Shin's Numerical Value and Pictographic Meaning

The Shin is the 21st letter of Elohim's Aleph-Bet, and its numerical value is 300. The number 21 is a triple portion of seven, thus enhancing its significance in the Holy Scriptures. Interestingly, 21 is mentioned seven times, which I believe is a divine occurrence and not by coincidence. The number 300 is a heavily anointed number as well, broken down as three times 100, with three representing divine perfection and 100 symbolizing a double anointing of jubilation. So, I'll read that again. The numerical value of 300 for the Shin is a heavily anointed number, broken down as three (divine perfection) times 100, with three representing divine perfection and 100 symbolizing a double portion, a double anointing of Jubilee (50 + 50).

There's not a better story to convey the supreme magnitude of 300 than the story of Gideon. And Elohim reduced the number of his army from 32,000 to 10,000, and then again from 10,000 to 300. Very powerful. Remember the story of Gideon. I think most of us know that story in the Holy Bible, and we know how He reduced the armies. Why did He do that? Is because He wants to get the victory, right? Always in the Bible, He wants to get the victory, not mankind, not Israel, not the Jewish people, not the Christians, you name it. He wants to get the victory for all of us, Jew and Gentile, Jew and Christian. So, again, this is a great understanding of how Yahweh works, you know, with Him getting the glory. Because if it's up to us and if we had 32,000 men, then we would take credit for it, right? And not give the glory to Yahweh. And that's why He reduced the armies from 32,000 to 10,000, and then again He reduced it from 10,000 to 300 people. Remember He said He tested the people about lapping up the water and things like that in Judges 6. So He wanted Gideon, his army, and the Midianites to understand that it was a divine and sovereign victory by Him and Him alone. Gideon is a prototype of Yeshua, as He will literally fight in the land of Midian, the land of the Midianites, which is in Arabia, the Arabian Peninsula.

The pictograph of Shin looks like teeth. It also means tooth, steadfast, change, and also return. Amazingly, Shin is the letter of fire as well, and its shape is represented by the three flames of fire. So, again, the pictograph, if you look at the pictograph, it shows the flames of fire, but also the way that they write it today, the modern-day letter, it looks like a flame as well, as you can see with the formation of the character. The flames are symmetrical and consist of four yods, which is the number 40 (10 times 4), and also three vavs, which is 18, which totals 58, which is the number of grace. The Hebrew word for grace is "chen." Their seven components allude to the three patriarchs and also the four matriarchs of Israel, who are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah.

So, I'll say this again. The pictograph of Shin looks like teeth. It also means tooth, steadfast, change, and also to return. Amazingly, Shin is the letter of fire, and its shape is represented by three flames of fire, just like we said with the formation of the letter. And now here we have to have the education of the Hebrew letters and the values of them because the flames are symmetrical and consist of four yods. In the Hebrew alphabet, a yod is the number 10. So if you have four of them, then that means the number 40. And also three vavs, and the vavs have the numerical value of six, which is the number 18. And when you total that, that is 58, which is the number for grace. The patriarchs and the four matriarchs of Israel are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah. That's pretty cool, isn't it?

Interestingly, the first time the Hebrew word for grace is mentioned in the scriptures, it is during the story of Noah, again tying into the number 58. Therefore, just as Noah found grace in the eyes of Elohim in his day, we can receive His tender mercies and loving-kindness in our time as well. We find the concept of Shin in relation to the sword of the fire at Messiah's second coming events. So, again, remember what we discussed at the very beginning about Him pouring out His fire. Let's look at this again before we continue. In Luke 12:49, it says, "I came to send fire on the earth." At the second coming events, "and how I wished it was already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished." "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, not at all, but rather division." So again, we can look at this as the Hebrew letter Shin as the fire that separates, if you will.

Excuse me, I forgot where I left off, but we can find this concept of Shin in relation to the sword of the fire at Messiah's second coming events. Remember, you can find that sword of the fire, the sickle of the sword, the sickle of the fire in Revelation chapter 14. That is His second coming events. In these apocalyptic scriptures, the letter Shin is highlighted. So every time we see the sickle of the sword, especially the sickle of the fire, we can always go back to the letter Shin. And also Luke, coming events. It is written, "For by fire and by sword the Lord will judge all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many." And that is in Isaiah. Understanding, my friends, this just gives us a deeper knowledge, a deeper understanding. When we read Isaiah 66 or when we read Luke 12:49, we see how the Hebrew letters can give us that deeper revelation, that deeper understanding. When we read, "For by fire, the Shin, and by His sword, the Lord will judge all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many." He says, so again, this is what He was speaking of in Luke, basically confirming what the prophet Isaiah said in Isaiah 66.