173

173 W. Fork Creek Dr., Alpine, Utah

  Word #173 in the Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

  Word #173 in the New Testament Hebrew Lexicon

This ties in perfectly with the Blood Trail plot (see Introduction to that write-up), which I would not discover for yet a few days.  Hence, at the time, I did not appreciate its applicability.

Nevertheless, what put me onto that Blood Trail discovery in the first place was what happened that evening of March 3, 1999, after doing the initial studies on 173.

As I crawled into bed, I pulled out Michael Sullivan's "fictional" novel, Blood Trail, and picked up where I had left off in my reading.  I was on page 172.  This was where the plot got very thick.  The Vince Foster equivalent in the story has just been suicided, and a colleague is going through his computer, to eliminate any incriminating evidence.  There he comes across a filed called "Blood Trail."  It is this file that chronicles the whole tainted blood scenario.

Well, it so happens that when the word "Blood Trail" comes up in the story, it is located on the top right corner of the page of text, right under the header, which reads,

This was the first time that the name of the title of the book had come up in the book, and there it was, right next to the page number:  173.  Here I had just spent several hours that day studying the number 173.

I had the distinct feeling that there was something about this book that I needed to pay attention to.  I would find out later.

It turns out that this is the only time in the entire book Blood Trail that the phrase "Blood Trail" occurs.

Considering the significance of what I subsequently discovered, such an amazing synchronicity is warranted.

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  Page 173 in Zodhiates' New Testament Greek lexicon

Another 173 I looked up was page 173 in Zodhiates' Complete Word Study Dictionary.  Page 173 is the second of six pages which expound on word 435: "Man, husband."

435 is the second of two telephone area codes in Utah.  The original area code, 801, now covers the heavily populated Wasatch Front cities. (See Mormons and 801.  I've yet to do a full write-up on 435.) Briefly, what I've discovered is that 801 is like the center of mainstream Mormon culture, while 435 is more like the outskirt outcasts.  Many of the awakened saints move from the center populated areas out to more remote areas where they feel safer considering the chastening destructions that are slated to come shortly.  Often, these remnant people are either ostracized by their fellow Mormons at church.   Sometimes they are outright excommunicated for their attempts to awaken their fellow brothers and sisters in the gospel.

801 represents the sleeping church, the bride of the Lord that must be purified, while 435 represents the servants of God who labor to call her to repentance. As representatives of God, the bridegroom, the Son of Man, that 435 means, "Man, husband," is very fitting and interesting commentary.

But not all awakened saints leave the center of Mormonism.  Some are commanded to tarry for a time, so they can act as witnesses and to refine them in the fire of persecution at the hands of their fellow saints.

by Sterling D. Allan; Manti, Utah; March 3, July 28, 1999

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