Dear Reader,
Amazingly, some have challenged my
interpretation of Isaiah 4:1, saying that the terms "seven" and
"women" have no significance in the Bible and the Spirit of
Prophecy.
The purpose of this document is to
prove the symbolism of the words seven women in Isaiah 4:1-4. I do this
within the document where Isaiah 4:1 appears. Seven is God's number
symbolizing completeness. He completed the creation of the earth in six days
and rested on the seventh completing the weekly cycle (thus seven symbolizing
completeness). Also, Christ is portrayed figuratively as having seven eyes
symbolizing seven spirits.
It would be difficult to review this
document and not see the significance of the number seven, and one could
amplify this evidence by recording all the Biblical uses of the word SEVENTH.
Isaiah 4 1 And in that day seven women
shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our
own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
2 In that day shall the branch of the
LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent
and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
3 And it shall come to pass, that he
that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem,
shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
4 When the Lord shall have washed away
the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall
have purged the blood of Jerusalem
from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of
burning.
Zion is the heavenly Kingdom church and its
representatives are the bride, The Great Controversy, p. 426. She is Zion, Isaiah 62:1-5,
that is married. Matthew 13:44-49, is another depiction of the bad being
shaken from the heavenly kingdom by the bride, for she is the earthly
representative of the Heavenly Church Kingdom of Hebrews 12:22, 23 and
Matthew 13:44-49.
44 Again, the kingdom
of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he
hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom
of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he
had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought
it. 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into
the sea, and gathered of every kind: 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to
shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad
away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just,
Zion is taken to the wilderness at the end-time
where she orchestrates the Loud Cry from wilderness outposts, Ezekiel
20:34-40:
34 And I will bring you out from the
people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered,
with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the
wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers
in the wilderness of the land
of Egypt, so will I
plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
37 And I will cause you to pass under
the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you
the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out
of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am
the LORD.
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols,
and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy
name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the
mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord
GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me:
there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
It is thus from the
SDA Church Triumphant that the bad are shaken, not the church militant, which
will be destroyed in another literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, according to
Ezekiel 5:9, and Ellen G. White:
"Study the 9th chapter of
Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled; yet the time is passing,
and the people are asleep. They refuse to humble their souls and to be
converted. Not a great while longer will the Lord bear with the people who
have such great and important truths revealed to them, but who refuse to
bring these truths into their individual experience. The time is short. God
is calling; will YOU hear? Will YOU receive His message? Will YOU be
converted before it is too late? Soon, very soon, every case will be decided
for eternity. Letter 106, 1909, pp. 2, 3, 5, 7. (To "The churches in
Oakland and Berkeley, September 26, 1909.)" E. G. White Manuscript
Releases Volume One, p. 260.
Zion is the church triumphant which has always
existed to come to the aid of any valid church militant in any and every age:
"The members of the church
triumphant--the church in heaven--will be permitted to draw near to the
members of the church militant, to aid them in their necessity." E. G.
White, The Southern Watchman, Sep. 8, 1903.
Note:
Zion is the Mother, the 144,000, the remnant that
is translated without seeing death. She is married, Isaiah 62:1-5. Her
children are guests at the wedding. The Great Controversy, pp. 426-7. She has
sons and daughters, Isaiah 62:5-12. Zion is Philadelphia. All seven
churh eras exist concomitantly at the end time:
The messages given to the churches in Asia,
portray the state of things existing in the churches of the religious world
today. The names of the churches are symbolic of the Christian church in
different periods of the Christian era; the number of the
churches--SEVEN--indicates completeness and is symbolic of the fact that the
messages [Plural]extend to the end of time, and are
enforced today; while the figures used are symbolic of the state of God's
professed people,--the wheat developing among the tares; truth standing on
its own eternal basis in contrast with error. Ms 81, 1900, pp. 17, 18.
("Solomon's Reign," 1900.) {1MR 372.2}.
So, Philadelphia also applies to the end-time. Philadelphia is the
perfect remnant church triumphant. Zion
is the church triumphant which has always existed to come to the aid of any
valid church militant in any and every age:
"The members of
the church triumphant--the church in heaven--will be permitted to draw near
to the members of the church militant, to aid them in their necessity."
E. G. White, The Southern Watchman, Sep. 8, 1903.
Seven women, all formally organized
churches, will be eating their own bread (their own wishes rather than the
clear Word of God). They will be wearing their own apparrel:
their own robes of Laodicean apparel--rich,
increased with goods and in need of nothing. But they are a reproach. Even Jerusalem, the
professing SDA church militant is guilty. Read all about it in Ezekiel 5:9:
9 And I will do in thee that which I
have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the
sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will
execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into
all the winds.
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my
sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity.
12 A third part of thee shall die with
the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee:
and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter
a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be
accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be
comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal,
when I have accomplished my fury in them.
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round
about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So it shall be a reproach and a
taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the
nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in
anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the
evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will
send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break
your staff of bread:
As most of you know, Ezekiel is
speaking of spiritual Jerusalem, God's chosen people, and Ezekiel 5:9 UPDATES
Ezekiel to the end time, for that is when God does the worst thing He ever
does or will ever again do (Matt. 24:21). Also, Ellen White says that Ezekiel
9 will be literally fulfilled, "...Beginning at His Sanctuary, those who
have been priviledged with great light,"
Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211.
