Is J33-3 "God's phone number"?
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December 5th, 2009
I heard that Bono (lead singer of U2) said Jeremiah 33:3 is a key line, if not the key line, from the Bible. He called it “God’s phone number”:
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things that you do not know.
My favorite line is “Love one another as I have loved you”. J33–3 sounds more like an ad for Google. Anyone have a guess why this line is so important?
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Yea, I’ve had this thing for our school theme a few years back. I think what our principal was trying to imply was that God is always there, as long as you call and reach out to Him. I don’t know, the theme is long gone, but the lesson isn’t.
If anything, the 333 is some interesting numerology.
Boy, I hope not. If it is I pray He doesn’t have caller ID. I’ve been calling that number for weeks now asking if the answerer’s refrigerator was running.
My great-grandmother always said that it was 999, because God is opposite of Satan and the whole 666 deal.
It is whatever you want it to be, since gods only exist within human minds. Whatever makes you feel more connected to whichever god you wish to believe in is a ‘phone number’.
According to Christian numerology it should be 777 – ultimate perfection – as opposed to 666 as ultimate imperfection.
no, it’s the area code 1–333-xxx-xxxx, gods number is unlisted
Go back to English class and reread the lessons on figurative speech. Taking what you hear or read literally is what makes religious conversations extremely painful for a large segment of the thinking population.
Bono also said the following in a 2005 interview with Christianity Today. It does not mean that Bono thinks God is Elvis.
Bono I know, I know. Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building. A list of instructions where there was once conviction; dogma where once people just did it; a congregation led by a man where once they were led by the Holy Spirit. Discipline replacing discipleship.
but don’t ask for jenny, it pisses Him off
I think God decided that he doesn’t need a phone, let alone caller ID. He knows who’s calling. He can even read our minds remotely. He doesn’t answer directly yet gives us the strength to find the answers ourselves.
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