More "Y2K in Bible" Discovery Synchronicities

Upon looking up the Greek definition of word 2000, I was curious to see what this word's derivative antonym word #804 meant. As I was sitting in a chair next to my filing cabinet, I looked in the nearest slot to find a bookmark. The first thing I pulled out was an old check stub from (6/23) 1995. It was the last paycheck I received when employed at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and had a note written from the secretary, "Your final vacation pay." You can imagine my amusement to see that the reference number was 999999. The account number was 0920000.  (This reminds me of the credit card purchase reference number given when I bought Zodhiates lexicon in the first place.   The clerk at His Place bookstore in Provo commented how odd it was:  999999.)

Word 804 in my Greek Lexicon has the following definition, in contrast to #2000, reflecting the promise of the gospel to those who are built on the rock of Jesus Christ (see 3 Nephi 11:39).

I also noted with interest that word 804 is just three words away from #801, which is the same number as the area code for Utah, Wasatch Front, the Mormon capital of the world. They were set to be a light to the world and the saviors of men (a thesis of this entire web site). Note its definition:

(See Mormons & 801)

Where is the warning voice on this matter, for example, by those ordained to be watchmen on the tower? (According to D&C 101:48, the latter-day watchmen neglect to build a tower saying, "What need hath my lord of this tower, seeing it is a time of peace.")  Instead of warning, they say such things as, "The future will be essentially the same as the past, only much brighter and greatly enlarged," (Gordon B. Hinckley; Church News, November 29, 1997), or merely, "Carry on," fulfilling Isa. 56:12 which prophesies that the slumbering shepherds will say, "Tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant."   Gratefully, the warning voice is not completely silent.  In the latest LDS General Conference (Oct. '98) President Hinckley somberly implored the saints to get their financial affairs in order, in light of economic turmoil brewing in the world, though he hasn't ever officially mentioned Y2K (to my knowledge).

Concerning this silence, the following e-mail message captures what I and many others have observed because of this silence from the LDS Brethren.

"I've been trying to warn friends and family about possible Y2K problems and they just stare at me blankly like I've lost my mind. I get the comments that if there were really a problem the Brethren would tell us. Well, I have news for them...." (Jeanette S.; 12/8/98)

Word 804 in Hebrew means "Assyria." Isaiah presents Assyria as one of the metaphors for a modern dictatorial, militaristic empire that comes slamming upon the people unexpectedly, establishing world hegemony. (See "Assyrian Assault" section in The Vision of All; and the "Assyrian Assault Scriptures appendix.") Consider the following prophecy in light of new year's eve, for example, (Isaiah 21:5-6,8-9; New Translation, Avraham Gileadi).

"My mind reels, I am paralyzed with fear;
the nightfall I longed for has become a horror to me:
They prepare tables;
they deck them with candlesticks.
They are eating and drinking . . .
Mobilize, you commanders! Oil the armor

"Then the lookout cried,
I have been standing on the watchtower
day in and day out, my Lord;
night after night I have stood guard.
Now they come: calvary and teams of horses!
And he gave the reply,
She has fallen; Babylon has fallen.
All her idol gods he has razed to the ground."

Page 804 of Zodhiates New Testament Greek Lexicon
Page 804 of Zodhiates has the word that means "New" (2537 ). This is a significant coincidence because this Y2K bug happens when the clocks roll over in the new millennium. Also, in conjunction with the chaos of Babylon the Great as she topples as prophesied, will come the arising of God's kingdom on earth, the new heaven and new earth. Though they will not be simultaneous, we do have something wonderful to look forward to if we place our trust in God.

Page 804 of Gesenius' Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
Having "coincidentally" discovered this correlation with page 804 on new years day (1/1/98), I became curious as to whether or not page 804 of Gesenius would have anything of relevance to the idea of the rollover into the year 2000. It turns out that every word definition applies, both to the destruction by the millenial bug error as well as looking toward the new world of God's saints that will rise as a Pheonix from these ashes from the arm of flesh. My comments are added in [brackets]. *I have supplemented Gesenius' definitions with definitions by James Strong (3).

