The point of all of this, is once again to discredit the Bible.


Jesus is the reason for the season, but, seriously, He can't be real, so why don't we all just believe in Santa Claus,( I mean, that sounds plausible) and call it a day!

I'm showing you.  If you don't care to investigate, it doesn't matter to me.  I'm just showing you that there is more to the Bible than meets the eye.  And you have to realize that it was written by men.  Do you think that because men spoke another language and didn't know about computers, that numbers weren't important and men then weren't as intelligent?  Do you know the difference between intelligence and technology?  Think about that, think about the great mathematical minds that have come out of the past and given us knowledge.  Do you think the only people writing the Bible were surviving on camel dung and hiding in caves?  That would prove evolution, which in some, would disprove the Bible.  Would it?

Red Sable, who said I'm disproving the Bible?  Didn't I make it clear that what I found was IN the Bible?  How is that disproving it and where did I say that's what I am trying to do?  Do you take everything as a personal or religious attack?  Can't anybody have a civil discussion if it doesn't agree with your view?

The Number 1

One GOD, ONE  Lord, One Faith  and One Baptism and we are ONE in the Spirit

Mark 12:29
Jesus words;

And Jesus Answered him, "THE FIRST OF ALL THE commandments is , Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is One Lord."

1 Col 8:4

from ONE became two and so on.

And these 3 are 1  The  Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit

1 John 5 :7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost ; And these three  are ONE>

verse 8
And there are three that bear witness in earth , the Spirit, and the Water, and the blood and these 3  agree in ONE

We call this the Trinity
These are the witnesses of the  gift of eternal life thru the son of GOD..
 
John 10:30 I and  my Father are  One   This is where Jesus declares His divinity.......
God the Father God the SON and GOD the Holy spirit

Also there was ONE virgin birth of Mary, the mother of Jesus....the son of GOD

I'm glad we got to 3 YR, that's an important one.  What's specific about the number itself, other than what it says in the Bible?  And what does three have in common in all of the above?

3 (three) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4. Three is the first odd prime number, and the second smallest prime.

    ok   GSDTRAVELS

  ONE IS YOUR NUMBER USED FOR MULTIPLICATION

  THREE  is a number very much the basis of science too
  God's Temple was marked by the NUMBER THREE

  3 X 3 = 9        9   is   called the Magical number


NOW most all know I hate math and never in my life could explain a written problem and barely passed math in any year of my 12....but  I  KN9W WHERE tRAVELS IS GOING BUT i CANNOT TELL YOU MY SELF 

i HEARD IT EXPLAINED A LONG TIME AGO

ouR WORLD OF MATH REVOLVES AND OUR SYSTEM OF LIVING

Hinduism uses the number 3  and then the whole line of their beliefs are divideable by 3 and their religious beliefs are all centered around the number 3...

3x3=9 and  9 is a very important  and often called the MAGICAL NUMBER

But three satvic planets are Surya, Chandra and Guru, and it is the beginning of Guna cakra, after those 3, comes Rahu and brakes satva guna etc..If u see navamsas, every sign has 9 navamsas multiplied by 12 signs is 108 navamsas. Signs are ruled









NOW travels  you go with it...I  can not explain anything matihimatical

In this number we have quite a new set of phenomena. We come to the first geometrical figure. Two straight lines cannot possibly enclose any space, or form a plane figure; neither can two plan surfaces form a solid. Three lines are necessary to form a plan figure; and three dimensions of length, breadth, and height, are necessary to form a solid. Hence three is the symbol of the cube--the simplest form of solid figure. As two is the symbol of the square, or plane contents (x2), so three is the symbol of the cube, or solid contents (x3). Three, therefore, stands for that which is solid, real, substantial, complete, and entire. All things that are specially complete are stamped with this number three: God's attributes are three: omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence. There are three great divisions completing time: past, present, and future. Three persons, in grammar, express and include all the relationships of mankind. Thought, word, and deed, complete the sum of human capability. Three degrees of comparison complete our knowledge of qualities. The simplest proposition requires three things to complete it; viz., the subject, the predicate, and the copula. Three propositions are necessary to complete the simplest form of argument: the major premiss, the minor, and the conclusion. Three kingdoms embrace our ideas of matter; mineral, vegetable, and animal.

When we turn to the Scriptures, this completion becomes Divine, and marks Divine completeness or perfection. Three is the first of four perfect numbers. Three denotes divine perfection; Seven denotes spiritual perfection; Ten denotes ordinal perfection; and Twelve denotes governmental perfection. Hence the number three points us to what is real, essential, perfect, substantial, complete, and Divine. There is nothing real in man or of man. Everything "under the sun" and apart from God is "vanity." "Every man at his best estate is altogether vanity" (Psalm 139:5,11, 62:9, 144:4; Ecclesiastes 1:2,4, 2:11,17,26, 3:19, 4:4, 11:8, 12:8; Romans 8:20). 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"

Those are the three blessings'

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 (verse 33), "And the LORD went His way."

