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All In The Name - Tetragrammaton

2011-02-02T05:23:00.000-08:00

The Name of GOD

GOD has several Hebrew names; Elohim (Authority God), Adonai (Master), El Shaddai (Almighty God)... The Bible records more than a dozen of GOD's Name .

All these names of GOD are His titles except for the name, Yahweh. Yahweh(proper noun) is HIS personal name. "God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. ...The LORD (YAHWEH), the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.'" Exodus 3:14

Yahweh is called Tetragrammaton or 4-letter word in original Hebrew text referring to GOD. It spells יYud, הHei, וּVav and הHei.

Yahweh is the most sacred, highly regarded name of God for the Hebrews. For the Orthodox Jew, the יהוּה Tetragrammaton is never spoken, only written. Only the High Priest can speak this name with fear and reverence and only on a very special day of the year, the Yom Kippur. Since 70AD, after the 2nd Jewish temple was destroyed by the Roman soldiers, the ceremonial rituals of this celebration ceased to be performed. After almost 2,000 years of silence, scholars can only speculate wether there is someone who could actually pronounce the original Tetragrammaton perfectly since it is all consonants and no vowel.
Today in synagogues during Scripture readings, "Adonai" (Master) is spoken in place of "YHVH." In a regular conversation or in written documents the Orthodox Jews substitute "HaShem" (The Name) to provide further protection of the Name YHWH.

The English name Jehovah was coined by Roman Catholics during the Middle Ages resulting from a misunderstood Masoretic Hebrew texts. The consonants Y-H-V-H (the "Y" used to be pronounced as "J") and the vowels from the word "Adonai" combined to form the word Jehova.

It is interesting to note that the first time the Tetragrammaton appeared in the scripture was after He created man in Genesis 2:7. Yahweh is the covenant-keeping GOD. The GOD who have a relationship with man. Before GOD created man, GOD was called Elohim.

The TETRAGRAMMATON

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

These four Hebrew letters are the 4 letters of the Tetragrammaton; Yod Hei Vav Hei. יYod, as mentioned earlier, means hand. הHei means grace. וּVav is pictured as nail. To read the whole Hebrew Pictograph of the Tetragrammaton it says

The hand of grace nailed in grace!

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

“They will look on me, Aleph Tav the one they have pierced..." Zechariah 12:10(NIV)

The end is declared from the beginning BUT in RIDDLES.

The Word

Riddle solved! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" John 1:1 (NIV)
Aleph Tav
is the WORD revealed to John.

The mysterious Word in the Middle of the Genesis 1:1 Creation Account

Jesus Christ is Aleph Tav! He is present when everything was created. He was at the center of the happening.

Four times Jesus said in Revelation: "I am Alpha and Omega..." Revelation 1:8; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13 John, who saw the vision he wrote in the book of Revelation, was Hebrew-speaking. When Jesus said Alpha and Omega, He said it in the language John can understand, in Hebrew. Alpha and Omega is the first and last letter of the Roman Alphabet, translated to Hebrew is Aleph Tav; the first and the last letter of the Hebrew Alephbet. Jesus Christ is incscribed in the Bible, from the first (Genesis) to the last (Revelation) book.

Aleph Tav is the same Alpha and Omega

revealed to John in Revelation.

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8 KJV

This mystery was finally revealed by Jesus Christ Himself to John in a vision!

Jesus Christ is the The sacrificial Ox. The Lamb of God who died for the sins of the world. (John 1:29) . The cross means covenant and completion/finished, being the last of the Hebrew Alephbet. When Jesus hung on the the cross, He shouted "It is finished!"

He was the sacrificial lamb slain from the creation. "... the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. Revelation 13:8 (NIV)

"looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" Hebrews 12:2

JESUS is the WORD, the answer to the riddle, the answer to all the puzzles of the heart and mind. His person, His being in man, completes.

“No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" -- 10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:7-10

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings." Proverbs 25:2

JESUS CHRIST

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1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

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Aleph Tav

Genesis 5 Shemology

Meditate in Hebrew is Hagah
Hashem-The Name

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GOD is spirit. Other than GOD coming down to reveal HIMself to man, there is no way for man to know GOD. Unaided, man's physical limitation keeps him from seeing GOD

GOD designed man to be dependent on HIM. The first man could walk and talk with GOD in the perfect environment of Eden. When man fell, he lost his inheritance. Outside Eden, he can no longer walk and talk to GOD as he once did in Eden. The heyday of man soon became a mere distant fantastic children's story. The reality of Eden is too incredible, it can not be grasped by the natural mind of man.

Ancient Bible Scroll

The scripture was written with GOD’s inspiration for man to know GOD. It was designed to aid man see GOD.

