One of the most significant numbers known to man is the number 7. It is known as the number of God. the number 7 means completeness. “The number 7 appears in nature: 7 colors of the rainbow, 7 notes in the musical scale, 7 crystal systems in the mineral kingdom, 7 groups of elements in the Periodic Table.
The number 7 also appears in culture: 7 wonders of the Ancient World, 7 continents, 7 seas, the lucky number 7, and the 7 deadly sins. The number 7 is one of the most common numbers in the Bible: 7 days of Creation, 7 fat cows and 7 lean cows, 7 branches on the candlestick in the Tabernacle” (Theo). The number 7 points creation to God, and his miraculous wonders.
1Kings 18:43-44
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
The times of Elijah the prophet of 1Kings was a time of a major draught that lasted 3 years. Things were getting really bad the animals were dying and desperation was on a rise. It was time for God to move and he had spoken to the prophet to announce the coming rain, so he; Elijah, spoke to the king. After he spoke to the king he went to the mountain along with his servant. He instructed the servant to go to the top of the mountain 7 times as he prayed. 7 is close to 10 and 10 is usually the end. 7 is more then half way the mid point which is 5. A good example of the mid point was when Jesus’ disciples were on a ship after a sermon Jesus spoke and they were alone. As they reached a little over the middle of the sea; I call it number 7, Jesus came to them walking on water (Mt. 14:23-25) and calmed the storm. It seems that God has a thing about coming to save us past mid way the storm.
Some things in life come more rapidly then other things, such as, some healings, financial breakthroughs, etc…, can happen instantaneously while others take time; over the half way point. Naaman was a captain of the military in Syria, but he had a problem and that was that he was leper. A leper was an outcast because of the disease. The prophet Elijah was in his house when Naaman was referred to him by his servant. The instructions for Naaman were simple he just needed to dip himself into the Jordan river 7 times and he would be healed(2K. 5:14). Naaman’s skin was healed after the 7 dip it became like he was when he was born. The number 7 also dealt with forgiveness in the New Testament. Jesus spoke to Peter and the disciples about how many times they needed to forgive (Mt. 18:22), and he said to them seventy times seven.