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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.

In the beginning בראשית

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]

The bet ב is God's title to His book

As the first visible letter to the Tanakh, the bet is the title to God's book. It's metaphor is combination of a resh with a horizontal line at it's base. The resh means 'a revelation' and the base is man. The Bet is 'A Revelation to man'.

God titled His book "A revelation to man". God is not discovered by man. No path, no discipline, no sacrifice, no work you perform will get you closer to God. His chosen title for His book tells us, that He makes himself known to us.

Lu 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him].

Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

The Son בר is the first revelation to man

Using the bet ב as the prefix to the resh ר ... 'Son' בר means 'in' ב 'the revelation' ר. The Son is in the revelation. We say that the word of God contains His personality.

Joh 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The Son created six ברא שית

Dividing 'in the beginning it says 'created six'. Notice that it does not say 'created in six'. Days were created, they did not simply pass. Each day is a new creation.

Ps 118:24 This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

The invisible aleph said that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. 'Bara' ברא identifies the son 'bar' בר as the one who spoke and created the heavens and the earth א (aleph) ^[12].

The Son made a divine appointment ברא שית

This phrase, made by splitting 'in the beginning in half' is identical to 'created six'. The word 'six' שית also means appointment. Character by character the letters say "God's word did not return void", "What he intended to do" "He finished"

The appointed time of Christ was the cross. It is the fullfillment and completion of God's Word. Jesus declared "It is finished!" from the cross. ^[13]

The cross was not plan B. In the beginning it was planned. It was part of God's original plan. So critical was the timing of his death that he told his mother it was not yet time when she asked him to fix the wedding ^[14]. He also avoided an entry to the feast because it would provoke the crowds too early. ^[15] Because of the impending Passover, the Roman soldiers hurried the deaths of the other two by breaking their legs, and were astonished that Jesus was already dead. He had given up his own life right on time. ^[16] He had prophesied that had his death been late, no flesh would be saved. ^[17]

The Son offered total devotion בר אשי ת

The burnt offering אשי is a symbol for the devotion of the Son to the Father. There is no hint of a sacrifice for sin in this offering because no one eats any part of it. The final tav ת makes the preceding into an object. The focus, or purpose of the word id the devotion of the Son.

A covenant with man אש ברית

Pull the middle two letters אש out of the word בראשית like this: בר אש ית giving a covenant ברית with אש at the heart.

From the beginning God has desired to dwell with men and has covenanted to do so. ^[18]

Bereshit בראשית explodes from the invisible aleph א

The invisible aleph ^[19] means "God spoke and created the heavens and the earth".

Bereshit בראשית (the first word of Ge 1:1) says a similar thing when read letter by letter:

Bet ב - A revelation to man

Resh ר - It is revealed that

Aleph א - God spoke and created the heavens and the earth

Shin ש - God's word did not return void

Yod י - What He intended to do

Tov ת - He finished

Not only does the first word explode from the invisible aleph, but the first verse explodes from the first word, and the first chapter explodes from the first sentence, and the rest of the Bible explodes from the first chapter. Each level teaching who the Father is through shadows of the Son.

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].
12. ↑ see: Genesis_01:01#The_invisible_aleph_.D7.90
13. ↑ Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
14. ↑ Joh 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
15. ↑ Joh 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
16. ↑ Joh 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
17. ↑ Mt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
18. ↑ Re 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
19. ↑ Invisible aleph