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A Concealed Pesher?
Qumran Qoheleth
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Herem (Prohi[a]bitation or Consecration on [of] the Pronunciation of the Sacred (Eternal) Name (The
Tetragrammaton).
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Builders of Praise
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Verses of Pruning
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Gates of Righteousness
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Messianic Pesher
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Karaite Pesher
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A Maccabean Connection?
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my Lord ADONI
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Valley of Achor
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Raising Up David
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A Lamentation of Hope
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Understanding Jeremiah 33
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Appendix A
Appendix B
Appeandix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Bibliography
A Concealed Pesher?
1 Chronicles 23.27
Megillat ha'Nechoshet, (The Copper Scroll) has intrigued scholars and laymen alike for it's content,
myth, legends, and potential disclosure of an immense amount of wealth seeming to have been enscribed
thereon.
So, what is the Copper Scroll? Is is a "treasure map" or just a hoax? Is it a religious document and not
an administrative - quasi civil document of the Second Temple era? If it is an administrative document then the
reader might as well quit reading right now and put this aside and find something else to read. If it is a religious
document which comports with the practice of the Qumran Communities adherence to shunning wealth then the
Copper Scroll should be given serious consideration by scholars as to why and how it fits into the Qumran
Communities theology and end times out-look upon their immediate circumstances within that Second Temple
era.
Given that the author posits that the Copper Scroll is a lamentation, the task of prooving the scroll is
such a religious document presents the author with a seemingly insurmountable challenge in making out such a
case.
While it is nearly impossible to provide any date of composition, author-ship or exact purpose of writing
the scroll with specific certainty, what we do know about the scroll is that it is most probably written in an early
form of Mishnaic Hebrew and therefore we can say with certainty that it falls within a certain category of writings:
the author and the audience, Hebrew speaking to be certain. Most likely Jewish.
As will be demonstrated below, the Pesher-interpretation method of explaining prophesy has a two part
function. One is to bring forth prophesy out into the open and the other is to explain it so that certain ideas and
concepts are no longer concealed. Prophesy is in one context the Divine Myteries. Razim. Pesher on the other
hand is the explanation or rather or perhaps more precisely, the interpretation, the imparting of the sense of the
Raz through Peshar.
Within the context of the Qumran community eschatological (end times) historical theological concern
for the immanent or immediate import of prophecies, Pesher has a primary function as the Teacher of
Righteousness is the one whom they relied upon for that mystical sense of or imparting of Divine Truth! Thus, it
behooves us in our quest to determine exactly what method of kabbalah (practial mysticism), the receiving of the
Divine Secrets the Qumran Community and more particularly, the Teacher of Righteousness used to obtain and
impart these Divine Truths.
The Tanak relates that Samuel was a member of the guild of prophets, that the people rejected HaShem
as their immediate leader and desired a "king like all other nations" to go in and out to war with them. Samuel
was instructed by HaShem to anoint Saul and the Tanak relates that then the people asked, "Is Saul among the
school of Prophets?"
This leads us to another question of import concerning Qumran: Was Qumran the place of the School of
Prophets? Given that the Qumran antiquities contain diverse quantities of scrolls, it has been assumed that the
purpose for Qumran was as a repository of or a genizah for used scrolls no longer fit for public use or it was the
Temple library or the library of the House of David, a sort of summer palace where the King may withdraw and
study for his annual National Address as required by halachah.
base of or foundation necessary for burnt offerings. Copper, "precious as gold" was weighed by Ezra, the
Priests, as well as the Levites (Ezra 8.27), who wrote all the weight of the free-will offering to the L-RD. (8.34)
Rashi relates that the vav conversive (vav-ha-hippux prefix tense) at the beginning of a word changes
the meaning of the context past tense to present tense because "there is no tense in the Hebrew verb."
Continuing, he relates that where the vav conversive is at the end of a word, the vav conversive changes
the future tense to present tense. Dr. Avigdor Bonchek, "What's Bothering Rashi," Retrieved from:
<http://www.shemayisrael.co.il>
Temple Treasures of Judaism
So, what, if any thing happened to the "treasures" of the Copper Scroll? Do they still exist or are they lost
to antiquity? The answer may be found in the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus.
Copper As the Media of Choice
But first, let us ponder the question as to why the Scribe used ne'choshet (copper) as the media of
choice to "write" this Lamentation of Hope. The use of copper indicates permanence of the pesher having
lasting, but minor monitary value while leaving a Priestly record of the history and prophetic value (a wisdom,
e.g. Proverbs 3.13-24;4.5-13 whose value is far above all the wealth of the nations) found in the Book of Joshua
for discovery and unsealing at "the end of days." The Copper Scroll was constructed from the Crushed Copper
Serpent. (Pesach Machzor, The Complete Art Scroll Machzor, Artscroll Mesorah Series , Mesorah Publ., Ltd.
brooklyn, N.Y. 1990, 1994 , (pp.149).
According to Michael Wise in The Dead Sea Scrolls, A New Translation; "Copper was used for the
safekeeping of nonliterary records, Roman public laws, and even the private discharge papers of Roman Military
veterans. More to the point, copper and bronze were common media of choice for the archival records of
temples in the Roman period. According to Josephus, .... The Romans pursued a definate policy to retrieve
treasure hoards that citizens of Jerusalem had secreted during the siege. As always, the key to their recovery lay
with the interrogation of prisoners. One such, Pinchas, was an official treasurer of the Temple. The historian tells
us that this man delivered up to the Romans "'the tunics and girdles worn by the priests... many other treasures
also were delivered up by him, with sacred ornaments (War 6.390-91). (Wise, pp. 190-91)
The six locations (listed in the Copper Scroll possessing Greek letters) are thought to be by some
scholars to "represent the quantities of treasure buried at the site. Or, "Another recent suggestion is that they are
abbreviations of names of priestly families responsible for the treasure at that particular site." As well, Meir Bar
sacredness with which the Qumran Community used the S.N. - fully written out, so as to
not commit heresy or idolatry. Ya'acov al Kirkisani the 10th century Karaite historian relates the
opinion of the 9th century Karaite sage, Daniel al Kumisi (Epistle to the Diaspora, Nemoy ed. pp.6063) which follows the Qumran usage of abbreviations for the S.N. - viz. Aleph Daleth. Aleph Lamedh
and Aleph Daleth are abbreviations as well as siman (signs or indications) for the S.N. as used by those
who "prohibited" the pronunciation of the D.N. and instead substituted Alohim and Adonai for the
Tetragrammaton (S.N.) in response to the restoration of the spoken and written use of the D.N.
following the Hasmonean defeat of the Selucid (Syrian) - Greeks who banned it (The S.N.) from being
spoken. The Pharasees banned it's use in contracts, "because once a contract was fullfilled, the written
contract would be thrown in the garbage heap." Thus, the substitution of Aleph Lamedh and Aleph
Daleth for the S.N. indirectly implies adherence to the Syrian - Greek ban on the pronunciation of the
D.N. (irregardless of the reasoning behind it's ban) by the Pharasees.
Statute of the Tzaddokite Priesthood Established by Melek David
As the Scroll first indicates by the transliterated Greek into Hebrew: KEN, The Kehilat (Community)
responding to the Kohenim's Priestly Blessing, ("Birchat Kohenim") for their "petition" to be granted. The second
indicator is the CHAG, Festival (being favorably established). The third, HEN, "They or Their" (festival in their)
TA'AH (Priest's Chambers or Booths of Sukkot) which is DAY (Enough through) TAPH (Tambourines of Praise)
SOOK ([which is] Anointing). The Sixty Four (or Sixty) locations: This is the SOD (secret) of the KooK, the
Statute of the Tzaddokite Priesthood established by Melek David! Cf. 1 Chronicles 15. 11-28
11 And David called for Zadok
and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel,
"Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of
Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of them that did the work according to their
service was of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who
prophesied according to the direction of the king.
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their
father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD."
As noted by a scholar of the Talmud, "Manfred Lehmann, who found that the scroll contains
considerable technical religious terminology from the Talmud. For example, the term kli dema', ..., refers to
vessels of terumah," a portion of Temple sacrifices given to the priests,.... Another term, ma'aser sheni, refers to
the "second tithe"; still another, herem, refers to "consecrated offering."" (194-95)." (The Meaning and Mystery of
the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hershel Shanks, Copyright 1998 Biblical Archeology Society, Random House, NY, NY
1998).
