TEN (10) IN THE BIBLE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Number TEN in the Bible
a) And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 34:28)
b) There are four numbers in the Bible that denote completion or perfection. Three, seven, ten, and twelve all mean completion and perfection. While each number represents completion or perfection, it is a different type of completion or perfection.
c) Ten is the only one of the perfect numbers in which humans have a part. We cannot be part of the three, seven, or twelve. We are definitely part of the ten since it is the number of completion based on God's order AND human responsibility. The number ten is built into our very anatomy. For instance, we have ten fingers to do God's work and ten toes to walk upright before God.
d) Why only Ten Commandments in the Old Testament? Why not fifteen or twenty? The Ten Commandments contain all that is necessary, and no more than is necessary, both as to their number and their order. They are examples of God's order and man's responsibility. The first five concern our relationship with God. The last five concern our relationships with other humans.
e) The number ten is the start of a whole new order of numbers and the completion of the single digit numbers that come before it. Our responsibility in stewardship is to give God ten percent of our first fruits because the tithes represent the whole of what is due from man to God' based on His claim on the whole.
f) We cannot aspire to divine perfection on our own. We cannot aspire to spiritual perfection on our own. We cannot attain governmental perfection without God.
g) However, we can honor God's covenant according to His order and our responsibility because of the number ten.
The End ...
1. Number TEN in the Biblea) And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 34:28)
b) There are four numbers in the Bible that denote completion or perfection. Three, seven, ten, and twelve all mean completion and perfection. While each number represents completion or perfection, it is a different type of completion or perfection.
- Three means "divine perfection."
- Seven means "spiritual perfection."
- Ten is the number of perfection or completion of God's "divine order."
- Twelve means "governmental perfection." That's why there are twelve people on a jury.
c) Ten is the only one of the perfect numbers in which humans have a part. We cannot be part of the three, seven, or twelve. We are definitely part of the ten since it is the number of completion based on God's order AND human responsibility. The number ten is built into our very anatomy. For instance, we have ten fingers to do God's work and ten toes to walk upright before God.
d) Why only Ten Commandments in the Old Testament? Why not fifteen or twenty? The Ten Commandments contain all that is necessary, and no more than is necessary, both as to their number and their order. They are examples of God's order and man's responsibility. The first five concern our relationship with God. The last five concern our relationships with other humans.
e) The number ten is the start of a whole new order of numbers and the completion of the single digit numbers that come before it. Our responsibility in stewardship is to give God ten percent of our first fruits because the tithes represent the whole of what is due from man to God' based on His claim on the whole.
f) We cannot aspire to divine perfection on our own. We cannot aspire to spiritual perfection on our own. We cannot attain governmental perfection without God.
g) However, we can honor God's covenant according to His order and our responsibility because of the number ten.
The End ...
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