The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

•Seven trumpets •Seven vials

What the apostle John received on the Isle of Patmos was a staggering revelation that the church the Messiah birthed was to become the physical embodiment of the seven eternal spirits of God. In that capacity, the New Creation church would displace the ancient world’s seven archons with its seven angels and as the body of Christ. See Seven Days and Incubation Experience. 1324. Seven Churches—The global community of the New Creation believers of the New Testament presented in the book of Revelation. They are the seven churches of the Lord Jesus Christ whose names are Ephesus, Smyrna, Thyatira, Pergamum, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The fact that there are seven of these is indicative of the Lord’s church covering the entire earth, as the earth is divided into seven continents. 1325. Seven Days—This phrase is constant in ancient biblical and extra biblical literature. Normally, it is linked to religious service, official consecration, and preparatory incubation. The most significant tie between this number of days and the aforementioned functions is that it is eternal. To appreciate its heavenly import, one must see the references to this number that consistently surface in Scripture as a standard of spiritual preparation and supernatural impartation. The custom of requiring seven days for any preparation or consecration goes back to the seven spirits before God’s throne in eternity and from this, the seven archons of creation. In fact, any spiritual reference to, or application of, the number seven looks back to the seven spirits before God’s throne as the totality of discrete powers of creation. These see to all His eminence, deeds, and activities throughout the spheres of His created works. See Seven Spirits. Seven days is the full period of prophetic, priestly, and regnant consecration. It was an ordained incubation to finalize the official’s readiness for service. During the incubation period, isolation, alienation, and separation occurred to divest the minister from the old and establish the new within him. Therefore, seven-day consecrations were important seasons of revelatory insight and inaugural maturity. See biblical teachings on the consecration of the Levitical priesthood and the coronation of kings. 1326. Seven-Headed Cobra—Same as the seven-headed dragon in the book of Revelation, this creature was common in ancient Eastern lore. Its presence was