Tet ט a marriage

Tet ט a marriage []


Discussion

The tet ט connects the kof כ to the zayin ז at the bottom, signifying that the marriage was consummated on earth, with the focus on the marriage and the Son. [1] [q 1] [a 1]

  1. ± Mt 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

"Tet" טת means fasting. [v 1] [q 2] [a 2] Christ took his bride on earth, but then left her when he died. [1] The fast was broken in his resurrection. His revelation was completed in the spontaneous praise of his people ת. [q 3] [a 3]

  1. ± Joh 7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.

Discussion

Questions

  1. Discuss the meanings of laqach ךקח found in Strong's <03947, 03948>
  2. If eating is a metaphor for learning, then fasting is a symbol of the absence of learning. What happens if you don't break your fast?
  3. Why do we eat bread in remembrance of the fast [his death]?

Vocabulary

  1. tet ט or טת - fasting, f. marriage ט

Answers

  1. Marriage also means doctrine or teaching
  2. You die spiritually. Lu 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. It is not the memory of the cross that gives life, but living according to his word IS life.
  3. It is breaking the fast in a symbol of his resurrection as we 'remember' and prepare to learn.