Seven-Fold Prayer

I came across this analysis of the Lord's prayer and thought it interesting:

7 IS THE NUMBER OF REST, cessation but not ceasing, safety, and the full measure of the triad and the quaternary.
One of the greatest heritages from the Christian Scriptures is the seven-fold path of the Lord's prayer. The seven statements express the triad and the quaternary (Matthew 6:9-13):

1. Our Father which art in heaven,

2. Hallowed be Thy Name,

3. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

4. Give us this day our daily bread, and

5. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

6. Lead us not into temptation,

7. But deliver us from evil
The final statement ("For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever") was added much later to symbolize return to the heavenly state.
From: http://www.afgen.com/newtest.html

Biblical history in the Old Testament can be divided into 4 millennial days using the chronologies of the Masoretic text. It is fun for me to lay the subsequent 6 millennia of history over the patterns of 7 that continually pop up in the Bible and then see what happens:

Day (millennium) 1 ~ In the beginning God and the age of Adam through Noah.
Adam begins as the father of mankind and Noah starts over. This is a millennium of fathering and beginnings.
Day (millennium) 2 ~ From Noah to Abraham, who begins the faith-walk with the hallowed Lord.
To hallow is to sanctify and set apart. Abraham begins a new age of faith and the Jewish race. God calls him holy because of his faith and selects the Jews as the nation to bring His revelation.
Day (millennium) 3 ~ Isaac to David. The kingdom begins. For two millennia God focuses on the Jews as His special flock and feeding them the manna of revelation, preparing the way for His Son.
Day (millennium) 4 ~ Solomon to Jesus. The bread of life (Yeshua) is revealed.

At the close of two millennia, Jesus, the bread of life, is revealed and rejected.
Day (millennium) 5 ~ Early church to 1030AD. Gentile debtors being forgiven.
The new age begins as the revelation now expands to the Gentiles (non-Jews). The message here is forgiveness for debts. It begins on the Jubilee of Pentecost as the church is born.
Day (millennium) 6 ~ Modern age of reformation. Overcoming temptation, the final test.
The church in the second millennium faces new challenges as knowledge increases (see Dan. 12: 4). The church is getting ready to leave the wilderness of temptation.
Day (millennium) 7 ~ New creation and resurrection. Deliverance from the world ruled by Satan.

At the end of the age, the deliverer returns. Evil is incarcerated for 1,000 years, and a Sabbath with the Lord of the Sabbath is established.
Day 8 ~ Forever. The endless kingdom of Jesus Christ.

Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever.