THE MARK OF THE SEED

(NOAH'S DAY RETURNS - APPENDIX A)

The word seed is mentioned 277 times in the Word of God, lavishly showered throughout the New Testament as well as the Old. Although it often means the seed of plant life, there are a surprisingly large number of references that are to seed other than that of plant life. Is it possible that there are four types of seed (other than those of plant life)? Could each of these four types be distinctly different from the others, and "marked" by God the Father to be identified in these end days in order to edify the body of Christ and relate the fullness of His plan for mankind? Allow me to present a possible scenario for your consideration as we embark on a most remarkable study of the marking of the "seed".

In The Works of Josephus we find the reference to the serpent and Eve and the curse put upon them by God. It says of God, "He also deprived the serpent of speech, out of indignation at his malicious disposition towards Adam. Besides this, he inserted poison under his tongue, and made him an enemy to man;" In reference to the parallel passage we find in Genesis, we do not find the word man used as the enemy, yet maybe there is a reference to man there which is not obvious at first glance. In it we find, "And I will put enmity between the and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Now it is obvious here that the passage is a shadow of Messiah, but might not the seed of woman mean Messiah, and yet more as well? When we compare these two passages, it looks as though the "seed of woman" in the broader sense implies man in plurality rather than being limited to Yeshua singularly. Indeed we find in I Corinthians 11:12, "For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman ...." Galatians 4:4, in like manner says, "God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, ...." Is possible that woman does, in fact, have a seed "of sorts" inherent within her? Is it possible that the seed of woman is referred to as man because of the actual seed that she furnishes for him as her offspring? Lets explore this a bit more from a scientific point of reference.

The 1997 Edition of the World Book Encyclopedia sheds some secular light on the subject. It states, "Fertilization is complete when the chromosomes of the sperm unite with the chromosomes of the egg. Chromosomes are thread-like structures that contain genes, the units of heredity that determine each person's unique traits. Most body cells have 46 chromosomes that occur in 23 pairs. However, as each egg or sperm develops, it undergoes a special series of cell divisions called meiosis. As a result, each sperm or egg cell contains only one member of each chromosome pair, or 23 unpaired chromosomes. During fertilization, the chromosomes pair up so that the fertilized egg has the normal number of 46 chromosomes. The fertilized egg is called a zygote. Special sex chromosomes determine whether the zygote will develop into a boy or a girl. Each body cell contains a pair of sex chromosomes. In females, the two sex chromosomes are identical. Each of the chromosomes is called an X chromosome. The cells of males have one X chromosome and a smaller chromosome called the Y chromosome. After meiosis, each sperm or egg cell has only one sex chromosome. All egg cells carry one X chromosome. Half the sperm cells carry an X chromosome, and the other half have a Y chromosome. At fertilization, a sperm with an X chromosome uniting with an egg will develop into a girl baby because the fertilized egg will have two X chromosomes. A sperm with a Y chromosome uniting with an egg will form a boy baby because the fertilized egg will have the X and Y combination."

Was Mary's seed special? Within The Lost Books of the Bible is a writing referred to as The Gospel of the Birth of Mary. It is said to be written by Matthew, and relates the conversation of Gabriel to Mary. He says, "While you are a virgin, you shall conceive without sin, and bring forth a son." In turn she asks, "How can that be for seeing according to my vow, I have never known any man, how can I bear a child without the addition of a man's seed?" He continues to say, "For the Holy Ghost shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you, without any of the heats of lust. So that which shall be born of you shall be only holy, because it only is conceived without sin, and being born, shall be called the Son of God".

In appalling irony, it has recently become apparent that it is not merely non Believers, but also segments of the "church" today that protest the validity of the virgin birth of Christ. If the clarity of the Word itself is not enough to decide the matter once and for all, possibly a short side trip into the background of the conception and gestation period would help to put this protest to rest. First let's look at Numbers 5:19-31. It tells of a ritual we know as Sotah. First, they were to uncover the head of the woman who was accused of sexual sin (Josephus says they "took the veil from her head", so it appears that covering was even worn at that time!). Then she was made to drink of the bitter water which (if guilty) causes the thigh to rot and the belly to swell. Upon conviction verified by these symptoms, the accused would become a curse among her people, and it is said that many even died. However, if proven innocent, even the conceived seed would be unharmed. God was the judge here, as only He could know the truth of the situation. The answer would leave no further room for doubt, as it was God's verification of the guilt or innocence of the accused party. This passage speaks only of the woman as undergoing Sotah, but does not say that the reverse cannot also be accomplished. Are we to assume that just because we have not heard of such that it could not have been so? We should recall that the test was established to prove innocence or guilt of sexual impropriety. Possibly in rare instances a man could be accused of defiling a woman, and have to partake of the bitter water to determine his guilt or innocence, especially if it was essential that he maintain a stance of being a "just (upright/righteous) man" in the public arena and/or within the religious system of the day.

