Lesson 9: The Genesis Time-Line – Gematria and The L-RD
by Watchman Ray on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 9:16pm
Gematria
‘Gematria’ is but one of the methods used for studying the scriptures. It is but one of the ‘sod’ or secret ways of study. Those who have explored it have been rewarded with a greater understanding of God’s Word.
It may appear as a useless endeavor to some, but when we look closely at relationships between words with the same numerical totals we discover something quite interesting.
For example:
The Hebrew for child, ‘Yaled’, for example is 44 (y = 10, l = 30, d = 4). The word for father is ‘Abba’, with letters Av, which is 3 (a = 1, b =2), and the word for mother is ‘Em’, which is 41 (\ = 40, a = 1).
The product of the father and the mother is the child, and it is more than coincidence to see that when we add the number of the father – 3 with the number of mother – 41 that we have the same product for the child – 44.
There are three (3) Patriarchs in the descent of the Jewish people. They are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. There are four (4) Matriarchs, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah. This is one of the first things a child has to learn in Judaism today. Please note that 3 + 4 = 7. This too is no accident. This is the way Hebrew actually works!
The Hebrew name for Israel (‘Yisrael’) bears within it the acronym for these seven:
(yod) = Yizhak/Isaac, Yakov/Jacob
(shin) = Sarah
(resh) = Rivkah/Rebecca, Rehel/Rachel
(alef) = Avraham/Abraham
(lamed) = Leah
When we total all the Hebrew letters in each of the names above, we have 26 letters. This is the same number as the HOLY Name that is not pronounced by the Hebrews; it is most often translated ‘Lord’:
hwhy (h=5, w=6, h=5, y=10).
So we see the total letters in the names of the people who made up the beginnings of Israel are 26, and the name of THE HOLY ONE is also numerically 26.
It is the descendants of these 7 people that are given 7 feasts that they must keep unto the L-RD. 3 of those seven are males, and we see that of the seven feasts, 3 were to be kept by all males who would appear before the L-RD in Jerusalem every year on the appointed day. We also see these two numbers appear many times when speaking of the children of Israel.
‘Who Was, Is, Is To Come’
The name in the scriptures to describe The HOLY ONE is: Yod, He, Vav, He (h w h y). This name too can be divided into three Hebrew words. When we know this, we can understand better the quote in the book of Revelation that says,
“..which WAS, and which IS, and IS TO COME;…” – Rev.1:4. Why? Well, because
1. (hayah) means was.
2. (hoveh) means is.
3. (yiheyeh) means will be.
Following the Torah edict that everything must be established by at least two witnesses, we see we have a second Scriptural witness to this statement, when we hear the words of the angel:
“And I heard the angel of the waters say, ‘Thou art righteous, O Lord, WHICH ARE, AND WAS, AND SHALL BE, because Thou has judged thus.’” – Rev. 16:5.
It should also be noted that we have here exactly 3 words used. That these 3 words total exactly 10 letters (Yod He vav Hey), as ‘Was, Is, Is To Come’ – make a complete thought in the sense of tense. So does the number 10 – in that it completes the digits numerically.
It is the number of the 10 Commandments.
It is the last number that Abraham used in asking God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, if but 10 righteous men were found.
A minyan of 10 Jewish men is used in Judaism, even to this day!
It is the number that Jacob used in stating a case against Laban and the changing, a total of 10 times, of his wages.
It is the number of curtains in the Tabernacle. The boards were to be of 10 cubits. The pillars 10, and their sockets were 10.
In prophecy, we are told that 10 women would bake their bread in one oven.
That 10 men will take hold of the skirt of the Jew, saying to him, “we will go with you.” (Zec. 8:23).
When we look, we see that many times the number 10 is used and it is used to describe things earthly, and something that is complete, for bad or good. For more understanding on the use and interpretation of numbers as used in Scripture and in Judaism, I ask you to read some of the earlier lessons I have posted here.
This is a brief recap through the prophetic viewpoint of Gematria. I have one more lesson after this, and then the rest is just commentary.
In Jesus,
Raymond
