Chapter 7. 7
Secret Sevens
Seven Tribulation Armies - Seven Prides of life –
Seven Attributes of Christ
Seven Sevens - Seven Days - Seven Tests - Seven
Contrast - Seven Spirits
Seven Test of our profession of faith – Seven
Traits of being born again
Seven Mysteries - Seven Players - Seven Crowns –
Seven times to Pray
Seven Test of the Christian’s Genuineness - Seven
Tribulation Sins
Seven Reasons the Epistle were written - Seven
Satanic Teachings
First Word
Seven
is the Biblical number for completeness and is found throughout
scripture. It originates with the
completeness of the creation of earth in seven days.
As we proceed you will begin to see that
The
Book of 1st John unravels SEVEN lists of SEVEN.
1)
Seven
Reasons the Epistle was written
2) Seven Tests
3) Seven Contrasts
4) Seven Traits of being born again
5) Seven Test of our profession of faith
6) Seven Test of the Christian’s genuineness
7)
Seven Test
of honesty and reality.
1) Epistle Written
There
are SEVEN reasons the Epistles of 1st John were written.
1)
We write to make our joy complete[2]
2)
Written so you will not sin[3]
3)
Writing the new command: Love your brother[4]
4)
Written to Fathers, Children and Young Men: To
know that your sins have been forgiven.[5]
5)
That we will have confidence in walking in His
will and that He hears our prayers.[6]
6)
So we can have truth and understanding of the
True God and His Son Jesus Christ.[7]
7)
Writing about those who would lead you astray.[8]
2) Tests
There
are SEVEN tests
1)
Are you righteous? Anyone that is righteous has been born of Him.
[9]
2)
Do you continue in Sin? [10]
3)
Do you do right? [11]
4)
Do you love your brother? [12]
5)
Do you confess Jesus is Lord? Is your Spirit from God? Test the spirits.[13]
6)
Do you listen to the teachings? [14]
7)
Does the world hate you? [15]
3) Contrasts
There
are SEVEN contrasts.
1)
God is light, in Him there is no darkness.[16]
2)
The world and its desires will pass away but the
will of God lives forever.[17]
3)
What we will be is unknown, but when He appears
we shall be like Him.[18]
4)
We have passed from death to life.[19]
5)
Sin is Lawlessness.[20]
6)
Blood purifies us from sin.[21]
7)
One who continues in sin does not know God.[22]
4) Born again
There
are SEVEN traits of being born again.
1)
Profession: Confess our
sins; that we were born in Sin and need a Savior.[23]
2)
Desire: If we remain
in Christ, we are His.[24]
3)
Doctrine: The Father
sent His son to be the Savior of the World.[25]
4)
Test of Conduct: Obey His
words; His commands.[26]
5)
Discernment: We know He
lives in us by the Spirit He gave us.[27]
6)
Motives: We carry out
God’s commands because we love Him.[28]
7)
New Birth: He has given
us of His Spirit.[29]
5) Profession of Faith
There
are SEVEN tests of our profession of faith
1)
Do you acknowledge the Son?[30]
2)
Have you received His Spirit?[31]
3)
Has the Gospel message you have learned from the
beginning remained in you?[32]
4)
Are you righteous? Do you do what is right?[33]
5)
Do you have concern for your brother’s needs?[34]
6)
Do you walk as Jesus walked?[35]
7)
Would you lay down your life for a fellow
believer?[36] This
is a hard one for me.
6) Christian Genuineness
There
are SEVEN tests of the Christians
genuineness.