The scripture is more than we know it to be. GOD in His richness and fullness, did not just write a boring literature to leave down here to shelves and dusts… a crummy source of issues for religiously screwed minds. NO! GOD has none of them. In fact, HE is a very interesting, cheerful, fun-loving GOD! HE made the first sentence of the scripture a challenging mind game. When rightly decoded, it tells of the whole history of man from Genesis to Revelation!

The end is declared from the beginning BUT in RIDDLES.

Genesis 1:1

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible (Torah/Pentateuch). Every stroke written on the scrolls tells a story on its own, and in every word a message is embedded. One single letter would be written deliberately smaller or larger, and even broken for this purpose. Every stroke was designed by GOD and all were carefully inscribed. These strokes were preserved by the scribes who carefully follow thousands of laws in writing a sacred scroll down the ages to this present day.

"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law (that which is assigned) until all is accomplished." Matthew 5:18

A letter, even a stroke written in the scripture is a statement and is as relevant as an atom to a Physicist.

Out from the very words on the scrolls, Moses supervised the making of the intricate architecture of the mobile tabernacle, including the articles of worship and the priestly garments.

What happened in Moses' time was a rare feat. In the middle of the desert where food and water was scarce, the whole nation of Israel braved the desert in a very orderly fashion. Tents arranged by tribes surrounded the tabernacle. The buzz of ceremonial sacrifices from morning 'til evening, continuing for years and years while in travel enlivened the central tent; the tent of worship. The Israelites were a sight to behold. Imagine a parade of over 2 million people tugging their livestocks and belongings, stopping to encamp from time to time in an organized formation. It was spectacular to say the least!

If not for the murmurings, the people lived fairly well with constant miraculous supply of food that fed over 2 million Israelites whom GOD kept in amazing health.

Near the end of the journey, Moses only saw but never stepped on the promise land. The mega responsibility of Moses was relinquished to Joshua with this important instruction:

“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” Joshua 1:8 (New International Version, ©2011)

Equipped with the scripture, Joshua and the more than 2 million people crossed the Jordan river to enter the land GOD promised to Abraham.

Watch this video about meditation.

#202 - Meditate on God's Word & Receive Grace Upon Grace from Joseph Prince Media on Vimeo.

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Loving The Written Word Of God Home Page

1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

All In The Name

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Grace In A Name

In the ancient world of the Bible, names had meaning. Some names depicted the wish of parents or of God for a child to fulfill a certain destiny.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Abraham's name was originally Abram. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham. But before that, God breathed ה hei (grace) into him, blessing him in a covenant. From then on, Abram has grace ה(hei) in his name. See Genesis 17:3-8 God's covenant with Abraham

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Sarah received the same treat from God. She received ה grace and enjoyed the blessings from God. But while Hei was added to Abram's name, Hei was exchanged in Sarah's who was then called Sarai. Her name in Hebrew reading from right to left spells with a י Yod. .י Yod is the tenth letter in Hebrew alphabet. It stands for a closed hand. It symbolizes action and personal possession. Action, in essence, manipulation. Manipulation comes from the latin word manus that means hand. For the most part, Sarai worked her way to get the promised son for herself. She went off-hooked offering her servant-maid to her husband making her more miserable with Ishmael's birth. Personal possession; me and mine was all over her person. She wanted what was already promised. God wanted to bless her. To do this, God removed the work of her hands. Number ten is a representation of everything she tried to do with her hands. The letter Yod with a number value of ten and picture of closed hand was removed and was replaced with ה (Hei) that represents the number five the number of grace. With that, there was no more condemnation of the past. Everything pertaining to the sins that was wrought in violation of the number ten י (Yod/closed hand), or the standards of the law (ten commandments) removed and exchanged with grace! From then on, her name became Sarah, a woman full of God's grace and favor.

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1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

All In The Name Hagah

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Word Wonder

The Hebrew letter ה (Hei) spells wonder!

In the Talmud;, Menachot 29b teaches that this letter Hei is God's sacred breathבִּדְבַר יְהוָה, שָׁמַיִם. נַעֲשׂוּ; וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו, כָּל-צְבָאָם

"By the utterance of Adonai the heavens were made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." Psalms 33:6

In Joshua 1:8 we see in Hebrew the word meditate is Hagah. Hagah (meditate) spells with two ה Hei(s). Read from right to left.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Hagah is spelled הגּה (Hei, Gimmel, Hei).

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Gimmel, the 3rd letter in Hebrew Alphabet, has a picture word of a camel. 
                Camel is a common vehicle of transport in ancient days.

Hei, the fifth letter in Hebrew Alphabet is number five. Five is the number of grace.

The word Hagah/meditate gives a message of "grace bringing more grace". 

When we read the Bible, we need grace to keep reading. And when we do read, we receive more grace. Meditating begins with grace from GOD, and meditating brings blessing of grace from GOD.