If it turns out that this Y2K bug wreaks as much disruption of the global economy as predicted by professionals working on the problem, one can see how this could bring fulfilment to scriptural prophecies such as in Revelation 17, 18. Whatever the cause, Mystery Babylon is going to topple in one hour, according to prophecy.

Consider the irony of this happening in conjunction with our celebration of the new year, the new century, the new millennium ­ a time that tradition will call for deep drunkenness. Has it not been our spiritual drunkenness that has caused us to place so much reliance on man in the first place? Each year, as our culture celebrates the end of the old and the coming in of the new, their drunkenness at the time of this transition has served to foreshadow their blindness regarding the eventual destruction of their supposed greatness and success based on the arm of flesh and the coming in of a better world through Christ. Surely such a disaster would never come if our collective trust was in the Lord in the first place. And that is precisely what will be illustrated in the millennium of peace that will follow (not many years after the cleansing destructions), when those who remain will have finally turned to the Lord. He will be their God, and they will be His people. Hallelujah for the millennial bug! ?

Web & Highway in Hebrew
As another witness to the Lord's foreknowledge in these messages hidden in ancient revealed texts, the word immediately after "web" (4545 ) in Hebrew means, "highway" (4546 ). Further proving a foreknowing God's intention in this connection, the three words previous to the word for net mean, "poor, wretched," (4542 ); "storehouses, granaries, " (4543 ); and "poverty, misery," (4544 ). Capturing the idea of worshiping or relying upon the works of our own hands, that which our fingers have made, the word prior has both the meaning, "(1) the casting of metals, the cast images of gods, specially a molten image" and "(2) a league" (4541 ), i.e. New World Order. Strengthening this image, word 4536 () means, "traffic, merchandise;" and word 4537 () means, "to mix, to mingle." Then, revealing the fact of secret intrigues in these leagues, words 4539, 4540, and 4541, mingled between these definitions, all mean, "a covering."

HTTP in Hebrew
[3/6/98] The translitteration of "http" (the root of most web page URLs) into Hebrew is chet, taw, taw, peh.  Four words in the Lexicon come close to this spelling.  Three (2865-2867) are equivalent to "htt" with the spelling, chet, taw, taw.  Word 2865 in Gesenius means,

James strong gives the definition:

For words 2866 and 2877, Gesenius renders them to mean, simply, "terror."   James Strong adds, "dismay: -- casting down."

The other word in the Hebrew lexicon that comes closest to a transliteration to "http" is spelled, het, taw, taw, which is word number 2050, and means,

It comes immediately before the vaw section of the lexicon.  Vaw in Rabinnic tradition has the signification of making a covenant (4).  In this context, I think of how man has made a covenant with death by placing their trust in the arm of flesh, but that as Babylon comes crashing down, many of God's children will be likely to finally make a new covenant with God.  "My law I will write in their hearts, I will be their God, and they, my people" (Jer. 31:33), for with their broken heart, he will be able bestow a mighty change of heart through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

www in Hebrew = 666
Finally, (as someone pointed out) www is the equivalent of vaw, vaw, vaw in Hebrew, and vaw is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and represents six in their numbering, www is equivalent to "666."  Six is the number of man, and 666 represents carnal man at his zenith of prowess, which is soon to be brought to naught.  What more perfect way to show man his folly than through such a tiny thing as a computer clock!  If he would but turn to God, acknowledge him, and repent, such folly could be gloriously remedied.  Ironically, almost as an antedote to the name and number of the beast, the 666th chapter of the Bible begins, "a good name is more precious than ointment" (Eccl. 7:1).

The 777th chapter in the Bible is Jeremiah 32, which includes the following verses:

"Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me." (Jer. 32:37-40.)

As for me, I prefer to fear God and repent now, for the peace it brings.

by Sterling D. Allan; Alpine, Utah; January 2, 1998

Endnotes:

(3) Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Hendrickson Publishers, ISBN 0-917006-01-1. Purchase Now from Amazon.com

(4) Page 203; Joe Sampson; Written by the Finger of God: Decoding Ancient Languages: A Testimony of Joseph Smith's Translations; Wellspring Publishing and Distributing, P.O. Box 1113, Sandy, UT 84091; 1993; ISBN 1-884312-05-5.