Does the Sign (title) on The Cross Spells "YHWH"? What would the mystical eye have seen?
The short answer for the first question on the
blog title is (YES) but not in the way you think it is.
I saw a
lot of articles on the web talking about the sign upon the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ according to John 19:19
and rejoicing that it is carrying an acrostic that spells the ineffable name (יהוה) .
I think
that it is clearly a biased reading, first of all it ignores the inscription as
reported by the other three gospels and secondly it is based on a faulty
construction of the Hebrew behind the Greek and Latin as reported in the gospel
of John making it
ישוע הנצרי ומלך היהודים
(Yashwa Hanotzri Wamelekh
Hayehudim) putting an unnecessary
(waw ו ) before the word (melekh/king) to make the initials spell
(YHWH).
If this
is my opinion of the above mentioned acrostic why am I putting the big fat
(YES) as an answer?
The (YES) is based on a mystical (Sod) reading
of the acrostic not on the simple (Bashat) one.
·
According
to Mark 15 : 26 the
Greek reads : ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων which is (King
of The Jews).
The Hebrew for that would be
מֶלֶךְ הַיְּהוּדִים
(Melekh
Hayehudim) with the acrostic (מה/ MH).
(MH) in Hebrew could mean two things either the word
(what?) or the number (45/ M = 40 and H = 5), the latter one is of interest
here.
The number 45 in
Hebrew is the numerical value of the ineffable name (יהוה) in expanded
form
(יוד הא ואו הא)
A H W A W A H D W I
1+5+6+1+6+1+5+4+6+10
= 45
So even in Mark's
gospel and from the first glance of the trained eye of a mystic who uses the
acrostic method of code words the name (YHWH)
in the (MH) form would be lying there on the very sign of the cross.
Based on
this mystical equation the Jewish mystics
have read the last sentence of Proverbs 30 : 4 as
(MH shemo wa MH shem Bno)reading (MH)
to be a code word for the divine name itself not as the word (what?)
The
other numerical value the number 45 alludes to is (אדם/Adam) meaning
human or man.
So the
real theological message of (MH) would be that Jesus is no ordinary king but he
is the God Man or God incarnate. Isn't that awesome!
We
do not need any artificial constructions to but (YHWH) on the cross we just
need a trained mystical eye. But this isn't all, the adventure is still going.
·
According
to Luke 23 : 8
the Greek reads:
ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὗτος. Which
is (This Is The king of The Jews). The Hebrew for that would be
זֶה הוּא מֶלֶךְ הַיְּהוּדִים
(Zh Hwa Melekh Ha yehodim) with the acrostic (זהמה / ZHMH).
We
already have seen the meaning of (מה),
the word (זה) itself means (this) so the
acrostic itself mystically reads (this is YHWH/Adam).
The
other aspect of the word is its numerical value (ZH = 12/ Z= 7 and H = 5).
The
number 12 has many meanings in the Bible (the 12 tribes of Israel, the 12
apostles and the mazaroth or the zodiacal 12 constellations, 12 months in the
year, 12 hours for day and 12 hours for night).
It is
basically a number that binds heavens, earth, space, time and God's people in
both the new and the old testaments. So we could mystically read the acrostic
as:
(All
creation is united with YHWH on the cross or all creation is crucified with
YHWH on the cross).
Not just
that but we read in the Talmud about a
certain 12 - lettered
name of God that was used as a substitute for (YHWH) in priestly benediction.
Many
have tried to identify the name either as the
·
Reverse initials of the tribes of Israel
Different divine names
could be extracted from different letters' combinations:
( אביר /אדני / אל שדי )
Those
are El Shaddai (God the provider),Abir (The mighty one) and Adoni (My Lord) and a host of triplets that are part of the 216 letter
name of God.
·
Or
the twelve letters as three Tetragrammata (יהוהיהוהיהוה) like Rabbi
Isaac of Akko.
Many
powerful permutations and unifications could be extracted from such a thrice
holy name.
·
Or
as a combination of 2 Tetragrammata with the name Adonai in the
following manner
where the first letter of the
first YHWH is combined with the last letter in the second YHWH then combined
with the first letter of ADNI
·
A
last hint to the numerical value of (ZHMH) which is (57) which equal the Hebrew
word (הבן/ HaBen/ The son) which refers us
back to the phrase (MH Shem Bno/ MH is his son's name).
In
either case we can read a combined mystical name of God: the ineffable name
(MH) and the 12- lettered name of the priestly benediction. So the sum total of
the mystical reading of the acrostic (ZHMH) is that the whole creation blessed
by God's 12 - lettered name is united in crucifixion with YHWH junior (in
Hebrew YHWH Katan) the divine son incarnate.
·
According
to John 19 : 19
the Greek reads :
Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
which is (Jesus The Nasserite King of The Jews), the
Hebrew for that would be
יֵשׁוּעַ הַנָּצְרִי מֶלֶךְ הַיְּהוּדִים
(Yashwa Hanatzri Melekh Hayehodim) with the
acrostic
(יהמה / YHMH) .As usual we proceed after butting (MH) in mind .
·
The
first two letters are in themselves a divine name (יה YaH).
A name particularly connected to salvation as in Exodus 15 : 12, Psalms 118 : 14 and the subject of praise in the word (Halleluiah).
·
The
second mystery of this particular acrostic that when it is written fully it
forms a 12 - letter name of its own
(יה יוד הא ואו הא)
and when fully
expanded forms a new 15- letter name
(יוד הא יוד הא ואו הא)
with its own
powerful letters' permutations.
·
The
third mystery in this acrostic lays in a mystical
Talmudic reading of Isaiah 26 : 4
in which YHWH is seen as uttering the two letters of (YH) to create this world
(with H) and the world to come (with Y) .
