st month, at the time of Noah). Then on the 27^th of Cheshvan (27^th day of the 2^nd month), which was 57 days (19 x 3) later, Noah was instructed to leave the Ark.

This meant that Noah and his family remained hidden in the Ark (a type of Jesus) for 57 days before exiting. It also meant that Noah, the man whose name in Hebrew uses the same two letters as the word for Grace, and has the same gematria value of 58, went out of the Ark during the 57^th day, and that the first day of his new life was actually on the 58^th day, after the flood ended - all emphasising why Noah (58) was the one, of who it was said, would bring comfort (58):

²⁹ And he called -- his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Genesis 5:29.

In the context of this article, this is significant because in the midst of the 73^rd Triangle, we saw the 37^th Triangle (703) that is also equivalent to 37 x 19, that was surrounded by the 666 of mankind's free will and sin, affirming that the Grace that God was extending to us, to exert our own free will, is only possible because He has already hidden humanity in Christ (as symbolized by the 703's triangular connection to 19), until the Age of Grace is complete. 

Then ultimately the 6 numbers that are directly connected to our mirror numbers 37-73 and 47-74, that include 37; 74; 703; 2701; 2775; and 3478, all serve to highlight the following three - 74 (37x2); 777 (37x21); and 3478 (37x94).

Here, the 74^th Triangle leads us to its mirror number 47 that in turn leads us to the number 3478 (74 x 47), that is not only a hidden timing clue that points to 2026, but since it is precisely 777 units higher than that of Genesis 1:1's 73^rd Triangular Value (2701), it indicates that God is going to complete and fulfil all of His covenant promises that were revealed in through the Genesis 1:1's mathematical and scriptural connections to the book of Ezekiel.

This includes all of the events it describes in chapters 36 through to 39, that arguably include the Rapture and the Battle of Armageddon at the end of the Tribulation. In this way, the 74^th Triangle, along with its mirror number 47, are important in revealing how God is about to LEAD US HOME.

Final Thoughts

It is fascinating that the 73^rd Triangular value of 2701, that was connected with Genesis 1:1, was connected to 7 verses that formed a mini Prophetic Arc, that actually mirrored the larger Prophetic Arc of the Bible. This arc showed God moving from:

Creation → Covenant → Judgment → Restoration → Messiah → New Creation. 

Comparatively, the 74^th Triangle that has the value of 2775, that inverts the ratios of the T36 (666) and T37 (703) triangles that comprise both the large 73^rd and 74^th Triangles, is also connected to precisely 7 verses as follows:

74^th Triangular value -7 Verses with value of 2775

Exodus 30:29

Deuteronomy 8:12

2 Samuel 11:24

Psalm 62:10

Psalm 71:6

Isaiah 52:5

Jeremiah 17:14

Together, these again form a Prophetic Arc. However, unlike my last article, that dealt with this in a lot of detail, it will be sufficient to say here that while the Prophetic Arc of the 73^rd Triangular (T73) value centred on cycles of judgment and restoration, reflecting the idea of God striving with humanity, the verses associated with the 74^th Triangular (T74) value emphasise the difference between human efforts—such as wealth or force—and what only God can consecrate and sustain.

This signifies a profound theological and prophetic transformation—from God striving with humanity to God fulfilling His divine plan and sovereignly enacting His appointed times. This shift can also be expressed mathematically, as shown in the accompanying images. Here, the number 666, representing humanity and its free will, occupies the 73^rd Triangle (T73), that numerically corresponds to the value (2701) of Genesis 1:1. It symbolizes God's original intentions for mankind to freely choose to walk with Him. At the core of this structure is God's personal number, 703, that represents His sovereignty. Here it emphasizes that God's Heart and Will remain central to Creation, while the outer boundary of the 73^rd Triangle reflects that God will not always strive with man, as He said in the days of Noah - essentially it puts a limit on free will and the evil that it can produce.

In contrast, the 74^th Triangle (T74) reverses the arrangement of the 73^rd Triangle. Within this triangle, a single 666 is encircled by triangles of 703. This formation once again signifies that human free will still exists, but this time it is framed by God's Sovereignty. Ultimately, this isolated 666 will one day connect to the Man of Sin, also known as the Antichrist, and to those who choose to follow him, who will encounter judgment from God during the Tribulation:

So essentially, the T73 triangle, that consists of smaller triangles T36 (666) and T37 (703), features a 3:1 ratio favouring man’s numbers 666, while the T74 triangle reverses this to favour God’s personal numbers 703, highlighting trust in God and making right choices as key themes.

The fact that the mirror numbers 47-74 (3478) that are associated with the number 74 are 777 units higher than for the mirror numbers 37-73 (2701) also reinforce this theological shift, that again suggests that God is no longer ‘striving with sinful man’, rather He is seeking those who are choosing to put their faith in God, as He brings the ‘Age of Grace’ to completion.

Gematria Values of 74^th Triangle

It is not the purpose of this article to do a full exposition of the 7 verses (listed above) that all have the same value of 2775, as represented by the 74^th Triangle, in the same way that was done in the previous article, that dealt with Genesis 1:1 and the 7 verses that all had the same value of 2701. Rather it is about showing how the 74^th Triangle  (T74), that is mathematically related to God's personal number 37, being 37 x 2, prophetically completes the 73^rd Triangle (T73) of Genesis 1:1. This is important because mathematically T73 points to Ezekiel 36 and 37 that were about the Restoration of Israel, as well as Ezekiel 38 and 39, that speak about the two end-time wars involving Israel, that will usher in both the Rapture and the Second Coming.