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1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

Aleph Bet

2011-02-01T13:38:00.000-08:00

More than Words…

The written scripture tells a story like ordinary literature… but wait! Look closely. Meditate.

Just when you begin to read the Bible, you get to Genesis chapter 5 and read a long boring list of Adam's family tree. Here is the list of the line of Noah from Adam.

Shemology

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

The meaning of the names on the right column reads:

Man appointed mortal sorrow. The blessed GOD shall come down teaching.His death shall bring powerful rest.

Again it is pointing to a person and this time it tells of His death that will bring about powerful rest.

A Little of Hebrew Alphabet

Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet or Alephbet is rich in meaning. Each letter has its own character. Each stroke has significance that writing a Sefer Torah demands meticulous and skillful hand. There are over 4,000 laws specifically for writing a Sefer Torah alone. Violating one of this law voids the whole work.

Hebrew words are also read in their number representations called gematria.

The picture above are the first five (5) letters in Hebrew Alphabet or Alephbet. Reading from the right to left; Aleph, Bet, Gimmel, Dalet, Hei. A letter corresponds to a picture word. Aleph is Ox, Bet is house or tent (Bethlehem means house of bread), Gimmel is a Camel etc...

Each letter also stands for a number. Much like how the Romans used some of their letters to represent numbers (I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, M=1,000), all Hebrew letters have numeric values.

The table is read from right to left. The first nine letters increases by 1, the next nine increase by 10, and the last four letters are by 100. Now why is this important? Because the numbers also speak to us. Read more about gemetria...

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1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

Aleph Tav

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What's even amazing is that these two letters are also written in the first verse of the first chapter of the written scripture. In the account of the creation.

Genesis 1:1

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1(NIV)

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Tav Aleph

These two letters are Aleph and Tav read from right to left. Aleph is the first letter of the 22 Hebrew alphabet, Tav is the last letter.

Hebrew letters are not like the letters of today. One character has a lot to tell about. The Torah teachers knew this that even if the Torah is as old as Moses, it is still telling of things never known before. A letter has a number equivalent, and a picture word. See The Hebrew Alphabet.

It is interesting to note that Aleph Tav is found at the center of the first verse; Genesis 1:1. It is untranslated, and independent of the rest of the words because Genesis 1:1 still conveys the message while Aleph Tav is silent.

Now here is the picture equivalent of the letters Aleph Tav.

An Ox and a Cross!

An Ox is a symbol for strength/ head/ leader/ God. The cross symbolizes covenant/ completion/ mark/ finished/ perfection.

More Markers

Zechariah 12:10 prophesied about the coming Messiah. Here again we see Aleph Tav after the word "me".

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“They will look on me, the one they have pierced..." Zechariah 12:10(NIV)

Numbers 15:36 spoke of tassel symbolic of the person GOD. The woman who had been bleeding for 12 years was healed when she touched the hem of JESUS' garment (Matthew 9:20-22). The hem of Jewish men have tassels (Tallit) on their hems. Here we see Aleph Tav again in the original text written after the word "remember".

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them..." Numbers 15:39(NIV)

Aleph Tav is like a verification signature or seal of the author. It appears in significant places that may be calling attention to the author.

We are only scratching the surface in the study of Aleph Tav. Aleph Tav is all over the written scripture (Old Testament of the Bible), about 7,000 more!

More about Aleph Tav...

More about Tassels...

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1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

Meditate God's Word

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Notes from Joseph Prince Sermon:

Meditate on GOD's Word & Receive Grace Upon Grace.

The word “meditate” here is hagah הָגָה in Hebrew. It means to mutter under ones breath.

Cow chewing its cud

A cow makes this word clear for most. When a cow eats, it does not use-up the grass it eats just yet. The grass, now cud, goes down to its stomachs (it has 4 stomachs). Some time after the cow eats, especially when it rests, it regurgitates the cud back to the mouth. We see the cow chewing cud even when he just had empty mouth. Only then when it takes the cud out from its belly to chew it does the cow really get the best out of what it ate earlier.

Meditate means going back to the word time and time again. It’s almost as easy as worrying. The only difference is, worrying is a self-directed thought while meditation is two-way conversation involving GOD in the thought.

This is to be the way Joshua decodes the written word.

Let’s look at the original Hebrew script of Moses’ instruction to Joshua.

To better understand the word of GOD, it helps to get back to the original text. The scripture was first written on a scroll in Ancient Semitic/Hebrew text. Using the New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible we read from right to left.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night,” Joshua 1:8 (NIV)

It's interesting to note that in the original text, Joshua was told to meditate not on the book of the law but instead on (him) a person.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.”Joshua 1:8(NIV)

The Two Untranslated Letters

Here we see that in the original text, GOD indeed commanded prosperity and success. GOD wants HIS people to be successful and prosperous.