A third indicator that the Scroll is a Pesher is the thirty-ninth and fourtieth caches, the use of the phrase:
"Valley of Shaveh" which may be a veiled reference to the descent (sheb'Ameq [shin, bet, ayin, mem, quf - lit.
valley) through falsehood (shaveh) Psalms 144.8, Exodus 23.1, Deut. 5.20. Shaveh may be read Shevah (Seven
[oaths] or Seventy - Cf. Daniel 9.24-27) since there were no vowel points in Biblical Hebrew. Hence, "In, with, or
for, the descent of oaths...." (The bet can be read, in, with, or for. Thus, an oath must be given concerning the
ma'aser sheni - second tithe - Mishneh Shekalim 2.1) As well, shev can mean to sit [in judgement] or dwell
[settle as an immigrant] or to wait. E.g. Deut. 1.6 "You have dwelt long enough in this Moutain (Horeb).
Wisdom of Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim
(Chochmah, Binah, V'Daath L'HaTorah)
A best educated guess according to this author's knowledge in Qumran (Tzaddokite) religious thought,
the six "locations" refer neither to treasure or abbreviations of the names of priestly families; but suggests that
this work is an early form of Mishnaic Hebrew in the form of a concealed pesher as a lamentation of hope (e.g.
Tehillim 49.17) by the scribal school of Tzaddok "of the descent (yarad, yordan), as opposed to the ascent
(Aliyah) of the Tribe of Judah and the King's of [the whole house of] Israel, who went after (coveteted) the golden
ephod(s) of Babylon (foreign deities to confirm a covenant with "foreign rulers [deities which are not gods]) as
recorded in the Book of Joshua and Kings. Joshua 7 and 8, 1 Kings 15.19 (A covenant between Asa, King of
Judah.), 2 Kings 15.19-20, 23-33 Menachem exacted 50 shekels of silver from the men of wealth in Israel and
gave a thousand talents of silver to Pul, the King of Assyria to confirm his kingdom. Jothan, the King of Judah's
mother's name was: Jerushah, a daughter of Zaddok!" (Note that an ephod is located at site 4 and it was an
ephod that Achan took and hid near the Valley of Achor in his tent. Joshua 7.21)
As can be seen by 1Q21 "The Words of Levi" and Mt. Athos MS, (The Dead Sea Scrolls, A New
Translation, Wise, Michael; Abegg, Martin, Jr.; and Cook, Edward; Harper Collins Publishers, San Francisco,
1996 pp.251-52): "Then he gave me the blessings of the Priesthood...". "Consider, my sons, my brother Joseph,
who teaches writing and discipline and wisdom. .... So wisdom is a great fortune of glory, and a fine treasure for
all who possess it. If mighty kings come with many people, and an army, horsemen, and many chariots with
them, and if they seize the wealth of the lands and nations, plundering everything in them, they still could not
plunder the storehouses of wisdom, nor could they find its hidden riches. 4Q213 Frag. 6+7 (Wise 257)
"But when those of them who were left held firm to the commandments [mitzvoth] of G-D He instituted
His covenant with Israel forever, revealing to them things hidden, in which all Israel had gone wrong: His holy
Sabbaths, His glorious festivals...". (Wise pp. 54).
Qumran Qoheleth
Teacher (Assembler, Preacher of the Talmudim HaTziqim)
The QooK "Statute or Ordinance" of the Qahillah Shalosh
[Third Assembly of the Year])
Examining the Enigmatic Greek Letters of the Copper Scroll 3Q15 as transliterated into Hebrew.
An Example of the Pesher Method of Interpreting Scriptural Texts
Y'rushah Bat Tzadok
II KINGS 15.33
KEN1 ((Y'Hi Ratzon) (Establish) CHAG (Festival) HEN (They or their) TA"AH Their Rooms or
Chambers DAY (Enough) TAPH (to play [beat] a Tambourine) SOOK (to smear or anoint oneself).
KEN ((Y'Hi Ratzon) Establish Heb., lit. "May it be Your Will") Birqat HaKohenim The Priestly Blessing of
B'Midbar Parshah Nasso (Numbers 6.22-27):
"And they shall put My Name upon the Children of Israel; and I will bless them."
(Note: All Scriptural Quotes, (as necessary, except for brevity,) and Qumran Scroll or Hebrew Texts referenced herein can be found in the
Appendices at the end of this work and are the author's own copyrighted calligraphy. All Rights Reserved. M.E. deHurst Publishing,
Jerusalem, Israel. For More Information Contact: <ezra_scribe@yahoo.com> OR <shomerbaithchur@yahoo.com>)
The Congregational response to Birqat Ha Kohenim that their Petition (for a Festival of Gladness Zeman Simchateinu - whereupon the Priestly Blessing) be "made [to stand] upright, sure or fixed."
B'Charivah Sheb'Ameq Akor: "In the ruin of the Valley of Achor; (or, with the Valley of Achor; or, For the
Valley of Achor) ... seventeen talents for a measure." (First location of Megillat HaN'Choshet having Greek
characters.) The prefix Bet can be read, In, With, or For. Thus, the following verse can be interpreted as turning
away the anger of the L-RD!
"And they piled a great heap of stones over him (Achan) which remains to this very day. Then the LRD'S
anger was turned away (from the Children of Israel). Therefore they named that place, The Valley of Achor
which it is called to this day." (Joshua 7.26)
V'Eth [Vav Conversive, Aleph, Thav], Aeymeq [Ayin, Mem, Quph] Akor [Ayin, Kaph, VAV Conversive,
Raish] L'Peetach Tiqvah: "And I will give her her vineyards [Che'rameehah Chet, Raish, Mem, Yud, Hay - Wise,
1 Appendix F for the definitions taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and Dictionary.
Daleth, VAV, Quf - Garden of Tzaddok- Wise, ibid. fifty-fifth cache, pp.197] from there, "And the
Valley of Achor is a door of hope; and she shall return (respond favorably) there, as in the days of her
youth, as in the day when I brought her [When She Dwelt in Booths] up out of the land of Egypt."
Hoshea 2.17
CHAG (Festival) The Third Aliyah of the Year "Chag Sukkot Chag Simcha" (Festival of Rejoicing in
Tabernacles): For the mound [of the assembly-Genesis 31.46-52, Joshua 8.28, 18.1] Tel Kochilat ... Six amot
(measures) for Tevilah (Ritual Immersion).
"So Joshua brought (assembled) all the Tribes (of Israel) before the L-RD." (Joshua 7.16) Another
interpretation can mean that "The salvation of the L-RD will commence when All Israel assembles for the
Festival of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)."
HEN (They or their) B'vor
cistern or reservoir - e.g. Genesis 37.17-28; place of hewn stones, "the salt pit" is figurative for "under
or below the steps" since the word bor can be read: literally, a pit, a cistern, fountain, or reservoir; or
figuratively, to examine or explain depending on the inclusion of the vav or the aleph in the word bor.
Here, the word has the vav.) Malach (salt) (Numbers 18.19).
"Elisha said, Bring me a new vessel for salt (the Eternal Covenant of Salt given to the Priests). So they
brought it to him. (Next verse: "So the L-RD said, I have healed these waters...." 2 Kings 2.20 (21)
This verse can be interpreted as the renewal of the Covenant (of Healing through the Priests' "Covenant
of Salt")."
TA"AH Their Rooms or Chambers (E.g. Ezekiel 40.12) (In the old House of Washing.... on the neck
[ledge]) B'Ma'arat Bayit HaMadach HaIshan B'roobad (2 Samuel 23.32, Genesis 45.14)
"But the Priests used the "Washer's Chamber" for their own washing (purifying)." 2 Chronicles 4.6
This verse can be interpreted as "the separation of the Priests by their own purification."
DAY (Enough [is their Festival of Sukkot] Shmot 36.5. B'vor Sh'neged HaShaar HaMizrachi .... ("In the
fountain facing the Eastern Gate [for Praise...]")
"And a great army of Assyriah camped at a field where the cloth was bleached near "the conduit of the
b'Tzephonu ("In the great reservoir [of praise] stand or sway - e.g. wave or shake the Lulav and
Etrog [as a witness] while rejoicing in the Shekinah [Divine Presence] Eternally).
