The Supernatural chains of the Number Seven found in the Bible, with Dr Richard Kent
In the Bible the number Seven is the number of spiritual perfection.
This is reflected both in the Bible, and in Nature.
Examples of the number Seven found in the Bible and in Nature
- 7 days of the week
- 7 colours of the rainbow
- 7 notes in music
- Miracles of Jesus = 35 (7 x 5)
- Parables of Jesus = 35 (7 x 5)
- Miracles and parables of Jesus = 70 (7 x 10)
- Number of miracles in John's gospel = 7
- Number of people raised from the dead =7 (2 in the Old T, 5 in the New T)
- Pieces of furniture in the Tabernacle = 7
- Number of feasts =7
- Articles in the Tabernacle =7
- Occasions where Jesus shed His blood from Gethsemane to his death =7
- 7 letters to 7 churches in Revelation
- 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 bowls in Revelation
The recurrent number 7 found in the “natural world”
- 7 days of the week
- colours of the rainbow
- 7 notes in music
The recurrent number 7 found in “the Bible”
- Miracles of Jesus = 35 (7 x 5)
- Parables of Jesus = 35 (7 x 5)
- Miracles and parables of Jesus = 70 (7 x 10)
- Number of miracles in John's gospel = 7
- Number of people raised from the dead = 7 (2 in the Old Testament, 5 in the New Testament)
- Pieces of furniture in the Tabernacle = 7
The Altar of Burnt Offering
The Laver
The Table of Showbread
The Lampstand
The Alter of Incense
The Ark of the Covenant
The Mercy Seat
- Number of feasts = 7 (Leviticus 23:1 – 43)
Sabbath
Passover
First fruits
Pentecost
Trumpets
Atonement
Tabernacles
- Occasions where Jesus shed His blood from Gethsemane to his death =7
- In the book of Revelation
7 letters to 7 churches, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, and 7 bowls.
In the Bible the number seven is the number of spiritual perfection
There are myriad chains and sequences of sevens found in
1. The surface text of the Hebrew and Greek of the Old and the New Testaments
2. The Hebrew and Greek numeric of the Bible
The Bible is unique, and clearly of supernatural design, as proved by Ivan Panin
Ivan Panin was a Russian mathematician (1855 – 1942). His mathematical work proving the supernatural origin of the Bible was submitted for a Noble Prize in Mathematics in 1932, and has
never been disproved. A small portion of his very technical work is as follows:
Matthew 1:1-16 concerns the names of ancestors of Jesus Christ, and reads as follows:
“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon. And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.”
The following observations were made by Ivan Panin about this passage:
- The number of words are divisible by seven
- The number of letters are divisible by seven
- The number of vowels are divisible by seven.
- The number of consonants are divisible by seven.
- The number of words beginning with a vowel is divisible by seven.
- The number of words beginning with consonants is divisible by seven.
- The number of words that occur more than once is divisible by seven.
- The number of words that occur in only one form are divisible by seven.
- The number of words that occur more than once are divisible by seven.
- The number of nouns are divisible by seven.
- Only seven words are not nouns.
- The number of names is divisible by seven.
- Only seven other kinds of noun are present.
- The number of male names is divisible by seven.
- The number of generations is divisible by seven
The implication of the above lists of names, and the characteristics associated with those names, is
simply beyond the ability of man to comprehend.
It would be impossible for anyone to construct a list of names with these characteristics.
It is quite impossible for anyone to arrange the name of his own father, let alone names of members
of the family tree in many preceding generations. Only God could have arranged this, conclusively
proving the supernatural authenticity of Scripture.
(This material was sourced from Chuck Missler's briefing package “Beyond Coincidence”,
demonstrating the supernatural authority of the Bible, see www.khouse.org)