Miracle Making

Any miracle in the material world must be preceded by a miraculous change in our own character. Understanding that physical reality and human nature are intimately connected. When we choose to create an extraordinary transformation within, the power of this Name allows the universe to externally express this inner change. When we cast down: envy, anger, and self-pity and by rejecting these negative character flaws, we can create miracles through pure faith.

There is power in the name of God, and He has many names throughout scripture. Yeshua Jesus directed us to God, and through His miracle of salvation, we can transform our thoughts upon creating "all Good and Powerful" meditative thoughts. Just like having "the Mind of Christ".

So we are going to have a lesson in Hebrew. These Hebrew letters create a "name" of God that (in Hebraic thought) if meditated upon will create miracles like those brought about by Moses, Joshua, Yeshua Jesus and many others in scripture. I ask that you take the time to read, seek truths and ask God to reveal in your heart a mind likened to that of our savior Messiah Yeshua Jesus who himself was a Jew. Amen amen amen

Samekh - Hud - Tet {Name of God}

Samekh — means To Support and Heal The fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is "Samekh" (pronounced "sah-mekh") and has the sound of "s" as in "son."

The script form of Samekh looks like an English capital "O."

The design of the Samekh is a closed circle. A circle represents infinity, because it has no beginning or end. In the inner mystery, the teachings of Yeshua Jesus. USamekh represents the infinite power of the Ein Sof, God’s infinite light. (The light of creation) The Samekh also symbolizes an ambitious, enter­prising individual. The circular aspect of the Samekh represents support, like the rings that encircle and hold together all the elements of the lulav. (closed frond of the date palm tree)

Again, the letter Samekh is the 15th letter of the Aleph-Bet, having the numeric value of 60. The pictograph for Samekh looks something like a shield (more on this later in the writing), whereas the classical Hebrew script, constructs it as a circular shape with a squared left corner.

The Samekh also resembles a wedding band. In a relationship, a husband and wife have a strong desire to be wholly bonded. Since a circle has no points of distinction, the many different aspects of marriage do not need to conflict with one another, therefore, they can be ultimately bound together within the same uninterrupted structure of the circle. Finally, the ring symbolizes a couple’s commitment to each other. A Jewish woman symbolizes her uncompromising support of her husband by circling him seven times under the chuppah(canopy). Simi­larly, a man’s commitment is symbolized by the giving of a ring. When you pick up someone who has fallen, you support and encircle him or her with love. With the wedding ring we are saying, “This ring has no beginning or end, no highs or lows." The characteristic of encircling is constant. So, too, will my commitment to you be constant, encompassing your whole being, regardless of the highs and lows of the relationship.” We find the same concept regarding the Jewish people who were married to God at Mount Sinai. Rabbinical text states that the Giving of the Commandments at Sinai “was the betrothal ceremony” when God gave His people the ring, the wedding band. At that time, the Israelites committed to follow God’s instructions or laws, “and God then obligated Himself to provide the Jewish people with sustenance and livelihood.” As believers in Yeshua Jesus, we are the "bride" of Christ. As our Husband, His love is an obligation to us! He will Never Divorce Us or leave us! We continually are supported by Yeshua Jesus.

The Samekh can bear the weight of those who have entirely fallen. The first two letters of the word Samekh are ‫סמ‬—Samekh-mem. Together they spell the word sam, which means medicine. This is not only relevant with regard to one’s physical health but also one’s spiritual health. The word Samekh ‫סמך‬ is an acronym for, salach ‫סלח‬,to forgive; mechal‫מחל‬,to pardon; and kaper ‫כפר‬, to atone. When one takes strides to forgive, pardon and atone, one achieves a great spiritual heal­ing.

The Meaning of Samekh: The root of the word Samekh means "to lean upon," "to uphold," or "to support." (Same as tree; tree of life; Yeshua Jesus) The root is also found in the Jewish concept of semikhah, the laying on of hands upon the head of a sacrificial victim in a blood ritual of the Jewish Temple, which was also a means of consecrating the priesthood (Lev 8; Exodus 29, etc.). We also see this in the work of Yeshua upon the cross, as our blood sacrifice. Biblical references to the root occur in Lev 16:21, Deut 34:9, Ezekiel 24:2, and other scriptural references. In ancient times, Samekh may have represented a shield. (We are called to "take up" the shield of FAITH) that faith is in Yeshua Jesus. The other pieces of armor we put on but the Shield, we "take up!"