As such, what follows is about showing how T74, the next Triangle sequentially from the 73^rd, moves us from an Age of Grace, where the free will and sin of man, as represented by the T36 triangles of 666, are replaced by the T37 triangles of 703 (God's personal numbers) that represent God's Sovereign Will, as He begins to initiate end-time events that will close the Church Age and lead us to the Rapture.

We can see this shift symbolically represented in the two representative triangles above; and so without doing a full exposition of the 7 verses, that all represent the 74^th Triangle, I will simply look at the first 3 of these 7 verses - Exodus 30:28, Deuteronomy 8:20 and 2 Samuel 11:24, to determine if they mathematically reflect and support this transition.

Verse 1: EXODUS 30:29

²⁹ And thou shalt sanctify -- them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. Exodus 30:29

Below is a screenshot showing the Hebrew words as they actually appear in the Text - it is taken from the OliveTree Bible Software:

Below is a table that lists the gematria values of each of the Hebrew Words in Exodus 30:29:

Contextually, I am searching for a range of Target values amongst the words of the verse, that represent the Triangular values that we have been discussing, in relation to the last article about Genesis 1:1 and its 73^rd Triangular value.

These include the following smaller triangular values:

- T36 (666) - represents free will and sin;

 - T37 (703) - represents God's sovereignty, heart, and will;

 - T38 (741) - represents the chapter 38 of Ezekiel and by extension the event of the Rapture;

 - T39 (780) - represents the chapter 39 of Ezekiel and by extension the event of the Battle of Armageddon;

Additionally, in this article, that is based upon the 74^th Triangle, that also involves T36 and T37, there is the value 777, that represented the difference between the product of the mirror numbers of the 73^rd Triangle (37-73) and the mirror numbers 47-74, as follows:

37x73 = 2701 and 47x74 = 3478 where 3478 - 2701 = 777

So using the values for the words in the Table above I found that there was only one of the target values present, as follows:

The tables above shows there are two combinations of word values in the first verse Exodus 30:29 that add to 666 as follows, and none of the other Target values were found:

Target Value 666

• 47- them - בהם

• 50 - whatever - כל

• 128 -  touches - הנגע

• 441- them - אתם

Sum: 47 + 50 + 128 + 441 = 666

• 27 - them that they may be - והיו

• 50 - whatever - כל

• 128 -  touches - הנגע

• 47 - them - בהם

• 414 - will become holy - יקדש

Sum: 27 + 50 + 128 + 47 + 414 = 666

These values represent the words: "them, whatever, touches, them " and " them that they may be, whatever, touches, them, will become holy" in connection with the value 666.

Contextually, it is speaking about the articles of the Tabernacle being touched to consecrate and make them holy. As such, this was a foreshadowing of all who come to Christ and are made holy by being in Him.

Verse 2:DEUTERONOMY 8:20

²⁰ As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. Deuteronomy 8:20

See screenshot below of the Hebrew Words in the verse:

Below is a table that lists the gematria values of each of the Hebrew Words in Deuteronomy 8:20:

In this instance, the tables above show that there is one combination of word values for each of the Target values, except for 780 in the second verse Deuteronomy 8:20, as follows:

Target Value 666

• 463 - shall you perish - תאבדון

• 172 - because -עקב -

• 31 -  no - לא

Sum: 463 + 172 +31= 666

These values represent the words: "shall you perish, because, no" in connection with the value 666. 

Target Value 703

• 240 - before your face - מפניכם

• 463 - shall you perish - תאבדון

Sum: 463 + 240 = 703

These values represent the words: "before your face, shall you perish" in connection with the value 703. Contextually it was speaking about people who were destroyed before the face of God's people.

Target Value 741

• 501 - that - אשר

• 240 - before your face - מפניכם

Sum: 501 + 240 = 741

These values represent the words: "that, before your face" in connection with the value 741. Contextually it was speaking about people who were destroyed before the face of God's people.

Target Value 777

• 70 - so - כן

• 463 - shall you perish - אשר

• 138 - the voice of - בקול

• 106 - your God - אלהיכם

Sum: 70 + 463 + 138 + 106 +  = 777

These values represent the words: "so, shall you perish, the voice of, your God" in connection with the value 777.

Contextually it was speaking about people who do not listen to the voice of God perishing, suggesting that God's own people can be destroyed, just as God destroyed their enemies before their face.

Verse 3: 2 SAMUEL 11:24

²⁴ And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 777.

Finally, in the  tables above for the last verse 2 Samuel 11:24, they show that while there is still a presence of man's free will and sin represented by the words that combine to produce a value of 666, there is also now an increased presence of God's personal number 703 and a massive increase in the numbers related to the triangular value T38 (741) that is associated with the 38^th Triangular value, which in the previous article was a pointer to Ezekiel 38, that is arguably associated with the Rapture event.

