“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and ways past finding out.” (Rom. 11:33)

One feature, seemingly, overlooked by many, is the numerical symbolisms which Jehovah used, perhaps expecting us in due time to appreciate and understand. Some of them we have taken due notice of, as for example that the number seven symbolizes “perfection” and that the number ten symbolizes “completeness.” But there are many others that are going unnoticed and unappreciated. Why was God so specific about figures in connection with the instructions he gave to Moses with regard to the Tabernacle’s curtains, boards, sockets, vails, and furnishments? Surely all those figures must have some, often deep, significance. We also seem to forget that God foreknew the very extent of all of our knowledge throughout the years of our existence upon this little planet earth. In fact, he is the Law-giver for all the laws that man has discovered as pertaining to biology, bot-any, chemistry, electronics, magnetism, etc. Note what Bro. Russell had to say about him:

“He is never confused, bewildered, perplexed, anxious, careworn, nor in the least fearful that his plans will fail, because all power and wisdom inhere in him. The scope of his mighty intellect reaches to the utmost bounds of possibility, comprehends all causes, and discerns with precision all effects: consequently he knows the end from the beginning, and that, not only upon philosophical principles, but also by intuition. As the creator of all things and the originator of all law, he is thoroughly acquainted with the intricate subtle- ties of physical, moral and intellectual law, so that no problem could arise the results of which are not manifest to his mind. ‘God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.’—1 John 1:5” (R1832:6)

1 This number represents Jehovah, His uniqueness, His oneness, His unity. “Hear, O Israel, the LORD [Jahweh] our God [Elohim] is one LORD [Jahweh].” (Deut. 6:4) He is the great I AM (Exod. 3:14) beside whom there is no other (Isa. 42:8). This number not only represents Jehovah, it also represents the holy Spirit which emanates from Him.

2 The number of the Bridegroom [Jesus] and his Bride [the Church], also called the “Lamb’s wife” (Rev. 21:9).

4 The cardinal attributes of Jehovah: Justice, Wisdom, Love, and Power as represented in the Golden Candlestick’s centershaft with its four “knops and flowers” (Exod. 25:34) depicting Jesus in whom the “fulness of the Deity dwelt bodily.” (Col. 2:9) The saints of the Gospel age, spirit-begotten and dwelling in the “Holy” of the anti- typical Tabernacle, are able to “see” the “fulness of the Deity” in the Christ who dwelt among men at his first advent (R340:6), but the world of mankind will not be able to “discern” the “fulness of the Deity” in Christ Jesus until the Millennial age when God pours out his Spirit upon “all flesh” (Joel 2:28; see also E104). This will then be by way of a “mental perception” (T85) after the Tabernacle of God shall have been reestablished among men. (Rev. 21:3-5)

5.625 This is the cubic capacity of the Ark of the Covenant: 2½  1½  1½ = 55/8 cubic cubits (Exod. 25:10) and represents the Church of the Gospel age “glorified,” and more particularly as depicted in the rectangu- lar box of the Ark of the Covenant. (T121,126) (This value is used in other calculations.)

6 Represents goodly men in evil times. Bro. Russell applies this to the Lord’s people in the present time: “Their number six is a symbol for imperfection and evil condition.” (R3164:1) Thus also did the holy men of old speak as they were moved by the holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21) even though the times were evil. These men are represented in the six “knops and flowers” in each of the three arms of the Golden Candlestick (Exod. 25:33).

7 Represents what is Divinely Perfect, Perfection! When the number seven stands alone, it also has the significance of completion, which of course perfection quite naturally implies. God’s work of creation was accomplished in seven days and it was both “perfect” and “complete.” (See E46)

When the number one representing the invisible ingredient of God’s holy Spirit is added to six, the number representing the goodly men who in evil times “spake as they were moved by the holy Spirit” (2 Pet. 1:21), the result is seven, representing that which is “perfect,” the Word of God (the scriptures).

