LC: The Bible – One Message
The Bible – One Message [∞]
It is said that no one can truly see or hear God, at least not God the Father. I want to share some technical insights with you. You don't need to fully grasp them yet, but I offer them to show that I'm not just making things up. You may want to explore this mystery on your own, but it will take time.
We are told that we cannot know what existed before the 'Big Bang' of creation. Genesis 1:1 begins with the phrase "In the beginning," suggesting that we cannot comprehend anything prior to that moment. But we can. The mystery is hidden in a riddle.
In Hebrew, the phrase "In the beginning" is bereshith. Just like in English, the "b" sound is the second letter of the alphabet. Now, here's the riddle: What comes before "in the beginning"?
Since bereshith starts with the second letter, the thing that comes before it is the first letter: aleph (א). Aleph is silent, and because it is not physically present before bereshith, it remains invisible.
The aleph tells us many things that occurred before the beginning:
- The unpronounceable name of God (it’s not YHWH as many assume)
- The triune nature of God
- The timeless nature of God
- His plan, which was known from the beginning to the end
There are more revelations, but the most important one is that aleph reveals that God is the Creator.
The aleph tells us that God created the heavens and the earth, and because it is silent and invisible, it shows us that He did this when there was no one there to see or hear it. The most important message is that all creation flows from this invisible, silent aleph.
Now, remember that each letter in Hebrew has its own meaning. The word bereshith (בְּרֵאשִׁית) can be understood letter by letter (Hebrew is read from right to left):
- Bet (ב) – A revelation to man
- Resh (ר) – It was revealed
- Aleph (א) – That God spoke and created the heavens and the earth
- Shin (ש) – His word did not return void but with an increase
- Yod (י) – What He intended to do
- Tav (ת) – He completed
God has already told us twice that He is the Creator. The first time is through the word bereshith itself, where the letter aleph silently and invisibly points to God’s act of creation. The second time is when Genesis 1:1 explicitly states, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” The Hebrew phrase here, “God created,” directly affirms that God is the Creator. We have already heard the message twice—once in the subtle, hidden meaning of Aleph, and again in the clear statement of Genesis 1:1.
But if we split bereshith into bara shith, it means "created six."
The rest of the chapter then unfolds how God created the heavens and the earth in six days. That’s the fourth time the message is conveyed. Each retelling uses more symbols and words than the previous one.
But it doesn’t stop there. Each day of creation corresponds to a division of the Bible, pointing to six key sections. What do they tell us? That God is the Creator — the fifth time the message is made clear. And within the entire Bible, this truth is taught many more times.
Though He cannot be seen or heard, God wants us to know Him as the Creator. This is the primary message of the Bible, the central mystery. The invisible, silent God desires to be known by the very people He created.