Then there is an equally massive appearance of words totaling 777, that indicate God is emphasizing that He is keeping His oath to fulfil all of His promises and bring things to completion. Again, there are no combinations of word values that add to 780, that is related to T39 or arguably Ezekiel 39 and Armageddon, that comes at the end of the Tribulation. 

So, all of this reflects the shift from God striving with Sin to bringing about Judgement and His end-time purposes. The associated words are as follows:

Target Value 666

• 223 - then shot - ויראו

• 126 - some of the servants of - מעבדי

• 95 - the King - המלך

• 222 - your servant - אוריה

Sum: 223 + 126 + 95 + 222= 666

• 223 - then shot - ויראו

• 31 - upon - אל

• 64 - the wall -החומה

• 126 - some of the servants of - מעבדי

• 222- your servant - אוריה

Sum: 223 + 31 + 64 + 126 + 222 = 666

These values represent the words: "then shot, some of the servants of, the king, your servant" and "then shot, upon, the wall, some of the servants of, your servant" in connection with the value 666. 

Target Value 703

• 140 - some of the kings - מעל

• 468 - and be dead - וימותו

• 95 - the king - המלך

Sum: 140 + 468 + 95 = 703

• 31- upon - אל

• 64 - the wall - החומה

• 140 - from off - מעל

• 468 - and be dead - וימותו

Sum: 31 + 64 + 140 + 468 = 703

These values represent the words: "some of the kings, and be dead, the king" and "upon, the wall, from off, and be dead" in connection with the value 703. 

Target Value 741

• 223 - then shot - ויראו

• 95 - the King - המלך

• 423 - the Hittite - החתי

Sum: 423 + 223 + 95 = 741

• 223 - then shot - ויראו

• 31 - upon - אל

• 64 - the wall - החומה

• 423 - the Hittite - החתי

Sum: 423 + 223 + 64 + 31 = 741

• 96 - thy servants - עבדך

• 222 - Uriah - אוריה

• 423 - the Hittite - החתי

Sum: 96 + 222 + 423 = 741

• 96  - thy servants - עבדך

• 126 - servants of - מעבדי

• 96 - thy servants - עבדך

• 423 - the Hittite - החתי

Sum: 96 + 126 + 96 + 423

• 31 - upon - אל

• 96 - thy servants - עבדך

• 95 - the King - המלך

• 96 - thy servants - עבדך

• 423 -the Hittite - החתי

Sum: 31 + 96 + 95 + 96 + 423 = 741

• 31 - upon - אל

• 126 - servants of - מעבדי

• 95 - the King - המלך

• 49 - also - וגם

• 440 - dead - מת

Sum: 31 + 126 + 95 + 49 + 440 = 741

• 96 - - thy servants - עבדך

• 222 - Uriah - אוריה

• 423 - the Hittite - החתי

Sum: 96 + 222 + 423 = 741

These values represent the words: "then shot, the king, the Hittite, then shot, upon, the wall, the Hittite, they servants, Uriah, the Hittite, thy servants, servants of, thy servants, the Hittite, upon, thy servants, the king, they servants, the Hittite, upon servants of the King, also, dead, they servants, Uriah, the Hittite" in connection with the value 741.

Target Value 777

• 223 - then shot - ויראו

• 302 - the shooters - המוראים

• 31 - upon - אל

• 126 - servants of - מעבדי

• 95 - the King - המלך

Sum: 223 + 302 + 31 + 126 + 95 = 777

• 302 - the shooters - המוראים

• 31 - upon - אל 

• 126 - servants of - מעבדי

• 96 - thy servants - עבדך

• 222 - Uriah - אוריה

Sum: 302 + 31 + 126 + 96 + 222 = 777

• 302 - the shooters - המוראים

• 140 - from off - מעל

• 64 - the wall - החומה

• 49 - also - וגם

• 222 - Uriah - אוריה

Sum: 302 + 140 + 64 + 49 + 222 = 777

• 302 - the shooters - המוראים

• 31 - upon - אל

• 96 - thy servants - עבדך

• 140 - from off - מעל

• 64 - the wall - החומה

• 95 - the King - המלך

• 49 - also - וגם

Sum: 302 + 31 + 96 + 140 + 64 + 95 + 49 = 777

These values represent the words: "then shot, the shooters, upon, the servants of, the king, the shooters, upon, servants of, thy servants, Uriah, the shooters, from off, the wall, also, Uriah, the shooters, upon, thy servants, from off, the wall, the king, also" in connection with the value 777.

Contextually all the words in this section were speaking about the people of God who were being shot and killed by arrows in an attack, that due to King David's sin with Bathsheba (the wife of Uriah), was organized specifically for the purpose of killing Uriah to cover the Adultery up - as such, it is speaking about Sin and Judgement.

