Gen 21:27-31
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them cut a covenant. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves? And he said, For you shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well. This is why he called that place Beer-sheba, because they swore, both of them, there.
(taken from The Bible Wheel, p. 208, by Richard Amiel McGough) “The Hebrew idea of an oath is the fullness and completeness of commitment. An oath is not an oath if it is anything less than a complete and perfect assent to whatever terms and conditions are stated. The symbolic power of the Number Seven therefore combines the ideas of fullness, completeness, the giving of one’s word, the making of an oath. . . .God marked the Bible with the Number Seven as a sign that it is the fully sealed, completely finished, and perfect revelation of His sevenfold oath, His covenant, His promise to us. It is God’s numerical signature to show us that He has fully given us His Word.”
God has given us who live in Beer Sheva — a desert oasis — a significant place to bear witness to His covenant promises and oath which He gave to our Fathers, and which He is bringing to pass in these last days through His Son by the outworking (working out) of the Holy Spirit. Even as YHVH has made Abraham the father of all who believe in Yeshua/Jesus, Beer Sheva remains a prophetic place of destiny for the redemption and restoration of the national Israel of God. May the hearts of the fathers be turned to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, as the Day of the LORD nears.