Though NO extraBiblical book is an equivalent to the Bible, and we must NEVER view them with the same reverence, nothing I have found in the Bible seems to conflict with the account I am about to share. It seems to fit comfortably within the framework of the Scriptural text, and lend credence and support to the claims of the writers of the Gospels found within our Holy Word. Though the writing in this Appendix does not hinge upon this finding, it is of too much interest to proceed without mention of it.

This passage of reference is found in a writing called The Protevangelion within The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. It is a historical account about the Birth of Christ said to be penned by James, the brother of Yeshua. Indeed it is said that it was read as canon in the eastern churches, and that James was accepted by them to have been the writer. It may shed some light on the ordeal with which both Mary and Joseph contended due to the virgin conception. It seems that when Annas the scribe saw Mary big with child, he slipped away to the priest and told him that Joseph had defiled her. The priest then confronted Joseph, asking why he had done this. Joseph answered, "As the Lord my God liveth, I have not been concerned with her". The priest then added, "I will cause you both to drink the water of the Lord, which is for trial, and so your iniquity shall be laid open before you." Thus we find that BOTH Joseph and Mary underwent the trial of Sotah. This would prove not only that Mary had not been unfaithful to Joseph in his absence, but that she and Joseph had not had relations either. It would prove infallibly to anyone who doubted them (even the people of God), that the conception was a miraculous act of God. When even Joseph was perfectly well after the Sotah, the priest acknowledged the Lord's hand and sent them away. "Then Joseph took Mary, and went to his house, rejoicing and praising the God of Israel."

Whether or not you feel free to accept this possibility, it is this author's hope that you are able to proceed with complete assurance that Mary's conception was not by mortal man, but was indeed by the Holy Spirit, without sin, and that it produced within her a holy seed. Though there had been other "sons" of God (angels), this was the Son of God, as clarified in John 3:16. Here it states that Yeshua was the Father's ONLY BEGOTTEN (only-born per Strongs) Son.

Before exploring the holy seed application here, let's get the appropriate perspective through reference to things of a more familiar nature. Whereas white is all color, and black is no color, both are considered to be neutral. Thus neither is acknowledged as color. There is a wide range of sound, and humans are only able to hear a small portion of it. The higher and lower frequencies are out of range for us. Whereas dogs, and other animals react to some of these frequencies because they can hear them, we cannot. Thus anything that is above or below the spectrum of human hearing is neutral to us. It exists, but it is not within our range of reality. We also have much trouble focusing upon the eternal, because it comprises a "timeless" existence with which we now have no physical relativity. It is in a neutral zone somewhere out there, well out of our range of reality in the human experience, so it is difficult for us to comprehend. But let's try. God and the good angels are at one end of the spectrum, while Satan and the fallen angels are at the other. They are not men, they are spirit, and we cannot see them. What lies in between is mankind, while at both ends of the spectrum is a neutral area that we cannot fully comprehend.

To get a bit more technical, we find that there are neutrals in the Hebrew alphabet as well. Within it we find 22 primary consonant letters. Of these 22 letters, two are rather unique. They are silent. Within the scope of the English language, we have the concept of the occasional silent consonant. For example, we have a silent "g" in gnaw or gnat, a silent "k" in knight or knife, a silent "p" in pneumonia or psychology, etc. However, we would note that with each of these instances the letter that is silent normally has a sound. The "g" makes a sound in the words go and game, the "k" has its own sound in kite or key, and the "p" is vocal in the words panda and pet. In the Hebrew language, however, this is not the case. The letters "aleph" and "ayin" are silent all the time. They never have a sound of their own, but merely point (so to speak) to the vowel that comes before the next consonant. In a sense they too are neutral letters. Maybe they even point to the eternal ....

This may become clearer as we explore in depth a few significant letters. In the Hebrew alphabet, we find that each letter also has a number equivalent. Those who have studied the use of numbers as they relate to the Hebrew alphabet, the Biblical text, and the pattern of God are more than intrigued. They are awed by the significance He places upon these number values and their interrelationships with their letter equivalents. God has thought out everything to the minutest detail, and there is no coincidence with the workings of the Almighty. It is knowledge of these things that are just now coming to light in this last generation, as men diligently seek the design of His patterns in order to grow in wisdom and grace. Indeed a sizable portion of our increased knowledge (per Daniel 12:4) pertains o the numerical equivalents of the Hebrew Alphabet.

The value for aleph is 1 and the value for ayin is 70. Therefore, let's look at the significance of 1 and 70. The number one is the basis for everything, the cornerstone of our numbering system. Every number stems back to one as the initial product (one times one is one, two times one is two, three times one is three, etc.). It focuses upon the unity of purpose and the deity of the Godhead, which obviously carries eternal spiritual overtones. Aleph is the first of the Hebrew letters and Combines the concept of "perfection" with that of "beginning (as in creation or birth)". The number 70 is the product of the two perfect numbers of seven and ten. Within God's patterning, seven is the number of "spirit", and ten is the number of "order". Thus the product of the two, being seventy is the "spiritual order". The name for this Hebrew letter ayin aligns with this "spiritual order" definition, as it indicates spiritual insight, and actually means "eye". Because the spirit is of essence eternal, this number too would deal with the eternal. It may be VERY significant, that these two letters are "neutral" (or of eternal nature) in relation to their sound function in the Hebrew language.

