Blog 4: Time Marked by Sevens
Genesis 1 provided us with light and dark time markers to mark days, weeks, months, and years. Within the time of light, YHWH placed Passover
and seven “holy convocations” or sacred appointed times to meet with Him (Leviticus 23). The seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a weekly “holy convocation.”
The idea of seven is complete, whole, and finished before a new beginning (8th and 1st ). It is also tied to the concept of an oath, and to seven oneself means to make an oath.
Seven: shaba, שָבַע, to be filled up, to be satisfied, to swear an oath by repeating it seven times1.
Shabbat: shabbat, שָׁבַת, to rest by ceasing, to end labor1.
YHWH’s dwelling: shibteka, שִׁבְתְּךָ, the dwelling He has made, the sanctuary His hands have established1
Behold, I AM‘s Appendix 39 Biblical Time in Sevens shows YHWH’s design pattern of seven days, seven weeks, seven months, seven years, seven times seven years, and seven millennia.
Takeaway:
God arranged time in the pattern of sevens. Seven marks God as Creator, satisfied. The Sabbath is the sanctuary he has established as a dwelling.
Fun Factors:
A light period measures time, `eyth, עֵת, letter sum 470. The sun’s light takes eight minutes to reach the Earth.
Genesis 1:3, “Let there be light, and there was light” = 470.
Footnotes:
1StudyLight.org; Strong’s Definitions, Brown-Driver-Briggs Old Testament Hebrew Dictionary, Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Learned a lot here. You gave me a new perspective on how to see the Sabbath, as being a sanctuary or dwelling place with YHWH. I love seeing it that way. I did not know before that seven was tied to an oath.
Joyce, I cannot help but think you have spent your life preparing the work that will be part of what God reveals to His people so that they will be in step with His time cycles at the end. What a powerful rest and sanctuary as we walk forward, in Him, toward the culmination of His Salvational light ushering in the New Beginning! It is too big to hold. Yet there is peace in knowing that He does. Thank you for being a conduit of His spirit on our behalf. Your book has me wanting to start my Bible study in 10 places at once!
I believe your words hit the nail right on! It is too big to hold! That is why I started writing things down in a book so as not to lose them. And that is why I started writing the blog because I feel I am at just the beginning of understanding how awesome is the God we worship! It is so thrilling to share it!