The Stones Would Cry Out

When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of an ass, He immediately entered the Temple saying, “You have taken my fathers house which is to be a house of prayer and a house of worship, and made it a den of thieves”, Matthew 21:13.  This was the second time Jesus cleansed the Temple; the first being at the onset of His ministry as we read about in John 2:13-16. This second cleansing typified the “cleansing of the daughters of Zion” found in Isaiah 4:4.

  1. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

  2. In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

  3. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

  4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof BY THE SPIRIT OF JUDGMENT, AND BY THE SPIRIT OF BURNING.

  5. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a FLAMING FIRE by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

  6. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

These “seven women” are church denominations who have claimed the name of Jesus, but who are corrupt in all of their ways.   

“And Jesus answered and said unto them (His disciples), Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying I AM CHRIST; and shall deceive many”, Matthew 24:4-5.

The first thing we need to do here is understand the original Greek phrase rendered “I AM Christ”, which in the Greek is actually the word “eimi” (εἰμι) meaning “I am WITH”, or “I am PRESENT WITH” (verify HERE). Now, doesn’t that sound like our “seven women” who claim to be present with Jesus, but who prefer to eat their own bread and wear their own clothing, instead of eating from the Bread of Life and being clothed upon by Him Who is our Life.   Timothy warns of this in his 2nd book, chapter 4 verses 3 and 4 when he says. . .

  • For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

  • And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

And again we hear from Isaiah in chapter 64, verse 6. . .

  • All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

Looking back to Isaiah 4:4, this is book 23, chapter 4, verse 4 of the Bible which can be read as 23:4:4, or 2344.  In the Strong’s Concordance, the Hebrew word "chol” (חול) [H2344] sounds like our English word COAL, and also another Hebrew word "khol” (קול) meaning VOICE.  G2344 is "thesauros” (θησαυρός) meaning TREASURE. One of the Hebrew words for “treasure” is חסן [H2633] which is pronounced kho-sen but is written in English like our word CHOSEN.  Keeping this in mind, let us continue in the 24th chapter of Matthew. . .

As we know, David was CHOSEN of God because he was a man after God’s own heart, but the Judgment of God came upon him when he took Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam - wife of Uriah, and lay with her, then had Uriah killed on the battlefield upon learning that she became pregnant with his child.  The names of the characters here are important: Bathsheba is H1339, meaning “Daughter of an Oath”, Eliam is H436, meaning “God of the People”, and “Uriah” is H223, meaning “Yehova is my Flame”.   Bathsheba’s oath to Uriah was broken when she agreed to lay with David.  This was the same as if she had broken an oath with God Himself.  In turn, God took the life of David & Bathsheba’s firstborn son.  The FLAME of God is synonymous with His Sword of Judgment.  David was restored to God through the humility of his experience.  In essence, He had found God’s heart.  Humility is the ultimate form of WORSHIP.  From this place of humility, David’s LIPS burst forth in a treasure trove of psalms - a TREASURE worthy of only One, the King of kings! 

“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased;

and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”

It’s also worth mentioning here that the first time the word “worship” appears in the Bible is in Genesis 22:5, “And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and WORSHIP, and come again to you.”   The first occurrence of the word “ass” is found two verses earlier when, “. . .Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”

Connecting the dots. . .

As we have seen, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of an lowly ASS. Well. . .this “ass” is Strong’s number G3678 (onarion / ὀνάριον). The opposite of G3678 is Hebrew index H3678 which is the word “kisse” (כּסּא) meaning THRONE !!

“Kisse” sounds like our English word “kiss”, which reminds me of the 2nd verse found in Song of Solomon chapter 1, “Let Him KISS me with the KISSES of His mouth, for Thy love is better than wine.”  This in turn reminds me of Isaiah’s experience in chapter 6 of his book where he encounters the seraphim who takes the COAL from off of the altar and touches it to Isaiah’s LIPS, whereby CLEANSING HIS SPEECH.  Notice Isaiah’s observation of the Lord sitting upon His THRONE below. . .

  • In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a THRONE, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

  • Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

  • And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

  • And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

  • Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of UNCLEAN LIPS, and I dwell in the midst of A PEOPLE of UNCLEAN LIPS: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  • Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live COAL in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

  • And he laid it upon my MOUTH, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy LIPS; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

The Hebrew word for ANGEL is “malik” (מלאך), which is Strong’s number H4398. Interestingly enough, the 4398th verse in the Bible is Numbers 22:22, which says. . .

  • And God's anger was kindled because he (Balaam) went: and the ANGEL of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

Continuing. . .

  • And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  • But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.

  • And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

  • And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

  • And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. . .

    And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass,

    and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee,

    that thou hast smitten me these three times?

J E S U S. . . that blessed Redeemer. . .despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.  This same Jesus from whom we hid our faces; and esteemed Him not!  Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. . .yet we considered Him stricken, SMITTEN OF GOD, and afflicted. And being afflicted, these three things took place on the Cross: He was wounded for our transgressions. . .He was bruised for our iniquities. . .and like a lamb led to the slaughter, He opened not His mouth as the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and yet with His stripes we are healed! We all, like sheep, have gone astray. . .we have turned every one to his own way. . .and so the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all: past, present, and future.  