Let's examine the physical formation of these letters for a moment. We might want to note that the aleph looks very much like an "X" and the ayin looks very much like a "Y". There are also two other Hebrew letters which are very similar in appearance to these two. It is the original marking for the tav, much like an "X", and the tzaddi, much like a "Y".

Both the tav and the tzaddi Hebrew letters make a sound, thus they do NOT imply neutrality or the eternal realm. However, there is some rather special significance to these letters as we study their numerical value and their meanings as they might relate to the subject at hand. The numerical value for tav is 400 (a product of 40 X 10 or of 4 X 100). Both are significant. The number 40 is linked to the "trials of a covenant people" (as in the 40 years of wilderness wandering), and 10 is "order" so, it is the "order of trial for a covenant people". The Hebrew number 4 is known as the number of creation, and 100 is 10 X 10 or "intensified, extended order". Thus it is the "extended order of creation". We will see that both of these definitions come into the picture very soon. For the moment, though let's pursue the "creation" portion of this number more closely.

In Genesis 4:15 we find that the Lord Himself "set a mark upon Cain". First God pronounced a sevenfold sentence upon anyone who would slay him, then it seems that He went one step further, and provided Cain with a mark of protection whereby man could not slay him, "lest any finding him should kill him". It appears to have been a mark which brought supernatural protection to Cain, whereby God could end his mortal life, but mankind could not. Perry Stone has researched this area in depth, and has documented evidence that the mark given by God was the ancient form of tav, i.e. the "X" on his forehead. Let us not lose site of the fact that the "X" appears to be God's mark of "LIFE". Thus we see that the tav indicates both creation and life, two very closely linked concepts, that fit together hand in hand.

Meanwhile, however, the numerical value for tzaddi is 90, or the product of 9 X 10. Now the meaning of 9 is "summation of judgment". We recall that 10 means "order", so 90 is the "order of summation of judgment". Now the summation of judgment against the fall of man is death, so we see that the mark of the tzaddi means death. So whereas the "X" is life, the "Y" is death.

Now that we have the significant background information to allow us to proceed, lets dive into the deep waters. We have already established that Adam's body may have been of a totally different nature, and without blood prior to his fall. It is also speculated that the animals of that time did not eat meat, but rather vegetation. There was, therefore no need to kill, and no reason for the shedding of blood. In reality, there may have been no blood at all prior to the fall of mankind. (Because animals and humans have blood today, we tend to assume that it has always been so, but indeed this may not have been the case before the fall of man! Indeed one day again during the Millennial Kingdom, the lion will eat of straw and not be a threat to mankind per Isaiah 65:25.) Genesis tells us that due to their fall, Adam and Eve became aware of their nakedness, and God had to kill an animal in order to clothe them. Their fall had created the necessity for death and the shedding of blood, both of which were probably new to the earth. We should never take lightly the matter of sin. It is so deadly from God's point of view, that only blood sacrifice could compensate for the sin of man (the reason why Cain's sacrifice was insufficient in the eyes of God).

Now Adam was not born, he was created by our triune God, in his image (Genesis 1:26-27). Indeed, it appears that his body was formed from the very dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7). He was endowed with a spirit, (referred to countless times in Scripture, in accordance with the triune image of God), he had the body formed by God, and then verse seven says that God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Let's pause for a moment here and suggest that possibly the chromosomal construction of Adam was of a very unique and specific nature. Because Adam was directly created by God (who is spirit), his spirit was given the perfect and eternal neutral "X" chromosome of life. It was the "X" chromosome from the seed of God, the aleph chromosome. When God breathed life into Adam, and he became a living soul, it too was marked with life. However, the soul is not necessarily eternal, as it can be killed (Matthew 10:28). It too was given the "X" mark of life. However, rather than the eternal aleph chromosome of the seed of God, it was given the temporal tav chromosome of the breath of God.

Now Eve was taken out of Adam. Thus she was not originally created by God in the same fashion. She was bone of his (Adam's) bone, and flesh of his (Adam's) flesh (Genesis 2:23). She would be of him, and he would cover her (I Corinthians 11:3 + 8). She would not receive the same perfect aleph chromosome of the spirit as Adam was given, but would instead be given an extra tav chromosome. She would have two tav, having life through Adam and through God above. Whereas the prominence of Adam was his spirit, the prominence of Eve was her soul.

