In our foundational commentary we established the precedent of the six Greek letters in the name of Jesus and how their cumulative numerical application provides a total of 888.
Creation’s molecular testimony
The significance of the six letters of our King’s name that add up to triple eights is confirmed in the molecular construction of the elements of the universe. Jesus is the first man to have been both mortal and immortal. He is the divinely appointed door leading from cursed mortality to blessed immortality, from six to eight. Six is the primary number that is consistently identified throughout Scripture and creation with the features of the curse of sin and death. Eight is the number identified with righteousness and immortality. There are two elements in creation that serve as symbols of these categories of life: mortal and immortal. The obvious element representing mortal life would be carbon. Any fifth grader would know that. There is no life form that exists that is not identified as a carbon based life form. Interestingly, this mortal life identifying element is scientifically identified by the number six on the universally accepted chart of the elements. Uniquely, there are six protons in the nucleus of the carbon atom. Carbon is the divinely appointed basis for all life under the curse of sin and death.
The only way to identify something as eternal would be to reference God’s word. That is the only eternal item we can visually witness and study in our current extremely limited range of observation. Fortunately the Bible does highlight the one element in creation that identifies immortal life: oxygen. Jesus educated the confused Nicodemus by explaining how one is born again of the spirit. “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit” (John 3:7-8). Being born of the spirit is to become like the wind. Appropriately, the very Hebrew and Greek words that are translated as spirit (as in the Holy Spirit) are the words for air and moving air (Heb: ruarch; Gk: pneuma). While oxygen is not the only elemental component in air it is the only element in air that actually sustains life. We get our oxygen regenerated from trees, which is a perfect shadow projection of the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. The tree of life offered eternal life. The trees of life, under the terms of the curse, convert the poisonous carbon dioxide expelled by us into oxygen, extending our lives. Oxygen, upon the authority of the son of God, is the element that shadows immortal life. Appropriately, the scientific (creational) numeric identification for oxygen is eight. There are eight protons in the nucleus of the oxygen atom. The two elements in the features of creation that identify mortal life and immortal life are numeric mirrors of the numbers in the name of Jesus, where there are six Greek letters adding up to 888.
The pattern is repeated for those who love the light
If this observation appears to be somehow contrived all we have to do is look for confirming evidence (or its absence to deny the relationship) in the carefully constructed shadow images of Jesus in the divine record. We have twice referenced the heaven and earth covenant of Genesis 15. It would be appropriate to ‘triple’ the application of that shadow. By divine design there were six carcass halves to represent the earthly aspect of the covenant. By adding the heavenly promise of the two whole birds we see a total of eight sacrificial elements. Both the six and eight features of the numbers of our Messiah’s name are highlighted in this covenant. The golden Ark of the Covenant would certainly be another Jesus shadow. In order to construct that box we see that six surfaces (left, right, front, back, top and bottom) are joined together at eight converging points (corners). Interestingly there are specifically three geometric planes that make up each of these eight points of convergence, further reflecting the triple eights in the name of our savior. That observation invites us up to the next level of our staircase reasoning in our pursuit of the glory of divine light.
Scripture is like a fathomless body of water. Looking down on the calm surface in the sunlight will only offer a somewhat distorted vision of our own reflection. Most of humanity is satisfied at this point. Literally every form of false doctrine degrades our Creator and improperly exalts ourselves in our own eyes. Every form of apostasy is about self-worship. It is the gospel truths that enable us to see a clear vision of our Creator beyond the seduction of our own personal glory on the surface of all His communications. Our Heavenly Father has expressed Himself in both the written and spoken word: the Bible and creation. Creation is a result of the spoken word of God. Each of the six days of creative activity began with a verbal command. Let there be….and it was so. The spoken word of our Creator (creation) expresses the same principles, exhortations, prophecies and promises in His written word. In fact this issue eliminates all possible defensive claims of innocent ignorance. “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Rom 1:19-20).
It is our understanding of the humbling basic truths about our Heavenly Father that serves as our breathing capacity as we submerge below the reflective surface of divine communications to witness the far greater glory, hidden for the exclusive witness of the enlightened. From the beginning we have noted how the six Greek letters of the name of Jesus equal a total of 888. We pursued just a few of the many available Scriptural extensions of this observation. We witnessed the relationship between the six letters of his name and his mortality as well as the triple eights relating to the immortality he experienced and now extends to the enlightened faithful. Our next stage in this consideration will be to understand why the number of his name had to have exactly three eights.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One