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Nails were an instrument of Jesus' crucifixion, and are therefore symbolic of His Passion. Nails usually appear in sets of three to identify Christ as a member of the Trinity. |
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In art the nimbus, or halo, is often placed behind the head of religious figures. The nimbus is sometimes a simple circle, which represents eternity or eternal life. A circle with three rays is symbolic of the Trinity, and is reserved for representations of the Godhead, especially of Christ. The same idea is sometimes represented with a triangular nimbus. |
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Noah's Ark |
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Noah's ark is symbolic of God's judgment on sin and His promise of salvation and provision for His people. It is a powerful Old Testament type of God's promised Savior, Jesus Christ.
Gen. 7:1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven(n) of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made." (NIV) |
