1. 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 - א

Creation א

God created by separating. Even the word 'create' bara ברא means 'separate'. As the diagonal stroke of the aleph is drawn it separates top from bottom and right from left. The two yods represent two aspects of creation;heaven and earth, and grace and holiness.

The word 'heaven' contains metaphor for the Father, Son and Spirit. The Holy trinity was separated from the earth when the heavens were separated from the earth.

The separation of heaven and earth signifies God's holiness. The separation of holiness and grace divides his revelation of himself into two parts. We are incapable of understanding holiness and grace together on our own.

If a criminal goes free, we don't cheer the wonderful grace, but cry that there is no justice. If we are the criminal and don't get to go free, we do not praise the wonderful justice. We whine that there is no mercy. When we mix law and grace, or holiness and love, we mess it up.

But God is both. He is a just God and a merciful God. To reveal that to us, his law is revealed to show us his justice, and the cross is revealed to satisfy that justice while giving us mercy.

Hint: As you run across all the laws against mixing things; seeds, garments, etc. They are all teaching aids for this concept: only Christ can reveal the Father by reconciling Holiness and Love.

1. 𝗛𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻 - ב

The bet ב is formed by drawing a resh ר and finishing it with a lower horizontal vav ו.

ב ר

The resh ר is a revelation, the bet ב a revelation to man.

God shows himself

The Father is to us, like the water is to fish and the air to birds. We are completely immersed in him. This is why we cannot see him any more than the fish can see the water or the birds can see the air.

We cannot search him out. We can only know of him what he chooses to make known. God becoming a man, would be like the water becoming a fish to speak to fish, and like the air becoming a bird to speak to a bird. However, the fish CAN see the rocks and the seaweed and other things.

All of creation was made to communicate some things about God to us. We can see the rocks and the seaweed too. [1]

In order to be able to know that there is a God by interpreting the evidence of creation, you were created with the mechanism for doing so. We might speculate what that mechanism is, but it is more important to observe what other abilities we were created with. Consider the atheist, he is a natural born scientist:

As an infant he had the ability to gather observations through various senses. He can correlate patterns in those observations. He can identify rewards and penalties, and theorize about the correlation of his own actions with those rewards and penalties. He can experiment and adjust his behavior to maximize rewards. He does all of this without thinking about why he does it.

He has a natural instinct that the universe is rational, and that he may depend upon it when making adjustments to his theories and hypotheses. He operates on the theory that he may know truth.

By the time he is grown he gives up his science: he has chosen to believe, against all the evidence of his life, that there is no truth, and he knows nothing, all the while proclaiming the 'truth' that there is no God.

The one who declares that there is no truth relies upon the existence of truth to declare there is no God. This instinctive reliance on truth betrays the ardent atheist as a fraud.

God has revealed himself to all men by giving him an instinctive dependency upon truth. By this we may know him. [2]

1. 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:

1. Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

1. 𝗛𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 - ג

The gimel ג is such a fun letter. Jesus used it in a saying concerning the rich man. But it has a deep theological meaning as well.

The gimel ג is drawn as a vav ו which splits. Jewish children learn that it is a rich man pursuing a poor man, because it looks like an outstretched leg.

The vav ן is the Word of God (Jesus [1]) with the focus being on clarifying by separating, but in the case of the gimel, doesn't just explain or clarify things, but also teaches holiness. The teaching of holiness (separation) is how God pursues us. Though we experience grace, we need to understand holiness to understand the grace.

1. 𝗪𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲

When God created the heavens and the earth, his creation was bathed in grace. [2] But we do not understand grace without understanding holiness, so he immediately revealed himself as holy. [3]

Lets put this in different terms. Holiness is expressed by separation. God created us by separating a void from himself. He made space for us within him. He is God, we are not. We are in God. We customarily say that God is everywhere as if the everywhere were a container for God. But there is no container larger than God. [4] God is not in everything. Everything is in God. [5]

1. 𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄

If I told you that I paid your fine, you would think I was crazy, because you are unaware of any fine. My statement to you would be foolishness. This is the same with the preaching of the cross. [6]

If you are unaware of the war between you and God; if you are oblivious to sin; if you do not know the pain, suffering and death that you contribute to; you perceive no need for assistance.

