Mysteries
of “7”
Some Bible 7’s
The Lord rested on the seventh day after the six days of
creation because the earth was now complete and perfect. Seven, therefore, is a
number in the Scriptures that often is used to convey perfection, maturation or
completion. Following are just a few of hundreds of examples showing a designed
symmetry to this book.
Some Bible Sevens that are Fairly Obvious
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Enoch the 7th from Adam pleased God,
and God took him up alive before judgment
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In Genesis 7 we find clean beasts
taken by sevens into Noah’s ark
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In Genesis 29 we find Jacob serving
seven years for a bride
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In Genesis 41 we find Pharaoh dreams
of sevens
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In Exodus 29 we find seven days
required to sanctify the altar
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In 2Samuel 2 we find David is king
in Hebron 7 years before he’s king in Jerusalem
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In Judges 6 we find the Israelites
are given over to Midian seven years
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In Judges 14 we find Samson’s wife
weeping before him seven days
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In 1Kings 6 we find it took Solomon
seven years to build the temple
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In 2Kings 3 we find restoration at
the end of seven years
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In Psalms 119:164 we find one
praising the LORD seven times a day
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In Proverbs 24 we find a just man
falleth seven times and riseth up again
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In Ezekiel 40:26 we find they go up
into God’s temple by seven steps
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Mary Magdalene, out of whom came
seven demons
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In Acts 6:3 we find seven men
appointed to serve the people
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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.
Some Bible Sevens that are Less Obvious
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In Genesis 1 God saw things “good” 6
times, “very good” the seventh time
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In Genesis 7:4 it took seven days to
load the ark
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Seven days are mentioned in John 1
& 2:1, if counting the days
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Seven pillars of wisdom are
mentioned in Proverbs 9:1
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The covenant was established seven
times with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
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There were 7 foods of the promised
land, Deut. 8:8 (6, man’s number, in Egypt, Num. 11:5)
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There are seven one’s denoting
completeness of the unity of the Spirit in Ephesians 4
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There are seven things God hates in
Proverbs 6
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There are seven festivals of the
LORD for Israel found in Leviticus 23
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Seven loaves become seven baskets of
leftovers in Matthew 15
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Seven men went to witness the gift
of the Holy Ghost to Gentiles in Acts 11:12
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Seven men accompanied Paul into Asia
in Acts 20:4
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There are seven things to add to
faith in 2 Peter 1
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There are seven things the holy high
priest was to put on in Exodus 29:5,6
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The lamb of God is worthy to receive
seven things in Revelation 5:12
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The resurrected Christ appeared
seven times, the seventh time to seven apostles
