The 3 to 1 split of the Gospels!
Study: Recall the 3 to 1 split of the Gospels. Sky/Heaven: (Gospel of John ) Eagle ( John ) (north; God) Earth: (Synoptic Gospels) Calf ( Mark ) (west; sacri-fice/servant) Lion ( Matthew ) (east; king) Man ( Luke ) (south; man) Well, pictures of this 3 to 1 split occur in a number of other places in the Bible. Our first picture occurs in the Book of Daniel . "Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They ...