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A-Z: General definitions: Seven
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Seven is a significant number in the Bible and in Christian thought. It symbolises perfection and completion. The creation of the world is said to have been completed in seven 'days'. There are many references to the number seven in the book of Revelation: seven churches, seven seals, seven angels, etc.The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament scriptures inherited from Judaism, together with the New Testament, drawn from writings produced from c.40-125CE, which describe the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian church.
Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.
In the Bible, 'creation' can mean both the process by which the universe was made by God and the created order which emerged.
Supernatural beings closely linked with the work of God; his messengers, traditionally portrayed as having a winged human form.
This is an example of apocalyptic literature, full of colourful imagery and symbolism. It contains seven letters to churches in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) who are commended for their zeal or criticised for lack of it. The overall message is that kingdom of God will triumph in the battle against evil and the book ends with a beautiful description of the Heavenly Jerusalem as the symbol of God's presence among humankind in a new heaven and earth.
Big ideas: Judgement; Dreams, visions and prophecy; Serpent, devil, Satan, beast; Apocalypse, Revelation, the End Times, the Second Coming
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