The soul, being more emotional, Eve was more easily swayed by the words of the serpent. She did not directly rebel against God, she just rationalized away what He had told Adam by falling for the deceptive words of the enemy. The spirit, being more analytical, Adam was not deceived. He knew what she had done. He also knew that she would die, and he did not want to live without her. Therefore, he chose direct rebellion against God in order that he would die as well. We are told in Luke 12:47-48 that the rebellious servant will receive harsher consequences than the deceived servant. Likewise, we see here that Adam is more harshly chastised by God. In fact, it is at this time that it appears his chromosomal composition changed. It was likely during the fall that the chromosome of Adam's spirit which had been the perfect, eternal, and neutral aleph chromosome marked with the "X" of life became an imperfect, temporal, and mortal tzaddi chromosome marked with the "Y" of death, which we know today as the seed of man. For we see in Romans 5:12, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men ..." In the exchange, Adam's spirit took upon it the temporal mark of death. He became mortal, his body took on blood, and he was able to procreate and reproduce in order to replace Eve and himself, as they would soon physically die. Now all men would inherit a sin nature through the seed of Adam (seed of man) as it was passed down through every generation.

Let's pause for a second in order to clarify the importance of the temporal nature of the tzaddi chromosome which Adam inherited through the fall. Only the ayin "Y" chromosome is the mark of eternal death, and we will cover this shortly. Because the tzaddi "Y" is a temporal mark, it can still be changed. Being dead, it can be resurrected to live again. Being dead, the spirit of man can yet be reborn and written into the Father's Book of Life. Upon belief, the spirit is again marked with the eternal aleph "X" mark of life, but this time it is sealed by the Holy Spirit who comes to dwell within. (Note - Adam's aleph was not sealed, and was therefore changeable, because he could not yet have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This could only be accomplished after the death and resurrection of Christ, when a Believer could choose to receive Christ, and the Holy Spirit was sent to dwell within mankind.) This sealing of the aleph of the spirit is accomplished via the circumcision of Christ (Colossians 2:11) made by the Holy Spirit as He seals us unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30). Thus we who are Believers are permanently written into the Father's Book of Life, and cannot be erased. (Note - We can only be erased from the Lamb's [the Son's] Book of Life - more on this shortly.) Meanwhile, however, we would note that our bodies remain mortal as a result of the fall, so our life can never be what Adam's life was when he had the aleph. We must contend with the lust of the flesh and a fallen world around us.

Now regarding the fall, we know that the woman was chastised through difficulty in bearing her offspring. However, ironically, it is through this method that she finds salvation (IF she continues in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety) per I Timothy 2:15. Now, again we see a link between the woman and the soul. The IF here indicates that her soul must be in proper alignment with God's will and way. In a way that only our Almighty God could fathom, (possibly during the "special series of cell divisions called meiosis" spoken of in World Book Encyclopedia), it appears that the chromosomal seed of the woman becomes the seed of the soul, and that the chromosomal seed of the man is the seed of the spirit.

A quick review will remind us that the seed of woman is always a tav chromosome. The seed of the man, however, is either a tav or a tzaddi (under normal conditions, the odds are 50/50). It is the seed of man that determines the sex of the child. His tav creates a female, and his tzaddi creates a male. The result is that the spirit of the female is marked with the temporal "X" life of tav, whereas, the male spirit is marked with temporal "Y" death of tzaddi. (Have you ever noticed how much more difficult it is for most men to receive Christ than it is for women?)

Digging just a bit deeper in relation to this marking of the seed, we need to focus upon the tav "X" marking of the soul of both man and woman. Because the Believer's soul can be erased from the Lamb's Book of Life and suffer the fire of Gehenna, we must realize that the temporal life tav "X" mark upon the soul of the Believer can be changed to a temporal death tzaddi "Y" mark when we stand before the Bema Throne of judgment. This will occur as the Word of God (sharper than any two-edged sword) does its job, (dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow) as it discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Please note that the judgment by which a Believer's soul and body is destroyed in the temporal duration of Gehenna rather than in the Lake of Fire is explained in many of our other writings.) This death of the soul and the resurrected body as found in Matthew 10:28 cannot be achieved by any other means than by the hand of God the Son. It is the second death of the carnal Believer of which the overcoming Believer will not be hurt per Revelation 2:11. The second death for the non Believer occurs at the end of the Millennial Kingdom when they stand before the White Throne Judgment in Revelation 20:14 and 21:8.

We can only briefly touch here upon the concept of the mind and emotions. (It is also explained more thoroughly in our other writings.) However, the heart of the concept is that the mind and emotions are the uniting factors between the spirit, the soul, and the body - much as joints and tendons connect various physical portions of our being. With this understanding, we can proceed. It is through the mind and emotions (which are usually most closely linked with the soul) that the Holy Spirit can touch the spirit of mankind so he might receive Christ and become spirit saved. Thus the soul of mankind (male or female) is always marked with the temporal mark of life (the tav), and the Holy Spirit has an avenue to reach the spirit of man. Maybe woman was not only saved because she gives birth, but because in so doing, she passes on her seed of life of the soul in order that the spirit of mankind can be saved. Again though it should be stressed that the spirit of ¤the male is more resistant to the prompting of the Holy Spirit due to the tzaddi mark upon it, whereas the female spirit tends to yield more easily because hers is marked with the tav instead of the tzaddi.