So YaH is the name of exodus and salvation and the
name by which the entire creation (the present and the future) came to be.
·
A
fourth mystery in the word (יהמה) that it is an
actual Hebrew word means (roar) a characteristic of Jesus' style in the gospel of
John where Jesus is always shouting or speaking aloud like a lion.
·
The
numerical value of (YH = 15/ Y = 10 and H = 5) which bring us to the
Trinitarian name of the baptism (Matthew 28 : 19), the name of the creation of a new believer
(הָאָב וְהַבֵּן וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
This name in full expansion forms
a 42 - letter name of God[1]
resonating with the creative and redemptive function of Baptism as the
initiation rite into the kingdom (Malchut) as follows:
הֵא אָלֶף בֵּית ואו הֵא בֵּית נוּן ואו רֵישׁ ואו חֵית הֵא קוֹף דָּלֶת שִׁין[2]
This same name when added to (MH) in expansion forms a
52- letter name of God as follows:
הֵא אָלֶף בֵּית ואו הֵא בֵּית נוּן ואו רֵישׁ ואו חֵית הֵא קוֹף דָּלֶת שִׁין יוֹד הֵא ואו הֵא[3]
A
mystical reading of this acrostic conveys to us that Jesus as God (YH YHWH) is
bringing salvation and renewal from the Trinity to the world by his crucifixion
and proclaiming it out loud.
·
According
to Matthew 27 : 37 the Greek reads :
οὗτος ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Which is (This is Jesus King of the Jews). The Hebrew
for that would be
זֶה הוּא יֵשׁוּעַ מֶלֶךְ הַיְּהוּדִים
(Zh Hwa YaShwa
Melekh Hayehodim) with the acrostic (זהימה/ ZHIMH) :
·
The
first look on this acrostic tells us that it holds the mysteries of the other
acrostics but it has more.
· The
gematria of (ZHI) = (22)[4]
the number of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet which is basically the (DNA)
of creation, the cipher of the matrix. Creation according to the bible came
through words which are composed of letters. One tradition that speaks of the
mysteries of creation through the letters is the famous (Sefer Yetzirah) the oldest recorded kabalistic text on the subject
known as (Ma'seh Bereishit/ The workings of creation), and they comprise a 22
stairs of ascension from the Malchut the lowest energy resides in every level
of creation to Keter the highest level of energy connects creation to divinity.
The eternal heavenly torah through which all creation
came into being even the throne of glory itself (Bereishit Rabbah 1 : 4) is surely composed of the same letters.
Another mystery lies in the 22 letters is the mystery
of (אתAleph Tao), the first and the last letters in the alphabet. They
are the brackets that hold all letters in between, they are the all of alphabet.
If we read (Revelation 1 : 8) in Hebrew we will hear Jesus say (I am the Aleph and
the Tao).
So (ZHI) emphasizes the role of Lord Jesus as the
divine Word through which all things are created and sustained, and the ladder who
connects creation to God the Father.
·
Another
mystery in those three letters that they permute to (יזה/ YaZH) meaning sprinkle (by
blood) which is one of the messianic roles according to Isaiah
52 : 15 where the messiah is
sprinkling not just the Jews but also the nations.
So"זהימה" could be read "יזהמה" or (MH / the Lord Man/YHWH
incarnate) sprinkles by blood, which is an act of divine atonement done through
the cross.
·
Another
mystery inside the mystery is that (זהי) tells the way of our ascension (as the fallen sons of Rachel)
back to God through Jesus as (Adam Kadmon) the model of all of humanity.
·
The letter zayin (numerical value 7) represents the 7
lower sefiroth on the tree of life. I mean the six or the waw ו with the "crown"
signifies Malchut.
·
The letter Hei represents the ubber Shakhinah or the
sefirah Binah (understanding).
·
The
letter Yod represents the sefirah Hokhmah (wisdom) and the Tag or the throng of
the letter representing Arikh Anpin (Long face) of Keter, and (MH) as a divine
name plays the role of Atik Yomin (The ancient of days) of Keter (the Crown)
which links the infinite one (Ain Sof) to his Son for (MH is his name and MH is
the name of his son). Of such thing (Malchut in Keter and Keter in Malkhut)
sefer yetzirah is alluding a lot.
· Another
mystery is that (ZHIMH) gematria is (67) the same as (בניה/ Ben YaH/ The
son of Yah) and (בינה/Binah/ understanding).
So
as Moses has crossed the 50 gates of Binah by his death so did Jesus on the
cross and so will we through the same way of ascension from (ZH) through Jesus
(Yashwa the Logos incarnate the"י") to his father the
Ancient of days (MH)
· Another
mystery is that (ZHIMH) gematria is (67) the same as (בניה/Ben YaH/The
son of Yah) and (בינה/Binah/ understanding).
So
as Moses has crossed the 50 gates of Binah by his death so did Jesus on the
cross and so will we through the same way of ascension from (ZH) through Jesus
(Yashwa the Logos incarnate the"י") to his father the
Ancient of days (MH)
So
the sum total of the mystical reading of (ZHIMH) is that Jesus Christ is the
Son of God, the Logos incarnate or יהוה in flesh who created all things especially humans and was their
archetypal divine model, is the ladder who connects all the creation to God the
Father through his redemptive act on the cross.
[1] For the
importance of the 42- letter name of God in kabbalah see its section at http://www.cs.utah.edu/~spiegel/kabbalah/jkm10.htm
[2] Pronounced (HA
ALEF BAIT WAW BAIT NOON WAW RESH KHET HA QOF DALET SHEEN)
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