1)
Do you confess that Jesus Christ has come in the
flesh from God?[37]
2)
Is your relationship with the world; seeking,
craving and boasting of worldly possessions?[38]
3)
Do you receive the teachings; the scriptures of
Christianity?[39]
4)
Do you know the commandments of God and DO them?[40]
5)
Do you have an outward, outpouring love toward
the brethren?[41]
6)
Does the Holy Spirit dwell within you allowing
you to hear from God?[42]
7)
Can you see the light of the Gospel scriptures
that are God breathed?[43]
7) Honesty and Reality
There are SEVEN
tests of Honesty and Reality
1)
Do you know the True God and His Son?[44]
2)
Is the truth of your love with just words or with
actions?[45]
3)
Does your heart commend you or condemn you?[46]
4)
Do you believe in Jesus and love one another?[47]
5)
Do you testify of the Spirit, Water and the
Blood?[48]
6)
Do you fellowship with other believers?[49]
7)
Are you unashamed and confident of His coming?[50]
THERE ARE EVEN MORE SEVENS
SEVEN Mysteries
These SEVEN mysteries
were declared by God to His prophets.
1)
The mystery of God’s Promise[51]
2)
The mystery of God’s Will[52]
3)
The mystery of Lawlessness[53]
4)
The mystery of Godliness[54]
5)
The mystery of Israel[55]
6)
The mystery of the Seven Stars[56]
7)
The mystery Woman on the Beast[57]
SEVEN Players
There are SEVEN players in
Revelation Chapter 12.
1)
The Woman: Representing
the Nation of Israel – Symbolic
also of Eve
2)
The Seed: The remnant of
Israel
3)
The Man Child: Jesus the
Messiah
4)
The Archangel: Michael
5)
The Beast out of
the Earth:
* False Spirit. The Religious Leader, False Prophet.
6)
The Beast out of
the Sea:
* False Son. The
world Dictator, The Antichrist.
7) The Dragon, Satan: * False God. The Anti-God.
* Notice the Counterfeit Trinity
Barren Women
There are SEVEN
Women in scripture were mentioned as barren.
1) Sarah – barren, but later bore Isaac.[58]
2) Rebekah – barren, but later bore twins; Esau and
Jacob.[59]
3) Rachel – barren, but later bore Reuben, Simeon
and Levi.[60]
4) Manoah’s wife – remained barren[61]
5) Hannah – barren, but later bore seven children[62]
6) Michael – remained barren[63]
7)
Hills, Mountains, Cities
The SEVEN
Hills of Revelation are the SEVEN Cities on SEVEN mountains in Rome;
1)
Palatine
2)
Aventine
3)
Caelian
4)
Esquiline
5)
Viminal
6)
Quirnal
7)
Capitoline
The “Seven Hills of Rome” is found throughout Roman
literature and on coins of her day.
Thunders
The
SEVEN thunders are the complete Voice of God.
Think of the magnitude of a hurricane. This voice is NOT an invitation of
grace, but an announcement of Judgment.
1)
Powerful[65]
2)
Majestic[66]
3)
Breaks[67]
4)
Strikes[68]
5)
Shakes[69]
6)
Twists[70]
7)
Strips[71]
Prayer
There are SEVEN
scriptural times to pray
1)
In the morning[72]
2)
Day and night[73]
3)
Morning,
4)
All night[75]
5)
Without ceasing[76]
6)
Always[77]
7)
In the time of need.[78]
Churches
There were SEVEN
Churches around Ephesus in the Roman providence, namely Asia Minor. [79]
1)
Ephesus
2)
Smyrna
3)
Pergamum
4)
Thyatira
5)
Sardis
6)
Philadelphia
7)
Laodicea
These seven churches were selected out of many for TWO reasons;
a)
Because of the typical congregational problems that apply throughout the ages and
b)
It also identifies “in order” the period of time
of the church
ages.
We seem to be presently in the seventh or
last period of the church age, the Laodicean Church.
Five out of the seven churches were told
to repent. Consequently we are led to see that five out of
seven believers today probably need to repent.
Tribulation Armies
The SEVEN
Tribulation armies.[80]
1)
Meshech: Moscow
2)
Tubal: Tobolsk; Gog
(Russia) and Magog (Russia’s armies)
3)
Persia: Iran, Iraq,
Afghanistan
4)
Cush: Ethiopia and
Libya
5)
Put: Africa
6)
Gomer: Eastern Europe
7)
Beth Togarmah: Southeastern
Europe
Tribulation Sins
There
are SEVEN big sins during the tribulation
1)
Drugs
2)
Witchcraft
3)
Demon worship
4)
Murder
5)
Crime
6)
Theft
7)
Sexual activity outside of the one partner
marriage (male/female).
