During seven years study on Revelation I
noticed bible sevens can be both literal and
allegoric;
Also biblical sevens can be both obvious and
hidden, as if
mystery to
solve. Bible
scholars generally agree the
seventh
of seven denotes
completeness:
perfection; And
it does. But on
the other side
of the coin, and mirrorly for comparison, the
seventh of seven levels
of demonic oppression can denote
perfect
un-completeness:
extinction. So
we find hidden biblical sevens comparatively
descriptive,
as the two allegoric mountains in
Hebrews
12 both mention seven things; But God and
Son are only on one of
twain mountains,
the latter one speaking of
better things:
heavenly, all, made perfect, new. Look what's in the
midst of each:
"
Not Come": Mount Sinai
(Law)
"Come":
Mount Sion (Grace)
- - that might be touched
1. - city
of living God,
heavenly
Jerusalem
- - that burned with fire
2. -
an innumerable company of angels
- - darkness
3. - general
assembly: church of firstborn
- - blackness
4. - God: the judge
of all
- - tempest
5. -
spirits of just men: made perfect
- - sound of a trumpet
6. - Jesus: mediator of new covenant
- - voice of words(plural)
7.
-
blood: that speaketh better
things
Some Examples of Seven Times & Seventh
Time
“And he (Jacob) passed over before them, and bowed himself to the
ground
seven times, until he came near to his brother (Essau)”
(Genesis 33)
“And the priest shall dip his finger of the blood, and sprinkle
seven times before the LORD” (Leviticus 4)
“I will chastise you
seven times for your sins”
(Leviticus 26)
“And he (Elijah) said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the
sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, nothing. And
he said, Go again
seven times. And it came to pass at the
seventh
time ”. (1Kings 18)
“A just (man) falleth
seven times, and riseth up again:
but the wicked shall fall into mischief”. (Proverb 24)
“
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy
righteous judgments”. (Psalm 119)
“The words of the LORD [are] pure words; [
as] silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified
seven times” (Psalm 12:6)
“Let his (Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king’s) heart be changed
from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let
seven
times pass over him. This matter (is) by the decree of the
watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to
the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the
kingdom
of men …” (Daniel 4)
Note:
Comment About Seven Times and The Seventh Day
Seven times seems to be a
matter of decree with intent of knowing who
ruleth.
Some perceive it allegory for a seven thousand year
period they call the seven thousand year plan of God, based on "a
thousand years [is] as one day" (Psalms 90:4 / 2Peter 3:8).
However, the same people seem to overlook the entire
Bible is "allegory" in both
"covenants": Galatians 4; And the
seventh
day of Genesis 2 has no mention of both "evening and morning"
(as six
days of Genesis 1 do have); Which is allegory for God and the
day(light) of God: the seventh day, do not have both darkness(law) and
light(grace). Also the 1,000 years mentioned in Revelation 20 is
perhaps 1 day in Acts 12:
Easter.
For Peter says be not ignorant of this: 1,000 yrs
as 1 day
AND 1 day
as 1000 yrs.
The prophetic "third day"
is the seventh day, and the seventh day is not another millennium
as many presume it to be by they sayers who say it is by saying things
like the third millennium for beyond 2,000AD, such John-Paul II did in
1999.
Some Bible Sevens that are Fairly
Obvious Biblical Sevens
-In Genesis we find
seven days, but
only six days of work, rest on the
seventh
day
-Enoch was
the seventh
from Adam, who pleased God, but was "not
found" (= lost)
-In Genesis
7 we find
clean beasts taken in
Noah's Ark by seven,
but only for
sacrifice
-In Genesis 29 we find Jacob serving
seven years for a bride,
but thereby he got stung
-In Genesis 31 we find Laban chasing Jacob
seven days journey,
but only for gods
-In Genesis 41 we find Pharaoh dreams of
sevens, but such plenty
is followed by famine
-In Exodus 29 we find
seven
days required to sanctify the altar,
as if it's a bloody mess
-In Leviticus we find the sprinkling of blood and oil
seven
times for cleansing
-In 2Samuel 2 we find David is king in Hebron
seven years before
he's king in Jerusalem
-In Judges 6 we find the Israelites are given over to Midian
seven years
-In Judges 14 we find Samson's wife weeping before him
seven days
-In 1Kings 6 we find it took Solomon
seven years to build the
temple
-In 2Kings 3 we find restoration at the end of
seven years
-In Psalms 12 we find purification of the earth taking
seven
times (ages)
-In Psalms 119 we find David praising his LORD
seven times a day
-In Proverbs 24 we find a just man falleth
seven times and
riseth up again
-In Ezekiel 40 we find they went up by
seven steps
-In Ezekiel 44 we find priests were defiled for
seven days
-In Acts of the Apostles we find
seven men appointed
over the people
-In Revelation we find
seven
angels,
seven churches,
seven seals, seven trumpets,
seven vials, seven horns, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven
plagues, seven spirits, seven eyes, seven lamps,
seven thunders, seven heads, seven crowns, seven mountains, seven
kings, etc
-Mary Magdalene, out of whom came
seven demons
