The Meaning of the Number

by- Clarissa Rhinehart

More Info on the Biblical Meaning of the Number 50

Every number means something to God!

The number 50 derives its meaning from its relationship to the coming of God's Holy Spirit. Fifty can be found at least 154 times in the Bible.

Jesus, as mankind's new High Priest in heaven, had to first offer the blood of his sacrifice (30 symbolizes this sacrifice) to God upon the heavenly atonement altar (which 20 represents) before the Holy Spirit could be available to all. This all adds up to 50, which points directly to the Feast of Pentecost.

The number 50 also symbolizes deliverance or freedom from a burden.

God commanded ancient Israel that every fiftieth year, on the Day of Atonement, that a Jubilee was to be declared with the sound of a trumpet. (Leviticus 25)

During the Jubilee year, all debts were settled in favor of the debtor and inheritances were returned to their rightful owners.

Appearances of the number 50:

Of the five longest books in God's Word, the book of Genesis has fifty chapters.

God promised Abraham that if he found only fifty righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah, he would not destroy both cities (Genesis 18:23 - 26).

Noah's Ark was 300 cubits long, 30 cubits high, and 50 cubits deep (Genesis 6:15).

The gallows which Haman built to use on his enemy Mordecai was fifty cubits high (Esther 5:14, 7:9).

Haman's plans, however, to murder Mordecai and have the Jewish people exterminated was thwarted by Esther.

Ironically, Haman himself hung from the gallows!

Also, those who worked as slave laborers in order to repay a debt were granted their freedom to return home to their families and land.

Overall, the number 50 is a number that is half of 100 and if the truth be told, it is a blessing in this day and age to make it to half of 100; I speak a blessing of LONG-LIFE upon every person who has turned the age of 50! May God BLESS YOU to see many MORE!