However, I am taking this further here by using this amazing occurrence as a proof that the fall of mankind at 98 (two Sabbath Cycles of 49) and his Redemption through one remaining Sabbath Cycle of 490 (49 x10) can be seen by the way the name of Jesus is recorded in the New Testament.

Importantly, the 980 instances of Jesus are not randomly scattered throughout the New Testament, but they fall into an amazing pattern that absolutely prevents this being seen as an occurrence of chance. Basically, if you do two searches of the Bible for the name of Jesus, with the first search involving all of the ODD books of the New Testament and the second search involving all of the EVEN Books of the New Testament, you will find exactly 490 mentions of the name of JESUS in each, for a total of 980 in both, as per the Screen Shots below.

This is in spite of the Odd Books (Matthew, Luke, Acts,,,etc,) containing nearly twice the number of words than are in the Even Books (Mark, John, Romans etc.). In a quite insightful demonstration (see chart below), Brandon makes the point that while doing a search on commonly used words consistently produces nearly twice as many results in the Odd Books than the Even ones because there are nearly twice as many words in the Odd Books, this is not the case with the name of Jesus, it is the one exception that appears exactly 490 times in each search. Clearly, this is by supernatural design, not chance, because there were around nine different human authors over several decades, which make the idea of human collaboration impossible. As such, these findings by Brandon all help to add emphasis to what we are discussing here.

I would also recommend Brandon’s Web Site. He has many videos and resources with some astounding revelations and insights. It is available on the following link: Truth is Christ –

The Fall of Man  - and numbers 22, 100, 20 and 120

By establishing that mankind walked with God in righteousness for 98 years and then Fell at 99, we now have the foundation to explore how this results in some other numbers – namely 22, 100, 20 and 120, before we turn to the meaning and significance of 19 in the Bible.

98-22-120 – Israel and end of Striving

Firstly, we know that Jesus, as our Saviour, laid down His life to restore us to our original relationship with God, and we no know that His name is recorded 980 or 490 x 2 times in the New Testament, reflecting when this relationship changed. However, it is also important to recognize that Jesus, as the Messiah, is also called ISRAEL, God’s Perfect Son.

As such, ISRAEL is not only the new name of the Patriarch Jacob, whose Sons would give rise to the physical nation of Israel, through whom the Messiah would come, but it is also a Spiritual Nation that would be comprised of all who put their faith in the finished work of Christ

⁶ -- Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: ⁷ Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. ⁸ That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Romans 9:6-8

 and it would be a Jesus Himself fulfilling Spiritually what the physical nation could not do by itself –  In this way, Matthew 2:15, when talking about Jesus, quotes Hosea 11:1, equating Jesus with the nation of Israel:

¹⁵ And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Matthew 2:15

Essentially, ISRAEL is the vehicle through whom God would save fallen humanity, and in this regard it is important to note that it is associated with the Number 22 (see here for further details related to Israel and 22) because it is the difference between 98 and 120, with the latter being the number that God stated would symbolize the extent of His Grace, as He stated in Genesis 6:

³ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. Genesis 6:3

So, 98 and 22 and 120 are all connected numbers, in that they define both the limits of God’s redemption that symbolically extends from 98-120 and the entity through whom God would achieve this redemption, being Israel, that is associated symbolically with the number 22.

In this respect, it is interesting to note that the name ISRAEL associated with 22 actually means ‘He who has Striven with God and Prevailed, while the number 120 is actually the opposite because it is about the limit of Gods Striving, so it represents those who have Striven with God, but not Prevailed because they have not turned back to Him – so in this way these numbers are definitely connected.

That God’s use of 120 was not also related to a limit on mankind’s age is seen by the fact that while it seems to be an age limit today, that was not always the case. In fact, for many centuries after the flood, well after God declared it as a limit of His striving with Sinful man, many people have lived beyond the 120-year limit. As such, many commentators have noted that when the 50-year Jubilee (which was always a year in which things that had been lost were restored), is multiplied by 120, it is equal to 6,000 years. This fits with the pattern of history that God has indicated will be the limit before He establishes His 7^th day of Sabbath rest, with the 2 Peter 3:8 stating:

⁸ 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. 2 Peter 3:8

Here we see that the 6 days of creation are reflected in the 6,000 years of human history that will soon culminate in the Rapture, Tribulation and the Second Coming of Christ, before the 7th and final day of rest, that is known as the 1,000-year Millenium, begins.

Following that will be the 8th day, which is when God will create the new heaven and a new earth. It is the beginning of Eternity that never ends:

 ​¹ And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. Revelation 21:1

⁴ And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4

It is interesting to note that this 8th day that never ends finds its meaning in Jesus, who rose on the 1st or 8th Day of the Week, and whose name In Greek gematria - Jesus (Greek - Ιησούς) has a numerical value of 888.

