I decided to do research on the significance of the number 3 by doing a study on the number, because of it's importance to God. We serve a God of order, not chaos! I have some of it completed, and thought I would post it, as I continue to work on it until it is finished.
I gleaned some explanations of bible study of numbers which I have bookmarked in my favorites, for fair use for information & educational purposes
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/introduction.html
Three is such an important number in God’s written word, therefore, I was wondering whether there is a clue as to the time of day the Rapture takes place or a clue to perhaps to a 3 day warning before the day of the Rapture?
We all know the Godhead, The Father, Son, & Holy Spirit, three persons in
One God! The Holy Trinity!
Three times the Seraphim cry, "Holy, Holy, Holy"--one for each of the three persons in the Trinity (Isaiah 6:3). The living creatures also in Revelation 4:8.
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:23, 24:--
• "The LORD bless thee and keep thee (the Father);
• The LORD make His face shine upon thee; and be gracious unto thee (the Son);
• The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace" (the Holy Spirit).
God's attributes are three: omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence.
There are three great divisions completing time--past, present, and future. The future is in 3rd place and Jesus is coming again in the future!
When we turn to the Scriptures, this completion becomes Divine, and marks Divine completeness or perfection.
Three is the first of four perfect numbers.
3 denotes divine perfection;
7 denotes spiritual perfection;
10 denotes ordinal perfection; and 12 denotes governmental perfection.
"Daytime," as used in the Bible, had twelve hours. In the Bible they numbered hours as per following examples...
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day?" John 11.9a
• 1st hour - 6 AM
• 3rd hour - 9 AM
• 6th hour - Noon
• 9th hour - 3 PM
Now it was the third hour (9 AM), and they crucified Him. Mark 15.25
Now when the sixth hour (noon) had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (3 PM). And at the ninth hour (3 PM) Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" ...And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. Mark 15.33-34, 37
Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. Acts 3.1 w
Jesus died at 3pm on the cross at the age of 33!
On the 3rd hour or 9 AM Jesus was crucified!
On the 9th hour or 3PM Jesus died!
Some state that Jesus died April 3rd, 33AD.
If this is true then, 4th month 3rd day 4+3=(7 means spiritual perfection)
33AD or 3+3=(6 which means man) Jesus came as flesh or man, with spiritual perfection, making Him, Divine, God in the flesh amongst us !!!
(Jesus said:) ...I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again... John 10.17b-18a
Two possible reasons why Lord Jesus chose to die at the ninth hour (3pm)
Reason #1 – The ninth hour (3 PM) was the hour of prayer, when the Jews went into the temple at the daily evening sacrifice; and this was the usual time for slaying the Passover sacrifice.
Reason #2 – Of even greater significance – When God instituted the Passover, He commanded that the Paschal Lamb should be slain on the 14th day (Passover) “at evening” that is, during the time after the sun passed it’s zenith (3PM), and extending until sunset.
Jesus was raised on the 3rd day!!! Jesus will raise the dead on the 3rd day!
Acts 10 39-40
39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40Him God raised up the 3rd day, and showed him openly;
Hosea 6
King James Version
1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2After two days will he revive us: in the 3rd day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
The First Occurrence of the Number Three
In Genesis 1:13. "The third day" was the day on which the earth was caused to rise up out of the water, symbolical of that resurrection life which we have in Christ!
The number 3 is a number for RESURRECTION, for it was on the third day that Jesus rose again from the dead It was the third day on which Jesus was "perfected" (Luke 13:32). It was at the third hour (9a.m) He was crucified; and it was for three hours (from the 6th to the 9th) that darkness shrouded the Divine Sufferer and Redeemer.
"The Spirit, the water, and the blood," are the divinely perfect witness to the grace of God on earth (1 John 5:7).
His three-fold "it is written" shows that the Word of God is the perfection of all ministry (Matthew 4).
The Divine testimony concerning Him was complete in the threefold voice from Heaven (Matthew 3:17, 17:5; John 12:28).
He raised three persons from the dead.
The inscriptions on the Cross in three languages show the completeness of His rejection by Man.
