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A message, a commandment was issued to the whole of the kingdom placing the responsibility of each home on the husband and father of the family. The foundation of the Christian home is established on this very principle. The husband is to take the leadership in all things, the guidance, the care and nourishment, the protection of the wife and family. He is also to be filled with love for the one who is his wife, to the same extent as Christ loved the church. Eph. 5:22-25.
There are symbolisms to be found here that are of interest. The number seven, is a number that is frequently used in the book Of Revelation. It may therefore be said that it relates to the end of the age and all the events which are to come to pass prior to the second coming of the Lord Jesus. For instance, there were seven princes, men of knowledge and power who were before the throne of Ahasuerus. It was one of these named Memucan who suggested the action to be taken by Ahasuerus. Strangely enough, he is the last one named on the listing of the seven, making him the seventh. Est. 1:14.
How remarkable that there are the seven Spirits before the throne of the Lord. Rev. 1:4 The NIV in its margin translated this to be the seven fold Spirit. When compared with Isaiah 11:2 we see and understand the seven fold nature of the Holy Spirit. The number seven in relation to the Spirit would also indicate completeness, fullness. How completely Jesus was filled with the Spirit is noted in the fact that He had the seven Spirits, or the divine comprehensiveness of the Spirit. Rev. 3:1 That coincides with His promise to ask of the Father and to send another comforter. John 14:16 The seven Spirits are also likened to the single lamp stand of the tabernacle and the temple. It was made of gold and was the seven lamps burning and illuminating the Holy Place. Ex. 37. The slain lamb, the witness and testimony of redeeming blood, the Lord Jesus who stands in the midst of the throne is also seen as having the seven Spirits of the Lord. Rev. 5:6.