The Symbolism of ONE

Hunter Brigman
13 min readJan 1, 2024

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Let all things be done decently and in order.— 1 Corinthians 14:40

ONE

One is alone but not always lonely, One sets the tone and begins the journey.

When I consider the logic of ONE, I think of beginnings, supremacy and separation. Beginnings because one is the start of all the natural numbers. Supremacy because one is dependent on none other. Separation because one is singled out from the others. These 3 identifying words have similarity in meaning and are major themes when describing the nature of God. Jesus Christ said, I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, a phrase which clearly demonstrates God’s preeminence and supremacy. Consider the first of the 10 commandments, Thou shalt have no other gods before me and titles such as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, which further establish His excellency. The Holy Scriptures read, there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. One savior, under one faith, crafted by one perfect word of God. Furthermore, Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the light, no man comes to the Father but by Him; Herein is unity under one name, as there is no other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved. In addition, the Holy Trinity exemplifies the symbolism of ONE in a most grandeur way; 3 distinct persons that make up one God — the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

In conclusion to the compilation of scripture provided above, it is safe to say the number one has strong symbolism relating to the nature of God and salvation.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. — Ephesians 4:4–6

Hear O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD; and thou shalt love the LORD with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might. — Deuteronomy 6:4–5

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. — Mark 12:32–33

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. — Romans 3:30

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. — Luke 4:8

Genesis — the origin or beginnings of formation.

As it is written in the book of Job, where were you when God laid the foundations of the world? Where were you when God set in motion this divine order? This question brings us to the first book of the Bible — Genesis. When we read the first chapter of Genesis, one cannot help but notice the obvious repetitions of certain words and phrases used in this record. I make the case that by recognizing these redundancies, we’re able to track the symbolism of ONE, using the first chapter as a blueprint. Starting with the focus of two words “God Said”, we gather the detail that God spoke everything into existence. The audible tongue of man also emits this mysterious force we call frequency and just as an earthly son resembles his father so do we resemble God the Father. Although our own words are no comparison to the power of the word of God, the Holy scriptures read, life and death are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

And so what is recorded of God’s first words (sound / vibration) ?

Let there be light.

Considering how the words of man have been proven to have effects on matter in life, think of how much more power the Author of Life has in his own work? First being set in motion by the Word of God, nature itself sings a beautiful tune of unity and division, order and chaos. Howbeit that this talk of vibration in the realm of creation, amongst many, is frowned upon and deemed as ‘pagan’ and ‘sorcery’, in light of what the Bible teaches? People who have failed to notice the repetition of “God Said” and the words “and God saw that it was good”, speak evil of the creation in a manner that flirts with the unforgivable sin of blasphemy of the Holy Ghost. Although all 7 hermetic laws or principles are built upon the understanding of vibration and creation; such truths are also evident in all 66 books of the Bible. Rightfully so, society should be in opposition to the way hermeticism applies the knowledge of vibration, however to deny and condemn the basics of the knowledge is to deny reality and condemn yourself. These same shallow thinkers will call geometry pagan and numbers wizardry, failing to have the simple understanding that the application of certain knowledge is what defines its evil or good. For example; It is fair to accuse someone of sorcery if that individual draws a pentagram in the ground with the intent and purpose to summon an evil spirit. However, it is ignorance at its finest to accuse a learner of mathematics and a lover of shapes and symbols of the same abominable sin as the witch. To the same degree of ignorance, certain people speak evil against what is certainly the reality of creation.

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. — John 1:1–2

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. — Genesis 1:3

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. — Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. — Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. — Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: — Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. — Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. — Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — Genesis 1:26

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. — Genesis 1:27–29

In our quest of understanding the symbolism of ONE, we see the preeminence of God established by right of being the Creator of all. We also gain a slither of understanding that within the foundation of creation is Gods vibration. From here we acknowledge the interworking of creation itself, which is expressed by an infinite pool of shapes and scaled with an infinite use of numbers.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. — Matthew 12:37