Major SATANIC Teachings
There are SEVEN
Major Teachings propagated by SATAN: The underlying message spun from the web out of
the pit of HELL is; “All the spokes in a wheel lead to the same hub”.
1)
Sin and evil do not exist; peace and love are the
ultimate realities.
2)
All religions lead to the same goal; all have
equal merit.
3)
The Ancient Wisdom of Babylon is the basis for
all truth; not the Bible.
4)
Jesus is not the only Christ or Messiah and is
definitely not God.
5)
God is cosmic, an energy force; He is not
personal.
6)
Man is God himself; his creative powers need to
be awakened.
7)
Man can and should receive spiritual instruction
from the spirit world.
Pride of Life
There are SEVEN
characteristics of pride
1)
Self-Righteousness; they are
righteous in their own eyes; flatter themselves, conceded.[81]
2)
Position: The need to be
elevated as high as their boss.[82]
3)
Power: The need to
control everything within reach.[83]
4)
Richs: Desiring money,
precious stones, jewelry and THINGS.[84]
5)
Beauty: Loving the
glitzy; carrying themselves haughtily.[85]
6)
Strength to make
war:
leading astray with false testimony.[86]
7)
Lifting up of
one self: Heart becomes proud.[87]
Crowns
There are SEVEN
crowns for the Believer
After we receive our crowns, we will sit at the wedding feast as the
bride of Christ. The more crowns we have
earned, the more we have to throw at the feet of Jesus.
1)
Imperishable
Crown:
Those who have victory over their old spirit man.[88]
2)
Crown of
Righteousness: Those longing for His appearance.[89]
3)
Crown of Life: Those that are
tested even unto death; the Martyr’s Crown.[90]
4)
Crown of Glory: Overseers or
Elders Crown.[91]
5)
Crown of Honor: Those who
serve the flock.[92]
6)
Crown of
Rejoicing:
Our hope and joy.[93]
7)
Crown of the
Soul Winner:
The beloved standing fast.[94]
Spirits
The SEVEN
Spirits are seven characteristics of the Holy Spirit. All together they
represent the complete Spirit of the Lord. [95]
1)
Wisdom
2)
Understanding
3)
Counsel
4)
Power
5)
Knowledge
6)
Righteousness
7)
Faithfulness.
Attributes of Christ
There are SEVEN
attributes of Christ; seven is
Complete.
1)
Power
2)
Wealth
3)
Wisdom
4)
Strength
5)
Honor
6)
Glory
7)
Praise
I can just hear 50 million Angels in the throne room, in half of the
circle, singing and chant, “Power” then 50 million in the other half say, “Wealth”
then passing it back, “Wisdom”, then back “Strength”, etc. What an awesome sound; a choir of 100 Million praising God.
Revelation 5:12 – The Seven attributes of Christ
12 In a loud
voice they (the angels) sang:
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive POWER and WEALTH and WISDOM and STRENGTH and HONOR and GLORY and PRAISE!"
NIV
Opposed by God
There are SEVEN
things God opposes.
1)
He takes no pleasure in wickedness[96]
2)
He cannot dwell with evil[97]
3)
He cannot tolerate the arrogant to stand in His
presence[98]
4)
He hates workers of iniquity[99]
5)
He hates a lying tongue[100]
6)
He hates bloody men[101]
7)
He hates deceitful men[102]
I Wills of God
There
were SEVEN “I will” statements given by God to Isaac.
