Time Number Codes and the Plus-Ones

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Numbers have meaning beyond that of the values used for the counting of things or in mathematical computations. These meanings are always relative to a particular context. For example, if you're ordering food from a menu you might ask for a number 4, and the server should know exactly what you want and ask about your preferences that are specific to your order. Those who have secrets sometimes use numbers as a code to conceal their messages from everyone they're not intended for. Here's an example that you may have learned in school. "One if by land - two if by sea." That's a code that, according to legend, was used to signal Paul Revere from the Old North Church in Boston. Two lanterns were lit and briefly hung in the steeple, signaling that their enemies went by the sea route.

Who invented number codes? The Creator did! You'll find them throughout the Bible, even though such a thing isn't declared openly in plain language. Neither are the meanings for specific numbers explained in any explicit ways. Even the number given in Revelation 13:18 is somewhat cryptic. The Creator reveals the meanings through His Son and the holy spirit, at His discretion. The angels who fall from heaven have taken some of these secrets with them. They understand codes and symbols and they teach men how to exploit them.

I was introduced to the meanings of numbers through the work of the renowned scholar, E. W. Bullinger. His work, Number in Scripture, has long been recognized as a standard reference work and, while it's useful, it should be seen, not as the complete and final word on the matter, but rather as an introduction. I learned from every book in my collection but my education has really come from abiding at the feet of The Master Numberer Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, Y'shua haMashiach!

In this study, we're going to feature the primary time numbers and those I refer to as time plus-one numbers.

The numbers 3, 7, 12 and 21 are those we recognize as the primary time numbers. When each is increased by 1, the results are specially related to the number incremented. The associated plus-one numbers are 4, 8, 13, and 22, respectively. As we consider these special numbers, we'll offer some examples and see how the meanings develop.

Seven and Eight

We're going to begin with the number 7 because the 1st chapter of the Bible features the account of the 7 days of the 1st week of biblical time. This was composed of a set of 6 days that had a similar character, followed by a contrasting 7th day. This establishes a plus-one principle, where the plus-one numbered unit compares to the incremented number by being different yet related in a particular way. The first 6 represent the "work week" while the 7th is the Shabbat, the Sabbath, a day of rest from work. Beyond the 7 day week, the biblical accounting of time involves larger scales of 7-fold sets including weeks of weeks (in the counting off of 7x7 days toward the arrival of the Feast of Weeks, Shavuot/Pentecost), weeks of years (shemitah), weeks of weeks of years (in the counting off of 7x7 years toward the arrival of the Yobel/year of Jubilee), and finally, the week of millennia (the 7 "millennial day" model of time).

The plus-one of 7 is 8, which signals a new beginning. This is widely recognized because of the obvious fact that weeks are cyclical. The completion of the 7th day marks the end of a week, so every 8th day in the sequence is the 1st of the next - a new beginning!

Alongside the cycling weeks of time there are other notable sets of 7 that warrant mention here. In the book of Revelation, we're informed about 7 golden lampstands which are 7 churches, 7 stars which are the 7 angels of the 7 churches, 7 spirits of God, 7 seals of the book, 7 trumpets blown, 7 plagues and 7 angels pouring out 7 bowls of wrath. These sets of 7 are complete and they do not cycle like weeks of time do so there is no 8th in sequence or new beginning.

Twelve and Thirteen

There are two very famous groupings of 12 in the Bible, being the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 disciples or apostles of Y'shua. These are groupings of the Lord's people. Like with many sets of 7, these don't cycle. In the context of time, however, the 12 is similar to the 7 in that it conveys the sense of the cyclical nature of time, pertaining to a higher order than that of the 7. This matter of cycling time contrasts with the apparent continual flow in the direction of the arrow of time that is sometimes referred to as the river of time.

There are 12 hours in the day and 12 hours in the night, and these continue to cycle day after day.

We mark the passage of time by the movements of the celestial lights. From month to month, the sun appears in each of the 12 constellations as it sweeps through the zodiac in its annual cycle. In some calendars there are 12 months in the year, which continue to cycle year after year. In the span of a 365 1/4 day long Gregorian calendar year there are 12.36 lunar months, with the result that, while some years include a 13th, most feature 12.

The plus-one of 12 is 13. Like how 8 is to 7, as the 1st in the next cycle, the plus-one of 12 signifies a new beginning, but what differentiates the 13 from the 8 is that it further signifies the mastery of time.

Twenty-one and Twenty-two

The number 21 is like 7 and 12 but, instead of dealing with the cyclical nature of time it deals with the dimensionality of time. The range of meanings includes the continuity of time, infinite time (eternity), and the absence of time (timelessness). The number 21 signifies both "no time" and "all time," and encompasses all of that which has neither beginning nor end.

The meaning of 22, the plus-one of 21, is rooted in the 8's signification of a new beginning and the 13's signification of the mastery of time. What differentiates the 22 from the other plus-one numbers is that it's dealing with the non-cyclical nature of time. It builds upon the significations of the 8 and 13 but instead of signaling the beginning of a new set of the same kind that came before, or signaling the mastery of time within the context of cyclical time, the 22 elevates those to another level. It signifies a new beginning of time itself, even the spawning of a new timeline. This restart or reset signals a higher level of authority in the mastery of time compared to the 13. Where this meaning of the number 22 applies has to do with the concept of the time continuum. Strictly within the contexts of "no time" and "all time," there is no beginning or ending, so a restart or reset doesn't make sense. With respect to the signification of the 21 and the continuity of time, the 22 signals the kind of reset that requires a return back, in order to maintain the fundamental nature of continuity.

