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Before God spoke and created the heavens and the earth, he did at least four things that we know of: He created an alphabet, he formed the letters into words, and he gave himself a name, and promised us eternal life <ref>. Tit 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world [aeons - time] began;</ref>

Hebrew does not have a number system apart from the alphabet. Each letter is also a number. The first 22 letters are the alphabet. The last six are final form letters used when the associated letter is found at the end of a word. Though a final form letter sounds like a customary letter, it's metaphor is different, since the ~~stroke~~ strokes which form the meaning are different.

In the alphabet, the tov ת is the last letter. In the numbers, the final shin is the last number. It equals 1000, but there is no font character for the letter since it is never used in forming a word.

~~The metaphor of each~~ Each letter is a metaphor for a big idea. All that God created, all that we can think or say is contained in twenty-seven of the twenty-eight letters. It is a mistake to think that a letter represents a word rather than an idea. There is not a simple decoder ring. You must learn to think in metaphor.

If I say "he met his Waterloo", it is a reference to Napolean's defeat at Waterloo. In the most simplistic way, it simply refers to a defeat. But understanding it in the most simple way loses much of the rich idea that is being communicated. Napolean was overconfident, he was ill-prepared, and he met an opponent that was not easily scared away by Napolean's reputation. A more subtle reference might be that the supply lines were too long. This is thinking in metaphor. The reference has many ways that it could be expressed or many subtle ideas upon which to focus.

There are primary and secondary ~~metaphor~~metaphors. Distinguishing between them is not a critical skill unless a detailed proof is required. Generally, these detailed proofs will be desired by those in academic pursuits which would be tedious for the rest. Occasionally, when a metaphor is stated in a way which is not immediately recognizable, a brief explanation may be required.

When teaching a child to speak, an idea is repeated in many ways, each being a trope for the idea, so that the idea being built contains many examples, which are overlaid like transparencies on each other until a recognizable pattern is built in the child's mind.

Imagine teaching a child with a blank slate. You point to a chair and say "chair". What is he to understand? is the act of pointing a chair? The object pointed to? Or perhaps chair means you want him to sit. As you point to different chairs, he associates the word with the visual tropes for the idea of a chair. If instead you were to sit in the chair while saying "chair", and push him into the chair while you said "chair", he would learn the word as trope for the idea of a command to sit.

God used this same method as he built the Hebrew language. It is an instinctive and intuitive language, which is not fully understood until the last transparencies; those pictures of Christ from the New Testament, are finally overlaid. <ref>Heb 1:1 ¶ God, who at sundry times and in '''divers manners''' spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,</ref>

This idea is repeated in the first word; bereshit 'In the beginning': 'a revelation to man ב. It is revealed ר that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth א. His word did not return void ש. What he wished to accomplish י was completed ת.' The first word is a trope for the same idea as the aleph.

And each day is like a table of contents entry pointing to a larger section of scripture (which is divided into six portions) such that the whole book tells how God created the heavens and the earth. The whole book is a trope of the same idea. It is pretty clear that God wants us to understand that he is the creator <ref>Ro 1:18ff</ref>

The full picture is not fully understood until all the pieces are overlaid, though a pretty good picture is formed with a few of the transparencies. Scripture is used this way to point back to the original seeds of an idea; the letters.

The Hebrew square text letters are formed around a square template. Other forms of letters exist, but they are the profane script. The square text is the sacred script. It was kept from public view and doesn't show up until late in archeological finds until it was exposed and defiled during the captivity <ref>Da 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which [was] at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.</ref>~~, because it was kept from public view~~.

The upper horizontal line represents heavenly or spiritual things which can be known. The voice of the priest speaks of heavenly things. If a letter starts above the line, it represents things that can't be known. The lower horizontal represents earthly or fleshly things. The voice of the king speaks of earthly things. If a letter descends below the line, it represents death.

The strokes of the letters are interpreted clockwise starting in the upper left. As it descends on the right side, it represents love and reminds us that God first loved us <ref>1Jo 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.</ref> As the voice of the prophet it speaks of the Word coming to earth. As the strokes return on the right, it represents holiness. In the course of life (lower horizontal, right to left) God makes us holy and teaches us righteousness. <ref>1Pe 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.</ref>. It is the voice of the judge training in righteousness.

