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Inscription on the Cross I would
like to share something I came across while
reviewing/studying the Feasts of Israel.
For those who have been in my chat room teachings during
my discussion on the Hebrew Alphabet know that we pretty
well established the "uniqueness" of the Hebrew
language.
One method some Rabbi's would use to find a deeper
meaning to Scripture would be to take a Hebrew phrase
and then pull the first letter of each word in that
phrase. Sometimes a deeper message to that particular
phrase of Scripture would unfold. If a message came up
these coded words could be considered a special message
from God by interpreters and scholars of sacred text.
I came across fascinating insight into the inscription
that was placed upon the cross over Jesus while
reviewing an Evangelists study on Hebraisms (Perry
Stone).
Pilate had placed a sign to the cross that read
something like, "Jesus of Nazareth, The King of The
Jews." (John 19:19)
The religious leaders were upset by these words. I
always figured, yes, I suppose they didn't want anyone
to really believe that Jesus was their King. However, I
really never understood why they would be so upset
considering the mockery that was made of Jesus through
this whole ordeal. Surely, I questioned in thought,
wouldn't they view this inscription as a mockery too?
This has always been one of those "little things" that
really never made too much sense to me until
this study.
IMO, this evangelist is right on with his conclusions
and I can better understand why the religious leaders
were so upset at what they saw inscribed over Jesus.
Let me share what I believe the Religious Leaders saw
that upset them so and wanted the inscription changed.
In the Hebrew it would spell out with these 4 Hebrew
words (I have encased the spellings of each Hebrew
letter from left to right within a bracket):
[yod-shin-vav-ayin] Yeshua (Jesus)
[hay-nun-tzade-resh-yod] The Nazarene
[vav-mem-lamed-CHaf] And King
[hay-yod-hay-vav-dalet-yod-mem] (of) The Jews
OK, look at the first letter of each word.
When the Scribes (who were interpreters of Scripture)
looked up to the Cross they saw what is referred to as
the Tetragrammaton (the most sacred and personal name of
God).
Yod - Hay - Vav - Hay or YHVH
I thought this was way kewl and wanted to share it with
y'all.
((LOL, when I tried to do a spell check it wanted to
turn the "yod" into "yoda"))... |