So, Jesus is associated with both 22 (Israel) and 8 (new beginning) and fascinatingly this relationship between 22 and 8 can also be seen in music, which at its core is for worshipping the God of creation, who Redeems us. Essentially all musical notes are divided in Octaves (8 notes) with the 8th note beginning a new Octave, like Jesus who gave mankind a new beginning when he arose on the first day of the new week, or the 8th day and its connection to 22 can be seen as follows:

3 (the Godhead) Octaves of 8 (Jesus) = 22 Notes - CDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFGABC

100-20-120 – The First Generation and the Age of Responsibility

Further Support of 120 being the symbolic limit of God striving with Sinful man is seen by noting that the first generation of mankind were actually Cain and Able, since both Adam and Eve were special creations. In this regard, it is also important to note that since Adam and Eve were both sent out of the Garden, after they sinned at the age of 99, then the first generation was also born outside of the garden, when Adam turned 100. This is ultimately the origin of one of the definitions of a generation being 100 years, as inferred in the following scripture in Genesis 15, where God talking to Abraham states both that his Seed shall be afflicted for 400 years and that in the 4^th generation, they shall be freed, thus 100 years per generation:

¹³ And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict -- them four hundred years; ¹⁴ And also -- that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵ And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. Genesis 15:13-16

Then knowing that 120, although not declared until the time of Noah, was still a limit in the heart of God, in relation to His creation, due to its further connection to the Jubilees, we can see another example of God imposing this limit in relation to Cain and Able.

Essentially, when Adam sinned, God declared that the Ground was cursed for his sake, but Adam himself was not directly cursed.

¹⁷ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; ¹⁸ Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat -- the herb of the field; ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Genesis 3:17-19

However, this changed when Cain killed Abel. In this instance, God for the first time directly cursed a human being saying:

¹¹ And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened -- her mouth to receive thy brother’s -- blood from thy hand; ¹² When thou tillest -- the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Genesis 4:11-12

It is important to understand here that Cain and Abel were twins with their birth being described in Genesis 4:1:

​¹ And Adam knew -- Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore -- Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.² And she again bore -- his brother -- Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Genesis 4:1-2

Essentially the word translated here as ‘again‘ is actually the Hebrew word יָסַף (H3254. יָסַף yāsap̱), which has the primary meaning ‘to continue to do something’, and additionally the text does not state that Adam knew his wife a second time, before giving birth to Abel. So, the meaning is clear that Eve gave birth to Cain first and then continued to give birth to his twin brother Abel.

 So now we can see that since Adam would have been 100 when the first generation were born and 120 when Cain at the age of 20 killed his brother Abel, we can finally understand why Cain was cursed. Adam had literally reached God’s symbolic limit for striving with sinful man and so for the first time God pronounced a curse upon a sinful man, in Adam’s son Cain, who had allowed anger to rise to such a degree that it resulted in the first death of a human being.

This also helps to explain why 20 became the ‘age of responsibility’ because it was the number of years between Adam giving rise to the first generation at 100 years old and that generation reaching God’s 120 limit, when Cain at 20 years of age killed Abel.

This also accounts for why Jews had to be 20 years or older to be able to serve in the Temple as shown in 1 Chronicles 23:24:

²⁴ These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 1 Chronicles 23:24

and why all Israelites 20 years old and over, who had not trusted God during the Exodus, but rather had believed the bad report of the spies, had to die out in the wilderness, rather than enter the Promised Land as God had intended:

²⁶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, ²⁷ How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which -- murmur against me? I have heard -- the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. ²⁸ Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, -- as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: ²⁹ Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, ³⁰ Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make -- you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers 14:26-30

Ultimately, only Moses; Joshua and Caleb had trusted God, but since Moses had reached that symbolic age of 120, God said it was his time to die, even though the text makes it clear that physically he was not weak or sick at all. Effectively, God was emphasizing that everything is at an appointed time and that Joshua, whose name in Hebrew is יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Yehoshua) and is abbreviated to Jeshua יֵשׁ֨וּעַ (Yeshua) in Nehemiah 8:17 which is the same as Jesus (Yeshua), would be the one to take God’s People into the Promised Land:

¹⁷ And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. Nehemiah 8:17

It was a picture or foreshadow of Jesus taking all who believe in Him and Trust Him to Heaven (the Promised Land for all Believers) in the Rapture.

19 –Being Hidden with Christ in God

To be 'Hidden with Christ in God' is a New Testament term used in Colossians 3:

³ For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3 (ESV)

but as a principal was applied to all believers prior to Christ's Incarnation as being 'Hidden in God'. These Old Testament believers understood that God was also their Redeemer, such as Job who said in Job 19:

²⁵ For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Job 19:25

And in a Psalm of David, where he recognized and declared that God was his Hiding Place:

⁷ You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah Psalms 32:7

Now with all of this background, we can see how 19 becomes associated with those who are ‘Hidden with Christ’ or 'Hidden in God' because 20 was the 'age of responsibility' or accountability, but those 19 and under in the wilderness were covered by God’s grace and regardless of what they had believed at the time, because they were under the age of 20, they would now be allowed to enter the promised land with Joshua. So here 19 is the age limit of those whose sins were ‘Hidden in God’ and for which they were not accountable when it came to entering the promised Land. Only those 20 years and older were held accountable for their unbelief.

