Elohim's Aleph-Bet (Letters) - The Vav

Shalom, friends. my name is Chadwick Harvey, and you've reached Faithful Performance. Thank you so much for joining us tonight as we continue our study and journey through Elohim's Aleph-Bet. Tonight we are going to discover the Hebrew letter Vav — some people call it the Waw as well.

If you haven't been with us, we've been on this journey through Elohim's Aleph-Bet. This is the sixth letter we've gone through, read from right to left across the top column. The first five letters and their symbolism are as follows: The first letter, the Aleph, represents the Father. The second letter, the Bet — or Beit, as some call it — represents Yeshua. The third letter, the Gimel, represents the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, the Ruach. The fourth letter, the Dalet, represents the door of our hearts, where the Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit to knock. The fifth letter proclaims "look and behold" — it is the letter of grace. Tonight we get into the sixth letter, the Vav. It is the mediator between heaven and earth, and we all know who that is: Yeshua the Messiah.

That is just one of the major layers — there are many layers to it. The more time you spend with these letters, the more the Lord will reveal what He wants to show you through them: the layers of understanding, the formation of the letter, the way the letter is characterized, the order of the letter, and the numerical value of the letter as well. These are very important for anyone who wants to go deeper with the Lord and the scriptures. As we've pointed out in previous sessions, all of these Hebrew letters point to the scriptures — aligning with the gospel accounts, the Torah, the prophets, the book of Revelation, and the letters of Paul. It is truly phenomenal, and this letter is no different.

With that said, let's look at some of the major tie-ins and then go through some scriptures. First, consider what 1 Timothy 2:5–6 says: "For there is one Elohim and one mediator between Elohim and men, the man Messiah Yeshua, who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time." Look at the formation of the letter, the character of the Vav. It goes from heaven to earth. It is the nail — and that is why it represents Yeshua the Messiah, pointing to the nails on the cross. He is the one mediator between Elohim and men, who gave himself a ransom for all.

Also, in Matthew 6:9–10, Yeshua says: "In this manner, therefore, you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come — the Vav — your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Again, the Vav appears in this beautiful passage, representing the mediator between heaven and earth, the connector.

We also saw this with the Aleph, the first letter we studied. In the middle of the Aleph is a Vav. The sixth letter, the Vav, is that diagonal piece in what looks like an X, representing the Father. The Vav is in the very bosom of the Aleph. When you look at the upper realm of the Aleph, there is the upper Yod, representing the heavenly realm. Then there is the Vav connecting the upper realm to the lower realm, the earthly realm. Whenever there was a righteous verdict or a divine appointment the Father wanted to occur on earth — whatever it may be — He sent His Son Yeshua: the fire by night, the cloud by day, the commander of the LORD's armies with Joshua, the first coming events, the second coming events, the giving of the Torah. There is always that mediator who comes down, and that is only Yeshua the Messiah, who has the authority to mediate between heaven and earth.

The Vav is the sixth letter of the Aleph-Bet, the connecting letter, and it symbolizes Yeshua as the mediator and connector between heaven and earth. It denotes physical completion, redemption, and transformation through Yeshua, the Son. The number six represents man and is understood in two ways: as 5 + 1, which signifies the grace of Elohim made of no effect by man's addition, perversion, or corruption of it; or as 7 − 1, which denotes man's shortcoming of spiritual perfection. Either way, there is a profound understanding bound up in the number six. Six represents man's imperfection and alludes to the end or completion of physical work by man — that is why we have the 6,000 years, the six days from Adam. The seventh day, or the 7,000th year, is when Yeshua will return for the Day of the LORD and the millennial kingdom. The number six symbolizes physical, or secular, completeness. Seven, by contrast, represents rest, Shabbat, and directly exemplifies the seventh millennium — the prophetic understanding of the seventh day of creation — which points to Messiah's millennial reign, the 1,000-year rest.

Just as with the other letters, there is a pictograph of the Vav — the way Moses would have written it in his day. The pictograph of the Vav is a nail, or a tent peg, or a hook, and it symbolizes a man standing, which personifies Yeshua. We can find the concept of Vav in the building of the Tabernacle, which Moses built according to the pattern shown him in heaven, thus connecting heaven and earth. Interestingly, the Torah scrolls are patterned after Moses's Tabernacle — the columns, the curtains — and they likewise hook, or Vav, heaven and earth together. Both the Word of Elohim and the Tabernacle were created and connected by and through the Word of Elohim. He spoke out the Tabernacle's instructions. Ultimately and divinely, the Vav typifies Yeshua as the ultimate connector and mediator between heaven and earth, who was pierced to the cross for our transgressions. The Vav is the divine connecting force between heaven and earth, the infinite and the finite.

A great correlation to the Vav is the Aleph itself. There is a diagonal Vav between the two Yods in the Aleph — between heaven and earth — which personifies the humble, suffering servant, Messiah Yeshua. He is diagonal between the two Yods: the upper one in heaven and the lower one on earth. He is the connector between the infinite and the finite. As it is written, by the mouth of two or three witnesses it shall be established — and here both the Aleph and the Vav bear witness to this truth.

In Hebrew, Vav means "and." So when we read Genesis 1:1 — "God created the heavens and the earth" — the Vav substantiates the fact that Yeshua is the connector between the two realms.

In Elohim's sacred name — Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh — the Vav is situated between the two Hehs, which denotes the Vav as the connector between the two realms, spiritual and earthly. The Vav connects the upper Heh to the lower Heh, representing the Messiah connecting and manifesting the verdicts and blessings of the Father from the spiritual realm into the earthly realm.

In the holy scriptures, we find great illustrations of how Yeshua fulfills the dynamics of the letter Vav — piercing the heavens to dwell upon earth, and likewise opening the heavens and ascending back into the heavenlies to sit at the right hand of the Father at His first coming.

The first example is the birth of Yeshua. After the angel Gabriel told Mary about her commission, the Holy Spirit overshadowed her. This tells us that the Ruach brought Yeshua down from the heavenly realm into the earthly realm — the Vav — to inhabit the womb of Mary.

The second example is the baptism of Yeshua. It is recorded that heaven was opened to earth once again: "When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Yeshua also was baptized. And while he prayed, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven which said, 'You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.'"

The third remarkable example of the Vav is the ascension of Yeshua. After his resurrection on the Feast of First Fruits, he tarried on earth and manifested himself to the disciples and to others for forty days, then ascended to the right hand of the Father in heaven. Once again, we see how Yeshua the Vav opens the connection between heaven and earth.