Teachinghearts	The Word Revealed in the Hebrew Script (K'tav Ivri and Succos) "Explore the Word. Change the World"	Statistics: Time: 60 minutes Print: 11 pages

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Deuteronomy 28

Words Have Life
The testimony of Genesis 1 and John 1 is that words become life when those words are uttered by the voice of God. When God was on Sinai, the people not only heard the sound of God, they saw His voice.
Sound Can be Seen. And all the Nation saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the Shofar, and the mountain smoking, and the nation was afraid, and they trembled, and they stood far away. (Exodus 20: 18)
The Jews have also believed that the alphabet is sacred. Since it is the visible sound of God, I believe that it must testify something about God. So I examined this alphabet after I heard that the last letter was shaped like a cross and the first letter was an animal with horns.

When I researched the Hebrew alphabet, I did not see a cross in any of the letters, but I learned that each letter has a meaning. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew language and about 5 styles of writing these letters. Each letter has a specific numeric value. Since Hebrew is read from right to left, the alphabet is presented in that order.

1. K'tav Ashuri (Assyrian Script). This is the square script currently used to write the sacred text.
   
   » STA"M (Sifrei, Torah, Tefillin, and Mezuzos). This is special style of Ashuri with crowns above some letters that is actually used to write the sacred text in the Mezuzah, Torah and Tefillin.
   
   The evidence is that the Assyrian square script was adopted in the days of Ezra after the Babylonian captivity around 590 BC. It was only at the directive of the Talmud, which was written after 600 AD, that this was designated as the chosen script for biblical writings.
   Other modern styles are related to the Ashuri square script.
   » K'tav Rashi. Rabbinic commentary on a text may be written in this script.
   
   » Printed Book. Most printed books use this script that is basically a style of the Ashuri.
   
   » Cursive. This is the common script. It is a recent innovation which has existed for about 200 years.
   
   In all scripts except Ivri, five letters have a special letter (a final form) that replaces them when they are used at the end of a word. We have colored these letters (Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pe, Tzadi).
2. K'tav Ivri (Ancient Hebrew Script). This is the style of writing that existed during the time of Moses. It does not resemble the current style, but the letters had the design features for which I was searching.
   
3. Other Related Scripts.
   » Phoenician Script. This script may be the root of Hebrew, Aramaic, Samaritan, Arabic, Greek and Latin.
   
   » Aramaic Script. Ivri is similar to the Aramaic script that was prevalent in the region.
   
   » Samaritan Script. This script was used by the northern tribes who returned from captivity.
   
   » Neo-Punic. This language was spoken in Carthage and parts of North Africa as late as the fourth century AD. Three letters have two different forms (Tet, Samekh and Tau).
   

The Plan of Salvation in the Ivri Script.
Although the letters of all scripts seem to have the same meaning, numerical value and order, we will look specifically at the IVRI script which was in use at the time of Moses and the first sanctuary. These letters visually and in meaning prophesy about the Plan of Salvation so some important religious significance has been lost in the picture meaning of the letters given by Babylon.
The letters appear to be grouped in four sets which catalogue Jesus Christ's journey from heaven to earth for the purpose of executing the Plan of Salvation and fulfilling the covenant with Adam and Eve and Abraham.
Psalm 119. This Psalm is grouped in alphabetical order. Individually, only some seem to reflect the meaning of the letters. However, the groups of letters tell the story of a righteous man who loves the law of God and is afflicted.
Noah. Apparently, this is the same plan that was followed by Noah as he preached to a perishing world.
The Feast of Tabernacles (Succos). The alphabet tells the story of the Bull who left heaven on the feast of Tabernacles to tabernacle with humans while He completed all the works of salvation. The explanation we give below presents Christ as going to the temple as built by Moses to be offered as the sacrifice.