The perfection of His offices are shown in His being Prophet, Priest, and King, raised up from among His brethren (Deuteronomy 177:15, 18:3-5, and 18:15)
.
His three appearings in Hebrews 9 show that His work will not be divinely perfect and complete until He appears again.
1. He "hath appeared" in the end of the age to "put away sin," and to "bear the sins of many" (Hebrews 9:26,28).
Now notice that the 9th hour is (3 PM) and the 3rd hour is (9 AM)!
Could 9th hours stand for our 9th month September & the 9 AM stand for a 3 PM Rapture?
The multiples of the number 3 are:
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/examples/multiples-skip-count-3.htm
Most of us have seen these numbers…or still seeing them to this very day!
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:23, 24:--
• "The LORD bless thee and keep thee (the Father);
• The LORD make His face shine upon thee; and be gracious unto thee (the Son);
• The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace" (the Holy Spirit).
Each of these three blessings is two-fold, so that there are two members in each, while the name Jehovah occurs three times. This marks the blessing as Divine in its source. No merit drew it forth; grace was its origin and peace was its result.
In Genesis 18:2, the same three persons appear to Abraham. Abraham "looked, and, lo, THREE men stood by him." But verse 1 declares that it was "Jehovah appeared unto him."
It is remarkable that Abraham addresses them both as one and as three. We read first that "they said," then "he said," and finally, in verses 13 and 17, 20, etc., "And the LORD said." The whole narrative, which begins with the appearance of the LORD, ends (v 33), "And the LORD went His way."
As we have in the number one the sovereignty of the one God; and in two the second person, the Son, the great Deliverer; so in "three" we have the third person, the Holy Spirit, marking and completing "the fulness of the Godhead." This word "fulness" is remarkable, occurring only three times, and in connection with the Three Persons of the Trinity:
• Ephesians 3:19, "The fulness of God. "
• Ephesians 4:13, "The fulness of Christ."
• Colossians 2:9, "The fulness of the Godhead."
The "fulness" was manifested visibly in Christ, and is communicated by the Holy Spirit, for it is a fulness of which we receive by His mighty power (John 1:16).
This is why Abraham brought "three measures of meal" for his heavenly guest.
This is why "three measures of meal" formed the great meal offering; because it set forth the perfection of Christ's perfect and Divine nature. In Leviticus no particular quantity of meal was prescribed!
In Leviticus 23 we have a list of the Feasts:--
• 1st. The Passover (v 5), on the 14th day.
• 2nd. The wave-sheaf of firstfruits on the morrow after the Sabbath (v 11), which might be burnt on the altar as a sweet savour (Leviticus 2:14-16), because unleavened.
. 3rd. Then (50 days after) the oblation of the first-fruits at Pentecost (vv 15-17). This might not be burnt on the altar (Leviticus 2:12), because it was mixed with leaven!
The number three, therefore, must be taken as the number of Divine fulness. It signifies and represents the Holy Spirit as taking of the things of Christ and making them real and solid in our experience. It is only by the Spirit that we realise spiritual things.
In the third Book in the Bible is Leviticus, the book in which we learn what true worship is. Here we see Jehovah calling His people near unto Himself, prescribing every detail of their worship, leaving nothing to their imagination or their taste, crowning all with the "MUST" of the great rubric of John 4:24. In true worship we see the FATHER seeking these true worshippers (John 4:23); the SON, the one object of all worship; and the Spirit qualifying and enduing the worshippers with the only power in which they can worship.
The third day of the week is Tuesday, the day that Jewish weddings take place! Sunday, Monday, Tuesday!!!
Perhaps this year our Divine Wedding to Jesus our Bridegroom, will take place on a Tuesday as well!
This year is most promising of all years since so many events prophecied in scripture are coming to pass!
Keep watching the redemption of our body will soon come to pass when Jesus comes for His Bride at the Rapture!
My thoughts on this post, put together with an excellent study done on Bible Studies done on numbers!!!
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/introduction.htm!
Maranatha!!!
