The Perfection Of Forgiveness
Sections In This Study:
Part One - Forgiven Seventy Times Seven
Part Two - The Name Of Jesus (see below)
Part Three - Sevenfold Covenants And The New Covenant
Part Four - The Spotless Lamb Of God
Part Five - The Perfection Of Christ
Part Six - We Are Spotless In The Eyes Of God
Part Seven - Sevenfold Forgiveness
2. The Name Of Jesus - Used 980 Times (70 times 7 times - 490 - times 2)
There are seven people in the Bible that the Lord God named before they were born. One of which is Jesus Christ. The name Jesus is the same as the Old Testament name, Joshua, and means, "The LORD Is Salvation." Jesus came to be the Saviour of mankind, and He died for the sin of all mankind. Many will not receive the Saviour or the Gospel of salvation that tells of His finished work of redemption and His death, burial and resurrection. But those that do receive this Good News, this Gospel of salvation and the Saviour it tells about, become the children of God - they become the people of God (see John 1:12-13).
I love the word Saviour as it is spelled in the King James Bible - seven letters, perfection.
The first part below came from several of Brandon Peterson’s videos and articles, though this is my summary of what he was saying. (Check out his Truth Is Christ and KJVCode websites and his Truth Is Christ Youtube channel for some truly amazing number patterns that are found in the King James Bible. I am referring specifically to these two videos: Jesus 70×7 in Odd & Even Books (980x Total), and Sin + Forgiven 70×7 in the Bible)
Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Brandon points out Jesus' only stated numerical calculation during His public ministry was this passage in Matthew:
Matthew 18:21-22 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Jesus says we are to forgive our brother seventy times seven times. That equation adds up to 490 times. Let me say that again, the pattern for forgiveness is seventy times seven - 490 times.
Now here is the amazing part: The name Jesus (which He was given in reference to the fact that He is THE Saviour who came to save) is used in the King James Bible 980 times. That is seventy times seven times two (ie. 490 x 2). Remember a multiple of a number gives the same meaning and symbolism of the number itself. Forgiveness in Jesus is more than enough. Seventy times seven - complete and utter forgiveness twice told. (There are 983 times the name Jesus is used altogether in the Bible. If we exclude the three references to the name Jesus that are not referring to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, but to other saved individuals - two are in reference to Joshua in Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8, and one is in reference to another believer named Jesus called Justus in Colossians 4:11 - then we find that there are exactly 980 times that the name of Jesus is used in reference to Jesus Christ, 980 times the name of the Saviour is stated.)
The name Jesus - The LORD is Salvation - used 980 times (70 x 7 x2). More than enough grace and forgiveness to completely forgive His people - to save them to the uttermost!
Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Another interesting calculation Brandon points out is the number of times sin AND forgiven show up in the Bible. (You can use The King James Pure Bible Search to verify all the counts he mentions on his sites. With this program, you can actually search for several words at once and it will give you the total of them.) The words sin AND forgiven occur a total of 490 times in the whole Bible when added together. (Notice, this is the word sin, singular, not sins, plural.) You can't deny the pattern and how the forgiveness of sins is associated with the number 490.
The amazing aspect of God's forgiveness is how it totally counteracts the sin of man. Jesus paid the complete penalty for our sin upon the cross, and when we trust in Him for salvation, His blood covers us, washes and cleanses us, blots out our sins forever. Consider the following phrase from the book of Romans:
Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Man sins, man has missed the mark of God's will for his life, but God made a way for man to be redeemed, reconciled, forgiven. Man has fallen short of the glory of God - but God provided a plan to save man - if they will but trust Him. Man fails - but God never fails. He is always faithful; He always keeps His Word, His promises, His covenants. BUT God!
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