List of Words and Phrases:

Stringing all these words together for the 3 Verses we looked at above, we get the following list of words and phrases:

Verse 1 - Exodus 30:29

• 666 - them, whatsoever touches them

• 666 - that they may be, whatever, touches, them, will become holy

Verse 2 - Deuteronomy 8:20)

• 666 - shall you perish, because, no

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• 703 - before your face, shall you perish

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• 741 - that, before your face

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• 777 - so, shall you perish, the voice of, your God

Verse 3 - 2 Samuel 11:24

• 666 - then shot, some of the servants of, the king, your servant

• 666 - then shot, upon, the wall, some of the servants of, your servant

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• 703 - some of the kings, and be dead, the king

• 703 - upon, the wall, from off, and be dead

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• 741 - then shot, the king, the Hittite

• 741 - then shot, upon, the wall, the Hittite

• 741 - they servants, Uriah, the Hittite

• 741 - thy servants, servants of, thy servants, the Hittite

• 741 - upon, thy servants, the king, they servants, the Hittite

• 741 - upon servants of the King, also, dead

• 741- they servants, Uriah, the Hittite

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• 777 - then shot, the shooters, upon, the servants of, the king

• 777 - the shooters, upon, servants of, thy servants, Uriah

• 777 - the shooters, from off, the wall, also, Uriah

• 777 - the shooters, upon, thy servants, from off, the wall, the king, also

Suggested Meaning - putting them together

Then allowing for repetitive phrases and noting that the name Uriah means Jehovah is light, or the LORD my light and the name Hittite means annoyance, dread or fear, we can condense this to produce a suggestive meaning as follows, noting the exact words of the verses are in Bold:

Whatsoever touches them will become holy (Exodus 30:29). Shall you perish as those before your face, who did not listen to the voice of your God? (Deuteronomy 8:20) Then were shot some of the servants of the King, and they be dead. The Light of the LORD (Uriah) has been lost to dread and fear (Hittite).

To clarify this further, it should be noted that the words from Exodus 30:29 were speaking about articles in the Tabernacle, which are all pointers to Jesus Christ Himself, who is described as the Tabernacle in the New Testament and is clearly the only one who does make those connected to Him Holy.

So this hidden phrase, compiled from just the first 3 of 7 verses, that are associated with the value of the 74^th Triangle (2775) appears to be suggesting that God is offering salvation to those who put their Trust in Jesus, who can make them holy; but if we do not listen to the voice of God, then the time is coming when we will either die in our sin, or will be lost to fear and dread, when the Rapture comes, and we are left behind to endure the Tribulation.

Clearly, just this portion (3 verses) of the 7 verses that carry the value of the 74^th Triangular value 2775, that we have analysed, supports that there is a shift in God's dealings with mankind. He is beginning to move from striving with man's sin, as He has for the last 2,000 years since the Cross, to warning of impending Judgment.

Significantly, this is also supported mathematically by the numbers associated with the Target Values for these 3 verses, that is the number of instances of the actual Target Values being found, not looking at the words themselves. The have been listed above and are summarized in the table below: 

Summary of the Numbers:

Essentially it shows a shift from the first to the third verse as follows:

First verse (Exodus 30:29) having 2 occurrences of 666, and no occurrences of the other target numbers that relate to God's sovereignty - so this emphasises man's free will and sin. 

Second verse (Deuteronomy 8:20) having only 1 occurrence of 666, but now having an instance of 703 that relates to God's sovereignty; a 741 that arguably points to Ezekiel 38 and the Rapture; and an instance of 777 that reflects that God is sovereignly beginning to complete the events associated with His end time calendar.

Third verse (2 Samuel 11:24) then in the third verse, we see 2 occurrences of 666 that again emphasises man's free will and sin being present at this time. Significantly though this is now countered by 2 occurrences of 703 showing God's sovereign actions are also increasing. Most importantly though, we now see the number 741, that I believe is representative of and associated with the Ezekiel 38 War and the Rapture, jump to 7 instances, perhaps suggesting that this sequence of verses is actually pointing to the fact that the Rapture is the next major prophetic event to be occurring and that it is coming soon. Additionally, this is also matched by the rise to 4 instances in 777 indicating that in the events, that may involve the Rapture and result in the inauguration of the Tribulation, God is implementing His end-time prophetic calendar; and importantly because 777 relates to God completing and fulfilling His covenant promises, it could be indicating that these events are imminent.

Notably there are no instances of the other target number 780 in any of these 3 verses. 780 is the value of the 39^th Triangular number T39, that I believe is associated with Ezekiel 39 and the Battle of Armageddon. So, the initial emphasis, of at least the first 3 of the 7 verses (associated with the value of the 74^th Triangular number of 2775), do not appear to be looking beyond the immediate prophetic context, which is looking forward to the Rapture and the Tribulation.   

Amazingly, all of this shift from the Grace of God that results in Him striving with man to God's end-time clock shifting to His sovereign Judgements, that both saves those who trust him in the Rapture, and brings judgement to those entering the Tribulation, is exactly what we see when we check the values of the words in each of the remaining 4 verses out of the 7, that comprise the 74^th Triangle, which completes the 73^rd Triangle, that represented Genesis 1:1.

Essentially, when we check for our Target values of 666 (free will and sin) 703 (God's Sovereignty), 741 (Ezekiel 38 and Rapture), 777 (Completion of God's Covenant Promises) and 780 (Ezekiel 39 and Battle of Armageddon) we get the following results that I have summarized in the table below:

Summary of Target Values in remaining 4 Verses of 74^th Triangular Value (2775):

4^th Verse (Psalm 62.10) - basically if the first 3 verses that I examined quite closely are pointing to the start of the Tribulation, as suggested above, then the 4^th Verse, that follows and only shows 2 occurrences of 666, this could be reflecting the immediate aftermath of the Rapture that only leaves unsaved people behind.

