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             The first thing I would like to address is the significance of numbers in the scriptures. Throughout our readings of the gospels we see a repetition of certain numbers. I found it odd that this kept happening so I thought this deserved a closer look. I wanted to find what the purpose, if any, that they had. The number forty is one of these.
             The number forty comes many times in the Bible. Starting with forty years reign of Saul, David and Solomon, the famous flood that lasted forty days and nights, the forty years that Moses spent wandering in the wilderness, the forty days that Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the forty days from Jesus' resurrection to ascension. The Biblical significance of the number forty is that is was believed to be God's perfect time period.
             Another one of these such numbers is seven. Seven is important to Jewish tradition because it is considered to be a perfect number. God created the world in seven days, seven days for Noah to gather the animals, and Jesus spent seven hours on the cross. Seven seems to represent things holy.
             Three is a number that is thought to a divine number and of deity. It is a number of perfect orders. It resembles birth, life and death, a beginning and mi
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