The Teaching of Marcus on the Generation of the Twenty-Four Elements and the Mystery of Jesus

The Teaching of Marcus on the Generation of the Twenty-Four Elements and the Mystery of Jesus

Marcus received from Sige the revelation of the origin of the elements, the arrangement of letters, and the mystery of the Saviour. This teaching unfolded the divine ordering of numbers, names, and powers by which all things came into being.

## The Generation of the Twenty-Four Elements

Sige explained that with Monotes there coexisted Henotes, and from them arose two further productions: Monas and Hen. When these are considered together, they form a Tetrad. For two and two are four. If the numbers two and four are then combined, the result is six. When this six is multiplied by four, it produces twenty-four. Thus, from the interplay of the primal powers, the twenty-four elements were generated.

The names of the first Tetrad are ineffable, known fully only to the Father and to the Son. Yet there are also names uttered with reverence and faith: Arrhetos, Sige, Pater, and Aletheia. These four names, when counted by their letters, form the sacred number twenty-four: Arrhetos contains seven letters, Sige five, Pater five, and Aletheia seven. Twice five and twice seven yield twenty-four.

In like manner the second Tetrad—Logos and Zoe, Anthropos and Ecclesia—reflects the same mystery. Thus, in the first and second Tetrads together, the fullness of the twenty-four elements is made known.

## The Names of the Saviour

The name of the Saviour, which may be spoken—*Jesus* (Ἰησοῦς)—is composed of six letters. Yet His hidden and unutterable Name contains twenty-four letters, corresponding to the elements. Likewise, the name *Christ the Son* (υἱὸς Χρειστός) consists of twelve letters, while His ineffable Name extends to thirty.

For this reason He is called Alpha and Omega, for the dove, a sign of His manifestation, bears this number within its name. Thus His Names, both spoken and unspoken, contain within themselves the mysteries of the letters and the powers of the Pleroma.

## The Number 888 and the Supercelestial Jesus

Marcus explained that Jesus has an origin which cannot be expressed in ordinary speech. From the Mother of all—the first Tetrad—there came forth the second Tetrad, as from a mother and daughter. Together they formed the Ogdoad. From the Ogdoad came forth a Decad.

When the Decad was joined with the Ogdoad, multiplying it tenfold, the number eighty was produced. Multiplying this eighty again tenfold gave eight hundred. Thus, the Ogdoad and Decad together generated eight hundred and eighty. When the sum of these is calculated, it equals 888—the number of Jesus. For if each letter of the name Jesus is reckoned by its numerical value, the total is 888.

The Greek alphabet itself bears witness to this mystery, containing eight monads, eight decades, and eight hecatads, all of which point to the number 888. Therefore, Jesus is formed of all numbers, the fullness of the alphabet, and thus rightly called Alpha and Omega, for His origin extends from all.

Another way of expressing this mystery is by the addition of the primal numbers: one, two, three, and four, which together make ten. This, Marcus declared, is Jesus, the perfection of the Decad.

The name *Chreistus* consists of eight letters, signifying the first Ogdoad. Multiplied by ten, it yields 80; again multiplied, it points toward the mystery of Jesus, whose number is 888. Likewise, the name *Christ the Son* is composed of twelve letters, signifying the Duodecad. For *Son* contains four letters, and *Chreistus* eight; together they reveal the greatness of the twelve.

Before the manifestation of the Episemon—that is, the sixth letter contained in the name Jesus—the world lay in ignorance. But when this name of six letters was revealed, clothing itself in flesh to be perceived by human senses, ignorance was destroyed. Through the manifestation of this name, mankind passed from death to life. For the Father of all willed to end ignorance and abolish death by revealing knowledge of Himself.

Therefore the man, Anthropos, was chosen according to the Father’s will, having been formed after the image of the heavenly Anthropos above.

## The Generation of Jesus on Earth

The Æons who proceeded from the first Tetrad—Anthropos and Ecclesia, Logos and Zoe—were involved in the mystery of the coming of Jesus into the world. Marcus explained that:

* The angel Gabriel acted in the place of Logos.

* The Holy Spirit took the place of Zoe.

* The Power of the Highest corresponded to Anthropos.

* The Virgin corresponded to Ecclesia.

Through this divine arrangement, Jesus was generated from Mary, chosen by the Father of all.

When He came to the waters of baptism, the power which had formerly ascended on high descended upon Him in the form of a dove. This was the twelfth power, containing within itself the seed of those produced with Him, descending and ascending with Him.

The power which descended was the seed of the Father, containing within itself the Father and the Son, as well as the power of Sige and all the Æons. This was the Spirit who spoke by the mouth of Jesus, confessed Him as the Son of Man, and revealed the Father. Having descended into Jesus, this Spirit was made one with Him.

Thus the Saviour, formed by dispensation, destroyed death, while Christ made the Father known. Jesus is the name of the man who was generated, formed after the likeness of the heavenly Anthropos who was to descend upon Him. Having received that Æon, He contained within Himself Anthropos, Logos, Pater, Arrhetos, Sige, Aletheia, Ecclesia, and Zoe.

## The Fulfillment of the Mystery

In this way, Marcus taught that the mysteries of numbers, letters, and names reveal the ordering of the divine powers and their descent into the world. The twenty-four elements, the Ogdoad, the Decad, and the Duodecad, all converge in the Name of Jesus, whose number is 888.

By the manifestation of this Name in the flesh, ignorance was destroyed, death abolished, and knowledge of the Father made known. Through this revelation, humanity is brought from mortality to life, from blindness to understanding, guided by the Name of Jesus to the Father of truth.

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