Glossary & numbers

All fixed terms and meaningful numbers across the four books, with links to where they are treated.

Numbers

3
completeness in relationship — three patriarchs, three days, three nights in the tomb
7
completeness in creation — six days of work, one of rest; the whole dial
8
new beginning — circumcision on the eighth day, eight souls in the ark
10
covenant measure — 10 words, 10 tithes
12
governed fullness — 12 tribes, 12 apostles
40
testing & refining — 40 days flood, 40 years wilderness, 40 days temptation
50
release & Spirit — jubilee, Pentecost (50th day)
70
appointed discipline & nations — 70 years exile, 70 weeks
120
the grace limit — 120 years before the flood
144
sealed fullness — 12 × 12
153
the full catch — John 21
400
foreign domination — Genesis 15, fulfilled twice
430
exact sojourn — Egypt to the law
480
temple axis — exodus to Solomon's temple
490
the master contract — 70 × 7 years
666
the number of man — threefold short of 7
888
Iesous — the name in Greek numeral value
1260
the half — 3½ years in days
1290
30 days more — Daniel 12:11
1335
45 days more — “blessed is he who waits”
2520
the Times of the Gentiles — 7 × 360 years
6000
the whole dial — six days of 1,000