{"id":12068,"date":"2023-09-08T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=12068"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:32:25","slug":"the-number-23-kabbalah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=12068","title":{"rendered":"The mark &#038; Kabbalah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible teaches that God created all from nothing (Gen.1:1), God is separate from His creation (Isaiah 55:8-9) &amp; He made Himself accessible to the world through His son Jesus Christ (John 3:16).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kabbalah is not biblical, it&#8217;s an occult philosophy that developed among Jews in Babylonia. It&#8217;s an esoteric doctrine, a system practiced by many in contemporary Judaism, but also by Freemasons, Theosophists, Luciferians, Gnostics &amp; other groups. Another name for Kabbalah in Hebrew is \u201cTorat ha-Sod.\u201d which means: \u201cthe teaching of the secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kabbalah contradicts the Word of God, it denies creation as a direct act of God (Gen.1) and teaches <strong>it was made by<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">a force<\/span>, a formless god without substance or intelligence called &#8216;Ein sof&#8217;,\u00a0 which is the creator of Elohim (the God of the Bible), &amp; that all creation was a product of <strong>10<\/strong> emanations (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">forces<\/span>) or attributes of god called sefirot, each corresponds to a divine name, <strong>which emanated from Ein sof.<\/strong>\u00a0 At the end this <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">10<\/span> forces descended through various levels &amp; took the personal form of angels, etc. &#8211; Kabbalists worships &#8216;<strong>the god of forces<\/strong>&#8216; (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=daniel%2011%3A38&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;MEV;RVR1960\">Dan. 11:38<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">-\u201cThe Jewish mystical <span class=\"glossaryTerm\" data-pt-title=\"A general term for a formally defined belief (e.g., the doctrine of the resurrection in Christianity), or for the total system of beliefs.\">doctrine<\/span> known as \u201cKabbalah\u201d (=\u201dTradition\u201d) is distinguished by its theory of <strong>ten creative <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">forces<\/span> that intervene between the infinite, <strong>unknowable God<\/strong> (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"glossaryTerm\" data-pt-title=\"(Heb. Without limit) A kabbalistic designation for the divine&amp;#151;\u201cthe unlimited one.\u201d In early Judaism and Christianity, refers to those considered to be chosen by God for a specific purpose; in some Christian predestination schemes (e.g. Calvinistic), \u201cthe elect\u201d are those whom God has chosen (in advance) to have eternal life.\">Ein Sof<\/span>\u201c) and our created world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Through these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">powers<\/span> God <\/strong><strong>created and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rules<\/span><\/strong> the universe, and it is by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">influencing them<\/span> that humans cause God to send to Earth<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> forces <\/span>of compassion or severe judgment. <strong>\u2013<em>Jewish Virtual Library.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">-\u201cA <strong>kabbalist<\/strong> is a person who <strong>studies<\/strong> nature and discovers its common <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">force<\/span>. This <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">force<\/span><strong> produces the energy<\/strong> that build the entire universe. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We call this <strong>force<\/strong> the Creator<\/span> and study it\u201d <strong>\u2013<em>Kabbalah teacher Dr. Laitman.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kabbalah has<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> a different God<\/span>, a different messiah, a different creation account, it denies the Deity of Jesus Christ and the necessity of faith in Him as the only way of salvation. It teaches <strong>reincarnation, astral projection, necromancy, astrology, numerology, cooperation with demons,<\/strong> etc. and no need for a Redeemer. It contradicts both Old and New Testament teachings.<\/p>\n<p>In kabbalistic and Chasidic tradition, the world was created and exists on a foundation provided by the Hebrew alphabet. Kabbalists &amp; occultists in general believe in<strong> numerology<\/strong> (the study of the symbolism &amp; meaning of numbers) &amp; in <strong>sacred gematria<\/strong> (esoteric numerology) which is the practice of assigning a numerical value to each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, &amp; from there to a name, word or phrase by reading it as a number or using ciphers. Most methods and ciphers are listed by Rabbi <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moses_ben_Jacob_Cordovero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moshe Cordevero,<\/a> a central figure in the historical development of Kabbalah which sees the Hebrew letters as<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> channels of spiritual life <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">forces<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Gematria is often used in Rabbinic literature &amp; the <strong>most common form of Hebrew gematria is used in the Talmud and Midrash<\/strong>. Also a type of gematria was employed by the ancient Babylonian culture.<\/p>\n<p>-Irenaeus (Christian leader in the 2nd century) <strong>heavily criticized the interpretation of letters by the Gnostic<\/strong> Marcus. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">This form of interpretation never became popular in Christianity,<\/span> because of their association with <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Gnosticism<\/span> and the criticisms of Irenaeus as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250907224353\/https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Saint-Hippolytus-of-Rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hippolytus of Rome<\/a> &amp; Epiphanius of Salamis.