The original text also wrote something that our English Bible left untranslated. It was untranslated for the simple reason that it cannot be translated at all! The Hebrew readers even skip reading these two letters pointed by the red arrow below.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

"Then you will be prosperous and successful." Joshua 1:8(NIV)

So what could this two Hebrew letter word be?

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Loving The Written Word Of God Home Page

1 Introduction

Meditation

2 Meditate God's Word

Hagah

Two Untranslated Letters

3 Aleph Tav

4 Aleph Bet

5 All In The Name: Hagah

6 All In The Name

7 All In Name :TETRAGRAMMATON

Loving The Written Word of GOD

2011-01-31T05:22:00.000-08:00

GOD is spirit. Other than GOD coming down and reveal HIMself to man, there is no way for man to know GOD who is spirit because of man’s physical limitations.

Ancient Bible Scroll

The scripture was written with GOD’s inspiration for man to know GOD. GOD as HE is, rich and full, did not just write a boring literature and left it down here to shelves and dusts… a crummy source of issues for religiously screwed minds. NO! GOD has none of them. In fact, HE is an interesting, cheerful, fun-loving GOD. The first sentence of the scripture is a mind game. In fact, it tells of the whole history of man from Genesis to Revelation! The End is declared from the Beginning BUT in RIDDLES

Genesis 1:1

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

Tradition had it that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible (Torah/Pentateuch). He was into all the mysteries of its details, including the strokes of the ancient Hebrew letters. He did not bring this mystery to his grave but instead passed it on to Joshua, the leader of all the tribes of

Israel

who brought the younger generation to the promise land. It was not that hard for him to keep up though, because Moses already programmed the

Israel

tribe according to the written word. The written word was translated, or physically set-up by tribe in governance, and by articles down to the minutest detail of the mobile tabernacle. It was spectacular to say the least!

Joshua has a lot of space to fill in the big shoes of Moses. Moses started him with this instruction:

“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” Joshua 1:8 (New International Version, ©2011)

Watch this video about meditation.

#202 - Meditate on God's Word & Receive Grace Upon Grace from Joseph Prince Media on Vimeo.

Notes from Joseph Prince Sermon:

"Meditate on GOD's Word & Receive Grace Upon Grace.

The word “meditate” here is hagah הָגָה in Hebrew. It means to mutter under ones breath.

Cow chewing its cud

This is to be the way Joshua understands the written word.

Let’s look at the original Hebrew script of Moses’ instruction to Joshua.

To better understand the word of GOD, it helps to get back to the original text. Using the New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible we read from right to left.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince
New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night,” Joshua 1:8 (NIV)

It's interesting to note that in the original text, Joshua was told to meditate not on the book of the law but instead on (him) a person.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.”Joshua 1:8(NIV)

The Two Untranslated Letters

Here we see that in the original text, GOD indeed commanded prosperity and success. GOD wants HIS people to be successful and prosperous.

But the original text also wrote something that our English Bible missed-out on. It was untranslated for the simple reason that it cannot be translated at all!

The Hebrew readers even skip reading this two letters pointed by the red arrow below.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

"Then you will be prosperous and successful." Joshua 1:8(NIV)

What's even amazing is that these letters are also written in the first verse of the first chapter of the written scripture. In the account of the creation.

Genesis 1:1

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

"Then you will be prosperous and successful." Joshua 1:8(NIV)

These two letters are Aleph and Tav read from right to left. Aleph is the first letter of the 22 Hebrew alphabet, Tav is the last letter.

Now here is the picture equivalent of the letters Aleph Tav.

An Ox and a Cross!

Zechariah 12:10 prophesied about the coming Messiah. Here again we see Aleph Tav after the word "me".

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“They will look on me, the one they have pierced..." Zechariah 12:10(NIV)

Numbers 15:36 spoke of tassel symbolic of the person GOD. The woman who had been bleeding for 12 years was healed when she touched the hem of JESUS' garment (Matthew 9:20-22). The hem of Jewish men have tassles (Tallit) on their hems. Here we see Aleph Tav again in the original text written after the word "remember".

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible
“You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them..." Numbers 15:39(NIV)

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

New International Interlineal Hebrew-English Bible

“You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the LORD, that you may obey them" Numbers 15:39 (NIV)

It's like a verification signature or seal of the author.

We are only scratching the surface because Aleph Tav is all over the written scripture, about 7,000 more!

More about Aleph Tav...

More than Words…

The written scripture tells a story like ordinary literature… but wait! Look closely. Meditate.

