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One: Unity

 * Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
 * Ephesians 4:5 "one Lord, one faith, one baptism."

Three: Divine Perfection

 * Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
 * Matthew 12:40 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
 * Three major feasts appear in Jewish Tradiction (Exod. 23:14-19)
 * Feast of Unleavened Bread
 * Feast of Harvest
 * Feast of Ingathering
 * Prayer was urged three times daily (Dan. 6:10; Ps. 55:17)
 * The sanctuary was divided into three parts: vestibule, nave, and inner sanctuary (1 Kings 6:2-22)
 * Three-year-old animals were prized for special sacrifices (1 Sam. 1:24; Gen. 15:9)

Seven: Spiritual Perfection

 * Seven days in a week.
 * Seven of the 10 commandments begin with the word "not."
 * 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 parables in Matthew, and 7 promises to the churches.
 * There are 7 "eternals" in Hebrews which are:
 * A priest for ever (1:6)
 * Eternal salvation (1:9)
 * Eternal judgment (6:2)
 * Eternal redemption (9:12)
 * Eternal spirit (9:14)
 * Eternal inheritance (9:15)
 * Everlasting covenant (13:20)
 * Jesus said 7 things on the cross:
 * Luke 23:34 "Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots
 * Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise"
 * Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" -- which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
 * John 19:26 "When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son"
 * John 19:28 "Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
 * John 19:30 "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit"
 * Luke 23:46 "Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last."

Eight: New Beginning

 * 8 people on Noah's Ark (2 Pet. 2:5)
 * Circumcision on 8th day (Gen. 17:12)
 * God made 8 covenants with Abraham

Twelve: Governmental Perfection

 * The twelve tribes of Israel
 * Twelve Apostles
 * 12 foundations in the heavenly Jerusalem
 * 12 gates
 * 12 pearls
 * 12 angels