The TRUTH is, the MYSTICAL number is not 23 but number 7!
In religion
God rested on and sanctified the
seventh day (
Sabbath).
[edit] Judaism
- A highly symbolic number in the Torah, alluding to the infusion of spirituality and Godliness into the creation. For example:
- God rested on and sanctified the seventh day (Shabbat). - Genesis 2:3. "Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars." - Proverbs of Solomon son of David King of Israel 9:1
- A seven-day purification period is required for one who has become tamei to become tahor.
- The Shmita (Sabbatical) year arrives every seventh year.
- The Jubilee (Yovel) year comes after 7 times 7 years.
- The Counting of the Omer leading up to the Giving of the Torah is expressed as "7 times 7 weeks."
- There are 7 days of Passover and Sukkot when celebrated in Israel.
- Shiv`a (another pronunciation of the Hebrew word for 7—(Hebrew: שבעה ; "seven")), is the number of days of mourning. Hence, one sits Shiva. As in Shiva (Judaism)
- The weekly Torah portion is divided into seven aliyahs, and seven Jewish men (or boys over the age of 13 who are considered men; Bar Mitzvah) are called up for the reading of these aliyahs during Shabbat morning services.
- Seven blessings are recited under the chuppah during a Jewish wedding ceremony.
- A Jewish bride and groom are feted with seven days of festive meals after their wedding, known as Sheva Berachot ("Seven Blessings").
- The number of Ushpizzin (also known as the "Seven Shepherds") who visit the sukkah during the holiday of Sukkot: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David.
- The number of nations God told the Israelites they would displace when they entered the land of Israel (Deut. 7:1): the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- In Breslov tradition, the seven orifices of the face (2 eyes, 2 nostrils, 2 ears, and the mouth) are called "The Seven Candles."
- The menorah (Hebrew: מנורה), is a seven branched candelabrum lit by olive oil in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem. The menorah is one of the oldest symbols of the Jewish people. It is said to symbolize the burning bush as seen by Moses on Mount Sinai (Exodus 25).
- The number of times Cain will be avenged by God if he is murdered (Gen 4:15).
- The Israelites circled Jericho for 7 days and then the wall tumbled down.
[edit] Christianity
The number seven (7) in the seven days of Creation is
typological and the number seven appears commonly elsewhere in the Bible. These include:
- Seven days of Creation (Genesis 1)
- Seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in Pharaoh’s dream (Genesis 41)
- Seven days of the feast of Passover (Exodus 13:3-10)
- Seven day week and the pattern concerning distribution and use of manna (Exodus 16)
- Seven year cycle around the years of Jubilee (Leviticus 25)
- The fall of the walls of Jericho on the seventh day after marching around the city seven times(Joshua 6)
- Seven things the LORD hates (Proverbs 6:16-19)
- Seven loaves multiplied into seven baskets of surplus (Matthew 15:32-37)
- The Seven last words (or seven last sayings) of Jesus on the cross.
- Seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom (Acts 6:3)
- Seven Spirits of God are mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
- Seven churches of Asia to which the "Book of Revelation" is addressed.
- Seven churches, seven stars, seven seals, seven last plagues, seven vials or bowls, seven thunders in the Revelation, the last book of the Bible.
Other sevens in Christian knowledge and practice include:
- The Seven Sacraments in the Catholic faith (though some traditions assign a different number).
- The Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
- The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
- The Seven Corporal Acts of Mercy and Seven Spiritual Acts of Mercy of Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other traditions.
- The Seven Virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility
- The Seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
- The seven terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin).
- In the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is 77th in a direct line.
- The number of heads of the three beasts (7 × 10 × 7 + 7 × 10 × 10 + 7 × 10 = 1260) of the Book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra and the number of seals.
- In the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew 18:21, Jesus says to Peter to forgive seventy times seven times.[3]
- There are seven suicides mentioned in the Bible (OT and NT)[4]
[edit] Hinduism
- The Sanskrit word 'sapta' refers to number seven.