This could also be reflected in the actual text of the verse that is a warning from God not to trust in the riches of the wicked that comes from oppression. Symbolically, in our context this could be a warning against trusting the leadership of the Antichrist, who will initially appear to be promising to solve everyone's problems, offering them a false prosperity. God is calling for people to guard their hearts at this time.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. Psalms 62:10

5^th verse (Psalm71:6) - then in relation to the 5^th verse we mathematically see none of the target numbers appear at all. Amazingly in our hidden prophetic pattern, this seems to mirror Revelation 8 that follows the events of the Rapture, as detailed in the Sixth Seal passage of Revelation 6:12-7:17, when it describes in verse 1 that following the Rapture there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour: 

​¹ And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. Revelation 8:1

In context, Jesus described the Tribulation as being symbolically an hour in length:

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Revelation 3:10

So if there is silence in Heaven for about half an hour. then this means that following the Rapture, most of the first half of the Tribulation is going to be met with silence as the Antichrist establishes himself.

If one questions whether this is a valid interpretation symbolically, it should be remembered that these are the words coming from the same God who declared that to the LORD a thousand years are as a day. It is consistent with God's symbolic use of numbers, particularly in relation to time. In any event, the absence of all Target numbers in this 5^th Verse could be reflecting this and then the actual text could be like a reminder to people at that time that only He is the true God who formed them in their mother's womb and is worthy of praise:

⁶ By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. Psalms 71:6 

This is also consistent with the message during the first half of the Tribulation that will be going out from both God's Two Witnesses and the 144,000 sealed Jewish believers. It will not be a time where the Antichrist totally gets his own way, and God will be seeking for people to repent and turn back to Him before the beginning of the Great Tribulation in the middle of the final 7 years.

6^th Verse (Isaiah 52:5) - following this we have the 6^th Verse, where for the first time we have all of the target numbers, including 780, as shown in the table above.

This seems to reflect the events from the middle of the Tribulation starting with the 666 of the Antichrist standing in the Temple declaring he is God and demanding to be worshipped. Additionally, the 703 that is about God's sovereign actions can be seen both in that the Second half of the Tribulation is about God's Wrath being poured out on the world, while He simultaneously rescues many from Israel, supernaturally taking them, as many scholars believe, to Petra:

¹⁴ And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Revelation 12:14

The occurrence of another 741, that we have shown to be associated with the Rapture, is I believe consistent with a second mid-tribulation Rapture for believers who are born again from the ministry of the two-witnesses and the 144,000 sealed Jewish believers. It is described in Revelation 14 as follows:

¹⁴ And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. ¹⁶ And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. Revelation 14:14-16

Those that do not escape, either through this second Rapture, or to Petra, will need to endure the second-half of the Tribulation, as is seemingly reflected in the actual text of this 6^th verse that contextually speaks about the people's suffering in exile in Babylon, a theme that also appears in Revelation:

⁵ Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for naught? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. Isaiah 52:5

Given also that this verse also has the value of the 74^th Triangular number (2775), which can also be understood as a combination of the factors 37 x 75 = 2775 there may be a hidden numerical parallel here that mirrors when God (37) called Abram at the age of 75 to give him a land and the promise of a nation. It is just that here God (37) could be looking forward to the time when He will call the nation promised to Abram (75) to flee to Petra before they are destroyed by Satan. 

Additionally, we have in the 6^th verse an occurrence of  777, that is both a reminder that it is God's wrath being poured out and that it is all leading to the final conclusion and fulfilment of God's prophetic calendar, as it relates to the Tribulation, that will culminate with the Battle of Armageddon. Significantly, this battle will unfold alongside the Second Coming of Jesus, who will return to confront those who oppose Him. As I have written on elsewhere, this final battle is actually being described in Ezekiel 39, that as a Triangular number has the value of 780. In this context, the number 780 or 78, mentioned in just one verse among the 7 verses reflecting the Triangular number of 74—an embodiment of God's number 37 multiplied by 2 (representing God the Father sending His Son)—can be interpreted as a reminder of Jesus’ return. Interestingly, this year (2026) is particularly significant, as it marks exactly 78 years since the rebirth of Israel in 1948.

7^th verse (Jeremiah 17: 14) a foreshadow of the 8^th Day - finally we have the 7^th and last verse that mathematically brings everything to a conclusion, and that literally only has one of the target values in 777. Here it is about Jesus who is the HOPE of ISRAEL concluding His plan of Redemption and saving all who believe in Him, which is exactly what is being described in the actual text of this last verse, that in context follows verse 13 that shows that all who depart from Him will be lost:

¹³ O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken -- the LORD, the fountain of living waters. ¹⁴ Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Jeremiah 17:13-14

Significantly, it is actually this passage of scripture that explains what Jesus was doing in John 8, when He was writing in the dust with His finger, when the Jewish leaders had brought to Him the woman caught in Adultery - IT IS ALL ABOUT THE 8^th DAY. In the 8^th Day there will be no more sin and condemnation, which is a theme Jesus hinted at during this narrative, when He said to the woman:

¹⁰ When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? ¹¹ -- She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. John 8:10-11

