I did not get round yesterday to wrapping up (probably) my Aston Villa story for the season.
Dr. Tony, Villa's owner, sent someone to negotiate with the Aston church of St. Peter and St. Paul before Easter. Dr. Tony's team would have offered St. Peter and Paul's team to not have a match at Villa Park on Good Friday in return for what? Whatever it was that was said must have not been received very well further up the chain. The saints may have discussed it, and, possibly puzzled and confused, took it to the big boss for clarification and direction. He (with the capital H) must have snorted his disapproval and laughed at Dr. Tony's offer.
In the meantime, Dr. Tony's guys probably went back to him feeling pretty good about themselves, unawares that they were being laughed at. By Monday afternoon, Dr. Tony would have been shaking his head. He went to the church looking for a miracle. They came back to him with two consecutive 3-1 defeats. A coincidence? Maybe not.
The number three is not taken lightly in the bible. From biblestudy.org:
"It pictures completeness, though to a lesser degree than 7."
"......it is the first of four spiritually perfect numerals...."
"There are 27 books in the New Testament, which is 3x3x3, or completeness to the third power."
"Jesus prayed three times in the Garden of Gethsemane before His arrest. He was placed on the cross at the 3rd hour of the day (9 a.m.) and died at the 9th hour (3 p.m.). There were 3 hours of darkness that covered the land while Jesus was suffering on the cross from the 6th hour to the 9th hour. "
And, of course, Jesus rose on the third day. And these defeats happened over the Easter weekend. I tell you, God is pretty sarcastic. Take that, Dr. Tony. You've been outdone. You had to cheek to ask us for a promotion miracle in return for one peaceful Good Friday, after many years of drunk fans traipsing through our services on their way to Villa Park. And you thought the 1-3, twice, was down to bad defending. Maybe next year we'll be nicer.
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