Elohim (Part 2): His Hand Extended (Genesis 14:22; Matthew 12:33; 7:16.20; John 14:9; Colossians 2:9-10; 1:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; Acts 10:38; John 3:16)

EL

(El) is the most common representation of "God", among all ancient Semitic people.

In review, there are two pictographic letters that compose the transliteration, from the Hebrew, to form the word (El), the essence of "God". They are (El), the pictograph of the ox or bull, meaning "strength", or "unlimited power"; and (Lam), the pictograph of the shepherd's staff, representing not just "the staff", but "the symbol of the yoke of the ox".

(Lam) is 'the illustration of covenant', the means of harnessing and giving expression to God's unlimited power. It is also the "moving toward"; or, "pulling" in a specific direction, as the staff was used to "pull" a straying sheep in the desired direction they were to go. It is also the second part of ruler-ship, the combined symbols being both "unlimited power and authority", or "the right to rule". Though (Lam), is essentially lost in translation, it forms and completes the meaning of the essence of "God"; the one of unlimited power and authority who has chosen to yoke Himself up, in covenant, with His chosen people, Israel, and the church, through His Son.

ELOAH

(Eloah), as in Hebrew, is not found as common, in use, among ancient Semitic people.

(Eloah) adds two pictographs to the meaning of "God".

WAW

First, the pictograph of (Waw), the peg, representative of "unmovable; unshakeable security". In the same way that the tent peg, with it's "Y" shape, was designed from Middle Eastern hardwood, to not break, and to securely fasten the rope from the tent to the peg, so God's covenant with us is securely fastened, unmovable, so that our tent [symbolizing family], is safe, held firmly in the covenant of our God, that will never change or be altered, nor will it fail to endure and provide all it was intended.

HEY

The second pictographic letter in (Eloah) is (Hey), the pictograph of a man, or person, raising their hands in amazement at the wonder and awe of such a miraculous occurrence, of what God has done in and through His people, Israel, and the church, so much so that the sight takes one's breath away. It is the "Wow" of God, that such an extraordinary happening could occur, that all the world would be envious at the glorious thing God has done.

ELOHIM

(Elohim) is not found among other ancient Semitic people, but is used exclusively in Hebrew to represent "God".

(Elohim) introduces two more pictographic images to aid in completing the revelation of "God". These pictographs form the plurality of "God", not in numeric value, as in quantity, but in the value of quality, expressing the completeness and fullness of who God is, lacking nothing, and totally and fully being all that can be expressed or comprehended about the unfathomable God.

YAD

The first of these pictographs is (Yad), from which we derive our English word "yard". It resembles an upper case "L" pushed over on it's back, to the left, with a lower case "v", also laying on it's side, attached to the left tip of the laying down "L" . Our English word "yard" came from the Hebrew pronunciation of (Yad), which illustrates the hand; which "hand", according to Hebrew designation, was from the finger tips to the elbow. The measurement of the "hand", was called a cubit.

The Hebrew word (Yad) means "hand", but it also conveys the meanings of "work; throw; make; or even worship", all as actions of the hand. It developed the "y" or "I" sound and over time became our English, upper case letter "I". The Hebrew word (Elohim) represents both God's hand extended, through His people, and those who, as His hand extended, have "lifted up their hand" [the symbol of covenant, Gen.14:22] to the Most High God, as His representatives and covenant people, in the earth. Every time, in worship, that we, as Believers, lift up our hands, we are symbolically, reaffirming, and acknowledging, our covenant with Almighty God.

In a very real sense, what you do is representative of who you are, even as Jesus said, the tree is known by it's fruit (Matt.12:33), and you shall know them by their fruits (Matt.7:16,20), so that what the hand of God does, is who God is. Jesus said, "If you've seen me, you've seen the Father" (John 14:9). Again, the scriptures say, that in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead, in bodily form (Col.2:9) and we are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power (Col.2:10) and He is the head of the body, the church (Col.1:18) and the Father has put all under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all through the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him that fills all in all (Eph.1:22-23). Just as Jesus went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38), showing what God is like, so we are the fullness of God, the expression of God, in the earth; not individually, but as a corporate entity, we are the living, breathing body, of Christ, who is God, His hand extended and demonstrated, in the world.

MAH

This brings us to the second Hebrew pictograph, which suffix forms the plurality of God. This second pictograph is the Hebrew letter (Mah), which resembles our upper case "M", with a third "point" added to the letter. It is the origin of our English letter "m", and was drawn with, not two, but three vertical points, to represent the waves of the sea. To the ancient Hebrews, the sea represented the turbulent; mighty; powerful; incomprehensible depths and vast expanse of waters.

In like manner, God is not fully comprehensible, nor can He be fully fathomable, other than in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in demonstration of His limitless power, through His church, which depths are not fully known. If there is a "numeric" plurality to be found in "Elohim", as the dual letter suffix makes it plural, it is not found in the person of God, but rather, it is found in the multiplication of His presence, in His people, His hand extended, which like the vastness of the oceans or seas, the totality of which is still incomprehensible.

What is truly amazing, and almost as incomprehensible as "defining" God, is that, as with today, (1) ancient people groups chose the false gods that they desired to worship, and give their lives to. God chose the people of Israel, and the church, to give His life to, through His Son, Jesus Christ. What is even more radical, is that (2) ancient peoples went into their temples, to worship their false gods, but God, our Father, made us the temple, came to live in and through us, and though all that we do is an expression of worship back to Him, we are His worship, the apple of His eye, the center of His universe, the pinnacle of His creation and the number one reason that He does all that He does, for God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son....(Jn.3:16).

You Are God's Best...God's Best is Yours