• God Revealed to Man.
  He was the Word of God who became human flesh to tabernacle among us so that He could reveal God to us.
  Jesus is the Word of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory of the only begotten Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1: 1, 14)
  Tabernacles: Building the Sukkah. The first part of preparing for the feast is to build a temporary shelter where we will live and eat for the next seven days.
  So, in the order of the alphabet, Christ came as the bull from the throne of God and tabernacled with humans. He was actually born on the Feast of Tabernacles. Then 30 years later, He came to the tent or tabernacle at Jerusalem to be ordained as the High Priest who will make peace with God and mankind. For 3.5 years He lifted up the name of God and preached that He was the doorway to heaven. Then, in the final week, He lifted up the veil of the door and entered through the door of the courtyard where He was to be sacrificed.
  1. Aleph (Ox, Bull). He was the strong Ox who came from heaven to submit Himself as the offering for sin and to bear the yoke or burden of sin for humanity.
     Jesus is the Alef. I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord, God. who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1: 8)
     » The Ox With Two Horns. The symbol is the head of an ox with two horns. It represented the two natures (twins) of the one who would be the sacrifice. The ox was used instead of the lamb or goat because the ox is the clean animal that is one of the four faces of the cherubim at the throne of God. It is also the main sacrifice during Succos. He is the ox sacrificed at the ordination ceremony of the High Priest. He is the High Priest who was ordained.
  2. Bet or Beis (Tent, House). Jesus tabernacled or lived with us, after clothing Himself in the tent of human flesh. He built a sukkah and lived in it with us.
     The Incarnation. Therefore, when He comes into the world He says, sacrifice and offering You have not desired, but a body You have prepared for Me; In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have taken no pleasure. Then I said, look I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of Me) to do Your will, O God. (Hebrews 10: 5-7 and Psalm 40: 7)
  3. Gimel (Camel, Deal, Recompense, Lift Up). He came to lift up, magnify or glorify the name of God.
     » Lift Up. Offerings were lifted up and some were stretched up like wings.
  4. Dalet (Door, Pathway, Enter, Branch). He is the Branch and the door to heaven. He came to show us the way to God.
  5. He or Hei (Window, Fence, Reveal). He came and opened the window of heaven so that He could reveal the Father to humans. Since this letter also has the idea of a fence, it is as if He came to rip apart the veil or fence that hides God in the Most Holy Place so that He could open a window to reveal God.
     Christ Opened Up the Most Holy Place. And look, the veil of the temple was torn in two and the earth shook and the rocks were split. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. (Matthew 27: 51-52)
     » Window. When the curtain was torn at His death, a window opened to heaven and the door to the Holy Place was opened to all, because we are all priests.
  Jesus completed this portion of His mission to reveal the Father to the universe and to keep the promises of God during His life and especially through His 3.5 years of ministry to Israel.
  Passover and Tabernacles: The Ox is Selected. The bull is an offering that is used as a sin and guilt offering for the priest who must first be spotless before he made the offerings for the people. The bull was also the principal peace offering given during the Feast of Tabernacles.
  Psalm 119: 1-48 (Righteous Example). This is the story of a righteous man who loves all of the law and is determined to be a faithful example and to teach others to do so despite opposition. It seems to be the vow Jesus Christ made about how He would glorify God when He came to earth as a human.
  The Great Teacher. With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth. (Psalm 119: 13)
  Noah: Messenger from God. He preached for 120 years while he built "a house", with one door and one window that would be lifted up on the water as a shelter for those who entered and were fenced in from the danger outside.
  » Animal House (Alef to Vav). [ Ox • House • Camel • Door • Window • Nail ]. The first six letters tell the story of building a house with one window and one door for the clean and unclean animals.
  