"We assembled at the Ahavah River for three days." We broke camp on the fourth day at Ahavah River."
(Ezra 8.15, 30)
"The L-RD told (commanded) me to assemble all the nobles and the rulers and the people that they
might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a registry of genealogy of those who made Aliya at the first and
found written therein." (Nehemiah 7.5)
"And all the people gathered themselves together as one man in the street before the water gate; and
they spoke to Ezra the Scribe to bring the Sepher (Book) of the Law of Moses that the L-RD commanded to
Israel." (Nehemiah 8.1)
The first verse can be interpreted as "the "River of Love" of the Prophets, (e.g. Ezekiel 47.8-9)
assembling all the people of Israel for (Aliya or Immigration) the hearing of the sense of the Law; or, the love of
Israel that lasts for three days."
The second verse can be interpreted as "the Command of the L-RD is to be followed according to the
reckoning of their (Israel's) genealogy as prophesied by Ezekiel." (Ezekiel 45 through 48)
The third verse can be interpreted as "the willingness of the Nation of Israel to take the Law of the L-RD
and assemble for the Feast of Tabernacles after the reading of the Law of Moses."
All of these verses relate to the Hebrew words which have been transliterated from the Greek characters
found on the Copper Scroll which appear in the six "locations" or measures, viz: "deeds or Love for the L-RD" of
the People of Israel concealed in the Copper Scroll, even as the prophesy of Daniel was sealed up until the end
of days! In other words, the six locations, (names, places and things or items) listed in the Copper Scroll,
together with the Hebrew words transliterated from the Greek characters are a "sealed up" Pesher of Lamentation and Hope.
Concealing the Qumran Tzaddokite (Poetic/Prophetic) Pesher
The conversive vav being a unique scribal signature of the Tzaddokite Family of Scribes belonging to
the Priestly School of Prophets (Singers of Tehillim) indicates they followed after the Law of Moshe; for
whereever one finds the conversive vav in the Torah there you will find Moshe, Aaron and Hur (the Builders of
the Kingdom of Priests, an Holy Nation [Multitude], the Children of Avinu Avraham; because Judah [Praise] goes
up first).
Evidence for this is found in Psalms Scroll 11Q5. Following the Masoretic tradition that L'Olam means to
conceal, (cf. Shmot 3.15 "Shmi LOLAM v'Zeh Zikri l'Dor Dor."[in the Sandardized Masoretic Text of Shmot the
vav is "missing, as it were" from the word L'OLAM and transposed to, and this!") Tehillim 136.2, 5, 7 of 11Q5
evidences the scribal tradition not to conceal L'Olam [His Name is Kindness] "Praise HIM FOREVER! HIS
KINDNESS ENDURES FOREVER." "AND They shall put My NAME upon the Children of Israel." Numbers 6.2227. "The Priests, the Levites; and the Sons of Tzaddok...." Ezekiel 44.15 . Appendix
E.
As can be determined from, "The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls," (Philip R. Davies, George J.
Brooke and Phillip R. Callaway, Copyright 2002 Thames and Hudson, Ltd. London;); there was a particular form
of scribal "full spelling" of Hebrew words in both the Psalms Scroll of Kever, or Cave 11 and in the Apocryphon of
Joshua 4Q378-79; and "Emanuel Tov has suggested that a particular kind of plene orthography is distinctive of a
One may not doubt in one's heart and say, perhaps.... [shin mem aleph] HaShem is the G-D of Israel
and simultaneously shaker, lit. bear false witness against one's fellow! Exodus 20.16; 23.1
Substitutions for the Divine Name
Substitution of Adonai for the D.N. was considered heresy and idolatry; not because this would have
been seen as "taking away from the Torah" in violation of the precept: "You shall not add to or take away from
the word that I command you...." "you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it." Devarim (Deuteronomy) 4.2;
12.32; but because it makes the D.N. [or, the Shekinah as personal possessive, rather than collective [national]
cohesion (the Shema Elohaynu (lit. Our GD; Devarim 6.4,).
Substitution of Adonai for the D. N. still follows the Pharisaic tradition in the Masoretic text to conceal the
D. N., as the cholam (vav) is concealed in the Name, Adonai of the Masoretic text but not in the Qumran
Scrolls. (Appendix E)
Examining the Enigmatic Greek Letters of the Copper Scroll 3Q15
The sod or concealed value of the Greek letters transliterated into Hebrew and the use of Gematria (The
Hidden Wisdom, the Hebraic Values of the Aleph - Bet:
the 17 talents of silver
the 42 talents of silver
the 10 talents of silver
the 40 talents of silver
The 17 talents of silver ("kesef "silver" talents can be understood as the Talmudim (Students of the Torah
Scholars) who rejoice in the New Moon and at the Festival of Sukkot; zahav "the gold" can be understood as the
Tzaddokite Priesthood [scholars versed in the hidden wisdom of the prophets] who "shine like the sun's rays"
upon the Harps, Cymbals, and; as well, their Daughters' [of Tzion as it were, the Daughters of Yarushah]
"Tambourines" Malachai 4.2.") (Note: Malachai 3.2 - "And he [the Messenger of the Covenant] will sit like a
refiner and purifier of kesef [silver]: and the Messenger will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them like silver and
gold, that they offer to HaShem offerings of righteousness." "The Law of Your Mouth is better to me than
thousands of silver and gold!" Psalms 119.72)
These "talents" (monitary measures [middah k'neged middah middot] are the equivalent of 123 Quph
(=100); Khaf (=20 e.g. the Crown-Keter); Gimmel (=3 camel; to bear a burden). The Conjunctive and Conversive
(Concealing) Vav "and, [that is, the SIX locations of the Copper Scroll Treasuries possessing Greek Letters in
this "Lamentation of Hope"]; vav having the value of six in Gematria; or the use of the vav as the conjunctive for
the tambourines of the Qook Statute of Sukkot". (Note: Sechakah [Samech, kaf, kaf, aleph] can be read or
pronounced Sukkah: Both Jericho and Sukkot are associated with Joshua (Joshua 5.10-6.27, Nehemiah 8.17)
and the Children of Israel settling the land. Caches twenty-three, twenty-four, and twenty-seven: "In the cairn
[monument or memorial for] of the Valley of Sechakah....; At the head of the aqueduct of the Valley of
Sechakah....; In the grave ... from Jericho to Sechakah." The Dead Sea Scrolls, A New Translation, Wise,
Michael; Abegg, Martin, Jr.; and Cook, Edward; Harper Collins Publishers, San Francisco, 1996 pp. 193, 194
The full spelling of the words Olam and Olamim in the Psalms passages in the Qumran Scrolls - with the
Vav placed inside the Ayin indicates a revealed siman (sign) to the reader. This may refer to the mystical state
one attains by Bittul haNefesh, "anihilation of the soul" (and merging with HaShem) through prophesy (Psalms)
in conjunction with obedience to the Torah to establish the Eternal Throne of HaShem here on Earth.
Builders of Praise
1 Kings 8.13 states the Eternal (Olam) Dwelling place of HASHEM:
13 I have surely built Thee a house of habitation, a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.
And King David is to (rule)(s) over the House of Israel FOREVER: (1 Chronicles 28 4 Howbeit the
LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for He hath
chosen Judah to be prince, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father
He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 1 Chronicles 28.4)
An argument can be made in the strongest terms that David is "King over Israel Eternally " (or, forever)
which includes the era of the Moshiach. All Israel must include those resurrected from the dead. (But see also
Psalms 89.28-38.) Note: The Covenant of Salt is an euphism for an Eternal Covenant! It was said of Pinchas
that he was given an eternal covenant!
Ezra 3,2, 8, 3.9-13, 5.2;
The builders laid the Foundation of the Temple, they set the Priests in their Apparel with Trumpets and
the Levites with Cymbals to Praise....
1 Chronicles 3.17, 6.31, 32, Continued with singing UNTIL Melek Shlomo laid the Foundation.... Tehillim
90.13 (ayd motay: "how long or until when")
1 Chronicles 9.33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, [...] in the CHAMBERS,
[Were] free, for they were employed in [that] work day and night.