Essentially, the day before this event, Jesus had stood up in the Temple and declared that He was the source, or fount of Living Water and that anyone who was thirsty should come to Him. Intriguingly, this is described in three verses of chapter 7 that numerically match 3 of our Triangular numbers - 37; 38; 39:

³⁷ -- In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
³⁸ He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ³⁹ (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John 7:37-39

Then verses 43-44 state that there was division among the people regarding Jesus declaration: 

⁴³ So there was a division among the people because of him. ⁴⁴ And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. John 7:43-44

However, the Jewish Leaders revealed their unbelief in verses 45-49 when the temple guards, who had been among the crowd when Jesus made His declaration, returned to them without arresting Jesus:

⁴⁵ Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
⁴⁶ “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied. ⁴⁷ “You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. ⁴⁸ “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” John 7:45-49

So, the following day, the chief priests and the Pharisees came themselves, with the woman caught in Adultery, with the intention of tripping Jesus up on a point of the Law. However, Jesus never denied that the woman was guilty, rather He stooped down and began writing in the dust. These leaders were fully aware of what Jesus had declared the day before and they were very adept in their knowledge of the scriptures, so they would have made the connection with what Jesus was doing in relation to the Jeremiah 17:13 scripture.

Then when Jesus stood up and said "...He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John 8:7" they began to think about all of this and while they were still not going to receive Jesus as their Messiah, or as the Fount of Living Water, they were, as John 8:9 states, convicted by their own conscience, noting that they began to leave beginning at the eldest unto the last because no doubt the older men had more sins to recall:

⁹ And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. John 8:9  

Therefore, this final verse of the seven that are all connected by the value of the 74^th Triangular number (2775), brings all of the symbolic connections to their ultimate conclusion, with only 3 words in this verse adding in value to 777. There are no other Target Values occurring in this final verse, just the one instance of 777, which all suggests that God has hidden a mathematical pointer here to the end of the Age, where following the Jesus' Return at the Battle of Armageddon, that signals the end of the Tribulation and the beginning of the new Age, He will fulfil many of His covenant promises.

Firstly, as we enter the Millennial Age, where Jesus will rule for 1,000 years, then finally when Satan is cast into the Lake of Fire, along with those who have rejected His Grace and then and only then:

THE 8^th DAY OF ETERNITY BEGINS

47 - 74 Mirror numbers - Timing Clues

Ultimately, this all leads us to our final conclusions about the mirror number of 74, which is 47.

Here we firstly remember how this number pointed us to the beginning of the end because 47 or 470 was always connected with Israel standing at the threshold of their promises, in relation to the Promised Land - 470 years after the Exodus they entered the Promised Land, under Joshua a type of Jesus. Additionally in the 47^th year of the twentieth century they received the Promise of the Land again, when the UN voted in support of creating the modern state of Israel.

Then throughout this article we saw that 47, in combination with its mirror number 74 , was important due to their prophetic implications through the triangular values that comprise the Triangular number 74, that pointed to a transition in God's activities from striving with mankind to a possible enacting of the events of the end-time calendar, that will begin to bring a judgement that both saves and punishes.

Then because 47 is a timing number that brings us to the threshold of God fulfilling His promises to His people that are part of Israel, both physically and spiritually, we expected that when these two numbers are combined the result should be both a pointer to God's end-time events and a timing clue of when this might happen; and this is exactly what we saw when we multiplied them together as follows:

47 x 74 = 3478

 Here we saw the number 3,478 was the exact number of years since the Exodus from Egypt to 2026, as follows:

 1446 BC + 3,478 = 2026

I believe that the parallels between God's people entering the Promised Land after the Exodus that occurred in connection with a multiple of the number 47 and possibly soon entering the greater Promised Land of Heaven again in connection with another multiple of the number 47 cannot be ignored. 

Further to this, it is interesting to note that there are only 3 Verses in the Bible that have the Hebrew Gematria value of 3478, as follows:

• Exodus 13:14

¹⁴ And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, By a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. Exodus 13:14

• Joshua 13:5

⁵ and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath, ⁵ and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath, Joshua 13:5

• Jeremiah 8:11

¹¹ They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. Jeremiah 8:11

Given the possible mathematical connection of 3478 to the Exodus of God's People from Egypt (symbolic of escaping from Tribulation) before being Raptured, which is symbolized by entering the Promised Land, it is amazing to note how the context of each of the 3 verses that carry this value, directly relate to this exact topic:

The first verse Exodus 13:14 declares the Exodus of God's people from Egypt; and in context Joshua 13 opens with a declaration about the Promised Land in that "very much of the land remains to be possessed".

