GOD’s NUMEROLOGY
“FOUR"
The Old Creation
The number four is associated with “THE OLD
CREATION” (natural creation; the earth, the universe and all flesh).
It usually represents the earth, as it also
represents the natural man. Consider ‘the four corners of the earth,’ and ‘the
four winds of the earth.’
The Four Square Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John) reveal that “the Message of the Cross” will be preached to ‘the four
corners of the Earth.’
An interlude in Revelation 7:1 which is between the
Sixth Seal and the Sealing of the 144, 000 shows that God’s people are
preserved in each generation.
After this I saw four
angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds
of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on
any tree (NIV).
Colossians 1:16 states that there are four
categorical things, as well as four spheres of power which God created.
For by Him were all
things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by Him, and for Him (KJV).
These are the four divisions of things created by
God Almighty.
The earth was cursed with thorns and thistles
because of man’s sin, and the animal creation suffered as well.
To Adam He said,
"Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I
commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,'
"Cursed is the
ground because of you;
through painful toil
you will eat of it
all the days of your
life.
It will produce thorns
and thistles for you,
and you will eat the
plants of the field (Gen.3:17-18 NIV).
The time is coming when this bondage shall be lifted
from creation.
Instead of the thorn
shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a Name, for an everlasting sign that
shall not be cut off (Isa 55:13 KJV).
The wolf also shall
dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf
and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead
them.
And the cow and the
bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall
eat straw like the ox (Isa 11:6-7 KJV).
In First Corinthians 15:39, Paul speaks of the word
“flesh,” and it’s used four times.
All flesh is not the
same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,
another of fishes, and another of birds (KJV).
This calls to mind the way the numerology is
preserved in this verse.
When God was going to send down the flood in Noah’s
day; He mentioned four things in connection with what He had created.
And the Lord said, I
will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and
beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth Me
that I have made them.
Gen 6:7 KJV
This occurred again in Genesis 7:23 where the word
“cattle” is used instead of “beast.”
And every living
substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and
cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were
destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with
him in the ark (KJV).
Romans 8 tell us that all of creation groan and
travail in pain for the manifestation of the sons of God. In this specific
passage which reveals this fact, the word “creation” (or creature) occurs 4
times.
For the earnest
expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
For the creature was
made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected
the same in hope,
Because the creature
itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God.
For we know that the
whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now (Rom 8:19-22
KJV).
When the Scripture says, “all of creation groans and
travails,” it expresses that all of God’s Kingdom and the entire universe await
the unifying of all into one.
Revelation 5:13 shows the creatures in four
different categorical domains giving praise to the Father and the Son in four
words:
And every creature
which is in Heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in
the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and Honour, and
Glory, and Power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb
for ever and ever (KJV).
“And every creature which is…
1)
…in Heaven…
2)
…on the earth
3)
…under the earth
4)
…and such as are in the sea…”
This clearly shows that four is the number
associated with earthly and universal creation.
Why are creatures in four places mentioned?
It is to show that four is the number associated
with creation (natural creation). Four is the number associated with the Earth.
There are four sides of the Earth: north, south, east and west.
“…Blessing,
and Honour, and Glory, and Power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and
unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”
The river that flowed out of the Garden of Eden was
parted in to four headwaters. The name of the first was called
"Pishon" ("Pison" KJV); the second river was "the
Gihon" which ran through Ethiopia [Cush]. The name of the third river is
"Hiddekel," known today as "the Tigris," this water flowed
toward the east of Assyria [Asshur].
And the fourth river is the Euphrates—a great river
associated with the Covenant and promise God made with Abraham, also, King
David established his control along the Euphrates river with the lands along
its bank (Gen. 15:18; Deut. 11:24; II Sam. 8:3 I Chron. 18:3).
And a river went out
of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into
four heads.
The name of the first
is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is
gold;
And the gold of that
land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the name of the
second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of
Ethiopia.
And the name of the
third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And
the fourth river is Euphrates.
Gen 2:10-14 KJV
As recorded in Revelation 9, when the sixth angel
sounds his trumpet in "the Sixth Trumpet" the four fallen angels
(demons) bound at the great river Euphrates will be released to kill a third of
mankind.
And, when the sixth angel pours out "the Sixth
Vial" of God's Wrath, it will be poured into the Euphrates, and its water
will be dried up to prepare the way for "the kings from the East"
(Rev.16:12).
In Ezekiel 1:5-17, Elisha had a vision in which he
saw four living creatures. The four living creatures had four faces, four
wings, and four sides. Here the number “four” is repeated four times: ‘four
living creatures,’ ‘four faces,’ ‘four wings’ and ‘four sides.’
In Mark 16:15, it is found that Jesus sent out His
disciples to preach the Gospel to every creature.
And He said unto them, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the
Gospel to every creature” (KJV).
In Acts 1:8, He said,
But ye shall receive Power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the Earth (KJV).
He couldn’t have mentioned Galilee, Syria, Italy or
other places inclusively by name because four is the number of the Earth with
all of its creations.
Peter had to have a special vision given him,
showing that the Gospel was for every creature. In this vision, he saw a
blanket let down from Heaven like a sheet knit at the four corners.
In this vessel he saw a four-footed beast, creeping
things, wild beast and fowls of the air.
And he became very
hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
And saw Heaven opened,
and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at
the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Wherein were all
manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things,
and fowls of the air.
Acts 10:10-12 KJV
Read verses 1 to 12.
This convinced Peter that the Gospel was “to every
nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people”—even as Revelation 14:6 reveal
that, an angel through the heavens will preach to them that dwell in the Earth,
before the Wrath of God is released upon those who worship “the beast” and
received his mark.
And I saw another
angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto
them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people… (KJV)
And in the next verse, we see that this angel will
declare that God Almighty should be glorified and worshipped for His creation
of four specific domains.
Saying with a loud
voice, Fear God, and give Glory to Him; for the hour of His Judgment is come:
and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of
waters (KJV).
When Peter reached the home of Cornelius, it had
been exactly ‘four days’ to the hour since the Angel of the Lord had told
Cornelius to send for Peter (Acts 10:30).
Romans 1:23 states:
And changed the glory
of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things (KJV).
Evidently, number four is connected with the natural
man or the flesh; it is connected with natural creation.
All flesh and natural creation shall pass away.
Thou carriest them
away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass
which groweth up.
In the morning it
flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth (Ps
90:5-6 KJV).
“The creation” waits in eager expectation for the
sons of God to be revealed. In this passage, the word “creature” or “creation”
occurs four times; this expresses that, in accordance with God’s Eternal
Kingdom; nature, created things, the physical world, and the universe, linger
and wait for ‘the Day’ when the sonship of the true sons of God will be
manifested and established (read Romans 8:19-22).