Jesus, The Stumbling Block For Israel
Where Israel Went Wrong
as it is written,Behold,I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, a rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified. (Romans 9:33-10:4)1
Where did Israel go wrong? In one brief statement Paul lays out the entire matter. Like all men, Israel tried to establish their own righteousness, thinking that it was enough (Proverbs 14:12, 21:2). They did not realize that egocentric perspectives are blind. And in favouring their own righteousness, they rejected God’s.
The numbers Numerics Gematria confirm the new message as fulfillment of prophecy from the old, and superseding the old.
καθως γεγραπται Ιδου τιθημι εν Σιων λιθον προσκομματος και πετραν σκανδαλου και ο πιστευων επ αυτω ου καταισχυνθησεται Αδελφοι η μεν ευδοκια της εμης καρδιας και η δεησις προς τον Θεον υπερ του Ισραηλ εστιν εις σωτηριαν μαρτυρω γαρ αυτοις οτι ζηλον Θεου εχουσιν αλλ ου κατ επιγνωσιν αγνοουντες γαρ την του Θεου δικαιοσυνην και την ιδιαν δικαιοσυνην ζητουντες στησαι τη δικαιοσυνη του Θεου ουχ υπεταγησαν τελος γαρ νομου Χριστος εις δικαιοσυνην παντι τω πιστευοντι (Romans 9:33-10:4 GNS)2
Only three words have to be dropped from the beginning of verse 33. The numeric segment begins with, "I am laying in Zion-"
1 2 3 4 163 45 739 137 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 100- 9- 8- 7- 30- 9 5- 40 90- 9- 600- 40 20- 9- 8- 60- 40 I place in Sion a stone 5 6 7 681 20 296 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 70- 80-60-90-10-60-30-30-1- 100-60-90 10-1- 9 70-5- 100-80-1- 40 of stumbling and rock 8 9 10 11 426 20 60 1114 39 40 1 42 3 4 45 46 47 48 9 50 51 52 3 54 55 6 57 58 59 90-10-1-40-4-1-20-60-200 10-1-9 60 70-9-90-100-5-200-600-40 of offense and those who "believe" 12 13 14 75 901 260 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 5- 70 1- 200- 100- 600 60- 200 on him not 15 1071 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 10- 1- 100- 1- 9- 90- 400- 200- 40- 8- 7- 90- 5- 100- 1- 9 shall be ashamed 16 17 18 19 399 7 75 289 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 1- 4- 5- 20- 300- 60-9 7 30-5- 40 5- 200-4- 60-10-9- 1 brethren the indeed good pleasure 20 21 22 197 132 195 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 100- 7- 90 5- 30- 7- 90 10- 1- 80- 4- 9- 1- 90 the own heart, 23 24 25 26 20 7 205 300 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 10- 1- 9 7 4- 5- 7- 90- 9- 90 70- 80- 60- 90 and the prayer toward 27 28 29 30 200 113 355 360 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 100- 60- 40 8- 5- 60- 40 200- 70- 5- 80 100- 60- 200 the God on behalf of the 31 32 33 207 244 104 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 9- 90- 80- 1- 7- 20 5- 90- 100- 9- 40 5- 9- 90 Israel is for 34 35 927 1091 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 90- 600- 100- 7- 80- 9- 1- 40 30- 1- 80- 100- 200- 80- 600 salvation. I bear witness 36 37 38 84 460 169 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 3- 1- 80 1- 200- 100- 60- 9- 90 60- 100- 9 for to them that 39 40 41 133 273 804 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 6- 7- 20- 60- 40 8- 5- 60- 200 5- 400- 60- 200-90- 9- 40 zeal for God they have, 42 43 44 45 41 260 111 866 201 02 03 204 205 206 7 208 209 210 11 12 213 214 215 16 217 1- 20-20 60- 200 10- 1-100 5- 70- 9- 3- 40- 600-90- 9- 40 but not according to knowledge. 46 47 48 599 84 147 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 1- 3- 40- 60- 60- 200- 40- 100- 5- 90 3- 1- 80 100-7- 40 being ignorant of for the 49 50 51 360 273 470 234 235 236 237 38 39 240 241 42 243 44 45 46 247 248 249 50 251 100-60- 200 8- 5- 60-200 4- 9- 10- 1- 9- 60-90- 200-40- 7- 40 of God righteousness 52 53 54 20 147 63 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 10- 1- 9 100- 7- 40 9- 4- 9- 1- 40 and their own 55 470 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 4- 9- 10- 1- 9- 60- 90- 200- 40- 7- 40 righteousness 56 57 608 297 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 6- 7- 100- 60- 200- 40- 100- 5- 90 90- 100- 7- 90- 1- 9 seeking to establish, 58 59 60 107 430 360 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 100- 7 4- 9- 10- 1- 9- 60- 90- 200- 40- 7 100- 60- 200 to the righteousness of 61 62 63 273 660 517 304 05 06 307 308 309 310 311 312 13 314 15 316 317 318 319 320 8- 5- 60-200 60- 200-400 200-70- 5- 100- 1- 3- 7- 90- 1- 40 God not they submitted 64 65 66 275 84 390 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 100- 5- 20- 60- 90 3- 1- 80 40- 60- 30- 60- 200 "the" end for of law 67 68 69 829 104 470 334 35 6 37 338 39 40 341 2 343 344 5 346 7 8 49 50 351 52 53 54 400-80-9-90-100-60-90 5- 9-90 4- 9-10- 1-9-60-90-200-40-7- 40 Christ "is" for righteousness 70 71 72 220 700 683 355 56 357 358 359 360 361 362 63 364 365 66 367 368 69 370 371 70- 1- 40- 100-9 100- 600 70- 9- 90- 100-5- 200-60- 40-100-9 to everyone that believes.3
Numeric Features
Primary Features
(Derived from Revelation 1:8 and grouped for easy reference.)
