S) "32 ‘Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect;"
Numbers 29:32 (NASB)
O) This verse, embarrassingly, caught me off guard; I feel like I should have seen it coming. There was a countdown during this feast. On the first day, there were 13 bulls offered. The second day, 12 bulls. So on and so forth. Then, on the seventh day, 7 bulls are offered. There is symbolism in much of the Bible that the number 7 represents holy completion or divine purity, like when we are told to forgive 70 times 7, or when the Bible says the Word of God is pure, like gold refined 7 times (Ps. 12:6), or that God rested on the 7th day. So, I was particularly struck by this timing and planning from God, to have 7 bulls sacrificed on the 7th day of this feast.
A) It feels nerdy to say, but this just really seemed beautiful to me. Remembering these examples of God's planning and timing, will give me faith and patience when I look out to my future. God is purposeful and organized and beautiful.
A) It feels nerdy to say, but this just really seemed beautiful to me. Remembering these examples of God's planning and timing, will give me faith and patience when I look out to my future. God is purposeful and organized and beautiful.
P) Father, thank You for showing this small beauty to me. Open my eyes to see more of these wonders, and reveal to me the perfect planning You have in my own life, according to Your will. In Jesus's name I pray. Amen.
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