{"id":283,"date":"2012-10-12T09:19:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2012-10-12T09:19:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T13:19:03","slug":"firstfruits-and-tithes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Firstfruits and Tithes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_190\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"highslide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abdicate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/paleoChart.jpg\" rel=\"highslide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-190 \" title=\"paleoChart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abdicate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/paleoChart-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am always so very blessed when I find something as wonderful as a gem in the Scriptures. I have two things I would like to share today: <em>berashiyt<\/em> (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea<\/span>) and <em>ma\u2019aser<\/em> (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05e8<\/span>). Berashiyt in Hebrew is \u201cin the beginning\u201d and is the first word of the Scriptures. If you remove the first letter beyt (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05d1<\/span>) you have the word <em>firsfruits<\/em> (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea<\/span>). \u00a0I Corinthians 15:23 (KJV) says that Christ is the firsfruits. So if we take the letters spelled out in the first word of the Scriptures and look at their individual meanings you have the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05d1<\/span> \u2013 beyit \u2013 house, in<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e8<\/span> \u2013 resh \u2013 man<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05d0<\/span> \u2013 alef \u2013 sacrifice<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e9<\/span> \u2013 shin \u2013 consume<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05d5<\/span> \u2013 vav \u2013 nail<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05ea<\/span> \u2013 tav \u2013 sign, mark, covenant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05d1\u05e8<\/span> (bar) means <em>son<\/em> or literally \u201cin man\u201d as seen by the definition of the letters. Using the rest of the letter from the word berashyt, you have the plan of salvation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Son, sacrifice, consume, nail, cross<\/strong> (the shape of the letter in Ancient Hebrew \u2013 see the chart). Nothing in the Scriptures is there by mistake. Every letter points to Yeshua (Jesus) the Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s look at the second word for today: <em>ma\u2019aser<\/em> (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05e9<\/span>) meaning <em>tithe<\/em>. Hebrew is a language of root words. That is, they add prefixes and suffixes to build on the meaning of the root word. The letter mem (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05de<\/span>) conveys the meaning \u201cfrom\u201d or changes a verb into the noun of that word. Like the root word \u201cto bake\u201d when adding the mem means \u201cbaker\u201d. Removing mem from ma\u2019aser, means <em>riches<\/em> or <em>wealth<\/em> (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e2\u05e9\u05e8<\/span>) \u2013 aser. So tithing (ma\u2019aser) comes from riches or wealth. But wait, that\u2019s not so. The meaning of mem would be the one who is tithing, not from riches. In fact the real meaning of ma\u2019aser means the one giving the <em>tithe<\/em> becomes rich because of his action! If you change the pronunciation of aser to asher (same spelling) you have the word for <em>happiness<\/em> and <em>wellbeing<\/em>. Now we have all these meanings of the word, let\u2019s look at the meaning of the letters of ma\u2019aser (<span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05e9<\/span>).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05de<\/span> \u2013 mem \u2013 from<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e2<\/span> \u2013 ayn \u2013 to see, eye, experience<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e9<\/span> \u2013 shin \u2013 shaddai (the symbol used throughout Israel to show that God most powerful \u2013 El Shaddai \u2013 God Almighty)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%;\">\u05e8<\/span> \u2013 resh \u2013 man, head<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The one who sees God as the head \u2013 will become rich. Not just materially, but in anything that matters. If you put God first in your time, energy and finances, you shall be blessed with riches and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Romans 11:16 <\/strong>(KJV) \u201cFor if the firstfruit <em>be<\/em> holy, the lump <em>is<\/em> also <em>holy<\/em>: and if the root <em>be<\/em> holy, so <em>are<\/em> the branches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So if you give of the firstfruits of your life \u2013 time, energy, money \u2013 God will truly bless you. For if the firstfruits be holy, the whole is holy! Abraham gave a tenth of all he had to Yeshua \u2013 yes Jesus, read Hebrew 7 \u2013 and look what happened to him.<\/p>\n<p>(I haven\u2019t written in a while because I was moving to Europe for work.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Numbers 6:24-26 <\/strong>(KJV) \u201cThe LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am always so very blessed when I find something as wonderful as a gem in the Scriptures. I have two things I would like to share today: berashiyt (\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea) and ma\u2019aser (\u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05e8). Berashiyt in Hebrew is \u201cin the beginning\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=283\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hebrewgems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}