Behold the Nail

 A brief interlude from my 95 Theses.  I came across this video earlier this week.  You're not going to believe THIS! (Neither did I until I looked it up!)

Here is the summary of that video.  Letters in Hebrew also are words.  The letters that form the word for the name of God, YHWH, are these:  Yod, Heh, Vav, Heh.  

Yod (י) is the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, symbolizing a hand, divine presence, humility, and the spark of creation.

Heh has three meanings: The first is “here is,” as in the verse, “Here is seed for you” (heh lachem zera).  The next is “to be disturbed,” as it states in Daniel, “And I Daniel was disturbed....(nih’yeisi).” And the third is “behold” as in “Behold, this is our G‑d...,” (hinei Elokeinu...) which refers to beholding a revelation. 

Vav, a "peg" on which the curtains of the tabernacle were hung.

Thus, YHWH in English letters, is “Behold the hand; Behold the tent stake”.

Of course, the word YHWH means “I AM”.  I stand by CS Lewis’ picture that God is both inside and outside of time, creating time itself in Genesis 1:1.  This does not change that.  But it does suggest rather strongly that God always intended to die on the Cross.  This was not Plan B or a response to things God didn’t see coming.  

Another way to look at this is to consider the Star of Bethlehem.  This video is a brief summary of what Rick Larson discovered when he searched for that.  Star of Bethlehem "8 Minute Star Vision Video"  In 30 words or less, Larson found that several constellations and planets did a “heavenly dance” that matches pretty precisely the rather extensive clues the Gospel of Matthew provides on what the Star was.  Whether or not Jesus was actually born when all that happened, we can state definitively that those stars “danced” just like Larson shows.  I suggest it would be strange if that did NOT announce the birth of Jesus.  

So not only did God make the stars announce his birth, he set them in motion to look that way from the moment of the Big Bang.  The picture that paints of the power and majesty of God staggers my imagination.  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”