The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 20—Current Events, Concluding Thoughts, and Sources

 

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Introduction and Review

This is the twentieth and final part of a series that examines the number three and how it categorizes themes in Scripture. The previous lesson studied Daniel and other minor prophets and how their life events are associated with this number. (Links to all articles in this series are listed at the end of this installment.)


This lesson will explore current events and how the number three highlights certain spiritual elements of the times in which we live. 

This last article will also include the source for all of the articles' quotes. 

Kuba Bozanawski

Current Events

According to NASA, 2016 (3 x 672) ends with three super moons. The first one occurred on October 16. The other two will be on November 14 and December 14. A supermoon is a particular type of full moon. When the moon is closest to the Earth, it increases the appearance of its size and brightness. The October and December moons fall on the same day as perigee (closest to the Earth). The November one is within 2 hours and will be the brightest and most pronounced. This won't occur again until 2034 (3 x 678). A chiastic set of super moons, you could say.

On January 15, 2017, Paris, France, hosted a "peace" conference of 70 nations. According to "Breaking Israel News," in an article by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, 70 countries trace their origins to Noah's 70 grandsons, fathered by his three sons.

Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. 

— Genesis 9:18-19

The author connects this idea with 70 nations that will rise up against Israel at the end of days, namely Gog and Magog, and notes that the Hebrew Gematria for Gog and Magog equals 70.

Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to  battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. 
 
— Revelation 8:7-9

The author also notes that this conference was held on the day Jews worldwide would read a particular portion of Scripture from the book of Exodus. This portion was about the 70 sons of Jacob who went down to Egypt.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already). 

— Exodus 1:1-5

In this, we can see the 70 nations rise up against the 70 sons of Jacob, as was foretold in the Scriptures. This meeting occurs on the heels of another recent UN resolution 2334.

"... making it illegal for Jews to live in Judea, Samaria, the Golan, and Hebron and grants a religious monopoly on the Temple Mount and Western Wall to Islam." 

— Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz

It was also fascinating that Israel was approaching its 70th birthday in 2018. Seventy is the number of a completed generation.

The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 

— Psalm 90:10 

And a fast fact that seventy refers to people is used three times in total. Two are listed above as sons of Noah and sons of Jacob. The third is about the seventy elders at Mount Sinai (Exodus 24).

Three Sisters from Policeman Creek after sunrise near Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
Jakub Fryš

Concluding Thoughts

A concluding recommendation is that when encountering the number three in Scripture, look for words such as lift up, arise, go up, or down in connection with it, and also for resurrecting themes surrounding it. 

If this article seems to dangle, it does. The revelations are infinite and will continue to be discovered and added to this writing. It is so characteristic of God's Eternal Word. He is infinitely all-wise, as expressed in His Word. 

Come, and let us return to the Lord;
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

— Hosea 6:1-2

Extra Material for Consideration

The Threefold voice from heaven 

Three languages at the cross. 

John the Baptist was a priest/prophet who wore camel-hair clothing. He passed the mantle of service at the Baptism, much like Elijah to Elisha, with a double portion. The very center of the Torah (first five books) is Leviticus 13:33. 

The Book of Numbers contains 27 (3 x 3 x 3) mentions of water, all about there being none. Miriam has died. The other water event occurs after Miriam's song and dance, and they encounter bitter water. The name Miriam contains the Hebrew word for water, "mayim." Moses gets mad, and God gets angry at Moses for getting angry. He then recounts their journey with the expression, "Our fathers went down into Egypt." God clarifies that neither Moses nor Aaron will enter the land, and Aaron will die. 

So Moses did just as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days. 

— Numbers 20:20-28

Three men were present at the top of this Mount. 

© 2016 Tamarajo

Links to All Articles in This Series

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 1—The Geometrical Aspect

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 9—Enoch, Moses, and Elijah—Noah, Daniel, and Job

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 10—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 11—Moses

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 12—The Wilderness Wanderings

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 13—The Tabernacle and the Priesthood

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 14—Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Saul

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 15—King David

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 16—King Solomon and Rehoboam

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 17—Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 18—Isaiah and Ezekiel

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 19—Daniel and Other Minor Prophets

The Meaning of the Number Three in Scripture—Part 20—Current Events, Concluding Thoughts, and Sources

Sources 

"God's Lamp: Man's Menorah by John D. Garr, Ph.D., Th.D., copyright 2001, published by Restoration Foundation 

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-strong-is-silk/

http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/charts/The%20Jewish%20Hours%20of%20Prayer.htm Copyright 2005 Agape Bible Study. Permissions All Rights Reserved. 

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https://bible.org/article/god-abraham-isaac-and-jacob 

4. Article courtesy of Bible Study Magazine published by Logos Bible Software. Each issue of Bible Study Magazine provides tools and methods for Bible study, as well as insights from John Piper, Beth Moore, Mark Driscoll, Kay Arthur, Randy Alcorn, John MacArthur, Barry Black, and more. More information is available at http://www.biblestudymagazine.com. Originally published in print: Copyright Bible Study Magazine (Mar–Apr 2010): pgs. 46–47. 

5. nagasawafamily.org/article-pentateuch-chiasm.pdf 

6. http://www.greaterthings.com/Word-Number/66.htm 

7. https://carm.org/how-old-when-jesus-died 

8. https://www.quora.com/According-to-the-Bible-how-old-was-Jesus-when-he-was-crucified 

9. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky, copyright 2002, published by Walker Publishing Company Inc. 

10. Mathworld.wolfram.com 

11. The Tabernacle of Moses by Kevin J. Connor, published by City Christian Publishing, copyright 1976

12. https://www.torahclass.com/archived-articles/1036-covenant-of-salt-you-gotta-serve-somebody-by-chris-suitt 

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14. Studies in Genesis by M.A. Zimmerman. Published by Fellowship of Protestant Lutherans. Copyright 1979 

15. Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption Through Scripture. Copyright 2018 by Alistair Roberts and Andrew Wilson. Published by Crossway 

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