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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

God’s eternal purpose

Ultimate Manifestation God’s Eternal Purpose

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God’s eternal purpose
Is to join with man,
Causing man, His vessel,
To be born again,
His own life imparting,
Filling to the brim;
Man may thus express Him,
And be one with Him.
2
God in His own image
Hath created man,
That he may be able
To fulfill His plan;
That he may receive Him
As the tree of life
To become His fullness
As to man the wife.
3
In His life’s rich flowing
Man will be transformed
Into precious substance
And to Him conformed.
Thus will man be builded
As His counterpart,
Thus to be His dwelling,
Satisfy His heart.
4
’Tis the holy city,
New Jerusalem;
With His saints God mingles,
Makes His home with them.
He becomes their content,
His expression they;
They shall share His glory,
One with Him for aye.
5
He’s the very center,
Ruling on the throne;
By His life the power,
Saints are kept in one.
By His light of glory,
They are kept in light,
Harmony enjoying
In divine delight.
6
He’s their living water,
And their food supply;
All their thirst and hunger
He doth satisfy.
He’s for them the temple,
In Himself they live,
In His constant presence
Worship ever give.

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.

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Newman

Berlin, Germany

Oct 16, 2026

What an impressive layout upgrade!

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Maria L

Fremont, CA, United States

Aug 20, 2026

Lord Jesus, we want to live under Your shining today. Shine in us. Shine in every part of our being. Keep us open to Your inward shining. May God as the light shine through Christ as the Redeemer in our being and through us to those around us! 🙏

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A Brother

United States

Mar 26, 2025

b) For Him to Fulfill

God’s Purpose

Do you know what God’s purpose is? God’s purpose is to have a people to express Him with His image, represent Him with His dominion, and take the earth for His kingdom. Beginning with Genesis 1:26, we see that God’s eternal purpose is to have a people expressing Him in His image, representing Him with His dominion, and taking over the earth for His kingdom. When God came in to call Abraham He promised Abraham that he would have the blessing to express God and become a great nation so that through him God might have His kingdom on earth. This is God’s eternal purpose today. But everything that had happened to Abraham prior to Genesis 15 had nothing to do with the fulfillment of God’s purpose. It is from chapter fifteen through chapter twenty-four that we have a record showing us how God had worked something into Abraham so that he was able to fulfill God’s purpose. It was no longer merely outward experiences in environment but inward experiences in life.

LIFE-STUDY OF GENESIS
MESSAGE FORTY-FOUR
KNOWING GRACE FOR THE FULFILLMENTOF GOD’S PURPOSE (LSM)

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Taylor

Texas, United States

Jul 29, 2024

Hallelujah! God included us in His divine purpose! He created us for this purpose! Now He is everything we need to fulfill His plan!

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Maeriehl Joy Roxas

Philippines

Oct 7, 2020

All our thirst and hunger He doth satisfy! Our God satisfies His people with His goodness (Jer. 31:14)! He satisfies the weary soul and has filled every languishing soul (v. 31:25)!

Amen! Blessed are those who are hungry for they shall be satisfied! God will fill our every need according to His riches, in glory, in Christ Jesus !

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Richard Cushing

Brooklyn Center, MN, United States

Nov 21, 2019

Amen to the Lord's working in man and with man for His eternal purpose to regain the earth for Himself and His kingdom.

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Chris Condon

Sutton

Nov 19, 2019

God has one unique desire and it will be fulfilled in one, new MAN. Angels are great but God needs man to fulfill His purpose. He even became a man for this purpose. Lord, get the corporate man who will express your image, glory and administration on earth.

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Nilda R. Ricamara

Malabon City, Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines

Oct 19, 2015

I'M so happy to hear again this Hymn...God's ETERNAL PURPOSE....IS,,,GOD'S BECOMING MAN ,,,THAT MAN MAY BECOME GOD..IN HIS LIFE AND NATURE,,but not IN HIS GODHEAD.......AMEN

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