I was sent the numerology below by a good friend. My response follows.
I think I was not too skeptical.
Burgy
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1 Psalm 118 is the middle chapter of the entire Bible.
2 Psalm 117, before Psalm 118, is the shortest chapter in the
Bible.
3 Psalm 119, after Psalm 118, is the longest chapter in the Bible.
4 The Bible has 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters
after Psalm 118.
5 If you add up all the chapters except Psalm 118, you get a total
of 1188 chapters.
6 1188 or Psalm 118 verse 8 is the middle verse of the entire
Bible.
7 Should the central verse then not have an important message?
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An interesting interplay of numbers. I wonder if the person who assigned
verses
to the scriptures (I think in the Middle Ages) did this on purpose?
Items 4 and 5 are a restatement (quantification) of item 1. No significance
that I can see to the number 594.
Items 2 and 3 don't seem all that significant. And items 5 and 6 are
significant only if you use the
decimal system of counting. Not all civilizations have used that.
Still -- interesting phenomenon. I really think the greatest probability
lies in attributing it to the verse inventor.
But I could be wrong.
John
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