- The Indian Music has 'sapta swaras', means seven octats (sa re ga ma pa dha ni), which are basics of music, using which hundreds of Ragas are composed.
- Celestial group of seven stars are named as 'Sapta Rishi' based on the seven great saints.
- Seven Promises, Seven Rounds in Hindu Wedding and Seven Reincarnation
- As per Hindu mythology, there are seven worlds in the universe, seven seas in the world and seven Rishies (seven gurus) called sapta rishis.
- Seven hills at tirumala also known as ezhu malaiyan means Sevenhills god
- There are 7 Chakras.
[edit] Islam
- The number of ayat in surat al-Fatiha.
- The number of heavens in Islamic tradition.
- The number of levels of Earth in Islamic tradition.
- The number of circumambulations (Tawaf) that are made around the Kaaba
- The number of walks between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah mountains -that is travelling back and forth- seven times during the ritual pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.
- The number of fires in hell. i.e the 7 fires of hell.
- The number of doors to heaven and hell is also seven.
[edit] Bahá'í
- The mystical text "The Seven Valleys", by the Prophet-Founder Bahá'u'lláh, relates the journey of the soul through the seven "valleys" of Search, Love, Knowledge, Unity, Contentment, Wonderment, and finally True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness.
[edit] Others
- The number of Archangels according to some systems.
- The minor symbol number of yang from the Taoist yin-yang.
- The number of palms in an Egyptian Sacred Cubit.
- The number of ranks in Mithraism.
- The number seven is of particular significance within Cherokee cosmology.
- In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth.
- Circle Seven Koran, the holy scripture of the Moorish Science Temple of America
- In Egypt cats are said to have 7 lives as opposed to the western culture legend of cats having 9 lives.
[edit] In mythology
- In Khasi mythology, the seven divine women who were left behind on earth and became the ancestresses of all humankind.
- The number of gateways traversed by Inanna during her descent into the underworld.
- The number of sleeping men in the Christian myth of the "Seven Sleepers."
- The Seven Sages in Sumerian mythology and various other mythologies.
- The number of sages in Hindu mythology; their wives are the goddesses referred to as the "Seven Mothers."
- The number of main islands of mythological Atlantis.
- In Guaraní mythology, the number of prominent legendary monsters.
- Seven Lucky Gods exist in Japanese mythology.
- In Irish Mythology, the epic hero Cúchulainn is associated with the number 7. He has 7 fingers on each hand, 7 toes on each foot, and 7 pupils in each eye. In the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, Cúchulainn is 7 years old when he receives his first weapons and defeats the armies of the Ulaidh. and his son Connla is 7 years old when he is slain by Cúchulainn in "The Death of Aife's Only Son".
- In British Folk lore, every 7 years the Fairy Queen pays a tithe to Hell (or possibly Hel) in the tale of Tam Lin.
- In the British Folk tale of Thomas the Rhymer, he went to live in the faerie kingdom for 7 years.
- The 7th glyph of the Mayan Calendar is Blue Hand, it represents the days in creation and is associated with creative perfection. This is the glyph of the last day of their calendar that ends on December 21 2012.
- The seven branched sword in Korean mythology.
[edit] In other fieldsSeven is also:
- The traditional number of Wonders of the Ancient World. There were seven, though only the Great Pyramid of Egypt still stands today.
- The figurative number of seas.
- The number of chakras.
- The number of basic principles of the bushido.
- The Heptarchy, from the (Greek for seven realm, is the name applied by historians to the period (500-850 CE) in English history after the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England, derived from the seven kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex, which eventually merged to become the Kingdom of England during the early 10th century.
- September was the seventh month in the ancient Roman calendar, as its name indicates. After the reform that led to the current order, the seventh month is July.
- Septidi was the seventh day of the decade in the French Revolutionary Calendar.
- The traditional count of Basque provinces as expressed in the slogan Zazpiak Bat.
- Cibola was one of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold the Spanish thought existed.
- Septuplets are seven offspring resulting from the same pregnancy.
Anatomy and Zoology
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