Woman in Scripture is used to
symbolize the church. The number seven symbolizes COMPLETENES.
"The people of God,
symbolized by a holy woman and her children, were represented as greatly in
the minority. In the last days only a remnant still existed. Of these John
speaks as they 'which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of
Jesus Christ." E. G. White, Signs of the Times, Nov. 1, 1899, and
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, p. 972.
Rev 12:1 And
there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a WOMAN clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Rev 12:4 And
his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth: and the dragon stood before the WOMAN which was ready to be delivered,
for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Rev 12:6 And
the WOMAN fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of
God, that they should feed her there a thousand two
hundred [and] threescore days.
Rev 12:13 And
when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the WOMAN
which brought forth the man [child].
Rev 12:14 And
to the WOMAN were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly
into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and
times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Rev 12:15 And
the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the WOMAN, that
he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Rev 12:16 And
the earth helped the WOMAN and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Rev 12:17 And
the dragon was wroth with the WOMAN, and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony
of Jesus Christ.
Rev 17:3 So
he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a WOMAN sit
upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:4 And
the WOMAN was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,
and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in
her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Rev 17:6 And
I saw the WOMAN drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of
the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Rev 17:7 And
the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the
mystery of the WOMAN, and of the beast that carrieth
her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:9 And
here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on
which the WOMAN sitteth.
Rev 17:18 And
the WOMAN which thou sawest is that great
city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
"The names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different
periods of the Christian Era. The number indicates completeness, and is symbolic of the fact that the messages
[plural] extend to the end of time, while the symbols used reveal the
condition of the church [collectively and generally] at different periods in
the history of the world." E.G. White, The Acts of the Apostles, p. 585.
The seven
women of Isaiah 4:1 represent ALL formally organized churches at the
end-time.
Gen 7:10 And it came to pass after SEVEN days, that the waters of
the flood were upon the earth.
Gen 8:10 And he stayed yet other SEVEN days; and again he sent
forth the dove out of the ark;
Gen 8:12 And he stayed yet other SEVEN days; and sent forth the
dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Gen 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him SEVEN
days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
Gen 33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground SEVEN
times, until he came near to his brother
Gen 41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river SEVEN well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Gen 41:3 And, behold, SEVEN other kine
came up after them out of the river, ill favoured
and leanfleshed; and stood by the [other] kine upon the brink of the river.
Gen 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the
SEVEN well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Gen 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, SEVEN
ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
Gen 41:6 And, behold, SEVEN thin ears and blasted with the east
wind sprung up after them.
Gen 41:7 And the SEVEN thin ears devoured the SEVEN rank and
full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.
Gen 41:34 Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the
land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt
in the SEVEN plenteous years.
Gen 41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the SEVEN
years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt;
that the land perish not through the famine.
Gen 41:47 And in the SEVEN plenteous years the earth brought forth
by handfuls.
Gen 41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the SEVEN years, which
were in the land
of Egypt, and laid up
the food in the cities: the food of the field, which [was] round about every
city, laid he up in the same.
Gen 41:53 And the SEVEN years of plenteousness,
that was in the land
of Egypt, were
ended.
Gen 41:54 And the SEVEN years of dearth began to come, according as
Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Gen 50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned
with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father
SEVEN days.
Exd 7:25
And SEVEN days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the
river.
Exd 12:15
SEVEN days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall
put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth
leavened bread from the first day until the SEVENth
day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exd 12:19
SEVEN days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for
whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that
soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a
stranger, or born in the land.
Exd 13:6
SEVEN days thou shalt eat unleavened bread,
and in the SEVENth day [shall be] a feast to the
LORD.
Exd 13:7
Unleavened bread shall be eaten SEVEN days; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with
thee in all thy quarters.
Exd 22:30
Likewise shalt thou do with thine
oxen, [and] with thy sheep: SEVEN days it shall be with his dam; on
the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Exd 23:15
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:
(thou shalt eat unleavened bread SEVEN days,
as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib;
for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and
none shall appear before me empty:)
Exd 25:37
And thou shalt make the SEVEN lamps thereof:
and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against
it.
Exd 29:30
[And] that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on SEVEN
days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in
the holy [place].
Exd 29:35
And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons,
according to all [things] which I have commanded thee: SEVEN days shalt thou consecrate them.
Exd 29:37
SEVEN days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall
be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the
altar shall be holy.
Exd 34:18
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. SEVEN
days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I
commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for
in the month Abib thou camest
out from Egypt.
Exd 37:23
And he made his SEVEN lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, [of] pure gold.
Lev 4:6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of
the blood SEVEN times before the LORD, before the vail
of the sanctuary.
Lev 4:17 And the priest shall dip his finger [in some] of the blood, and
sprinkle [it] SEVEN times before the LORD, [even] before the vail.
Lev 8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar SEVEN times, and
anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to
sanctify them.
Lev 8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
[in] SEVEN days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for SEVEN days shall he consecrate
you.
Lev 8:35 Therefore shall ye abide [at] the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation day and night SEVEN days, and keep the charge of the
LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
Lev 12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have
conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean SEVEN
days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be
unclean.
