Yes — Les Feldick identifies the number 5 as the number of God's grace in Scripture.
Les directly calls five "the number of grace in Scripture" (Clip 7). He points to a repeated pattern: Abraham's key age milestones and the tabernacle measurements are all divisible by 5, connecting these details to God's grace.
Genesis 12:4 — Records Abraham's first age milestone (75) that Les notes is divisible by 5.
Genesis 21:5 — Records Abraham's age (100) at Isaac's birth, another milestone divisible by 5.
Genesis 25:7 — Records Abraham's death at 175, the final age divisible by 5.
The Bible records Abraham's life with a striking numerical pattern. Genesis 12:4 says Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran. Genesis 21:5 says Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. Genesis 25:7 says Abraham lived a hundred threescore and fifteen years — 175. Each of these key ages is a multiple of 5.
Les Feldick teaches that the number 5 is "the number of grace in Scripture" (Clip 7). He shows this pattern in Abraham's life: Abraham was called out of Ur, he suggests, at 50; he was 75 when he moved to Canaan; 100 when Isaac was born; 150 when he married Keturah; and 175 when he died. Since all of these figures are divisible by 5, Les concludes that Abraham was really "the epitome of the grace of God" (Clip 7).
Les gives several examples. First, Abraham's life milestones are all multiples of 5: 50, 75, 100, 150, and 175 (Clip 7). Second, the tabernacle dimensions are divisible by 5 (Clip 1). Third, the Ten Commandments are divided into the first five — man's relationship with God — and the second five — man's relationship with man (Clip 6).
Les ties the number 5 to grace because of the contexts where it appears. The tabernacle was given to Israel by grace after the golden calf incident, and every dimension is divisible by 5 (Clip 1). Likewise, Abraham's life — filled with grace milestones — is a demonstration of God's unmerited favor. Les also notes that grace was active from the Garden of Eden onward, as God went seeking Adam and Eve, and it is grace that has kept God from destroying Israel and humanity throughout history (Clips 1, 4, 5).
Scripture does not explicitly define the number 5 as 'grace.' It simply records events and measurements that contain the pattern — such as Abraham's age milestones (Genesis 12:4; 21:5; 25:7). Les's teaching identifies the significance of the pattern; the Bible itself does not spell it out.
Les also teaches that 7 is God's number of completeness and 8 signifies new beginnings. For example, 8 people were on Noah's Ark, which depicted new beginnings, and there are 8 signs in John's Gospel — 7 before the crucifixion and an 8th pointing to Israel's future (Clip 3). This shows that biblical numbers carry consistent symbolic meaning in Les's approach.
Who is the Angel of the Lord? Genesis 16 Bible Study
It means a spiritual maturity. Always remember that, because I don't care whether Paul uses the word or whether we see it back here, it never refers to a sinless perfection. It always refers to a spiritual maturity. And so he says to Abraham, just become spiritually mature. Verse 2, and I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Tabernacle Dimensions and Grace
Les points out that all the tabernacle dimensions are divisible by 5 and connects this to the grace that gave Israel the worship system after the golden calf.
Why the First Christians Were NOT in Jerusalem (Acts 11)
And then count how many times the word grace comes on the scene from Paul on, and you'll get something like a couple hundred. And what's the reason? Oh, because beginning with Paul, it's the grace of God that takes the preeminence. See, before that it was just more or less mentioned as one of His attributes, and so on and so forth.
Number Symbolism: 7 and 8
Les explains that 7 means completeness and 8 means new beginnings, showing that numbers carry consistent symbolic meaning.
Grace From Eden Onward
Les demonstrates that grace was present from the Garden of Eden, where God went looking for Adam and Eve, and has been evident throughout Scripture.
The Age of Grace
Les emphasizes that grace kept God from destroying Israel and continues to restrain judgment on humanity; grace is a central theme even before Paul.
The Ten Commandments Split Into Fives
Les observes that the Ten Commandments divide into two sets of 5: the first five focus on relationship with God, the last five on relationship with man.
Abraham's Life Divisible by 5
Les explicitly calls 5 'the number of grace in Scripture' and shows that Abraham's age milestones — 50, 75, 100, 150, and 175 — are all divisible by 5.
Genesis 12:4: So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
This verse gives Abraham's first recorded age milestone, which Les notes is divisible by 5.
Genesis 21:5: And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Isaac's birth at age 100 is another key Abrahamic event divisible by 5.
Genesis 25:7: And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Abraham's lifespan of 175 years is the final age multiple of 5 in his life.
Les Feldick teaches that the number 5 is the number of grace in Scripture. He points to Abraham's age milestones and the tabernacle dimensions, all divisible by 5, as evidence of this pattern.
Abraham's life milestones — 50, 75, 100, 150, and 175 — are all divisible by 5. Because of this, Les describes Abraham as the epitome of God's grace.
The Bible does not explicitly state that the number 5 means grace. The Bible records the pattern in verses like Genesis 12:4, 21:5, and 25:7; Les Feldick interprets that pattern as pointing to grace.
Les notes that the first five commandments deal with man's relationship with God, while the second five concern man's relationship with man. This five-and-five structure is another example of the number 5 in Scripture.
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