Library E. W. Bullinger Number in Scripture
Part II — Spiritual Significance
Conclusion
We have now come to the end of our survey of number as used by God in His works and in His Word, and we have seen that all is perfect.
Our apprehension and interpretation of the phenomena may be marked with many imperfections, and we are conscious that after all we have but touched the fringe of this great and important subject.
One thing, however, is certain, and that is, that we have, in the Scripture of Truth, a revelation from God absolutely without error, and whatever difficulties we may encounter in seeking to understand it, they are all the outcome of our own infirmities.
Of another thing we are also certain, that the Written Word cannot be separated from the Living Word, nor the spiritual meaning of the one understood without a living union with the other.
It may be said of the Word of God, as it is written of the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:23),
“THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT THEREOF.”
E. W. Bullinger, Number in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance, fourth edition revised (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1921). Public domain. Sectioned HTML transcription via Levend Water; bibliographic record and page scan of the 1894 edition from the Claremont School of Theology collection via Internet Archive.