THREE - PERFECT, WHOLESOME & COMPLETE

 

THREE – PERFECT, WHOLESOME & COMPLETE

I happen to observe a pattern about God and that He is a Perfect, Complete and Wholesome.  

The number three is significant in various aspects of life, ranging from spirituality to arts and culture, as well as psychology, economics, social, and political areas. I will focus on the spiritual bit of it and just touch a little on the other aspects since my focus is on the spiritual significance of it.

 

The earth we live on was created on the third day Gen 1:9-10 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

In the book of Judges Gideon gathered over 30,000 men but God at the end of the day selected 300 of them Judges 7:6 'And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. '

Young Samuel had an encounter with God as a boy child. God called him three times to gain his attention 1 Samuel 3:8 'And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. '

Thar Ark of God remained in Obededom’s house for three months and his entire household was blessed 2 Samuel 6:11 ‘And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. '

God was with the three Hebrew boys Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and delivered them from the fiery furnace Daniel 3:23 'And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. '

Jesus Christ was visited by the wise men who came to Jesus with three gifts Matthew 2:11 'And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. '

Jesus began his ministry at the age of thirty Luke 3:23 'And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, '

Jesus had three disciples as his inner most member thus Peter, James and John Luke 9:28'And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James and went up into a mountain to pray. '

 

Jesus died at 3pm which is the ninth hour Luke 23:44 ‘And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. '

He resurrected on the third day John 20:1 ‘The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. '

Three is a strong number and force reason it is said in the book of Ecclesiastes that a three-fold chord cannot be broken and that talks about unity Ecclesiastes 4:12 'And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. '

God is in three persons – Father, Son & Holy Spirit

We as humans are made of three parts – body, soul and spirit

Thirty years forms a generation

There are three primary colours (red, blue & yellow) – to form beauty in art and these primary colours are the basis of all coloration

In architecture triangular structures are the most stable

In governance we have three powers – legislature, executive and judicial

In marketing the power of three is used in slogans or pay offline

In presenting three options we have good, better, better best

In Olympic competitions there are three medalist – gold, silver and bronze

In narratives there are three parts – introduction, body and conclusion

In finance we are required to present three years of financial statements

In school we have three terms – first, second and third term and in most Universities, it is three years for a first degree

In human biology and life there are three stages of normal pregnancy – first, second and third trimester

Life itself is written in threes- DNA uses sequences of three nucleotides (codons) to encode the amino acids

 

The number three is a profound number layered in meaning across religion, culture, time, spirituality, economics, politics, history and many facets of life. I am reflecting on this and it gets me thinking deeply about it and how it impacts our life and choices, and the spiritual undertones associated with it. Three therefore is a divine number.