• Wrath: He Submitted to the Curses as the Wages of Sin.
  He suffered the wrath of Satan as specified by the curses. After submitting silently to an unjust trial, He was nailed to the cross, tortured, mocked and cut off from the land of the living by the wicked who twisted around Him like a coiled snake.
  Tabernacles: The Beating of The Willows. Christ is the Tree of Life that was cut down. This act was represented by cutting the branches of green trees, tying them together, lifting them up and waving them. This act of lifting up and waving is the same as lifting up the cross and having the arms spread out like wings.
  Beating the Willow. Five of the most beautiful willows are chosen to highly exalt God according to Exodus 15: 2 and are bound together and beaten on the ground five times until the leaves fell off. Then they were put away safely so that they are not stepped on. These five branches represent His four limbs and His spine. The branches were beaten until the leaves fell off to symbolize His beating until His skin tore off.
  6. Vav or Waw (Nail, Hook, Peg). The meaning is strictly reserved for the hooks or pegs that kept the curtains of the tabernacle in place. The curtains are a symbol of His body. The hooks in the four columns are the four nails pinning His body to the cross.
     He was captured, tied and possibly taken by hooks to be nailed to the cross.
  7. Zayin (Weapon, Cut off). After His arrest Peter used a sword to cut off the ear of the high priest's servant. However, this probably refers to His overall mission to be "cut off" for sin.
     Then after the sixty two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing ... (Daniel 9: 26)
     » Knife. They were used to cut up the meat offering.
     » Cut Off. Circumcision is also a picture of the crucifixion or the "cutting off" of the human flesh with a knife.
     » The Weapon that Cut Off the Messiah. Notice that the symbol changed. However, it is basically two horizontal bars at the top and bottom with a vertical bar in between. The Aramaic symbol looks like a cross on top of a bar. That was the weapon. But, what did it cut off? We know that Christ had both a human and divine nature. This dual nature was represented by the two horizontal bars as it was represented by the middle matzah broken in two. However, God cannot die so the natures are represented as being separated. The human nature died at the moment the Holy Spirit was released. This was also represented by the releasing of the bottom matzah. This is the horizontal line at the bottom.
     The Five Willows. They were cut down along with other green branches which made the lulav.
  8. Chet or Het (Fence in, Hedge, Chamber, Separate). The Aramaic version was a fence with three rails like the three stacks of matzah. Although He felt deserted, the Father and the Holy Spirit made a hedge around Him so that Satan was prevented from going further than the curse allowed. He was separated from the disciples by a violent mob and taken to the chambers of the priest for an unjust trial. On the cross the jeering mob made a fence around Him by besieging Him.
     The Ladder Fence. Two symbols were used that had the meaning of a fence. The Aramaic version best reveal the differences. The first shows that when Christ left heaven to come to earth, one railing was missing. The fence or ladder was not secure. The second shows that the security was reestablished at this time. What happened after this point?
     • Gethsemane. He rebuilt the relationship with God while He was in the garden of Gethsemane when He voluntarily spilled His blood. We were justified as far as God was concerned. When He was finished they came to arrest Him and that is when Peter used the weapon to cut off the ear of the servant.
     • Calvary. He purchased us from the Satan, the dragon, kidnapper and slave holder on Calvary when He submitted to the gruesome demands of the curse after He was arrested.
     Salvation Science. If you have read our discussion on DNA replication and how the process mirrors the Plan of Salvation you will see that this symbol represents the DNA being copied next to the perfect Seed of God that came from heaven. Christ came to earth after He had severed the bonds and broken Himself into two strands so that He could be the model to replicate the human race. The broken human half was used to rebuild and repair the degenerate and mutated seed of Adam's children.
  9. Tet (To Twist, Snake, Surround. Hidden Good). Notice the two conflicting meanings that accurately express how Christ was seen by the universe on the cross. He was seen as a snake, but His righteousness and goodness were hidden.
     The Aramaic form of the letter is a besieged cross, surrounded by the coil of the snake. He was besieged by an angry mob who treated Him like a serpent.
     The Snake on the Cross. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. so that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life. (John 3: 14-15)
     The Snake Lifted Up. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about that everyone who is bitten will live when he looks at it". (Numbers 21: 8)
     » The Twisted Wick. Wicks were manufactured from the worn out linen garments (breeches and girdles) of the priests. They were torn into strips and twisted into wicks and used to light the menorah. By the time Jesus became the sacrifice, He was beaten and torn and His human garment of skin was worn out. So they stripped Him of His clothes and honor, cut Him up in strips, twisted His words and character, then offered Him up for the burning criticism and condemnation. Suspended between heaven and earth, He was the burning light.
     The Five Willows. The willows were tied together and beaten on the ground.
  10. Yod or Yud (Closed Hand, Fist, Power, Deed, Work). The closed hand seemed to hold a nail. However, in this angry treatment, He was actually working for our salvation. He closed His hand and hid His power by not fighting back (Habakkuk 3: 4).
      The Five Willows. The beaten willows were lifted up and put away when they were done.
  When His work was done Jesus, the Man treated like a serpent, had cured the world of the deadly snake bite we inherited from Eden.
  Passover: Ox Prepared In the Outer Court. Next He entered the outer court as the ox where He was seized by the priests, tied and strung up on hooks and cut up in an unfair trial. Then He was given over to the serpent when they handed Him to Rome. At this point His work was done. He had obtained our pardon in Gethsemane and now He was in the clutches of Satan.
  Psalm 119: 49 - 80 (Reproach Heaped on Him). This phase to the end is definitely of a man in despair who has been brought before kings and afflicted. This section is the phase where Jesus was on trial and then placed on the cross.
  Afflicted. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your word has revived me. The arrogant utterly deride me, yet I do not turn aside from your law. The cords of the wicked have encircled me, but I have not forgotten Your law. The arrogant have forged a lie against me; with all my heart I will observe Your precepts. (Psalm 119: 50-51, 61, 69)
  Noah: Ark Closed. When his work was done Noah closed the door of the ark and it was fastened shut by an angel of the Lord. God separated those inside from the wicked mob outside.
  » Loading Ark (Zayin to Lamed). [ Cut Off • Chamber • Surround • Closed Hand • Open Hand • Cattle Goad ]. The next six letters tell the story of herding the animals into a separate chamber and closing the door, cutting off anyone outside.
  
