7 (Part 1)

7 (Part 1)

Seven indicates perfection and completion. It is one of the most frequently used numbers in the Bible. It is used approximately 735 times, including its derivatives. The number is used extensively in the books of Daniel and Revelation. 

-Seven is considered to be God's seal of completion. He stamped His approval on creation by resting on the seventh day and declaring it good.  Creation was complete.
 

-God blessed and sanctified the seventh day and set it apart as the Sabbath, which is to be kept holy unto Him:  

Genesis 2:3 "And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."   

-The tabernacle was completed and dedicated on the seventh day after the start of its construction  according to Exodus 40:17.  It took Solomon seven years to build the temple in Jerusalem as told in 1 Kings 6:37, 38.  Both of these projects speak of completion and perfection. 

-There were seven pieces of furniture in the tabernacle, including the bronze altar and laver, the golden menorah, the table of the bread, the golden altar of incense, the ark of the covenant, and the atonement seat. These seven pieces of furniture symbolized God's plan for the complete spiritual restoration of sinful mankind.

Seven also represents complete spiritual victory secured by Jesus Christ:

-It is a representation of our total consecration. Before Aaron and his sons began ministering as priests, they were consecrated for seven days  according to Leviticus 8:31-36.  

-It is a picture of our total redemption through Christ. On the Day of Atonement, the high priest sprinkled the blood of the sacrifice upon the mercy seat seven times according to Leviticus 16:14.

-It represents total victory. When the children of Israel approached Jericho, God told them to march around the city for seven days. On the seventh day, when they marched around seven times, the work was completed. Joshua 6:1-16 says they shouted, the walls fell, and God gave them the city.

-It represents total deliverance. There were seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in Egypt. God revealed to Joseph in Genesis 41 what was coming in the future and gave him a strategy to prepare for it in order to save the world from starvation.