In this regard, we note that there is a flip side to 19 and being ‘hidden’ in that while one person can be ‘hidden’ another person in association with 19 can be unhidden and exposed to face Judgement in one form or another. Clearly this was the case with the Israelites, when they were entering the Promised Land, in that when the ‘20-year-old’ age rule was applied, those covered by being 19 and under were protected while simultaneously everyone else, except for Joshua and Caleb who were older, but trusted, were Judged.

In another example, that can be seen in history of Israel, 19 was associated with a period of time that alternatively represented God's presence in His Spirit leaving and then later God’s presence by His Spirit Returning. In this respect, His Leaving resulted in Judgement, while His Returning brought blessing, as follows:

 - 605 BC - Nebuchadnezzar first attacks Jerusalem and takes some captives to Babylon.

 - 586 BC – Then 19 years later Nebuchadnezzar finally destroys the temple, but just before he does this Ezekiel in chapters 10 and 11 records that the Presence and Spirit of God came to the Threshold of the Temple and paused ( this could be understood as though He were looking on in sadness of leaving his people knowing what was coming, just as the shortest verse in the Bible was Jesus Wept, as He saw the Future destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD by Titus the Roman General). Significantly, He then leaves to the East and goes out to the Mount of Olives before disappearing – see relevant verses below:.

⁴ Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and paused over the threshold of the temple; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory. Ezekiel 10:4

²² So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them. ²³ And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city. Ezekiel 11:22-23

Importantly, this Judgement was 19 years after Nebuchadnezzar first attacked Jerusalem. Then if you fast-forward nearly 2,000 years when God's people were back in the Land, under their own rule in 1948, but they did not control or have access to East Jerusalem or the Temple Mount and you go  exactly another 19 years to 1967, God supernaturally gives His people a victory over the enemy and they regain control over East Jerusalem and most importantly, the Temple Mount. This is a picture of God’s Spirit returning to His people, particularly with reference to the symbolism of the Temple Mount that was the very place that God’s Spirit had left 2,552 years earlier.

Importantly, for the 19 years between 605 BC and 586 BC, the Temple Mount and the God’s Chosen People had been hidden, and Judgement in the form of the destruction of the Temple was delayed and did not occur until the end of that 19-year period. Then in the 19-year period from 1948 to 1967 God was again protecting the very existence of His people and while the enemy was surrounding them, they could not destroy them because they were 'hidden in God' and ultimately at the 19-year mark of their rebirth, God blessed Israel and simultaneously Judged the Nations, in the miraculous Six-Day war of 1967.

Clearly, these 19-year events are significant occurrences in the history of God’s people in the Land of Promise, but it does not end there because notably these two events, that relate to God’s presence with His people, centre on the Temple / Temple Mount, which was the very place that His Glory manifested. So if you consider the time period that relates to the first Temple of Solomon, that actually had the Ark of the Covenant in it, with the Mercy Seat on Top along with two Cherubim between which God’s actual presence resided, most commentators agree that Solomon began to build it in 966 BC and it lasted until it was Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC. So doing the math’s again we get the following:

966 – 586 = 380 or 19 x 20 years

Amazingly, this first temple in which there was a visible manifestation of God’s Presence because it contained the Ark of the Covenant existed for 380 years an exact multiple of 19, the symbol of His Presence and being protected and hidden in God. Importantly, the multiplier was 20, which as we saw was the age that God considered to be the 'age of responsibility', the age from which He considers us to be accountable and it was the age from which God’s people could serve in this Temple. In this way, it reflects the personal decision we all need to make as adults, if we want to have God’s presence in our life, through His Holy Spirit.

Additionally, given the connection here to the Temple and both 19 and its multiple, seen as 380 or 38 x 10, it is worth noting that one of the features of the Tribulation will be the existence of a third Temple and scripture supports that the Tribulation will begin with the Rapture. So, from this perspective the numbers become interesting because there are a number of parallels between the 6^th Seal of Revelation and Ezekiel 38, the future Gog / Magog War, that suggests the latter is actually the event that will both trigger the Rapture and start the Tribulation (Click link here to read more on this).

In this way, God’s use of 19 could possibly contain hidden clues to the Rapture, noting that just as the Sabbath Cycles of 49 (7x7) became 490, a picture of ultimate rest by being connected to making an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy (Daniel 9:24), all because Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the Law, represented by the number 10 and dying in our place. Then similarly, 38 (19 x2) x 10 could become the ultimate fulfilment of God’s Presence in the form of the Rapture, in connection with the Events described in Ezekiel 38, which is a chapter number related to 19, in that 19 x 2 = 38.