Perhaps you remember the first time you realized that you unintentionally hurt someone deeply; the look that pierced your heart and birthed human empathy within you. You immediately understood your need for grace. It is likely you had cause harm previously, but unaware sensed no need for assistance.

This is the purpose of the law. This is the mission of the judge. The law and the judge do not simply condemn you. They condemn you for the purpose of piercing your hardened heart so that you realize the pain, suffering and death you have contributed to. They condemn you so that you will seek assistance, forgiveness and mercy. They condemn you to lead you to Christ and the cross.

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1. Joh 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1. 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.

1. Ge 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

1. 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?

1. Ac 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

1. 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.

1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗻 (𝗚𝗼𝗱) 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 (𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿)

Jesus uses this meaning in a brilliant riddle which reverses the historical event with the hidden meaning.

Consider the dialog and circumstances around the meeting of the rich man and Jesus. [7]]

The rich man came running to the poor man Jesus and asks what he must do to have eternal life, but he refers to Jesus as the 'good' teacher.

This is a trigger word for Jesus. Original and universal sin is when men determine for themselves, or define, good and evil, usurping God prerogative. Only God can declare what is good or evil.

Jesus gently confronts the man, explaining that only God is good. The motive may be two-fold: "Why do you make a judgement that I am good since only God can judge?", or "Has God told you that I am God, and therefore I am good?"

Jesus attempts to determine which it is by telling him to keep the law. The man has two answers to choose from: "I have kept the law", or "I cannot keep the law and need mercy".

The man contradicts Jesus saying that only God is good. He doubles down that he himself is good, with the implication that he is equal to God.

If he is equal to God, then Jesus says he should do what God has done: Jesus, the eternal Son of God left his high estate, giving up everything to be man in order to reveal the father through teaching, and through his death. He invites, "Come follow me", after you also give up all you possess.

The rich man (Jesus - incarnate God) has chased the poor man (the sinner) with the law and judgement.

1. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹

Jesus highlights the meaning of the encounter using the gimal: The name of the letter gimel ג also means 'camel'. They are the same word. Now consider the eye of the needle. When you thread a needle, you wet the thread and twist it to make it stiff. Then you hold it up close to your eye and bring the needle to the thread. You do this because if you move the thread, it will shake and fall and you will have to wet and twist it again. You bring the needle to the thread.

How is it that the rich man could think he was sinless? If we approach the law, like the thread approaching the needle we wilt before it. In order to think we are sinless, we must hold ourselves still, and draw the law to us so that we fit in the center of it. We re-interpret the law, or redefine it so that we are not guilty of sin.

We say that we are not guilty of murder, though Jesus says we are if we have been angry with a brother. We didn't steal that stuff from the office, we borrowed it and just haven't returned it yet. We don't lust, we just enjoy beauty. We don't covet, we just want to improve our lot in life.

It is easier for the real camel to go through the eye of a real needle, than is is for the rich man sinner, who chased the poor man, to justify himself by the law. It will never happen.

Those pangs of guilt; the times when a memory literally makes you gnash your teeth, or flinch; are the fruit of the law piercing your heart so that you will understand the need for mercy and be drawn to God for it. God pursues you.

1. Mk 10:17, Mt 19:16, Lk 18:18

1. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 - ד

The dalet ד represents a spoken word, or the result of a spoken word.

God spoke… God said… ten times in Genesis 1.

1. He declared himself to be holy [1]

2. He reconciled holiness (the waters above) with Love (the waters below). [2]

3. He became desolate in the incarnation to show the great lengths he would go to reconcile men to himself. [3]

4. He withered, he taught and he died among us so that he would bear fruit. [4]

5. He and his fruit became a testimony of holiness. [5]

6. His word brought forth life.[6]

7. Even the desolate came to life. [7]

8. He took a bride for himself. [8]

9. He was fruitful with his bride. [9]

10. He and his bride were co-heirs of the kingdom.[10]

Yeah.. I know. If you read that quickly you are totally lost. Each time God said, he revealed something about himself and his plan. But he revealed it in the mystery of creation. All of creation testifies of God. [11]

Each thing that God spoke of, remained a mystery until the cross. Only then can we look back and see that his plan was planned from the beginning. He had it all under control. We will come back to Genesis 1 and show how he revealed himself in the hidden account of creation. All the symbols used will be used the same way throughout scripture.

