here is the thread. it is LONG. i might have missed a bit at the end (because i showed back up and figured i could read it from there, then forgot to copy it) but this pretty much solves it. i did not take out just M's parts because a lot of it is responses to other people that wouldn't make sense out of context.
SUMMARY: you use the 18 on the left to count down individual digits on the left of the numbers page. 10 counts as two, 1-0. 18th number is the 7 (of the number 17). same with right side. 18th individual number there is 6. et cetera but in order. for the punctuation: the earth, sun, and moon are represented by little circles, dots... periods. the sign of the times is like the timestamps, a colon: and that = the server address and port for a minecraft server. mind blown. onto the chat:
[23:29] == M___[1818b2d4@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.24.178.212] has joined#findthestarlight
[23:29] <vera> no worries i made that post back before we had any clue what we were doing
[23:30] <NASAdork> YO
[23:30] <stella-corona> well well...I arrived just in time
[23:30] <vera> helloo M!
[23:30] <cvxn> We have a guest!
[23:30] <ohhoe> lol one of my pages has 18 and 1
[23:30] <cvxn> Hello friend
[23:30] <ohhoe> but it's kind of a hilarious verse.
[23:30] <ohhoe> and i know it's not related.
[23:30] <ohhoe> but i want to share it with you guys because it made me laugh.
[23:30] <M___> Well.
[23:30] <cvxn> We've been sweating it out here, but we've been doing it TOGETHER
[23:30] <NASAdork> well
[23:30] <elizabethplaid> well hello M
[23:30] <NASAdork> Thank you for coming back.
[23:31] <cvxn> And getting lots of laughs, M... Thanks for bringing us together with that unexpected bonus
[23:31] <vera> yes thank you
[23:31] <M___> What is the sign of the times?
[23:31] <ohhoe> "and the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, what is sweeter than honey! and what is stronger than a lion! and He said unto them, if ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle"
[23:31] <ohhoe> That's pretty dirty.
[23:31] <cvxn> An awesome Prince album
[23:31] <stella-corona> my theory: it's either ":" or it's stars, per a verse in Genesis
[23:31] <elizabethplaid> What hath god wrought?
[23:31] <cvxn> A clock
[23:31] <stella-corona> and a simpler answer would be a clock, lol, yes
[23:31] <cvxn> The hands on a clock
[23:31] <stella-corona> more literal than my interpretations
[23:31] <M___> That is a fantastic theory, Miss Corona.
[23:32] <stella-corona> Is it correct, though? That's the question...
[23:32] <ohhoe> Oh like he'll tell us.
[23:32] <cvxn> We liked the colon, we were rollin with that for a while
[23:32] <cvxn> (as you can see from the renamed chatroom)
[23:32] <elizabethplaid> *just remembered the room topic*
[23:32] <M___> Say so, and this can end tonight.
[23:33] <ohhoe> well i guess i'm not sleeping tonight
[23:33] <elizabethplaid> I want to say yes, but I'm not sure
[23:33] <ohhoe> SO
[23:33] <NASAdork> So.
[23:33] <NASAdork> Please.
[23:33] <stella-corona> Would we lose something if we asked this to end too quickly? I feel like we would be.
[23:33] <ohhoe> Oh that's a valid question.
[23:33] <elizabethplaid> The closest we got to a "single person" making sense of things was thinking of morse code
[23:33] == summersumz-sleep has changed nick to summersumz
[23:33] <elizabethplaid> He's said we've already lost a lot because of how much he has helped
[23:33] <ohhoe>
[23:34] <elizabethplaid> how much more shall we lose?
[23:34] <HappyPhantom> adding it up lead to 119... kit #119 with Numbers 23.... kit #23 with exodus 17.... kit#17 with Exodus 25 other things to not in that kit are the Jack of Clubs and the vials with dates... this is where I dead end
[23:34] <cvxn> We also thought about counting the strokes used to draw the numbers.
[23:34] <M___> Because that is a death path, Phantom.
[23:34] <ohhoe> i am still hoping the medallion is relevant.
[23:34] <M___> Counting is a good start.
