==The Beginning – [[בראשית]]==

When the scriptures are heard with the ears to hear, that is, recognizing the nature of riddle within them, many sayings which were considered well-known, take on the character of subtle hints. The meaning of Hebrew words derives from the intersection of the hieroglyphic/metaphoric meaning of the letters from which they are made. Paul said there is no shame in rightly dividing the word.

The word for beginning can be divided many ways:

בר-אשי-ת : the son [[בר]] – offered total devotion (fire offerings) [[אשי]] – (makes it an object) [[ת]]

The book of John, which was written in Greek, contains the teaching of John who taught in Hebrew.. John taught the Greeks how to rightly divide the word in Hebrew and how to play childish word games. [[Joh 1.1-4 | John 1.1-4]] is derived from [[Ge 1.1]] by 'rightly dividing' the Hebrew words in Genesis.

[[ברא]] also describes God as the creator, so John said, “and the Word was God.”

[[אלהים]] Elohim has a pun pronounced 'l'chaim' meaning life and so John said “In him was life;”.

Dividing Elohim [[אלהים]] as אל-הי-ם gives for [[אל]] – him [[הי]] - marriage on earth [[ם]]. ([[Re 19.7]])(*9.1)

John and the other apostles taught the Greeks how to “rightly divide the word” in Hebrew, and they wrote down the hints in Greek.