"Did any of you know what the number 7 means?" Asked Yeshua as He looked at each one of us with a smile. By the way, we're sitting on the ground near the road in front of the cafe. Yeshua sat down facing the road while we sat down facing the cafe.
We all looked at each other and stayed silent—until Matthew spoke. "A-a lucky number, Teacher." Yeshua chuckled then looked at Matthew. "Thank you for your answer, Matthew," Yeshua said, then looked at us. "Back in my day—both in cultural and biblical context—7 means completion," Yeshua continued. "Father completed creating the earth in 7 days and He rested on the 7th day."
"Now say that someone has sinned unto you 7 times, what do you do?" Asked Yeshua with a smile. "Hold a grudge!" And we all quickly looked behind us. How do these people even manage to gather themselves together in such a very short period of time?!
"Seek revenge!" Yelled another one.
"Forgive them." Said someone from the crowd. "Exactly!" Said Yeshua enthusiastically. I wonder who said that? It's from a woman."If they have sinned 7 times, forgive them," said Yeshua with a smile. "But how many times, Teacher?" Asked Simon after he raised his hand. "7 times 7, Simon. Completion times completion. Infinite completion," answered Yeshua while looking at Simon.
"Did you know that from Abraham, 14 generations have passed before David was born?" asked Yeshua with a smile. "It is, then 14 generations passed when the Israelites were exiled to Babylon," Matthew said, making us look back at him and see him with a smile on his face. One thing I know about Matthew is that he definitely likes family trees."Thank you, Matthew," thanked Yeshua with a smile while looking at Matthew. "And then," said Yeshua, making us look back at Him.
"Yes, Jude?" asked Yeshua, making us look at Jude who was raising his hand. "And then 14 generations passed when Jesus Christ was born by Mother Mary," answered Jude as he lowered his hand.
"It is?" said one from the crowd. "Yes, it is man." replied another.
"Thank you, Jude," Yeshua said to Jude with a smile. "What is 7 plus 7?" asked Yeshua with a smile as He wandered His gaze to us and the crowd behind.
"77." said a man from the crowd. "It's 14, you idiot." corrected another. "Hey, you don't have to call him 'idiot'." said a woman to the one who corrected it.
"14, Teacher," answered Thomas. Yeshua smiled and said, "correct! Thank you, Thomas."
"In every 14 generations beginning from Abraham, something was completed. What do you think was completed in the time of Abraham?" Asked Yeshua again. Oh, if only I had read the Holy Bible… then Yeshua looked at me then sighed with a soft smile. Then He looked at Jaime who was raising his hand.