• Rejection: He Was Adrift Among the Turbulent Sea of Humanity.
  He also suffered the rejection by man and God and actually died of a broken heart.
  He stayed on the cross, working for the salvation of the throng of people who surrounded Him. While lifted up on the cross, He drew the sea of wicked humanity to Him and God caught them in His fish net so that He could save them.
  Tabernacles: The Water Libation Ceremony (The Coming of the Wind and Water). The priest went to the pool of Siloam to fetch water with a procession of people back to the water gate at the same time a procession went to the Kidron valley to gather willows whose swishing sounded like the wind. When they returned the trumpet sounded and the flute player called "the pierced one" stood up and led the procession to the temple where he blew the signal for the water and wind to enter the temple. This is the coming of the Holy Spirit.
  The Pierced One is Kaf, the One with His arms spread open like wings on the cross.
  11. Kaf or Chaf (Arm, Wing, Open Hand, Cover). This symbol represents a side view of the cross. His hands were opened up and his arms stretched out on the cross as He covered our sins.
      » Wings of Abomination. Look at this prophecy about when the Messiah would appear. It describes the cross as "the wings of abomination on soaring heights".
      » Invitation to the People. Incredibly, at this point an invitation was extended to the turbulent sea to accept the gift of the calm waters of the Holy Spirit.
  12. Lamed (Cattle Goad, Staff, Learn, Teach). As the good Shepherd, He would use His staff to guide us to safe, fenced-in pastures.
      » Prod. Cattle prods were used to guide the animals to be used as sacrifices. Teaching is seen as a form of guiding and prodding students to where you want them to go. This is the work of the Holy Spirit.
  13. Mem (Water, Sea, Ocean, Chaos). Turbulent water is a symbol of the wicked. This was the chaotic mob scene during His crucifixion. He would save the wicked sea by an infusion of fresh spring water, which symbolizes the Holy Spirit. He can calm the sea.
      » Laver. The water is the laver where the fish come to wash themselves. The Holy Spirit cleanses us.
  14. Nun (Moving Fish, Serpent Fish, Life, Propagate, Increase). This represents the sea of humanity. They were the fish that the disciples should catch. He would gather them from out of the chaos of the abyss in which they were drowning and He poured out His life as blood and water for them.
      » Sinners. In this view of the sanctuary as an ark on a rough sea, the sinners are seen as fish being caught by hooks and lured or guided into nets.
  Passover: The Burning Carcass. Then, He was placed on the altar with wood for the fire where He was burned for our sins as Satan stood around and watched. As the people walked around in the outer court, they watched the burning of the sacrifice. His arms were stretched out and nailed and His carcass was thrown outside in the north of the altar.
  Psalm 119: 81-112 (The Wicked Triumph). He cries for help as the wicked triumph, but the law reminds Him of God's faithfulness.
  Have You Forsaken Me? My eyes fail with longing for your word, while I say, "When will You comfort me?" All Your commandments are faithful. They have persecuted me with a lie, help me! (Psalm 119: 82, 86)
  Noah: Riding Above The Turbulent Sea. He was never able to save anyone except His family. Noah was as ineffective at saving people as the lambs, bulls and goats were ineffective in permanently removing sin from its source. Yet the testimony of God seems to suggest that by becoming the Ark of safety God was able to do what no human could. He saved us while we were bent on wandering away or being swept away by the rough sea.
  » On the Ocean (Mem to Tzadi). [ Water • Fish • Support • Eye • Mouth • Fish Hook ]. The next six letters tell the story of riding the waves of the ocean under the watchful eye and support of God.

• Triumph: He Kept The Covenant and Was Consumed For Our Sins.
  He now has the tools to save us because He triumphed. These steps are how He will do it.
  The victory was celebrated in the feast at the Passover seder. Everyone has been invited to see, taste, experience and eat the life giving meal provided by God to satisfy our hunger for righteousness.
  In the Holy Place were the holy objects that symbolized this phase. The menorah decorated with eyes shaped like almonds. At the table of shewbread the priests chewed the bread and drank the wine while outside the people spit on Him and mocked and cursed Him. Before the altar of incense the priest ministered at the place where the altar and the ark formed the sign of the Tau cross.
  Tabernacles: The Illumination of the Temple. The priests lit the menorahs in the court after the water ceremony and celebrated all night. Then at cock crow they went to the east gate and they faced the sanctuary and said these words that symbolized almost every letter in this phase.

  Samech (Support, Pillar, Turn). Our fathers who were in this place,
  Kof (Back of Head). they turned their back upon the Sanctuary of Jehovah,
  Tzadi (Desire) and Shin (Teeth, Consume). and their faces toward the east,
  Pe (Mouth). and they worshipped towards the rising sun;
  Ayin (Eye). but as for us, our eyes are towards the Lord.

  Saints. This statement is interesting because during Succos, the people do the opposite when they wave the lulav. They face the east. At Passover they were in the darkness, facing east when they rejected Jesus Christ. Now, when the light shines on them, they face the west. As we are illuminated, we will illuminate the world.
  Tabernacles: The Four Species. Also notice how these letters are represented by the four species which were lifted up and waved during the ceremony.
  15. Samech or Samekh (Prop, Support, Lean on, Uphold, Turn). This symbol also looks like the cross, but it has three arms. The Aramaic form of the letter shows this more clearly.
      » Supporting Mother. One final act that He did before He officially became the sin offering was memorialized in a law, and possibly in this symbol. He formally separated Himself from His mother, but then He turned to Mary and said "Behold your son" as He gave her to the care of John. He arranged for the care and support of His mother after He was gone.
      When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, see, your son!". Then He said to the disciple "See, your mother!". From that hour the disciple took her into his own home. (John 19: 26-27)
      » Supported by Father. He appeared to have no support. Although Jesus cried out that He was forsaken by the Father and all His loved ones, yet we know from the symbols of the Passover Seder as properly kept by the Jews that the Father and the Holy Spirit were there to silently prop Him up and support Him. So He was not adrift on the turbulent sea, He was being supported by His Father while They rode out the storm together, lifted up on the cross.
      » The Strongman. The Yom Kippur ritual requires the support of a strongman. All the feasts were merged at the cross so Christ had Simon of Cyrene to help Him carry the cross and He had the Father.
      Saints. We are supported by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  16. Ayin (Eye, See, Experience, Fountain, Spring). When God came to judge humanity at the cross, He did not find a sinner. Instead, He found a helpless Man who was righteous. This Man was made our great High Priest, because He cleansed us and personally experienced our sorrows and is a good eyewitness of the sorrows on the earth.
      One Who is Sympathetic Because He Understands. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4: 15-16)
      » A Well of Water. This is not the first time we have seen a combined symbol of an eye and a spring.
      • Weeping Eyes. According to Zechariah, the Menorah which is decorated with eyes, has pipes which feed into an inexhaustible source. This well is His eye, filled with water and crying tears.
      • Bleeding Side. Zechariah also says that this spring has two fountains. One cleanes sin and the other removes impurities.
        A Spring of Blood and Water. In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity. (Zechariah 13: 1)
        This eye is the hole made into His side from which a spring of blood and water poured out.
      
      Myrtle: 3 Hadas (Eyes). The three might represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit who were there.
      Saints. We get to know Him when we experience His suffering and we become better witnesses.
  17. Pe or Fe (Mouth, Speak, Word). As the High Priest He prayed for the forgiveness of our sins.
      Willow: 2 Aravah (Mouth). The two willows might be the two lips of the mouth. It may also represent our two intercessors. Christ who is the High Priest and the Holy Spirit who is the constant companion who helps us express our prayers.
      Saints. As witnesses we earnestly spread the Gospel with our testimony.
  18. Tzadi or Tsadde (Fish Hook, Harvest, Desire). He has baited a fish hook with which He plans to catch a great harvest. When we desire Him we will come to Him because He desires us.
      Saints. Jesus will become the desire of nations when we go fishing for the harvest.
      Fishermen. ... Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4: 19)
      » Hooks. The offering was hung on hooks and prongs were used to turn the offering as it burned.
  19. Kof (Back of Head, Behind, The Least, Circuit). There are several meanings that seem to be related to the Hakkafot. The Hakkafah is a processional circuit made around the Torah while holding the lulav, reciting Psalm 118 and saying ,"Lord save us, please!". This is done every day of Succos and seven times on the seventh day (Hoshana Rabbah).
      » Circular Motion, Circuit of Space or Time. He will save us. This is the Hakkafah.
      » Back of Head. He has thrown our sins behind Him as we should also turn our backs on rebellion. He reveals the back of His head as He passes by.
      » Eye of a Needle. What He did was to thread a camel (Gimel) through the eye of a needle. He carefully negotiated a path between two extremes as He carried the burden of our sins.
      » Sharks Circling. The people swam around Him like fish as they passed by to view the spectacle.
      Saints. We make a circuit around the world to spread the Gospel to all nations, inviting even the least.
  20. Resh (Head, Highest). He became the highest among all principalities and powers with the power to dismiss all our accusers.
      Head of All Authorities. and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority.
      When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. (Colossians 2: 10, 15)
      Debt. Having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us, and He has taken it out of the way having nailed it to the cross.
      Debt Paid. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. (Colossians 2: 14-15)
      Citron: 1 Etrog (Heart). The heart is really the head out of which will grow the fruit of the Spirit. Etrog is an old Aramaic word which means, "that which shines". It may be related to one of the two stones, the thummim (perfect ones) and urim (lights and stars).
      Saints. We will lift up Jesus to the world. The church will be the head at this time.
      » Head. He was the King of Israel. These words were written on the titulus above His head.
  21. Sin or Shin (Teeth, Consume). He was eaten up as the broken bread and wine at a feast scheduled by God. The meal that Satan intended to permanently separate us from God, was a meal that saved us. We were not eating from the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, we were eating from the Tree of Life.
      Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed at me with their teeth. (Psalm 35: 16)
      The Passover Seder was the Manna sent from heaven to give life to the world. At this unique Passover, God established His name.
      Given the Name of God. You shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God at the place where He chooses to establish His name. (Deuteronomy 14: 23)
      Now, we can have eternal life if we also eat His life by eating His words.
      Eat My Words. If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it, and it will be done for you. If you keep My commandments you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. (John 15: 7, 10)
      Eat My Life. So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. (John 6: 53-54)
      Words are powerful building blocks in the hands of God. Through sound or words He created the universe. Through the Word in living flesh, He will recreate us.
      Saints. We eat the bread and drink the cup of Passover to indicate that we accept Jesus Christ.
  22. Tau or Tav (Sign, Covenant, Seal). Notice that the last letter resembles the cross and this symbol or shape is regarded as the sign and seal of the covenant. With His death on the cross He completed the covenant and sealed us with God. He began as the strong Ox who came from heaven and submitted to the yoke of sin. This burden ended with His death on the Tau cross.
      
      For thousands of years and since Creation the Jews have understood that the Hebrew letter Tau is the sign or seal of God. They believe that this seal is written in ink on the righteous and in blood on the wicked.
      Jesus is the Tau and The Sign of the Covenant. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. (Revelation 22: 13)
      
      » Sabbath Sign and Seal. It seems that the last in a series is a sign and seal. As the final day, the Sabbath is the sign and seal of the covenant of God. Jesus is the sign and seal of God because He is the last Word. When He returns for the last time to rescue us, it is with signs to rescue those that are sealed.
      Palm: 1 Lulav (Spine). The center spine of the palm must represent this upright cross. They recite this blessing when they take the lulav.

      Blessed are You, G-d ... who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to take the lulav.

      » The Rainbow Sign. When Noah made the covenant with God after the flood, it wasa sign that seemed to stretch from one end of the earth to another.
      The Bow in the Cloud. I will set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. (Genesis 9: 13)
      » The Sign on Cain. This earliest languages known have this final letter in the shape of a cross and they all have the same meaning - a sign. So the best evidence is that the mark that God placed on Cain to protect him was a Tau (Genesis 4: 15). Cain had committed the same crime as the people did at the crucifixion, they had killed their innocent brother. Jesus took the mark of the Tau for them.
      » The Sign of The Son of Man. This Tau cross must be the sign of One who came as the Son of Man.
      Saints. We are sealed. All the signs indicate that God will save us.
  Passover: Rest from Sin and Slavery. God came to inspect the sin offering during the three hours of darkness. He turned His back as He was passing by while we stood in the cleft of the Rock and like Moses we saw the back of His head (Exodus 33: 19-23).
  Outside was Christ on the cross praying for our forgiveness, but at the temple the offering was taken in the Holy Place before God.
  Psalm 119: 113-176 (God is Just). He clings to the character of God which is expressed in the law. The disappointments by God and the triumph of the wicked are all answered by trusting in the laws of God.
  I Trust You, God. You are my hiding place and my shield, I wait for Your word. (Psalm 119: 114)
  Noah: Rest. He landed on the highest peak and opened the window and sent out a dove so that he could see if the waters had subsided.
  Christ also sent out a dove when He triumphed. At first, the stream of water pouring out from His side was a promise that the Holy Spirit would be sent and He fulfilled that promise 50 days later at Shavu'ot (Pentecost) when the waters had subsided. At Shavu'ot the waters were ready to receive Him. 3000 Jews converted in one day.
  » Out Of the Ark (Kof to Tav). [ Circuit • Head • Consume • Sign ]. The last four letters are the story of making a circuit of one year, landing on the highest mountain, eating the sacrifice and making the sign of the covenant, which was a rainbow.

The Letters in the Sanctuary.

(Fence Around the Sanctuary Complex) (Sanctuary Tent) Outer Court (Laver) (Ox) (Sinners) (Knife) (Hooks) (Prod) (Lift offering) Most Holy Place Window into heaven Altar of Incense Table of Shewbread Holy Place Menorah The people make a circuit around the temple.
Some symbols are seen in the actions of the high priest.	Jesus Christ

The Tau was seen on the last day of the sacrifices when the perfect sacrifice came.

The Alpha and The Omega

		Hebrew Period (Abraham to Yeshua)		The End

At the time of Christ, the Romans were in power but they had absorbed the Greek culture, language and religion. Many of the people, including the Jews, spoke Greek and wrote documents like the New Testament in Greek. So when Jesus gave the vision to John why did He use the "alpha and Omega" and not the "Aleph and Tau" as the letters to symbolize His role as "the beginning and the end", especially when the Tau is so rich with meaning?

• Hebrew: Alef and Tau. The Hebrew period extended from the Alef to the Tau and ended with the Tau cross.
• Greek: Alpha and Omega. Since the language was in Greek He did not want to cause confusion in His description, although the Greek also had a letter Tau.
• Both. By the time the prophecy was given, the Alef and the Tav had run its course and the Jews had done what they were called to do. However, just like the millennium, the end is not yet. There is still history to unfold under the rulership of a Roman-Greek kingdom in a period in which "the mystery of God" will be unfolded.

The Final Form of the Word at the End of Time
Although the Jews have settled on the Ashuri script as being the official one, yet for two symbolic and practical reasons I must believe that the Hebrew/Aramaic script is the holy script used at Sinai and they changed to Ashuri after the Babylonian captivity. First, God would never let them take something taught by His arch enemies Babylon and Assyria, especially since the script is sacred. He did not want them to be corrupted by their false gods, religion or culture. The purpose of exile is to remember YHVH, not fall in love with false gods or the ways of the Gentiles.
Second, the fact that this was the common script used by Moses is proof for me.
The Jews get around this fact by concluding that the Ashuri script was given on Mount Sinai, but because they sinned God changed to the Hebrew script. Part of their reasoning is based on oral legends about events at Sinai that makes sense with the Ashuri script and not the K'tav Ivri.

Submissive Form (The Suffering Messiah)							Resurrected Form (The Conquering Messiah)
Rejected in His Human Form					Float	2000 Years	Accepted in His Final Form					Float
Lifted Up on the Cross Above The People							Jesus is Preached to the World
						Witness to Gentiles
Open hand	Water	Fish	Mouth	Fish hook	Prop		Open hand	Water	Fish	Mouth	Fish hook	End of Word
Serpent No Fish							Fish
Israel Rejected the Prince					Rapture		Kingdom Restored to Israel					Rapture
Revealed Prophecy							Sealed Prophecy

There are two legends associated with these letters. I am going to assume that the legends are correct.

• Legend: The Final Form (Resurrection). The final form is a different version of the letter that is used when the letter is at the end of a word, just as a captial letter is a different form used at the beginning of a sentence in English. Only five letters had a final form. The Talmud claims that there were final forms of letters given in the original Torah, but since the K'tav Ivri does not have any final forms it could not have been the original script of the Torah.
  