This is the original 'circle of life' which has been remembered, though dimly, in ancient cultures which preserved it in oral tradition. God first created the heavens, and in love created the earth. He then taught us to be righteous and made us holy, so we could return to him.

Scripture speaks in four voices: '''Prophet''', '''Judge''', '''Priest''' and '''King'''. The prophet speaks of Christ in the flesh, known as 'doctrine'. The judge 'reproves'. The priest 'corrects', and the king 'trains in righteousness' <ref>2Ti 3:16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:</ref>.

===Key:===The following notation is used below::'''Formation''': How the letter is formed from the strokes. :'''Name''': The name of the letter spelled out as a word, and the meaning of that word. ==''Aleph'' א== '''Formation''': The aleph is formed with a vav ו diagonally \ separating heaven from earth and love from holiness. Though there is only one creation, it is represented with two yods י suggesting two aspects of creation. The upper is the heavens, and the lower is the earth. '''God created the heavens and the earth''' <ref>Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.</ref>. '''Name''': ''aleph'' אלף - teach, learn <ref>0502</ref>, oxen (working sacrifice), family <ref>0504</ref>, thousand (metaphor for 'king')<ref>0505-0507</ref>, I am the mouth/divider (judge) <ref>I am א the mouth/edge לפ</ref> <ref>לף-פל edge/divider לף reverses פל distinguished </ref>

'''Formation''': like a rosh ר with a squared corner, indicating a revelation of lessor nature than the rosh. It is a command, or spoken word without the personality attached, so there is not an opportunity to dialog. '''Command'''

'''Name''': ''daleth'' דלת - door, gate, leaves <ref>01817</ref> 'law ''dath'' דת with teaching ל at the heart' <ref>Ga 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.</ref><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>

'''Formation''': A dalet ד for 'command' is joined with a left short vav for 'heard but not understood.' This is like sheep hearing the voice of the shepherd <ref>Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:</ref>. Hearing is a metaphor for recognizing God's voice. '''Heard but did not understand'''

'''Formation''': The vav ו is an elogated yod י representing the word spoken to accomplish the will associated with the yod. If the yod is the idea for creation, the vav is the Word which accomplishes it. It distinguishes by separating. '''Distinquished or clarified'''

'''Name''': hook, peg, nail, pin <ref>02053</ref> It is notable that some rabbis say it looks like a horn, and coincidentally one would make the 'v' sound to play a horn, forming your embouchure and blowing breath until the lips vibrate. Horns in the Bible are used to punctuate time. Time before the blowing of the horn is very different than that after it because of some event to which your attention has been called. The central event of all time is the cross where Christ was nailed.

'''Formation''': For ease it is drawn as a yod י with a vav וdescending. It should be understood as a vav ו returning to heaven, represented by the yod י. It represents Christ in resurrection. However, he was not resurrected alone and so it also represents the bride of Christ. The bride that doesn't understand; זנה ''zanah'', is a prostitute <ref>02181</ref>. '''Bride'''

'''Formation''': Like the ''he'' ה the ''chet'' begins with a ''dalet'' ד which is joined by a vav ו, which now returns all the way to the top horizontal. The command is understood. Seeing is metaphor for understanding. '''Understood'''

'''Formation''': The ''tet'' is formed by joining a kof כ and a zayin ז at the bottom. This is the marriage on earth of the Son of God כ and his bride ז. The word for 'marriage' ''laqach'' לקח <ref>03947 </ref> also means 'doctrine' and 'learning' <ref>03948 </ref>. The marriage of the Lamb happens on earth as his people learn from him <ref>1Ti 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.</ref>. '''Marriage (on earth)'''

'''Name''': ''Tet'' טת is unused and probably means 'feast'. When the word is split by a vav ו it becomes 'fasting' ''tᵉvath'' טות <ref>02908</ref>. Eating is a metaphor for learning. When the vav separates the marriage/doctrine ט from its end or purpose ת , is seems to reverse the sense.

'''Formation''': The ''yod'' should be envisioned as a very tiny dot. But since we need to draw and see it, we use the form seen. Before creation, there was just God. When he thought about creating, he could not create outside of himself, since there is no place outside of God <ref>1Ki 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?</ref>. So he formed a void within himself in which to create <ref>Ge 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.</ref>.

