So, I started realizing after teaching those over the years to my sixth, seventh, and eighth graders and adults that some of them were fascinated by studying the numbers. Then you have holy communion, confession, absolution and such. They are the Trinity, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, baptism, and The 10 Commandments. Those things are what every Christian should recognize and endorse. There’s basically six things that Luther called the Six Chief Parts.
Parents need to be teaching their kids about fate. I teach catechism and so Martin Luther was a big thing with every Christian. What was the inspiration or the catalyst for writing Faith by Numbers? I just find that if I get excited about something, then I’ve got to find a way to get other people excited. I always find if it’s preaching or writing a book, it’s just a different type of a pulpit and getting the message of Jesus out there. So when you start to dive into that, it was really like uncovering a small mystery. And so, there’s this other tertiary meaning underneath what’s going on. This is because it’s not explicitly in the text. But l would hear pastors kind of talk about this in passing, or almost in whispers. Then with the numbers you realize seven means perfection and, and eight means covenant, and 10 means completion. And then when you get older, you start learning doctrine, and then you start seeing some deeper meaning behind the doctrine, and some of the stories that you’ve known along the way. I grew up in Christian schools and you learn the Bible stories. What got you interested in Biblical numerology?Īs a kid, I would hear pastors from time to time talk about numbers and it was very intriguing because I grew up in the church. I recently sat down with Eichinger to discuss why the Bible is rife with numbers that hold such spiritual significance, the most common number used in the Scripture that has symbolic meaning, and what God is revealing about Himself through them.įrom my perspective, you write about some pretty interesting topics … your book about Eric Liddell, Lord of Legends, and now Faith by Numbers. In his latest book, Faith by Numbers: Deciphering Doctrine with Biblical Numerology, author Eric Eichingertakes his readers on a deep dive into Biblical numerology, sharing the hope of Christian faith through the vantage point of God’s recurring use of specific numbers throughout the pages of Scripture. Why? Because it symbolizes God’s power and authority, not to mention the 12 Tribes of Israel or the 12 Disciples. Or how about the number 12? It’s mentioned 187 different times in Scripture. Taking that a step further, its meaning in the Bible centers on the unity of the family being one.
Did you realize the number 3 is considered to be a number of completeness? Or, the number 1 is only divisible by itself. Have you ever stopped to consider that many of the common phrases you hear in your daily walk of life originate from the Bible?
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