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HaMisparim LaDebarim
The Numbers of the Words
by Craig Wm. Peters
Until All Things are Accomplished There are widely differing opinions in regard to what must take place before all things prophesied have been fulfilled. Yet one thing is certain: Everything which hwhy has spoken must also come to pass. But how long will this take? In what is now called The Sermon on the Mount, the Mashiach spoke of the time span that must pass before all things are accomplished: 17 Think not that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For amein2 I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall by no means pass away from the Torah, until all things are accomplished. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 20 For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 5:17-20 The generally accepted and erroneous thought is that this text actually releases New Covenant believers from any moral obligation to the Torah of hwhy. And this incorrect, Scripture-nullifying sentiment is so widespread in the majority of believing sectors that our society in the USA now cracks and crumbles, being on the verge of complete and irreparable demise. Upon closer examination, however, we will see the above-cited Scripture teaches just the opposite of an abolished Torah. For with these words, our Savior has clearly statedand this without parablethat those who keep/uphold the Torah,3 and those who teach others this enduring Body of Scripture, will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. hwhy is herein instructing us thatwhen the Kingdom of Heaven for which we long is more fully established on the earth4those who desire a reward of inheritance at that time must be accounted worthy5 by a life which has exemplified keeping and teaching the commandments of the Torahthe Commandments set forth in the Five Books of Mosheh and subsequently taught/upheld before Yisrael by all the Hebrew prophets of old.6 So the question we should address is this one: When will it be true to say All things have been accomplished? A famous, yet misinterpreted text is part of what feeds the currently prevailing error. We speak of the out-of-context claims
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(i.e., surely) (by faith, in love: Romans 2:13 > 3:31, Exodus 20:6 > 1John 5:2-3) 4 Matthew 5:5, Revelation 2:26-27, 5:9-10, 20:4-6 5 Luke 20:35 6 Matthew 5:11-12
over what was meant when eSwhy stated at His death, It is finished.7 Many claim that, by these words, the Messiah was showing all things had then been fulfilled. But if we believe that to be the case, then we must also believe the Messiah contradicted Himself in this critical matter. For eSwhy indicated at the Last Supper the Pesach/Passover would yet be kept/fulfilled in the Kingdom8 when those who have overcome sit at the Table with Him9 and He girds Himself 10 (once more11) and comes forth to serve them. And the fall feast, Sukkotwhat we call the Feast of Tabernacles in Englishwill be kept worldwide across the 1000Year Reign. So we are still quite far from the time in which all things even begin to be fulfilled. To emphasize this truth still further, consider a number of prophecies that will not find their fulfillment until the Kingdom has, at long last, been established throughout all the earth: 1. Is the Torah now going forth from Tziyon into all the earth? 1 The word that Yeshayahu/Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Yahudah and Yerushalayim. 2 And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the House of hwhy shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of hwhy, to the House of the Elohim of Yaacov; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths. For out of Tziyon shall go forth the Torah, and the Word of hwhy from Yerushalayim. 4 And He shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:1-4 In addition to the Torah not presently going forth from Tziyon into all the earth, we also still have anything but peace among the nations of our present world. The above prophecy has not yet been fulfilled: it will begin to be accomplished at the outset of the Millennial Reign of the Mashiach. 2. Have the wild ferocity and hurtful tendencies yet been removed from the beasts of the earth (and restored to harmlessnessas they evidently were in the Garden of Eden12)?