Lev 13:4 If the bright spot [be] white in the skin of his flesh, and in
sight [be] not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned
white; then the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the plague SEVEN
days:
Lev 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the SEVENth
day: and, behold, [if] the plague in his sight be at a stay, [and] the plague
spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up SEVEN days
more:
Lev 13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, [there be] no white
hairs therein, and [if] it [be] not lower than the skin, but [be] somewhat
dark; then the priest shall shut him up SEVEN days:
Lev 13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, [there be] no white
hair in the bright spot, and it [be] no lower than the [other] skin, but [be]
somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up SEVEN days:
Lev 13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall,
and, behold, it [be] not in sight deeper than the skin, and [that there is]
no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the plague
of the scall SEVEN days:
Lev 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall
he not shave; and the priest shall shut up [him that hath] the scall SEVEN days more:
Lev 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up [it that
hath] the plague SEVEN days:
Lev 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash [the thing] wherein
the plague [is], and he shall shut it up SEVEN days more:
Lev 14:7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the
leprosy SEVEN times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the
living bird loose into the open field.
Lev 14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave
off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after
that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent SEVEN
days.
Lev 14:16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that [is] in
his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger SEVEN
times before the LORD:
Lev 14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger [some] of the
oil that [is] in his left hand SEVEN times before the LORD:
Lev 14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the
house, and shut up the house SEVEN days:
Lev 14:51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the
scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird,
and in the running water, and sprinkle the house SEVEN times:
Lev 15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he
shall number to himself SEVEN days for his cleansing, and wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
Lev 15:19 And if a woman have an issue, [and] her issue in her flesh be
blood, she shall be put apart SEVEN days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
Lev 15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him,
he shall be unclean SEVEN days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
Lev 15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to
herself SEVEN days, and after that she shall be clean.
Lev 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it]
with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall
he sprinkle of the blood with his finger SEVEN times.
Lev 16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger SEVEN
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of
Israel.
Lev 22:27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it
shall be SEVEN days under the dam; and from the eighth day and
thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of
unleavened bread unto the LORD: SEVEN days ye must eat unleavened
bread.
Lev 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD SEVEN
days: in the SEVENth day [is] an
holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein].
Lev 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the
wave offering; SEVEN sabbaths shall be
complete:
Lev 23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread SEVEN lambs without
blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be
[for] a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their
drink offerings, [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
Lev 23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day
of this SEVENth month [shall be] the feast of
tabernacles [for] SEVEN days unto the LORD.
Lev 23:36 SEVEN days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto
the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy
convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the
LORD: it [is] a solemn assembly; [and] ye shall do no servile work [therein].
Lev 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the SEVENth
month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast
unto the LORD SEVEN days: on the first day [shall be] a sabbath, and on the eighth day [shall be] a sabbath.
Lev 23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly
trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of
the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God SEVEN days.
Lev 23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD SEVEN days in
the year. [It shall be] a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall
celebrate it in the SEVENth month.
Lev 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths SEVEN days; all that are
Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
Lev 25:8 And thou shalt number SEVEN sabbaths of years unto thee, SEVEN times SEVEN
years; and the space of the SEVEN sabbaths
of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Lev 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will
punish you SEVEN times more for your sins.
Lev 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I
will bring SEVEN times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Lev 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet SEVEN
times for your sins.
Lev 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I,
will chastise you SEVEN times for your sins.
Num 8:2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps,
the SEVEN lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
Num 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed SEVEN days? let
her be shut out from the camp SEVEN days, and after that let her be
received in [again].
Num 12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp SEVEN days: and the
people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in [again].
Num 19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of
her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the
tabernacle of the congregation SEVEN times:
Num 19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any
man shall be unclean SEVEN days.
Num 19:14 This [is] the law, when a man dieth in
a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be
unclean SEVEN days.
Num 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is
slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or
a grave, shall be unclean SEVEN days.
Num 23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me
here SEVEN altars, and prepare me here SEVEN oxen and SEVEN
rams.
Num 23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared SEVEN
altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
Num 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim,
to the top of Pisgah, and built SEVEN altars, and offered a bullock
and a ram on [every] altar.
Num 23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me
here SEVEN altars, and prepare me here SEVEN bullocks and SEVEN
rams.
Num 28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt
offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, SEVEN lambs
of the first year without spot;
Num 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month [is] the feast: SEVEN
days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Num 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire [for] a burnt offering
unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and SEVEN lambs of the
first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
Num 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for
every lamb, throughout the SEVEN lambs:
Num 28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the SEVEN
days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and
his drink offering.
Num 28:27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, SEVEN
lambs of the first year;
Num 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the SEVEN
lambs;
Num 29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, [and] SEVEN
lambs of the first year without blemish:
Num 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the SEVEN
lambs:
Num 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, [and] SEVEN
lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
Num 29:10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the SEVEN
lambs:
Num 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the SEVENth
month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye
shall keep a feast unto the LORD SEVEN days:
Num 29:32 And on the SEVENth day SEVEN
bullocks, two rams, [and] fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Num 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of
a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram,
SEVEN lambs of the first year without blemish:
Num 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp SEVEN days: whosoever
hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify [both] yourselves and your captives on the third
day, and on the SEVENth day.
Deu 15:1
At the end of [every] SEVEN years thou shalt
make a release.
Deu 16:3
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; SEVEN
days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith,
[even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest
remember the day when thou camest forth out of the
land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deu 16:4
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all
thy coast SEVEN days; neither shall there [any thing] of the
flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at
even, remain all night until the morning.