It is now time to introduce the ayin into the picture. It is the other Hebrew letter that looks like a (the mark of death), but we recall that it makes no sound, i.e. it is of permanent (neutral) nature. Just as when mankind (with a body) fell, his chromosomal structure was changed to tzaddi (the temporal and mortal mark of death), when the angels (spirit beings without bodies) fell, their aleph chromosomal structure was changed to the ayin (the more permanent mark of death). Their soul is of a corporate nature, not being an individual, God breathed soul, so all they have is an ayin chromosome. When they take on blood and become mortal, their ayin does not change to the mortal temporal tzaddi, it remains the spiritual ayin, the state at which they are when they fall. Accordingly, it seems that when the watchers (the fallen angels, who have taken on morality) procreate with woman, they have only the ayinchromosome to pass on to her, thus there are no females in this genealogical line (just as there are no female angels). The mark of death is dominant ("Y" dominates over the "X", even as the man is over the woman). However, the ayin (being eternal) is of much more potency than the tzaddi, and when it is passed on to the child, it dominates and destroys the tav seed of the soul passed on by the woman, rendering it dead and voided. Thus the Holy Spirit has no means by which to reach the spirit of this offspring, and it is said that they (the Nephilim) "have no soul". They cannot be saved or resurrected from the dead. They are marked throughout with the mark of death. It seems that throughout their generations, the only seed of the fallen angels that can be passed on is the ayin, which marks each successive generation with the mark of death.

Much as a battery cannot power the engine of a car to produce the correct response unless the switch is turned on, we find that the Holy Spirit cannot commune with the spirit unless the mark of life is upon the soul. This connects the circuitry necessary for the channel of power to perform the task at hand. If the spirit has the temporal death mark of the tzaddi, it is much like a figuratively dead battery, which requires a jump start. It will have to be charged up again. The spirit with the temporal life mark of the tav has a flow of power to the spirit, without the necessity of such measures. When the battery is literally dead, it cannot ever be revived, and the sulfuric acid can leak out and corrode the connections to seal its fate. In like manner, the more permanent death mark of the ayin upon the spirit may render the spirit unredeemable in this realm, defaulting to the Lake of Fire. The spirit which enters the Lake of Fire will die what the Bible calls a "second death" here. Both spirit and soul of such a one will die before emerging as a transformed being. God's business is resurrection from the dead, and He will see it through to the final stages! Though the spirit itself is eternal, the part of the spirit that will die at this time is the encoded MESSAGE carried by the spirit, the mystery of iniquity that separates that spirit from God. As though reprogramming a hard drive, these spirits will be transformed in the Lake of Fire, then grafted into eternal life. Returning to our battery example for this present realm, the acid of the ayin in the Nephilim offspring destroys the tav or life of the soul passed on by the woman, rendering it an ayin, and closing the door to any hope of redemption here whatsoever. Thus it is appropriately said that they have no individual God-breathed soul, and cannot be resurrected from the dead until they are given one, which will not happen during this dispensation.

We have focused primarily upon the marking of the spirit and the soul, but let's take a moment to look at the body. Our human bodies are destined to die a mortal death. That is why God, after the fall of man, set guard over the Tree of Life so man could not eat thereof and live forever in his fallen human body. However, we did mention the mark God put upon Cain to protect him so that man could not kill him, and we noted that it was a form of "X" upon his forehead. Now we would also want to note that God grants a seal in the forehead of the 144,000 of the tribes of Israel who will be protected during the Tribulation Period (Revelation 7:3-4). This would likely be the tav temporal mark of life, which would prevent mankind from being able to kill them during the Tribulation Period. It may have a more distant future application as well, as it may be the mark of God to be put upon the foreheads of the entire house of Israel when they are saved (Isaiah 45:17, Ezekiel 37:11, and Romans 11:27) so they can live for the duration of the Millennial Kingdom (Isaiah 60:22). These would all be the temporal mark of life (tav), which relates to the earthly realm. However, let's consider the mark of life for the body in the eternal realm for a moment.