[23:35] <elizabethplaid> are you taking us to the underworld with this path?
[23:35] <cvxn> Okay. Thank you.
[23:35] <NASAdork> I was doing that.
[23:35] <elizabethplaid> or might you fall in love with us nymphs and spare us?
[23:35] <ohhoe> well there were 18 suns in the emoji.
[23:35] <M___> The medallion is as relevant as a thing can be. But not to this path.
[23:35] <cvxn> We worry about you, M.
[23:35] <summersumz> X or * as signs of times
[23:35] <vera> and everything we need is on page 115 and the "follow the path" page?
[23:35] <cvxn> The emoji message? Is that the pictures you mean or is that a key we need to hide for now?
[23:35] <stella-corona> That's what I'm worried about...we've been given so much information, we're not sure which parts to use. Much of it feels like something to be used later on. Because how could all of it be used right now? There's just too much of it.
[23:35] <ohhoe> oh
[23:35] <elizabethplaid> there was an angel blocking the path on page 115
[23:35] <M___> It is, Vera.
[23:36] <ohhoe> hey HappyPhantom I have kit #23
[23:36] <stella-corona> I know there is a "path" on that page, in verse 24
[23:36] <HappyPhantom> M says thats a death path
[23:36] <NASAdork> what about the other side--116
[23:36] <ohhoe> let me check
[23:36] <NASAdork> is it irrelevant?
[23:36] <stella-corona> it's the only "path" on that page, but I would have no idea how to use it, so...I'm concerned it's a red herring
[23:36] <ohhoe> wait how do you know it's side 116 i don't understand how the bible works.
[23:37] <elizabethplaid> The "death path" was in reference to Phantom hitting a dead end
[23:37] <M___> I count two in favor of resolution.
[23:37] <cvxn> Yeah, M, please make the next book pages Shakespeare or something because the bible stuff makes my head swim as much as the math.
[23:37] <elizabethplaid> Yes, resolution, please.
[23:37] <vera> i feel like there is a pattern we should be seeing with the number changes you gave us, 18 is 7 and 12 is 4.
[23:37] <M___> Three.
[23:37] <NASAdork> you want to kill me i know it.
[23:37] <cvxn> yes
[23:37] <stella-corona> But if we resolve it that way, who is the owner of the next key?
[23:37] <stella-corona> I fear that's what we would lose.
[23:37] <cvxn> 12 is 4 if you count the strokes
[23:38] <NASAdork> i believe countin the annotations was right.
[23:38] <stella-corona> The chance to see deeper into the puzzle through the Orange Key.
[23:38] <elizabethplaid> All of our interpretations haven't led us to a "final" answer. and we don't know what form such an answer would be
[23:38] <HappyPhantom> Im going to be mad at myself when we look at this in hindsight
[23:38] <summersumz> shapes. we are missing the shapes.
[23:38] <NASAdork> no
[23:38] <stella-corona>
happyphantom -- We all are, lol
[23:38] <NASAdork> the annotations are referenced with shapes
[23:38] <ohhoe> HappyPhantom why do you think kit #23 is relevant? That one is mine.
[23:39] <HappyPhantom> it was on a path that m just confirmed was wrong
[23:39] <ohhoe> oh.
[23:39] <ohhoe> I take back my resolution vote.
[23:39] <cvxn> I am just happy to know we don't need to use the medallions yet, because I haven't got mine.
[23:39] <ohhoe> I want to figure this out.
[23:39] <ohhoe> Sorry guys. D:
[23:40] <ohhoe> I mean, I want us to figure this out. I'm not a loner.
[23:40] <elizabethplaid> I feel no closer than I did last night. I'm keeping my vote to resolve it
[23:40] <HappyPhantom> m, what is our time frame?
[23:40] <ohhoe> i don't think there's a time frame.
[23:40] <elizabethplaid> I want to keep solving, but we'd need another clue or something
[23:40] <NASAdork> that is clearly up to us.
