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Hence the number three points us to what is real, essential, perfect, substantial,
complete, and Divine.

E.W. Bullinger notes that “three notes divine perfection.” There are three persons in
the Godhead; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Resurrection is man entering into the fulness of
spiritual life. It is embracing the divine perfection for which man was created. We should
therefore find it affirming to learn that there are three resurrections, for this number is
bound up with the entire doctrine of resurrection and man attaining to divine perfection,
being perfect and complete in Christ Yahshua, the Son of God.
We even note this number in relation to the resurrection of Christ, for we are told that
He arose on the third day. We observe the relation of the third day and divine perfection in
the following words of Christ.

Luke 13:32
And [Yahshua] said to them, "Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and
perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.'”

Yahshua was speaking truths on many levels with these words. The third day was a
reference to His own resurrection, when He would be perfected. Yet it was also a reference
to the resurrection of the firstborn sons of God. For two days (two thousand years) the
church would be given authority to cast out demons and perform cures. After two days, at
the dawning of the third day, the number of the firstborn would attain to the resurrection
as firstfruits unto God. This company of men would themselves be perfected, being
conformed to the image of the glorified Son of God.
Many Christians understand that a day stands as a symbol for a thousand years, for
this knowledge has been restored to many in an hour when it is necessary in order to
discern the work of God. For those who are unfamiliar, I will share the following Scripture
which serves as a foundation for this understanding.

II Peter 3:8
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one
day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

This is a key to understanding many of the types and shadows of the Scriptures.
Knowing that a day is as a thousand years serves to unlock the prophetic significance of
many events and declarations found in Scripture. We can go back to the first chapter of
Genesis and see this symbolism. We are told that as Yahweh moved to re-create the earth
in the first chapter of Genesis, that on the third day He caused the earth to arise out from
under the waters, for prior to this time the waters covered all things.

Genesis 1:9-13
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and
let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry land earth, and the
gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good... And there was
evening and there was morning, a third day.

On the third day we see the first pattern for resurrection. The land arising out of the