{"id":36544,"date":"2022-09-13T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-does-the-number-14-represent-in-the-bible-reference\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:00:25","slug":"what-does-the-number-14-represent-in-the-bible-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-does-the-number-14-represent-in-the-bible-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the number 14 represent in the Bible? Reference?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before tackling the symbolism of the number fourteen <\/strong>in the Bible, let us first consider the number seven<\/strong>, since fourteen is a multiple of seven.\u00a0 In Hebrew, the word for seven<\/strong> is sheba<\/strong> (shibah<\/strong>), but this word also means promise<\/strong>, oath, <\/strong>or covenant.\u00a0 <\/strong>Hence in Genesis 22:15, 16, we find God swearing<\/strong> (or literally sevening<\/strong>) to Abraham that, because the latter did not waver in his faith in the Lord and was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, God would greatly multiply his seed and bless all the families of the earth through it.\u00a0 Similarly, in Genesis 21:29-31, Abraham offers seven<\/strong> ewes to Abimelech in order to secure an oath<\/strong> made between them: \u201cTherefore he called that place Beersheba<\/strong>, because there the two of them took an oath<\/strong>. So they made a covenant<\/strong> at Beersheba<\/strong>\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The number seven<\/strong> in the Bible denotes perfection, completion, also God\u2019s assurance or oath that His word and purposes stand firm.\u00a0 Accordingly, the number fourteen<\/strong>, the second multiple of seven,<\/strong> simply reinforces this completeness, or seals it in concrete by doubling it.\u00a0 Jacob worked for Laban seven<\/strong> years, received Leah through trickery, and then worked another seven<\/strong> years or fourteen<\/strong> years in all to obtain Rachel as his wife.\u00a0 When Solomon\u2019s first temple was finished, the dedication feast lasted \u201cseven<\/strong> days and seven more<\/strong> days, even fourteen<\/strong> days.\u00a0 On the eighth day (eighth after the second seven day period) he sent the people away and they blessed the king,\u201d (I Kings 8: 65, 66).<\/p>\n

The most significant use of the number fourteen<\/strong> is found in the date Nisan 14;\u00a0 on this date occurred the deliverance of Israel from bondage to Egypt, as well as the deliverance of the first born from death by means of the blood of a lamb sprinkled on the doorposts.\u00a0 This event of paramount importance foreshadowed the future deliverance of the entire world of mankind from slavery to sin and death through the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus. \u00a0 The Jews were commanded to keep this observance called the Passover until the advent of Christ, the Messiah, \u201cthe Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,\u201d (John 1: 29).<\/p>\n

Furthermore, we find in the first chapter of Matthew additional references to the number fourteen<\/strong>.\u00a0 In addressing the genealogy of Christ, Matthew writes:\u00a0 \u201cSo all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen<\/strong> generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen<\/strong> generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen<\/strong> generations,\u201d (Matthew 1: 17).\u00a0 All three generation spans are multiples of the perfect number seven<\/strong>.\u00a0 By this symbolic delineation of time leading to the advent of Christ, the Redeemer, we are assured that God\u2019s plan moves unwaveringly toward its completion.\u00a0 (It is also noteworthy that the name David, broken down into its consonants D-V-D<\/strong> in Hebrew has a numerical value of 4-6-4<\/strong>, totaling 14<\/strong>.)\u00a0 Thus, in repeating the number 14, Matthew is demonstrating that Jesus is, in fact, the Son of David,\u00a0 (Matthew 22: 42, 44).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before tackling the symbolism of the number fourteen in the Bible, let us first consider the number seven, since fourteen is a multiple of seven.\u00a0 In Hebrew, the word for seven is sheba (shibah), but this word also means promise, oath, or covenant.\u00a0 Hence in Genesis 22:15, 16, we find God swearing (or literally sevening) … Continue reading “What does the number 14 represent in the Bible? Reference?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}