Valerie
Further Study and Research to be continued at later date……!
"Fair Use for Information & Discussion Purposes"
I gleaned some explanations of bible study of numbers which I have bookmarked in my favorites, for fair use for information & educational purposes
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/introduction.html
Three is such an important number in God’s written word, therefore, I was wondering whether there is a clue as to the time of day the Rapture takes place or a clue to perhaps to a 3 day warning before the day of the Rapture?
We all know the Godhead, The Father, Son, & Holy Spirit, three persons in
One God! The Holy Trinity!
Three times the Seraphim cry, "Holy, Holy, Holy"--one for each of the three persons in the Trinity (Isaiah 6:3). The living creatures also in Revelation 4:8.
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:23, 24:--
• "The LORD bless thee and keep thee (the Father);
• The LORD make His face shine upon thee; and be gracious unto thee (the Son);
• The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace" (the Holy Spirit).
God's attributes are three: omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence.
There are three great divisions completing time--past, present, and future. The future is in 3rd place and Jesus is coming again in the future!
When we turn to the Scriptures, this completion becomes Divine, and marks Divine completeness or perfection.
Three is the first of four perfect numbers.
3 denotes divine perfection;
7 denotes spiritual perfection;
10 denotes ordinal perfection; and 12 denotes governmental perfection.
"Daytime," as used in the Bible, had twelve hours. In the Bible they numbered hours as per following examples...
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day?" John 11.9a
• 1st hour - 6 AM
• 3rd hour - 9 AM
• 6th hour - Noon
• 9th hour - 3 PM
Now it was the third hour (9 AM), and they crucified Him. Mark 15.25
Now when the sixth hour (noon) had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (3 PM). And at the ninth hour (3 PM) Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" ...And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. Mark 15.33-34, 37
Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. Acts 3.1 w
Jesus died at 3pm on the cross at the age of 33!
On the 3rd hour or 9 AM Jesus was crucified!
On the 9th hour or 3PM Jesus died!
Some state that Jesus died April 3rd, 33AD.
If this is true then, 4th month 3rd day 4+3=(7 means spiritual perfection)
33AD or 3+3=(6 which means man) Jesus came as flesh or man, with spiritual perfection, making Him, Divine, God in the flesh amongst us !!!
(Jesus said:) ...I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again... John 10.17b-18a
Two possible reasons why Lord Jesus chose to die at the ninth hour (3pm)
Reason #1 – The ninth hour (3 PM) was the hour of prayer, when the Jews went into the temple at the daily evening sacrifice; and this was the usual time for slaying the Passover sacrifice.
Reason #2 – Of even greater significance – When God instituted the Passover, He commanded that the Paschal Lamb should be slain on the 14th day (Passover) “at evening” that is, during the time after the sun passed it’s zenith (3PM), and extending until sunset.
Jesus was raised on the 3rd day!!! Jesus will raise the dead on the 3rd day!
Acts 10 39-40
39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: 40Him God raised up the 3rd day, and showed him openly;
Hosea 6
King James Version
1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2After two days will he revive us: in the 3rd day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
The First Occurrence of the Number Three
In Genesis 1:13. "The third day" was the day on which the earth was caused to rise up out of the water, symbolical of that resurrection life which we have in Christ!
The number 3 is a number for RESURRECTION, for it was on the third day that Jesus rose again from the dead It was the third day on which Jesus was "perfected" (Luke 13:32). It was at the third hour (9a.m) He was crucified; and it was for three hours (from the 6th to the 9th) that darkness shrouded the Divine Sufferer and Redeemer.
"The Spirit, the water, and the blood," are the divinely perfect witness to the grace of God on earth (1 John 5:7).
His three-fold "it is written" shows that the Word of God is the perfection of all ministry (Matthew 4).
The Divine testimony concerning Him was complete in the threefold voice from Heaven (Matthew 3:17, 17:5; John 12:28).
He raised three persons from the dead.
The inscriptions on the Cross in three languages show the completeness of His rejection by Man.
The perfection of His offices are shown in His being Prophet, Priest, and King, raised up from among His brethren (Deuteronomy 177:15, 18:3-5, and 18:15)
.