Deu 16:9
SEVEN weeks shalt thou number unto thee:
begin to number the SEVEN weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn.
Deu 16:13
Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles SEVEN
days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Deu 16:15
SEVEN days shalt thou keep a solemn feast
unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the
LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine
increase, and in all the works of thine hands,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deu 28:7
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up
against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee
one way, and flee before thee SEVEN ways.
Deu 28:25
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine
enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them,
and flee SEVEN ways before them: and shalt
be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deu 31:10
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] SEVEN years,
in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Jos 6:4
And SEVEN priests shall bear before the ark SEVEN trumpets of
rams' horns: and the SEVENth day ye shall compass
the city SEVEN times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Jos 6:6
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the
ark of the covenant, and let SEVEN priests bear SEVEN trumpets
of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
Jos 6:8
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the SEVEN
priests bearing the SEVEN trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the
LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD
followed them.
Jos 6:13
And SEVEN priests bearing SEVEN trumpets of rams' horns before
the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the
armed men went before them; but the rereward came
after the ark of the LORD, [the priests] going on, and blowing with the
trumpets.
Jos 6:15
And it came to pass on the SEVENth day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day,
and compassed the city after the same manner SEVEN times: only on that
day they compassed the city SEVEN times.
Jos 18:2
And there remained among the children of Israel SEVEN tribes, which
had not yet received their inheritance.
Jos 18:5
And they shall divide it into SEVEN parts: Judah shall abide in their coast
on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the
north.
Jos 18:6
Ye shall therefore describe the land [into] SEVEN parts, and bring
[the description] hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the
LORD our God.
Jos 18:9
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into
SEVEN parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
Jdg 6:1
And the children of Israel
did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand
of Midian SEVEN years.
Jdg 6:25
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy
father's young bullock, even the second bullock of SEVEN years old,
and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove
that [is] by it:
Jdg 8:26
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and SEVEN
hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment
that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the
chains that [were] about their camels' necks.
Jdg 12:9
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, [whom] he sent abroad, and took
in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel SEVEN
years.
Jdg 14:12
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can
certainly declare it me within the SEVEN days of the feast, and find
[it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Jdg 14:17
And she wept before him the SEVEN days, while their feast lasted: and
it came to pass on the SEVENth day, that he told
her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children
of her people.
Jdg 16:7
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with SEVEN green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be
as another man.
Jdg 16:8
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her SEVEN green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with
them.
Jdg 16:13
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies:
tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he
said unto her, If thou weavest the SEVEN
locks of my head with the web.
Jdg 16:19
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she
caused him to shave off the SEVEN locks of his head; and she began to
afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Jdg 20:15
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities
twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered SEVEN hundred chosen
men.
Jdg 20:16
Among all this people [there were] SEVEN
hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could
sling stones at an hair [breadth], and not miss.
1Sa 6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines SEVEN
months.
1Sa 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer
burnt offerings, [and] to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: SEVEN
days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
1Sa 13:8 And he tarried SEVEN days, according to the set time that
Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel came not to Gilgal;
and the people were scattered from him.
1Sa 16:10 Again, Jesse made SEVEN of his sons to pass before Samuel.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
1Sa 31:13 And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted SEVEN days.
1Ki 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul,
which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts
thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he SEVEN years
in building it.
1Ki 7:17 [And] nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; SEVEN
for the one chapiter, and SEVEN for the
other chapiter.
1Ki 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a
great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath
unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, SEVEN days and SEVEN
days, [even] fourteen days.
1Ki 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he
went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again SEVEN
times.
1Ki 19:18 Yet I have left [me] SEVEN thousand in Israel, all
the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not
kissed him.
1Ki 20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces,
and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the
people, [even] all the children of Israel, [being] SEVEN
thousand.
1Ki 20:29 And they pitched one over against the other SEVEN days.
And [so] it was, that in the SEVENth
day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an
hundred thousand footmen in one day.
1Ki 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the
city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and SEVEN thousand of the
men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came
into the city, into an inner chamber.
2Ki 3:9 So the king of Israel
went, and the king of Judah,
and the king of Edom:
and they fetched a compass of SEVEN days' journey: and there was no
water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
2Ki 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for
him, he took with him SEVEN hundred men that drew swords, to break
through [even] unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
2Ki 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went
up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed SEVEN times,
and the child opened his eyes.
2Ki 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in
Jordan SEVEN times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
2Ki 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself SEVEN times in
Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again
like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
2Ki 8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose
son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever
thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also
come upon the land SEVEN years.
2Ki 8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God:
and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines
SEVEN years.
2Ki 8:3 And it came to pass at the SEVEN years' end,
that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she
went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
2Ki 11:21 SEVEN years old [was] Jehoash
when he began to reign.
2Ki 24:16 And all the men of might, [even] SEVEN thousand, and
craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war,
even them the king of Babylon brought captive
to Babylon.
1Ch 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul,
and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,
and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and
fasted SEVEN days.
1Ch 15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the
ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered SEVEN bullocks and SEVEN
rams.
2Ch 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast SEVEN days, and all Israel
with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
2Ch 7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept
the dedication of the altar SEVEN days, and the feast SEVEN
days.
2Ch 13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron,
and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of
[other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to
consecrate himself with a young bullock and SEVEN rams, [the same] may
be a priest of [them that are] no gods.
