NUMBER FIFTEEN (15)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Fifteen being a multiple of five, partakes of the importance of three and five of which it is composed. Five represents grace, and three is the number of divine perfection. Fifteen, therefore, specially refers to acts wrought by the energy of Divine grace.
b) Deity is seen in it, for the two Hebrew letters which express it are Yod (10), and Hey (5). These spell the ineffable Name of Jah, who is the fountain of all grace. Fifteen is thus made up, by addition, 10 + 5; but as the Jews would not, by the constant use of these two letters, profane the sacred name, two other letters were arbitrarily used for this number, and a different and artificial combination was thus formed. The combination 9 + 6 would thus represent fifteen, but without any significance.
c) In Scripture the number 15 pictures rest, which comes after deliverance, represented by fourteen.
d) The 15th day of the first month is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a day of rest for the children of Israel. The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles, also a day of rest.
e) God delivered Israel’s firstborn from death on the 14th; then, at the beginning of the 15th day at sunset, the children of Israel began to leave Egypt by night. This night is called 'the night to be much observed unto the Lord' (Exodus 12:40-42; Numbers 33:3; Deuteronomy 16:1). On this same day 430 years earlier, after the sun had gone down ending the 14th, God told Abraham in a vision that his descendants through Isaac would end up as slaves in a foreign country - but that He would release them from this bondage after 400 years (Genesis 15:12-16). Exactly 430 years later - on the same night - this prophecy was fulfilled as the children of Israel left Egypt on the 15th day of the first month (Exodus 12:40-41). On the same night - in order to guarantee His covenant promises to Abraham - the Lord passed between the parts of sacrificial animals, as evidenced by a burning lamp and a smoking furnace, which wholly consumed the sacrifices (Genesis 15:17-20). In performing this ceremony, God was pledging His future death as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world - guaranteeing the future 'rest' from sin for all who inherit eternal life.
f) On the same day as Abraham's vision and the children of Israel leaving Egypt, the 15th day of the first month in 30 A.D., as the sun was setting to end the 14th - Jesus’ body was placed in the tomb. Thus, Jesus began His three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) Fifteen being a multiple of five, partakes of the importance of three and five of which it is composed. Five represents grace, and three is the number of divine perfection. Fifteen, therefore, specially refers to acts wrought by the energy of Divine grace.
b) Deity is seen in it, for the two Hebrew letters which express it are Yod (10), and Hey (5). These spell the ineffable Name of Jah, who is the fountain of all grace. Fifteen is thus made up, by addition, 10 + 5; but as the Jews would not, by the constant use of these two letters, profane the sacred name, two other letters were arbitrarily used for this number, and a different and artificial combination was thus formed. The combination 9 + 6 would thus represent fifteen, but without any significance.
c) In Scripture the number 15 pictures rest, which comes after deliverance, represented by fourteen.
d) The 15th day of the first month is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a day of rest for the children of Israel. The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles, also a day of rest.
e) God delivered Israel’s firstborn from death on the 14th; then, at the beginning of the 15th day at sunset, the children of Israel began to leave Egypt by night. This night is called 'the night to be much observed unto the Lord' (Exodus 12:40-42; Numbers 33:3; Deuteronomy 16:1). On this same day 430 years earlier, after the sun had gone down ending the 14th, God told Abraham in a vision that his descendants through Isaac would end up as slaves in a foreign country - but that He would release them from this bondage after 400 years (Genesis 15:12-16). Exactly 430 years later - on the same night - this prophecy was fulfilled as the children of Israel left Egypt on the 15th day of the first month (Exodus 12:40-41). On the same night - in order to guarantee His covenant promises to Abraham - the Lord passed between the parts of sacrificial animals, as evidenced by a burning lamp and a smoking furnace, which wholly consumed the sacrifices (Genesis 15:17-20). In performing this ceremony, God was pledging His future death as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world - guaranteeing the future 'rest' from sin for all who inherit eternal life.
f) On the same day as Abraham's vision and the children of Israel leaving Egypt, the 15th day of the first month in 30 A.D., as the sun was setting to end the 14th - Jesus’ body was placed in the tomb. Thus, Jesus began His three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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