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John 19:30 Luke 22:15-16 9 Matthew 8:11, Luke 13:29, 22:30 10 Luke 12:37 11 John 13:2-5 12 Genesis 2:19
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the vipers den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My set apart mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of hwhy, as the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:6-9 13 This harmlessness in beasts has not yet been restored and the earth is still not filled with the knowledge of the splendor of hwhy as the waters cover the seas. 3. Has every knee yet bowed in allegiance before hwhy Most High? By Myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Isaiah 45:23/Philippians 2:9-11 What additional prophecies can our readers recall that have still not been fulfilled? There are many prophecies that will still not have been fulfilled, even after the Mashiach has reigned out of Mount Tziyon across the Millennium. 4. And then there is the prophecy that extends far, far beyond the Millennium, the prophecy we are featuring in this present study. This is the prophecy that clearly states 1000 generations (of human beings) will span from Abraham to the End:14 Know, therefore, that hwhy your Elohim, He is the Elohim, the El, the Faithful, who guards the Covenant and the Chesed for lovers of Him and guarders of His commandments to a thousand generations. Deuteronomy 7:9 Without getting into the endless debates over what constitutes a generation,15 how long might these 1000 generations span? Suppose we took a generation to be a mere 20 years; then 1000 generations from Abraham would be 20,000 years. 40 years per generation would give 40,000 years from Abraham, and so on. So even at a minimum, we are still only about 4,000 years from Abraham with some 16,000 years still to come to fulfill all 1000 generations. Yet if the longevity of man is
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(which was lost in the Fall as the Creation was subjected to futility: Romans 8:20-22, Psalm 107:33-34, Hosea 4:1-3) 14 1Corinthians 15:24 15 Some say 40 years (Psalm 95:10), some say 70 years (Psalm 90:10), while others say 100 years (Genesis 15:1316).
restored as it was before the Flood,16 1000 generations may rapidly expand to cover some 100,000 years, if not more. The point is this: While the approaching Millennium will usher in the Messianic Kingdomthe Messianic Age and the Reign of the Messiahthe fulfillment of 1000 Generations will reach to a point in time that is many great eons beyond the initial restoration a restoration which will only be beginning in the Millennial Epoch. Before we move onward to study more about the One Thousand Generations, let us study a few of the Hebrew misparim/numbers revealed from the Hebrew text of Deuteronomy 7:9.17 If one studies the Hebrew, it will be seen this text contains many definite articles: the Elohim, the El, the Faithful, the Covenant, and the Chesed.
pv 151 =
pv: 4 15
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8 5 6
59
22 10 20 2 5 20
54
13 21
and the Chesed the Covenant guarding mv 1240 = 83 617 540 =============================================================
fv 1391 = 13 x 107
pv:
121
54
22 10 20 2
676
594 = 99 x 6
612
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27
pv: 4 15 8
72
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(and we have prophetic reason to believe it may become double what it was before the Flood: Ecclesiates 6:6) The place value (pv) and misparim value (mv) for the letters/words seen below may be verified using the charts appearing at the very end of this study. The full value (fv) of a Hebrew word is obtained by adding the place value (pv) and misparim value (mv) for that word.
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A few brief comments on the above words and numbers: rmS/Shamar/Guarding: 54/540 For this word, we note the similarity in place value (54) and misparim value (540), the latter being 10 times the former. Also noted is that 54 = 27 x 2 and 27 is the place value for rwa/ur/light as well as dox/chesed:
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Is it not amazing that 27 is the place value for light as well as chesed?
