Building on the Foundation

A question I have wrestled with for a while, as many have in the Church of God, is the definition of “between the evenings.” Most of the arguments regarding “between the evenings” are based on historical records, which are then used to work backward into the Bible to arrive at a definition.  Some of the other writers on this blog have undertaken to write about this, and until now, I have largely remained silent on the topic simply because I have not studied it for myself.  I was one of those who took others' papers on the topic and relied on historical sources to define what “between the evenings” actually meant, so this is no judgment of those who do the same. The main question I wanted to examine is whether or not, by strictly using Scripture, it’s possible to define the term “between the evenings.” My conclusion is that it is indeed possible to define the terms solely based on Scripture, and it’s not even that complicated. I realize this post may be quite controversial...

  If you perform a search on BlueLetterBible.org, you’ll find that God’s Word mentions the words “seven” or “seventh” nearly 600 times! Naturally, we don’t have time or space to cover each of those mentions today. Nevertheless, the number 7 remains one of the most important and most fascinating numbers in Scripture. As we’ve observed several times before, there’s no filler in God’s Word. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Tim. 3:16). If God tells us a number, He has good reasons for doing so. Whoever neglects numbers is missing out on an amazing part of Scripture. So what is God telling us through the number 7? It actually portrays several things in Scripture, and we find them at the very beginning, at Creation. The number 7 pictures completeness, for God completed His creation in seven days: “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on t...