Just when you begin to read the Bible, you get to Genesis chapter 5 and read a long boring list of Adam's family tree. Here is the list of the line of Noah from Adam.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

The meaning of the names on the right column reads:

Man appointed mortal sorrow. The blessed GOD shall come down teaching.His death shall bring powerful rest.

Again it is pointing to a person and this time it tells of His death that will bring about powerful rest.

A Little of Hebrew Alphabet

Hebrew alphabet is rich in meaning. Each letter has its own character. Each stroke has significance that writing a Sefer Torah demands meticulous and skillful hand. There are over 4,000 laws specifically for writing a Sefer Torah alone. Violating one of this law voids the whole work.

Hebrew words are also read in their number representations called gematria.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

These are the first five (5) letters in Hebrew Alphabet. Reading from the right to left; Aleph, Bet, Gimmel, Dalet, Hei. A letter corresponds to a picture word. Aleph is Ox, Bet is house or tent (Bethlehem means house of bread), Gimmel is a Camel etc...

Each letter also stands for a number. Much like how the Romans used some of their letters to represent numbers (I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, M=1,000), all Hebrew letters have numeric values.

Word Wonder

Hei spells wonder! ה

In the Talmud, Menachot 29b teaches that this letter Hei is God's sacred breath - as in Tehilim/Psalms 33:6:

בִּדְבַר יְהוָה, שָׁמַיִם נַעֲשׂוּ; וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו, כָּל-צְבָאָם.

"By the utterance of Adonai the heavens were made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." Psalms 33:6

Back to Joshua 1:8 we see more. In Hebrew, the word meditate is Hagah with two ה hei(s).

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Hagah is spelled Hei, Gimmel, Hei.

Gimmelגּ: The 3rd letter in Hebrew Alphabet. It has a picture word of a camel. Camel is a common vehicle of transport in ancient days.

Heiה: The fifth letter in Hebrew Alphabet. Number 5 is the number of grace.

To sum up, the word Hagah/meditate is a picture of grace bringing grace. The very thing that is needed to  meditate. Nobody loves to read the bible, if all be honest about it. It’s only by the grace of God that gets you and me an appetite to read the bible, and by that very grace we read the bible! When we do read, it brings us to much more grace. This is truly grace. To be grace, it's all God's kindness, and none coming from us. 

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Sarah received the same treat from God. She received ה grace and enjoyed the blessings from God. But while Hei was added to Abram's name, Hei was exchanged in Sarai. Reading from right to left, י Yod is the last letter of her name.י Yod is the tenth letter in Hebrew alphabet. It stands for a closed hand. It symbolizes action and personal possession. Action, in essence, manipulation. Manipulation comes from the latin word manus that means hand. For the most part, Sarai worked her way to get the promised son for herself. She went off-hooked offering her servant-maid to her husband making her more miserable with Ishmael's birth. Personal possession, me and mine, she wanted what was already promised. God wanted to bless her. To do this, God removed the work of her hands. The number ten (10), representation of everything she tried to do with her hands was replaced with number five(5) the ה/grace. No more condemnation from the past. "Past" pertaining to the sins that was wrought in violation of the number ten (10)י Yod/hands, or the standards of the law/ten (10) commandments). י/hands is completely erased, and she was left with just pure ה/grace.

The Name of GOD

There are several Hebrew names of God like Elohim (authority God), Adonai (master) and El Shaddai (Almighty God). All these names are but His titles. He has only one personal name; Yahweh (proper noun).

Yahweh is also called Tetragrammaton or 4-letter word in Hebrew. It spells יYod, הHei, וּVav and הHei.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

Yahweh is the most sacred, highly regarded name of God for the Hebrews. יהוּה is never spoken, only written. Only the High Priest can speak this name in almost a whisper and only on a very special day of the year, the Yom Kippur. Since 70AD, after the 2nd Jewish temple was destroyed by the Roman soldiers, the ceremonial rituals of this celebration ceased to be performed. After almost 2,000 years of silence, scholars can only speculate wether there is someone who could actually pronounce the original Tetragrammaton perfectly since it is all consonants and no vowel. We read Yahweh easily because vowels had been inserted from the original YHWH just so that we can be better heard and understood.

Snapshot from the video "Meditate on God's Word and Receive Grace Upon Grace" by Joseph Prince

“They will look on me, Aleph Tav the one they have pierced..." Zechariah 12:10(NIV)

The end is declared from the beginning BUT in RIDDLES.

This riddle was solved! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" John 1:1 (NIV)

JESUS is the WORD, the answer to the riddle, the answer to all the puzzles of the heart and mind. His person, His being, in man, completes.

Genesis 7-8

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COMPLETE RECYCLE

Passage/s: Genesis 7-8; Ps. 2; Prov. 13; Matt. 3-4

In that great flood, everything was renewed. The seed of every creation was preserved. One seed also survived; the seed of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. It’s in the seat of man’s innermost, even after the great cleansing flood, just waiting to unfold.

