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Alphabet metaphor and word play

Mark begins the book with a demonstration of alphabetic metaphor and Hebrew word play.

Mr 1:1 ¶ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Though Mark was written in Greek, we must remember that Peter was a Jew who spoke and thought in Hebrew.

'The beginning... Son of God' in Hebrew can be rendered:

בראשית ... בר אלהים

The aleph א

The primary meaning of the aleph is that God spoke and created the heavens and the earth. It is also used for "the spirit moved over the face of the waters", "the firmament between the waters" and even "the war between God and the carnal mind". The metaphor includes concepts of separation, reconciliation or/and the one who causes them. The verbalization of a letter's metaphor can change based on position and context.

Mark's word play uses "the gospel of Jesus Christ" as the metaphor for the aleph. Consider Ge 1:2 "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. " The word 'moved' means to shake. The Spirit shook over the face of the waters. When the wind shakes over the waters it causes waves. Jesus rebuked the wind/spirit and the sea became calm.

The good news of Jesus Christ is that he made peace between God and man. Mark uses the aleph to express this.

Mark places the aleph; the "good news of Jesus Christ" into the heart of "the Son of God". Compare the "Son of God" with "THe Son of God with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in his heart":

בר אלהים

בר א אלהים

Compare

Now compare Mark 1:1 with Ge 1:1

ראשית בר א אלהים Mr 1:1

בראשית ברא אלהים Ge 1:1

Barashith bar a Elohim and Barashith bara Elohim

Hint: Could these closely sounding phrases have started John thinking about ברא the "Word which created" and inspire him to begin his gospel with an exposition of Ge 1:1? Such puns and riddles are the foundation of the way that Jesus and his disciples read the Old Testament scriptures.