The Gematria and Symbolism of Tav

The 22nd letter and the final letter of Elohim's Aleph-Bet is 400. 22, being the double of 11, has significance in its intensified form: disorganization and disintegration, specifically in connection with the Word of God. The number 11 derives its importance by being an addition to the divine order and a subtraction from divine rule, thus substantiating the anointing of it. A prime illustration of this number is associated with two of Israel's worst kings, Jeroboam and Ahab, who both served 22 years. Most know how evil Ahab was with his wife Jezebel, who sought to destroy Elijah. Nonetheless, Jeroboam also did evil in the sight of the Lord by committing the same sins of his father and leading Israel in those sins as well.

The letter Tav represents a cross, signifying a mark or a sign. Basically, you can look at it as some have it as an X, you can look at it as a cross, or the modern-day form you can see on the left-hand side as well. This is one of the primary reasons Yeshua testified that He is the Aleph and He is the Tav, reverting us to His Aleph-Bet, as He is the first and the last of it, and the beginning and the end of all things. Nevertheless, being the last letter of the Aleph-Bet, the Tav stresses the supreme magnitude of when Yeshua cried out, "It is finished," in John. We can think of the letter Tav as a stamp or seal, as in stamping or sealing a matter, a completion, the end of the matter, with the number 422 at the end of the elect. In the book of Revelation, we find that the people of Elohim have a mark or a stamp, a Tav, on their foreheads, which obviously points to the concept of this letter. The 22nd letter. It is written, "They will see His face and His name will be on their foreheads." That is in the eternal kingdom. We will have His name on our foreheads. In the millennial kingdom, we will have the seal of Elohim. It's pretty interesting that during the seven-year tribulation, or the Time of Jacob's Trouble, as it's truly called, the seven-year purification journey for Jews and Gentiles, I believe we have a seal on our head, a seal of God, and then the mark of the beast. So, there are two different marks at the end, which we're about to get into here on the timeline. And one of them is the mark of the beast, which most of the world will take. And then there's the seal of Elohim on our foreheads as well. We can get a good glimpse of that in Revelation chapter 7. But my friends, in eternal life, we will have the seal. We will have the name of Elohim on our foreheads, as it's written in Revelation 22:4: "They will see His face and His name will be on our foreheads." Amen. Amen. And amen.

Yah's stamp is truth, and the Word of God is truth as well. In John 17:17, amen. In the beginning, with Bereshit, we find this wonderful concept of Tav as the last letter of Bereshit. Tav closes out Bereshit, and that is the end. So, just like He says, "I'm the first, I'm the last, I'm the beginning, I'm the end, I'm the Aleph, I'm the Tav." And so, why does He say that He's the Aleph as well? If it begins with Bereshit, and that is Yeshua's letter, the Bet, which is the letter number two, then the Aleph is the Father. So, why is the Aleph silent? They say the Aleph is silent during this understanding. Well, if you look at it on the graph right here, you see that it is silent. They tell you that it is silent. Well, what's so amazing when you look at the structure of the letter, it gives us the results of what we're asking. Because, as we've discovered before, the Aleph has an upper Yod. As you can see with the first letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet, the Aleph, it has an upper ram, it has a lower ram. And Yeshua is that mediator between heaven and earth. So again, He's even in the Aleph. And that's why He says, "I'm the Aleph. I'm the Tav. I'm the beginning. I'm the end," so that we can understand these things. He was in the beginning with Him, and that's so important with Bereshit, talking about the Son, Bereshit, Yeshua, the house, if you will, that we've discovered in letter number two.

So, my friends, from Aleph to Tav, we see this magnificent understanding that He is in the beginning with Yah. Everything was created for Him and through Him. He is the Creator. He is the Savior of the world. And that's why we need to understand His Father's instructions because they're His instructions as well. If He's with Him in the beginning, if He's the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world, He's always been with the Father. There's always been Plan A, not Plan B, Plan A, with the understanding of how everything rolls out. So, my friends, again, Bereshit is the Bet is the second letter of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet. It doesn't begin with Aleph. The Aleph is silent. Yeshua's in the bosom of the Father in the Aleph, with the diagonal, and then Bet is His letter, and that's why He says what He says. And Bet is in the beginning. He's the Aleph, He's the Tav, and it makes a really beautiful understanding about our Savior, Yeshua, from the very beginning with the Father. Amen.

So, in the beginning, with Bereshit, we find this wonderful concept of Tav as the last letter of Bereshit. Bereshit is Tav, which points to the truth of a matter. Yeshua is the beginning and the end, the first and the last. And He is certainly the Aleph and the Tav. Remember, the Tav represents the truth, and the truth is the cross, which is Yeshua's cross to the crown, which is very beautiful.

The number 400. We'll look at the numerical value of Tav, which is 400. 400 is an authoritative number that has a magnificent and profound anointing. It can be broken down in several ways. However, its essential significance is found in three calculations. So, the first calculation we'll go through with the number 400 is the basic one, which is 40 * 10. 40 is a period of testing, and 10 is the perfection of divine order. So, think about the season that we're in right now, my friend, with the 40 days from Elul 1 to Tishrei 10. This is why we wrote the book the way we did, to end with the Tav in this month, so that we can get the understanding not only with the letter but also with the season that He's speaking of, which is the 40 days of testing, which is Elul 1 to Yom Kippur. So, this is the first anointing of the number 400: 40 * 10. Again, we're in that 40-day special moment right now until Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur. All right, but 40 is a period of testing, as we know, and 10 is the divine perfection of order, which equals 400. We have seen this in our studies throughout the year. So, we know 40 is a period of testing until the perfection of divine order is completed. Think about Yeshua's 40 days and 40 nights. Moses on Mount Sinai, 40 days, 40 nights. Jonah went into Nineveh during this time period as well, for 40 days and 40 nights as well.

Secondly, when 400 is broken down by 5 * 8 * 10, it reveals Yahweh's grace (number 5), new beginnings (number 8), and His perfect divine order of His will, which is number 10. This is a very powerful number to pray into for our own personal journey and revelation as well. Lastly, and maybe the most significant, when Tav is broken down, 8 * 50, it exemplifies its preeminent stamp of authority, because 8 means new beginnings and 50 represents jubilee, freedom, and liberty, thus marking its unmatched significance.