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This is a very light study of the number 120.

Hopefully somebody will have something pertinent to add.

Firstly 120 probably means a lot to a mathematician.

I am not a mathematician, but here are a few small points.

120 is the triangulation of 15.
(As 666 is the triangulation of 36)

12 x 10,
15 x 8,
20 x 6,
24 x 5,
60 x 2,
40 x 3,
30 x 4,

all equal 120.

3 times 120 = 360 , which is of course the number of days in the Jewish Year, and the degrees of a circle.
So it is the third of perfect circle.

Now the ages of man are divided into 3.

Before the flood, or the Age of Noah
The time of the Law, or the Age of Moses
And the last days, or the age of grace.

The age of Noah has a strong 120 marker...........the 120 year countdown God gave to the flood.
The age of Moses has a strong 120 marker..........Moses lived 120 years.

So, does this age have a '120 marker?'

I wonder what Shekel thinks?

This post has been edited by Simple: 18 November 2007 - 03:30 PM

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okay here's a little prompter.
120 is the triangular sum of 15.

funny how verse 15 here includes the number 120.

And funny phraseology too, 'the number of the names together'.

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Act 1:15 ¶ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

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Just looking a bit more at the properties of 120.
so its 15 x 8,
as well as the triangular sum of 15.

So we see a connection between Peter, 120 and 15 in Acts 1 v15.

In Psalms 90, Moses tells us that a thousand years are like a day, or a watch in the night.
In 2Peter , Peter alludes to the same scripture. 'But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.'

Going by Roman watches, which Jesus referred to, there are 4 watches in the night. So a watch is 3 hours.

Therefore, 1000 years = 1 day = 3hrs

So a day can be seen as 3 hours.
if 3 hrs = 1 day
1 day (3x8) = 8 days

1 day = 8 days (does this say something about circumcision on the 8th day?)

if 1 day = 8 days
15 days (1 x 15) = 120 days ( 8 x 15)

so 15 days = 120 days

See the connection between 15 and 120 ?

Now look at Noah.

8 people were saved from the flood.
God gave mankind a 120 year warning.
Now watch the 15's come in.

Gen 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

what about the ark?

Gen 6:15 And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits......[with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

Assuming each storey is 10 cubits, the volume of each storey is 150, 000 cubits,
or 15 x 10power 3 (sorry, its a long time since I did any maths,is that right?)

So we have in the account significant appearances of certain numbers. 8, 15 and 120.
remembering that 8x15 = 120.

Where am I going with this?

DON'T KNOW!!


How about..........

a day = a year ( as per Ezekiel)

so 120 days = 120 years

so where

15 days = 120 days

then
15 days = 120 years

This post has been edited by Simple: 26 November 2007 - 06:03 PM

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Ah!

Thank you so much Signet.

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So Samech, (or Samek(h), ) which is the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, is associated with support, holding up, being a pillar.

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Psa 119:113 SAMECH.....
116 Uphold me according unto thy word,
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: