Reply To: Seven is the number of perfection

[Ingmar Franz]

@spikeyxxx It’s a theological interpretation, not a mathematical one.

A.
According to the Bible, God created the world in six days and sanctified it only through the seventh day (see Genesis 2: 2-3; see also Exodus 20: 8-11; 34: 21). So, six stands for the material perfection without God’s mercy and seven stands for the perfection of the human work with God’s mercy.

B.
The resurrection of Jesus is the seventh in the Bible after the following six:

1) The prophet Elijah resurrected the son of a widdow in Sarepta by spreading his arms three times over the boy. (First Book of Kings 17: 21)

2) The prohet Elisha resurrected the son of a noble lady in Schunem by lying down on him. The boy sneezed seven times before opening his eyes. (Second Book of Kings 4: 35)

3) After the death of the prohet Elisha during a sudden attack of troups from Moab, a dead was carried to his grave but when the people saw one of these troups they threw his body into Elisha’s grave where the dead touched Elisha and began to live again. (Second Book of Kings 13: 21)

4) Jesus Christ resurrected the daughter of the synagogue leader Jairus (see the Gospels according to Matthew 9: 25, Mark 5: 41-42 and Luke 8: 54-55)

5) Jesus Christ resurrected the only son of the widdow from Nain, when he was carried to his grave (see the Gospel according to Luke 7: 14-15)

6) Jesus Christ called the Lazarus who was already dead for four days to leave his grave (see the Gospel according to John 11: 43-44)