<\/p>\n<p>Kabbalists call their esoteric teachings &#8216;<em>Ancient Wisdom<\/em>&#8216; which they symbolize as an old tree with a sequence of roots or revelations.<\/p>\n<p>While Christians point you <strong>to the cross of Christ<\/strong> for salvation, Kabbalist point you <strong>to the garden<\/strong> &amp; <strong>the <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>tree<\/strong> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knowledge<\/span> of good &amp; evil<\/span> that God forbids in Gen.2:16. They believe <strong>the serpent<\/strong> on the tree is <strong>their coming messiah<\/strong>, a fallen angel they call Metatron, the lesser YHVH or archangel Michael. This tree is also a map of the life journey that each soul has to go through in order to reach an <strong>enlightened<\/strong> state. It&#8217;s composed of 10 spheres or sefirots that emanated from Ein sof, 22 paths that represent <strong>each letter<\/strong> of the Hebrew alphabet &amp; have connections with the <a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/14\/97\/cb\/1497cb7a3c17ac05b8039b2b09ab69e5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarot cards<\/a>, that were created by Freemason &amp; kabbalist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A._E._Waite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur E. Waite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is the Kabbalistic <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Mysticism<\/span> that is <strong>uniting all religions in one<\/strong> &amp; it&#8217;s been taught in Christian churches by false teachers. See more <a href=\"https:\/\/parablesblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/jane-leade-examining-all-things.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230331035155\/http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=3988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A prophecy in the Zohar says the time has come for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">world<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">initiation<\/span> in the secrets of kabbalah<\/span>, which happens to be a Luciferian initiation. It&#8217;s entire cosmological order from creation to their final &#8216;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>redemption<\/em><\/span>&#8216; is based in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">number<span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>six<\/strong><\/span><\/span>. There is a <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">6<\/span><\/strong> sided cube (Metatron&#8217;s cube) in their &#8216;tree of life&#8217;, made of the<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> 6<\/span><\/strong> lower sefirots (Hesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod &amp; Yesod), &amp; at the top of the hexagon or cube is the <strong>hidden<\/strong> sefirot (#11) of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>knowledge<\/strong>\/Gnosis.<\/span> At each of these sefirots stand <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">6<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">entities<\/span><\/span>, but is Metatron who guards the tree.<\/p>\n<p>The 6th Hebrew letter, the <strong>vav<\/strong> or vau looks like a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">7<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-caption-dt\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmysteriouswritings.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2F200px-Tree_of_life_bahir_hebrew.png&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=ee05215fa646e1fe5103c50b02516ffeacdd82c0f71d1a0e5f2826131561a72b&amp;ipo=images\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"310\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree of life<strong> with <span style=\"color: #000000;\">cube<\/span><\/strong>. But there is <strong>another <span style=\"color: #000000;\">cube<\/span><\/strong> in the Tree of Death (inverted).<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 166px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi1.wp.com%2Fwww.minimannamoments.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F05%2F666-www_hebrew.png%3Fw%3D512&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=6c3077c71033fe4428e4f02955ac6cbb3a2d2c987bbb1e5d872cb3e1ac255df8&amp;ipo=images\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"199\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The letter <strong>W<\/strong>aw\/<strong>V<\/strong>av is the <strong>sixth<\/strong> letter of the Aleph-Bet\/ alef-beis, having the numeric value of<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> six<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250702212053\/https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/00\/A_set_of_Tefillin.jpg\/560px-A_set_of_Tefillin.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"145\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Tefillin&#8221; 2<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> black cubes<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0 one worn on <strong>forehead<\/strong> (mind) w\/ letter<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <strong>shin<\/strong><\/span>, (formed w\/<strong>3 <em>vav<\/em>s<\/strong>) or <span style=\"color: #800000;\">666<\/span>\u00a0 on right side\u00a0 &amp;\u00a0 shin w\/ 4 vavs on left. Another for the arm \/<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211020145914\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TheSaturnTimeCube\/comments\/nxtarb\/with_tefillin_aka_phylacteries_the_black_cube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hand<\/a> (actions). This reminded me of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the mark<\/span> of the beast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation%2013%3A16-18&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;RVR1960;MEV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rev.13<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The