Taste Ge 1:1
Tasting Genesis 1:1
(Meditation on the Word that Became Flesh)
I woke up early thinking about how much is lost in translation—especially when it comes to Hebrew. In Hebrew, seeing often means understanding, but deeper still, the language was meant to be tasted.
"O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him." —Psalm 34:8
So I spent a couple hours “tasting” Genesis 1:1.
Don’t be distracted by the Hebrew letters—I use them to trace the feast.
Before the beginning, יוי (YVY, a symbol for Jehovah) was complete: the Father joined to the Word by the Spirit—Aleph (א). The three were one.
Aleph was the Beginning and the End (1 and 1000), the Good, the Silent Name, the fulfillment of all mysteries.
When that name is finally spoken—א־ל־פ—it will teach everything.
Then God spoke. He created the heavens and the earth. No one saw it. No one heard it. But it was done—Aleph.
He revealed Himself in flesh and Spirit—Bar (בר), the Son.
He said:
"This is my revelation. All that was hidden—except my Name—is now made known.
My Word did not return void.
He returned with increase—by my Spirit (ש),
My complete plan (י),
Finished through new life (ת)."
From the beginning, no man has seen the Father or heard Him.
But the Son of God (בר) made Him known.
He was the Word (ר) made flesh (ב),
And in the authority of the Father (ב-ראש-י-ת),
He spoke—and created the heavens and the earth (ברא).
He was fully devoted to the Father's will (בר-אשית).
He created in six, and He was cut down in six (ברא-שית),
In covenant with man (בר(אשי)ת).
And when He was finished, He rested (ברא-ש(י)ת).
The Son of God (בר) is the Word (ברא) who created all things—
In heaven and earth (א).
And all things in heaven and earth are in Him (בר-א).
In the beginning (בראשית) was the Word (ברא).
The Word was with God (ברא-אלהים),
And the Word was God (בר-א).
He created from love (א־ל־ה־י־ם),
But ignorance separated creation from its Creator (אל־ה־ים).
He is light, life, and bread.
He created all things—everywhere, everywhen—(את, ואת).
To make Himself known in Spirit, He formed the heavens (שמים) with three witnesses:
The Father (מ),
The Word (ם),
And the Spirit (ש).
Before He created, they were desolate (שׁמם).
But then He made י—life, purpose.
The heavens held the waters above (מי)—the will of the Father,
And the waters below (ים)—creation finished by the Son.
The Spirit (ש) moved on the face of the waters (ש|מים)—inspiring teaching.
Creation (י) is upheld by the Father (מ) and the Son (ם).
To make Himself known to the flesh, He formed the earth (ארץ):
Spirit (א),
Revelation (ר),
And Blood (ץ).
In the beginning, He revealed to man (ב) the head of creation (ראש)
And finished it with new life (ת).
The New Testament is simply the disciples remembering what Jesus taught—
And finally tasting it from the Old.
No wonder John said:
“And there are also many other things which Jesus did,
which, if they were all written down,
the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.”
—John 21:25
NT doctrine wasn’t dropped out of the sky.
It was always there—hidden in the OT, waiting to be tasted.
Once they learned how to read the Scriptures the way Jesus taught, it all came alive.