We would also note that Revelation 3:12 speaks of the Believer who overcomes as having the Father's name (aleph?) written upon him. Rather than the inward mark upon the spirit or the soul, this would be a visible permanent mark of aleph, to designate the eternal life of the body of the overcomer. It will probably be given at the White Throne Judgment of the Father, along with the aleph for the soul. (At this time these Believers will have the sealing of the aleph upon their body, their soul, AND their spirit! Praise God!) We must stress here, however, that the aleph of the body and the soul are given ONLY to a select portion of the Believers who will inherit the Eternal Kingdom, i.e. the overcomers who are allowed to partake of the Tree of Life in the Kingdom of the Father. They will eat of the Tree of Life so their bodies will become eternal, then they will drink of the fruit of the vine with Yeshua (who said he would not drink thereof again until he would drink with us in the Father's Kingdom). This will create an eternal humanity in the perfected aleph state for those who have overcome. They will have known good and evil, and overcome evil through the power of the Holy Spirit and the blood of Yeshua. Please note, however, as we must stress this with emphasis, that ONLY overcomers are promised to be allowed the privilege of eating from the Tree of Life per Revelation 2:7!! Indeed those who are not overcomers may have even lost their bodies already in Gehenna, and there is no body to seal with the aleph! Their spirits will have been sealed, and will be in the Eternal Kingdom. However, they will be unclothed (naked) in heaven (Revelation 3:17-18 and 16:15) as their soiled and spotted garments (souls and bodies) will have been burned up in Gehenna. Just as the demons (spirits who once had bodies as Nephilim) so desperately desire a body to clothe them once more (even if it has to be a pig as in Mark 5:12), many Believers will mourn over their lack of a body to clothe them throughout all of eternity because they didn't love the Lord enough to keep their garments white while they were here!

Now it appears that soon Satan may have learned to use the mark of Cain (i.e. the tav). He cannot produce the aleph (only God can do so), but documentation by Perry Stone indicates that he may be able to apply the mark of tav in order to achieve supernatural protection from death at the hand of mankind. (It doesn't seem so strange now to look back on pictures of Charles Manson and his followers who each bore an "X" on the forehead.) It is entirely possible that the insertion of the computer chip embedded with the 666 will involve an initiation process whereby the recipient is left with the mark of tav, activated in a supernatural way to keep that one from being killed. This would explain why many will seek to die and be unable to do so (Revelation 9:6). It appears that even suicide will be ineffective. Only God will be able to end their mortal existence upon His return.

In summary, we see that the ayin "Y" (which incorporates the meaning of "eye" and order of the spirit") is the chromosome of the fallen angels. It deals with the fiord (mysteries of the ethereal dimensions of the angelic spiritual realm) as it relates to these fallen created beings. They have seen all things, and pass forbidden information on to mankind. (The "all-seeing eye" has even become symbolic of the New World Order and the "third eye" is the means by which occultic channeling of the fallen spirit realm occurs.) This chromosome marks them with permanent death.

Then we would note that the tzaddi chromosome of mankind brings through the meaning of the "order of summation of judgment", and thus it is likewise marked with the mark of the fall, i.e. the mark of death (though temporal rather than eternal). The fallen angels, and the male portion of the fallen human race bear the "Y" mark of death upon their very spirits.

Likewise, the tav "X" mark of life is found upon the spirit of mortal women. However, even it is a chastisement by God, being the "order of trials of a covenant people". It also means the "extended order of creation", and thus it is found within the soul of every human being (male or female), the means by which the spirit can be saved.

By way of contrast, the tzaddi is to the tav in mortal terms what the ayin is to the aleph in eternal terms. Tzaddi is temporal death, and tav is temporal life. The determination as to the ultimate marking of life or death of the soul is subject to the judgment of the Son at the Bema Throne. Likewise, the ayin is the black end of the spectrum, the aleph is the white. The ayin is the permanent death of darkness, and the aleph is the eternal life of light. God the Father passes judgment upon the spirit, whether it has been circumcised by the aleph via the Holy Spirit, or is to be deemed as ayin at the Father's White Throne Judgment.

But, I have saved the best for last. The aleph, we recall, means "divine perfection", and is linked with "the beginning" (as in creation or birth). Let's end by focusing upon the aleph and its significance to us.

However, before we can get heavily into the significance of "aleph", we need to explore two more difficult passages and their relevance. First we look into I John 5:6-8. (To do this properly, you must refer to the authorized version rather than one of the translations. Only the authorized version retained this passage in it's purity, and the others have been butchered in such fashion as to remove the most powerful reference to the Trinity within our entire Bible.) The King James version reads as follows:

(Other versions totally delete the sentence that includes the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost!) We must note the parallel here between the first grouping of three and the second. They seem to be describing the same three essences in two different fashions. Now we must stop and ask how the Father is represented in earthly fashion here. The Son would be through the blood He shed, and the Spirit is self-explanatory. That would indicate that the Father would be linked with the water (maybe even the living water?). Indeed He may be!

John was the one recording these words, and he was a doctor. He was also the closest of the disciples to Yeshua, and may have been privy to understanding that was not common knowledge at this time. Could the Holy Spirit be breathing something very deep through the writing of this special man, something he managed to cloak in carefully formulated wording because it was not for the comprehension of common man in that era?

In the gospel penned by the same doctor (so dearly beloved to Yeshua), we peek into John 3:5. Yeshua tells Nicodemus that "except a man be born of the water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God". He further clarifies in verses 6-7 that we must be "born again", as that which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is of the Spirit is spirit. We are born with the fallen sin nature of the flesh, and we must be born again in the spiritual sense in order to see the Kingdom of God. Now if the Father is linked with the water (as previously noted), maybe this relates to the manner in which His seed was passed on to Yeshua in the pure form of "aleph". Let's bear this in mind as we continue our look at the "aleph".