7.5 This is the cubic measurement of each of the 48 boards of the Tabernacle: 1½ x 10 x ½ = 7½ cubic cubits. (Exod. 26:7,13,16)

8 Represents resurrection: of the world of mankind to human perfec- tion; of the great company and the ancient worthies to perfection on the spirit plane (not the divine); of the “saints” to the plane of perfec- tion on the plane of immortality. All of these are based upon the death and resurrection of Jesus on the “morrow after the Sabbath”— an eighth day. (Lev. 23:11; Mark 16:1-6) It was also on an eighth day that the ancient priesthood began to function on its own behalf (Lev. 9:1-7) showing that the antitypical priesthood of the Gospel age would also function after it had been made a partaker of Jesus’ resurrection.

The rite of circumcision was performed on an eighth day (Gen. 17:12), indicating that this “priesthood” would also bear the mark of “covenant relationship with God,” a circumcision made without hands, “in putting off the body of sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ” (Col. 2:11).

These are the “upward” measurements (height) in cubits for those articles of furniture for which measurements are given (none are given for the laver and candlestick):

“The Scriptures frequently refer to the church as not only having died to the world and the flesh, but as having already been quickened together with Christ, as already risen with him to walk in newness of life (Col. 3:1; Rom. 6:11). This might, of course, be considered by many a figurative start to the resurrection-life, but if we are reckoned as new creatures in Christ it implies that the old creature, the old nature, is dead, and hence, that the new will, or nature has been started, begotten—that the new creature which God purposes to raise up has started in its upward course.” (R3132:3)

8² (or 64) Represents the first resurrection of the “saints” to the divine nature (immortality) over whom the second death will have no power. (Rev. 20:5,6)

10 The “sacred number” of the Tabernacle! It is also a symbol of “completeness” or a “complete cycle” such as the law in ten words (Exod. 34:28) and the ten temptations in the wilderness (Num. 14:22).

10² (100) The “sacred number” raised to its second power is Jesus’ number in the Tabernacle and the Tabernacle types. For example, the “gate” into the Court measured 5 x 20 = 100 square cubits (Exod. 27:16) and represented Christ Jesus. (T18,19)

It is possible that a further corroboration may be found in the missing top-stone of the Great Pyramid. Referring to the significance of this stone, Bro. Russell said, “its top cornerstone would represent Christ, whom God hath highly exalted to be head over all.” (C328) Concern- ing the height of this stone, we read:

“Professor C. Piazzi Smyth suggested that its vertical height was a round 100 inches.” (Edgar, Great Pyramid Passages, v. 1, p. 268)

“Professor Smyth, in connection with his study of the upper courses of masonry composing the pyramid in its present dilapidated state, estimated the vertical height of the headstone at about 100 pyramid inches.” (Gray, Authorship and Message of the Great Pyramid, p. 11)

What a corroboration this would be if the height of the Great Pyramid’s headstone should eventually be found to be just 100 pyramid inches!

10³ (1000) The “sacred number” raised to its third power is Jehovah’s number in the Tabernacle and the Tabernacle types. For example, the cubic measurement of the exterior of His “dwelling place” amongst men, the “Most Holy,” measured 10 x 10 x 10= 1000 cubic cubits.

360 The number of degrees in a circle, a most apt symbolism for Jehovah’s immortality because a completed circle shows no beginning or end. A “square” also has 360°, and its area is the same as a corresponding circle. In fact Jehovah “squared” the circle in the Great Pyramid, so that it might reflect His four cardinal attributes (Justice, Wisdom, Love, and Power) in the four sides of the base of the pyramid!

Each of the boards of the Tabernacle represented the Church of the Gospel age as being the “dwelling place” of God while they were still in the flesh. Since each of the boards had a cubic measurement of (1½ x 10 x ½) 7½ cubic cubits, the total for all 48 boards is 48 x 7½ = 360, indicating that if they remain faithful unto death, the Church’s reward will be the Divine Nature, immortality!

The length, breadth, and height in cubits of the three vessels of recon- ciliation on the Day of Atonement (Lev. 16:20) are:

Ark: 5½ (2½ + 1½ + 1½) (Exod. 25:10)
Incense Altar: 4 (1 + 1 + 2) (Exod. 30:2)
Altar of Burnt-Offering: 13 (5 + 5 + 3) (Exod. 27:1)

for a total of 22½ which, when multiplied by 42 (Jehovah’s attributes raised to their utmost, highest degree), produces 360.