[23:40] <elizabethplaid> he did say the door was closing soon
[23:40] <stella-corona> M -- I love to solve puzzles, and some of my favorites are called cryptograms. They're substitution ciphers, and you are given one letter as a freebie...M=W, for example. And from that one clue, you are supposed to be able to solve the entire puzzle.
[23:40] <stella-corona> But here, because we don't know what to include, we're casting our nets too wide.
[23:40] <cvxn> Will our answer be something we send to you or do we type it as the password tohttp://119-105.tumblr.com like I have been doing with everything we come up with.
[23:40] <elizabethplaid> far too wide
[23:41] <cvxn> Exactly
[23:41] <M___> I gave such examples, Miss Corona.
[23:41] <ohhoe> what were the numbers on the vials for the kit that 119 came from? Or was that a tin kit.
[23:41] <cvxn> Too many things, we don't even know which are the straw men
[23:41] <NASAdork> she just got here to be fair.
[23:41] <ohhoe> He said 'set aside all keys'
[23:41] <M___> 18 on the right is 6.
[23:41] <ohhoe> I believe those were the strawmen.
[23:41] <summersumz> 18 is 6. Except 18 is 7 on the left. 12 is 4.
[23:41] <NASAdork> ALL OF THEM?
[23:41] <cvxn> Military time
[23:41] <stella-corona> We just don't know what we're solving for.
[23:41] <NASAdork> there are more
[23:41] <stella-corona> Numbers and shapes, I know...
[23:41] <elizabethplaid> All of the numbers were straw men? Or all of the keys were straw men?
[23:41] <NASAdork> yes we're close
[23:42] <stella-corona> But...that's so abstract. There are so many possibilities, our minds get foggy with them.
[23:42] <HappyPhantom> thats why i thought my path was good
[23:42] <NASAdork> are all of the 18's 6's on the right?
[23:42] <cvxn> Are we close M? Or is that why you're here, because we're still so baffled?
[23:42] <ohhoe> 666 man
[23:42] <NASAdork> no Stella its military time
[23:42] <ohhoe> the mark of the beastttttttt
[23:42] <stella-corona> In a cryptogram, I know exactly what I'm going to get. It's a sentence, a paragraph, a quote. With this...who knows what I'm supposed to be finding.
[23:42] <M___> The latter, I am afraid.
[23:42] <HappyPhantom> on the exodus 25 page, it matches the alignment on the path page, theres a 6 where the 18s would be
[23:43] <ohhoe> The answer is slayer.
[23:43] <HappyPhantom> lol
[23:43] <M___> It is time for this door to close.
[23:43] <M___> Follow me:
[23:43] <summersumz> NO
[23:43] <HappyPhantom> oh m
[23:43] <HappyPhantom> weve failed you
[23:43] <cvxn> Tell us where
[23:43] <NASAdork> he doesn't talk to me guys. do you see?
[23:43] <elizabethplaid> I don't think we've failed him as long as we still want to follow
[23:43] <M___> Look at the two columns of numbers.
[23:43] <ohhoe> He hates space, NASAdork.
[23:44] <NASAdork> it's cherrybomb ohhoe
[23:44] <M___> The second to last image I have shown you.
[23:44] <summersumz>http://31.media.tumblr.com/0469dbfeb3d56816befa6b39290a1d09/tumblr_mtwcx6b9XN1ry087ho1_1280.jpg
[23:44] <elizabethplaid>http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4be77ce004c879e27d85fe413a3d63a/tumblr_mt50wjZpYa1ry087ho1_1280.jpg this image, i assume
[23:44] <NASAdork> yes
[23:44] <stella-corona> The verses from the page in A119.
[23:44] <elizabethplaid> oh right, the one that summer sumz did
[23:44] <elizabethplaid> not the one i posted
[23:44] <elizabethplaid> i forgot about the screen cap
[23:45] <M___> As you say, Miss Corona.
[23:45] <elizabethplaid> i agree with corona
[23:45] <M___> 18 on the right is 6.
[23:45] <HappyPhantom> numbers 23
[23:45] <cvxn> For most of them, there's just a difference of 20
[23:45] <M___> 12 on the left is 4.
