Standalone Aleph Tav of Zechariah 12:10 and Alpha and Omega of Revelation 1:8
by John Marsing -
I think these verses, along with Gen 1:1 and John 1, are the most compelling verses showing that Y’shua is the Aleph Tav.
Zechariah 12:10
וְשָׁפַכְתִּי עַל־בֵּית דָּוִיד וְעַל יֹושֵׁב יְרוְּשָׁלִַם רוְּחַ חֵן וְתַחֲנוְּנִים וְהִבִּיטוְּ אֵלַי אֵת אֲשֶׁר־דָּקָרוְּ וְסָפְדוְּ עָלָיו כְּמִסְפֵּד עַל־הַיָּחִיד וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַל־הַבְּכֹור / And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon meAleph Tavwhom they have pierced,and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness[a] for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.Revelation 1:4-8 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come;[b] and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Y’shua HaMeshiach,[c] who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds [d]; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, [e]the beginning and the ending,[f] saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
In the book Revelations it makes sense that the Hebrew messiah Y’shua,would say to his Hebrew disciple John, that he is the Aleph and Tav not the Alpha and Omega which is a Greek translation. In verse 7 he quotes Zec 12:10 which is an obvious reference to the Messiah. The question becomes where else is the Aleph Tav in the TaNaCh and shouldn’t those who accept that Y’shua is Meshiach study this out?
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[a]bitterness Strong’s H4843 marar, close to maror H4843 which is the bitter herbs found in Exo 12:8 and found on the Seder plate
[b] Eh-Yeh Asher Eh-Yeh;Exo 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
[c] King James Version with Jesus Christ changed to Y’shua HaMeshiach
[d] Is this a reference to theAncient of dayswhich is one of the names for Elohim (God), seeDan (7:9, 13, 22),Dan 7:13 “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.”
[e]Alpha and Omega is the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In Hebrew the first and last letters are Aleph Tav.
[f] Reference to Gen 1:1? … In the beginning God Aleph Tav created the heaven and the earth.