NUMEROLOGY: THE NUMBER SEVEN (7)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Numerology
a) Numerology is what Bible scholars believe is the placing of meaning on numbers in the Scriptures. There is said to be numerical values in the numbers in the Pentateuch or what is known as the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.
b) Numerology is by no means restricted to the Old Testament but is said to be found throughout the Bible – from Genesis to Exodus.
c) Numerology attempts to explain the meaning of these numbers to see what God may be telling us by using them and the interpretation of them relating to the Scriptures or verses where they found.
d) Examples are the numbers three, six, seven, and ten, but there are more. Numbers are thought to be symbolic of the sovereignty of God and so let‘s take a look at certain numbers and their meanings.
2. The Number Seven (7)
a) The number of seven appears to be the number of perfection since the earth was created in seven days, regardless of the fact that God rested on the seventh day. Rest is still doing something and the seventh day is a day of rest and we are told to work six days and rest on a seventh day. Seven is symbolic of a totality of perfection or completeness like the seven-day week.
b) The Book of Revelation is big on the number seven, there were:
Seven bowls of wrath,
1. Numerologya) Numerology is what Bible scholars believe is the placing of meaning on numbers in the Scriptures. There is said to be numerical values in the numbers in the Pentateuch or what is known as the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.
b) Numerology is by no means restricted to the Old Testament but is said to be found throughout the Bible – from Genesis to Exodus.
c) Numerology attempts to explain the meaning of these numbers to see what God may be telling us by using them and the interpretation of them relating to the Scriptures or verses where they found.
d) Examples are the numbers three, six, seven, and ten, but there are more. Numbers are thought to be symbolic of the sovereignty of God and so let‘s take a look at certain numbers and their meanings.
2. The Number Seven (7)
a) The number of seven appears to be the number of perfection since the earth was created in seven days, regardless of the fact that God rested on the seventh day. Rest is still doing something and the seventh day is a day of rest and we are told to work six days and rest on a seventh day. Seven is symbolic of a totality of perfection or completeness like the seven-day week.
b) The Book of Revelation is big on the number seven, there were:
Seven bowls of wrath,
Seven seals,
Seven churches,
Seven trumpets, and
Seven spirits.
c) This pictures God’s complete and totally perfect judgment of the inhabitants of the earth, in particular those who are not under the atoning sacrifice of Jesus and have not had the wrath of God removed from them because of their rejecting Him as Savior. Even the Tribulation is said to last seven years.
The End ...
Seven churches,
Seven trumpets, and
Seven spirits.
c) This pictures God’s complete and totally perfect judgment of the inhabitants of the earth, in particular those who are not under the atoning sacrifice of Jesus and have not had the wrath of God removed from them because of their rejecting Him as Savior. Even the Tribulation is said to last seven years.
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