Jonah 2:7 commentary

 When my soul fainted within me  aYHWH אֶ ת FIRST LAST I remembered and my prayer came in unto thee into b thine holy temple

Comments: Jonah 2:7-a Jonah understood Genesis 1:1 where ELOHIM is identified as אֶ ת FIRST LAST who created all the known universe. Ancient Hebrew had no single word for universe, so the phrase “the heavens and the earth” covered it.  

Who is the First and the Last, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End? YHWH ELOHIM ALEPH TAV. Revelation 1:8,11, 21:6, 22:13 identifies Jesus the Messiah as YHWH ELOHIM ALEPH TAV. Jesus is God.

Within the Hebrew Scriptures is a two-letter word, אֵ֥ת, spelled with the Hebrew letters "Aleph" and "Tav," which are the first and last letters of the Hebrew "aleph-bet." This word often goes untranslated because of a lack of clarity as to its meaning.

Comments: Jonah 2:7-b Jonah also understood that temple on earth was built according to the pattern of the real temple in Heaven (as was the Tabernacle) Exodus 25:9, 1 Chron 28:11-12, Hebrews 8:5.

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