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by Geert van den Bos
Mon Dec 08, 2025 12:20 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

John 1:1-2,

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.
https://www.greekbible.com/john/1

πρὸς
with an accusative, used of the place to which anything tends, to, unto, towards


so "with" seems to be corrupt translation

all christian ...
by Geert van den Bos
Sat Dec 06, 2025 3:38 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

Grok: https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1997215339998765352
No confirmed uses exist from the 1st or 2nd century before Irenaeus, though the New Testament implies the concept (e.g., Luke 1:43 calls Mary "the mother of my Lord," where "Lord" denotes God).
christianity.stackexchange.com


Luke 1:43 ...
by Geert van den Bos
Sat Dec 06, 2025 12:00 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

God, θεός , mentioned in NT (and in John's prologue) is the God of Israel who abides in the initial letters of "yom hashihsi vay'chullu hashamayim"

https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_2316.htm

John 1:1-3, Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς ...
by Geert van den Bos
Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:37 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World


I asked Kermit Zarley

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Geert van den Bos 16 hours ago
how do you interpret John 1:14? https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1995062245257097398

Kermit Zarley
Kermit Zarley 7 hours ago
The question about Jesus' identity does not hinge on ...
by Geert van den Bos
Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:25 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

I asked Kermit Zarley

https://disqus.com/home/notifications/?highlight=6803454744

Geert van den Bos 16 hours ago
how do you interpret John 1:14? https://x.com/i/grok?conversation=1995062245257097398

Kermit Zarley
Kermit Zarley 7 hours ago
The question about Jesus' identity does not hinge on John ...
by Geert van den Bos
Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:18 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

Alexander the Great!

Finally you got a great sparringpartner!
by Geert van den Bos
Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:18 am
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World


Sefer Yetzirah: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

https://blog.nli.org.il/en/sefer-yetzirah/

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In Sefer Yetzirah, the mysterious work of Jewish mystical thought, and perhaps the most the influential of all, we read that God created His world through “thirty-two wondrous ways of ...
by Geert van den Bos
Fri Nov 28, 2025 11:53 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Re: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

"teivah" = word written with letters.

Genesis 6:15, This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 300 = "shin" ; 50 ="nun"; 30 = "lamed"

-- i.e. these letters form the written word "lashon" = spoken word ...
by Geert van den Bos
Fri Nov 28, 2025 11:42 pm
Forum: Alphanumeric Structures (Gematria)
Topic: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World
Replies: 13
Views: 44387

Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

Sefer Yetzirah: Letters as the Building Blocks of the World

https://blog.nli.org.il/en/sefer-yetzirah/

(...)
In Sefer Yetzirah, the mysterious work of Jewish mystical thought, and perhaps the most the influential of all, we read that God created His world through “thirty-two wondrous ways of ...