People of the Third and Seventh Days
The third and seventh days have great significance in Scripture. Life comes out of the ground on the third day of creation. Jesus rises on the third day. The third day is mentioned far more than the second, fourth, fifth or any other day in all of the Bible. We are the people of the third day. But the seventh day is another important concept in the Bible. Creation is finished and God rests with man on the seventh day in the beauty of the work He has accomplished. The seventh day runs throughout the Bible as almost equally significant as the third day. In Numbers 19, while talking about a very long and hard to understand passage about water for purification, the third and seventh days come together to bring Israel an understanding of their need for cleansing from the defilement of death. Numbers 19:11–13 (ESV) “Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be cle...