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Originally Posted by mfblume
God can use canonizers as much as Balaam's ass. The books are the books we should have.
Look carefully at the Tabernacle candlestick described in the bible. Each of the 6 branches had three knops, flowers and bowls ( Ex 25:33). Each branch would therefore have 9 elements altogether. The centre shaft had four sets of knops, bowls and flowers ( Ex. 25:34)! That makes 12 elements on the shaft.
When you take 9 elements on each branch, with 6 branches, that makes 9X6=54.
The shaft is 12.
54 + 12 = 66. The precise number of the books of the Bible!
Not only that, but the shaft and three branches makes 39 elements. The exact number of Old Testament books! The remaining three branches have 27 elements. The number of books in the New Testament.
Don't ever question if we have the right number of books in our bibles! It's no coincidence the candlestick lamps had 66 elements.
Psalm 119:105 KJV Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
Except that the Hebrew "OT" is 22 books. One would think the Menorah would reflect that rather than our 39.
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