Message of GOD For Me Today:

The mind is one powerful tool. It is the one thing that the enemy destroyed to fatally disable GOD’s image and likeness. It is also the focus of Jesus’ ministry. The word “repent” simply means change your mind.

A paradigm shift needs to take place to be compatible with The Source and be rightly connected to HIM. Any computer program users know this basic. The fundamental fix of man is CONNECTION, the very heart of the gospel.

Apostle Paul admonished “be transformed by the renewing of your mind”. The good and perfect will of GOD will run in ones life whose mind is renewed. Receive from GOD by knowing everything is on the house, it’s on JESUS’ bruised and bloodied physical house.

Promise of GOD For My Life:

“I have installed my KING on Zion, My Holy Hill.” Ps. 2:6 It will only be a matter of time that the KING becomes visibly seated on earth. Right now, JESUS is seated with the FATHER in the heavenly/spiritual realm. Faith takes power from this ground, that JESUS has been given FULL AUTHORITY TO RULE invisibly.

Commandments To Obey:

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Eat the Word of GOD. “..man shall not live by bread alone.” (Matt. 4:4)
Have the mind of GOD. “Do not put the Lord your GOD to a test.” (Matt. 4:7)
Have the passion for GOD. “..worship the Lord your GOD, and serve HIM only.” (Matt. 4:10)

Warning:

Idea can destroy mind; that is the enemy’s simplest principle for mass destruction. The enemy gets power from deception. Power for power; mind for mind. The enemy gets power from taking power out of a brilliant mind, fatally disabling it.

Application/Commitment:

I cannot renew my mind on my own. I need the power from the word of GOD to replenish the power loss. I need GOD’s idea. I need GOD’s mind. Good thing is, HE is offering it. HE did not just say repent and did nothing about it. HE was actually saying “have my MIND. Get power from ME”.

1. Read the Bible today, listen to grace message from Ptr. JP

2. Own the the Word of GOD.

3. Enjoy GOD’s presence by the Word inside me.

Matthew 28:18–19
18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19Go therefore…

Genesis 5-6

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Passage/s: Genesis 5-6; Ps. 1; Prov. 9; Matt. 1-2

Message of GOD For Me Today:

“Noah did everything GOD commanded him.” (Gen. 8:22 When GOD gives clear instructions to me, HE meant me to carry-out a global mission. I may not see it that way, but the impact will be felt by the world sooner or later. The little things that I do for GOD may mean the world to a person, a whole city, a whole nation… the whole world. I must be decided to do one thing all the way.

Promise of GOD For My Life:

The instruction of the LORD is more than man can carry-out. GOD meant to do it HIMSELF through man. Nothing stops GOD. All heavens and earth cooperates to accomplish the GOD-given task of man. “Blessed is the man… (whose) delight is in the law of the LORD. Whatever he does prospers.” (Ps. 1:1-3)

Commandments To Obey:

Carry-out GOD’s instruction. Everything must be done. It’s all or none.

Warning:

Ark-building what? Nobody had done it, it cannot be done! GOD just loved to give mind-screamer projects. What’s my mind-screamer?

It’s going to take all of me. I better love doing it. Noah did not finish the Arc in a month or a year… he worked on the ark for a hundred years.

Important of all, I must do it for no one but the Lord. If Noah was particular about people’s praises, he would think twice of building the biggest sea-boat on top of the mountain – it’s insane! Nobody ever attempted doing a hundred year construction for the biggest sea-boat where there is no sea.

It’s going to demand my time, my energy, my mind, money and more of money where there’s none. (Looking at it in another viewpoint, Noah must have been very rich to have poured-out huge resources for a project that spans a hundred years. What a blessed man he was!)

Application/Commitment:

Go all the way with this, every day. Love this. It’s going to demand for more from me but heaven and earth will cooperate to accomplish this
GOD-given task. Thank you Lord!

Genesis 3-4

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Dec. 8, 2010

YOU WILL BECOME LIKE GOD

The Serpent was more crafty… the master of half-truth or “white-lies” (lie: “Did GOD really say, ‘you must not eat form ANY tree in the garden?’”). It’s craftiness masterfully misled the woman who had not received GOD’s Word directly, but only heard from somebody. How easy it is to fall prey to this Serpent if we don’t have GOD’s Word. It is very important to feast on GOD’s Word daily.

Four thousand years later, this Serpent also said to Jesus as it did to the woman in effect: ‘EAT’, referring to the stone. While the woman didn’t realize she was in GOD’s likeness, Jesus knew He is the SON of GOD. That is why HIS tempter challenged HIS identity using the Holy Sriptures instead of offering an identity of GODship. Fortunately, Jesus knew the Holy Scriptures by heart, and more than that, He knew GOD’s heart.

