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THE THREE-FOLD COMBINATIONS OF A NUMBER denotes the essence of such number, the concentration of the significance of the number thus expressed.
• 444 is the gematria or number of the word “DAMASCUS”, which is the oldest city in the world; four being the world number.
• 666 is the number of man, and it symbolizes fitly, therefore, the essence of human wisdom, and also of imperfection.
• 888 is the number or gematria of the name “JESUS”.
• 999 is the number connected with judgment, hence the numerical value of the phrase my wrath, is 999. The same number is very prominent in the judgment on Sodom.
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THREE THINGS PREDICATED OF GOD (in John’s Gospel and Epistles)
• “God is love” (1 John 4:8,16). We are therefore to “Walk in love” (Eph 5:2).
• “God is spirit” (John 4:24, RV, margin). We are exhorted to “Walk in the spirit” (Gal 5:16).
• “God is light” (1 John 1:5). We are to “Walk in the light” (Eph 5:8).
This threeness or triad, has always been considered sacred–like oneness, duality, and all numbers – by virtue of its very properties and particular attributes. These properties and attributes are manifested in its threefold nature, which of itself is the inevitable expression of a principle, an archetypal fact, that solidifies in a series, as a representation of ideas and energies that materialize in magical, mysterious fashion while obeying precise, universal laws, which the numerical codes and their geometrical correspondences symbolize.
The triad or trinity is a symbol of the unity of body, mind and spirit. The symbol is of universal significance - it is found throughout history and all over the world. It was popularized early in this century by the Russian-born artist, philosopher and scientist Nicholas Roerich. It can be interpreted in many different senses: spirit/mind/body in a circle of synthesis; past/present/future enclosed in the ring of eternity; art/science/religion bound in a circle of culture.
God’s attributes are three: omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence. There are three great divisions completing time–past, present, and future.
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Jews and the Talmud has many references, among other numbers, to the number three.
The Rabbis say that there were three things Moses asked of God
1. That the Shekinah might rest on Israel.
2. That it might rest on none but Israel.
3. That God’s ways might be known to him. (Beracheth, fol. 7, col. 1).
Three precious gifts were given to Israel
1. The Law.
2. The Land.
3. The World to come (i.e., the Heavenly Calling).
Three men handed down the ancient wisdom and Divine secrets, viz., Adam, Seth, and Enoch.
Whatever may be thought of these, there can be no doubt that in the invariable employment of the number three in the Word of God, we have that which signifies Divine perfection.
God had not only good cause to delay the giving of the Torah until after the departure of Jethro, but the time He chose for bestowing it was also chosen for a good reason. Just as a female proselyte, or a woman freed from captivity, or an emancipated slave, may not enter wedlock before she has for three months lived as a free Jewess, so God also waited three months after the deliverance of Israel from the bondage and the slavery of Egypt, before His union with Israel on Mount Sinai. God furthermore treated His bride as did that king who went to the marriage ceremony only after he had overwhelmed his chosen bride with many gifts…
The third month was chosen for the revelation, because everything that is closely connected with the Torah and with Israel is triple in number. The Torah consists of three parts, the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa; similarly the oral law consists of Midrash, Halakah, and Haggadah. The communications between God and Israel were carried on by three, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Israel also is divided into three divisions, priests, Levites, and laymen; and they are, furthermore, the descendants of the three Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For God has a preference for “the third”: It was the third of Adam’s sons, Seth, who became the ancestor of humanity, and so too it was the third among Noah’s sons, Shem, who attained high station. Among the Jewish kings, too, it was the third, Solomon, whom God distinguished before all others. The number three plays a particularly important part in the life of Moses. He belonged to the tribe of Levi, which is not only the third of the tribes, but has a name consisting of three letters. He himself was the third of the children of the family; his own name consists of three letters; in his infancy he had been concealed by his mother throughout three months; and in the third month of the year, after a preparation of three days, did he receive the Torah on a mountain, the name of which consists of three letters.
(Legends of the Jews, Louis Ginzberg, Book 3)
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Three headed dragon puppet
Three Unknown Trees.
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