The Mystery of Samekh According to the Sages, Samekh is said to represent the endless and ever-ascending spiral/circle of God's glory in the universe. This cycle is hinted at in the divine (seder) of creation, and is revealed in both the seasons and in the rhythm of the Jewish mo'deim (festivals). There is so much beauty in the Jewish tradition pointing us towards God.

Samekh is also the letter for Sukkah, indicating that God's omnipresence is our support and shelter. God is active in His support for creation (Hebrews 1:3), Are we active or passive in relying our trusting in His provision and care for our "temporary" lives here on earth?

The Gematria for the word "Samekh" is 120 (Samekh+Mem+Kaf), which represents the double portion of blessing given in both the former covenant and the newer covenant of Yeshua Jesus. - thus emphasizing the making of miracles.

The Gematria of Samekh: The letter Samekh is represented as Yud - Hey in the Hebrew numbering system, which is also one of the Sacred Names of God.

Samekh and the Name: The Miracle of Samekh The letter Nun, which immediately precedes the letter Samekh in the Hebrew alphabet, suggests someone who is "bent," or someone who humbles himself in brokenness and submission to the LORD God. Putting these two letters together, we have the Hebrew word nes, miracle.

Miracle of Faith

A person of faith is a walking miracle! The LORD gives support to the fallen and broken ones who put their trust in Him. Indeed, this is directly illustrated in Psalm 145, an acrostic Psalm that begins it's verse about Samekh as follows: Psalm 145:14 The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

In light of the all-encompassing presence of God in the world (as represented by the letter Samekh), our primary response should be one of reverent awe and obedience.**

Yud — And the Tenth Shall Be Holy

The tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called "Yud" (rhymes with "mode") and has the sound of "y" as in "yes."

The pictograph for Yud looks like an arm or hand. Yud is the most frequently occurring letter in the Scriptures as well as the smallest of the letters. 
  The Mystery of Yud 
Suspended in mid-air, Yud is the smallest of the Hebrew letters, the "atom" of the consonants, and the form from which all of the other letters begin and end. 
 Facts: The first dot with which the scribes first start writing a letter, or the last dot that gives a letter its final form is a yud. 
  In the Jewish tradition, Yud represents a mere dot, a divine point of energy. Since Yud is used to form all the other letters, and since God uses the letters as the building blocks of creation, Yud indicates God's omnipresence. 

In fact, the word יוֹ**ד (yud)*** itself depicts something of the geometry of creation. It begins with the Yud itself, as a dot, and then moves downward, from the divine toward the created order to form Vav (the "hook" of creation). Finally it moves outward in the horizontal realm as Dalet (the "doorway" of creation). 

Since Yeshua upholds the world by the Word of His power (Hebrews 1:3), and Yud is part of every Hebrew letter (and therefore every word), Yud is considered the starting point of the presence of God in all things - the "spark" of the Spirit in everything. Isn't that just a beautiful picture?

Yud and Humility
As the smallest of the letters, is also a picture of humility. For example, when Jacob was renamed from Ya'akov to Yisrael (Jacob to Israel), all that remained of his former name was the letter Yud.

Yud can also be seen as a mark of humility in the text that says Moses was "the most humble man" upon the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3):
The Jewish scribes say that an extra Yud is inserted in the word ana (meaning humble or meek) to emphasize the humility of Moses. Humility is a key component in carrying the essence of Yeshua Jesus within our nature. 

Israel is likewise called the "smallest of the nations" (Deuteronomy 7:7) and is consider a type of Yud before the great nations of the earth:

"for you are the smallest of the peoples."

The "Kots of a Yud"
Because of its humility, Yud is adorned with a small ascending prong (tag) that points to God. The "kotz of a Yud" is the small serif at the bottom of the "face" of the Yud's head and is the smallest of all markings made in the Hebrew text.  This most likely refers to the "tittle" Yeshua spoke of in Matthew 5:18 and Luke 16:17. 

God delights in using the small, the weak, and the insignificant to demonstrate His glory and power. If you are brought low or of little stature in this world, you can trust that your life is important to God. Since every letter of the Scripture is important, and no two letters are the same (or can be "touching" or "malformed") you can trust that your life is significant in the Great Instruction of the universe, in God's great plan that works "all things together for good to those who love Him."