THE STONE

What was the Serpent’s glaring advertisement to Eve, and MAN in general? That “you will be(come) like GOD, knowing good and evil.”. The FRUIT (of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil), supposedly makes a MAN become like GOD. The Serpent made it appear that the effect of eating this fruit is becoming like GOD, when GOD said the effect is death. Crash the fairytale story about Eve eating the apple because to all its like, there’s nothing sweet or beautiful about the FRUIT. It was not a bad FRUIT, but it was not intended for MAN. It was to be a tithe to everything that MAN ought to enjoy. It was GOD’s portion. And so was the STONE that Satan used to tempt JESUS. The STONE speaks of the LAW (written and engraved on STONE). The LAW is not bad, GOD Himself gave the LAW. MAN cannot handle the LAW. When GOD gave the LAW to Moses, it was set on a stone. HE instructed to put it in the ARK covered with the Mercy Seat. It was not intended to be handled by MAN. People died from handling this STONE, literally.

THE FRUITS

There were two trees in the middle of the Garden of Eden, bearing two different kinds of fruits.

The Tree of Life bears the fruit called Life.

The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil bears the fruit called Knowledge of Good and Evil. In other words, its fruit is the LAW. The LAW defines what is good and what is evil. The LAW also condemns. That’s how it kills, by condemnation. That is why GOD clearly said, “when you eat of it, you will surely DIE”.

The LAW (letter) kills but the Spirit gives LIFE. The Holy Spirit is not LIFE, JESUS is. HE said “I AM... the LIFE”. JESUS does not give life, HE is LIFE. By receiving HIM, we get HIM -we get LIFE. The Holy Spirit gives LIFE, HE gives JESUS. HIS primary role on earth is to convict MAN of sin, the sin of not receiving JESUS. And when MAN is convicted of this particular sin, HE gives JESUS – HE gives LIFE.

While the STONE kills, JESUS covered it and HE died. HE is the MERCY SEAT that covered the ARK containing the STONE. While the LAW condemns, Jesus covered it. The LAW is potent, it is very effective that all its strength against all sins of all mankind took effect on JESUS’ body on the cross. There is none left un-condemned at the cross, none for us to take home and rot.

NO MORE CONDEMNATION

The tithe of all that MAN ought to enjoy was the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It represents all the fruits MAN can enjoy. Because of the tithe of fruits, all fruits became fit for MAN to eat. MAN was condemned for violating the tithe and the ground was cursed. MAN ages because of the sentence of death. Aging is slow dying. Sickness, poverty and bitterness were everywhere because the fruits were not the same as when all fruits were tithed.

The tithe of all mankind is JESUS. JESUS represents all mankind. When HE died, all MAN served the death sentence at the cross by JESUS. When a sentence had been served, it cannot be sentenced again as in the Law of Double Jeopardy. There is only one sentence for MAN, the Holy Scripture says “for the wages of sin is death”. The death sentence had been executed. MAN is left with zero-sentence. Not just one man freed, but all mankind, Christ being the tithe of all mankind.

BECOMING LIKE GOD

The Serpent deceived MAN who have the image and likeness of GOD, by saying “you will BECOME like GOD…” Becoming what he already is was a lousy salesmanship, nevertheless, MAN fell for it.

MAN did not do anything to be like GOD. It’s natural for him to be like GOD. He was made by GOD to be like GOD. MAN never needed the LAW (the fruit of knowledge of good and evil) to be righteous, he was already righteous at that time. His righteousness sprang from GOD’s righteousness, being a creation made in GOD’s own image and likeness.

Now, by the righteousness of JESUS CHRIST, MAN has the image and likeness of GOD. MAN is already righteous regardless of religion, LAW or good deed. MAN is righteous by JESUS’ finished work on the cross.

The Serpent has seen many Eve in the world, still thinking that they need to become like GOD when they already are. In great irony, the Serpent has worked hand-in-hand with religion to make MAN think he needs the LAW to be like GOD for centuries after Jesus died on the cross to fulfill the LAW. Don’t let the Serpent fool you too.

Introduction: Genesis 1-2

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TIME

Before anything else, GOD was already present -GOD, immortal, uncreated, beyond finite knowledge and beyond time. HE was already glorious, already mighty and nothing was above HIM. All elements known to MAN, is created, including time and space extending to the farthest length of the whole universe.

Why don’t we fully understand the truth about GOD? Because our minds are marred by sin and framed by natural laws that GOD is not subject to. For instance, GOD is the Alpha and Omega. Naturally, it’s unthinkable to have no beginning and no end. We don’t understand this because our minds are oriented by what existed in the natural. This particular natural phenomenon that limits our understanding about GOD existed when the ancient book said “there was evening, and there was morning” every day through out the 7-day creation. We call it TIME.