[23:45] <elizabethplaid> there is no 18 on the right or 6 on the right in that image
[23:45] <ohhoe> multiples of 3?
[23:45] <M___> Count.
[23:46] <ohhoe> 20, 19
[23:46] <NASAdork> is it 6 on the bottom 3 18?
[23:46] <HappyPhantom> the 18th number on the right is a 4
[23:46] <ohhoe> but he said the 18 on the right is a 6
[23:47] <ohhoe> and hte 6 is missing
[23:47] <vera> 3+3
[23:47] <NASAdork> tis
[23:47] <HappyPhantom> just counting the numbers
[23:47] <M___> Is it, Phantom?
[23:47] == BustedClutch[43b9a14a@gateway/web/freenode/ip.67.185.161.74] has joined#findthestarlight
[23:48] <HappyPhantom> could be a juupiter symbol or an upside down lower case h lol
[23:48] <cvxn> The 18th digit on the right is a 6
[23:48] <M___> As you say.
[23:48] <vera> from the 36
[23:48] <cvxn> count the numbers individually
[23:48] <ohhoe> oh in the 46
[23:48] <ohhoe> 34
[23:48] <ohhoe> 36
[23:48] <elizabethplaid> thee 6 of 36
[23:48] <ohhoe> jesus. sorry
[23:48] <elizabethplaid> omg
[23:49] <stella-corona>
cvxn -- Good work.
[23:49] <elizabethplaid> and the 7 of 17 on the left
[23:49] <NASAdork> =)
[23:49] <elizabethplaid> and the 12 on the left is the 4 of 14
[23:49] <cvxn> OKAY we are cooking with gas now
[23:49] <ohhoe> ok
[23:49] <M___> Now you have your numbers. I trust you can take care of the shapes.
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<cvxn> Oh god, you know what happens when you trust us.[23:49] <HappyPhantom> ah
[23:49] <BustedClutch> Crud I missed it. What, what?
[23:49] <elizabethplaid> Wait... what?
[23:49] <cvxn> We thrash around for days
[23:50] <cvxn> I get the numbers now
[23:50] <vera> triangle
[23:50] <elizabethplaid> we see numbers, but the shapes...
[23:50] <vera> between the 3 points
[23:50] <M___> Remember the story of the observatory.
[23:50] <elizabethplaid> simplfy it
[23:50] <HappyPhantom> planetary symbols
[23:50] <elizabethplaid> simplify*
[23:50] <NASAdork> circles
[23:50] <elizabethplaid> circles
[23:50] <M___> As you say.
[23:51] <M___> And what is the sign of the times?
[23:51] <cvxn> a clock
[23:51] <HappyPhantom> the planets
[23:51] <cvxn> no?
[23:51] <M___> Look to my left.
[23:51] <elizabethplaid> the time on the clock?
[23:51] <HappyPhantom> :
[23:51] <ohhoe> 72
[23:51] <ohhoe> 51
[23:51] <ohhoe> 46
[23:51] <ohhoe> 1
[23:51] <ohhoe> 5
[23:51] <ohhoe> 6
[23:51] <ohhoe> 2
[23:51] <ohhoe> 6
[23:51] <ohhoe> 6
[23:51] <ohhoe> 6
[23:51] <ohhoe> 5
[23:51] <cvxn> The colon
[23:51] <ohhoe> sorry for the spam
[23:51] <elizabethplaid> 7:46?
[23:51] <cvxn> The colon yes of course
[23:51] <elizabethplaid> 6:47?
[23:51] <M___> You have your address. Follow it to what is mine.
[23:52] <HappyPhantom> shity
[23:52] <HappyPhantom> lol
[23:52] <cvxn> SHIT
[23:52] <HappyPhantom> im so slow at this stuff
[23:52] <ohhoe> 72514615626665
[23:52] <ohhoe> I'm fast. Sorry. D:
[23:52] <M___> Those are the numbers, Ohhoe. Now put in the shapes.
[23:52] <cvxn> That's not a FTS post
[23:52] <cvxn> Colon
[23:53] <elizabethplaid> 7:25 1:46 1:56 2:66 5
[23:53] <elizabethplaid> ?
