The nation of Israel now numbers only 66. But, as promised, the Lord will increase that number many times over in the coming centuries. That’s something like how the New Testament Church began with only a handful. But now God has increased it to a multitude from every nation, countless souls who have “washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
BibleGateway: Genesis 46 ESV Text: Genesis 46 KJV Text: Genesis 46:1-34 KJV Text (alt. audio): Chapter 46: 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices… The nation of Israel now numbers only 66. But, as promised, the Lord will increase that number many times over in the coming centuries. That’s something like how the New Testament Church began with only a handful. But now God has increased it to a multitude from every nation, countless souls who have “washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”