In ancient languages like Hebrew and
Greek the letters of the alphabet had
numerical significations. Totalled the
letters that make up Jesus' Name in Greek
come to 888!
The number 8 stands for the new
beginning, as God took six days to make
the world and He rested on the seventh.
7 Is the number of perfection, both of good
and evil. Christ Jesus reaches beyond human
perfection in that which is good; because He is not only human, but also God.
Triple 8 denotes the divine dimension, as
there are three Persons in the Trinity.
In the closing verses of the Song of Songs the beloved wishes that Solomon receives the thousand silver pieces (and that 200 be for the keepers of
the fruit). Now, Christ as the true Solomon has received the name above every name. So, on earth He was 888, but now He is 1000. The number 1000
is mentioned both by Job and by Solomon. Job talks about a true advocate or lawyer--one among a thousand--and Solomon speaks of a worthy man in
that way. In both cases Christ is meant (Job: I know that my redeemer liveth; Solomon: I have found Messiah, but not a woman).
But in the Song of Solomon, chapter 5. 10, the bride states that her beloved "is lifted up like a banner more than 10,000 [others]." We would say that He is INFINITE. And is He not the Infinite One in Infinitudes for the Church!