2Ch 15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil
[which] they had brought, SEVEN hundred oxen and SEVEN thousand
sheep.
2Ch 17:11 Also [some] of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, SEVEN thousand
and SEVEN hundred rams, and SEVEN thousand and SEVEN
hundred he goats.
2Ch 29:21 And they brought SEVEN bullocks, and SEVEN rams,
and SEVEN lambs, and SEVEN he goats, for a sin offering for the
kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the
priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] on the altar of the LORD.
2Ch 30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept
the feast of unleavened bread SEVEN days with great gladness: and the
Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, [singing] with loud
instruments unto the LORD.
2Ch 30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all
the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat
throughout the feast SEVEN days, offering peace offerings, and making
confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
2Ch 30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other SEVEN
days: and they kept [other] SEVEN days with gladness.
2Ch 35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the
passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened
bread SEVEN days.
Ezr 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread SEVEN days with joy: for the
LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto
them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of
Israel.
Ezr 7:14
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his SEVEN counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God
which [is] in thine hand;
Neh 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of
the law of God. And they kept the feast SEVEN days; and on the eighth
day [was] a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
Job 2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground SEVEN days and SEVEN
nights, and none spake a
word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very great.
Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in SEVEN there
shall no evil touch thee.
Job 42:8 Therefore take unto you now SEVEN bullocks and SEVEN
rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering;
and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal
with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing
which is] right, like my servant Job.
Psa 12:6
The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified SEVEN times.
Psa 119:164 SEVEN times a day do I praise thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
Pro 6:16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, SEVEN [are] an
abomination unto him:
Pro 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath
hewn out her SEVEN pillars:
Pro 24:16 For a just [man] falleth SEVEN
times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall
fall into mischief.
Pro 26:16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than SEVEN men
that can render a reason.
Pro 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not:
for [there are] SEVEN abominations in his heart.
Isa 11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the
tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand
over the river, and shall smite it in the SEVEN streams, and make
[men] go over dryshod.
Isa 30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as
the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be SEVENfold,
as the light of SEVEN days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Jer 34:14 At the end of SEVEN years let ye go
every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he
hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go
free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined
their ear.
Eze 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where
they sat, and remained there astonished among them SEVEN days.
Eze 3:16 And it came to pass at the end of SEVEN
days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel
shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves,
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire SEVEN years:
Eze 39:12 And SEVEN months shall the house of Israel be
burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Eze 39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual
employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that
remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of SEVEN
months shall they search.
Eze 40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and
their palm trees, [were] after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by SEVEN
steps; and the arches thereof [were] before them.
Eze 40:26 And [there were] SEVEN steps to go
up to it, and the arches thereof [were] before them: and it had palm trees,
one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
Eze 41:3 Then went he
inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six
cubits; and the breadth of the door, SEVEN cubits.
Eze 43:25 SEVEN days shalt
thou prepare every day a goat [for] a sin offering: they shall also prepare a
young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
Eze 43:26 SEVEN days shall they purge the
altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
Eze 44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon
unto him SEVEN days.
Eze 45:21 In the first [month], in the fourteenth day
of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast
of SEVEN days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
Eze 45:23 And SEVEN days of the feast he shall
prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, SEVEN bullocks and SEVEN
rams without blemish daily the SEVEN days; and a kid of the goats
daily [for] a sin offering.
Eze 45:25 In the SEVENth
[month], in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast
of the SEVEN days, according to the sin offering, according to the
burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
Dan 3:19
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed
against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake,
and commanded that they should heat the furnace one SEVEN times more
than it was wont to be heated.
Dan 4:16 Let
his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him;
and let SEVEN times pass over him.
Dan 4:23 And
whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and
saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots
thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass
of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and [let] his portion
[be] with the beasts of the field, till SEVEN times pass over him;
Dan 4:25
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they
shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and SEVEN times shall pass over
thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in
the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he
will.
Dan 4:32 And
they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts
of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and SEVEN
times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth
it to whomsoever he will.
Amo 5:8 [Seek him] that maketh
the SEVEN stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the
day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of
the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the
earth: The LORD [is] his name:
Zec 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before
Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] SEVEN eyes: behold, I will engrave
the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I
will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Zec 4:2 And said unto me, What seest
thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with
a bowl upon the top of it, and his SEVEN lamps thereon, and SEVEN
pipes to the SEVEN lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:
Zec 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small
things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the
plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those SEVEN;
they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole
earth.
New Testament
Usages of the Word SEVEN
Mat 12:45
Then goeth he, and taketh
with himself SEVEN other spirits more wicked than himself, and they
enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the
first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Mat 15:34
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?
And they said, SEVEN, and a few little fishes.
Mat 15:36
And he took the SEVEN loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and
brake [them], and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Mat 15:37
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat]
that was left SEVEN baskets full.
Mat 16:10
Neither the SEVEN loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye
took up?
Mat 18:21
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against
me, and I forgive him? till SEVEN times?
Mat 18:22
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until SEVEN
times: but, Until SEVENty times SEVEN.
Mar 8:5 And
he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, SEVEN.
Mar 8:6 And
he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the SEVEN
loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before
[them]; and they did set [them] before the people.
Mar 8:8 So
they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was
left SEVEN baskets.
Mar 8:20 And
when the SEVEN among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up? And they said, SEVEN.
