Cords of a Man
“I taught Ephraim also to walk, taking them by their arms,
but they knew not that I healed them.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love:
and was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws,
I knelt down and I fed them”.
Hosea 11:3 & 4
The Hebrew word for “cords” (חבל) “chebel” [H2256] is often translated
as “sorrows” or “pains of travail”.
"As when a woman with child, in the ninth month, bringeth forth her Son,
within two or three hours of her birth, great pains compass her womb,
which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment,
even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth,
and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side."
2 Esdras 16: 38-39
The average human gestation period lasts 280 days, or 6720 hours.
Three hours prior to the birth would be hour 6717.
Beginning from position 6717 in Pi are the three digits 391:
10 decimal digits of Pi starting from position 6,717: 3918568034
391 is the standard value of “Yehoshua” (יהושע),
which is the elongated name of “Yeshua” or “Jesus”.
“And she brought forth a Man Child,
who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron:
and her Child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.”
Revelation 12:51
The word “cords” is used only one time in the New Testament:
“And when He (Jesus) had made a scourge of small cords, He drove
them all out of the Temple, and the sheep, and the oxen;
and poured out the changers’ money and overthrew the tables.”
John 2:15
The Greek word for “cords” is σχοινιων and has a standard value of 1790
1790 is the standard value of Exodus 12:38, which says. . .
“And a mixed multitude went up also with them;
and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.”
וְגַם־עֵ֥רֶב רַ֖ב עָלָ֣ה אִתָּ֑ם וְצֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֔ר מִקְנֶ֖ה כָּבֵ֥ד מְאֹֽד
He that led the people out of Egypt, is He that overthrew the tables.
For His Father’s house of prayer, they turned into a den of thieves.
The cords of His love now deomstrating the cords of His correction.
The Hebrew phrase “cords of a man” (בְּ חַבְלֵ֨י אָדָ֤ם) has a standard value of 97
Preceding 97 in its first occurrence in pi are the three digits 358
The numeric string 97 appears at the 12nd decimal digit of Pi.
141592653589793238462643383279502
^ <-- 12nd digit
358 is the value of Mashiach (משיח) meaning “Messiah”
Philippians 2:8 says,
“And being found in fashion as a man,
He humbled Himself. . .”
καί σχήματι εὑρεθείς ὥς ἄνθρωπος ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν. . .
This phrase has a standard value of 6566
In its first occurrence of pi, the number 6566 is surrounded by 440 and 430,
with the 430 being followed by the number 86
367336244065664308602139
^ <-- 514th digit
440 + 430 = 870
870 is the standard value of “The Lord” (Ο Κυριος)
440 is the standard value of:
Cup of Trembling (סף רעל) (Zechariah 12:2)
Sufferings (παθηματα) (Romans 8:18)
Little, Least (μικρος) [G3398]
Perfect (תם) [H8537]
“For it became Him, for whom were all things, and by whom are all things,
in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captian of their
salvation perfect through sufferings.”
Hebrews 2:10
In the Strong’s Concordance H430 is the word “Elohim” (אלהים),
which has a standard value of 86.
Following the number 430 in its first occurrence of Pi are the two digits 86!
3624406566430860213949463
^ <-- 518th digit
430 is the standard value of both “law” and “number” in the Greek:
Law (νομος)
Number (αριθμος)
“But now the Righteousness of God without the Law is manifested,
being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;
Even the Righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for
the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. . .”
The word Hebrew word for “cord” (חוט) [H2339] has a standard value of 23
23 is the ordinal value of the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Aleph (א) 1 + Tav (ת) 22
The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet are Alpha & Omega
The One who was numbered with the transgressors said. . .
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was,
and which is to come, the Almighty.”
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