As a metaphor it can represent the one who created; God, or the creation. The vocalization of the letter as 'yah' is a name of God. When any letter of the alphabet is formed, first a yod is drawn, and then the rest of the letter is formed from it. The letters form words which were used to create all. The yod, as a metaphor contains all God wished to create, say and do. '''New creation'''

'''Name''':''Yod'' means 'hand' which is metaphor for works. All of creation is the works of God <ref>De 3:24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?</ref>.

'''Name''': ''Kof'' כפ means 'spoon, palm'. Jesus said that no one will pluck his sheep out of his hand <ref>Joh 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.</ref> It is likely he used the Hebrew word ''kof''. There is a mystery in the word. The ''pe'' פ means 'mystery, parable, riddle'. The church, his sheep, are hidden in the works of God... his hand.. in the mystery hidden from the beginning <ref>1Co 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:</ref>.

'''Formation''': The ''lamed'' is formed with a vav ו descending from above the upper horizontal. It begins above those things we can understand about God. It begins in the heart of God. Then it uses a smaller form of the altered ''kof'' from the ''qof'' ק where the lower horizontal is bent to descend. In the ''qof'' it descends below the line representing the death of the Son of God. In the ''lamed'' it is a smaller form and does not descent below the line. The horizontal vav in the ''lamed'' is between the upper and lower horizontals of the square template.

The ''lamed'' represents the shared heart of teaching. The subject of the teaching is the altered ''kof'' from the ''qof'' which is the death of the Son of God, or the cross. '''Teaching of the cross''' <ref>1Co 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.</ref>

'''Formation''': Like the ''tet'' ט, the ''mem'' מ joins a ''kof'' כ and a ''zayin'' ז. It joins them at the top of the letter. Like the ''tet'' it also signifies the marriage, but it's focus is on the upper joining. The Father arranged the marriage <ref>Ge 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name [was] Tamar.</ref> '''Promise of the Father'''

'''Name''': 'water, blemish'. Water is a symbol for the word of God which can bring life or death. As a metaphor, it can express the outcome of the word, which is his people. If ''mem'' is decorated with a symbol to focus on the flesh aspect of the metaphor, the ''ayin'' ע, as מעם , it is 'people'. It contains the idea of a blemish in that the ''mem'' without a creation, or ''yod'' י in it, is the basis for desolation ''shamem'' שמם.

'''Formation''': The ''nun'' נ is a ''kof'' כ with shortened horizontals <ref>The Son of God who 'emptied' himself Php 2:7 </ref>, or a ''vav'' ו with a lower ''yod'' י added <ref>The Word ו which became flesh י</ref>, or as an ''aleph'' א which has been scrunched to have the ''yod'' 's on the top and bottom of the ''vav''. It represents the '''Son of Man'''.

'''Name''': ''Nun'' means 'fish, posterity, propagator'. 'Posterity' and 'propagator are derived from the scrunched ''aleph''. 'Fish' are a metaphor for 'every word which proceeds from the mouth of God' <ref>Mt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.</ref>. Jesus is 'THE WORD' and is represented by a fish. We are the completed works of his word, and are another side of the metaphor.

'''Formation''': The ''samech'' ס is formed like the ''tet'' ט and ''mem'' מ by joining a ''kof'' כ and ''zayin'' ז. This time they are joined at the top and bottom as is the final mem ם. The ''samech'' has rounded corners signifying 'more' than the square corners of the final mem. The samech suggests the promise of the Father was fulfilled fully. The final mem speaks about it being fulfilled in the flesh. '''Completed the promise of the Father in the spirit''' <ref>Ac 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.</ref>

'''Name''': The name ''samech'' סמך means 'support' in fulfillment of the prophecy taht he bride would be a help-meet to the man <ref>Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</ref>.

'''Formation''':The ''ayin'' ע is a distorted ''nun'' נ with a ''zayin'' ז pulling the lower horizontal off the base. The bride (''zayin'') returns holy, while the Son of God ( lower horizontal ) gets pulled to the earth (made to be sin). '''Exchange of sin for righteousness''' <ref>2Co 5:21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</ref>

'''Formation''': the ''pe'' פ is formed as a ''kof'' כ with a dangling ''yod'' י off the left upper arm. There is an invisible ''yod'' hidden inside the letter. The Son of God speaks of hidden things (the hidden yod) using visible things (the visible yod). He speaks in riddle, parable and metaphor. ''Pe'' represents the Prophet. '''Spoke in parable, metaphor, prophecy, riddle''' <ref>Ps 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.</ref>

'''Name''': ''Pe'' means 'eye, answer'. The eye is the window to the hidden soul <ref>Mt 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.</ref>. When the prophet enquires of the Lord, God 'answers' <ref>Jer 42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare [it] unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.</ref>.

