The Spiritual Meaning of No. 3

Numbers are one of God's language and way of communicating visions, meanings and stories to prophets and visionaries. God uses numbers to relay messages to His children and hardly talks in long sentences. Understanding number will help those looking to sharpen their prophetic understanding and skills so that God can speak to them more and they can understand what God is saying better.

The No. 3

The No. 3 is a number that shows "completion" or "completeness" to a lesser degree than the no. 7. This number derives from the fact that it is the first of four(4) spiritually perfect numerals (7, 10 and 12). There were also 3 righteous patriarchs before the flood: Abel, Enoch and Noah. There are 27 books in the New Testament, which is 3x3x3, or completeness to the third power.

The No. 3 Describing GOD

God is described, in the very beginning of the book of Revelation, as a Being "which is, and which was, and which is to come" (Revelation 1:4). God is expressed in 3 (three) persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. There were only three individuals who say Jesus' Glory/witnessed Jesus’ transfiguration on Mount Hermon: John, Peter and James God's throne is in the 3rd heaven.

The No. 3 in Prophecy

Three (3) is the most commonly found in the book of Revelation.

• An angel is charged to cry three woe's to those who live on earth to warn them of more trials to come (Revelation 8:13).
• The dead bodies of the Two Witnesses will not be buried but will lie openly in Jerusalem for three (3) days before they are resurrected.
• Three unclean spirits will be allowed to deceive the whole world to FIGHT the returning Jesus Christ (Revelation 16:13 - 16).
• The new Jerusalem, created by God for placement on a new earth, will be shaped like a square with three gates on each side (Revelation 21:13).

The Cross

• Jesus prayed three times in the Garden of Gethsemane before His arrest.
• He was placed on the cross at the 3rd hour of the day (9 a.m.) and died at the 9th hour (3 p.m.).
• There were 3 hours of darkness that covered the land while Jesus was suffering on the cross from the 6th hour to the 9th hour.
• Three is the number of resurrection. Christ was dead for three full days and three full nights, a total of 72 hours, before being resurrected on Saturday, April 8, just before sunset.

CONCLUSION

There is more to the number 3 but the crux of the number 3(three) as seen above is "COMPLETENESS, WHICH OFTEN ENSURES OR INTRODUCES A RESURRECTION." Depending on what the lord is speaking to you about, you can understand Him better. Find more information on the number 3 here.