In Psalm 145 and the Ashrei prayer which is derived from it, each verse begins with a sequential letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Nun, which is 14th of the 22 letters, is missing:
מַלְכוּתְךָ מַלְכוּת כָּל-עֹלָמִים
וּמֶמְשַׁלְתְּךָ בְּכָל-דּוֹר וָדֹר
תהילים קמה:יג
"Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and Your dominion endures throughout all generations."
Psalms 145:13
נ
סוֹמֵךְ יְהוָה לְכָל-הַנֹּפְלִים
וְזוֹקֵף לְכָל-הַכְּפוּפִים
תהילים קמה:יד
"HaShem sustains all who fall
and raises up all who are bowed down."
Psalms 145:14
Emphasis shifts between these two verses from God's dominion to His care. The missing Nun is the connecting link, the true vine nourishing fruit from roots.
Please try inserting Yeshua's humble arrival as suffering servant around Hebrew year 3790 (30 C.E.) in the place of the missing Nun. Many expect Messiah's coming in glory near the start of the 7th (Shabbat) millennium which would be around year 6000 (2240 C.E.). Note the essentially equal ratios:
14/22 (letters) = 0.636
3790/6000 (years) = 0.632
The letter Nun has two forms:
humbly bent at the beginning or in the middle of a word: נ
standing upright at the end of a word: ן
Three verses in the Torah begin with the bent regular Nun and end with the upright Nun Sofit. Each of these verses relates to Yeshua.
The first of these verses is about healing:
נֶגַע צָרַעַת כִּי תִהְיֶה בְּאָדָם
וְהוּבָא אֶל-הַכֹּהֵן
ויקרא יג:ט
"When there will be a leprous affliction in a person;
he shall be brought to the priest."
Leviticus 13:9
The second is about crossing into the promised land:
נַחְנוּ נַעֲבֹר חֲלוּצִים לִפְנֵי יְהוָה
אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן
וְאִתָּנוּ אֲחֻזַּת נַחֲלָתֵנוּ
מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן
במדבר לב:לב
"We will cross over armed before HaShem,
into the land of Canaan;
and with us possession of our inheritance
across the Jordan."
Numbers 32:32
In the third of these verses beginning and ending with Nun, Moshe speaks to Israel:
נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ
מֵאַחֶיךָ
כָּמֹנִי
יָקִים לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
אֵלָיו תִּשְׁמָעוּן
דברים יח:טו
"A prophet from your midst,
from your brothers,
like me,
HaShem your God will raise for you;
to him you will listen."
Deuteronomy 18:15
Yehoshua (aka Joshua), successor of Moshe with essentially the same name as Yeshua, was the son of Nun:
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֔וּן
שמות לג:יא
"Yehoshua son of Nun"
Exodus 33:11
And ינון from Psalms 72 is mentioned in the Talmud as a name of Messiah:
יְהִ֤י שְׁמ֨וֹ לְֽעוֹלָ֗ם
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁמֶשׁ֮
ינין [יִנּ֪וֹן] שְׁ֫מ֥וֹ
וְיִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ ב֑וֹ כָּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם
תהילים עב:יז
"His name will be eternal,
before the sun,
Yinon his name,
and all nations will be blessed in him."
Psalm 72:17
Moshe brought two tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai twice:
the first time to be tragically shattered
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר קָרַב אֶל-הַמַּחֲנֶה
וַיַּרְא אֶת-הָעֵגֶל וּמְחֹלֹת
וַיִּחַר-אַף מֹשֶׁה
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ מִיָּדָו אֶת-הַלֻּחֹת
וַיְשַׁבֵּר אֹתָם תַּחַת הָהָר
שמות לב:יט
"And when he came near the camp
and saw the calf and the dancing,
Moses’ anger burned hot,
and he threw the tablets out of his hands
and smashed them at the foot of the mountain."
Exodus 32:19
then the second time in radiant glory
וַיְהִי בְּרֶדֶת מֹשֶׁה מֵהַר סִינַי
וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת בְּיַד-מֹשֶׁה
בְּרִדְתּוֹ מִן-הָהָר וּמֹשֶׁה לֹא-יָדַע כִּי קָרַן עוֹר פָּנָיו
בְּדַבְּרוֹ אִתּוֹ
שמות לד:כט
"And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai
with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand
as he came down from the mountain,
Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone
in his talking with Him."
Exodus 34:29
So the Word of God came to us in material form:
the first time to be shattered
the second time in radiant glory
Let's ponder this pattern as we await return of Messiah!
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