Then the second verse Joshua 13:5 is part of a passage where God was encouraging His people to claim the land still to be possessed, as a promise from God. This emphasizes that the receiving of God's promises requires active faith. So just as this verse is a part of God urging the Israelites to take personal responsibility for taking possession of their inheritance, it is symbolic of God urging people in Luke 21:36 to activate their faith in God and to pray always that they will be accounted worthy (by being in Christ) to escape the trials of the Tribulation and receive all of God's Promises (our inheritance in Christ) by standing before the Son of Man (Jesus Christ) when the Rapture occurs:

³⁶ Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36

Finally, the third verse Jeremiah 8:11 speaks about the spiritual wound of God's people being treated as though it were not serious - ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace. It critiques false prophets and priests of Judah who offered shallow, comforting assurances instead of calling for repentance. The context was the imminent judgment by Babylon, which religious leaders wrongly claimed would not happen. They publicly and repeatedly declared "Peace, peace!" to avoid the unpleasant truth, offering reassurance when only deep repentance could prevent destruction. This is a stunning parallel of the Rapture that as Paul states will occur when people are saying PEACE and SECURITY:

² For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

This absolutely cannot be by chance - The God of Heaven is using the numbers 3478, derived from the mirrored pair 47-74, to link the Exodus of His people from Egypt—the first moment the Israelites emerged as a nation ready to receive the Law and the Promised Land—to the Rapture. So significantly, the three verses associated with this remarkable number, all directly pertain to this profound connection.

Additionally, it is important to recognize that the 47 of God's Promises, in relation to Israel and the Land, that involved the 470 (47 x 10) years from the promises given to Abraham to the Exodus, also included 430 (43 x 10) years that represented the appointed time, as seen in Exodus 12:

⁴⁰ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred -- and thirty years. ⁴¹ And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred -- and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:40-41

Here the 430 (300 + 130) is comprised of the 300, that symbolically represents the blood sacrifice of Jesus (see here for further information) and 130, that symbolically represents an appointed time as Adam was 130 when his son Seth, whose name means appointed, was born. Jacob, who was renamed Israel, was 130 when He was saved from the famine threatening to destroy the chosen people by going to Egypt, being reunited with Joseph, a type of Jesus, who God had appointed to save the nation:

300 + 130 = 43 (43 x 10)

So, 43 and its multiples are connected to appointed times, and as I have shown in other articles, if you apply multiples of 43 to the years of key events in Israel's modern rebirth then you have further support for something significant about to happen in 2026, as follows:

1897 (First Zionist Congress that led to the UN Vote of 1947) + 129 (43 x 3) = 2026

1947 (UN vote that gave international support for Israel to be reborn) + 86 (43 x 2) = 2033

While I am certainly not asserting that these two connections definitively point to a 7-year Tribulation Period from 2026 to 2033, I am exploring patterns. As such, I am suggesting that it is a possibility.

Also, in this respect, there is another intriguing pattern that results from the numbers associated with the key events that led to the rebirth of Israel as follows:

 70 AD - this was the beginning of the Diaspora or dispersion of God's People, as the nation of Israel, to the 4 corners of the earth,                            around 38 years after Jesus' death and resurrection, following the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman Emperor Titus.

1878 -   this was the establishment of the community called Petah Tikvah (פתח תקווה), the first modern community in the                                  Promised Land, in an area close to the valley fo Achor, in fulfilment of Hosea 2:15 which was a reversal of the curse (as recorded                in Joshua 7) that came upon the nation after they had captured Jericho:

¹⁵ And I will give her -- her vineyards from thence, and -- the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. Hosea 2:15

Petah Tikva is Hebrew for Door or Gateway of Hope - more on this can be read in this Wikipedia article that discusses the establishment of the first modern community in the Promised Land in an area close to the valley of Achor. Other sources, such as the encyclopedia Britannica also affirm that this was the first modern community as the following quote and link state: https://www.britannica.com/place/Petah-Tiqwa:

"Situated in the valley of Achor near the Yarqon River, the city takes its name (meaning “Door of Hope”) from the biblical allusion in Hosea 2:15: “…and make the valley of Achor a door of hope.” Petah Tikva was the first village (founded in 1878) in the modern Jewish settlement of Palestine and is known as Em ha-Moshavot (Hebrew: “Mother of the Moshavs”)."

This is important because it is essentially God's promise of the rebirth of the land that would follow, beginning in 1947 and completing in 1948.

1897 - First Zionist Congress - for the first time this began an international effort to establish a homeland for the Jews. Notably,                              Theodore Herzel on the 3^rd September 1897, just days after the Congress finished, stated:

""At Basel I founded the Jewish State. If I said this out loud today, I would be greeted by universal laughter. In five years perhaps, and certainly in fifty years, everyone will perceive it." 

He was right because 50 years later the United Nations voted in support of Israel becoming a modern nation.

1948 - Israel Independence Day - finally on May 14^th, 1948, the modern nation of Israel was declared. The promise given in 1947 by the United Nations was opposed by the Arab nations, but ultimately Israel, about 6 months after the UN vote, declared their independence. 

So, with these key events, that all defined the status of Israel as a nation, it is fascinating to note the following, which is achieved by simply adding together all of the years of these events, that all played a part in Israel's national existence:

70 + 1878 + 1897 + 1948 = 5793

Here 5793 just happens to be the numbers of the Hebrew Year that correlates to 2033 - which, allowing for the Rapture and Tribulation occurring 7 years earlier in 2026, as discussed above, could be the year that Jesus, in fulfilment of His promise to the nation of Israel in Matthew 23:39, could return in the Second Coming:

"For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" Matthew 23:39

In this verse, Jesus concludes His public ministry in Jerusalem with a lament and a specific condition for His return to the city. This phrase, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord," is a quote from Psalm 118:26 which is a Psalm of thanksgiving to the LORD, who can be trusted to deliver the people in their distress. In context, it predicts that the one the LORD has provided for this purpose will be rejected by Israel, but in spite of this, He will become the Head stone of the Corner, of what God is rebuilding, and that one day He will be the individual through whom the whole house of Israel will be established. He is the blessed one who comes in the name of the LORD and one day when the people cry out to Him, saying exactly those words, He will return in His physical Second Coming.

