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In this segment: Chadwick presents a prayer for the first form of Tsade, focusing on the spiritual journey from humility to exaltation. He then explores Tsade's numerical value of 90, symbolizing the fullness of life, and connects it to Sarah giving birth at 90 and the bride making herself ready with righteous deeds.
We will save Psalm 119 for when we discuss the final form, as it relates to both forms. King David wrote one passage for Tsade, encompassing both the first and final forms.
This is the prayer for the first form of Tsade: "May we receive the revelation and anointing of Tsade as we continue to set ourselves apart on our spiritual purification journey from the cross to the crown. Through this powerful yet beautiful symbolic meditation, we perceive profound wisdom and understanding of the transition from humbling ourselves in the sight of the Lord to being lifted up by Yah, which is the divine concept of Tsade. Once we experience this amazing transformation, 'chai,' or life, will be better than ever before. Yahweh loves a humble heart, one that searches for Him and His truth forevermore. As we continue our spiritual purification journey in the ark of God, His holy word, let us be the tzadikim of our time, the righteous ones who love Elohim and His ways and commandments. May we carry our righteous acts of kindness and love to all mankind, resembling a tzadik. In doing so, just as King David was exalted from shepherd to king, we too will be lifted up to our rightful place for His kingdom by the Holy Spirit. Amen."
Now, let's move to the final form of Tsade. Remember, the letter's order is 18, signifying life. Just as we saw King David's life, humility led to exaltation with the final form. Let's delve further into the final form of Tsade, representing exaltation after going through the humility part of our lives, and the importance of remaining humble while exalted for the Lord's purposes.
We will continue with the anointing of King David as we look at this beautiful letter in Psalm 89. This passage is about the final form of Tsade. As you look at the Hebrew letter, the final form, the upright one, is the left letter of the word.
Psalm 89:3-4, 19-20, 24-29: "I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David: 'Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'... Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one, And said: 'I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him, With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not outwit him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. I will beat down his foes before his face, And plague those who hate him. By My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him, And in My name his horn shall be exalted. His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven. My covenant I will not break, Nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me; It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky.'"
We've discussed this scripture in our new moon videos, seeing the exaltation of David in Psalm 89. He was exalted, and he certainly will be in the millennial kingdom. We are in the final form, the exaltation, having gone through the bent form, the humility of David. We saw his exaltation with Goliath and Samuel's anointing. Now, God's word in Psalm 89 compares the Davidic covenant to the faithful witnesses in the sky, the sun and the moon. The word "exalted" appears multiple times, confirming this is the final form of Tsade.
The 18th letter, Tsade, has a numerical value of 90. In our last devotional, we discussed the significance of 18 as life. In this study, we explore the magnitude of Tsade's numerical value, 90, symbolizing the fullness of life. A wonderful example is Sarah, who birthed Isaac at 90 years of age. Genesis 17:17: "Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, 'Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?'" Abraham was laughing as a friend of God, not mocking Him.
Imagine Sarah bearing a child at 90! Nothing is impossible with Yah. This is a great understanding of the fullness of life with the Hebrew letter Tsade, number 90. Not only does Tsade mean life (18), but its numerical value (90) means the fullness of life.
The Apostle Paul provides wisdom in understanding the significance of Isaac's birth and the fullness of life (90) in Galatians. Isaac was born of the spirit, which is why Elohim ordained Sarah to birth him at 90, substantiating that his birth was through the Holy Spirit. Paul explains that Isaac was born of the spirit, continuing the pure royal lineage to Yeshua.
The two forms of Tsade present a beautiful transformation from being humbled to being lifted up in victory, praise, and worship. The first form is a bent Tsade, representing humility. The final form symbolizes the transition of a humble person being lifted up and exalted to fulfill Elohim's calling, with hands lifted to heaven in victory and praise. To be lifted up, one must be humbled. May we always live in a constant state of humility, even as we are lifted up for Elohim's will and purposes.
This is the pictograph again: a man on his side in need. Tsade is a humility letter formed from Nun (humble servant) and Yod (hands lifted in praise and worship). Looking at the letter, we see hands lifted in praise and worship, both in the bent and final forms. A tzadik humbles himself before God with hands lifted in worship and praise, reflecting Elohim's image and living in humility and dependence. He will be exalted in due time. "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that He may exalt you in due time."
What's amazing is the bride and bridegroom relationship found in the Hebrew alphabet. The bride is Tsade, and the groom is Aleph. Aleph, the first letter, represents the Father and the Son. The letter 18 signifies life, and 90 signifies the fullness of life. When Tsade and Aleph combine, it signifies the bride and groom, leading to eternal life and the fullness of life through the Father and Son. The Aleph represents the Father, and within it is the Vav, representing Yeshua, the mediator between heaven and earth. The two Yods represent the heavenly and lower realms. This is the groom.
The bride is whoever will be righteous, the tzadikim – David, Samuel, and so on. The tzadikim are represented by the number 18 (life) and 90 (fullness of life), which is eternal life. The combination of Aleph and Tsade as bridegroom and bride is remarkable.
Both letters indicate that Elohim and His creation will be joined together in love. Aleph personifies the Father, and Tsade signifies the reflection of His image, a picture of the bride of Messiah, the Kallah Moshiach.
In the holy scriptures, the bridegroom and bride relationship is paramount. John 3:29: "The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice." This joy is now complete. Revelation 19:6-9: "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exalt and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. It was granted to her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure, for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints." Revelation 22:17: "The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let the one who hears say, 'Come!' And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price."
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