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A Familiar Number
A Familiar Number
Genesis 7:2-4a
“Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, … and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also … For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights …”
The number seven towers in bold print above this chapter in my English Bible, and although chapter and verse numbers were added much later in the process of biblical transcription, this addition is no coincidence. Because, once again, notice what we see repeated between verses two and four: seven pairs of clean animals, seven pairs of birds, in seven days. That’s 777: the number of divine completion. And we’re only in the Book of Beginnings! God hasn’t yet called Abram to venture to Canaan or Moses to cross the Red Sea or David to fight goliath. He hasn’t commissioned Esther to rescue her people from extinction or Elijah to destroy the prophets of Baal or Isaiah to proclaim the coming Messiah. Yet, even still, at the outset, already, while the world is only a few generations old, He reminds us through the repetition of a little number what that children’s chorus taught us all those years ago in Sunday school: “He’s got the whole world in His hands.”
He always has. And He always will.
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Through God’s Eyes
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Down, Way Down
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Good Grief!
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A Word on Numbers
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Family Resemblance
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Love Thy Neighbor
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Paying the Price
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The Big Question
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In an Ideal World
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The Divine Measure
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A Twist in the Tale
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Good Company
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To Live or Not to Live
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A Second Wind
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Sublimely Subliminal
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Masterful Mysteries
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Commissions
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Anthropology 101
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First Words
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Lesson One
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Prophecy Fulfilled
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Glorious Disgrace
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Ahead of Time
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Redemptive Recollection
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Heavenly Food
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Arms Wide Open
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Severe Mercy
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Ignorance isn’t Blissful
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No Contest
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One Small Step
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Grace Dawned on Me
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Recount Your Blessings
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From the Father’s Mouth
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Sorrow and Joy, Interwoven
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The Spirit at Work
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Mustard Seed Kings
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Upon Reflection
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Asylum
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Slowly Rising
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God, Be Thou My Vision
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Between You and Him
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A Fast for All
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A Revolting Word
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War & Peace
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All Welcome
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On the Road Again
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The Panorama of Peace
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Can I Have a Word?
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The War at Your Doorstep
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Jesus Loves the Little Children
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Miracles in the Making
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A Piece for Me?
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The Good News
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The Story Tree
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What More Can I Say?
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A Nursery Rhyme
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At The Feet of Jesus
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As a Rule
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A Chip off the Old Block
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Through the Twilight
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Sustaining Ministry
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Reading His Palms
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Time for More
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The Warning Signs
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Sights and Sounds
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New Visions for Older Eyes
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A Family Game
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A Rain Dance
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Empty Minds, Empty Stomachs
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Idols and Other Snowflakes
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Having Eyes to See
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Roll Call
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A Way in the Sea
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Through the Waters
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The Silence of The Lamb
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Fit for the Task
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A Reality Check
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Brothers in Arms
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Detours
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Beyond Measure
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The Shepherd’s Cloth
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A Bloom in Winter
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Echoes from the Desert
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A Comforting Commission
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What a Relief
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The Time is Now
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A Bittersweet Hymn
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Getting Life in Order
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Digging up the Past
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
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Unfolding Drama
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The Pursuit of Joy
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Then Christ Comes In
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What a Coincidence!
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Finding Your Footing
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A Strong Arm
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Home in the Hills
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Filthy Poor
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Metaphorically Speaking