https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/ Rapture In The Air Now Discussion Board en-US Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:01:06 +0000 wpForo 60 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/3/#post-12932 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:54:46 +0000 Main Forum Tammie https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/3/#post-12932 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12910 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:52:53 +0000 Main Forum tenderreed https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12910 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12909 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:43:12 +0000 Main Forum Lee Giblin https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12909 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12908 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:37:47 +0000 Main Forum David W. Roche https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12908 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12907 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:08:02 +0000 Main Forum tenderreed https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12907 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12892 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:47:08 +0000 Main Forum 2ndcoming https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/paged/2/#post-12892 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12890 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:37:30 +0000 Main Forum Tammie https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12890 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12885 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:37:18 +0000 153 fishes caught by the disciples represented all the species of fish. He then stated its meaning is that there was enough room within the church for all the "races" of man (Biblical Numerology, chapter 6). Augustine also believed that this fish miracle represented all kinds of men being saved by the gospel "net." 153 personal blessings We discover something quite interesting about this number when we look at how many people, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus personally blessed. The book of Mark records Christ, on three occasions, personally blessed 3 people. These events were the healing of a man with an unclean spirit (Mark 1:23), healing a man who was deaf (Mark 7:32) and making whole another who was blind (Mark 8:22). Matthew, however, writes that on 23 occasions Jesus blessed a total of 47 people. Some of those whom he blessed included a leper (Matthew 8:2), a non-Israelite woman and her daughter (Matthew 15:22), Mary Magdalene (Matthew 27:56) and Joseph of Arimathaea (Matthew 27:57). Luke writes that on 14 occasions 94 people were blessed. They include the seventy disciples sent out to preach and heal Luke 10:1), ten lepers cleansed at the same time (Luke 17:12) and Zaccheus (Luke 19:2). Lastly, the apostle John bears record of eight incidents where nine people were helped by Jesus. Nicodemus (John 3:1), the woman accused of adultery (John 8:11) and Lazarus (John 11) are among those personally touched by the Savior of mankind. All told, the Lord directly blessed 153 people in 48 separate incidents!   3 healed in the Book of Mark 47 healed in Matthew 94 healed in Luke 9 healed in John 153   - Fair Use -   David I was still typing when you posted about Jerome’s theory!  LOL]]> Main Forum Geri7 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12885 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12883 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:31:50 +0000 The precision of the number of fish has long been considered peculiar, and many scholars, throughout history, have argued that 153 has some deeper significance. Jerome, for example, claimed that the Greeks had identified that there were exactly 153 species of fish in the sea (modern marine biology puts the figure as something over 29,000). I think it is most likely a symbolic way of saying that the gospel will bring in all types of "fish" or men from all over the world.]]> Main Forum David W. Roche https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12883 https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12882 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:31:04 +0000 Main Forum 2ndcoming https://raptureintheairnow.com/community/main-forum/how-about-153/#post-12882