1 Chronicles 15. 11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel,
Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 and said unto them: 'Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both
ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have
prepared for it.
16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of
music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers,
and Chenaniah the master of the singers in the song; and David had upon him an ephod of linen
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the
horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
1 Chronicles 16.27 Honour and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.
1 Chronicles 16.35 And say ye: 'Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together and deliver us
from the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise.'
Praise Leads to Prophesy (Anointing) and Sanctification
As can be easily determined from 1 Chronicles 25.1-3, praise of HaShem leads the worshiper to
prophesying in the sense of personal anointing and eventual sanctification through obedience to the
Commandments of HaShem.
1 Chronicles 25.1-3
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and
of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number
of them that did the work according to their service was of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and
Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied according to the
direction of the king.
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six;
under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29.9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a whole heart
they offered willingly to the LORD; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
17 I know also, my God, that Thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the
uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy Thy people, that
are present here, offer willingly unto Thee.
20 And David said to all the congregation: 'Now bless the LORD your God.' And all the congregation
blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and prostrated themselves before the
LORD, and before the king.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the
morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink
offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel;
22 and did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the
son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
2 Chronicles 29.27, - 31;
And Hezekiah commanded [...].
Moreover Hezekiah the King commanded the Levites to sing Praise to the L-RD with the words of David
and of Asaph the Prophet. And they sang Praises with Gladness....
Then Hezekiah answered and said,
Now (Achshav) you have consecrated yourselves....
Nehemiah 8.17 And all the congregation of them that were of the captivity made booths, .... And there
was very great gladness.
Nehemiah 12.24, 27, 30, 44-45, - 47;
Dedicated the Wall with Praise, Thanksgiving, Cymbals .... to keep the dedication with gladness....
For G-D had made them rejoice with great joy... so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off."
Prophesy of Zechariah 14.16:
"And it shall come to be (viz, It [Chag Sukkot] came to pass; ve'yahi can be read, vo'yahi as there are no
vowels in the original Hebrew text) that every person that are left of all the Nations (Ha Goyim, Hey, Gimmel,
Cholam [conversive vav, future tense to present tense], Yud, Mem Sofit) that came (come, as in Judah Zechariah 14.14, etc.) which come against Y'rushalayim shall [present tense - observe the command to make
Aliya; that is, they] (Vav conversive [rather than "and" because in this context, all the Nations includes the Nation
of Judah - 2 Kings 18.1; 21.7, 16; cf. 2 Chronicles 33.1-13] Ayin, Lamed, Shurook) (or present tense) go up to
Y'rushalayim year after year to worship the Eternal King, the L-RD Tzayva'ot, and (ve'alu can be read, vo'alu, as
before, with the word, vo'yahi, "they" observe, present tense, because the yud at the beginning of a word speaks
of the personal, present tense) to observe Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles).
Depending on the PROPHETIC context of the passuk in question, where the conversive vav appears in
the middle of a word, the prophetic "consealed" tense aspect of the verb changes the past tense and future
tense into perfect, present tense because, prophetically speaking, the past or future is ALWAYS present, (viz,
ACH'SHAV); that is, right now in the mind of the prophet when in that state of thought; regardless of whether the
passuk is read in the peshat (plain, literal) sense of the verse, the remez, drash, or the sod, that is, in the Pardes
Shel Torah (Garden of the Torah). What this introduces to us is another (ancient) form of reading the TANAK;
the Pesher, a sixth method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible (TANAK) and a new, as it were, rule of Hebrew
Grammar. For, raz and pesher give the reader the entire sense of Tanak as the first stage of prophesy is raz and
the revelation or sense (interpretation) of the Prophesy (where theTanak is, in it's entirety raz) is the Pesher.
Thus, the passuk (verse) in the Pesher interpretation using the conversive vav would read: "Aliya
(Ascending or Emmigration for the Festival of Tabernacles) is observed by all Nations the remnant that engaged
in the war at Jerusalem come year by year for the Feast of Tabernacles, to worship the L-RD Tzayva'ot, the
Eternal King of Kings with eternal rejoicing!"
Verses of Pruning
"Pesukei D'zimrah (Pesach Machzor - Explanitory Notes page 232) Copyright 1990 Mesorah
Publications, Ltd.
Leviticus 25.4 Pesukei D'Tizmor:"
"The Sages taught that one should set forth praises of G-D before making requests of Him (Berachot
32a). .... Accordingly, Pesukei D'zimrah mean 'Verses of Praise'. However, many commentators relate the word
d'zimrah to the verb tizmor (prune) V'Yikrah 25.4. In this view we now recite 'Verses of Pruning,' which are
designed to 'cut away' the mental and spiritual hinderances to proper prayer."
Mizmor L'David; Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbat, etc. - Zimrah to sing. The Zayin having the value of 7
in Gematria: equals the Seven Locations according to Wise, Abegg, and Cook. (pp.193, col. 4 treasure
cache 18).
Solomon's Prayer: 1 Kings 8.38-40, 41-43.
"Thou art enthroned upon the Praises of Israel." (Psalms 22.4)
Gates of Righteousness
Psalms 118.19 -- 20, 22, etc.
"Open for me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them , I will Praise HaShem: This is the gate of
HaShem, into which the righteous shall enter.
"The stone which the builders rejected is become the head-stone of the corner." Isaiah 62.6-7 "I have set
even though the Scroll may not have been intended by it's writer(s) to be in the form of a Concealed
Pesher; the Scroll has exegetical value. The Pesher example given herein above, as a present form,
style, or technique of unsealing or loosening of the Greek characters through Biblical exegesis
(transliteration, heyqesh - literally, comparison) is consistent with the Qumran sect's search for
"Wisdom, Ritual Purity, and Understanding End of Days Prophesy." It is a revelation (to wit, Midrash)
of the Hebrew implied sense of the Enigmatic Greek characters "hammered" into the Copper Scroll.
Through transliteration and interpretation the Hebrew remez (hinted at) it is the statute or kook
"for the end of days" Festival of Tabernacles (Kookat Chag Sukkot) prophesied by Zechariah. The
labour required by the "Coppersmith" to hammer out the Hebrew and the Greek characters implies a
Hasmonean method of remembering the period and influence of Hellenism on the Jewish Community
for which the Maccabeans laboured (fought) so vigorously to eradicate.
A Maccabean Connection?
One of the leaders of the Macabeen Revolt, was nick-named, HaPat-teesh? Lo, (no) not pateesh, but:
HaMaq'qab'bah, The Hammer: Judas Maccabeas! Is there any connection to the Hasomean Dynasty and the
hammering of a scroll meant to last into posterity? (Note: Judges 4.21, 1 Kings 6.7, Jeremiah 23.29, 50.23)
That the Scroll mentions Mt. Gerazim should not surprise anyone. This siman indicates the campaign of
Yohanan Girhan (John Hyrcanus), against the Samaritans for which Girhan atoned for the usurpation of the
Throne by the Hasmoneans; which by Torah law should have been handed over to the House of David once the
Maccabean Revolt was successful. As well, Mt. Gerazim was the place usurped by the Samaritans, which the
Torah designates as the place where six tribes (e.g. Judah) shall bless (Deuternomy 27.12).
Because the Torah is silent as to the penalty for usurpation of the Throne, and we have an example in
the Torah of a penalty for the avera of a whole segment of the people but the Torah did not give the penalty
beforehand, this example may very well serve as an explanation of the penalty for usurpation of the Throne by a
tribe not designated to sit in power ruling the people as was commanded by Moshe.
The Tribe of Levi became the designated Tribe for the Priesthood when the First-born of every tribe
forfeited that right, just as all Semites (sons of Shem) forfeited the right of priesthood when Melchizedek blessed
a man, Avinu Avraham first and then HaShem. B'rashith (Genesis) 14.19, Sh'mot (Exodus) 19.6, B'midbar
(Numbers) 3.12.
Thus, we can use the analogy of the above examples of penalties to set forth a case for the penalty of
usurpation of the Throne of David (Judah): Judah forfeited the right to have all his descendants rule (as in a local
governor) amongst the Tribes; by the avera of Ya'acov's son Judah; and, the Nation forfeited the right to have
HaShem rule over them and elected to have a king like all other nations, so HaShem instructed a prophet,
Samuel ( a priest, a Levite by Tribe) to anoint Saul, a man of the Tribe of Benjamin as king to lead the People.
