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בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ

Ge 1:1 ¶ In the beginning <07225> God <0430> created <01254> (8804) <0853> the heaven <08064> and <0853> the earth <0776>.

The invisible aleph א

The rabbis ask the question "Why does the Torah ^[1] begin with the second letter of the alphabet rather than with the first?" ^[2]

The Greeks (and probably you) think that this is a stupid question, but only because you do not understand how to read the mystery which was hidden from the beginning ^[3]. The early Jews knew how to read it but their answer misdirects us because the true meaning of the aleph cannot be admitted since it will reveal Christ as the creator. The primary metaphor of the aleph is: God spoke and created the heavens and the earth.

The reason they cannot admit this is because the first three visible letters spell bar-a. 'Bar' is translated 'son' and later it will be shown to be the Son of God. It says: The Son (of God) spoke and created the heavens and the earth. ^[4] It is easy to see why they want to hide this.

The aleph is a silent letter and here at the beginning of the Torah it is also invisible. From this, the Berean discerns that when God spoke and created the heavens and the earth, he did it when there was no one there to see or hear him do it.

Job 38:4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Isa 43:10 ... before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

The bet ב reveals the invisible aleph א

When the rabbis ask the question "Why does the Torah start with the bet" they do so because of expectations they have about the word of God.

Every detail of the scriptures is important. ^[5]

God speaks in a heavenly language. ^[6]

The heavenly language is Hebrew.^[7]

The language was also a written language which was preserved through the flood and the tablets upon which it was written were deposited in Pharaohs library by Joseph, and later obtained by Moses.^[8]

The beginning of revelation from God should begin with the first letter of His alphabet, because of anticipated order in God's ways.

The question also only makes sense IF the alphabet itself is a revelation from God. Before God could speak words, he would need an alphabet. Indeed, the alphabet, when read in order, also contains a relevant, detailed prophecy about Christ. ^[9]

The mere existence of the bet at the beginning of the Torah elicits the question about the aleph. Why is this important?

The first two letters of the Torah spell 'ab' which is 'father', but you cannot see it because of the invisible aleph. From this we discern, as did the Bereans, that from the beginning, no man has seen the father. ^[10]

The second two letters spell 'bar' which is 'son'. Since the bet reveals the aleph, the son reveals the father. ^[11]

References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah
2. ↑ http://jewishexponent.com/so-why-it-torah-begins-%E2%80%98bet%E2%80%99
3. ↑ Hidden mystery
4. ↑ Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
5. ↑ Mt 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
6. ↑ 1Co 13:1 ¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
7. ↑ 'Angel' means 'messenger'. How would men understand the messengers of God if they spoke a different language?
8. ↑ Implied in the Wiseman hypothesis is that Genesis 1 was written by God. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiseman_hypothesis. The rabbis implicitly endorse Wiseman's hypothesis by their expectations.
9. ↑ Category:HebDict
10. ↑ Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time;
11. ↑ Joh 1:18 ...the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].