Mar 16:9 Now
when [Jesus] was risen early the first [day] of the week, he appeared first
to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast SEVEN devils.
Luk 8:2 And certain women, which had been healed of
evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went SEVEN
devils,
Luk 11:26 Then goeth he,
and taketh [to him] SEVEN other spirits more
wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state]
of that man is worse than the first.
Luk 17:4 And if he trespass against thee SEVEN
times in a day, and SEVEN times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I
repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Act 6:3
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you SEVEN men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business.
Act 13:19
And when he had destroyed SEVEN nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their
land to them by lot.
Act 21:27
And when the SEVEN days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all
the people, and laid hands on him,
Act 28:14
Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them SEVEN
days: and so we went toward Rome.
Rom 11:4 But
what saith the answer of God unto him? I have
reserved to myself SEVEN thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to
[the image of] Baal.
Hbr 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were
compassed about SEVEN days.
Rev 1:4 John
to the SEVEN churches which are in Asia:
Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which
is to come; and from the SEVEN Spirits which are before his throne;
Rev 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the SEVEN
churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and
unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos,
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Rev 1:12 And
I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And
being turned, I saw SEVEN golden candlesticks;
Rev 1:13 And
in the midst of the SEVEN candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Rev 1:16 And
he had in his right hand SEVEN stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as
the sun shineth in his strength.
Rev 1:20 The
mystery of the SEVEN stars which thou sawest in my
right hand, and the SEVEN golden candlesticks. The SEVEN stars
are the angels of the SEVEN churches: and the SEVEN
candlesticks which thou sawest are the SEVEN
churches.
Rev 2:1 Unto
the angel of the church
of Ephesus write; These
things saith he that holdeth
the SEVEN stars in his right hand, who walketh
in the midst of the SEVEN golden candlesticks;
Rev 3:1 And
unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the SEVEN Spirits of God, and
the SEVEN stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Rev 4:5 And
out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] SEVEN
lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the SEVEN Spirits
of God.
Rev 5:1 And I
saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and
on the backside, sealed with SEVEN seals.
Rev 5:5 And
one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold,
the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David,
hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the SEVEN seals thereof.
Rev 5:6 And I
beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in
the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having SEVEN
horns and SEVEN eyes, which are the SEVEN
Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Rev 8:2 And I
saw the SEVEN angels which stood before God; and to them were given SEVEN
trumpets.
Rev 8:6 And
the SEVEN angels which had the SEVEN trumpets prepared
themselves to sound.
Rev 10:3 And
cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth:
and when he had cried, SEVEN thunders uttered their voices.
Rev 10:4 And
when the SEVEN thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things
which the SEVEN thunders uttered, and write them not.
Rev 11:13
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the
city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men SEVEN
thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of
heaven.
Rev 12:3 And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having SEVEN heads and ten horns, and SEVEN crowns upon his
heads.
Rev 13:1 And
I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having SEVEN heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and
upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 15:1 And
I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous,
SEVEN angels having the SEVEN last plagues; for in them is
filled up the wrath of God.
Rev 15:6 And
the SEVEN angels came out of the temple, having the SEVEN
plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded
with golden girdles.
Rev 15:7 And
one of the four beasts gave unto the SEVEN angels SEVEN golden
vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever
and ever.
Rev 15:8 And
the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power;
and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the SEVEN plagues
of the SEVEN angels were fulfilled.
Rev 16:1 And
I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the SEVEN angels, Go
your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Rev 17:1 And
there came one of the SEVEN angels which had the SEVEN vials,
and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew
unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth
upon many waters:
Rev 17:3 So
he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit
upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having SEVEN heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:7 And
the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the
mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth
her, which hath the SEVEN heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:9 And
here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The SEVEN heads are SEVEN
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Rev 17:10
And there are SEVEN kings: five are fallen, and one is, [and] the
other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must
continue a short space.
Rev 17:11
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the SEVEN,
and goeth into perdition.
Rev 21:9 And
there came unto me one of the SEVEN angels which had the SEVEN
vials full of the SEVEN last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come
hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's
wife.
MR No. 81a - The Churches of
Revelation
[Release requested for H. Muderspach, West Danish Conference.] {1MR 372.1}
The messages given to the churches
in Asia, portray the state of things existing in the churches of
the religious world today. The
names of the churches are symbolic of the Christian church in different
periods of the Christian era; the number of the churches--SEVEN--indicates
completeness and is symbolic of the fact that the messages extend to the end
of time, and are enforced today; while the figures used are symbolic of
the state of God's professed people,--the wheat developing among the tares;
truth standing on its own eternal basis in contrast with error. Ms 81,
1900, pp. 17, 18. ("Solomon's Reign," 1900.) {1MR 372.2}
I wish to emphasize the fact, that the
churches to which John was told to send the instruction given him represent
all the churches in our world, and that this revelation to him is to be
studied and believed and preached by the SEVENth-day
Adventist Church today. Christ came personally to John to tell him "the
things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" (Revelation
1:19). And He said unto him, "What thou seest,
write in a book, and send it unto the SEVEN churches" (Revelation 1:11).