Saul forfeited the right to have his Tribe rule over Israel by his avera and HaShem instructed Samuel to anoint
David, a man of valour of the Tribe of Judah as King. The Torah prophecies, "Judah [praise] shall go up first!"
This brings us to the matter of David ruling eternally over the Nation of Israel. Chazal, the Sages,
Rabbonim and Moreh (teachers) say that the Moshiach (Messiah, or anointed elect one) shall be one of David's
sons or offspring, soly through Solomon! The root [scion]of David. Since there are no genealogical documents
that could emphatically state whether or not someone is a descendant of David, This "root" must therefore mean
the essence of David, that which remains of David, buried on Mt. Zion in the City of David (or where-ever David's
remains rest, since that too could never be proven) which shall be brought back to life at the resurrection from
the dead. Note that Ezekiel prophecies of the resurrection of the dead, in a vision of the Valley of Dry Bones!
On the complete opposite side of the argument concerning who Moshiach is as has been historically
claimed, is the Messianics who claim the Moshiach is a descendant of David through Nathan. For several
reasons we need not concern ourselves with the claims of the Messianics, who say a certain rebellious son, a
Siccari executed by the Romans is the Messiah and shall return. Any educated person, whether of the Jewish
Faith or a non-Jewish person can easily discredit those claims.
However, let us consider that the Ben Sorer, a Siccari whose follwers claimed he was descended from
Yechonia who was cursed to never have a son sitting on the Trone of David who will prosper, challenged the
Pharasees while quoting Tehillim 110.1 and asserted the passuk referred to his destiny to ascend to the Right
Hand of the Father.
Adoni [my lord], it only stands to reason that when the people of those distant provinces paid tribute to
David, they did so while referring to David, as Adoni [my lord]; therefore, it is reasonable to say that
Adoni in Psalms 110.1 refers to Melek David.)
2. The textual and historical inconsistencies of Acts 7.14 (Seventy-five Souls), 15 (Jacob and
Joseph buried in Shchem) when compared with Genesis 46.27 (Seventy Souls), 50.13 (Jacob buried in
Machpelah), Joshua 24.32 (Bones of Joseph buried in Shchem) precludes any potentially accurate
reliance on Christian scripture, doctrines, or theology derivative of their Messianic scriptures where
there is not other (e.g. secular) writ that may support such doctrine(s).
3. The Test of a Prophet as found in the Torah (Devarim 17.2-13, 18.18-22) tells us what is to be
done to one who prophesies falsely.
my Lord ADONI
Contrary to the Christian claim, the Psalm 110:1 is the strongest proof and provides irrefutable
linguistic evidence that the Messiah is NOT Deity!
As we know, the Jewish Bible was written in Hebrew, and was orally transmitted in the Hebrew,
Aramaic and Greek languages. Therefore we must in the first instance go to the Hebrew language and
find the words lord in Hebrew, and then we can properly analyze and more fully understand the verse.
If one reads the text in Hebrew, one will find that the word lord, which is used in reference to
the Messiah, is Adoni. Basically here is the verse again except this time I will transliterate the Hebrew
word in brackets:
("The LORD [YHVH] said unto my Lord [ADONI], Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool.")
The first thing that one should notice is the clear distinction. The verse reads, "HaShem said to
Adoni." If the writer prophesying [affirming] to David really believed that the Messiah was G-D then
he couldve made it emphatically clear by saying HaShem said unto my HaShem.
The major problem for the Christian and the proverbial nail to the coffin is rather simple:
The word Adoni in the Jewish Bible is NEVER used in reference to G-D. The word Adoni when
used in the Jewish Bible is ALWAYS referring to men! That is, when referring to leaders and judges
amongst the people of Israel, Adoni is the word that is used in a particular context as a position or place
of honor!
The reader must not get confused. In the Hebrew language there is the word Adoni, which is
what we have here; and the word Adonai. Yet these are two different words. In fact, in the Hebrew text
of the Jewish Bible, the word Adonai is sometimes used when referring to G-D. So, if the Christian
position is correct, it makes one ask why wouldnt the Psalmist have used Adonai rather than Adoni in
this passuk?! Yet, even IF the Psalmist called the Messiah Adonai it wouldnt make the Messiah G-D
because the word Adonai is also used for men as well!
The fact that the writer used the term of honor [Adoni] for the Messiah is a clear indication that
David's Psalmist did not believe that the Messiah was G-D, as the word Adoni is never used for G-D,
but rather for leaders and judges. Thus, neither the Psalmist nor David believed that the Messiah was
G-D; rather they believed that the Messiah was a leader, a righteous servant and prophet of G-D.
This is also why the faithful Jews have never believed that the Messiah was G-D, and this verse here is
one of the primary reasons for this belief!1
HaShem's Promise to David
What concerns us here is the plain meaning of the promise HaShem made to David that he would rule
eternally over the House of Israel. This promise, this PROPHESY was not only made unconditionally, but it was
reaffirmed several times in the Tanak. The promise or prophesy that one of David's sons through Solomon would
conditionally sit on the Throne of David was dependent upon that descendant being righteous.
Yet, the Tanak states plainly,
"For
the children of Israel shall sit solitary many days without king, and without prince, and
without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim; afterward shall the children of
Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the
LORD and to His goodness in the end of days." Hoshea 3.4, 5 JPS.
The Raison d'tre of this paper and the END of DAYS raz and pesher revelation of the Greek
characters found upon Megillat ha'Nechoshet transliterated into Hebrew explains that King David is
eternally King over All Israel. This can only be understood as David's Resurrection together with the
1 For a more throrough examination of the absolute rejection of ben Sorer - Yeshki as equal with HaShem and whether the
Moshiach possesses Divinity, see: Divinity of Moshiach published by this author on 12-13-2008.
People willingly singing the Tehillim, the Psalms of David and entroning HaShem and David
throughout their history, simultaneously enthroning BOTH HaShem and David!
Because HaShem's promise to David that HE would be King over Israel ETERNALLY was an
unconditional promise, yet the promise to David that one of his sons/descendants would conditionally
sit on the Throne of David and the prophesied text of Hoshea given above contains a Baal Tshuvah
movement and point in time wherein we can emphatically state "after many days, and a return and a
seeking of HaShem and David their King;" in the latter days, we can say with confidence, now the
children of Israel possess a pillar, an ephod and a teraphim which are euphisms for one fully revealed
"pillar" - Torah [prophesy, for Torah as a whole as revealed through the Tanak is prophesy], one single
ephod - garment [Praise], and one teraphim - spiritual awareness or mystical anointing through Praise
[teraphim being a metaphoric synthesis of angelic and human, meaning the cherubim attached to and
upon the mercy seat within the Holy of Holies of the Mishchan - Tabernacle] for it was the avera of
worship at, with or for a pillar, an ephod and teraphim which historically led to Israel having and losing
a king! With confidence we can say this Baal Tshuvah movement encompasses the whole of the
Israelites who first seek HaShem, their G-D (Ruler) and David their King (Prince) for HaShem calls
David his Prince and David himself referrs to himself as a prince. Ezekiel 37.25 It is HaShem who is
King!
How do we know this? David, at the moment of resurrection is prince as HaShem demonstrates
His Kingship by the act of resurection! Thus, David is subordinate and HaShem is Superior.
Valley of Achor
In each instance, Lot, the Angles, his wife and the pillar of salt, Achan, Joshua and the
babylonish ephod, and Rachel, Ya'acov, Laban and the teraphim which historically "opened the door"
for Israel a) to sin, b) confess, c) make t'shuva, and find redemption through HaShem's Mercy and
Substitutions: Ruth the Moabites, Leah, the concubines and the Tribes, and David, Michal, Bath Sheba,
Praise and mystical anointing!!!
It should come as no surprise that Megillat haNechoshet begins with the referenced, Valley of
Achor, which is the beginning of the Children of Israel's conquest of the land in the days of or age of
Joshua. It ends with a reference to the "dry well" implying Joseph, Egypt, Galut, Avodah, and the
redemption and substitution of Moshiach ben David for Moshiach ben Yoseph! Yoseph's coat of many
colors or a garmet of rainbow color implies the covenant of Noah and the Universal reign of HaShem
and Knowledge of HaShem, the inclusion of all of humanity in the end of days ascending the Temple
Mount during the Feast of Tabernacles - Sukkot.
