Spoke 5
Romans 5  Deuteronomy
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they
which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall
reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. Therefore as by the offence of
one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one
the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Romans 5
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee;
that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy
Romans 5 integrates with the great Spoke 5 theme of Life that originates with the
creation of Life
and the First Blessing characteristic of the
Fifth Day of Creation. This is emphasised in
the Fifth Commandment with its promise of long life (uniquely reiterated in Ephesians on Spoke 5),
the Beatitudes of Matthew 5,
and the distribution of the phrase well with thee
that is strongly maximized in Deuteronomy, the Fifth Book:
The same theme is found on the Inner Cycle of John (cf. Life in Himself).
The Gift of Grace
Many Christian exegetes interested in Numbers and Scripture have seen a connection between Grace and the
Number 5. I believe this is correct, though not quite as obvious to me as the link between
Life and the Number 5 discussed above.
But now that I've seen it, I wonder how I ever missed it.
A large part of the association may well be due to the
natural link between the ideas of Grace and Life, but in any case we have many immediate witnesses to the
validity of this association. I begin with this | 