God's True Covenant
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God's True Covenant
The first mention of covenant in the Bible is in Genesis 6:18. God says to Noah, "But I will establish My covenant with you..." When God uses the word "covenant" he frequently says, "My covenant". The Hebrew for "My covenant" is b'riti.
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"My Covenant" in the Ancient Hebrew
As with my other hubs in this group, I want to look at the ancient Hebrew pictographs that make up the word to see how it would have originally looked. The Hebrew letters used in the spelling of b'riti are BET (the Hebrew equivalent of the letter "B"), RESH (R), YOD (Y), TAV (T) and YOD (Y).
The Hebrew alphabet is derived from an ancient Hebrew or Semitic pictograph alphabet. Each pictograph represented a letter and a meaning that correlated to the pictograph.
Looking at the Hebrew word "My covenant" (b'riti), the letter BET is derived from a pictograph of a house or a tent. The meaning was a house or lineage, as in "the house of David". RESH was represented by the head of a man, and the meaning was the first or highest person. Together, the letters BET and RESH form the Hebrew/Aramaic word for "son" (bar). The YOD was pictured as the arm and fist from the elbow to the hand, and symbolized the hand or works. The TAV was pictured as a cross, more specifically two (2) crossed sticks, and symbolized a mark or covenant.
As I have expressed before, I have only recently come to believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired, inerrant Word of God. Moreover, that each word and each individual letter is divinely placed and constructed to tell a story and reveal the richness of God's word.
The story of "My Covenant" is but one example of this, but a monumental one. The story of "My Covenant" is that of the entire (Christian) Bible. In short, God's covenant is the SON with his HANDS on a CROSS.
I have tried to offer a visual representation of "My Covenant" below. I have shown the modern Hebrew, the letter names and meanings, and the ancient Hebrew pictographs. God is good, is He not?
My Covenant
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Thank you Marmalade. I always appreciate your feedback.
Very intersting! Thanks for sharing-- keep these awesome discoveries coming!
Thank you Fred. I will keep them coming. Please keep reading.
Thank your for continuing to supply these articles to us.
You are very welcome, Patty. Thank you for your contributions as well.
It is interesting to know...that a covenant was established with blood. Blood being the source of life. I recall that when Adam and Eve sinned and were found with fig leaves covering their shame (the works of their own hands)...God Himself sacrificed an animal and covered them with the skins. God was placing them under a blood covenant. How profound a lesson, that the wages of sin is death for them who had never witnessed death. Also recall that Cain's offering of the works of his own hands....the fruit of his labors, was rejected by God and Abel's offering of a slain lamb was accepted...the implications are that they understood that it was a sacrifice of blood, an offering of innocent blood that was expected in approaching God....and Cain still attempted to approach God with his own works.
That is an astute observation debra (Cain). I agree. Our works are never sufficient, and isn't it wonderful that they are not how we are judged.
Never knew that -a real eye opener; all I can is ---AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrMarmalade 4 years ago
Hat off to a man of great knowledge, thank you
An excellent hub