Of these nouns, 35 (5x7) are names of people and seven are ordinary nouns. Of these names 28 (4x7) are male ancestors of Christ and seven are not. Thus, an elaborate system of sevens occurs in these few short verses of Bible. If Matthew was not writing under inspiration of Holy Spirit, what a headache he must have had trying to figure out how to arrange all those sevens.

There is also a system of elevens in Greek and Hebrew texts of Scriptures and so wonderful is this that chance of these figures occurring by accident rather than design (this is by inspiration of God) is 1 in a number followed by 30 zeros, billion million taken a million times. No one in his right senses therefore could argue that all these happened by accident or by human cleverness. Mathematics says it could not do so. This marvelous system of numbers occurs right throughout Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. Attempts have been made to find same thing in human authors, especially those who lived about same time as writers of Bible but no such system has been discovered; it is only found in Word of God.

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Sickness, because of sin, is a judgment of Lord, but it can be removed if we make things right with Lord. All prayer in world will not heal affliction caused by sin. Only prayer and repentance can remove it. If prayer and repentance do not remove affliction, then problem can be due to a third reason Bible gives, violation of God’s health laws!

3. The Violation of God’s Health Laws We read in 1 Corinthians 3:16-18, “Know ye not that ye are temple of God, and that Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile temple of God, him shall God destroy; for temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.” 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20. “What? Know ye not that your body is temple of Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” If Christian does not care for his body, God will destroy him! If we can’t be trusted to take care of what we have now, how can we be trusted in heaven throughout eternity?

Dear fellow Christians, Let us take a good look at ourselves to see if we are violating God’s laws of health. Let us fall on our knees and ask for understanding on what Bible says about care of our bodies. We can start taking care of ourselves today. So let’s get healthy!