{"id":649,"date":"2014-06-12T11:31:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manual4life.org\/en\/?p=649"},"modified":"2014-06-12T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T10:31:33","slug":"ecclesiastes-412-cord-three-strands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/ecclesiastes-412-cord-three-strands\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecclesiastes 4:12 – The cord of three strands"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trinity is mentioned frequently in the Bible.
\nFor example God, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and man, as body, soul and spirit.<\/p>\n

A trinity that symbolises great strength<\/strong> is illustrated in Ecclesiastes 4:12, which states:<\/p>\n

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Drievoudig<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rope for daily use is usually manufactured from three strands.<\/p>\n

A strand contains several hemp fibres twisted together \u2013 nowadays these are often made of plastic.
\nThree of these strands are twisted together so that a rope is made, as illustrated here.
\nThe three strands<\/strong> ensure that a stable rope<\/strong> is made.<\/p>\n

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\"2<\/a><\/p>\n

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A rope made from two<\/strong> strands twisted together would have no stability.
\n(the rings in the illustrations represent strands, which consist of several separate threads.)<\/p>\n

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\"4<\/a><\/p>\n

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Four<\/strong> strands also produce an unstable rope.
\nThe four strands will slide over each other, so that three of them will end up next to each other, with the fourth on the outside. A cable with four strands will only be stable if a solid core is laid in the middle.<\/p>\n

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\"3<\/a><\/p>\n

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When three<\/strong> strands are twisted together a rope is produced in which the strands are firmly pressed against each other. It is impossible to pull one of the strands loose from the rope. The greater the tension on the rope, when it is pulled, the firmer the strands become pressed against each other.
\nThis rope, with three strands twisted together, will not break quickly.<\/p>\n

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A cord of three strands, or a rope of three stands, is a splendid image of a trinity, which cannot be broken quickly.<\/p>\n

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\nEcclesiastes 4:12 – \u00a0The cord of three strands.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A trinity is mentioned frequently in the Bible. For example God, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and man, as body, soul and spirit. A trinity that symbolises great strength is illustrated in Ecclesiastes 4:12, which states: A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.   Rope for daily use is usually manufactured from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}