mystery of the Seventy

Brazos Berean’s Sukkot, Glen rose, 2024

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Importance of Knowing Scripture

Scripture provides a blueprint and a blessing (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

Without knowledge of Scripture, we miss both the plan and its benefits.

Scripture equips us for righteous living and offers lifelong guidance.

The Mystery of the Number 70

70 amplifies 7.  It enhances spiritual perfection, fullness, and completion.

70 teaches wisdom, completeness, renewal, and spiritual order. 

70 frequently appears at turning points in history.

Nine (of many) Examples of Seventy

70 root nations descend from Noah (Genesis 10).

70 souls of Jacob’s family migrate to Egypt (Genesis 46:27).

70 elders appointed by Moses (Numbers 11:16).

70 stones coated with plaster (Deuteronomy 27:2-3).

70 years in King David’s life.

70 Menorah lights in Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 7:49).

70 years of exile (Jeremiah 29:10).

70 disciples are sent out to heal (Luke 10:1).

70 as the multiplier of forgiveness (Matthew 18:22).

Forgiveness and Mathematical Connections

Yeshua’s teaching: forgive 70 x 7 times (Matthew 18:21-22).

Forgiveness is not a quantity, but a quality.

Forgiveness (70 x 7 = 490), equals Tamim (numeric value of 490).  Forgiveness indicates being blameless, complete, and wholehearted.

Number 70 in the Wedding at Cana

Third Day 

Relates to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

Like the number three, 70 is related to completion, perfection, and wholeness.

Six Stone Jars 

Represent six days of Creation.  Yeshua’s authority at Creation is mirrored in His role at the wedding.

Stone 

70 plastered stones used for recording the Torah (Deuteronomy 27:2-3).

Yeshua is the chief cornerstone (Isaiah 28:16).

Even haShettiyah, the Foundation Stone of the Temple – a name which means Stone of Drinking.

Water

Washing with the water of the word. Water points to the cleansing power of scripture (Ephesians 5:26).

Scripture is founded on the Torah which has 70 faces.

Wine

Hebrew yayin, has a numerical value of 70.

Associated with blessing, redemption, and joy. 

Seven blessings at a Hebrew wedding contain 70 words.

Transforming Water to Wine

The miracle is performed discreetly, seen only by the servants. 

Water-to-wine transformation symbolizes cleansing through the word, and redemption through the blood – something which Yeshua’s servants can see. 

Yeshua’s water-to-wine transformation is the mirror opposite of what Moses does at the Nile.  One is a blessing; the other is a plague.

Yeshua does not perform His first miracle to prove His power.

A Messianic image of abundance, joy, and feasting.

Future Messianic Age and Wine

Wine flows abundantly in the Messianic Age (Joel 3:18).

Yeshua symbolically reaches into this future age to draw from its bounty for the Cana wedding.

Heavenly Banquet Master

Just as the banquet master praises the wine at Cana, the Heavenly Father will declare, “Yeshua, You have saved the best for last!”