DIVISION

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. — Genesis 1:4

It has been said “if you dont stand for something you’ll fall for anything”. As charming as this sounds, I believe the following rendition of the phrase to sound equally as elegant and far more piercing — If you stand with all, you’ll fall for everything. The truth represented in this phrase is that unity with all will cost you everything. Everyone stands for something, the battle is where you stand and if you pretend to stand everywhere, you’ll fall like sinking sand. And so as we approach the one world order as prophesied in Revelation, we see the prevalence of dogma which stands for unity of all. No division of religions, relations and politics, the world is swifty conforming to the key philosophies held by the ancient and all accepting antichrist freemasons. Forasmuch as we know ONE denotes unity, ONE also represents division because of its separate nature. The church is a gathering of believers (unity) who are also separate from the world by the beliefs and actions which are practiced amongst the members. A university is a body of students and faculty unified under the same name and place for the common purpose of so-called ‘higher education’. However, to be accepted into university you must meet their testing standards or simply have money to piss away. Again to make the point, that true unity naturally causes division and whether or not the division is good or bad is relative to the individual and circumstance. Unity with devils is unity indeed and so is the unity of deceit. A union is by definition a club, association or society which are formed by people with a common interests and purpose. Although many clubs and churches open arms to all, this grace is undoubtedly given to the outsiders, that they may become part of the flock…even still there are exceptions to every rule. Certain greater sins are to be kept out of the church as taught in 1 Corinthians 5, knowing that a little leaven, leavens the whole lump. Otherwise what’s the point of church if there’s no difference between it and the taverns? There must be a distinguishing factor behind the common purpose of unifying and division is a natural by-product. And so I resolve that number ONE is dualistic in its symbolism of unity and division.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. — Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. — Genesis 1:14–15

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. — Genesis 1:18

To further make the point of the dualistic symbolism of ONE, unity and division, give attention to Genesis 11, the story of the tower of Babel. The Bible teaches that at this time in history the whole earth spoke one language, unified by one speech. Furthermore, the Men of Babel purposed in their hearts to reach heaven by means of their own hands, and so a great city was built and among the city stretched into the heavens a great tower. God seeing the work of man, and knowing the intentions of the heart, caused a halt to the progression of the tower and confounded their language — division of the tongue. Thus men were scattered abroad the face of the earth and forced to abandon the work of the city. Here we see all the themes of ONE embodied in one story. Unity, division, the supreme nature of God and the false form of salvation.

– Unity because all of the earth was unified by tongue and the men of Babel were unified in their purpose for building.

– Division because God confounded their language and scattered them abroad the face of the earth.

– The nature of God is expressed by the division he caused, making the point that no mans work is worthy of earning his place in heaven (salvation).

The false form of salvation in Genesis 11, has revealed itself in all the religions and philosophical circles of the world. What is truly damning to the soul of man; I say assuredly, it is for him to die trusting his own hands.

1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

After his / their kind

The last phrase within Genesis 1 that I wish to draw your attention to is the phrase after his / their kind. This phrase is used over and over again when God speaks into existence all the creatures and all vegetation upon the earth. Every word of God has purpose and when repetition is used it should be met with pattern recognition. Why is the perfect and inspired word of God emphasizing the point that all plants and creatures of all sorts, are after their kind? Notice the first mention of this phrase in Genesis 1:11, which sets the tone for the rest of the mentions.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Contrary to the foolishness of Darwin’s theory of evolution , the Bible teaches that every creature and plant reproduces its own kind. Oak seeds produce oak trees, apple trees produce apples and only a whale can give birth to another whale. As elementary as this may seem, the accepted academia worldview is swamped by the lies of Darwin and hold to the illogical belief that creatures and plants can reproduce a new species outside of its own kind. No man has ever observed such nonsense and yet everyday we observe the truth taught in Genesis 1, that everything reproduces after its own kind. What does this have to do with the symbolism of ONE? Again we see division within creation. The winged fowl of the air is separate from the beast of the field and the beast of the field is separate from mankind. Not only is mankind genetically separate from the beast but we’re also given dominion over all the creatures of the earth, meaning we have rule over them. Mankind and animals are not on equal playing fields and the smallest of humans are far more valuable than a thousand male lions. Though this seems like it should be common sense, within our degraded society a philosophy runs rampant which values the life of a dog, or a cat to the same degree as human life. The calling of pets ‘fur babies’ and the initiation of them as ‘part of the family’, in a passive way elevates the importance of a dumb animal to the ruling class of humanity. Furthermore, the boundaries of human sacredness are desecrated with filthy and foul smelling animals, whose intellect is confined in the taste buds of their mouth. With no doubt I acknowledge that animals are a blessing from God but there must be a profound division between mankind and the beast, in order to be in harmony with God’s natural law. In like manner there must be a difference between the holy and profane, we must grab hold of the keen understanding of authority given by one, and who is this ONE?

One is separation and division, One is common with interests and purpose, and One creature has dominion over all just as One God is the creator of all.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

1 Corinthians 6:17

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Ezekiel 44:23

23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed? — Amos 3:3

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