God's Magnificent Sevens

Seven Times The Word Faileth Is Used In The Psalms: 1) Psalm 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 2) Psalm 38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 3) Psalm 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 4) Psalm 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth . 5) Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 6) Psalm 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 7) Psalm 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.  Man faileth. But God neve...

Sevenfold Blessings When We Obey The Lord: Proverbs 3:1-10 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 1) For length of days, and long life, 2) and peace, shall they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 3) So shalt thou find favour  4) and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, 5) and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 6) It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 7) So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Jerry Bouey Running sevens count: 224

14 Individuals Healed By Jesus In The Gospel Of Luke: 1) Devil-possessed man in the synagogue - Luke 4:33-35 2) Simon Peter’s mother-in-law - Luke 4:38-39 3) Leper - Luke 5:12-14 4) Man with palsy - Luke 5:18-25 5) Man with withered hand - Luke 6:6-10 6) Centurion’s servant - Luke 7:2-10 7) Devil-possessed Maniac of Gadara - Luke 8:26-35 8) Jairus’ daughter - Luke 8:41-42, 49-56 9) Woman with issue of blood - Luke 8:43-48 10) Devil-possessed son - Luke 9:38-42 11) Devil-possessed and dumb man - Luke 11:14 12) Woman with infirmity eighteen years - Luke 13:11-16 13) Samaritan leper - Luke 17:11-19 14) Blind man - Luke 18:35-43 * For clarification: When a multiple of a number is used, it has the same meaning as the original number. For example, seven means perfection, completion, and is God's stamp on His Word. A multiple of seven has the same meaning, sometimes heightening or magnifying it, but the same underlying meaning. So 14, 21, 70, 490, etc. all have the same symbolic meaning ...

Almost 20 years ago (in April 2007), I did a word study on the phrase, I have sinned. There were 10 people throughout the Old and New Testaments that had made this statement as an admission of guilt. Another time it was declared as a statement about mankind in general. At the time (and in the margin of my Bible), I had written that there was 19 times that this statement was made. Recently, I realized I had missed two of the verses. That makes 21 times stated by 10 people - seven of these statements made by David himself, which I found very intriguing and interesting. For whatever reason, I only ever wrote up a study for the first three people and saved the rest as a draft. Now I want to finish the study with all 10 people. Here is part one, edited and slightly changed with king Saul added to make the first eight statements (out of the 21 total). The next one will be king David and his seven statements, then followed by the other five individuals. When I have the full study written I wi...

Seven Books That The Lord Has Written: I believe the book of Job was the earliest book of the Bible ever written, approximately about 1800 BC, before Moses wrote the Pentateuch. It is interesting to read his desire for the Scriptures, for a written record, before there was ever one word penned (though, according to the Psalms 119:89, God's Word has already been recorded in Heaven from eternity - as hard as that may be to understand). Psalms 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Job 19:23-24 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! Job 31:35-36 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 1) The Book of the Lord, the Scriptures, the Word of God: Isaiah 34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read : no one o...

Sevens Regarding Elijah And Elisha: I wanted to see if I could come up with 7 or 14 sevens associated with Elijah and Elisha. Praise the Lord, I did with God's guidance. Granted, a couple of them are only loosely connected - but here are 14 sevens for you. 1) Elijah performed 7 miracles Both of these first two points are listed separately. Please click on the link above for the account of the miracles of these two servants of the Lord. 2) Elisha performed 14 miracles 3) Elijah resurrects the widow’s son - first of seven individuals resurrected by men: Nine individuals were resurrected in the Bible (seven by men, two directly by God): A) Widow’s son, raised by Elijah - 1 Kings 17:21-22 B) Shunammite’s son, raised by Elisha - 2 Kings 4:34-35 C) A man, raised by touching Elisha’s bones - 2 Kings 13:21 D) 12 year old girl, raised by Jesus - Mark 5:41-42 E) Widow woman’s son, raised by Jesus - Luke 7:14-15 F) Lazarus, raised by Jesus - John 11:44-45 G) Jesus, raised by God the Father -...

The Miracles Of Elijah And Elisha, Compared With Jesus For years I have been intrigued by the statement that Elisha performed twice as many miracles as Elijah because a double portion of God’s Spirit was upon Him.  2 Kings 2:9-11 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. I wondered if that was true, but some of the lists that I found were contradictory. Time to dig in deeper today. I found 7 miracles performed by Elijah and 14 by Elisha. Some have counted ot...