The Three Parts of Yud
The letter Yud is said to be composed of three parts: the upper prong (tag), a lower line curved downward, and a middle section. The upper tag points toward God, the lower line points toward earth, and the middle section holds the parts together in unity. Therefore, since it is three parts in one, Yud is not unlike the letter Aleph in alluding to divinity and picture Yeshua as our humble Mediator before the Father.

Note also that the gematria of the word "Aleph" equals the Sacred Name which also begins with the letter Yud.

Yud and Spirituality
Yud means "arm" or "hand," and its form suggests a hand that is reaching toward heaven. In addition, the letter somewhat resembles a man in prayer:
a crown that is given to one who is humbled before the LORD in prayer, and the bent shape suggests submission.

The yud represents the method by which the blessing descends from God to His people. The letter yud when spelled out is ‫י-ו-ד‬. The yud represents a seminal drop, the concentrated power of God. The vav (bend) represents a descent, for its form is that of a chute and through this the bless­ings of God travel downward to our physical world. The dalet,(knowledge through the spirit of Yeshua Jesus; physically descending) having height and width, represents the physical world, signifying how God’s blessings are manifest in every aspect of nature. This teaches us that God’s blessings don’t only reside in heaven. They flow down to this corporeal world and bring to us physical health, sustenance and success. This is the WILL of our father. Perhaps this is why the first letter of each of the three pas­sages of the Priestly Blessing begins with the yud: ‎‫יברכך ה' וישמרך‬—May God bless you and guard you. ‎‫יאר ה' פניו אליך ויחנך‬—May God shine His countenance upon you and be gracious to you. ‎‫ישא ה' פניו אליך וישם לך שלום‬—May God turn His countenance toward you and grant you peace. Additionally, every letter of the Hebrew alphabet begins with the yud, a point. This illustrates the divine spirituality of every letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and that the Torah (instructions in scripture) and God’s teachings are all for the sake of the Yud, or Jew and those of us grafted into Israel through the imputed kinship through Yeshua Jesus upon faith. 

The gematria of the word "Yud" is 20 (י+וֹ+ד), the same value for the Hebrew root for vision, chazah (חָזָה).

The Meaning of Yud as Ten
The word יוֹד (yud) means "arm" or "hand" and the numeric value is ten. Now ten is a number marking shelemut, or (completion) and order, see the following:
  The base 10 number system is universal. Just as Yud is part of all of the previous letters of the alphabet (as a component), so Yud is part of all of the numbers. It is said by the Rabbinical teaching, that the Yud does not mean 10 because we have ten toes and fingers but we have ten toes and fingers because Yud means 10. There were ten things created on the first day and ten things created at the end of the sixth day of creation. There were ten generations from Adam to Noah, suggesting that the godlessness of those generations was made complete. There were ten generations from Noah to Abraham, suggesting that the godliness of those generations was made complete. According to midrash (Hebraic teaching) , there were ten trials given to Abraham to demonstrate his merit as the father of the nations. There were ten plagues issued during the Exodus of Egypt. God gave us Ten Commandments. The "tenth part" shall be holy for the LORD (Leviticus 27:32). Ten men are required for a minyan, or complete quorum needed for Jewish corporate prayer. (in Jewish mysticism) There are ten forces of the "Tree of Life," called Sefirot, that depict the metaphysical working of God in the universe.

Yud and the Olam Habah
The Talmud states that God used the letter Hey to create the present world and Yud to create the world to come (olam habah). The sages derive this idea from the Name yah (יָהּ) found in Isaiah 26:4: Yahoshua - Yeshua - Jesus ( the works to come) the kingdom here on earth. We can create the kingdom here on earth in our physical NOW by choosing to operate the mind into a spiritual connectivity, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to that of our master Yeshua Jesus mind. 

Yud and the Divine Name
Yud is the first letter of the Divine Name YHVH (יהוה) and the name of the Savior of the world, Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), thus indicating its preeminence. It is also the first letter for the four names given to the Jewish people:
  יַעֲקב - Ya'akov (or J) יִשְׂרָאֵל - Yisrael (Israel) יְהוּדִים - Yehudim (Jews) יְשֻׁרוּן - Yeshurun (Jeshurun)
  As the first letter (ot, or sign) of God's Name, Yud shows that He is Spirit, He is One, and that from Him derive all other things by the power His name.