Numbers 6:22-27, Tehillim/Psalm 31:16, 67:1, 80:3,7,19, 119:136, Ephesians 5:14 Deuteronomy 4:6-7, Isaiah 60:1-3 20 Genesis 22:16-18 21 Isaiah 46:9-10
Of course, this same chesed will be known by, and revealed upon, every other son of Abraham in all those generations between the first and last. Then we have the full value of this word: 121. This number takes us to Tehillim 121 and the promise of hwhy to rmS/shamar/guard our going out and coming in:
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Only it here appears with the YOD prefix, meaning He Guards. Mathew 11:12 (See also: Psalm 83:3-4,11-12) 24 Daniel 11:30-32
enduring dox/chesed (72) that hwhy had promised upon the son of David;25 this chesed was confirmed in that song. The Full Value of Guarding: 594 = 99 x 6 For this word, we note the full value (594) is a multiple of 99the fullness of chesed (99, fv). The Full Value of The Covenant and the Chesed: 1391 = 13 x 107 For the entire phrase, we note the full value (1391) is a multiple of 107the full value (fv) of lwm/circumcise(-d):
(pv) 31 (mv) 76
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(fv) 107
This is most fitting since circumcision is set forth by hwhy as the sign of the Covenant.26 To a Thousand Generations: 72 Finally, we note 72 is the place value (pv) of rwd Plal27 / leeleph dor (to one thousand generations) and that this matches the misparim value (mv) of chesed the very chesed which hwhy has promised across all 1000 of those 1000 generations:
The Covenant of hwhy: Made with Abraham and His Seed to 1000 Generations In the process of learning, it is nearly always instructive to ponder opposites, and this is certainly true when studying the Word of hwhy. We recall the warning that hwhy visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Him.28 But what about the opposite? What about the third and fourth generation of those who love hwhy? So we ponder the 1000
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2Samuel 7:12-15 Genesis 17:7-14 27 (the last Hebrew words of Deuteronomy 7:9) 28 Exodus 20:
Generations. And we will especially note the first four generations which began the 1000. The second mention of the 1000 Generations is seen in Tehillim:29 8 He is ever mindful of His covenantthe word which He commanded to a thousand generations9 which He made with Abraham, and of His oath to Yitschak; 10 and He confirmed it to Yaacov for a statute, to Yisrael for an everlasting covenant Tehillim/Psalm 105:8-10 We now note the first four leaders of the first four of the 1000 Generations. Notice the context of this Word shows us the 1000 Generations are accounted by hwhy as having begun with Abraham. The context of Psalm 105:8 shows us: Generation 1: Abraham Generation 2: Yitschak Generation 3: Yaacov Generation 4: Yoseph While Yoseph is not directly mentioned, it may be readily established that the above-listed patriarchs were the spiritual leaders for the first four of the One Thousand Generations.30 So what happened within these four generations wherein the leaders loved hwhy and kept His Commandments?31 hwhy made His Covenant with Abraham and visited His Chesed upon the patriarch to miraculously bring about the Second Generation in Yitschak. In the third and fourth generation, Yaacov prospered and grew to become a great nation.32 And the leader of the fourth generation, Yoseph, became a world ruler, second only to Pharaoh. So how do we say hwhy visited Abraham with His Chesed to miraculously bring about the Second Generation in Yitschak? Do readers concur that, apart from a Second Generation, 1000 generations would have been impossible? And when did hwhy visit Abraham to bring forth the Second of 1000 generations in his son, Yistchak? How old was Abraham? The record shows us Abraham was 99 years old: 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, hwhy appeared to Abram and said to him, I am El Shaddai: Walk before Me and be perfect. 2 And I will make My Covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you very much. 3 And Abram fell on his face. And Elohim spoke with him, saying, 4 As for Me, behold, My Covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 And your name no longer shall be called Abram, but your
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This is also seen in 1Chronicles 16:15-17 Yoseph inherited the birthright from Yaacov. 1Chronicles 5:1-2 31 Genesis 26:4-5, Exodus 20:6 32 Genesis 35:10-11, 46:3
name shall be Abraham. For I have made you a father of many nations. 6 And I will make you very fruitful, exceedingly. And I will give you for nations. And kings shall come out of you. 7 And I will establish My Covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a Elohim to you and to your seed after you. Breshit/Genesis 17:1-733 But why would hwhy do this when Abraham was 99? Why not 70? Why not 77? Could the Most High have brought this about when Abraham was 80? Absolutely! Or how about the age of 86, since both Elohim (power) and Hallelu-Yah add to this amazing value? Why not 90? Or even 91? And 92 is 46(Levi) x 2: so why not 92 (Shabbat)?34 Why 99? We believe hwhy ordained the age of 99 because Elohim sought to establish how great would be the bestowal of His Chesed/lovingkindness that He would surely visit upon all 1000 generations, beginning with Abraham. To see this, we review the Hebrew numbers for chesed:
============================================ The full value of dox/chesed is 99. So it was not merely a coincidence that Abraham was 99 years old when hwhy visited him with the overwhelming and miraculous dox/chesed (99) that brought about the conception and birth of Yitschak. hwhy was showing forth the fullness of that great and indescribable chesed/lovingkindness which He would visit upon all 1000 Generations beginning with Abraham and extending across such an immense time span that it makes the mind reel! Blessed be His Qadosh Name. The Covenant of hwhy: Confirmed Through the Four Patriarchs While the punishment of hwhy is visited upon the third and fourth generation of those who hate Him, we find an amazing culmination of chesed and blessings are bestowed upon the third and fourth generation of those who love Him. Let us consider still more about Abraham, Yistchak, Yaacov, and Yoseph. The first patriarch formed the first of the 1000 Generations and he became the father of all those who walk in the faith of Abraham. Abrahams son, Yitzchak, was
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See also Breshit/Genesis 18:9-10, 21:5 tbS/Shabbat adds to 45 and 702, but Tehillim 92 is A Psalm, a Song for the Day of the Shabbat.
