Interpreting Biblical Numbers

Interpreting Biblical NumbersFrom the seven days of creation in Genesis 1 to the 1,000 year reign of the martyrs in Revelation 20, the Bible is filled with numbers. Some numbers seem impossibly large, like the more than 600,000 Israelites who left Egypt in the exodus. Other numbers carry symbolic or theological weight, like the 12 tribes of Israel and Jesus's 12 close associates. Some spark curiosity, like the oddly specific 153 large fish Simon Peter hauled to shore. Some

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Christian mission is best understood as specific activities that develop virtue in its practitioners and move them toward their ultimate goal of partaking in the glory of God