This word "fulness" is remarkable, occurring only three times, and in connection with the Godhead:

• 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, but in Numbers 15:9, we read,

"Then shall he bring with the bullock a meal offering of THREE tenth deals of flour."

This was the measure for the whole burnt offering, and also for great special occasions such as the New Moon and the New Year, etc. It was also the special measure for the cleansing of the leper (Leviticus 14:10). The poor leper had several gracious blessings beyond others. He alone was favored with the anointing which was given only to the Prophet, Priest, and King! He alone had the priestly consecration. It is sinners who are now singled out from the mass of those who are lost, and dead in trespasses and sins, to be anointed with the Spirit, and made, in Christ, kings and priests unto God.

But there is more in these "three measures of meal." We have them in the parable (Matthew 13:33), pointing to Christ in all the perfection of His person and His work, when He said, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God." There are different opinions about the "leaven," but what is the "meal." This is the point on which the interpretation turns. According to the popular interpretation, this pure "meal" is the corrupt mass of mankind, and the defiling "leaven" is the pure Gospel of Christ! Was there ever such an exhibition of man's perversity in calling sweet bitter, and bitter sweet? Was there ever such a proof that man's thoughts are contrary to God's? No! the "three measures of meal" point us to the perfections of Christ and the purity of His Gospel. And the hidden "leaven" points us to man's corruption of the Truth. A corruption for which we have to look, not after the third century, but in the first!

No leaven could be put into any sacrifice or offering made by fire to the LORD, because in Christ was no sin; therefore, there was to be no leaven. He was, in Himself, "a sweet savor to Jehovah."

True, in one offering there was leaven. But mark the difference and the lesson. In Leviticus 23 we have a list of the Feasts:

• 1st. The Passover (verse 5), on the 14th day.

• 2nd. The wave-sheaf of firstfruits on the morrow after the Sabbath (verse 11), which might be burnt on the altar as a sweet savor (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!

In the antitype of this we see Christ:

• 1st. Christ our Passover sacrificed for us.

• 2nd. As the wavesheaf of firstfruits, He was raised from the dead and became the first-fruits of them that slept (1Corinthians 15:20), for in Him there was no sin (and hence no leaven).

• 3rd. Then, after fifty days, on the Feast of Pentecost came the oblation of the first-fruits in the descent of the Holy Ghost; for "we are a kind of first-fruits of His creatures" (James 1:18). But His people are not without sin, therefore this oblation had leaven mixed with it. It could not be offered to the LORD as a "sweet savor" (Leviticus 2:12). It was accepted only because a sin-offering was offered with it (Leviticus 23:18,19), and the Priest waved all together for a wave-offering before the LORD.

This proves that the "leaven" is a type of error, evil, and sin. While the "three measures of meal" with which it was mixed and hidden typified the truth and purity of Christ and His Truth, and not the corrupt mass of mankind amongst whom it was introduced. The popular interpretation reverses the types of the meal and the leaven, and makes the leaven that which is good, and the meal that which is evil. But the great Teacher made no such mistake. "Church doctrine" is not "Bible truth," but it is leavened meal.

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. Without Him and His gracious operation, all is surface work: all is what a plane figure is to a solid (John 3:6). He it is who has wrought all our works in us, and by whom alone we can serve or worship (John 4:24).

Hence it is that the Holy of Holies, which was the central and highest place of worship, was a cube.

Hence it is that the third Book in the Bible is Leviticus, the book in which we learn what true worship is. Here we see God 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. Thus in Genesis we have sovereignty in giving life--the Father, the beginning of all things; in Exodus we have the oppressor and the Deliverer--the Son redeeming His people; while in Leviticus we have the Spirit prescribing, and ordering, and empowering them for Divine worship.

Where is the First Occurence of the Number Three?

The first occurence of the number is 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, and in which alone we can worship, or serve, or do any "good works."

Hence three is a number of RESURRECTION, for it was on the third day that Jesus rose again from the dead. This was Divine in operation, and Divine in its prophetic foreshowing in the person of Jonah (Matthew 12:39,40; Luke 11:29; Jonah 1:17). It was the third day on which Jesus was "perfected" (Luke 13:32). It was at the third hour He was crucified; and it was for three hours (from the 6th to the 9th) that darkness shrouded the Divine Sufferer and Redeemer. The "loud voice" at the end of those twice three hours, when, "about the ninth hour," He cried, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me" (Matthew 27:46), shows completely that nothing of nature, nothing of the light or intelligence of this world, could give help in that hour of darkness. Does not this show us our impotence in the matter? Does it not prove our incapacity to aid in delivering ourselves from our natural condition?