Clearly, this will involve a recognition by the nation that He is the one that they pierced, when He was nailed to the Cross, and the anguish that they will experience when they become aware of this, just prior to them collectively calling upon His name, is described in Zechariah 12:10: 

¹⁰ And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me -- whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. ¹¹ In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. ¹² And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; ¹³ The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; ¹⁴ All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. Zechariah 12:10-14

Revelation 1:7 connects these two themes together in connection with the Second Coming stating:

⁷ Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Revelation 1:7

Finally it is also worth noting that not only were the years of the events listed above, a prophetic pointer to the Hebrew Year 5793 and to 2026, when they were all added together, but with one difference being to use the 1947 UN Vote (that represented God's promise of the nation, instead of the actual 1948 Day of Independence, when the promise was fulfilled), they were also individually hidden prophetic pointers, created in a way that only the all-powerful God of the Universe, who is over all of human history could do, without compromising man's free will.

So from this perspective, if we take the following years -  70AD (Diaspora); 1878 (Petah Tikvah); 1897 (First Zionist Congress); 1947 (UN Vote in support of Israel becoming a modern nation) - and actually use them as pointers, something amazing occurs – I have written about this before, but personally find it stunning, so I will touch on it here again because it also plays into our thoughts about 2026. One thing to highlight though, before we go through how this works, is that the last event, related to the UN vote in 1947 on Resolution 181, was focused upon the status of Jerusalem. Essentially, Jerusalem was central to the whole discussion about the sovereignty of Jews and Arabs, and the UN wanted to divide it between both ethnic groups - this will be important in what follows.

So if you start with 70 AD, when everything related to the nation was historically lost, then we can see how God through these numbers was also hiding some prophetic events of the future, such that if this was understood by past generations, they could have known when God was going to restore the nation and fulfil His promises:

 • 70AD → 1878 - this became a prophetic pointer to 1948 (70 +1878) - here the year of the first modern community pointed to when the community as a whole in the nation of Israel would be reborn.

 • 70 AD → 1897  - this became a prophetic pointer to 1967 (70 + 1897) - here the year of the first Zionist Congress that was about the creation of a sovereign land for the Jews pointed to the Six-day war when the sovereignty of Israel's borders would be increased to closely match what God has promised to Abraham, noting that some of the key areas regained included Judea (often referred to as the West Bank today); East Jerusalem; the Temple Mount; and Gaza.

 • 70 AD → 1947 - as discussed this while this was about the establishment of the modern state of Israel, and much of the document that the vote was based upon was centered on the status of Jerusalem with the UN wanting to divide it. However, as with the other events this became a prophetic pointer to 2017 (70 + 1947) - amazingly 2017 became the year of the Jerusalem Declaration, where the US President at that time, in Donald J. Trump, officially declared that Jerusalem was the eternal indivisible capital of Israel. While not everybody was happy about this. the fact is that under international law Trump's declaration carried weight because of the status of the US, both in the UN and NATO, so this was an amazing announcement.

So, through these 3 events, God was telling His people how many years, beginning in 70 AD, that it would be before He would reverse the curse, and progressively restore all that they had been lost:

 • first the nation would be reborn in 1948 after 1,878 years

 • second the sovereign borders promised to God's people would be reestablished - 1967, including the Temple Mount (God's Throne on earth), after 1,897 years.

 •  thirdly, the status of Jerusalem as Israel's eternal indivisible capital would be restored, after 1,947 years.

Prophetic Pattern 1 - hopefully the image below may help to clarify the Prophetic Pattern in the template that I am describing:

Significantly, all of these begged one more question, if Israel is back in their homeland, and their borders and the international status of their capital in Jerusalem have been restored, then are there any other clues as to when the next most significant event in relation to nation, such as the return of Israel's Messiah, would take place?

Incredibly, I think there is because if one applies the same template to the next major event in Israel's history it produces another key date, as follows. Essentially, the next most important date in the history of the nation was in 1956 in its war with Egypt. It is commonly referred to as the Suez Crisis. Perhaps the most important thing to understand about this war is that it was an existential threat against Israel by Egypt, who cut off all ships to Israel through the Suez Canal and also blockaded the Straits of Tiran upon which Israel relied for its oil imports from the Persian Gulf (mainly Iran). Blocking the straits was seen as a direct threat to the country's energy supply and industrial survival.  So, it was a significant event and if we apply the same prophetic pattern, as above, we get the following:

• 70 → 1956 - this was a pointer to 2026 (70 + 1956). So, if 1956 was about a threat to Israel's existence then with God, who precisely reversed the curse that affected Israel's nationhood; sovereignty of borders; and the status of its capital Jerusalem; then 2026 could very well be where God affirms the nations existence against all threats. The most likely event to do this would be the signing of a Peace agreement that would involve the confirmation of a 7-year covenant with Israel, the number that underlies the whole discussion in this article.

Prophetic Pattern 2: includes the pointer to a possible year for the Rapture: