Bible Prophecy Numbers:

The Writing is on the Wall

Chapter one, (Part A)

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"Yes, it is I"

"Therefore my people will know my name;

therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it.

Yes, it is I."

(Isa. 52:6)

The context of Isaiah 52:4 furnishes 10 epic events with which to unravel the numbers. Notwithstanding, all Scripture is uniquely designed numerically to demonstrate the Christ. Yet, since Isa. 52 covers what is the very core-theme of the Bible itself––(i.e., redemption and salvation)––therefore this text will likewise serve to illustrate what is the mainstream of all numeric patterns. However, above all this, Jesus Christ is revealed––the very fountainhead of "the numbers." Jesus is the mystery "name" of our text. "Yes," says Jesus, "it is I."

Part "A" of this two-part book applies that system in the numbers built upon the Biblical concept that, "one day is as a year," (Num. 14:34; Ezk. 4:5,6). Part "A" in turn, is repeated in part "B," except using that other great numeric system, that is, "one day is as a thousand years" (Ps. 90:4; 2Pet. 3:8; cf. Rev. 7:4-8 with 21:16,17).

There are two parts to this book because everything in the numbers, down to the minutest detail, have at least "two or three witnesses" to them (Deut 19:15). This is because every pattern must be repeatable in at least two or three distinct ways in order to be authentic, and of course they must agree thematically too.

Before continuing, a brief outline of Isaiah 52:4 is necessary. It’s text (and context) will supply us with all the principal dates that will link with one another in flawless symmetry.

Isaiah 52:3-6 (NIV)

(v. 3) For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed."

(v. 4) For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

(v. 5) "And now what do I have here?" declares the Lord. "For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock," declares the LORD. "And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed.

(v. 6) Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I."

 

How Ten Epoch Dates

are Deduced from this Passage

Verse 4 contains a brief summary of the oppression and exile of God’s people, with Egypt and Assyria specifically named. That Babylon is to be included is certain by the context (cf. vs. 5). G. Grogan represents a typical interpretation of this passage:

"Verses 4- 5 trace a history of oppression and a sequence of oppressors, with Babylonia, it is implied, to be added to Egypt and Assyria." (The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, F. Gaebelein, Gen. ed., Vol., 6, p. 296)

In Isa. 52:3, the phrase "without money" refers to the ransom paid to rescue Israel from exile. However, the New Testament (NT) interprets the blood of Messiah to be this payment made "without money," that ransoms from sin and death (1Pet. 1:18). Moreover, Isaiah 53 (the very next chapter in Isaiah) is quoted from in the NT more than from any other Old Testament (OT) passage. Most surely and profoundly, the suffering and redemptive (salvation) themes of our text (Isa. 52:4) qualifies the life of Christ above all to be numbered among the ten epoch events.

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