A.1Numeric total: 24276 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 17 x 17. (See feature 3.)
A.5Number of letters: 371 = 7 x 53. (See feature 3.3.)
B.3Every other word (odd): 15249 = 3 x 13 x 17 x 23. (See feature 4.)
B.4Every other letter (odd): 12894 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 307. (See feature 6.1.)
B.4.2Every other letter (even): 11382 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 271. (See feature 6.2.)
C.1.4First and last letter of each chapter: 119 = 7 x 17. (See feature 1.1.)
C.2.2First and last word of each verse: 6591 = 3 x 13 x 13 x 13. (See feature 2.1.)
C.3.2First and last letter of each word: 10213 = 7 x 1459. (See feature 7.3.)
D.2.2First word of each verse: 2527 = 7 x 19 x 19. (See feature 2.2.)
D.3.3First letter of each word: 3325 = 5 x 5 x 7 x 19. (See feature 7.1.)
E.1.2Last verse of each chapter: 9763 = 13 x 751. (See feature 1.2.)
E.3.3Last letter of each word: 6888 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 41. (See feature 7.2.)
G.3First third of the words: 7329 = 3 x 7 x 349. (See feature 3.2.)
Chapter Features
1.1First and last letters of each chapter: 119 = 7 x 17.
1.2Last verse of each chapter: 9763 = 13 x 751.
Verse Features
2.1First and last words of each verse: 6591 = 3 x 13 x 13 x 13. SF: 42 = 2 x 3 x 7.
2.2First word of each verse: 2527 = 7 x 19 x 19.
Words And Letters
3.1Numeric total: 24276 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 17 x 17.
3.2First third of the words: 7329 = 3 x 7 x 349.
3.3Number of letters: 371 = 7 x 53.
4Odd positioned word total: 15249 = 3 x 13 x 17 x 23. SF: 56 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 7. SF: 13. (No equivalent even positioned feature.
5Position total of words with an odd number of letters: 1694 = 2 x 7 x 11 x 11. (No matching even number feature.
6.1Total of odd positioned letters: 12894 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 307.
6.2Total of even positioned letters: 11382 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 271.
7.1First letter of each word: 3325 = 5 x 5 x 7 x 19.
7.2Last letter of each word: 6888 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 41.
7.3First and last letters of each word: 10213 = 7 x 1459.
7.4Letter positions of those that are not first or last: 43368 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 13 x 139. SF: 161 = 7 x 23.
8Total of word positions of letter's last appearance: 1386 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 11. SF: 26 = 2 x 13. (No matching feature with first appearance.
9Add up the positions where each letter of the Greek alphabet appears in the passage, and rank the letters from least to greatest by those totals. Divide the list into two equal halves leaving out letter 10 which is in the middle.
9.1The first and last word positions where each letter in the lower list appeared add up to 735 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 7.
9.2The first and last word positions where each letter in the greater list appeared add up to 742 = 2 x 7 x 53.
10Rank all the letters in the segment from least to greatest and divide the list in half.
10.1The total of the positions in the lesser list: 32655 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 311.
10.2The total of the positions in the greater list: 36351 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 577.
Notes
- English reference quotes are from the Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1972.
- The Greek GNS text is from Bibleworks 3.0 by Hermeneutika, Michael S. Bushell, 1995, translated into HTML entities. Vowels and punctuation have been removed.
- English translation is from eSword 10.4.0 by Rick Meyers with Interlinear Greek New Testament Keyed to Strongs 1894 Scrivener Textus Receptus.bblx module. Some changes were made by this author with the placement of the English words so every Greek word would have an English word.