'''Formation''': The ''tsadi'' is like the ''ayin'' beginning with an elongated 'nun'. This time it has the 'burden of love'; a ''vav'' pushing it down from the right, signifying that His love for us led him to the cross <ref>Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.</ref>. '''He died for us''' <ref>Ro 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.</ref>

'''Name''': ''Tsadi'' צדי means 'side, provision'. The prophetic prophecy speaks about Gethsemane as the limping side, Christ's willingness to put aside his own self-preservation instincts in order to die. He was the provision god made for us for sin. When a ''qof'' ק is added the the end, the word ''tsadik'' means righteous one. The ''qof'' adds the idea of his death and resurrection.

'''Formation''': The ''qof'' ק is formed as a bent ''kof'' כ. The lower arm bends down, pointing to death, signifying the death of the Son of God. The Left side has a ''vav'' ו originating below the lower horizontal, or 'in the grave' and rising from the dead. '''He rose from the dead'''

'''Name''': The word ''qof'' קפ means 'encompass' and comes from the idea that the cross ק is the mystery hidden from the beginning פ <ref>Eph 3:9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:</ref>. The mystery is in all things <ref>Ro 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:</ref>

'''Formation''': The ''rosh'' is formed with a horizontal and a vertical ''vav'' joined with a curve. That which can be known about God (horizontal) is made known (vertical) in such a way you can ask questions (rounded corner). '''Revelation'''

'''Formation''': The ''shin'' is formed by a ''vav'' ו or the word coming to earth, then returning to God (the left ''zayin'' ז) with an increase (the small ''zayin'' off of the left one). It can represent the Spirit which gives life to the bride, or the man and wife returning to the Lord. '''word returned with an increase'''

'''Formation''': The ''tov'' is formed as a ''rosh'' ר representing a revelation which is completed by the ''vav'' springing to life an returning to God on the left side. The purpose of revelation is to give life to man. '''completed his work'''

'''Formation''': The final ''kof'' ך retains it's meaning as a ''kof'' כ and derives newmeaning from the changes to the ''kof'' כ. The upper corner becomes a right angle, saying that what happened to the Son of God happened according to the law, or in the flesh. The lower arm is bent to penetrate below the lower horizontal, signifying that he died. '''The Son of God died in the flesh according to the law.'''

'''Formation''': The final ''mem'' retains it's meaning of the ''mem''; the promise of the Father, but it is now connected at the bottom as well, saying the final state of the promise is that the son fulfilled it. I believe that since the final ''kof'' and final ''mem'' both represent the Son of God, that the final forms should be read together. 'The Son of God died fulfilling the promise of the Father. The final state is not the death of the Son of God, but '''the promise fulfilled, once for all'''. <ref>Ro 6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.</ref>

'''Formation''': the final ''nun'' retains it's meaning as the Son of Man and the lower arm pointed down signifies his death. The Son of Man title is understood to refer to Jesus in the flesh, having emptied himself of his divine prerogative; choosing not to use his divinity. In resurrection he took up his former glory. The title 'Son of Man' no longer applies. '''Christ raised in Glory''' <ref>Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.</ref>

'''Formation''': The final ''pe'' retains it's meaning as the prophet. the lower arm pointed down signifies his death. The prophet died, meaning that '''all prophecy is fulfilled.''' <ref>Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.</ref>

'''Formation''': The final ''tsadi'' retains it's meaning as the righteous judge. The lower arm pointing down signifies his death. When the judge died, '''judgement was ended''' <ref>Ro 8:1 ¶ [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.</ref>.

'''Formation''': The final ''shin'' is formed as a ''shin'' ש with an extra ''zayin'' ז returning. It has a value of 1000 which is a metaphor for 'king'. We return as '''joint heirs of Christ''' <ref>Ro 8:17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.</ref>.

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