  » Sealed Mystery of God (The End of the Word of God is the End of the World). However, since final forms existed on Mount Sinai, I must conclude that the K'tav Ivri had final forms that were kept secret. Why did God not reveal the final form for the K'tav Ivri?
  The final form of certain things were not revealed to the Jews because they would be fulfilled after the crucifixion. The New Testament reveals that certain things were sealed and remained a mystery.
  An examination of the five letters which had a final form shows that most belonged to the stage of rejection. Amazingly, one of the mysteries of God is that the Jews would reject Him so that the Gentiles would be saved. Then, at the end of time, He will once again graft the Jews back in and reunite the church. This time they will not reject Him.
  So since the final forms were written at the end of a word and Jesus is the Word of God, I concluded that the IVRI final forms would be revealed at the time of the end. The final form is contained in the promise of this verse.
  And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself. (John 12: 32)
  » The Final Form of the K'tav Ivri. In most of the letters of the K'tav Ashuri, the difference between the two forms is that final form seems to straighten the base, making the letter stand up. If so, since all letters of the K'tav Ivri stand up, then the K'tav Ivri has always been in their final form and could have been used to carve the words of the original Ten Commandments.
  • Kaf (Open Hand, Arm, Wing). In the beginning, He opened His hands to be nailed and stretched out his arms on the cross like wings lifted up among the people and they rejected this cursed Messiah. In the end, this story will finally convict them.
  • Mem (Water). In the beginning, they surrounded Him like a raging sea, but in the end He will calm the sea and quiet the fury that has been raging for 2000 years.
  • Nun (Fish). In the beginning, He threw His fishing net on one side of the boat and caught nothing. In the end, He will throw His net on the other side of the boat where the fish are waiting to be caught.
  • Pe (Mouth, Word). In the beginning He was silent because nobody wanted to hear Him. In the end, the Word of the Gospel will be spread like a net and preached to the whole world, and then His sheep will finally hear His voice and they will come because they want to be caught.
  • Tzadi (Fish Hook, Harvest). In the beginning, He caught no fish and He sent His disciples out as fishermen. They caught mostly Gentiles. In the end, He will use His fish hook and special bait and catch the greatest harvest of fish ever seen, including the Jews.
  Mystery. So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;
  Witnesses. but your will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (Acts 1: 6-8)
  » The History of the World. The history of the world is symbolized as the wicked in the raging sea, tossing and foaming. In that sea are the fish, the righteous that God wants to catch. So God hires workmen who spread the great net and follow the instructions of the Lord about where to cast that net.
  In the sea is also the great dragon, the coiled serpent that scares away the fish.
• Legend: The Floating Center (Rapture). The Samekh and the final Mem are the only two letters that are closed in K'tav Ashuri. The Talmud says that the unsupported center of the Samekh and the final Mem miraculously floated when the Ten Commandments were carved all the way through the tablets. Since the K'tav Ivri does not have any final form and these two letters do not have a center, then the Jews believe it could not be the script of the original Torah.
  Only one event represents floating, and that is the rapture to heaven. When the law or Torah or Ten Commandments are written permanently in our hearts by the Holy Spirit as the covenant promises, we will be ready to ascend to heaven (float).
  • Samekh (Support). Christ was first lifted up to the heavens on the cross between two thieves and then He was raptured to heaven the day after and ascended again about 40 days later while His disciples watched. He is supporting us from heaven as our High Priest. He was the only righteous Jew who had the law written on His heart so that He could ascended to heaven before the final form at the end of time.
    This is how the Samekh in the center of two thieves and in the middle of the throng of disciples floated.
    » Standing Support. At the end of time, Michael will stand up (Daniel 12: 1).
  • Final Mem (Water). All the righteous will ascend to heaven at the end of time. There, they are described as walking on the Sea of Glass. Remember that water is a symbol for many people.
    This is how the final Mem (water) is finally floating.
    » Standing Water. The final form stands up. How did God make water stand up? When He parted the Red Sea during the exodus, the water stood up in great heaps on each side (Exodus 14: 27-29).
  So the mystery of the floating center might have been the section that was actually carved out to make the letter floated, while the other letters did not float when carved through.
  So what they saw were the symbols of a floating cross with floating water, a representation of the rapture.
  The Floating Samekh on the Mem (The Crucified Christ on the Cloud). After He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. (Acts 1: 9)
  
  » Covenant Signs These important signs seem to be made from objects of light floating on water.
  • The Ark on the Sea. God supported the ark while it was tossing on the sea.
  • The Rainbow on the Cloud. This was Noah's sign (Genesis 9: 12-16).
  • Israel on the Red Sea. God supported Israel as they crossed the sea.
  • The Tau Cross Above The Raging Sea of Sinners. A sign that sinners had been ransomed.
  • Jesus Ascends to Heaven on A Cloud. A sign that He will return for us in the same manner (Acts 1: 9).
  • The Righteous on the Sea of Glass. The rapture at the end of time.
  • The Floating Samekh on the Mem. We will float when the law has been written in our hearts.