Just as Adam was given the perfect aleph seed of God when he was created by God, even the second Adam would have been given the perfect aleph seed of God when the Holy Spirit brought him into existence via Mary. She would have received the same aleph seed of God's spirit which would combine with her tav seed of the soul to create the life of the Messiah within her womb. Through the seed of God, Yeshua had the unblemished nature of the divine spirit. Through woman, He had the totally human soul of man. Thus His mind and his emotions were subject to the same temptations, and He had the same choices and temptations that every man has had. Likewise, He could have fallen in rebellion, even as the first Adam fell, and failed to be the source of salvation for mankind. However, if, He had been born of the tzaddi seed of man, He would have inherited the sin nature, and would have been subject to the inevitable power of sin. Thus he would have been unable to resist it, even as mankind cannot resist the power of sin without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, whereby his spirit is sealed once again with the aleph. Had Yeshua been born of tzaddi, He could not have been the perfect Lamb of God to be sacrificed for our sins. It was only at the very end of his existence that the transformation appears to have taken place.

Earlier in "Noah's Day Returns: we discussed the manner in which the grape appears to be the means by which the fall occurred for Adam and Eve, and the manner by which they ended up receiving the blood of mortality. (Indeed even Deuteronomy 32:14 speaks explicitly of the "blood of the grape"! It is also interesting to note that science has researched the immense complexity of the nature of photosynthesis, and found that the hemoglobin of human blood is closely linked to the chlorophyll of the plant. Scientists have actually suggested the very real possibility that the chlorophyll of plant life may actually be capable of producing human blood. This is a staggering concept as we deal with the potential here of the "blood of the grape". If indeed Adam took on blood through eating the grape, what might have been flowing within him before this time? Could it be that within Adam was a more perfect fluid that provided him life and much more flexibility, a fluid that was designed to be eternal? Could this fluid have been the "living water" of the Father as bestowed upon Adam when he was given the "aleph"? Indeed electrolyzed water has been linked to healing effects! Could it be that the "aleph" seed of God endows a living water of sorts, while the "tzaddi" seed of man endows living blood? Adam was disobedient in his partaking of the grape, however Yeshua had to take on the blood of mortality in order to die for us. He had to do so in obedience to the Father. As the second Adam (ordained to be like him in all manner), might He have likewise have been formed of the perfect living water of the Father until the point in His existence when the Father deemed it necessary for the water to be changed to blood on our behalf?

Philippians 2:6-8 tells us much about this occurrence. Speaking of Yeshua, it says: "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." You see, in His earlier earthly life, Yeshua was "in the form of God" (i.e. God the Father). (Maybe He had the living water, with the aleph chromosome, and the mark of the perfection and eternal life upon His spirit). He knew that this was the Father's intent, so He "found in not robbery to be equal with God", and indeed even said in John 10:30 "I and my Father are one" (i.e. due to the aleph chromosome within Him which unified their spirits into like purpose and essence). As we continue through this passage, we see that even though He was one with the Father, He "made himself of no reputation", and "took upon him the form of a servant", and "was made in the likeness of men". Now this statement is power packed! It tells us that the Father didn't make Him mortal, He made Himself mortal! He "took upon him" the "form of a servant" , or the "likeness of men". Whereby, He was found to be "in fashion as a man", (complete with blood in place of the living water of the Father?). Could it be that this is the reason the first miracle attributed to Yeshua was the changing of water into wine for the wedding? Could it have pre shadowed that future of His own life, that He would change Himself from living water of the Father into the mortal blood of the grape in order to claim unto Himself and the Father the "Bride" for His own wedding?

In so humbling Himself, He became obedient to the task at hand, which was to die on our behalf. Hebrews 2:14-16 further clarifies. It states: "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; ... For verily ... HE TOOK ON HIM THE SEED OF ABRAHAM". Some would say that if Yeshua did not have the blood as we do through his life, it would make him less "man". This cannot be. The name "Adam" means man, and he was every bit man, with, as well as without blood! Thus the SECOND Adam would have been. It would also have been more difficult for Yeshua to take on blood, after being subjected to humanity than it would have been before He sampled it! He had more feeling regarding it's consequences!

We can gage a time frame here as we look to the last supper. He eats with the disciples, then distributes the elements of bread and wine to them, referring to the wine as his blood. He partakes of the wine with them then in Matthew 26:29. Although Yeshua mentions the fruit of the vine numerous times, there is no mention that He had ever consumed it prior to this evening. Just after the meal, we find him in conversation with the disciples in Luke 22:37-44 where He says:

Now we note here that first He partakes of the grape, then it is fulfilled in Him that He was reckoned among the transgressors (He had not previously been seen as such). II Corinthians 5:21 tells us that the Father had "made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." Deeply in prayer, He asks the Father to remove (take away) the cup He has just consumed, not a cup of the future, (i.e. the cross, and all of its torments), but the cup he has just shared with the disciples moments before. It is this cup which (even as He prays) is making Him mortal and changing His spirit. He had never been without the essence of the Father, but now He is. His anguish of the spirit is so exquisitely cruel that it is almost more than He can bare. At this time we see that the Father sends an angel to strengthen Him so He can complete the mission for which He had been sent (even as we will be given grace sufficient for every trial), and He complies in total submission to the will of the Father. As He prays in agony (due to the transformation), He sweats drops of blood (proof that the change is now accomplished?). His aleph has become a tzaddi. He has taken on Him "the seed of Abraham", and become mortal in order to complete the plan of God.

