Chapter 24

 THE  NAME  AND  ITS  ABBREVIATIONS

We already know some abbreviations of the name of God. When we keep the sequence of the letters and when we are dropping certain letters, which "abbreviations" result?

IOUO:  IOU; IOO; IUO; OUO; IO; IU; OU; UO; OO; I; O; U   =   12 abbreviations

TOUO: TOU; TOO;TUO;(OUO);TO; TU;(OU; UO; OO); T;(O; U) =  6 new abbreviations

AOUO: AOU; AOO; AUO;(OUO); AO; AU;(OU; UO; OO); A;(O; U) =  6 new abbreviations

There are 12 possible "abbreviations" of each name or 24 "abbreviations" of all three names. This reminds us of the 12 disciples of Jesus and the 24 elders of Revelation 4:4. 24 reminds us of the 3 cubes of the tabernacle because 24 is a number of three times a cube-number (3 times 23). The three basic names together with the 24 "abbreviations" are 27. This reminds us of the 27 books of the New Testament.

There are also other short words or "abbreviations" which could be formed when not following the sequence of the characters in God's names. For instance OI; UI; UOI; OUI; OOI; OIO; OIU; UIO; OOU; UOO. That are 10 additional short words. From TOUO: OT; UT; UOT; OUT; OOT; OTO; OTU; UTO;(OOU; UOO). That are 8 new short words. From AOUO: OA; UA; UOA; OUA; OOA; OAO; OAU; UAO;(OOU; UOO). That are again 8 new short words. Thus we come to 24 + 10 + 8 + 8 = 50 possible short words out of the three name-forms. 50 is a biblical number, too, because the 50th year was a Jubilee-year and the 50th day after Nisan 16 was the festival of Pentecost. The layout of the courtyard of the tabernacle had a floor-space of 50 times the space of the Most Holy (10 times 10 cubits = 100 square-cubits).

The three basic name-forms can be twisted into new words:

IOUO:  OUOI; OOUI; OUIO; OOIU; OIOU; OIUO; UIOO;UOIO; UOOI; IOOU: IUOO  =  11 new words.

TOUO: OUOT; OOUT; OUTO; OOTU; OTOU; OTUO; UTOO; UOTO; UOOT; TOOU; TUOO = 11 new words.

AOUO: OUOA; OOUA; OUAO; OOAU; OAOU; OAUO; UAOO;UOAO; UOOA; AOOU; AUOO = 11 new words.

That are 11 different words from IOUO, 11 from TOUO and 11 from AOUO. The number 11 is biblical:

11 faithful disciples of Jesus. IOUO + 11 twisted words correspond with Jesus and his 11 faithful apostles. The number 22 (= 2 times 11) is biblical, too: 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet or 22 books of the Old Testament (old counting of the books according to the letters of the alphabet, compare Flavius Josephus (49)). The number 33 (= 3 times 11) is biblical, too: 33 years of Jesus' life on earth. The three basic names together with 33 twisted words are 36 words: 36 = 3 times 12 = 62 = 22 times 32. 12 is biblical, 62 is a square number, and 22=4 and 32=9 are also square numbers emphasizing holiness.


(49) Compare Aid to Bible Understanding, p. 291, heading: Canon

 

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