Time started ticking on day one and it continues to tick today.

We are now stepping the sixth day of the TIME OF MAN, nearing the 7^th. Seven is always resting time. The first SEVEN-DAY was creation, and GOD rested. The 2^nd SEVEN-DAY is the TIME OF MAN.

I attest, to most this is a blur. Do not read the prints in blue unless you love to search some clue.

On the seventh day, MAN will also REST. Before rest culminates, HE will gather and bring the church (those who are dead will rise first, then those that are alive will be caught up with JESUS in the clouds) to heaven via rupture in time for the BEMA seat (sometimes referred to as the marriage feast of the Lamb). In a little while after the grand reunion, HE will call all HIS enemies down to the final battle at Armageddon and defeat them all. The Serpent will be sentenced of imprisonment for a thousand years in the Abyss. Those who died after the rupture, because of their testimony for Jesus, will be in the first resurrection to reign with Christ at the Millineal Kingdom. Then shall JESUS CHRIST reign on earth, and the church will reign with HIM. The remnants of the war, those who are still alive and are in their natural mortal bodies will live in the kingdom and populate the earth.

To GOD, a day is a thousand years. The 7^th day lasts for a thousand years. This Sabbath-Rest of a thousand years will be unprecedented because the Serpent is away in Abyssal prison, and JESUS will fully reign in body on earth. When the thousand-year Sabbath is over, the Serpent will be released from the Abyss and will campaign against the government of Christ, winning multitudes of the earth’s mortal inhabitants. At this, they will be burned by fire from heaven and the Serpent who leads them thrown into hell where its comrades had been in perpetual torment.

The end of the Old Order of things (Rev.21:4) wraps-up on the Great White Throne beyond space (and time?), where GOD calls to judgment all the dead. This is the 2^nd resurrection. Only those who did not take part in the first resurrection are judged. They are those who rejected Christ when they were alive. They will come to stand before GOD and be judged according to their deeds. They will all end up in hell.

The scripture stops to be written after the glimpse of the new heaven and new earth. Will time stop too?

MAN

GOD, with all HIS glory and splendor, created everything in preparation for HIS ultimate creation. He planted a garden and made everything ready, including a body, for HIS one special masterpiece. This creation was to be very special because HE creates him out of HIS own substance -spirit, and formed his suit of dust by HIS own hands. No other creation was made from HIS substance or created by HIS very hands. Everything else was made by HIS WORD. HE called HIS masterpiece MAN. When HE calls him MAN, GOD referred to HIS substance in MAN, the spirit.

Everything was perfect, and nothing was not until satan from the spiritual world disrupts the MIND of MAN and succeeded in planting a mind like his – independent from GOD. The whole natural world system crashed just because it failed to connect to GOD, the SOURCE. MAN carried every created thing with him on that great fall because HE was the chief, the king of the whole natural world. MAN’s power, energy and Life rest on the SOURCE. MAN stopped tapping on the source when he embraced an idea by satan that MAN can be like GOD apart from GOD. This idea started from eating the FRUIT of The Tree Of Knowledge Of Good and Evil. The idea that MAN has to do it himself, instead of relying on GOD creates self-awareness. MAN begins to see himself and he saw his nakedness because his glory was snuffed-out. He begins to fear and worry since the planted idea makes him self-occupied. He does not recognize GOD’s presence, nor is he inclined to enter it. Outside GOD’s presence, MAN is vulnerable to GOD’s enemy. As GOD’s image, he is a favorite object of scorn.

THE TWO TREES

Contrary to popular knowledge, only the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was forbidden. It was to be a tithe of all the trees, holy unto the LORD. It was the only tree out of multitude of trees that is intended for GOD alone. Although this knowledge is recorded in the ancient book, so much misconception was successfully spread by the lie of the Serpent. There were two Trees in the middle of the garden and Eve did not know which was forbidden because she only said “the tree in the middle of the garden”. The other Tree was called the Tree of Life because naturally the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil can bring death. GOD already planned a remedy if MAN ever eats of death. The Tree of Life had to wait for the fullness of time for it to be offered. Indeed the FRUIT of the Tree of Life hanged on its Tree in Calvary where LIFE was offered.

We had been far too disconnected from GOD that we don’t know how to get to HIM or even know HIM. Death has its way to delude minds that even the absurdist of objects becomes god to us. We have had affinity with bad relationships because bitter pain is sweet to the dying. The image and likeness of GOD mocked. GOD did not spare HIS SON for the love of MAN, now corrupted. GOD’s only SON became death for us so we can have Life. To have Life, we need to eat the FRUIT – the person JESUS CHRIST who was hanged on that tree to be THE offer from GOD to HIS much loved masterpiece.