Isa 44:6 Thus says Yahuah the King of Yashar’El, and his Redeemer Yahuah Tsaba’oth; I am the first/rashun π€π€π€π€ π€ H7223, and I am the last/acharun π€π€π€π€ π€ H314; and beside me there is no Elohiym.
Rev 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first/rashun π€π€π€π€ π€ H7223, and I am the last/acharun π€π€π€π€ π€ H314
Rev 1:18 I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore: Amein; and have the keys of She’ol and of death.
Rev 2:8 And unto the angel of the called out assembly in Smyrna write; These things says the first/rashun π€π€π€π€ π€ H7223 and the last/acharun π€π€π€π€ π€ H314, which was dead, and is alive;
We see Yahuah making a claim in many places that He is the First & the Last and the Hebrew words 'rishon acharun' are listed in the verses above. We see the same claim made by Yahusha in the book of Chazun. What amazes me is in YashaYahu 41:4 Yahuah uses the word 'acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€' which is plural and inexpressible in English unless we understand the concept of 'plural one'
Isa 41:4 Who is ordaining and doing it, calling the generations from the beginning? I Yahuah, the first/rashun π€π€π€π€ π€ H7223, and alaph tau/π€π€ last ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ H314; I am/ 'anay π€π€π€ H589' He/hua π€π€ π€ H1931'.
The 'plural one' concept is also understood by the word 'achad' . When we understand what achad means , will we able to understand the singular and plural (first and second tense) tenses as “Let Us make man”, “I and the Father are One”, “ they may be one in Us” or else one will conclude either a Trinity, Binarism, Unitarisim etc. Hence, when we look at the word 'acharanyom' we see 2 (plural) but one (singular). Its and estate that Yahuah chose to dwell post His transition as Yahusha bodily, to be face to face with His creation forever.
The word 'acharan π€π€π€π€ H314' is from the root word 'achar' π€π€π€ H309 & means hinder; generally late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western: - after (-ward), to come, following, hind (-er, -ermost, -most), last, latter, rereward, ut(ter)most.
The 'yom π€π€' at the end of 'acharan π€π€π€π€' makes it plural and means 'last ones' (generally inexpressible in English) because its a staying place/hindermost place/an everlasting state He chose to stay whereas his first estate 'rashun π€π€π€ π€ ' is His singular state attributed as the 'FIRST OVER ALL CREATION'.
Usage of acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ in scripture-examples:
2Sam19:11 Then King Dawid sent to Tsadoq and to Ebiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Yahudah, saying, Why are you the last ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ to bring the king back to his house, since the word of all Yisra’El has come to the king, even to his house?
2Sam19:12 You are my brothers; you are my bone and you are my flesh. Why then should you be the last ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ to bring back the king?
After the death of Absalom, David sent to the priests to question the elders of Yahudah asking them why are they the last ones to bring back the king to his house. The plural acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ referring to the elders is used here in both verses.
Ecc4:16 There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, also the latter ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ shall not rejoice with him, for this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Gen 33:2 He (Yaaqob) put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€, and Rachel and Yoseph last/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€.
The English translation is inexpressible in the plural form unless we see 'Leah and her children' were placed acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ translated as 'next' & 'Rachel and Yoseph' were placed acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ translated as 'last'. There were more than 'One' and hence, the word acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ is used. Binyamin was not yet born but yet 'Rachel and Yoseph' is more than 'one' & yet they formed as one family.
2Sam23:1 Now these my words/dabaray π€π€π€π€ are the last ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ of Dawid, the saying of Dawid the son of Yishay (Jesse), the saying of the man raised on high, the anointed of the El of Yaaqob (Jacob), and the sweet psalmist of Yisra’El
1Chr23:27 For by my words/dabaray π€π€π€π€ Dawid the last ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ they were the sons of Lewi numbered from twenty years old and upward.
1Chr29:29 And my words/dabaray π€π€π€π€ King Dawid, the first ones/ha rishonim π€π€π€π€π€π€π€ and the last ones/ acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€π€, behold, are written in the words of Shamu’El the seer, in the words of Nathan the prophet and in the words of Gad the seer,
In YashaYahu 41:4 Yahuah says " I am/ 'anay π€π€π€ H589' He/hua π€π€ π€ H1931". This same claim is made by Yahusha
Joh 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am/'anay π€π€π€ He/hua π€π€ π€ H1931, you shall die in your sins.
Understanding the Lasting ones state:
Exo 33:15 And he said unto him, If your presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
Exo 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? Is it not in that you go with us? So shall we be separated, I and your people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Exo 33:17 And Yahuah said unto Mosheh, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name.
