Created to be a Witness to the Lord

When I was first learning about how numbers work, I wondered why America became a country in 1776. I thought, God, why didn’t you do that in 1777? It would have been so evident, Lord, that it was You if you had the Declaration of Independence signed on the seventh day of the seventh month in 1777. Everybody would have known it was You. You should have done that. God’s answer was no, I did not miss it.

I kept searching.  What in the world does 1776 mean, and where can I find that out in the word of God?  Then, I started finding triplicates like 1-1-1;  I looked all the way to 888.  I discovered letters in Hebrew and Greek are also numbers.  You can add up the numbers of each letter in a name and find a number for every name; that’s the gematria. The gematria of the name Christ is 555. I searched the word Christ and found it’s in the Bible 555 times! The word Jesus in Greek is the number 888. Eight is a symbol of new beginnings, and Jesus is the one who makes all things new.  It all makes perfect sense!

Two is a number that represents a faithful witness all the way through the Word of God.  There are two witnesses in the Book of Revelation. When Jesus died on the cross, two witnesses were next to Him.  When He resurrected from the dead, there were two angels inside the tomb.

Two means a faithful witness.  888 represents Jesus.  What is 2 times 888? 1776!

That’s why our nation was birthed in that year.  That’s what 1776 means, and that’s a lot cooler than 1777. It turns out God knows what He’s doing after all.  America was founded to be a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ!

Thomas Jefferson said, “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”  In other words, once you get free, you have to fight to stay free.

There are many wonderful things about America.  Today, let’s decide to stay vigilant and fight to be witnesses to Jesus in our country.