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The Spiritual Basis Of The 3-Day Ceremony's Procedure

During the first two days of the Three-Day ceremony, the woman is in the position of the "Bride of the Messiah" and "mother" to her spouse. Therefore, she initiates each part of the ceremony. Through the ceremony of the first day, the man is raised from his position of archangel (being reborn as the son of the Messiah and his wife) to the position of sinless Adam in the formation stage.

Through the ceremony of the second day the man is raised from the position of "Newborn Adam" to the "Adam before the fall" position. Each part of the ceremony of the third day is therefore initiated by the man in his position of Adam. The man takes the leadership role to restore dominion. Through this ceremony, they become one as the eternal ideal couple and husband and wife.

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The 18^th century philosopher and theologian, Emmanuel Swedenborg, used and explained numerous "threes" in his writings. He states that three means that which is complete or in its fullness, especially in regard to truth (compared to two which means that which is complete in regard to goodness). Because of this meaning of fullness or completeness, three also means perfection. From these meanings of three, on a higher level, three means that which is holy.

Swedenborg states that everything that occurs in nature in threes happens because it is part of God's creation and He made this "wholeness of threes" a part of the animal, plant and mineral kingdoms.

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