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Introduction

Genesis 1:1 - 3 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

The prologue of Genesis begins with God’s act of Creation, in three very famous verses that foreshadow the modern 'Big Bang' theory of the origin of our universe. Appropriately, these same verses are the origin of a dazzling burst of encoded numbers that stream out into the NIV Bible, proclaiming that the true light is our Lord Jesus Christ.

God in Genesis 1:1 - 3 (NIV)

Genesis 1:1 - 3 (NIV)
1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

The word 'God' is found three times in the first three verses of Genesis. Three is of course the number that best represents God’s triune nature. As befitting the importance of the word we use to name our Creator, it has been positioned to encode further numbers.

1. Position Within Each Verse

The position of the word 'God' within each of the first three verses is as follows. 'God' is word 4 in Gen 1:1, word 20 in Gen 1:2 and word 2 in Gen 1:3.

4 + 20 + 2 .............= 26
God (o) .................= 26

2. Absolute Position

The position of the word 'God' counting from the beginning of the prologue, is as follows. 'God' in Gen 1:1 is word 4 from the beginning. 'God' in Gen 1:2 is word 30 from the beginning. 'God' in Gen 1:3 is word 37 from the beginning.

4 + 30 + 37 ............= 71
God (s) ..................= 71

3. Position of God in Genesis 1:1

The number of letters to ‘God’ in Genesis 1:1, the first time the word is given, is 17.

God (r) ....................= 17

4. Absolute Position of the individual letters.

The positions of the individual letters of the word 'God' from the beginning are given below.

G, o, d in Gen 1:1 are letters 15, 16, and 17
G, o, d in Gen 1:2 are letters 124, 125, 126
G, o, d in Gen 1:3 are letters 154, 155, 156

‘Ihsous’ is the Greek rendering of the word ‘Jesus’.

Genesis 1 (NIV) - Three Eighteen-Word Strings

A second Genesis miracle involving the number three is the existence of three eighteen-word strings encoded with the names of our Lord. These begin at Genesis 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3. 18 is 3 x 6, and these encodings also continue the ‘six’ theme which is the hallmark of other encodings at this location—see The Signature Of Christ.

Genesis 1:1 - 4 (NIV)
1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness...
2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit...
3. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4. God saw that the light was good...

1. Eighteen-word string from Gen 1:1

1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness...

This represents the outer ring of the Creation Snowflake. It is also the location of four Signature of Christ.

2. Eighteen-word string from Gen 1:2

2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit...

18 word string from Genesis 1:2 (o) ........= 912
The Lord Jesus (s) .................................. = 912

3. Eighteen-word string from Gen 1:3

3. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good...

18 word string from Genesis 1:3 (o) ......= 699
Lord Jesus (s) .................................... . ..= 699

Jesus Christ in Four Opening Verses

The books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers form the bulk of the Pentateuch (the five books of Moses) and are the first four books of the Bible itself. In the NIV Bible, the first verse of each of these four books is encoded with numbers that reveal a divine signature. Note that each number is encoded over the first twelve words of each book. In biblical numerics twelve is the number of perfect government, as shown by God leading the twelve tribes of Israel and Jesus choosing twelve disciples.

Genesis 1:1 - 2 (NIV)
1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

1st 12 words of Genesis (o) ...............= 515
Jesus (s) ........................................... .= 515

Exodus 1:1 (NIV)
1.These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family.

1st 12 words of Exodus (o) .................= 515
Jesus (s) ................................. ...........= 515

Leviticus 1:1 (NIV)
1. The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting. he said

1st 12 words of Leviticus (o) .............= 519
Christ (c) .................................. .........= 519

Numbers 1:1 (NIV)
1. The Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said

1st 12 words of Numbers (o) .............= 519
Christ (c) ...................................... ....= 519

So we have two encodings of the standard value of ‘Jesus’, followed by two encodings of the combined value of ‘Christ’. The pattern of twelves is further developed within the prologue of Genesis. See The Creation Snowflake.

Jesus Christ in The Bible’s Alpha and Omega Verses

Revelation 1:8 (NIV)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

In conscious reflection of God’s statement in Revelation 1:8, the first and last verses in the NIV Bible are given a divine seal. Notice that, as usual, every number is extracted using the ordinal value system, but takes on meaning under the standard value system.

Genesis 1:1 - 2 (NIV)
1. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

1st 12 words of Genesis (o) ...........= 515
Jesus (s) .............................. ...........= 515

Revelation 22:21 (NIV)
21. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

The jewel on the crown of this encoding is found by summing the two verses in which these numbers are found.

Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Revelation 22:21 (NIV)
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

So the NIV Bible’s alpha and omega verses contain the standard values for the name of our saviour in English, Hebrew and Greek. Here we have God’s Word authenticated by the numerical signature of His Son, given in triplicate!

Bill Downie
31/3/05

Revised
17/4/08

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