Christians: what is the significance with the number 7?

Question

In the Bible, It seems the number '7' is considered by God to be a 'perfect' number... Do you know why?

Thanks for your thoughts (-:

Answer 1

Seven is the number of completion. This is apparent at the beginning of the Bible and at the end of the Bible.
Six days of creation and on the seventh He rested.

Seven notes on a piano when you get to the eighth, you up an octave from the first.

Answer 2

Interesting, yesterday at our pagan Ostara ritual, there was a presentation called:
A Celtic Spring Equinox Celebration "Sacred Stories of the Young God: Aengus, Mabon, Maponos"
Exploring the "Young God" in Continental, British, Irish and Welsh religions. Archaeology, history and sacred stories, full of adventure, trickery and romance, will all be used to reveal the depth and beauty this important and widely worshipped deity.
We will also look as some of the popular misconceptions about this god and discuss the relevance of this deity and his themes in the modern world.

anyway, i noticed the number 7 and 3 came up many times throughout the lecture and corresponding stories. i wonder what the correlation is?

Answer 3

Number 7 : ?
Because the ladder 's steps to go to the sky are the 7 planets of the solar system, and everything which goes around them, as colours, numbers, and more, etc.
The eight planet is the Earth, known as the third in place from the SUN.

Answer 4

# In Christianity:

* The number of churches of Asia to which the "Book of Revelation" is addressed.
* The number of the Seven Virtues: Chastity, Moderation, Liberality, Charity, Meekness, Zeal, and Humility, corresponding to the seven deadly sins.
* The seven terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin).
* The number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic faith, and most reformed traditions.
* The number of heads of the beast of the Book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra and the number of seals.
* In the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew 18:21, Jesus says to Peter to forgive seventy times seven times.[1]
* The number of times Cain will be avenged by God if he is murdered (Gen 4:15).
* In the Bible, the number seven is the perfect number, six is imperfect.
* In Roman Catholicism, and some reformed traditions, the Blessed Virgin Mary has Seven Joys: The Incarnation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Visit of the Magi, the Finding of Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem, the Ressurection of Christ, and The Assumption of Mary into Heaven.
* In Roman Catholicism, and some reformed traditions, the Blessed Virgin Mary has Seven Sorrows: The Prophecy of Simeon, the Flight into Egypt, the Three Day Loss of the Christ Child in the Temple of Jerusalem, the Carrying of the Cross, the Crucifixion of Christ, the Pieta, and the Closing of the Holy Sepulchre.

# In the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is 77th in a direct line.

Answer 5

It's not just in the bible, seven is a common theme in life in general. For example, in music there are 7 major notes. The prism produces 7 colors. In geochemistry, there are 7 crystal systems, the periodic table has 7 levels of periodicity, etc.

Answer 6

Seven is used frequently in the Scriptures to signify completeness. At times it has reference to bringing a work toward completion. Or it can refer to the complete cycle of things as established or allowed by God. By completing his work toward the earth in six creative days and resting on the seventh day, Jehovah set the pattern for the whole Sabbath arrangement, from the seven-day week to the Jubilee year that followed the seven-times-seven–year cycle

Answer 7

Seven means complete and perfect. That's why the antichrist's number is 666 because it falls short of the number 7. And also 3 means complete too, meaning that 666 is completely evil.
Well, this is a theory, but it makes sense to me.

Answer 8

Because the Bible was written by men. I think the most likely suggestion is that of the 'seven heavenly bodies' visible to the naked eye. Sun, Moon and the five classical naked eye planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.

Answer 9

7 is an important number to lots of acient cultures the Jews who wrote the stories of the old Testiment must have been included in those cultures. I don't know why, but it's still the lucky number...

Answer 10

The seventh day was a day of rest for God after he created the world. That's the only thing i can think of.