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Mk 10:25 ... "It is easier for a camel to go through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to enter into the Kingdom of God."

Verse 25 has two phrases containing these 17 dialog words for Jesus to say, ... eukopōteron estin kamēlon dia tēs trumalias tēs rhafidos dielthein hē plousion eis tēn basileian tou theou eiselthein ("Easier it is a camel through the hole of a needle to go, than a rich one into the Kingdom of God to enter").

The 17 dialog words are bottom up. The underlying diagram to this verse was incredibly ingenious and one of the most difficult gematria riddles to solve. From the symmetry of the verse, 'the "camel' corresponds to the 'rich one' and the 'needle' corresponds to the entire 'Kingdom of God.'

What are the odds that 17 words just happen to fit in the shaft of this needle tangent to the face of Jesus and the rich youth, or that the area of this needle just happens to be the exact area of six equilateral triangles, or that the rich youth fits inside the hole, and Jesus inside the point, or that the position of the words "camel" and "God" fall directly on the face of the rich youth and Jesus!

The literal but impossible image of a "camel" (kamēlon) coming through the "hole" (trumalia) of a "needle" (rhaphis) is one way of interpreting the text. Instead, interpret the above three nouns as gematria metaphors. In ancient times the camel (kamelos) was the premier beast of burden because of the huge loads it could carry. The rich youth here is just like a camel carrying the load of 17 dialog circles said by Jesus.

The diagram shows the area of the "needle" is made from six large equilateral triangles containing 216 small triangles. Jesus and 2 half circles occupy the point (one equilateral triangle); 13 whole circles and 4 half circles occupy the shaft (four equilateral triangles); and the "rich youth" and 2 half circles occupy the hole end of the needle (one equilateral triangle). The "hole" is a void 4/9ths the area of the needle point containing 36 small triangles.

The "rich one" can't pass through the "eye" of the needle with his load of 17 circles stored in the shaft because Jesus can't take back his words to make room for the rich youth to enter. The deal he offered him in exchange for eternal life in verse 21 was his price of admission to enter the Kingdom of God.

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