For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. ... But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 1

These verses contain two phrases linked by context, meaning, and numerical value:

The Number 2684
The Foolishness of God	The Preaching of the Cross

The primary theological significance of these identities is encoded in the following factorization:

2684 = 44 (Blood) x 61 (Lord)

The Blood of the Lord - this is the Foolishness of God and the Word of the Cross that we preach!

Yet there is more, so much more! One of the great types of the Blood of Christ which saves us is found in the description of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Consider these words from Leviticus 16.30:

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

The bold words constitute the entirety of verse 16.30). The exact words written in the Hebrew ext are:

The sum of these words is 2684. The verse is holographic - the largest prime factor of the sum of the entire verse reappears in the words used in the verse. We have the identities:

(To cleanse) = 244 = 4 x 61

(Your sins) = 488 = 8 x 61

The Number 4 is the root of the idea of Blood (44, ) itself - it is a Spoke 4 KeyWord that first occurs in Genesis 4.

The result of God's purification through the Blood of Atonement is revealed in the last word of this verse:

(To make you clean) = 620 (God's Heart, Crown, etc.)

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