The number 22 has a fundamental sense that derives from the number 2 which supports the "return back and reset" layer of meaning. As the 1st numerical digit, 1, simply means unity, 2 means division. Aside from the 1 and 22, the other factors of 22 are 2 and 11. The factors of 22 (also with the 2 in the "ten's place" and a 2 in the "one's place") reveal the strength of the 22s foundation on the 2 and its signification of "division." This is manifest in the context of time because the reset of time divides the timeline. The newly spawned timeline makes the truncated segment become a remnant, a stub. Where there once was 1, there are 2 - because - DIVISION!

Three and Four

Lastly, let's consider the number 3 and its plus-one. Over the years, I've learned and written extensively about the significations of the number 3.

In this study, you can learn about what the title simply states, The Pattern of Selecting the Third in Series. This is a recurring theme throughout the course of biblical history that typically applies to a series of 3 things or 12.

In this study, Resurrection on the Third Day, the number 3 is presented as the resurrection number. When the death and resurrection of Y'shua haMashiach is considered, this has to do with the span of 3 days so 3 is also a time number.

Earlier, I referred to the week of millennia as the 7 "millennial day" model of time. Alongside that, there are 2 other kinds of weeks on the same model. This set is a 3-fold TIME model. A cryptic verse in the Psalms conceals and reveals this great truth.

The 3-fold time model is explained in this study, The Threefold Model of Great Sevens, where you can learn about how these special weeks are divided and what it prophesies about the unfolding of the last days.

The number 4 is the plus-one of 3, and it features the same pattern as the other time numbers we covered. The number 4 has multiple significations. In his work, Number in Scripture, E. W. Bullinger declares that 4 "is emphatically the number of Creation; of man in his relation to the world as created... It is the number of things that have a beginning, of things that are made, of material things, and matter itself. It is the number of material completeness. Hence it is the world number, and especially the "city" number." Bullinger gives many examples, some of which involve a sequence in contrast to a set of non-sequential items. Notably, he claimed that, "It is the number of things that have a beginning." This is our area of particular interest, of course. Here's a statement Bullinger made about the number 3, to which he connects the 4. "There are three great divisions completing time--past, present, and future." He saw that the number three had time for one of its meanings, and he saw the plus-one number as related to that, symbolizing things that have a beginning. To have a beginning is a time thing, of course.

Very notably, in his chapter on the number 4, Bullinger features a section with the heading, "Three PLUS one." He embeds the heading in this sentence. "But it is as composed of Three PLUS one that we see the most marked illustrations of the ideal significance of the number four, the "one" marking an election out of the earth." In his listing of many supporting scriptures, a small number of the sets of 4 are sequential, in the way of what we refer to as the keystone pattern. It's here where the number 4 stands out as a time number of note.

In recent years, we've given a lot of attention to this 3 plus-one pattern because it's very personal to me as a key component in the unfolding revelation of the chronology of the end times. When there are three very similar items that are followed by a 4th in sequence that is relative to the 3 but notably different in particular kinds of ways, we call it the the Keystone Pattern, You can learn about it and its extended version in this study, The Keystone Pattern and the Extended Keystone. You can find extensive documentation here, in Examples of the Keystone and Extended Keystone Patterns. To date, we've documented more than 60 of these in the Bible, perhaps even closer to 70!

A few years ago, after giving the discovery and documentation of the 3 plus-one time number so much of our attention another "time plus-one number" became very prominent in our quest to understand the unfolding revelation of the end times. We turned our attention to the 22, which we believe signifies a new beginning of time itself. This involves a kind of reset that requires a return back and the generation of a new timeline. This contiguous addition reestablishes the continuity of the prophesied biblical schedule. The reset of time leaves the truncated stub as segment that, while being a season that is absolutely necessary, effectively "replaces" it, so far as the accounting of time on the biblical calendar goes.

Our deep study of the meaning of 22 involves the English gematria of time and reset metaphors found in both the biblical text and in a vast number of Occult ritual media presentations, many of which we've been led to decode. The meaning of this "time plus-one" number 22 can be seen in the counts of things in the Bible and in the numbering of chapters and verses. One example is in the following verse, which is set in the context of the Lord God's 2-stage reduction of the numbers of men in Gideon's army that was about to engage the army of Midian.

There's Code 22, "return back and reset". The Lord reset the numbers of the army. In the 2nd stage, the Lord reduced the number from 10,000 down to a mere 300. He had Gideon take the candidates down to the river where each was tested on the basis of how they drank water. The metaphors in play are those of water-as-time and the river of time. The final numbering of 300 is a hundredfold amplification of the primary time number 3.

These observations on the meaning of time numbers and their plus-1 companions have been gleaned over many years of study, of receiving revelation insight, of praying and meditating on the things that come sometimes so forcibly to our attention. We hope you find them useful as you seek to find and tenaciously cling to The Truth in this season where deception and disinformation abounds.