Kuf: Mimicking Yeshua and Cycles of Life

Kuf means monkey. And although it has many layers of understanding, we will focus on the phrase "monkey see, monkey do" as we mimic Yeshua in all aspects of life. Let us remember He commanded us to deny ourselves and pick up our crosses and follow Him, and Him only. We have to read the Holy Scriptures and allow the Holy Spirit to show us how He lived His life through His Word. It is written, "Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love, just as Messiah also loved and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." May we walk in the same manner as He did, which is love, and follow His beautiful commandments as we journey through this life. In doing so, our light will shine brighter than the stars before men so that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. So, in doing so, loving God, loving neighbors, that's what He did, Yeshua did. And in doing so, our light will shine brighter than the stars before men so that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. Remember what Daniel wrote in Daniel 12: "Those with knowledge will shine like the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever."

So, there's a calling that we all have, you know, to love God and to love neighbor and to do the great commission to mankind. Matthew 5:16: "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Daniel 12:3: "Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever." My friends, that's really the great commission. Matthew 28, Daniel 12:3, that's to me the same thing.

The letter Kuf is the only letter that always extends downward below the line, just as Lamed is the only letter that rises above it. If one's not familiar with that, you see the letter Kuf on the bottom row there. You can see how it goes below the line. The Kuf does. If you look at the Lamed, which is right above it to the right a little bit, the Lamed that looks like the staff, you can see that that letter goes above the line. So, the Lamed is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, Yeshua, is what it represents as it goes above the line. Well, the Kuf goes below the line. Let's see the significance of going below the line, like Yeshua did.

The letter Kuf is the only letter that always extends downward below the line, just as Lamed is the only letter that rises above it. Both are a symbolic picture of Yeshua as He was crucified for our sins and went below the line into Sheol, where He was resurrected on the third day. Once He had risen from the dead, He traveled around the land for 40 days, then ascended to the right hand of the Father, where He was crowned King of Kings. So, this is why again, the Lamed is called the King of Kings letter, what we just discussed. Once He had risen from the dead, and then He ascended above the line to the Father in heaven. That's why the Lamed is the King of Kings letter. The letter Kuf is similar to that of the Heh. But while the Heh represents holiness, the Kuf represents unholiness. So, we have to realize that. So, He went below the line into Sheol, Abraham's bosom. Remember that He went below the line for what we're just talking about, for the unholiness of us, because He is holy, who went down for all of us who are unholy. And He was above the line. The Kuf, as He ascended into heaven. So, we have three lines: two vertical and one horizontal. So, again, let me read that again because I know it's a lot of information, but again, the letter Kuf is the only letter that goes below the line, just as the Lamed goes above the line. Both are symbolic for our sins and went below. Or Kuf went below the line into Sheol, where He was resurrected on the third day. Once He had risen from the dead, He traveled around the land for 40 days and then He Lamed, or ascended, unto the right hand of the Father. He went above the line, where He was crowned King of Kings. So, that's why the Lamed is called the King of Kings letter, and the Kuf is going down below the line into Sheol. Both have three lines: two vertical and one horizontal. These three lines depicting thought, speech, and action in the Heh are also represented in the letter Kuf, but its three lines represent unholy thoughts, profane speech, and evil actions. So, again, it's describing what the Kuf is. These three lines depicting thought, speech, and action that are in the Heh letter, number five, also represented are in the letter Kuf, but it's representing speech and evil actions. So, that's why next, we go through the Resh, where you have to turn your head the other way. So, you give the Kuf, with what we just said, with the profane speech, the unholy thoughts, the evil actions, and then it wants us to turn away from that in the next letter, which is the Resh, which we'll go through next week.

These negative qualities are illustrated within the actual form of the letter Kuf. Its long left leg plunges beneath the letter's baseline. It represents one who ventures below the acceptable, an individual who violates the circumscribed boundaries of the Torah. And thus the reason Yeshua went below or beneath the line to redeem us from the curse of the Torah. Please understand, the curse of the Torah is hell. It's not saying that the Torah is a curse. It's not saying that Paul would be a false prophet if he said that. He's saying the curse of the Torah, what is that? That means what's the curse? Hell. Yeshua saved us out of hell, the curse of the Torah. That doesn't mean we should not follow the ways of God or the Ten Commandments or things like that. That's saying that we should follow those. So, it's very important to read Paul in that context, that he was not going to go against the Torah, or he would be called a false prophet by the biblical prophets and also by Moses and also by Yeshua as well. So, very cool how this goes. But it represents one who ventures below the acceptable, an individual who violates the circumscribed boundaries of the Torah. And thus the reason Yeshua went for all of us who are unholy, because He is holy, to redeem us from the curse of the Torah.

The pictograph of Kuf illustrates the sun at the horizon. So, think about the pictograph up there. You can see it. And I've said this before, that's how most would write the Kuf is like this that you're seeing it right there. That is the modern form of it. The Kuf when it goes below the line. So, that is the modern day form of it. And then here is the pictograph. This is the way that Moses would have written it. So, this illustrates the sun at the horizon. Other meanings of it are circle, revolution, or time. Kuf represents all the cycles of nature, changing seasons, monthly and yearly cycles. It is the constant movement, circulation, and change of life, which ultimately revolves around the sun rising and setting each day. It is a pictograph of new beginnings and a fresh start as one season ends and another season begins, or the sun rises or the sun sets.

So, again, the other meanings of the letter Kuf are circle, revolution, or time. Kuf represents all the cycles of nature, changing seasons, or monthly and yearly cycles. It is the constant movement, circulation, and change of life, which ultimately revolves around the sun rising and setting each day. It is a pictograph of new beginnings and a fresh start as when one season ends and another season begins, or as the sun rises or the sun sets. So, that is the understanding, my friends, of the letter Kuf, the pictograph of it. And it's very phenomenal when you put this together with whatever the Lord is showing you.