The light was not to be hidden under a bushel. {1MR 372.3}
In the revelation that Christ gave are
linked together in a chain of truth the important messages of warning that
are to be given to the world before Christ's second coming. The last message
of mercy is to be proclaimed where it has never yet been heard. The workers
are to labor with such
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self-denial, such self-sacrifice, that the message will be borne to those who
have not heard it. Letter 110, 1902, p. 4. (To Dr. David Paulson, July
7, 1902.)
White Estate Washington, D. C. April 9, 1956 {1MR 372.4}
MR No. 81a - The Churches of
Revelation
[Release requested for H. Muderspach, West Danish Conference.] {1MR 372.1}
The messages given to the churches in Asia,
portray the state of things existing in the churches of the religious world
today. The names of the churches are symbolic of the Christian church in
different periods of the Christian era; the number of the
churches--SEVEN--indicates completeness and is symbolic of the fact that the
messages extend to the end of time, and are enforced today; while the figures
used are symbolic of the state of God's professed people,--the wheat
developing among the tares; truth standing on its own eternal basis in
contrast with error. Ms 81, 1900, pp. 17, 18. ("Solomon's
Reign," 1900.) {1MR 372.2}
I wish to emphasize the fact, that the
churches to which John was told to send the instruction given him represent
all the churches in our world, and that this revelation to him is to be
studied and believed and preached by the SEVENth-day
Adventist Church today. Christ came personally to John to tell him "the
things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" (Revelation
1:19). And He said unto him, "What thou seest,
write in a book, and send it unto the SEVEN churches" (Revelation 1:11).
The light was not to be hidden under a bushel. {1MR 372.3}
In the revelation that Christ gave are
linked together in a chain of truth the important messages of warning that
are to be given to the world before Christ's second coming. The last message
of mercy is to be proclaimed where it has never yet been heard. The workers
are to labor with such
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self-denial, such self-sacrifice, that the message will be borne to those who
have not heard it. Letter 110, 1902, p. 4. (To Dr. David Paulson, July
7, 1902.)
White Estate Washington, D. C. April 9, 1956 {1MR 372.4}
We all entered the cloud together, and
were SEVEN days ascending to the sea of glass, when Jesus brought the
crowns, and with His own right hand placed them on our heads. He gave us
harps of gold and palms of victory. Here on the sea of glass the 144,000
stood in a perfect square. Some of them had very bright crowns, others not so
bright. Some crowns appeared heavy with stars, while others had but few. All
were perfectly satisfied with their crowns. And they were all
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clothed with a glorious white mantle from their shoulders to their feet.
Angels were all about us as we marched over the sea of glass to the gate of
the city. Jesus raised His mighty, glorious arm, laid hold of the pearly
gate, swung it back on its glittering hinges, and said to us, "You have
washed your robes in My blood, stood stiffly for My truth, enter in." We
all marched in and felt that we had a perfect right in the city. {EW 16.2}
As we were traveling along, we met a
company who also were gazing at the glories of the place. I noticed red as a
border on their garments; their crowns were brilliant; their robes were pure
white. As we greeted
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them, I asked Jesus who they were. He said they were martyrs that had been
slain for Him. With them was an innumerable company of little ones; they also
had a hem of red on their garments. Mount Zion
was just before us, and on the mount was a glorious temple, and about it were
SEVEN other mountains, on which grew roses and lilies. And I saw the
little ones climb, or, if they chose, use their little wings and fly, to the
top of the mountains and pluck the never-fading flowers. There were all kinds
of trees around the temple to beautify the place: the box, the pine, the fir,
the oil, the myrtle, the pomegranate, and the fig tree bowed down with the
weight of its timely figs--these made the place all over glorious. And as we
were about to enter the holy temple, Jesus raised His lovely voice and said,
"Only the 144,000 enter this place," and we shouted,
"Alleluia." {EW 18.2}
This temple was supported by SEVEN
pillars, all of transparent gold, set with pearls most glorious. The
wonderful things I there saw I cannot describe. Oh, that I could talk in the
language of Canaan, then could I tell a
little of the glory of the better world. I saw there tables of stone in which
the names of the 144,000 were engraved in letters of gold. After we beheld
the glory of the temple, we went out, and Jesus left us and went to the city.
Soon we heard His lovely voice again, saying, "Come, My people, you have
come out of great tribulation, and done My will; suffered for Me; come in to
supper, for I will gird Myself, and serve you." We shouted,
"Alleluia! glory!" and entered into the
city. And I saw a table of pure silver; it was many miles in length, yet our
eyes could extend over it. I saw the fruit of the tree of life, the manna,
almonds, figs, pomegranates, grapes, and many other kinds of fruit. I asked
Jesus to let me eat of the fruit. He said, "Not now. Those who eat of
the fruit of this
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land go back to earth no more. But in a little while, if faithful, you shall both
eat of the fruit of the tree of life and drink of the water of the
fountain." And He said, "You must go back to the earth again and
relate to others what I have revealed to you." Then an angel bore me
gently down to this dark world. Sometimes I think I can stay here no longer;
all things of earth look so dreary. I feel very lonely here, for I have seen
a better land. Oh, that I had wings like a dove, then
would I fly away and be at rest!
{EW 18.2}
We felt an unusual spirit of prayer.
And as we prayed the Holy Ghost fell upon us. We were very happy. Soon I was
lost to earthly things and was wrapped in a vision of God's glory. I saw an
angel flying swiftly to me. He quickly carried me from the earth to the Holy City.
