The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

1331. Seven Stars—The seven churches listed in the book of Revelation: Ephesus, Sardis, Smyrna, Thyatira, Pergamum, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. In ancient times these stars were ascribed to the Pleiades with the seven goddesses, daughters of Zeus, after whom they were named. However, in truth, these refer to the seven spirits and their agencies before the throne of Almighty God. They comprise the powers of the creation archons and the angels of the seven churches of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amos 5:8; Revelation 1:16, 20, 2:1, and 3:1. See Pleiades. 1332. Seventh Day—A) The Creator’s Sabbath. B) The end of an imposed cycle of consecratory and preparatory ordinances upon new officials. C) The day of completion. D) The end of a feast time, celebration, or dedication. 1333. Seventh Day, Importance of—The seventh day, after launching His creation project, was the Lord’s first Sabbath. Having brought mankind into existence on day six, the Lord God enjoyed with them the first Sabbath. That is, Creator God and His newly created male and female, based on Genesis 1:27 and 5:2, jointly celebrated the first Sabbath humanity was to observe. See also Exodus 20:11; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6. After the Sabbath rest, the Lord completed the project begun a week earlier. He formed man from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7) and breathed into him the breath of life. Thus, the body or flesh of humanity was bestowed upon him on the eighth day of creation, although it was really the first day of a new week. Understanding this chronology is significant because it explains several patterns initiated in the book of Genesis. For example, the church’s birthday. It coincides with the birth of the church on the first Pentecost after Jesus’ departure from the earth. As the eighth day was the day Adam received his body and breath of life, likewise the first Pentecost day also brought Christ’s spiritual body into existence. Characteristic of the pattern that began in the garden, the Lord once more encased the spirit into a body. The meaningful act is further upheld in Acts 20:7. There it is announced that the first day of the week was when the disciples came together to break bread and hear the word of the Lord preached by the apostle Paul. The custom looks back at Genesis 2:7–8. The ordinance was cast for this standard when the Lord’s resurrection was discovered on the first day of the week. Later when the apostle Paul wanted to instruct the church on how to administrate its offerings and sacrifices, he chose the first day of the week for them to store up their offerings and deliver what they had gathered all week from the Lord.