810 The interior cubic capacity of the “Most Holy” of the Tabernacle:
9 x 9 x 10 = 810 cubic cubits. (This value is used in other calculations.)

144,000 The interior cubic capacity of the “Most Holy” was 810 and the volume of the Ark of the Covenant was 5.625 (see above). 810 ÷ 5.625 = 144 x 1000 (Jehovah’s number, also the exterior cubic capacity of the “Most Holy”) = 144,000 (representing the Church).

The length, breadth, and height in cubits of the three vessels of recon- ciliation on the Day of Atonement (Lev. 16:20) are:

Ark: 5½ (2½ + 1½ + 1½) (Exod. 25:10)
Incense Altar: 4 (1 + 1 + 2) (Exod. 30:2)
Altar of Burnt-Offering: 13 (5 + 5 + 3) (Exod. 27:1)

for a total of 22½. Multiplying this by 82 (see above) produces 1440. Multiplying this by 100 (Jesus’ number) yields 144,000.

The product of the height and breadth of one board of the Tabernacle was (1½ x 10) 15 square cubits, or 30 square cubits for the area of both sides of one board. Since there were 48 boards, the total area of all (both sides) is 48 x 30 = 1440. Multiplying this by 100 (Jesus’ number) yields 144,000.

Since the width of one board is 1½ cubits, the width of all 48 boards is (48 x 1½) 72 cubits which if multiplied by 2 (the number of Jesus and the Church) and 1000 (Jehovah’s number) produces 144,000.

Raising the number 2 (Bridegroom and Bride—see above) to the 8th power (representing the resurrection life they both possess) produces 256 which, when multiplied by 5.625 (the cubic capacity of the Ark of the Covenant), produces 1440, times 100 (Jesus’ number), produces 144,000. The multiplication by 100 is necessary because the Church, like the arms or branches of the Golden Candlestick, depend upon Christ Jesus for their support.

The interior cubic capacity of the Most Holy is 810 x 1000 (Jehovah’s number) ÷ 5.625 (the cubic capacity of the Ark of the Covenant) produces 144,000.

“Someone asks, Will everybody know who are the glorified Church? Surely they will. We know about the Lord Jesus, that he is of the Church, and just so surely all in the Millennial Age will know who are of the Church, who have won the great prize, whom the Lord will declare to be His joint heirs in the kingdom. There is one Scripture that seems to bear upon this subject. It says, ‘And of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her.’ (Psa. 87:5) I think that refers to the way it will be ultimately.” (CR52)

In numerical symbolisms, the important thing is the actual number, and often the item or object to which it is appended is of secondary importance and sometimes may be ignored altogether. An example of this is the “gate” to the Court which, according to Exod. 38:18, measured 5 x 20 cubits or 100 square cubits. In the Tabernacle’s symbolisms, 100 is identified with Christ Jesus and thus is suggested the fact that Christ Jesus is the “gate” into the antitypical Tabernacle Court (T18,19) regardless of whether the 100 is identified with cubits or square cubits!

In ordinary mathematics, one would never multiply things in two different categories. Yet it is frequently done in the numerical symbolisms of the Tabernacle since the important thing is the number itself. An example is the raising of the “sacred number” (10) to its second power to arrive at Jesus’ number (100) and to its third power to arrive at Jehovah’s number (1000); both involve the “sacred number” 10.

Number 10

The “basic” or “sacred” number of the Tabernacle is 10.
There were 48 boards (Exod. 26:18,20,22,23) each of which measured 10 cubits in height. (Exod. 26:16)
There were nine “pillars” supporting the Tabernacle’s two vails: five sup- ported the “door” and four supported the “vail.” These all were the same height as the boards (i.e., 10 cubits). (Exod. 26:32,37)
The “linen” Tabernacle was made of 10 curtains. (Exod. 26:1)
The “Holy” of the Tabernacle was 10 cubits high, 10 cubits broad, and 10 cubits long.