1)
I will be with you.[103]
2)
I will bless you[104]
3)
I will give you all these countries.[105]
4)
I will perform the oath given to Abraham.[106]
5)
I will multiply your seed as the stars.[107]
6)
I will give all these countries to your seed[108]
7)
I will bless you and multiply you because of
Abraham.[109]
Things about God
There are SEVEN
things we should know about God
1)
The Lord your God, He is God.[110]
2)
He is the faithful God.[111]
3)
He keeps covenants with His people[112]
4)
He shows mercy with those that love Him and keep
His commandments.[113]
5)
He keeps His covenants and shows mercy to
thousands of generations.[114]
6)
He repays those that Hate Him.[115]
7)
His payment for rebellion is death.[116]
There’s a bunch more SEVENS to be found in
scripture to study, here’s a few more; Seven Lampstands, Seven Seals, Seven
Bowls or Vials, Seven Trumpets, Seven Horns, Seven Eyes, Seven years
tribulation, Seven Angels, Seven last plagues, Seven Stars, and then there is
Seventy times Seven.
I counted 278 “SEVENS” of things
in the scriptures, and that does not include the words “Sevenfold” or “Seventy”. I’m
exhausted … This is more than my brain can hold.
[1] 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness
[2] 1 John 15:11 – My Joy may
be complete in you
[3] 1 John 2:1 – Written so
you will not sin --1 John 2:12 – Your sins have been forgiven
[4] 1 John 2:8 – A new
command; Love your brother
[5] 1 John 2:12-14 – Written
to Fathers, Children and Young men
[6] 1 John 5:13-14 –
Confidence; He hears us
[7] 1 John 2:21 – Write
because you know the truth
[8] 1 John 2:26 - There are
those who would lead you astray.
[9] 1 John 2:29 – Is he
righteous
[10] 1 John 3:6 – Does he
continue to sin
[11] 1 John 3:10 – Does what
is right
[12] 1 John 3:14-15 – Does he
love his brother
[13] 1 John 4:2-3 – Test the spirits
[14] 1 John 4:6 – Do you
listen to Gods teachers.
[15] 1 John 3:13 – Does the
world hate you
[16] 1 John 1:5-6 – God is light, in Him there is no darkness
[17] 1 John 2:17 – The world
will pass away but God’s “will” lives forever.
[18] 1 John 3:2 – What we will
be is unknown, but we shall be like Him
[19] 1 John 3:14 – We have
passed from death to life
[20] 1 John 3:4 – Sin is
lawlessness
[21] 1 John 1:7 – The blood of
Christ purifies us from sin
[22] 1 John 3:6 – One who
continues in sin does not know God
[23] 1 John 1:9-10 – Profession: Confess our sins
[24] 1 John 2:19 – Desire: Those that remain belong to Christ
[25] 1 John 4:14 – Doctrine: The Father has sent his Son
[26] 1 John 2:3-6 – Conduct: Obeys His Word – Walks as Jesus did
[27] 1 John 3:24 – Discernment: By the Spirit He lives in us
[28] 1 John 5:2 – Motives: We do His commands because we love Him
[29] 1 John 4:13 – New Birth: He has given us of His Spirit.
[30] 1 John
[31] 1 John
[32] 1 John
[33] 1 John 3:7-8 - Do you do
what is right?
[34] 1 John
[35] 1 John 2:5-6 – Do you
walk as Jesus walked?
[36] 1 John
[37] 1 John 4:2-3 – Confesses
Jesus Christ has come from God
[38] 1 John 4:5 – Does not
speak from the worlds viewpoint -- 1 John 2:15-17 – Doesn’t love the world --
James 4:4 – Is not a friend of the World
[39] 1 John 4:6 – Accepts
Christian teachings. -- 1 John 5:10– Believes the word of God -- 2 Timothy
[40] 1 John
[41] 1 John 4:7-21 – Loves his
brother -- 1 John
[42] 1 John 4:4-6 – The Spirit
dwells within them.
[43] 2 Corenthians 4:4 – Sees
the light of the Gospel
[44] 1 John
[45] 1 John
[46] 1 John 3:19-20 – Does
your heart commend you or condemn you?
[47] 1 John
[48] 1 John 5:7-9 – THREE TESTIFY; the Spirit, Water
and Blood agree
[49] 1 John 1:3-4 – To
fellowship with other believers.