From a mystical Qumran Pesher-interpretation of the Copper Scroll, the End is in the
Beginning. It was a single avera, a "coveting" of an ephod which set the pattern of the House of Judah
to be disobedient yet discover HaShem's forgiveness, covering [a garment] and acceptance/anointing
through Praise. Yet Achan did not just covet and take an ephod, he took a little more, he took silver and
buried the ephod along with the silver. The Copper Scroll ends with not just a reference to the dry well
but to the graves which are near to it's opening! Graves which are open implies the Resurrection! The
Valley of Achor is said by the Prophet to be a door of hope! How can the death and burial by a heap of
stones for the avera - sin, disobedience and coveteousness of a man of the Tribe of Judah be an opening
of hope? Silver was the instrument of redemption, substitution in the event that there was no animal
sacrifices. Joseph was sold for silver. Joseph was sold from a dry well in the North! It was false
testimony (his unknown grave - he must be torn to pieces) that brought his father to mourning and
honest reporting a second telling as it were, of his rise to power which brought redemption. It was the
carrying the bones of Joseph which reveals the truth about which which monotheistic religion bears the
truth. Joseph is a symbol of truth, repentence, kindness (gimiluth chassadim) without reward, and hope
for a future place of rest! Pesach Sheni, a second redemption through substitution, assimilation, slavery,
adoption and pleading for inclusion in the National Life of the People of Israel, and finally a place of
rest, honor and rememberance. Substitution: Ephraim and Menasseh, Assimilation: Joseph married a
foreign wife, Slavery: Labor with no defined - godly purpose, Tribal Adoption: Ephraim and Menasseh,
Pleading for Inclusion: Ritual defilement for bearing the bones of Joseph, and a Final Place of Rest,
Honor and Rememberance: Burial in the Land of Israel, Honoring and Remembering the deeds of the
past generations, the dead whose deeds evidence a Hope of Resurrection without reward for attending
the dead - the concept of gimiluth chassadim stands for the proposition that the greatest level of
kindness is attending the dead for which there is no designated reward neither in this life or in the life
to come. Rememberance of the dead implies truth! There is one truth apparent about how a society
treats it's dead. The first is how we record their place of burial. Jews know where Yoseph was buried.
They truthfully recorded that place and thus they bear truth.
Those who neither honor the dead nor bear the truth about the deeds of the dead and where their
dead are buried is a society which does not respect the living! If anything, Megillat haNechoshet is a
testimony of hope, an eulogy of The Jewish Temple, Kings, Priesthood, National and Universal
Worship/Life and hope of it's Universal redemption! Copper is so abundent that it serves as a substitute
for everyone, it serves as a reminder, as a redemption if only humanity would look up, would look to
HaShem's Smallness and Humanities even smaller nature, for humanity is compared to the smallest of
mineral elements (sand, salt, dust, ashes) and yet, HaShem is compared to the most abundent yet lowest
of mineral elements (copper), brass [iron2 mixed with copper] silver and gold being rarer and reserved
for more refined, distinguished or dignified purposes in Torah or Tanak. Brass (Nechoshet/Barzill,
Nefil/Beyn, Nazir/Bimah) being the swordsmith and warriors metal, Silver (Kesef, Kinyan, Ketuvah)
being the purveyor or acquirer's metal, and Gold (Zehav, Zechor, Zechan) being reserved for "royalty!"
Here we see that the Prophet Hoshea speaks of the Children of Israel seeking, first HaShem and
then, secondly, David their King. This is the reversing of the avera of that which transpired in the days
of Samuel.
The Strong Hand of HaShem
"I am the Lord, your God": Why is this repeated? So that the Israelites should not say, Why
did the Omnipresent say this? Was it not so that we should perform [the commandments] and receive
reward? We will not perform [them] and not receive reward! [Therefore, God says,] I am your King,
even against your will. Similarly, it says, [As I live, says the Lord God,] surely with a strong hand
will I reign over you (Ezek. 20:33).
So what is the "Strong Hand" of HaShem? Tehillim 110.1 referenced in prophecy concerning
David, the Strong - Right Hand of HaShem. It also says, "wait upon me until I make your enemies your
( Engraved with a pen of iron. Jeremiah 17.1)
footstool!!!" Thus we see that HaShem shall defeat the enemies of "David;" here, David is an euphism
for Israel as a whole since it is David who united and unites the People and who ruled over and will
rule over the entire nation and land! This was an unconditional promise made to David! While David
did rule over all Israel and all of Zion, there are Israelites whom David has never in person Ruled Over
them. But as long as the people fulfill the last precept of David by singing Praise to HaShem, David
continues to Rule Over All Israel! HaShem wants, desires, longs for a Kingdom of Priests, a holy
people who, like Moshe, and the Elders have the Spirit of Anointing/Prophesy and this happens only
with Praise; for Praise, singing Tehillim is the only vehicle wherein the entire people can "anoint"
themselves as a collective body!
HaShem Sends an Evil Spirit
1 Samuel 16:14 "Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
from the LORD terrified him."
15 "And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee. 16
Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player
on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his
hand, and thou shalt be well.' {P} 17 And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide me now a man that can
play well, and bring him to me.' "
23 "And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the
harp, and played with his hand; so Saul found relief, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit
departed from him. {P}" 1 Samuel 16:23
2 Samuel 6.5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all
manner of instruments made of cypress-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels,
and with sistra, and with cymbals.
2 Samuel 6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might;
and David was girded with a linen ephod.
21 And David said unto Michal: 'Before the LORD, who chose me above thy father, and above
all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel, before the LORD will I
make merry.
The Redeemer of Israel
So how can we know the Moshiach is King David resurrected from the dead? First, let us look
at what Tanak says about the Redeemer of Israel.
Isaiah 43:11 "I, only I, am HASHEM, and there is no deliverer aside from Me."
While it is obvious that HaShem and HaShem alone is the deliverer, we find in fact that
HaShem uses human beings as deliverers execpt where a Divinely Manifested Miracle such as Yam Suf
shows HaShem's salvation. But, it took Moshe's faith and his obedience, the lifting up and stretching
forth of his staff over the sea, for HaShem to bring salvation, and yet, the People sang praises to
HaShem and gave HaShem the credit and honor. Does HaShem and did HaShem need [a] Moshe to
preform the miracle? Of course not. But human beings take part in the redemption of HaShem.
Isaiah 51:12
"I, only I, am He Who comforts you; who are you that you should be afraid of mortal humans
and of men who will be made as grass?"
"Israel said to the Holy One, blessed be: Have you not redeemed us already through Moses and
Joshua and the judges and kings? Yet now are we to return to be enslaved and be ashamed, as though
we had never been redeemed?
The Holy One, blessed be he, said to them: Seeing that your redemption was at the hands of
flesh and blood, and your leaders were men, here today, tomorrow in the grave; therefore your
redemption has been a redemption for a space. But in the time to come I myself will redeem you; I,
who am living and enduring will redeem you with a redemption enduring forever; as it is said: O
Israel, that art saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation (Isaiah 45:17) Talmudic Aggadah, trans.
by Nahum N. Glatzer, Judaic Tradition, p.238
Now let's look at what the Rabbanim say about the Redeemer, Moshiach. One quote should
suffice: "If he is among the living, it is one like Rabbi Judah; If he is among the dead it is one like
Daniel, the greatly beloved." Sanhedrin 98b
"Yet another referenced source states: 'The rabbis said: The King Moshiach, if he is from the
living David is his name. If he is from the dead David is his name. R Tanchuma said: I say that the
reason is (Tehillim 18:51) And shows mercy to His Moshiach David.' " Yerushalmi Brachos 2:4. Can
the Rebbe be Moshiach? Copyright 2002 Gil Student www.MoshiachTalk.com Chapter 5: What
Counter-proofs can be Brought? 74.
