The beginning of a seven year journey...
Submitted by pnelson on Wed, 2005-12-21 21:21.
I begin this web site 7 years from the winter solstice of 2012 on December 21, 2005. Is that strange?
Do I think the world will end in 7 years? No. But I do think that the ancients knew a lot that we don't know today. I can't hurt to search out a thing and learn what we can about it. We have 7 years so enjoy the ride!
The number 7 is considered a special number in Biblical prophecy and in several faiths.
Here's a list from Wikipedia:
- A highly symbolic number in the Hebrew Bible, being, for example, the day on which God rested in Genesis
- The number of ayat in surat al-Fatiha
- The number of heavens in Islamic tradition
- The number of the Deadly Sins: lust, avarice, envy, pride, sloth, gluttony and wrath
- The seven terraces of Mount Purgatory (one per deadly sin)
- The number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic faith
- Considered the usual number for a witches' coven
- The number of palms in an Egyptian Sacred Cubit
- The number of heads of the beast of the book of Revelation, and of some other monsters, like the hydra
- The minor symbol number of yang from the Taoist yin-yang.
- The number of times Cain will be avenged upon for the murder of his brother Abel.
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