There were just 10 “words” (Exod. 34:28, margin) or commandments on the two tablets of stone kept in the Ark of the Covenant. (Exod. 25:16) The “Day of Atonement” was on the 10th day of the seventh month. (Lev. 23:27; Num. 29:7)

Other notable instances of the number ten in the scriptures include

10 times Laban changed Jacob’s wages. (Gen. 31:7)
10 times God was tempted in the Wilderness. (Num. 14:22)
10 “Righteous” worthy to be spared! (Gen. 18:32)
10 reproaches for Job. (Job 19:3)

The tithe was ⅒th based on Israel’s increase (Lev. 27:30). The tithe was “the portion of all their increase required to be devoted to holy purposes.” (R2485:1)

When the firstborns were exchanged for the Levites, those for whom there were no Levites were redeemed with five shekels (Num. 3:46,47). The cost to redeem “common people” (i.e., NOT firstborns) was just ⅒th of that: a half shekel. (Exod. 30:13)

Man was created with just ten fingers and ten toes. To have more or less than this was considered an imperfection, a blemish. No Aaronic Levite could serve as a priest of God at his altars if he was so blemished. (Lev. 21:17-23; see also T126,127)

Number 100

When the “sacred” number 10 is raised to its second power, it produces 100, which in the Tabernacle symbolisms represents Christ Jesus.

The “gate” according to Exod. 38:18 measured 5 x 20 cubits or 100 square cubits. Bro. Russell said that the “gate” represented Christ Jesus. (T18,19)

The dimensions of the “door” and the “vail” are not specifically given in the scriptures. However, it seems to be a reasonable assumption that the square area of the three portals should all be 100 square cubits: 5 x 20 for the “gate,” and 10 x 10 for the “door” and the “vail.”

Since the “door” into the “Holy” was to cover the east end of the Tabernacle, it evidently measured 10 x 10 cubits (i.e., 100 square cubits). In harmony with the thought that it represented Christ Jesus, Bro. Russell said when speaking of the “Holy,” “Yet, into this condition also, we still come through Christ Jesus our Lord.” (T20)

The “vail” hung within the Tabernacle directly under the “taches” of the covering curtains (Exod. 26:33) to separate the “Holy” from the “Most Holy” where the internal measurement of the Tabernacle was only nine cubits wide. The “vail’s” width of ten cubits would allow it to drape with folds from the four pillars, creating three vents, by way of which the “incense” could pass into the “Most Holy.” (Lev. 16:13) If, then, the “vail” measured 10 x 10 or 100 square cubits, it would well represent Christ Jesus as the portal through which the antitypical priesthood must pass to attain its immortality. This is just what the Apostle Paul says:

“Having, therefore, brethren, boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his flesh.” (Heb. 10:19,20)

There were also 100 silver sockets made not from the free will offering of the people, but from the “ransom” (Exod. 30:12), the “atonement” (Exod. 30:16) money. These sockets supported the 48 boards and the four pillars of the “vail.” (Exod. 38:27) These sockets also represented Christ Jesus, but here as the ransom or corresponding price which, during this Gospel age, has been applied as it were, to the consecrated “saints” represented by the boards of the Tabernacle.

This same thought of Christ Jesus being the redemption price of the “first-borns” is reflected in Num. 18:15,16 where we are told that the redemption price is five shekels and that each shekel is the equivalent of 20 gerahs. This means that the redemption price is really 5 x 20 = 100 gerahs.

There were 100 “loops” that united the “linen” curtain and the “goats hair” curtain together. (Exod. 26:5,10)

Concerning the “linen” curtain we read: “And thou shalt make … fifty loops … in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second, that the loops may take hold one of another.” (Exod. 26:4,5) Thus 50 + 50 = 100, Jesus’ number, signifies that it is Christ Jesus who in the future “glory, honor and immortality” will bind us together to be the one and only everlasting “Tabernacle” of Jehovah God throughout all the ages of eternity.

Concerning the “goats’ hair” curtain we read: “And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.” (Exod. 26:10) Again 50 + 50 = 100, Jesus’ number, signifying that it is Christ Jesus that in the present time binds us together in the “sin-offering” so beautifully represented by the “goats’ hair” curtain.

There were 100 “taches” binding the two major divisions of the “linen” and “goats’ hair” curtains together into single units—the Tabernacle (Exod. 26:6) and the Tent (Exod. 26:11). These taches were made of gold and copper respectively. Here again 50 + 50 = 100, Jesus’ number, signifying that he is the binding media both here and now, and there and then.

