תמר

תמר Tamar - palm-tree.

תמ tm - come to the end of

ר r - revelation

The story of Tamar is a prophecy of the birth of Christ and the cross, wherein all prophecy is fulfilled. It is the end of revelation.

But look again at her name when the 'from' is added as a prefix:

מתמר from Tamar

מת mt - dead

מר mr - bitter, myrrh

Tamar received the rod of Judah as a token of the promised goat. Mary was told that the power of God would over-shadow her as a token of the promised child who would be the scape-goat. The rod suggests that he power of God which over shadowed Mary was his power in discipline. As such, the prophecy of Christ's bitter death overshadowed Mary. She was reminded of it by the gift of Myrrh at his birth and it was brought to a painful conclusion as she took the myrrh to the tomb of her son.