With the light at the ninth hour came the Divine declaration, "It is finished." So divinely finished, completed, and perfected, that now there is no such darkness for those who have died with Christ. Light, uninterrupted light, shines upon all who are risen with Him; uninterrupted sunshine--even "the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." That three hours' darkness, therefore, testifies to our complete ruin, and our complete salvation, and shows that His people are "complete in Him."

While we are speaking of the Divine perfections of Christ, let us note the many marks and seals of this completeness.

The three years of His seeking fruit testifies to the completeness of Israel's failure (Luke 13:7).

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).

The Divine completeness of the Shepherd's care (John 6:39), is seen in His revelations as--

• The "Good Shepherd" in death, John 10:14.

• The "Great Shepherd" in resurrection, Hebrews 13:20.

• The "Chief Shepherd" in glory, 1 Peter 4:5.

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).

2. "Now to appear in the presence of God for us," He has ascended into Heaven (verse 24).

3. He "shall appear" again part from all question of sin for those who look for Him (verse 28).

Abraham's Covenant with God

To go back to the Old Testament history we have God's Covenant with Abraham stamped with this number of Divine perfection (Genesis 15). It was (like David's, 2 Samuel 7) Divinely "ordered in all things, and sure." God was ONE, i.e., the one party to it; for Abraham, who would willingly have been the other party, was put to sleep, that the Covenant might be unconditional, and "sure to all his seed." The Divine seal is seen in the choice of three animals, each of three years old (the heifer, the she-goat, and the ram). These, together with the two birds (the dove and the pigeon), made five in all, marking it all as a perfect act of free-grace on the part of a sovereign God.

How was the Complete Separation of Israel from God shown?

The complete separation of Israel is shown in "the three days' journey into the wilderness" (Exodus 5:3), marking the complete separation with which God would separate His people from Egypt then, and from the world now. We can understand Pharaoh's objection in first wishing them to hold their feast "in the land" (Exodus 8:25), and when that could not be, at last consenting to their going, but adding, "only ye shall not go very far away." So Satan now, is well content that we should worship "in the land"; and if we must go into the wilderness, that we should be within easy reach of the world and its influences. Not so Jehovah. He will have no such borderland service; He will have a "scientific frontier," a divinely perfect "three days' journey into the wilderness," completely separating them from all their old associations. The difficulty of "drawing the line," which so many Christians experience, arises from the fact that it is a crooked line, and that it is an attempt to include that which cannot be included. Drawn at a proper distance it can be ruled straight, and be divinely perfect and effectual.

The Three Spies

The Spies brought three things which testified to the divinely perfect goodness of the land; and the substantial realities proved the truth of God's word: "Grapes, figs, and pomegranates" (Numbers 13:23).

Israel agrees three times to obey God

At the giving of the law three times Israel said, "All that the LORD hath spoken we will do" (Exodus 19:

The Temple is marked by three, as the Tabernacle is by five. The Holy of Holies in each was a cube; in the Tabernacle a cube of ten cubits; in the Temple a cube of twenty cubits. Each consisted of three parts:--The Court, the Holy Place, and the Sanctuary. The Temple had three chambers round about. The Brazen Sea or Laver held three thousand baths; and was compassed by a line of thirty cubits on which were 300 knops (1 Kings 7:24). It was supported by twelve oxen (3x4); three looking north, three looking west, three looking south, and three looking east. This order in naming the points of the compass occurs nowhere else. It is the same in both accounts of Kings and Chronicles (see 1 Kings 7:25; 2Chronicles 4:4,5). Why is this? Is it because this was the order in which the Gospel was to be afterwards preached throughout the world? Whether this was the reason or not, the fact remains that the Gospel was preached first in the north (Samaria, Damascus, Antioch); then in the west (Caesarea, Joppa, Cyprus, Corinth, Rome); then in the south (Alexandria and Egypt); then in the east (Mesopotamia, Babylon, Persia, India).

The Three Great Feasts

The great feasts were three; Unleavened Bread, Weeks, Tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:16).

The Great Sheet

The sheet let down three times to Peter was the fulness of the testimony as to the admission of the Gentiles into the Church (Acts 10:16).

The Three-fold division of the Old Testament

The Old Testament Testimony was complete and perfect in its three-fold division--Law, Prophets, and Psalms (Luke 24:44). The same three divisions mark its character to the present day.

"Two or Three"

As three marks completeness and perfection of testimony, so it marks the number of spiritual worshippers; and intimates that true spiritual worshippers would always be few.

People mentioned in triples

• Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
• Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• Saul, David, and Solomon.
• Noah, Daniel, and Job.
• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
• Peter, James, and John, etc.

The three-fold completeness of Apostasy (Jude 11)

• "The way of Cain."
• "The error of Balaam."