[50] 1 John
[51] Ephesians3:6 – The
Mystery of God’s Promise
Revelation 17:7 – The Mystery of the Woman on the Beast
[52] Ephesians 1:9 – The
Mystery of God’s Will
[53] 2 Thessalonians 2:7 – The
Mystery of Lawlessness
[54] 1 Timothy
[55] Romans
[56] Revelation 1:20 – The
Mystery of the seven stars.
[57] Revelation 17:7 – The
Mystery of the Woman on the Beast
[58] Genesis
[59] Genesis 25:21 - Rebekah was barren
[60] Genesis 29:31 - Rachel was barren
[61] Judges 13:2 - Manoah was sterile
[62] 1 Samuel 2:5 - Hannah was barren
[63] 2 Samuel
[64] Luke 1:7 - Elizabeth was barren
[65] Psalms 29:3 – Seven
Thunders; Powerful
[66] Psalms 29:4 – Seven
Thunders; Majestic
[67] Psalms 29:5 – Seven
Thunders; Breaks
[68] Psalms 29:7 – Seven
Thunders; Strikes
[69] Psalms 29:8 – Seven
Thunders; Shakes
[70] Psalms 29:9 – Seven
Thunders; Twists
[71] Psalms 29:3 – Seven
Thunders; Strips
[72] Psalms 5:3 – Pray in the Morning
[73] Psalms 88:1-2 – Pray Day and Night
[74] Psalms 55:17 – Pray at
[75] Luke
[76] 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 –
Pray Continually
[77] Ephesians 6:18 – Pray On all occasions; Always
[78] Hebrews
[79] Revelation 1:11 – The
Churches; Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia and Laodicea
[80]
Ezekiel 38:3-6 –
Seven Tribulation Armies Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Cush, Gomer, Put, and Beth Togarmah
[81] Job 32:1 – They are
righteous in their own eyes. -- Psalms 36:2-3 – Flatters himself -- 1 Timothy
3:6 – Conceited
[82] Genesis 3:5 – They want
to be elevated in their position -- 3 John 9 – Loves to be first
[83] Lev 26:19-20 – Desires
power and strength; stubborn pride
[84] Psalms 39:6 – Uses
personal riches to lift himself up -- Ezekiel 28:12-17 – The desire for riches
and splendor.
[85] Isaiah
[86] Psalms 24:4 – Swears
falsely
[87] Ezekiel 28:5 – Lifts
himself up in business; Heart grows proud.
[88] 1 Corenthians
[89] 2 Timothy 4:8 – Crown of Righteousness
[90] Revelation 2:10 – Crown of Life
[91] 1 Peter 5:4 – Crown of Glory
[92] Psalm 8:5 – Crown of Honor
[93] 1 Thessalonians
[94] Philippians 4:1 – Crown of the Soul Winner
[95] Isaiah 11:2-5 – Seven
Spirits of the Holy Spirit; wisdom understanding, counsel, power, knowledge,
righteousness, faithfulness
[96] Psalms 5:4 – Takes no
pleasure in evil
[97] Psalms 5:4 – He will not
dwell with the wicked
[98] Psalms 5:5 – Arrogant not
stand in His presence
[99] Psalms 5:5 – He hate
wrong doers
[100] Psalms 5:6 – Hates a
lying tongue
[101] Psalms 5:6 - He will
destroy the bloodthirsty
[102] Psalms 5:6 - He will
destroy deceitful men
[103] Genesis 26:3 – I will be
with you
[104] Genesis 26:3 – I will
bless you
[105] Genesis 26:3 – I will
give these countries
[106] Genesis 26:3 – I will
perform the oath
[107] Genesis 26:4 – I will
multiply your seed
[108] Genesis 26:3 – Give your
descendants these countries
[109] Genesis 26:3 – I will
bless you mightily and multiply you
[110] Deuteronomy 7:9 – God is
God
[111] Deuteronomy 7:9 – God is
Faithful
[112] Deuteronomy 7:9 – Keep
Covenants to thousands of Generations
[113] Deuteronomy 7:9 – He
shows mercy
[114] Deuteronomy 7:9 - He is the faithful God, keeping his covenant
[115] Deuteronomy
[116] Deuteronomy
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