The world’s favorite number is Seven.
We have the Seven Hills of Rome, Seven Hills of Istanbul. Seven days in a week, Seven Seas, Seven Continents, 7UP, 7-Eleven, James Bond 007, The Seven Year Itch, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the 7th Inning Stretch to name just a few …
Alexander the Great brought 70 Greek scholars from Athens to Alexandria Egypt in 300 BC to translate the Hebrew Bible to Greek called the Septuagint (from the Latin meaning 70).
Profoundly, Seven is the number of completeness and perfection being tied directly to God’s creation of all things. The word “created” is used 7 times describing God’s creative work: Genesis 1:1, 21, 27 three times; 2:3; 2:4. St. Paul had his epiphany 7 years after the Crucifixion of Jesus.
God's Sabbath is on the 7th day of the week.
The Christian Bible was originally divided into 7 major divisions:
- Law
- History
- Psalms
- Prophecy of the Old Testament
- General Epistles
- Epistles of Paul
- Revelation
This profound number has always been in my thoughts and research since my travels through Asia Minor, Greece, while serving in the United States Army Security Agency stationed in Ankara Turkey 1963-1964.
Just a few thoughts on the number seven from a numbers person who was a business school graduate working with numbers my entire life.
And, this proud father was blessed with a daughter Renee, born 7-7-77 and watched the Delivery Nurse look at the wall clock to record 7:14 AM.