THE NAMES OF GOD
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<strong>NAMES</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>GOD</strong> IN <strong>THE</strong> BIBLE: A DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH : PR<strong>OF</strong>. M. M. NINAN<br />
In Boylan's diagram above, the words "HaShem" and "Yeshua" intersect to form the ancient Hebrew<br />
letter tav, which resembles two crossed sticks. The bottom of the tav touches the horizontal line "and<br />
what is His Son's Name?" HaShem is Hebrew for "The Name," a term used by Jews to refer to God.<br />
Yeshua means salvation in Hebrew and is the real name of Jesus Christ.<br />
Four times in the book of Revelation Yeshua identifies Himself as the Aleph and Tav, the beginning<br />
and end.<br />
God answers His own question in Proverbs 30:4 by embedding the names of His Son in the shape of<br />
an ancient tav symbol. The tav has significant meaning in the Old Testament. In Ezekiel 9:4, Jews<br />
who reject idolatry are sealed with a tav symbol on their forehead, protecting them from God's<br />
judgment. In the Great Isaiah Scroll, one of the original Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947, 11 tav<br />
symbols appear in margins next to Messianic passages. The position of the tav in Boylan's diagram is<br />
also a picture of the crucifixion. The cross symbol touches the middle Hebrew letter shin (Sh).<br />
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