NUMBER SEVEN (7-7)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Number 7 is a great number of spiritual perfection. A number which, therefore, occupies so large a place in the works, and especially in the Word of God as being inspired by the Holy Spirit. As a number the actual word and number "Seven" is used as no other number is. Seven and its compounds occur in multiples of seven in the Old Testament.
i) Seven occurs 287 times, or 7 x 41.
ii) "Seventh," the fractional part, occurs 98 times, or 7 x 14.
iii) "Seven-fold," occurs 7 times.
b) It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 7 can be found in the Bible.
1. How is the number 7 stamped on Israel's Judges?
a) Seven weak things in Judges are used by God as instruments of deliverance, marking and stamping the spiritual perfection of His work: -
i) A left handed man (3:21), - Ehud delivering from Moab's oppression.
ii) An ox-goad (3:31) in the hand of Shamgar, delivering from the Philistines.
iii) A woman (4:4), and
iv) A tent-peg in the hand of Jael (4:21) [delivering from Jabin, king of Canaan].
v) A piece of a millstone (9:53), thrown by another woman, and delivering the people from Abimelech's usurpation.
vi) The pitchers and trumpets of Gideon's 300 (7:20), delivering from the hosts of Midian.
vii) The jaw-bone of an ass (15:16), by which Samson delivered Israel from the Philistines.
b) And why all this in connection with the "savior" (2:16-18), whom God raised up and used? To show that "no flesh shall glory in His presence" (1Corinthians 1:20).
c) So in later times, whenever God has "done wondrously," He has chosen "the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty" (1Corinthians 1:27). It was so in Apostolic days, and has been so in all ages.
d) And so through all the ages God has made it clear that it is He who is the worker, and that the instruments He chooses to use are nothing. He usually rejected man's firstborn, and chose a younger son. He took David, the youngest, from the sheepfold, to be ruler over His people, as He had chosen Gideon, the least member of the poorest family in Manasseh, to deliver Israel from the Midianite hosts.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) Number 7 is a great number of spiritual perfection. A number which, therefore, occupies so large a place in the works, and especially in the Word of God as being inspired by the Holy Spirit. As a number the actual word and number "Seven" is used as no other number is. Seven and its compounds occur in multiples of seven in the Old Testament.
i) Seven occurs 287 times, or 7 x 41.
ii) "Seventh," the fractional part, occurs 98 times, or 7 x 14.
iii) "Seven-fold," occurs 7 times.
b) It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 7 can be found in the Bible.
1. How is the number 7 stamped on Israel's Judges?
a) Seven weak things in Judges are used by God as instruments of deliverance, marking and stamping the spiritual perfection of His work: -
i) A left handed man (3:21), - Ehud delivering from Moab's oppression.
ii) An ox-goad (3:31) in the hand of Shamgar, delivering from the Philistines.
iii) A woman (4:4), and
iv) A tent-peg in the hand of Jael (4:21) [delivering from Jabin, king of Canaan].
v) A piece of a millstone (9:53), thrown by another woman, and delivering the people from Abimelech's usurpation.
vi) The pitchers and trumpets of Gideon's 300 (7:20), delivering from the hosts of Midian.
vii) The jaw-bone of an ass (15:16), by which Samson delivered Israel from the Philistines.
b) And why all this in connection with the "savior" (2:16-18), whom God raised up and used? To show that "no flesh shall glory in His presence" (1Corinthians 1:20).
c) So in later times, whenever God has "done wondrously," He has chosen "the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty" (1Corinthians 1:27). It was so in Apostolic days, and has been so in all ages.
d) And so through all the ages God has made it clear that it is He who is the worker, and that the instruments He chooses to use are nothing. He usually rejected man's firstborn, and chose a younger son. He took David, the youngest, from the sheepfold, to be ruler over His people, as He had chosen Gideon, the least member of the poorest family in Manasseh, to deliver Israel from the Midianite hosts.
The End ...
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