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Generation Two, and so on. Below we see, once again, the list of the spiritual leaders for each of the first four generations: Abraham: Yitzchak: Yaacov: Yoseph: Generation One Generation Two Generation Three Generation Four
What occurred in the fourth generation of those who loved hwhy? In the fourth generation, the descendants of Abraham became a great nationYisrael! And the leader of that fourth generation became a world ruler! But there is even more to show forth the faithfulness of hwhy in remembering His Word and upholding His promises to Abraham and his seed. To prove this, we will study this same progression of men across four generations in yet another way. The promise of hwhy to Abraham was to establish His covenant with the patriarch and with his generations after him: 7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be an Elohim to you, and to your seed after you. Genesis 17:1-7 Recall our intent, presently, is to ponder the culmination of the Word of hwhy across four generations, beginning from Abraham (Generation 1) and progressing to Yoseph (Generation 4). As previously seen, the Hebrew word for covenant is tyrb/berit, and this word has a misparim value of 612:
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Covenant! Blessed be His Name whose sovereign Hand so intimately oversees every aspect of our lives as His Spirit works to fulfill His Word! Not only does hwhy continue to fulfill His Word to watch over, to bless, and to protect Abraham and His descendants, but even the exact value of the word tyrb/berit/covenant (612) was written into the first four generations that progressed from Abraham to Yoseph! By this great working, hwhy is showing forth the greatness which He will manifest in keeping His Covenant with all of Abrahams descendants to all One Thousand Generations. The Covenant and the Chesed of hwhy will be made known in increasingly greater ways39 as His Promise extends across 1000 generations from Abraham. Great and Mighty is His Qadosh Name whose ways are unsearchable! t
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The ALEPH-BEIT Place Value and Misparim Charts appear on the following page >>
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The ALEPH-BEIT Place Value and Misparim Charts (All Charts are Read From Right to Left)
Name
Letter
ALEPH a BEIT b GIMEL g DALET d HE h VAV w ZAYIN z CHET x TET j YOD y CAPH K, k LAMED l MEM M, m NUN N, n SAMECH o AYIN . e PE P, p TZADE .. U, u KOF .. q RESH r SHIN, SEEN s, S TAV t
A letters place value, or what some people call the ordinal value, is simply obtained by finding its numerical order, or position, within the ALEPH-BEIT. So, from first to last, we have ALEPH = 1 while TAV = 22. Below are provided more compact Place Value and Misparim Charts which readers may wish to print and cut out so you may more readily confirm the calculations in this document as well as finding the MV or PV of any Hebrew word.
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(11) k (10) y (9) j (8) x (7) z (6) w (5) h (4) d (3) g (2) b (1) a (22) t (21) S (20)r (19) q (18) u (17) p (16) e (15) o (14) n (13) m (12)l
(20) k (10) y (9) j (8) x (7) z (6) w (5) h (4) d (3) g (2) b (1) a (400) t (300) S (200)r (100) q (90) u (80) p (70) e (60) o (50) n (40) m (30)l
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