Raising Up David
Jeremiah 30.9 "But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will
raise up unto them." David and not another. David Daleth Vav Dalet! Judge of Judges!!! "Rab
Judah said in Rab's name: The Holy One, blessed be He, will raise up another David for us,35 as it is
written, But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto
them:36 not 'I raised up', but 'I will raise up' is said." R. Papa said to Abaye: But it is written, And my
servant David shall be their prince [nasi] for ever?37 E.g., an emperor and a viceroy.38
35 Lit., 'for them'.
36 Jeremiah XXX, 9.
37 Ezek. XXXVII, 25: prince (nasi) is a lower title than king.
38 The second David shall be the king, and the former David shall be his viceroy. Babylonian
Talmud: Tractate Sanhedrin 98b. <http://www.come-andhear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_98.html>
By interjecting the word another Rab Judah takes Jeremiah's prophesy out of context.
Jeremiah 9.21 "And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the
midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto Me; for who is he that
hath pledged his heart to approach unto Me? saith the LORD."
Talmud Y'rushalaymi - A Problem of Interjection
So how could these statements be made, if Moshiach is a "son of David" as many Rabbanim
claim there is a Moshiach ben Joseph and a Moshiach ben David, or if Moshiach is 'David to whom
HaShem shows mercy'?
Does David get reincarnated into one of his own descendants? Or is the Rebbi merely stating
that David will rise from the dead to redeem Israel and his redemption will be credited to HaShem as
the Ultimate Redeemer since Redemption requires the resurrection of the dead for the world and Jews
to be saved and believe in Torah and the Suffering Servant as HaShem's witness throughout the ages???
Clearly, the true answer only lies within the text sources upon which all agree: his name and
characteristics have been irrefutably spelled out: David is eternally the enduring prince, like HaShem
whose name is endearing and greatly beloved! Whose mastery of song was his first love while tending
sheep. His true love was HaShem while tending his flock, the sheep of HaShem, the people of Israel.
"Similarly, the following is from Eicha Rabbah 1:51: 'What is the name of the King Moshiach?
R Abba bar Kahana said: Hashem is his name.... R Yehuda the son of Simon said in the name of R
Shmuel the son of R Yitzchak: The King Moshiach, if he is from the living his name is David and if he
is from the dead his name is David. According to the Yerushalmi and Eicha Rabbah, David is a
candidate for Moshiach.'" Can the Rebbe be Moshiach? Copyright 2002 Gil Student www.Moshiach
Talk.com Chapter 5: What Counter-proofs can be Brought? 75.
A problem presents itself with the quote concerning "The King Moshiach!" Each person
expressing an opinion concerning Moshiach in the above referenced works referrs to Moshiach as King
when HaShem referrs to David, My Servant the Prince! Neither HaShem nor David referred to David
as King except in 1 Chronicles 28.4 where David referrs to himself as chosen by HaShem to be King
over all Israel in the context of the sons of his fathers house (implying, like Father, like son) in the
sense of, out of all his sons, and out of all the sons within his fathers house he alone was chosen to
eternally be a king out of many kings of the tribe of Judah while his reference to himself being a prince
and HaShem's reference to him being a prince is in the context of Tribal affiliations and affectionate
affinities in the sense that he is truly a king over the world, and all of Israel, including those [converts,
Jews of uncertain tribal descent, and the like] who have attached themselves to HaShem without tribal
affiliations and affections, while his being a prince when he is resurrected from the dead is in reality
only a prince for then all the world will recognize HaShem as the only King and everyone will be
voluntarily in submission to HaShem and the idea of secular political power, secular rulers and secular
alliegences will have dissappeared when HaShem will deliver Israel and cause the whole world to
recognize HaShem's sovereignty while at the same time subjecting themselves to David's leadership as
a prince. The problem with referring to David as King while ordinarily David is referred to as prince is
that HaShem referrs to David as "My servant the prince;" whereas David does as well but because the
people were still in rebellion (& lacking faith in HaShem) to HaShem in wanting a king like all other
nations, this rebellion necessitated David publically referring to himself as King, while privately (in
prophetic writing) he is referred to as prince.
David - Sar HaSarin - Prince of Princes
This is confirmed in Tehillim 151.11 (11Q5) "He set me as prince to His people, ruler over the
children of His covenant." The Dead Sea Scrolls, A New Translation, Weiss, Abegg, Cook.
HarperSanFrancisco 2005. Apocryphal Psalms of David, 573.
Jeremiah 30.21 says, "from within him" implying from within David himself, that is, the
essence of David rises from the dead.
Of recent archeological discoveries found in what has been assumed to be Jordan around 1998
and described by scholars as a Qumran Sect 'additional dead sea scroll' referred to as the "Gabriel's
Vision Stone" references sar hasarin, the "Prince of Princes" who shall rise from the dead after
three days.
A Heart for the Prince
Of note is the fact that both the Lubavitcher's and Breslaver Chassidim claim their Rebbe is
Moshiach. While this author will not attempt to refute the claims made by those sects as that has been
done by others more qualified to address the matter, the author came across this recent comment which
he immeadiately noted for it's significance: "I will give you a heart of flesh, LeV BaSaR" (Ezekiel
36:26) . Read the word not as BaSaR but as BoSeR, "glad" (Midrash) . Everyone will be glad at their
friends' good fortune. The letters of the words LeV BoSeR, a glad heart, spell out the word BReSLoV.
Chayey Moharan #339."
Why must we read the word Basar as 'a heart of flesh or a heart of gladness' [?] when it can just
as easily be read: ' a heart for the Prince,' the prefix, bet can mean, 'in, with, or, for!'
While the concept of a recurrected prince of princes after three days is debated as to whether
this is theology outside the context of mainstream Jewish thought, the exact wording and meaning of
the text bears further examination within the frame-work of Qumran eschatology.
Does the text mean after three days, or does it mean on the third day as in Joseph dream
interpretation of Pharoah and the end times Pesher interpretation method of explaining B'rashit
(Genesis) 40.12, 13 and 42.17, 18?
In the Pesher-interpretation method, three days does not necessarily mean on the third day after
the prince of princes is slain, he shall be resurrected from the dead but that the third day is an euphism
for the era of the resurrection.
It was Joseph's interpretation of the Officer's of Pharoah dream which speaks of honoring the
butler (King's Cup-Bearer) and restoration to his place within the administrative staff of Pharoah. Here
too, Pharoah is but an euphism for HaShem as "Moshel" an absolute ruler while Joseph's subordinate
rule over his brothers as tribal princes bears reflection on the midda keneged midda (measure for
measure) accusations they made amongst themselves that he came to spy out their activities which led
to Joseph's being sold and his later accusations of the ten brothers, foreign princes being spies come to
search out the land which led them to be put in Pharoah's "jail" as a crafty plan to deliver the people of
Israel from the famine. It was Judah who did the honorable thing and offered himself rather than
allow Benjamin to be separated from his father, Jacob which set Judah apart from his brothers.
Of import is the fact that Qumran antiquities must be understood within the frame-work of what
is understood first and foremost about the theology of the sect which is almost universally affirmed to
have written the "Dead Sea Scrolls" for that is the measure or yard stick with which to examine the
scrolls. To interject into or interpret the Qumran antiquities according to non-sectarian theological
opinions is to subject their theology and methods of interpreting Judaism to speculative or biased
measurements. In Horeb, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch states that one cannot understand Judaism
from outside of Judaism but that it must be understood from within. So too must the Qumran
Antiquities be understood from within their own sects writings and what is know of their theology. As
such, "Gabriel's Vision Stone" referencing sar hasarin, the "Prince of Princes" who shall rise from
the dead after three days must be understood within the context of Jewish thought and resort to Judaism
and an exclusion of outside theological underpinnings must be the norm.
Thus, sar hasarin must be interpreted according to Yerushalmi Brachos 2:4 which specifically
quotes Tehillim 18:51 And shows mercy to His Moshiach David." Of note is the fact that Messianics
have for two thousand plus years attempted to write David out of the picture and interject their messiah
into the prophesies concerning the Moshiach. They say in Acts 2 that "David is not resurrected" yet we
know that the theology of Resurrection of David as Prince from the dead was consistent with
established Jewish theology from before the era of Christianity through Yerushalmi Brachos 2:4 and
Gabriel's Vision Stone.
Praise Shall Go Up First!
