I have told you thrice.
I have a few minutes before General Conference part 2 begins (highly recommend) and I have a couple of thoughts I've been pondering the last week. I teach seminary, and obviously this being Holy Week we discussed the events leading up to the Resurrection in detail. Now, I'm a nerd and enjoy getting into the weeds a little. Particularly in the Old Testament it's important to have context. Numbers, animals, acts all have significance that we, 2,000 to 4,000 years later, don't always understand. It's something I try to impress on my students, even to the point of providing a symbolism cheat sheet for the OT and Revelation. Three is an important number that echoes through the scriptures. It is usually is associated with completeness and the Holy Trinity, spiritual perfection. There is another side to it--the act of being perfected, transformed from a earthly being to a spiritual one, which is often a little heavier than it originally appears. ...