In Romans 6:10 we read:

Hebrews 9:26 states:

As He hung upon the cross he cried out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). It was his darkest hour. Bearing all of the sin for mankind, He could not be in the presence of the Father, and sensed the loss profoundly. But then we find the immediate transition to victory. The sacrifice for our sin and transgression upon the cross is completed, and it has been accepted, for we hear the most beautiful words fall from the lips of our Lord as He says: "It is finished" (John 19:30). The words that follow confirm the victory, as Yeshua says: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46).

Yes, He said, "my spirit"!!! His spirit had died when He took on mortality. How could he now be so sure that it once again belonged to the Father? It was at that point that Yeshua died, and the rocks were rent by a tremendous earthquake. Yes, His body had died, but He certainly had not died in vain. You see the Father even thought to have the Centurion on duty pierce the side of our Lord after His death, and from His side poured out blood mixed with water (living water?). Now some of this blood may have found its way through the newly rent rocks and seeped deep below the earth's surface, finding its way to the Ark of the covenant buried beneath the cross of Christ. It may have trickled right down onto the mercy seat where the sacrifice was secured by the Father.

Indeed that is what may have happened. The following has not as yet been substantiated in documentation, however, it is said that it will be irrefutably documented in the very near future. It is claimed that the ark of the covenant has been found, and that it has traces of blood upon the mercy seat. According to this claim, the blood has been analyzed, making a most exciting discovery. Indeed the report of this blood gives birth to quite a phenomenon. It is proven to be human blood, but it has a very unique chromosomal structure! There are 23 "X" chromosomes as brought forth from a mother. However, all but one of the matching set of chromosomes from the father are missing. The one that is present is the "Y" chromosome (the temporal "tzaddi" mark of mortality that He had to bring upon Himself in order for His blood to be atonement for our sins). Indeed the rest of the chromosomes from the Father (i.e. GOD the Father) were missing, as the silence of the "aleph" was only altered enough to make provision for our atonement. The body was marked by temporal death, as Yeshua had to die on our behalf, but even as he shouldered our sins on the cross, He found salvation through the Father's grace, and His spirit was sealed with the eternal "aleph", paving the way for ours to be sealed likewise. It was at this precise moment, that Yeshua was able to say that he commended his spirit to the Father, completing the plan for the salvation of mankind. Just as He had sensed the absence of the Father only seconds before, He now knew He had been restored unto the Father, and the "aleph" of eternal life was found upon the spirit of the Lamb of God.

One more little tidbit should be mentioned before leaving the subject of the marking of the chromosomes of Yeshua. He had an aleph and a tav. In the Greek, the first letter is the alpha, and the last is the omega. We find many references that tell us that Yeshua was the Alpha and the Omega (which we always interpret as the beginning and the end - and indeed He was so).

However, we might also want to note that even His chromosomal structure marked Him as such. You see, as we translate from the Greek to the Hebrew, the aleph is the first Hebrew letter, and the tav is the last! Just as He is the Alpha and the Omega, He is the Aleph and the

However, we might also want to note that even His chromosomal structure marked Him as such. You see, as we translate from the Greek to the Hebrew, the aleph is the first Hebrew letter, and the tav is the last! Just as He is the Alpha and the Omega, He is the Aleph and the Tav, the beginning and the end, AND both God and man!

However, we might also want to note that even His chromosomal structure marked Him as such. You see, as we translate from the Greek to the Hebrew, the aleph is the first Hebrew letter, and the tav is the last! Just as He is the Alpha and the Omega, He is the Aleph and the Tav, the beginning and the end, AND both God and man!

Scripture assures us that this same Aleph and Tav Who has come in the role of servant will come yet again to set things right in this messed up world in the role of King! In speculating when that time might be, there is one more thing to consider. The combining of various plant life forms of DNA, and even the intermixing of various animal DNA with one another is old news. However, recent news releases show that man is now guilty of the abominable practice of combining the DNA of man with that of cattle. More frighteningly yet though is the documentation that we are now chemically bonding the DNA of plant life with that of animal. In so doing, mankind is violating the most primary laws of nature by mixing the seed of plant with the seed of animal in a most graphically mutilating manner. We know that God will not allow such abuse to continue much longer!

Thank God for His plan for the redemption of mankind!!! May it bless your hearts! Maranatha!