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law was the keeping of the Sabbath, Ex. 20:8. This was
based upon God's great rest day in Gen. 2. Upon this is
founded not only the week of days, but also the week of
weeks unto Pentecost (Lev. 23:15-16); the week of"
months, with the Atonement and seven days' feast of
Tabernacles in the seventh month (Lev. 23:27-28); the
week of years, ending with the Sabbatic year (Lev. 25 :4) ;
the week of weeks of years, ending with the seventh Sab-
batic year, and followed by the year of Jubilee (Lev. 25 r
8-12).
Even the duration of Israel's great punishments was
based upon this law of the sevens. Their captivity in
Babylon was for seventy years. Jer. 25 :11-12 ; Dan. 9 :2.
The great period revealed to Daniel (Ch. 9), unto the
coming of the Messiah was divided into seventy sevens.
The unequaled period of Israel's punishment and disper-
sion in the lands of their enemies, prophesied by Moses,
is, with four-fold emphasis, specified to be for seven times.
(Lev. 26:18, 21, 24, 28). This sacred seven is woven into
the laws, life and history of the chosen people, with whom
God established His theocracy. And notwithstanding all
of Israel's rebellion and sinfulness and consequent chas-
tisement, there still remains for them and the whole world
a keeping of the Sabbath. Heb. 4:9 margin. With God
a day is as a thousand years (Psa. 90), and a thousand
years as one day. 2 Pet. 3 :8.
Upon this rock of the sacred sevens we can consistently,
with the Jews, base our conclusion that as we have the
scriptural week, week of weeks, week of months, week of
years, week of weeks of years, week of seventy years, week
of times, week of olams or aions (ages), see page 222,
so we also have the great week of Millenniums. Six thou-
sand year days of labor and then the Millennium, or
blessed seventh thousand years of rest.
This scriptural doctrine of the Millennium cannot be
shaken. Its root is in the Sabbath of Genesis, and its
fruit is in the thousand-year kingdom of Revelation. It
shines throughout the Word of God as a glorious hope for
the nations, whom God has promised to bless. Gen. 12:3.