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Messiah’s Portrait
By David Michael
 Aleph is the gentle ox
for work and sacrifice;
 Beth is the House of God
to which we turn our eyes.
 Gimel is the burdened one
who carries our griefs away;
 Daleth is the open door-
the Lord’s flock need not stray.
 Hey is the open window
through which God's world we see;
 Vav is that hook or nail
which holds so faithfully.
 Zayin is God’s mighty sword
that makes and keeps us free;
it is His everlasting Word
which endures eternally.
 Cheth is our strong defense,
security it will give;
 Teth is the suspended one
to which we look and live.
 Yod is God’s gentle hand
which guides us from the start;
 Kaph is Messiah’s wings
which hold us near His heart.
 Lamed is that special goad
which teaches us his ways;
 Mem is the life-producing water
that satisfies always.
 Nun is a fish, the sign
that shows who lives again;
 Samech is the loving support of
mankind’s truest friend.
 Ayin is Messiah’s eyes
which knew uncounted tears;
 Pey is the mouth of the Lord
which speaks calm to our fears.
 Tzaddi, a trusty fishhook
to draw His people out;
 Qof, the circle that gives the ax
the necessary clout.
 Resh is the chief among
ten thousand, higher than
kings of the Earth;
rejected in His generation
but possessing eternal worth.
 Shin, those perfect fleece-like
teeth convey what
firmness is; and
 Tav, the mark of the Covenant,
the Lord knows who are His.
There is a priceless treasure
in the Hebrew Alphabet-
and through it’s very simple,
many have not found it yet.
From Aleph down to Tav
it is a portrait that we find;
Messiah’s introduction, which
God alone designed.
These twenty-two simple letters,
which children recite and sing,
reveals Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah,
Israel’s glorious King.
Yeshua Messiah is the
Aleph and the Tav,
the First and the Last,
the A through Z
of God's plan of Redemption!
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