Surrounding yourself in the Name of God

Look at the Tallis, God tells the Jewish people to place fringes on the corners of their garments. The reference is found in Numbers 15: 38-40. Yes they do make them stand out as different, but that is not the most important reason they were to wear them. It is to remind them all the time to do God’s commandments and to seek his WILL, so to understand this better the four fringes on the Tallis spell out the name of God and are tied in a way to count the Ten Commandments and the 613 laws of Torah.

Although we have covered this in prior articles this paragraph was found in last weeks Living a Sinless Life, Rick and I felt the need to expand on this topic, with some greater detail, than we were to do in last weeks article.

The Tzitzit are tied in such a way that equate with the Hebrew Numerical values that can be counted in the manner as described in the reference table seen here designed by Dr. Karl D. Coke. It is how you would see the Tzitzit tied on the corners of Jesus’ garment. In his book “The Hem of His Garment” by John D. Garr goes into much greater detail on how the numerical values fit into the design of the Tzitzit. On thing that I feel is real important to mention here is that in the Torah there are 365 (thou shall not do) negative commandments and 248 (Thou Shalt do) positive ones. The human body has 248 bones wrapped with 365 ligaments holding it all together. The other relationship we should also consider, is there are 365 days in our calendar year; if you subtract the holidays and the Sabbaths it also equals 248.

The point in this article is for us to consider how this requirement is indeed a means of surrounding ourselves with God. In doing so it makes it more difficult for our human self to follow our will instead of God’s divine will and plans for our life.

One point to consider is in the adoption of Gentiles into Judaism. If one accepts Jesus as the Hebrew Messiah then maybe as the adopted child of the faith, one should consider if he practices the faith of his adopted parents?

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