His three appearings in Hebrews 9 show that His work will not be divinely perfect and complete until He appears again.
1. He "hath appeared" in the end of the age to "put away sin," and to "bear the sins of many" (Hebrews 9:26,28).
Now notice that the 9th hour is (3 PM) and the 3rd hour is (9 AM)!
Could 9th hours stand for our 9th month September & the 9 AM stand for a 3 PM Rapture?
The multiples of the number 3 are:
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/examples/multiples-skip-count-3.htm
Most of us have seen these numbers…or still seeing them to this very day!
Three times is the blessing given in Numbers 6:23, 24:--
• "The LORD bless thee and keep thee (the Father);
• The LORD make His face shine upon thee; and be gracious unto thee (the Son);
• The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace" (the Holy Spirit).
Each of these three blessings is two-fold, so that there are two members in each, while the name Jehovah occurs three times. This marks the blessing as Divine in its source. No merit drew it forth; grace was its origin and peace was its result.
In Genesis 18:2, the same three persons appear to Abraham. Abraham "looked, and, lo, THREE men stood by him." But verse 1 declares that it was "Jehovah appeared unto him."
It is remarkable that Abraham addresses them both as one and as three. We read first that "they said," then "he said," and finally, in verses 13 and 17, 20, etc., "And the LORD said." The whole narrative, which begins with the appearance of the LORD, ends (v 33), "And the LORD went His way."
As we have in the number one the sovereignty of the one God; and in two the second person, the Son, the great Deliverer; so in "three" we have the third person, the Holy Spirit, marking and completing "the fulness of the Godhead." This word "fulness" is remarkable, occurring only three times, and in connection with the Three Persons of the Trinity:
• Ephesians 3:19, "The fulness of God. "
• Ephesians 4:13, "The fulness of Christ."
• Colossians 2:9, "The fulness of the Godhead."
The "fulness" was manifested visibly in Christ, and is communicated by the Holy Spirit, for it is a fulness of which we receive by His mighty power (John 1:16).
This is why Abraham brought "three measures of meal" for his heavenly guest.
This is why "three measures of meal" formed the great meal offering; because it set forth the perfection of Christ's perfect and Divine nature. In Leviticus no particular quantity of meal was prescribed!
In Leviticus 23 we have a list of the Feasts:--
• 1st. The Passover (v 5), on the 14th day.
• 2nd. The wave-sheaf of firstfruits on the morrow after the Sabbath (v 11), which might be burnt on the altar as a sweet savour (Leviticus 2:14-16), because unleavened.
. 3rd. Then (50 days after) the oblation of the first-fruits at Pentecost (vv 15-17). This might not be burnt on the altar (Leviticus 2:12), because it was mixed with leaven!
The number three, therefore, must be taken as the number of Divine fulness. It signifies and represents the Holy Spirit as taking of the things of Christ and making them real and solid in our experience. It is only by the Spirit that we realise spiritual things.
In the third Book in the Bible is Leviticus, the book in which we learn what true worship is. Here we see Jehovah calling His people near unto Himself, prescribing every detail of their worship, leaving nothing to their imagination or their taste, crowning all with the "MUST" of the great rubric of John 4:24. In true worship we see the FATHER seeking these true worshippers (John 4:23); the SON, the one object of all worship; and the Spirit qualifying and enduing the worshippers with the only power in which they can worship.
The third day of the week is Tuesday, the day that Jewish weddings take place! Sunday, Monday, Tuesday!!!
Perhaps this year our Divine Wedding to Jesus our Bridegroom, will take place on a Tuesday as well!
This year is most promising of all years since so many events prophecied in scripture are coming to pass!
Keep watching the redemption of our body will soon come to pass when Jesus comes for His Bride at the Rapture!
My thoughts on this post, put together with an excellent study done on Bible Studies done on numbers!!!
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/introduction.htm!
Maranatha!!!
Valerie
Further Study and Research to be continued at later date……!
"Fair Use for Information & Discussion Purposes"