The perimeter of the “Holy” of the Tabernacle measured 10 + 20 + 10 + 20 = 60 cubits. The perimeter of the “Most Holy” of the Tabernacle measured 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40 cubits. Adding these two perimeters together pro- duces 100, once again Jesus’ number, signifying that Jesus was, is, and evermore will be the basis of all atonement. The ancient Tabernacle stood on two rectangular figures: a parallelogram [or rectangle] representing the once “in part” condition, and a square representing the eventual condition of “perfection”—glory, honor and immortality. (1 Cor. 13:9,10)

There were just 13⅓ boards (each 1½ cubits wide) on the north or south side of the Tabernacle’s “Holy” to the place where the “vail” was sus- pended. Since each board measured 1½ x 10 x ½ cubits, each board’s volume was the product of these measurements: 7½ cubic cubits. Therefore the volume of 13⅓ boards is 13⅓ x 7½ = 100 cubic cubits, as if to say, those who are dwelling in the “secret place of the Most High” (Psa. 91:1) in the “Holy” of the antitypical Tabernacle are really dwelling (with) in Christ Jesus, since not only the two walls, but the “door” at the east end, and the “vail” at the west end of the “Holy” measured 10 x 10 = 100 square cubits, also representing Christ Jesus. How wonderful! But this is all while the Church is still in the flesh. There is something, however, yet more wonderful than this. The “Most Holy” was a perfect “cube” and had six sides, each of which was a perfect square, measuring 10 x 10 = 100 square cubits, signifying that the 144,000 glorified saints will all be in Christ Jesus throughout all the ages of eternity!

Number 1000

When the “sacred” number 10 is raised to its third power, it produces 1000, which represents Jehovah God in the Tabernacle’s symbolisms.
In the ancient Tabernacle, Jehovah’s “dwelling place” among His people was represented by the “Most Holy” where He was represented by the she- kinah-glory which appeared between the two cherubims atop the Ark of the Covenant. (Exod. 25:22; Psa. 80:1) The external measurement of the “Most Holy” was 10 x 10 x 10 = 1000 cubic cubits. Thus did it bear His number.

Not only is the “Most Holy” thus identified with Jehovah’s number, but the “Holy” is also. If we take the area of all six sides, including the ceiling and floor, we also arrive at 1000:

for a total of 1000 square cubits.

And as if this were not sufficient, both the “Holy” and the “Most Holy,” when taken together as one Sanctuary, will in this same peculiar manner, yield 1000 if one takes the surface area of all the sides of the Tabernacle that was completely covered by the “goats’ hair” curtain:

for a total of 1000 square cubits.

“Encompassed,” as it were, in the figure 1000 we have:

1, the figure which represents Jehovah-God’s oneness—his uniqueness— and of whom Moses of old spoke unto the Israelites, declaring Him to be the great “I AM,” to be “the LORD, our God, is one Lord.” (Deut. 6:4)
10, the sacred number of the Tabernacle.
100, Jesus’ number.
1000, Jehovah’s number.

When Jesus’ number (100) is multiplied by the sacred number (10), it produces 1000, Jehovah God’s number. This suggests in numerical symbolism that Christ Jesus is “hidden” in Jehovah-God. The zeros following the digit one represent the nothingness of all those who have been baptized into his death (the “body” members of Christ) and thus most beautifully reflect the fact that they too are likewise “hid with Christ in God.”

“Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death? Therefore, we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed form sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.” (Rom. 6:3-10)

“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” (Col. 3:3)

In passing, it is interesting to note this comment from Julian T. Gray:

“Such a ratio may reasonably be presumed to be some power of 10, recognized as the Pyramid’s basic number.” (Gray, The Authorship and Message of the Great Pyramid, p. 7)

In Pyramid Passages, v. 1, p. 315, the Edgars indicate that the pyramid’s basic number is 10.

Circle, Square, and Rectangle

The circle is a symbol for endlessness and, by extension, immortality. Once a circle is drawn, you cannot know where it started nor where it ends. The mathematical symbol π (pi) for determining the circumference of a circle, its area, or the volume or area of a sphere, is itself quite a mysterious unit inasmuch as it is not a whole number. It includes a “never ending” fraction as if it wanted to indicate the endlessness of the circle. The value of pi is approximately 3.14159206535+ though for convenience we often use 3.1416 or even 31/7 which, for ordinary calculations, is often close enough. Thus, if you will have it, π becomes a symbol for the Immortal God whom we worship!

