The Number Seven in Scripture -
Completion
In the scriptures, the
number seven is associated with those things that are complete. This
association was established early on in the book of Genesis. God
created the heaven and the earth, finished the work in six days, and
rested on the seventh day. Natural creation was complete. Since that
time, there has been nothing else in nature created. God established
this pattern of seven days into a week. The whole world observes a
seven-day week based on God's pattern of creation.
Numerous things in
scripture are arranged in patterns of seven and each of them are
complete. Some things appearing in patterns of seven include seven
women, seven pillars, seven eyes, seven horns, seven spirits, seven
candlesticks, seven stars, seven cities of refuge, seven ewe lambs,
seven headed dragon, seven headed beast, seven year release, seven years
service, seven years of mourning for Israel, seven days of feast of
unleavened bread, seven days of consecration, seven sprinklings of
cleansing, seventh month of atonement. Sevens are also associated with
complete uncleanness, complete shame of sin, complete victory, complete
punishment of sin.
The name "seventh" is
associated with completion and with rest.
We only took a small
sampling of the use of the number seven and its association with
completions in this study. Hopefully, this will spur the reader on to
further studies on this subject.