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Seven. Seven is used frequently in the Scriptures to signify completeness. At times it has reference to bringing a work toward completion. Or it can refer to the complete cycle of things as established or allowed by God. By completing his work toward the earth in six creative days and resting on the seventh day, Jehovah set the pattern for the whole Sabbath arrangement, from the seven-day week to the Jubilee year that followed the seven-times-seven�year cycle. (Ex 20:10; Le 25:2, 6, 8) The Festival of Unleavened Bread and the Festival of Booths were each seven days long. (Ex 34:18; Le 23:34) Seven appears often in connection with the Levitical rules for offerings (Le 4:6; 16:14, 19; Nu 28:11) and for cleansings.�Le 14:7, 8, 16, 27, 51; 2Ki 5:10.
The �seven congregations� of Revelation, with their characteristics, give a complete picture of all the congregations of God on earth.�Re 1:20�3:22.
The �seven heads� of the �wild beast� (Re 13:1) show the limit to which the beast would be allowed to develop. Although the �scarlet-colored wild beast� is called �an eighth� king, it springs from the seven and does not exist apart from the seven-headed wild beast (Re 17:3, 9-11), as is true also of the �image� of �the wild beast.� (Re 13:14) Similarly, the two-horned �wild beast� is actually coexistent with the original �wild beast� whose �mark� it tries to put on all persons.�Re 13:11, 16, 17.