TET: meaning; surround, contain a vessel. Introversion, the concealed GOOD

The full teaching of the TET is that, through the service of the soul, all of reality becomes “pregnant” with Gods Infinite goodness and beauty, thereby bringing harmony and peace to “heavens and earth.” Gods presence impregnated the World.

Tet is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called "Tet" (rhymes with "mate") and has the sound of "t" as in "tall."

The letter Tet has the numeric value of nine. The pictograph for Tet looks like a snake coiled inside a basket, whereas the classical Hebrew script is constructed of two preceding letters, Vav and Zayin, also joined and somewhat resembling a snake.

The Mystery of Tet;
Tet is a paradoxical letter in that it reveals both good (tov) and evil. The form of the letter is "inverted," suggesting hidden goodness, like that of a woman who is pregnant with child. However, sometimes the potential for goodness (tahorah) is perverted, and impurity or filth (tumah) results. (We see that with the introduction of sin causing birth issues)

Tet is the least frequently occurring letter in the Scriptures (Yud was taught earlier in the above writings to be the most popular). The letter first appears in Genesis 1:4:

"And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."

But note even here that there is a sort of paradox. God saw that the light was good, but God separated the light from the darkness, making day and night a distinction. 
 Tet and the Mystery of Evil
God is the source of all that is good in the universe:
"Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts for He is good..." (Jer. 33:11). 
Yet even though God is categorically good, since He is the ultimate reality and Creator of all, He is the One who ultimately controls the affairs of humankind, both the good and the disorderly. 
"I form (yotzer) the light, and create darkness (choshekh); I make peace (shalom) and create evil (or calamity). I the LORD do all these things (Isaiah 45:7).

How the LORD uses evil in the universe for His own good purposes is a mystery, but we are assured that all that God created was good (Genesis 1:31) and that His steadfast love endures forever:
 "Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!" (Psalm 118:1)
 Tet represents the two possibilities of man. 
 The parts of Tet (Vav and Zayin) are the same as the parts for Chet (the letter of life), but the difference appears in the Vav, or that aspect of the letter that represents man. The letter Tet can picture either the man that is in rebellion before the LORD or the man that is surrendered to Him. 
When a man (Vav) is bowed down before the Crowned Man (Zayin), taking upon himself His yoke (Chet), then his soul is subject to the discipline of the LORD, and the (ninefold fruit of the Spirit) will grow in his life (Galatians 5:22-23). This man will die to himself and all that is outside the yoke of Yeshua Jesus Christ (Luke 9:23).

On the other hand, if the soul refuses to bow down and instead rebels, the inner life will take on the characteristics of the serpent (nachash), satan. If that man chooses to live for himself, relying on his own inner sense of autonomy, he will share the fate of satan and "eat dust," or the stuff of the flesh. 

This idiom can be seen in the story of Moses and his staff (Exodus 4:2-4). The staff represented the scepter of Moses' human authority which God asked to be "thrown down" in obedience to Him. When he did so, the carnal staff was transformed to become the spiritual staff of the LORD, even though it still contained the principle of the serpent within it (i.e., the carnal principle of his life). Later Moses sinned by using this staff in a carnal way by striking the rock twice, indicating that he attempted to retake his own autonomy instead of yielding to the will of the LORD.

In short, how the Tet will be represented depends upon our personal decision to give our lives to the Messiah and be yoked together with Him. Will we choose to surrender our lives, offering ourselves as living sacrifices, or will we inwardly rebel and live in the selfish pride that marks the devil? 

"I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life..." (Deut 30:19).

 Crowned Letters
In some Scrolls, eight Hebrew letters are given special adornment by attaching three "tagin" or crownlets to them.  Collectively these letters are sometimes called "sha'atnezgets" letters (for Shin, Ayin, Tet, Nun, Zayin, Gimmel, and Tsade). 

Studies ascribes the origin of the tagin as part of mattan Torah (the giving of the Torah at Sinai). 

Some people have wondered if these crownlets are the "tittles" referred to by Yeshua Jesus in Matthew 5:18, although it is unclear that the tagin were in use at that time. It is more likely that the "tittle" refers to the "kots" or "thorn" that projects from a letter.

Whew....that's only 3 Hebrew letters that we discussed. 3 divine letters of one of the names given to GOD = SAMEKH-HUD-TET

Join me next time as we discuss another name of our God and the POWER behind HIS NAME.

To my beloved,

Teresa ~ Abaigael's Vail

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Thanks to John J. Parsons and Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin for much of this information that was taught and shared.