In the city I saw a temple, which I entered. I passed through a door before I
came to the first veil. This veil was raised, and I passed into the holy
place. Here I saw the altar of incense, the candlestick with SEVEN lamps,
and the table on which was the shewbread. After
viewing the glory of the holy, Jesus raised the second veil and I passed into
the holy of holies. {EW 32.2}
The Sealing
At the commencement of the holy Sabbath, January 5, 1849, we engaged in
prayer with Brother Belden's family at Rocky
Hill, Connecticut,
and the Holy Ghost fell upon us. I was taken off in vision to the most holy
place, where I saw Jesus still interceding for Israel. On the bottom of His
garment was a bell and a pomegranate. Then I saw
that Jesus would not leave the most holy place until every case was decided
either for salvation or destruction, and that the wrath of God could not come
until Jesus had finished His work in the most holy place, laid
off His priestly attire, and clothed Himself with the garments of vengeance.
Then Jesus will step out from between the Father and man, and God will keep
silence no longer, but pour out His wrath on those who have rejected His
truth. I saw that the anger of the nations, the wrath of God, and the time to
judge the dead were separate and distinct, one following the other, also that
Michael had not stood up, and that the time of trouble, such as never was,
had not yet commenced. The nations are now getting angry, but when our High
Priest has finished His work in the sanctuary, He will stand up, put on the
garments of vengeance, and then the SEVEN last plagues will be poured
out. {EW 36.1}
It was a crown within a crown, SEVEN
in number. The crowns of the saints were of the most pure gold, decked
with stars. Their faces shone with glory, for they were in the express image
of Jesus; and as they arose and moved all together to the top of the city, I
was enraptured with the sight. {EW 53.1}
I asked the angel why there was no
more faith and power in Israel.
He said, "Ye let go of the arm of the Lord too soon. Press your petitions
to the throne, and hold on by strong faith. The promises are sure. Believe ye
receive the things ye ask for, and ye shall have them." I was then
pointed to Elijah. He was subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly. His faith endured the trial. SEVEN times he prayed before
the Lord, and at last the cloud was seen. I saw that we had doubted the sure
promises, and wounded the Saviour by our lack of
faith. Said the angel, "Gird the armor about thee, and above all take
the shield of faith; for that will guard the heart, the very life, from the
fiery darts of the wicked." If the enemy can lead the desponding to take
their eyes off from Jesus, and look to themselves, and dwell upon their own
unworthiness, instead of dwelling upon the worthiness of Jesus, His love, His
merits, and His great mercy, he will get away their shield of faith and gain
his object; they will be exposed to his fiery temptations. The weak should
therefore look to Jesus, and believe in Him; they then exercise faith.
(74) {EW 73.2}
35: Gospel Order
"AND in those days, when the
number of the disciples multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians
against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
ministration." These Grecians were residents of other countries, where
the Greek language was spoken. By far the larger number of
converts were Jews who spoke Hebrew; but these had lived in the Roman Empire, and spoke only Greek. Murmurings began to
rise among them that the Grecian widows were not so liberally supplied as the
needy among the Hebrews. Any partiality of this kind would have been grievous to God; and prompt measures were taken to restore
peace and harmony to the believers. {SR 259.1}
The Holy Spirit suggested a method
whereby the apostles might be relieved from the task of apportioning to the poor, and similar burdens, so that they could be left free
to preach Christ. "Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples
unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should
leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
among you SEVEN men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give
ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word." {SR
259.2}
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The church accordingly selected SEVEN
men full of faith and the wisdom of the Spirit of God, to attend to the
business pertaining to the cause. Stephen was chosen first; he was a Jew by
birth and religion, but spoke the Greek language, and was conversant with the
customs and manners of the Greeks. He was therefore considered the most
proper person to stand at the head and have supervision of the disbursement
of the funds appropriated to the widows, orphans, and the worthy poor. This
selection met the minds of all, and the dissatisfaction and murmuring were
quieted. {SR 260.1}
The SEVEN chosen men were solemnly set
apart for their duties by prayer and the laying on of hands. Those who were
thus ordained were not thereby excluded from teaching the faith. On the
contrary, it is recorded that "Stephen, full of faith and power, did
great wonders and miracles among the people." They were fully qualified
to instruct in the truth. They were also men of calm judgment and discretion,
well calculated to deal with difficult cases of trial, of murmuring or
jealousy. {SR 260.2}
This choosing of men to transact the
business of the church, so that the apostles could be left free for their
special work of teaching the truth, was greatly blessed of God. The church
advanced in numbers and strength. "And the word of God increased; and
the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of
the priests were obedient to the faith." {SR 260.3}
It is necessary that the same order
and system should be maintained in the church now as in the days of the
apostles. The prosperity of the cause depends very largely upon its various
departments being conducted by men of ability, who are qualified for their
positions. Those who are chosen of God to
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be leaders in the cause of God, having the
general oversight of the spiritual interest of the church, should be
relieved, as far as possible, from cares and perplexities of a temporal
nature. Those whom God has called to minister in word and doctrine should
have time for meditation, prayer, and study of the Scriptures. Their clear
spiritual discernment is dimmed by entering into the lesser details of
business and dealing with the various temperaments of those who meet together
in church capacity. It is proper for all matters of a temporal nature to come
before the proper officers and be by them adjusted. But if they are of so
difficult a character as to baffle their wisdom, they should be carried into
the council of those who have the oversight of the entire church. {SR 260.4}