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| The ''chet'' is drawn like a ''he'' ה but the ''vav'' on the left returns all the way to the top. This represents that the commandment was understood. The meaning of ''chet'' is 'dismay', because when you really understand God's command, you are dismayed.
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| <ref group="v">chet ח or חת - dismay, ''m.'' understood, seeing</ref>
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| <ref group="q">Why does understanding the commandment cause dismay?</ref>
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| <ref group="a">The holiness of the law confronts your sin.</ref>
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| <ref group="q">The Gospel of Thomas (2) says, ...
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| ''The one who seeks should not cease seeking until he finds. And when he finds, he will be dismayed...'' Could the ''chet'' be the source of Thomas's riddle?</ref>
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| <ref group="a">It is a good exercise to read the Gospel of Thomas in the genre of prophetic riddle or ''sensus plenior'', since he shares many of the same riddles which are mistakenly interpreted to be literal and so are identified as Gnostic</ref>
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| <ref>It is not being suggested that the Gospel of Thomas is scripture, only that the author was familiar with pneumnemonics.</ref>
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| Dismay is terror. When people met the Holy God they fell on their faces.
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| <ref group="s">Ge 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,</ref>
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| <ref group="s">Nu 22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.</ref>
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| <ref group="s">Jos 5:14 And he said, Nay; but [as] captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?</ref>
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| <ref group="s">Mt 17:6 And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.</ref>
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| The ''chet'' ח symbol represents life in many cultures. They may pronounce it ''chee''. Understanding is represented by ''seeing''. One cannot understand (see) the teaching of Christ (the kingdom) unless he has been born again. <ref group="s">Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</ref> Understanding is a sign of the beginning of life. | | The ''chet'' ח symbol represents life in many cultures. They may pronounce it ''chee''. Understanding is represented by ''seeing''. One cannot understand (see) the teaching of Christ (the kingdom) unless he has been born again. <ref group="s">Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</ref> Understanding is a sign of the beginning of life. |
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