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March 02, 2015

The Link from Esther to Isaiah


Today, as the Assyrian Christians in present-day Syria and Iraq suffer grave tribulation, I am writing in remembrance of this week of Purim and the "star" of the story (Esther) who made intercession for the Jewish people in the Persian land of Iran.

Many say God's name is not seen in the Esther account.

It's true but... in my Scripture studies, I discovered the name Esther אֶסְתֵּר contains something important that requires a look. 

It's the Aleph Tav אֶתֵּ.  

These two Hebrew letters combine their graphic meanings as "strength of the covenant" and they are found over 10,000 times embedded in the Hebrew Bible, but never seen in an English translation. 

The Aleph Tav is found in the very first verse of the Bible and again in the Newer Testament in the book of Revelation carrying a Greek disguise as the Alpha and Omega. When you open up the book of Revelation its important to know the revelation of the Alpha and Omega, aka the Alpha Tav.

Did you know each Hebrew letter has a unique meaning derived from the Paleo Hebrew script that was used in Moses day? 

Paleo Hebrew is a hieroglyphic script and the graphic meaning when embedded in Scripture as the Aleph Tav אֶתֵּ reveals the Bible's ultimate redemptive purpose as the "strength of the covenant." That includes the Aleph Tav -אֶתֵּ that's inscribed in Esther 1:4:
בְּהַרְאֹתוֹ, אֶת-עֹשֶׁר כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ, וְאֶת-יְקָר, תִּפְאֶרֶת
גְּדוּלָּתוֹ; יָמִים רַבִּים, שְׁמוֹנִים וּמְאַת יוֹם

"When he showed אֶתֵּ the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days."
Coincidentally, a hundred and fourscore days is 180 days. That just happens to be the time window from the First Fruits Day of Passover week to the the first day of every Sukkot Tabernacles week on God's calendar that's been embedded in Leviticus 23 for 3,500 years. 

That Leviticus chapter is one to remember because it provides the outline of God's schedule of appointments in The LORD's daytimer for the redemption of the planet. 

There's an Esther link to Isaiah as the prophet gives the Jewish people a prophetic account of excellent majesty, known as the intercessor that's shown in Isaiah 53.



Judah will see Him
and believe the report!!



See who?

To answer that we need to see is that here again we find the witness of Aleph Tav אֶתֵּ inserted into the prophetic words of Isaiah that identifies who the mysterious Aleph Tav is.
"Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of YHVH been revealed?

For He comes up as a tender plant before Him, and as a Root out of a dry ground. He has no form, nor honor, when we observe Him, nor beauty, that we should desire Him. He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

And as one hiding His countenance from us, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by Elohim, and afflicted.

And He was pierced for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned each to his own way, and YHVH has laid on Him אֶתֵּ the punishment of us all. 
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth.

He was led as a Lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, He did not open His mouth.

By oppression and trial was taken away, and who can speak of אֶתֵּ His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living, for the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

And He made His grave with אֶתֵּ the wicked, and with אֶתֵּ the rich in His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Yet it pleased YHVH to bruise Him and to cause Him to suffer, and though YHVH makes His life an offering for sin, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, and the will of YHVH will prosper in His hand. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.

By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.

Therefore I will give Him a portion with the great, and shall divide אֶתֵּ the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His soul even to death, and was numbered with אֶתֵּ the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
Micah 5 gives us another witness with some details on how the one that Isaiah describes as the promised ruler to be born in Bethlehem will return as in a future Purim scenario to cast out another siege of people that will come to Israel with one goal, to destroy the Jewish people and wipe them off the face of the earth.

That day will be just like the days of Haman, there will be a time of great tribulation that has not been seen "since the beginning of the world to this time." But this time it will not be Esther or King Ahasuerus that saves the Jewish people. 

It will be King Messiah the Alpha Omega - Aleph Tav אֶתֵּ "strength of the covenant" and Messiah will regather all people of God together, both Jew and non-Jew among the nations to join as brothers in the family of God:
Marshal your troops now, city of troops,
for a siege is laid against us.
They will strike Israel’s אֶתֵּ ruler
on the cheek with a rod.

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”

Therefore Israel will be abandoned
until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,
and the rest of his brothers return
to join the Israelites.

He will stand and shepherd his flock
in the strength of the LORD,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.

And they will live securely, for then his greatness
will reach to the ends of the earth.

And he will be our peace
when the Assyrians invade our land
and march through our fortresses.

We will raise against them seven shepherds,
even eight commanders,
who will rule אֶתֵּ the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrod with drawn sword.

He will deliver us from the Assyrians
when they invade our land
and march across our borders.

The remnant of Jacob will be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the LORD,
like showers on the grass,
which do not wait for anyone
or depend on man.

The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which mauls and mangles as it goes,
and no one can rescue.

Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies,
and all your foes will be destroyed.

“In that day,” declares the LORD,
“I will destroy your horses from among you
and demolish your chariots.
I will destroy the cities of your land
and tear down all your strongholds.
I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.

I will destroy your idols
and your sacred stones from among you;
you will no longer bow down
to the work of your hands.
I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles
when I demolish your cities.
I will take vengeance אֶתֵּ in anger and wrath
on the nations that have not obeyed me.”
It's time to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem not its division. 

God is a sovereign God. He is a loving God and He has provided a way to offer you His salvation. You can accept His gift of life. Consider carefully what your life consists of, look at it and repent of your sin, ask His forgiveness and accept His gift of love and grace through the Jewish Messiah Yeshua.

Today is the time. If you know you need to get your life right with God, don’t wait for tomorrow, get it right with Him now!
If there is therefore any exhortation in Messiah, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Messiah Yeshua, who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider it robbery to be equal with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:1-11
If you will just check the Strong's concordance on the Greek word Lord kyrios it means this title is given to: "God, the Messiah."
As therefore you received Messiah Yeshua, the Lord, walk in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Messiah.

For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power; in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Messiah; having been buried with him in immersion, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. Colossians 2:6-12
What does this all mean? 

Consider a prayer: Please, God, guide me by your Spirit as to what I should hear and do.

Repent and return to God's voice the Bible, return to hear and do His words and walk in the faith of His Kingdom path so that you can ready your lamp for your assignment. 

Stretch out your hand, and take from the tree of life.

Open the Bible, read it, listen to God's voice and do Yeshua's teaching about the forever jots and tittles. 

You can learn how the things which are written in the Torah, the Prophets and the Psalms are concerning Messiah and you can teach others to live life, love God and others like Jesus in God's way:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John 3:16-17
Today is the time, open your eyes if you're lost in your own valley of dry bones.

Look up and you'll recognize Messiah Yeshua from Abraham's promise passed on to Isaac and Jacob as written by Moses in the forever Torah. You can find Him too in the Prophets and the Writings.

Repent and walk your Emmaus Road with Messiah. Study the Scriptures He taught every Sabbath that are filled with doing life God's way in the Kingdom, and tell others about Him and be a gatekeeper until the house of God is complete.

Shalom.