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Ge 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Ge 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Ge 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Ge 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Ge 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Ge 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Ge 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Ge 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Ge 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Ge 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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:

1. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 - ה

The center letter of Elohim (translated 'God') is the hei ה. It has a positive and negative connotation. It represents hearing, but not understanding. It is formed with a dalet ד which is a spoken word of God with a yod י returning to heaven, but not quite making it. It represents the kind of hearing the sheep have when they hear the shepherd's voice. [1]

Have you been drawn to God, like a voice in the distance calling? You ARE a sheep. Only his sheep hear his voice. The sheep don't understand the words, but they know they belong to God; the voice is familiar.

Elohim means 'God separated from his people because they don't understand' or 'God connected to his people because they hear him call.' The sheep may be separated from him, but they belong to him.

1. 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

God spoke creation into existence and it is the result of his word. It declares the invisible nature of God. [2]

But men do not understand his declaration. Instead they build religions around nature as if the creation was God. [3]

The sense of awe we get from creation is proper if it draws us to his call. Some mistakenly believe that this personal revelation of God is sufficient. If that were so he would not have his people teach. [4]

1. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱

When Israel left Egypt and reached Mt. Sanai, God spoke directly to the whole nation to give them the law. Yes. Really. I know you thought that he spoke only to Moses because you saw it in a cartoon or movie. But he spoke to all the people. [5] When the people heard the voice of God, they did not understand. It was just thunderings to them. [6] They were afraid to hear his words. [7]

1. 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀

Jesus spoke in parables so that the crowds would not understand. [8] If they could be saved by his teaching alone, it would make the cross vain. Jesus had to die alone, desolate and unfruitful, just as the seed is planted in the ground. [9]

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1. Joh 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

1. 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:

1. Ro 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

1. Mt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

1. Ex 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. Ex 20:1 ¶ And God spake all these words, saying,

1. Ex 20:18 ¶ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.

1. Ex 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

1. Lu 8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

1. Joh 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

1. 'Ge 1:1 Elohim

"God אל separated from his people ים by ignorance ה"

This is the primary doctrine of the Bible. The invisible God, who cannot be seen or heard, is unknown to his people. Every other doctrine must find it's foundation in this.

Because he is unknown, and wants to be known, the corollary is that he teaches. God teaches!!

The recalcitrant child believes he is being punished, but God disciplines those he loves [1]

If you imagine that God is angry with you, you have misjudged him. He is angry at your sin: that you do not acknowledge him as God [2]. He is angry at your sin and is teaching you.

He created a world where you reap what you sow; he gives you what you want; and let's you wallow in the consequences.

You desire to decide good and evil for yourself. You decide to judge the world and God. The consequences of sowing judgement is reaping judgement. Your sin creates pain suffering and death. As you suffer you realize that you are not God. You have no ability to judge and no power to save from judgement.

The system is perfect in confronting your sin. And you create your own discipline.

But God, in his love, is patient for you to learn that he is God. God is not an angry God who requires appeasement. He is a Holy God that loves you. You cannot understand his love until you understand his holiness.

1. Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

1. Ro 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 ¶ Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them.

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:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

1. Ge 1:9 Two trees

Ge 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

We observe that when there are two things, they appear to be two sides of one thing. This observation started with the creation of the heavens and they earth. There is only one creation with two natures: spiritual and physical. In the first day there was light and dark. These represent two natures of God as Holy and Love. The waters above and below, represent the two layers of God's word, and the dual nature of men.

The two trees represent one tree: the cross. The cross is both the tree of life and the tree of death. In the Book of Revelation the two trees have grown together over the stream.

Adam and Eve had three choices of trees. 1. Eat the unnamed trees and remain as they were. 2. Eat of the tree of life and understand who God is through the story of the cross. 3. Eat of the tree of death and learn that they are not God through pain, suffering and death, before they can have eternal life with God through the reality of the cross.

The word 'know' ידע also means 'declare'. Declare is the better translation since Adam and Eve chose to make up their own rules. By choosing the eat/learn through the tree of death, they wanted to declare their own rules.

There was nothing magic in the tree of fruit. They were dinner theater to teach of God's holiness.

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God gave them the choice to learn who he is the easy way, through instruction, or the hard way, through experience. They chose to learn by experience.

Had they eaten of the tree of life before the fall, it is probable that God would have used a parable of the cross.