Biblical Hermeneutics
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PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN<br />
YESHUA MASHIACH (JESUS CHRIST)<br />
The Hebrew name "Yeshua Mashiach" (yod-shin-vav-ayin mem-shin-yod-cheth), which<br />
corresponds to the English "Jesus Christ," is found in the above matrix at an ELS of -45. It<br />
begins in Psalm 22:12 and ends in Psalm 22:1. This is the minimum ELS for "Yeshua<br />
Mashiach" in the entire Tanakh. See the text of this messianic Psalm below.<br />
CRUCIFIED<br />
The Hebrew word for "crucified" (tsadi-lamed-vav-beth) is found twice in the matrix. First,<br />
it appears at an ELS of -229, beginning in Psalm 22:21 and ending in Psalm 21:11. The<br />
second occurrence is at an ELS of -58, beginning in Psalm 22:30 and ending in Psalm 22:25.<br />
Yeshua was crucified on a cross outside the city of Jerusalem.<br />
There are other codes marked in other colors which reads<br />
CROSS (white letters on red)<br />
The Hebrew word for "cross" or "crucifix" (tsadi-lamed-beth) is found in the matrix several<br />
times. It is highlighted above at an ELS -4 (Psalm 22:25), twice at an ELS of -44 (both<br />
beginning in Psalm 22:9 and ending in Psalm 22:6), and at an ELS of -135 (beginning in<br />
Psalm 22:9 and ending in Psalm 21:14). Yeshua was crucified on a cross (Matt. 27:31-32;<br />
Mark 15:20-21; Luke 23:26; John 19:16-17).<br />
NISAN (white letters on green)<br />
The Hebrew month of "Nisan" (nun-yod-samek-nun) is found in the matrix twice, at an ELS<br />
of 54 (beginning in Psalm 22:12 and ending in Psalm 22:17) and at an ELS of 5 (Psalm<br />
22:25). The yod in the first occurrence of "Nisan" is shared with "Zion." Yeshua was crucified<br />
on Nisan 14.<br />
PESACH (PASSOVER) (black letters on orange)<br />
The Hebrew word for "Pesach" or "Passover" (pey-samek-cheth) is found in the matrix at<br />
an ELS of -44, beginning in Psalm 22:14 and ending in Psalm 22:11. Yeshua was crucified at<br />
the same time the Passover lambs were being slain at the Temple in preparation for the<br />
Passover observance.<br />
ZION (white letters on gold)<br />
The Hebrew word for "Zion" (tsadi-yod-vav-nun) is found in the matrix at an ELS of -36,<br />
beginning in Psalm 22:15 and ending in Psalm 22:11. Zion is another name for Jerusalem,<br />
the city where Yeshua was crucified.<br />
SACRIFICE (orange letters on black)<br />
The Hebrew word for "sacrifice" (zayin-beth-cheth) appears in the matrix at an ELS of 141,<br />
beginning in Psalm 22:12 and ending in Psalm 22:21. Yeshua, who was sinless (1 Peter<br />
2:22), became the sacrifice for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2).<br />
DARKNESS (white letters on black)<br />
The Hebrew word for "darkness" (cheth-shin-koph) is found at an ELS of 176, beginning in<br />
Psalm 22:1 and ending in Psalm 22:13. Starting about noon on the day of his crucifixion,<br />
darkness fell upon the land for the last three hours of Yeshua's life (Matt. 27:45; Mark 15:33;<br />
Luke 23:44).<br />
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