ARE YOU AMONG THE 7,000?

We know that all through the Bible, the number seven is associated with Yehovah’s eternal purpose.

Notice: Here is an example of the number 7:

1 Kings 19:1-18:

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also if I take not your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. And when he understood that, he arose, and fled for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs] to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O YEHOVAH, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then AN ANGEL touched him and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink and laid him down again. And the angel of YEHOVOAH came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you.  And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of YEHOVAH. And he came to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of YEHOVAH came to him, and He said unto him, What are you doing here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for YEHOVAH ELOHIM - God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altar, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. And He said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before YEHOVAH. And, behold, YEHOVAH passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before YEHOVAH; but YEHOVAH was not in the wind: and after the wind, an earthquake; but YEHOVAH was not in the earthquake:  And after the earthquake, a fire; but YEHOVAH was not in the fire: and after the fire A STILL SMALL VOICE.  And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What are you doing thou here, Elijah?  And he said, I have been very jealous for YEHOVAH ELOHIM -  God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altar, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. And YEHOVAH said unto him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you comet, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:  And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt you anoint to be a prophet in your place. And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and he that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. Yet I have left SEVEN THOUSAND in Israel, all the knees who have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

Therefore, when YEHOVAH said to Elijah His prophet: “Yet I have reserved SEVEN THOUSAND in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him”, he was simply revealing everyone who made up His remnant. The people he sets aside for Himself could number 7, or 70, or 7 thousand, or 70 thousand. What matters is that they are wholly committed to walking in obedience to His will.

So, what are the characteristics of this remnant?

Here are three defining marks:

1. An unchangeable commitment to carry out the will of YEHOVAH. Every remnant believer will have made a single-minded choice to swim against the tide of evil. At some point, you have to make a commitment, declaring, “I don’t care what others say or do. I am YEHOVAH’s. I won’t give in to the wicked spirit of this age, enabled to do so by His Spirit.”

2. A willingness to identify with the poor. While society’s trend is to associate with the rich and successful, you align yourself with the suffering class. Scripture clearly states, “Whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:17-18)

3. A reliance on hope. The 7,000 mentioned in 1 Kings endured because of their hope in a coming day of deliverance. Likewise, the called-out assembly of God’s hope is for the soon-coming return of Jesus the Messiah. 

Do these three marks characterize you as a part of God’s holy remnant? If so, God boasts of you, “This one has given his heart to me. He is focused on me. He is wholly mine!”

We are to spread the word about God's soon-coming kingdom, evangelize, minister, and work while it is still day, for the darkness is fast approaching. We are to live in the hope that the lord Jesus God's anointed one is coming and that he will usher in a new world order, the kingdom of God. On that day he will sit upon the throne of David at Zion and rule as King of Kings and Lord of lords over all the nations that survive God's wrath. This was the great hope of the 7,000. True Deliverance!