Here is a rundown of important numbers in the Bible and why they are important:
ONE: Unity - one God, one body, one Spirit, one baptism, one faith
TWO: Accord - the disciples went in pairs; contrast - the Pharisee and the tax collector
THREE: The number of power and emphasis: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead; Saul (Paul) was blind for three days; Peter's vision was repeated three times; and a cord of three strands is not easily broken.
FOUR: The number of completion - four Gospels; four horsemen of the Apocalypse: Ezekiel's four living creatures.
FIVE: God's grace - David had five stones to slay Goliath; five loaves fed 5,000 men; five wise virgins brought spare oil for their lamps.
SIX: The number of man. Adam was created on the sixth day; six stone jars were miraculously filled with wine in Cana; and there are six days for work.
SEVEN: The number of heavenly perfection. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy; Enoch was the seventh from Adam; Noah went into the ark with seven others; and only the Lamb of God (who has seven horns and seven eyes) can open with the scroll with its seven seals.
EIGHT: A new start - a male child was circumcised on the eighth day; only eight people were saved in the ark.
NINE: God's blessing - nine fruits of the Spirit and nine gifts of the Spirit.
TEN; The number of order and judgment. There were ten Commandments; ten plagues upon Egypt; the faithful servant was made head of ten cities; and ten kings have ten horns in Revelation.
FORTY: The number of testing - 40 days and nights of rain led to the Floods; Israel wandered for 40 years; Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights before being tempted by the devil.
FIFTY: Release - after 50 years, the land and slaves were liberated (the year of Jubilee).
SEVENTY: Judgment - there were 70 elders of Israel; the exiles returned to their land after 70 years; and Jesus appointment 70 to declare the kingdom of God in Babylon.
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