“In
Three Days I will raise it up!”
A while, after Jesus drove away the merchants with a
whip of cords, from the temple in Jerusalem, the Jews demanded from Him:
“What sign do You show to us, since You do these
things?” (John 2:18).
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up” (v. 19).
Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty six years to
build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
But He was speaking of the temple of His body
(vv.20-21).
The Jews built the temple in 46 years, but Jesus was
to be raised from the dead 3 days after his crucifixion.
“Four
Six” Versus “Three”
The number 46 in God’s numerology stands for “the
Second Death.”
The number forty six is twice 23, and 23 is the
number for death—natural death.
Double of 23 is 46, therefore, all that are
victimized by the Second Death, are twice dead.
3 is the number of “Resurrection.”
In the Bible passage we read above, number 46 stood
against number 3. This means, “the Second Death” is in direct confrontation
with “the Resurrection.”
Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first
resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests
of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Rev 20:6 NIV
“Eternal
Life”
28 is the number for “Eternal Life.”
The gift of God is “Eternal Life” through Christ
Jesus our Lord.
For the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom
6:23 KJV
The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where
sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in
death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life
through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 5:20-21 NIV
But, where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
That as sin hath reigned unto death [23], even so might grace [5] reign through
righteousness unto Eternal Life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
When five, grace, is added to 23, death, the total is
28—Eternal Life.