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'''They heard - אבגדה'''{{:God spoke and created the heavens and the earth א and revealed to men ב that he pursued them ג with a commandment ד which they did not understand ה. '''They saw - וזחטי''':They were distinguished ו as the bride ז when they did understand ח. Through a marriage ט they became a new creation י. '''The promise - כלמנס''':The Son of God כ taught ל the promise of the Father מ. The Son of Man נ fulfilled the promise ס. '''The exchange - עפצ''':He was made to be flesh and bore our sin ע, taught in parables, prophecies and riddles פ, and exchanged his righteousness for our sin צ. '''The revelation - קרשת''':The Son of God died and rose again ק revealing ר that his Word returned with an increase ש and the revelation had produced new life ת. '''The final state - ךםןףץ''':The Son of God died ך completing the promise of the Father ם. The Son of Man was restored to Glory ן. Prophecy was fulfilled ף. Judgement is ended ץ. And we became co-heirs with Christ. Short catechism}}

The verses which Christians consider to be obvious references to Christ, they interpret as to applying to the nation of Israel, or to a mysterious figure name named Adam Kadmon who possesses many attributes assigned to Christ. He is both God and man, and has the purpose of revealing God to man.

As they applied the scriptures to either Israel or Adam Kadmon, I saw Christ in ways that I had not seen previously, and which they would not consider. I could almost here the twelve year old Jesus in the temple asking : "Doesn't that rock represent Meshiach? Why was he struck? Why did the rock follow them in the desert? Jacob went to sleep on many rocks for a pillow, but when he awoke there was only one rock; what does it mean?"

Taking the rabbinic challenge to understand Hebrew words from their letters, I started with 8000 Hebrew words, and like a giant crossword puzzle, reverse engineered the meaning of the letters. Explaining how that was done is tedious and boring. When the words of Genesis 1:1 started making sense when read letter by letter, the alphabet came together. Solving the puzzle ad and relating it in English involves choices of translation options from a metaphor in Hebrew to words in English.

"That was his Waterloo." The phrase uses a common metaphor which can be explained in many ways. We might describe a man who was arrogant and ill-prepared because of it. We might described a messed up supply line. Or we might describe a man fortunate to succeed by the failures of his opponent. To help understand this better, you may wish to watch the "Darmok" episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Because the crew of the enterprise ''Enterprise'' could not understand the alien crew, Picard was forced to battle a common enemy with the captain of their crew. Through the real life drama, they formed shared metaphor by which they could start to understand each other.