A circle quite readily lends itself to symbolizing the everlastingness of God’s Covenants, perhaps more particularly the covenant He made with Noah of old, assuring him, as it were, that never again would He destroy the human race by way of a universal flood. (Gen. 9:8-14) The sign for this covenant was the “bow” which then appeared for the first time in the sky. (Gen. 9:13) This, of course, was the rainbow in its seven prismatic colors— red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. These colors were the result of the white light of the sun broken down into its constituent colors. However, that “rainbow” while it appeared to men on the earth as a mere bow—the arc of a circle—was in reality a complete circle with the earth itself obstructing the view.

“RAINBOW, the prismatic refraction of sunlight as seen as it is reflected upon the clouds during or immediately after a rain shower. Such reflections are seen as concentric circles from an aircraft, but as bows or arcs from the ground.” (Zondervan’s Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, “Rainbow,” v. 5, p. 128)

A square, because all its four angles and four sides are equal, is the symbol for “perfection.” Jehovah, in giving instructions to Moses with regard to the Tabernacle, told him that the altars for burnt-offering and for incense were to be “foursquare.” (Exod. 27:1; 30:2) So also was it to be with the “breastplate of judgment” which, when folded (doubled), was to be “foursquare.” (Exod. 28:6) And, of course, the basic measurement of the “Most Holy” was also to be “foursquare”—ten by ten cubits. All of these— the altars, the breastplate of judgment, and the basic measurement of the Most Holy—represented “perfection.” The altar of burnt-offering repre- sented the ransom sacrifice (T22); the altar of incense represented the con- secrated church (T120); the breastplate of judgment represented the Divine Law in its two aspects, the “letter” and the “spirit” (T35); and of course anything that had to do with the Most Holy of the Tabernacle rep- resented “glory, honor and immortality.” (T22)

By the same token, a rectangle, cannot represent “perfection” because although all its angles are equal, its sides are not. It must therefore represent an “unperfect” or “in part” condition, the “perfect” not yet having been attained (see 1 Cor. 13:10). For example, the Court condition, which repre- sents justification for the “saint” traveling east to west, is not the ultimate to be attained. The Court itself is a rectangle, not a square. The “saint” next enters the “Holy” which, for him, is the spirit-begotten condition of sanctification. Nor is this yet the ultimate, for the “Holy” is not a square either, but like the Court is also a rectangle. Both the Court and the Holy are “in part” conditions. It is only after the “saint” has passed the “second vail” and entered into the “Most Holy” that he really attains the ultimate condition of glory, honor and immortality—the divine nature. Then that which is “perfect” will have come and that which has been “in part” will be done away. The Most Holy rests upon a square!

The “breastplate of judgment” was really, when not doubled, two spans long and one span wide. Since a “span” represents a perfect man’s ability to keep God’s perfect law, the open “breastplate” would seem to suggest that an imperfect man might endeavor to keep the “letter” by separating it from the “spirit,” but this would merely put it still further beyond his imperfect ability to either “keep” or “fulfill” it. Thus was it that Israel failed.

However, one should remember that the Ark of the Covenant did not have a square base, but it did stand in a square area, the Most Holy. This was, of course, because God wished it to reflect other things. Accordingly, its four long sides were not squares, but each had a perimeter of (2½ + 1½ + 2½ + 1½) eight cubits, thus bespeaking the resurrection-life of the “elect” saints. This resurrection is totally different from that of the world of man- kind, which will be to human perfection, or that of the Great Company and Ancient Worthies, which will be to the perfect spirit-nature. The resurrection of the “elect” is to be transcendent, to the divine nature. To reflect this, each of these sides had four right-angled corners of 90° each, making a total of 360°, the number of degrees in a circle, an apt symbolism for endlessness, the immortal, divine nature. If we square the perimeter of any of these four sides of the Ark, it produces 64 which, when multiplied by the cubic measurement of the Ark (5⅝), also produces the same number, 360.