other box<\/strong> that Kabbalists wear in accordance to this tradition <strong>is on the arm<\/strong>. With a long leather cord they <strong>first wrap three straps around their bicep,<\/strong> which relate to the descent of the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">three primary forces<\/span> through the \u05d9\u05d3 Iod (arm) of Iod-Havah into Daath \/ Briah. Then with the same leather cord they wrap their forearm seven times, and finally, the rope or leather cord ends around the fingers of their \u05d9\u05d3 Iod hand. Remember, \u05d9\u05d3 Iod is how we say arm and hand in Hebrew. So, these <strong>seven wraps signify the descent of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three primary forces<\/span><\/strong> (Kether, Chokmah, Binah) expressed by the duality of Daath, through the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">seven Sephiroth below them<\/span>: Chesed, Geburah, Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and finally into \u05e9\u05d1\u05e2\u05d4 Shebbah, the seventh, Malkuth, the \u05d9\u05d3 Iod (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">hand<\/span>), which is at the same level as the \u05d9\u05d3 Iod (phallus and &#8230;) <span style=\"color: #800000;\">represented by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u05e9<\/span>\u05d1\u05ea\u05d0\u05d9 Shabbathai (<strong>Saturn<\/strong>, <strong>Binah<\/strong>), the middle finger.<\/span> While wearing this Tefilin, these Kabbalists read the Torah in order to receive <strong>enlightenment<\/strong>. They also form the letter <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Shin<\/strong><\/span> with their hand using the straps of the leather with which they hold the book.\u00a0\u00a0 -Glorian.org<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tefillin means &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">to bind<\/span>&#8216; &amp; is known as <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8216;<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>the mark<\/strong><\/span> of Hashem&#8217;<\/em>.\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>Binah<\/strong> (a sefirot) is associated with divine feminine, the color <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\">black<\/span> &amp; is ruled by<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sh<\/span>abbathai <strong>=<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u05e9<\/span><\/strong>\u05d1\u05ea\u05d0\u05d9<strong>=Hebrew for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">S<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aturn<\/span><strong>.<\/strong> (Starts with the letter <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">shin =\u05e9\u05c1<\/span>.<\/strong> ( In Jewish tradition &#8220;the reign of Sabbatai&#8221; Saturn, the highest planet, was often linked to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">advent of their Messiah<\/span>. But it&#8217;s also known that in the occult Saturn is symbolized by the <strong>Black <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210510221953\/https:\/\/dailygroyper.com\/2019\/11\/26\/the-black-cube-of-saturn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cube<\/strong><\/a> and is related to satan&#8217;s worship).<\/p>\n<p>The say they have written the word Shadday in their tefillins, which means &#8216;<strong>almighty<\/strong>&#8216;, (but this isn&#8217;t God&#8217;s name, just an attribute). The letter <strong>Y<\/strong>=yud\/yod for &#8216;Shadda<strong>y&#8217;<\/strong>= <strong>\u05e9\u05d3\u05d9<\/strong> is made with the <a href=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.aish.com%2Ftefillin_shakai.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=ce0675a3f153f7fe967b3830a7ba5c8697a05fdefc897458c28a63d1ea9bc69a&amp;ipo=images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>knot<\/strong><\/a> of the arm tefillin, but why is not &#8216;yud&#8217; in the head ? Since the word <strong>demon in Hebrew, &#8220;shed&#8221;,<\/strong> is spelled<strong> shin dalet=\u05e9\u05d3, <\/strong>exactly the 2 letters found in the head, the knot in the back is in the shape of letter dalet =<a href=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.a5Cy2P1lPWE_4byEBuWLeQHaE8%26pid%3DApi&amp;f=1&amp;ipt=72ff95f99061e870d8ef3d64e68ab57f46643f3d15910d3f03bda92caeb43428&amp;ipo=images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u05d3<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t they realize the words &#8216;Shin (666) demon&#8217; is encompassing\/binding their heads\/minds? But it doesn&#8217;t end there, they continue, with the 10 wraps on arm divided in 3 + 7 which represent the sefirots of the kabbalistic tree, (3 primary forces &amp; 7 subsequent forces), &amp; even there are more wraps on the hand, plus another shin (W) made with the fingers. See more <a href=\"https:\/\/parablesblog.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/attractive-deception-part-8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbis teach that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>6<\/strong> <\/span>is the number of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8216;redemption&#8217;, <\/strong><\/span>their messiah is connected to it, but also that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>666<\/strong><\/span> is the number of <span style=\"color: #800000;\">divine illumination=kabbalah<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Zamir Cohen, states that the head represents the brain &amp; the brain is <strong>the entrance gate of man&#8217;s spiritual illumination<\/strong>. According to him <strong>the shin with 4 prongs<\/strong> (a mystery) is a reverse or <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>inverted<\/strong><\/span> <strong>shin<\/strong> which conceals the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">3 vavs<\/span>, (or <strong>666<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; <em>I will briefly say that it possesses a <span style=\"color: #800000;\">big secret<\/span>. When we look at the background, not the bulge, but rather the background, we have a &#8220;vav&#8221;, another &#8220;vav&#8221;, another &#8220;vav&#8221;, meaning, inside