~ Ten Pillars and Sockets, 2 ~
Introduction ~ This
series is about portions of Scripture which specifically mention ten (10)
items. (I am aware that there are those in my readership who are into Biblical
numerology.) All Scripture is from the New American Standard (Updated)
unless otherwise specified (emphasis added). The Scripture below is one of many
passages which specifically mention ten of something.
Scripture ~ “For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten
pillars and their ten sockets; the hooks of the pillars and their
bands were of silver” (Exodus 38:12).
Numerology ~ Scripture
numerologists often refer to the number ten as referring to as fullness or
completeness. Following is one explanation:
“In
connection with five, and as very near akin to it in meaning, we may
take ten. It is but five times
two, as I have already said. The ten
fingers and toes are plainly so, and they give us respectively man’s
capacity for action and competence for an upright walk. But the measure of capacity is that of
responsibility, and the measure of responsibility is that of judgment or of
reward. Thus ten
plagues fell upon Egypt.
“The
Ten Commandments are on the two tables of
testimony, the measure, on the divine side, of man’s responsibility.
“In
the kingdom of the ten tribes …
“The
ten toes of the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s vision enable
the feet to stand firm – are what answer to the ten horns
upon the fourth beast in that of the prophet – again the measure of
power.
“In
the ten virgins of the parable, responsibility is
enforced; and here they are five wise, five foolish. The testimony here is that of the
bridegroom’s return.
“Finally,
in the tithe demanded by God in Israel, we have the whole (of whatever
it might be) looked at as composed of ten parts, the measure of
responsibility, of which God takes one in token of His sovereignty.” –F.W.
Grant
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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