[23:53] <cvxn> 66 is not a time
[23:53] <elizabethplaid> oh duh whooops
[23:53] <cvxn> Maybe we need to add some circles like zeros
[23:53] <ohhoe> oh only certan ones are circled
[23:53] <ohhoe> hold on
[23:54] <NASAdork> sun moon earth are circles
[23:54] <M___> Indeed they are.
[23:54] <NASAdork> so is clock or watch
[23:54] <elizabethplaid> sign of the times has 5 circles
[23:54] <NASAdork>
[23:54] <ohhoe> No, the sayings refer to what's above it I believe.
[23:55] <ohhoe> Unless it's the opposite, if that's so then what does the one extra set refer to.
[23:55] <elizabethplaid> so then "what is mine" has the 5 circles
[23:55] <ohhoe> Which I guess would be the first box would be 'follow the path'
[23:55] <cvxn> This must be like feeding a bunch of fish and then watching it all float away in the current
[23:55] <stella-corona> circles = 0?
[23:55] <NASAdork> right top
[23:55] <cvxn> circles = 0 i think too
[23:56] <M___> That looks closer to an oval, Miss Corona.
[23:56] <BustedClutch> I missed the way we got the numbers. how do I go back?
[23:56] <ohhoe> well i mean. it's the shape, but how does it fit.
[23:56] <cvxn> 2:06
[23:56] <stella-corona> O?
[23:56] <ohhoe> oh
[23:56] <M___> Smaller.
[23:56] <cvxn> o
[23:56] <stella-corona> periods!!!
[23:56] <ohhoe> .
[23:56] <M___> Smaller.
[23:56] <cvxn> periods
[23:56] <cvxn> fuckkkkkkkkkk of course
[23:56] <M___> There it is.
[23:56] <cvxn> IP address
[23:56] <NASAdork>
[23:57] <elizabethplaid> oh oh, so the circled numbers mean a dot, as part of an IP address
[23:57] <ohhoe> I don't know if it's an ip address. there are too many numbers.
[23:57] <ohhoe> Unless it's an ip and a port#
[23:57] <M___> Show it to me all at once.
[23:57] <stella-corona> i think so
[23:57] <ohhoe> which are usually like 192.168.2.1:8888
[23:58] <stella-corona> 72.51.46.15:626665
[23:58] <ohhoe> Which is an open port on home.
[23:58] <ohhoe> oh
[23:58] <ohhoe> that's a really high port number man.
[23:58] <M___> As you say.
[23:58] <cvxn> Dude's a professor, he's got the hookups, yo
[23:58] <ohhoe> If it is a port number I'm the worlds worst web developer / decoder
[23:58] <ohhoe> you need 3 digits in there somewhere stella
[23:58] <M___> Follow that. To what is mine.
[23:58] <ohhoe> hold on
[23:59] <stella-corona> the IP address alone just takes you to a "Nothing to see here..." page
[23:59] <stella-corona> or, when you type it into the browser, that's where you get...
[23:59] <exicice> ah, hi friends.
[23:59] <BustedClutch> I'm on a mine craft server at 72.51.46.156:26665
[23:59] <M___> Welcome, Clutch.
[23:59] <ohhoe> yeah give me a second
[23:59] <elizabethplaid> omg
[23:59] <cvxn> Cool, move the colon over then
[23:59] <NASAdork> Nice work man.
[23:59] <ohhoe> I'm going to try FTP
[00:00] <M___> I will see you all soon.
[00:00] <cvxn> HOPE SO!
[00:00] <exicice> i hope to see ya soon...
[00:00] <stella-corona>http://72.51.46.15/
[00:00] <BustedClutch> I don't play minecraft
[00:00] <exicice> just got back, looks like i get to play catchup!
[00:00] <elizabethplaid> neither do i
[00:01] <ohhoe> nothing in the source.
[00:01] <ohhoe> hmmm.
[00:01] <M___> But not at the end of this path.
that's all i have. there wasn't a lot more after, though, i think. but he did say something about the orange key coming much later, as noted elsewhere.