these four heads we have <strong>3 &#8220;vavs&#8221;<\/strong>. . . you have <strong>an internal shin<\/strong>, that&#8217;s basically <strong>concealed<\/strong> inside de 4 headed shin&#8221;<\/em> &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SvZ-oz4nm5M?feature=shared&amp;t=1207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a> min 20:11<\/p>\n<p>Another important fact is that the Talmud (Shabbath 55a) reveals that 3 vavs or<strong> 666<\/strong> is also concealed in the <strong>22<\/strong>nd or the last Hebrew letter Tav =<strong><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\">\u05ea<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 And that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Mark<\/span> of HaShem\u2019s sign \u2013 the , Tav &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">will be placed upon everyone&#8217;s forehead<\/span> &amp; those that receive the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">mark in <strong>ink<\/strong><\/span> will be the righteous and those that receive the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">mark in blood<\/span> will be condemned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Practitioners of sacred gematria believe numbers have the power to <strong>create<\/strong> or destroy physical things &amp; also that they bring messages from the spiritual world, reason they use them to bring success &amp; good luck to all their projects &amp;<strong> incantations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To them the numbers <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">11, 22,<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">33<\/span> are very important &amp; are considered &#8220;Master Numbers&#8221;. Master numbers are associated with struggles but, with that, achievement as well. They consider them to represent three phases of creation: 11 = envisioning, seer or psychic, the 22 is the master architect or builder, &amp; 33 is sharing or delivering it to the world.<\/p>\n<p>Also the number <span style=\"color: #800000;\">23<\/span> is a very important number in kabbalah. The full teachings of Kabbalah, The Zohar (splendor), comes in a 23 volume set.\u00a0 In numerology, this combination of numbers is also considered to be a \u201cmaster\u201d number, which means it has the potential to <span style=\"color: #800000;\">create<\/span> great things<strong> good or bad<\/strong>. The 23th hour corresponds to <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">11<\/span><\/strong>:00pm for that reason <strong>23<\/strong> is also<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <strong>11<\/strong><\/span><\/span>, so 9\/23 codified is also <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">9\/11<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In the Kabbalah, there are<strong> 32<\/strong> Kabbalistic Paths of Wisdom upon the<strong> Tree of Life<\/strong>, 10 objective paths known as the Sefirot and 22 subjective paths connecting pairs of Sefirot together. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">However, in reverse hangs the <strong>Tree of Death<\/strong>,<\/span> also called Qlipoth or Kelipot. From this perspective the Tree of Life or Tree of Lights is <strong>inverted<\/strong>, like a reflection in a mirror, or upon a body of water, <strong>we get the flipped opposite of 32, which is <span style=\"color: #800000;\">23<\/span><\/strong>. Also, the <strong>23<\/strong>rd <strong>path<\/strong> on The Tree of Life is associated with the <strong>Hanged man<\/strong> in the Tarot Card.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the above statement by a kabbalah teacher the number <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>23<\/strong> is associated with<strong> death, <\/strong>&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.xtQjMDQAOD62tP8doHb3WAHaKj%26pid%3DApi&amp;f=1&amp;ipt=e856d7cb30d706aab0fd4a6dbcab3dcb79cd8b2da3e198b72d69fcbf0fea63bb&amp;ipo=images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonic<\/a> forces.<\/span> The <strong>tree of death<\/strong> is full of demonic names.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Christians need to be careful not to fall<\/strong> in the enemy&#8217;s traps. Some believers are learning bible codes to find some other meanings, etc. It&#8217;s true that God uses some numbers that we see are repeated several times in the Bible (e.g. 3, 7, 40), but He doesn&#8217;t teach us that numbers have powers, or are sacred, etc. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">No where in the Bible<\/span> God call us to search for <strong>hidden<\/strong> messages, <strong>codes<\/strong> &amp; <strong>secret<\/strong> meanings in the Scriptures. Only 1 unique verse in the entire Bible mentions<strong> as a warning<\/strong> to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">count<\/span> a number, in order to be aware &amp; NOT receive <span id=\"en-NKJV-30926\" class=\"text Rev-13-17\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">a mark<\/span> which is the name of the beast (antichrist), or the <strong>number<\/strong> of his name<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com\/BibleVerse\/Revelation\/13\/18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rev. 13:16-18<\/a>, &amp; it says is a number of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">a man<\/span>, (not God). This may also reaffirm to us that the &#8216;Antichrist&#8217; is a man that practices gematria or kabbalah.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t need hidden messages from God, there is more than enough truth in the Bible <strong>to meet ALL our needs<\/strong>, \u201c<em>that the man of God may <span style=\"color: #800000;\">be <strong>complete<\/strong>, <strong>thoroughly<\/strong> equipped<\/span> for every good work<\/em>.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Tim.+3%3A16-17&amp;version=MEV;NKJV;AKJV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2 Tim. 3:16-17<\/a>), besides, we also have the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Bible also rejects any form of magic, <strong>divination<\/strong> &amp; witchcraft. 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