Sinai for forty days, the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years, and Jesus spent forty days in the desert before being tempted by Satan.
These numbers include, but are not limited to:Ī number of completion, it is used 146 times in the Bible. He uses other numbers to communicate with His people. The number three carries so much weight and value in the Bible and in God’s great design. What Other Numbers Are Significant in the Bible? Peter denied Christ three times the night of the Lord’s trial, and to reinforce Peter’s need for repentance and submission, Jesus asked him three times, “do you love me?” after the Resurrection. Again, the importance of Jesus’ obedience was highlighted. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed three times, submitting to the will of the Father each time. Sometimes God tests the resolve of his servants in order to prepare them for service. Every time, Samuel said, “Here I am!” Samuel showed his readiness to serve God by responding positively each time. When Samuel was young, living and working in the temple, God called out to the young boy three times. One of his most important prophets was Samuel, who anointed the first king of Israel, Saul, and its most important - David. When God wanted to emphasize something, He often said it three times. Jacob, the third patriarch, came after Abraham and Isaac to be the progenitor of the nation of Israel, like the Spirit came after Jesus’ ascension to help spread the Gospel to the whole world. This act foreshadowed God’s willingness to sacrifice His Son to pay for the sins of the world and Jesus’ willingness to be the sacrifice. Abraham, the father, was willing to sacrifice His son in obedience to God, but God stopped him and provided a ram. For example, the patriarchs of Israel have moments that foreshadow Jesus’ death. Jesus affirmed the Triune nature of God in the Great Commission, telling believers to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.īecause His very nature is Triune, in many of the moments where He wants to communicate something about Himself, He works in threes. When John baptized Jesus, the Trinity manifested on earth: “.and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him and behold a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased’” ( Matthew 3:16b-17). In His form before the world began, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirited coexisted, three-in-one, in perfect harmony and love with one another. It begins with the origins of all things, with the very nature of God, the being, “.who is and who was and who is to come…” ( Revelation 1:4). It is a complex nature that is hard for people with limited, mortal understanding of the universe to comprehend. When studying the Word, the number three directly relates to the nature of God. Photo credit: ©Getty Images/Iris Images Why Is This Number So Important? Satan tempted Jesus three times in the wilderness According to the Law, men had to present themselves at the Temple three times a year at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days The Ark of the Covenant had three objects: gold jar of manna, Aaron’s budded staff, the tablets with the Commandments There were three fathers of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob The Three persons of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit To list the number of times the number appears in the Bible by itself, not including numbers that are multiples of 3, would take up a great deal of time.Ī few key examples of where the number three appears include, but are not limited to: The use of the number three begins early in the Old Testament, showing up in the earliest accounts of recorded history. Where Do We See the Number 3 in the Bible? It is a holy number that relates to harmony and new life, as well as the triune nature of God. There is no codex to these numbers they are numbers God chooses to use to communicate to His people. While some people look to the repeated numbers in the Bible and try to decipher secret codes, hidden messages, and a mysterious hidden meaning, God’s Word is straight-forward.
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