The idea of Judah's tribal rule as prince implies the word praise, when every person stands
amongst all the families of the earth, tribe by tribe, family by family, as equals to be judged and given
an inheritance as HaShem's children. Then shall Praise "go up first" (foremost) amongst all the
offerings to HaShem.
Here the reader is directed to contemplating Psalms 149 where the princes of the earth are
brought before HaShem in chains to be judged!
Qumran Scrolls and the Full Spelling of Olam/Olamim
The Damascus Document (Page Two, Manuscript A of the Cairo Damascus Document) evidences the
use of the vav (as a Cholam) in the word Olam (Ayin Vav Lamed Mem Sofit), line (passuk) 7; Olamim (Ayin Vav
Lamed Mem Yud Mem Sofit) line (passuk) 10; as does the War Scroll (Column 12, line 3 Olamim (end of
passuk), Column 13 line 8, word 2 or 3, line 8 or 9, word 12, see also column 13 line 16(?), word 4(?); and the
Psalms Scroll, (L'Olam) column 3, line one, words 2, and 9 (a quotation from Tehillim 136).
It should not come as a surprise that the Messianic Community of Israel (whether main-stream Judaism
of the Second Temple era, or the Jewish Christians) had a doctrine of the People being the "Stones of the
HaShem will, make man more precious than fine gold, than the gold of Ophir. Isaiah 13.12
The Copper Scroll has seven sites which mention inventories or lists: "In the Courtyard of Matthias...."
(Eighth cache); "In the fissure that is in Sechakah ...east of Solomon's pool." (Twenty-fifth cache); "In the Upper
Pool ..., and their inventory list is next to them." (Fifty-third cache); "Under the southern corner ...at Tzaddok's
grave ..., and their inventory list is next to them." (Fifty-fourth cache); "At the grave of the common people..., and
their inventory list is next to them." (Fifty-seventh cache); "In the reservoir precinct, and their inventory list is next
to them." (Fifty-eighth cache); "In the dry well that is at the north of Kohlit ... a copy of this inventory list, with
explanations and measurements and full detail for each and every hidden item." (Sixty-fifth cache)." Wise, The
Dead Sea Scrolls, pp. 192-198. This is a reference to Joseph and dream interpretation something the Qumran
community and the School of Prophets were known for.
These are "periscopes" indicating "atonement" as it were, for 2 Chronicles 29.13, Nehemiah 8.17, 2
Kings 18.17, 2 Kings 23.6, Jeremiah 26.23, Genesis 37.17-28.
Tikkun Kisay HaShem
Nehemiah 8.10 "Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for
this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' " What is this except that: "I am my Beloved's and my
Beloved is Mine!" Shir HaShirim 2.16 When we take joy in HaShem, He takes joy in us and we are strong! Chazach!!!
that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil
spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.'And it came
to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his
hand; so Saul found relief, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him."
This is why it was recorded as the Last [most important] Ordinance of David. It is effective anywhere and
at all times. Personal experience tells my soul this is truth.
24 'Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying: The two families which the
LORD did choose, He hath cast them off? and they contemn My people, that they should be no more a
nation before them. {S}
25 Thus saith the LORD: If My covenant be not with day and night, if I have not appointed the
ordinances of heaven and earth;
26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David My servant, so that I will not take
of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to
return, and will have compassion on them.' {P}
How are we to understand the passage of Jeremiah? It clearly speaks of a) David, b) a man, c) a
righteous shoot, d) a son, e) his seed, and, f) rulers (plural) ruling over the House of Israel. If the
passage is understood within the context of the verses preceding 15-26, which speak of the sheep
dwelling in all the cities of Israel, then we must understand the resolution to this question to mean that
David is the Shepard of Israel for flocks do not dwell in cities.
The preceding verses speak of "a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down (12)
and the flocks again pass under the hands of him that counts them,..." (13)
Rambam clearly states when the era of Moshiach comes, do not expect that the natural order of
the world will change, but that things will continue as they have. He relates that the passage in Isaiah
11.6 is a metaphore for the political change that will occur - the lamb, like the calf will dwell safely
with the wolf and lion. Israel is the lamb, the calf is the nation which has willingly served HaShem and
the wolves are those who have been their enemies. Nachmanides however believes Isaiah to take the
Isaiah passage to be literal and states that all animals will be domesticated and sweet-tempered.
To understand the era of the Moshiach, we must look to what Jeremiah says elsewhere about
David:
23.5 "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous shoot,
and he shall reign as king and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land."
This passuk reads in part, in the Hebrew: vahaqimoti l'David zehmach tzedek. Yet there is a
perplexing passage of intrigue, 2 Samuel 14.14 wherein the pretending "widow" says to King David
(concerning his son Absalom): "For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the
ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; but let him devise
means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him." The Hebrew text reads, in part:
-
So what these two text are alluding to is both death and resurrection! The phonetics of both
Jeremiah 23.5 and 2 Samuel 14.14 say "ki-mot" the former with the prefixes and suffixes. Solomon
uses the word in Mishley (Proverbs) 10.20 kimat (with a tet) as "little worth" and the targum translates
it as "a wound." Proverbs, A. Elzas, Headmaster, Leeds Hebrew School. Charles Goodal, JW Bean &
Son, and of the Translator. London: Trubner & Co., Paternoster Row, 1871, Page 23, n20.
In Menorah Journal, (Vol. 8-9); the word Kimot is used as wailing elegies, lamenting the holyones, by wandering, landless slaves. Intercollegiate Menorah Association, 1922. Page 218.
In Alfonso X of Castile, the learned king, 1221-1284: an international symposium, Harvard
University, 17 November 1984, Francisco Mrquez Villanueva, Carlos Alberto Vega, Page 61, 1990 Snippet view
Its mode, makam nawa, was also indicated. Here, its Hebrew text is given in a schematic form:
Yemay hdrpi ahavtani*0 atal bevor netashtani. a, a Ana hish u-sameheni, dodi kimot enitani. x, a
Shakanta bizvul evita, b tdk quehal am z6 qanita, ...
In Jeremiah 30.9 the Prophet clearly says of David, HaShem will raise him up! Ezekiel 34.23
refers to David as HaShem's Shepherd and Servant even as does Jeremiah 30.9.
Ezekiel 34.23 "And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even My servant
David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and
My servant David prince among them; I the LORD have spoken." (JPS 1914) Here, the Prophets
clearly identify David as servant, shepherd and prince in the era of the Covenant of Peace!
This "transformation of David as Prince" nullifies the concept of David or one of David's
offspring as King. What this means is that HASHEM is King. HaShem is given rightful place in the
hearts and minds of HaSHEM'S children. For in this era of the resurrection, there will be no need for
"kings" or for Israel to be like the nations around them who needed a king (military ruler) to go out to
and come in from battle. ("They [the non-Jewish nations] shall learn war no more...." Isaiah 2.4)
Tehillim 78.71 "from tending the sheep to be the shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His
Inheritance." Compare 1 Chronicles 11.2, Ezekiel 37.24, 44.1-3, 45.7-8.
In Ezekiel 46:18, we find, "Moreover the prince shall not take of the peoples inheritance by
oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own
possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession." This prince shall have
sons. The same prince Jeremiah says will have seed or off-spring as rulers.
JPS translates Tehillim 90.15 Kimot (kaf, yud, mem, vav, tav; the full spelling) as "afflictions."
The preceding verse: "O satisfy us in the morning with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all
our days." The "morning" and "all our days" must include the era of Moshiach, the morning of the
Resurrection of all the dead wherein the dead will be "glad all our days" because we are "satisfied with
HaShem's Mercy!" See for example, Page 329, Comparative Studies in Biblical and Ancient Oriental
Literature, Samuel E Loewenstamm, Verlag Butzon & Bercker, 1980.
In sum, we must understand the word Kimot as, "like death" or sleeping in the dust, as nothing
but a temporal "wound" as it were. For an essential feature of Judaism is the hope of resurrection.
In conclusion, let us all take the admonition of the Preacher, "The making of many books there is no end.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter [law]; Fear HaShem, and observe HIS Commandments (Sukkot,
etc.; rather than the commandments of men which add to or take away from the Praise and Honor due
HaShem.).
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and of the Translator. London: Trubner & Co., Paternoster Row, 1871, Page 23, n20.
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Scrolls, Thames and Hudson, Ltd. London: 2002.
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