The heart is synonymous with our speech for, “. . .those things which proceed out of the MOUTH come forth from the HEART; and they defile the man” (Matthew 15:18). Yet we see that when Jesus was led as a lamb to the slaughter, He opened NOT His mouth as though He had nothing left to say. . .“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors.”

Hosanna in the Highest

“Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt [THRONE] tied, WHEREON YET NEVER A MAN SAT: loose him, and bring him hither. . .And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

. . .And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, IF THESE SHOULD HOLD THEIR PEACE, the stones would immediately cry out.”    

How amazing is that?!!  Jesus was saying that if those who diligently seek Him were forced to hold back their speech, the earth itself would immediately sing forth the praise of Him who is All in all! 

“I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the FIRE,

that thou mayest be rich; and WHITE RAIMENT,

that thou mayest be CLOTHED, and that

the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and

anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”

Revelation 3:18

Oh! That Our Mighty God would come speedily with the COAL OF FIRE from off of the Holy Altar of Eternal Truth and forever sanctify our speech! 

Now, looking at the phrase, “If these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out”  in the Greek: ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσωσιν, οἱ λίθοι κεκράξονται, we see that it has an isopsephy value of 5828.  There is only one verse in the entire Bible (KJV) that has a gematria value of 5828 - Matthew 25:35, which says, “For I was hungered, AND YE GAVE ME MEAT: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in.” 

When looking at a keypad on a phone, the English word COAL is equal to the four digits 2625. In the Strong’s Concordance, G2625 is “katalino” (κατακλίνω) meaning: TO RECLINE - that is (specifically) TO TAKE A PLACE AT THE TABLE; SIT DOWN (AT MEAT).

Also of interest is the verse where the prophecy of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the back of an ass was given, namely Zechariah 9:9. . .

”Rejoice greatly, O DAUGHTER OF ZION, O Daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy KING cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and RIDING UPON AN ASS, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”

גִּילִי מְאֹד בַּת־צִיּוֹן הָרִיעִי בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם הִנֵּה מַלְכֵּךְ יָבוֹא לָךְ צַדִּיק וְנוֹשָׁע הוּא עָנִי וְרֹכֵב עַל־חֲמוֹר וְעַל־עַיִר בֶּן־אֲתֹנוֹת

The sums below are in the order of: standard (4833), ordinal (846) and reduced (288). . .

The ordinal value of Zechariah 9:9 is 846

Amazingly, the standard (Greek “isopsephy”) value of the phrase,

“the stones would immediately cry out”

(οἱ λίθοι κεκράξονται) is also 846 !!

And just so you can see that I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. . .

Here is the meaning of the word found at position 4833 in Greek.

This word appears only ONE TIME in the Bible. . .Philippians 3:10,

“That I may know Him, and the power of His reusrrection,

And the fellowship of His sufferings, being made CONFORMABLE unto His death.”

The answer is found in the reduced value of Zechariah 9:9

Euler’s totient of 888 = 288

888 is the isopsephy value of Ἰησοῦς (Iesous)

J E S U S

Thy King!

Spots, Wrinkles & The Kingdom of God

A SPOT is a stain coming from defilement, indicating an eruption of unrighteousness in one's life.  A garment may be spotlessly white with no STAIN upon it, but if it's WRINKLED, it's beauty and usefulness is marred.  A wrinkle is a BLEMISH that is revealed under pressure. . .a weakness such as discouragement, distraction, confusion, immaturity - but does NOT include defilement. . .that is, no wickedness, evil or sin involved, yet marring the beauty and usefulness, nonetheless.

However, the word of God says that the Body of Christ. . .God's house of Sons. . .shall not have even a WRINKLE!  Our precious Lord is going to cleanse the members of His Body with the washing of WATER by the WORD and make them whiter than snow!  Thus, the hand of the Lord will SMOOTH OUT every wrinkle by the intense HEAT and pressure of His dealing hand until the Body of Christ appears in all the glory and beauty of Christ's COMELINESS.

"But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, SAT DOWN on the right hand of God." 

The phrase "sat down" is actually just one Greek word "kathizo" [G2523] which, when doing a deep dive, will reveal that it means not only TO SIT DOWN, but TO SET, TO APPOINT, TO CONFER A KINGDOM TO ONE... insinuating that the "conferring" comes from a place of authority.

Now, Kings don't just "sit" on a throne all day long, do they?  No.  A THRONE is used for coronations and other official business, but a King is a SERVANT who is constantly ON THE MOVE. . .working and carrying the burden of the people (like an ass: onarion & kisse).  The King and his throne are inseparable. . ."sitting" on a throne is a state of being.

"Kathizo" (ἐκάθισεν) has a standard value of 300.

300 is the standard value of Ruach Elohim (רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים), meaning SPIRIT OF GOD.

"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou heareth the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."

The Spirit of God is always moving, always working, always serving. . ."And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the WATERS."

"I indeed baptize you with WATER unto repentance, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with THE HOLY GHOST and with FIRE."

The Hebrew word for FIRE is "esh" (אשׁ) which has a standard value of 301.

Holy Spirit     "and with"     Fire

      300               + 1            301

"Esh" (אשׁ) is H784

G784 is "aspilos" (ἄσπιλος) meaning: UNBLEMISHED, WITHOUT SPOT.

God is a consuming FIRE. . .pressing out every WRINKLE

and leaving the Sons with not so much as a SPOT or BLEMISH.

“. . .speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:

and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?”

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