The Feast of Tabernacles
This prophecy was about God coming to tabernacle with men to bring peace. During this seven day feast, 70 bulls were sacrificed. Starting with thirteen bulls, each day one less bull was sacrificed until only seven remained on the seventh day. Now that I know the meaning of the symbols, the practice called Gematria (adding the numerical value of the letters) shows more insight into the meaning of the sacrifices of this feast. They predict the last seven days of His life.

• Tzadi + Chet (Fish Hook, Fence) (98 Lambs - Burnt Offering (Olah)). Christ was substituted for all of us. 98 lambs in total symbolized His right to build a chamber to fence us in when He catches us with His fish hook. 14 lambs were offered each day. He was building a net to catch us in His fish farm every day.
  Yud + Dalet (Work: Door) (14 Rams - Burnt Offering). Two were offered each day. Every day Christ was building the house of God through His words. When this offering was completed, He became the door to that completed house.
• Ayin (Eye) (70 Bulls - Ordination Offering). At the end of the seven days of ordination, the Lord comes in person to see us (Leviticus 9: 1, 4, 6). The offerings allow us to see God face to face and live.
  » Peace Offering. All the offerings are used to make peace.
  1. Yud + Gimel (Work: Camel, Lift up) (13 Bulls). On the first day He came riding through the east gates of Jerusalem on a donkey, lifted up and praised as a king in a palm leaf laying welcome that was customary for the Feast of Tabernacles. Like the camel, the donkey is a beast of burden.
  2. Yud + Bet (Work: Tent, House) (12 Bulls). On the following days He visited the temple, preaching about the Father. On this day, He probably cleansed the temple by throwing out the money changers from the temple and symbolically cleansed the twelve tribes.
  3. Yud + Alef (Work: Ox) (11 Bulls). So He incurred the wrath of the priests and they solidified their plans to have Him killed as one of the twelve disciples betrayed Him two days before the feast (Matthew 26: 3).
  4. Yud (Work) (10 Bulls). It is finished. His work to teach Israel for 3.5 years was complete. On this day the disciples followed a man carrying water and he led them to the upper room where they were to celebrate the seder.
     » God's Work is Finished. After this point, the work of the one with the closed hand was done. He had revealed God through His work. The rest of His work was to satisfy the requirements of Satan.
  5. Tet (Snake, Surround) (9 Bulls). The Satanic forces captured and besieged Him, subjecting Him to an unjust trial and the cruelty of crucifixion while they jeered and mocked Him.
  6. Chet (Fence, Chamber, Separate) (8 Bulls). He was imprisoned, separated and tried.
  7. Zayin (Weapon, Cut off) (7 Bulls). He was cut off on the cross, crucified and killed.
• Zayin (Weapon, Cut off) (7 Goats - Sin and Guilt Offering) (Chatas and Asham). The sin offering caused Christ to be cut off for our sins, circumcised with a weapon.

Special Words and Numbers.
Can we gain additional information for important concepts by looking purely at the meaning of the letters used?

• The Name of God (YHVH) Yod-Hei-Vav-Hei.
  I Am Sending You, Deliverer. Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.
  Who Are You? Then Moses said to God, Behold I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, "The God of your fathers has sent me to you". Now they may say to me, "What is His name?" What shall I say to them?
  I AM. God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM [YHVH]"; and He said, Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, "I AM [HAYAH]" has sent me to you. (Genesis 3: 10, 13-14)
  This is the name of God that He gave to Moses by which He would deliver them. We translate it as, "I Am, that I Am", giving the meaning that God is eternal or ever existing because everything is always the present tense to Him. This is the same meaning according to the Jews. This word is related to the Hebrew root Hei-Yod-Hei (to be), and reflects the fact that God's existence is eternal. It is frequently shortened to Yah (Yod-Hei), Yahu or Yeho (Yod-Hei-Vav).
  In scripture, this Name is used when discussing God's relation with human beings, and when emphasizing his qualities of lovingkindness and mercy (Judaism 101).
  The Name of Salvation (Closed Hand • Reveals • Nail • Reveals) My Name. Ignoring the root words and going strictly by the meaning of the letters used to derive the name, we find that God refers to the name that would save Israel as "The closed hand that reveals a nail reveals Me".
  This is the merciful act of God that actually saved us from death when He allowed Himself to be nailed to a cross through His hands and feet as our substitute.
  This name reveals the act of Jesus Christ. He is the One who reveals God.
  
  » A Permanent Sign (The Power of Love). God hides His power in His hands according to the scriptures.
  His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. (Habakkuk 3: 4)
  They also seem to suggest that the marks of the nail prints will be a permanent reminder of what He has done.
  ... Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hands into his side, I will not believe.
  Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands, and reach here your hand, and put it into My side, and do not be unbelieving but believing. (John 20: 25, 27)
• SHEMA (Sign on the Hand). If the sign on the hand can be seen as the Tau, then it is an indirect reference to being nailed to the cross.
• 666 (Sign-Head (Highest)-Support-Nail) (400+200+60+6). The letters that spell this number reveals that when Christ died lifted up and held by nails, He became the head of sinners who caused Him to be nailed.

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