Exo 33:18 And he said, I beseech you, show me your esteem.
Exo 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahuah before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Exo 33:20 And he said, You cannot see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Exo 33:21 And Yahuah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand upon a rock/tsur π€π€ π€ H6697:
They translated achar π€π€π€ H268 here as back/hinder part. The same word H312 achar π€π€π€ means another/other/following.
Yahuah told him to stand on the rock/tsur put Masha in the cleft of the rock/tsur and covered the cleft with his palm/kaph. The Rock that followed/went ahead/walked with them them was Mashiyach.
1Co 10:2 and all were immersed into Mosheh in the cloud and in the sea,
1Co 10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food,
1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that walked/Halak π€π€π€ with them, and the Rock/Tsur π€π€ π€ was Messiah.
Halak π€π€π€ means walk/journey/travel. A walk/journey/travel of Yahusha as a pillar of cloud ahead of them and pillar of fire at night behind them.
Yahuah dwells in an approachable light whom no man has or will be able to see, hence, Masha saw Mashiyach the another/achar form and not his back part as per the translations presented to us, he saw the one who would walk/journey with them.
Exo 33:21 And ΧΧΧΧ said, “See, there is a place/room H4725 maqom π€π€π€ π€ with Me!/atay π€π€π€ H854 and you shall stand on the rock/tsur π€π€ π€ H6697
Exo 33:22 “And it shall be, while My esteem passes by, that I shall put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand while I pass by.
Psa 18:31 For who is Eloah, besides ΧΧΧΧ? And who is a rock/tsur π€π€ π€ H6697, except our Elohim? .
Yahuah is said to be the rock, Yahuah asked Masha to stand on the rock and in the place with Him/by Him H854 which is from H853 AT (Alaph Tau π€π€). Yahuah would proclaim/call out His name before Masha. The words Qum π€π€ π€ maqom π€π€π€ π€ H4725 is a raised ground/place. The room or place with Yahusha was raised & speaks of His resurrection body.
This was what the Divine response said which has deep hidden mysteries for Masha saw a similitude of Yahuah i.e. Yahusha in the new creation body, but never saw Yahuah Himself as Yahuah had transitioned in the vision.
It is Yahusha the Rock who led them in the wilderness to cross over to the Promised Land and doesn't it say He as the forerunner has entered on behalf of us denoting that the Promised Land is not earthy but Renewed Yerushalayim in the Torah of life, He Himself walked (halak π€π€π€), and He is the only One to go behind the veil. His body saw a transition to glorification as the Captain of the hosts of heavens and earth in the new creation order (Headship) and we follow Him in through the transition to be His hosts forever. We will attain the renewed creation body He Himself designed for Himself and for us. We are of His flesh and of His bones.
Exo 33:18 Then he said, “Please, show me Your esteem.”
Exo 33:19 And He said, “I shall cause all/kal π€π€ My goodness/toby π€π€ π€π€ H2898 to cross over/abar π€π€π€ H5674 before you, and I shall proclaim or call out/qara π€π€π€ H7121 in the Name/bashem π€π€π€ H8034 of ΧΧΧΧ before you. And I shall favour/chanan π€π€π€ H2603 him whom I favour/chanan π€π€π€ H2603 and shall have compassion/racham π€π€π€ H7355 on him whom I have compassion/racham π€π€π€ H7355.”
The calling out in His name before Masha/Moses was because it was a prophecy that Yahuah would come in the name of Yahuah and His name will be called or proclaimed. It is not as carnal men understand that One person comes in another persons name.
Psa 118:26 Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of ΧΧΧΧ!We shall bless you from the House of ΧΧΧΧ
Mat 23:39 for I say to you, from now on you shall by no means see Me, until you say, ‘Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of ΧΧΧΧ!’ ”
Mar 11:8 And many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees and were spreading them on the way.
Mar 11:9 And those going before and those following cried out, saying, “Hoshia-na! ‘Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of ΧΧΧΧ!’
Mar 11:10 Blessed is the coming reign of our father DawiαΈ – in the Name of ΧΧΧΧ! Hoshia-na in the highest!”
This is what scriptures testify as to whom Masha saw:
Num 12:8 “I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly, and not in riddles. And he sees the likeness/tamanah π€π€π€π€ H8544 of ΧΧΧΧ. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Mosheh?”
H8544 tamanah π€π€π€π€ comes from two root words 'tam' π€π€ H8535 which means upright/perfect/undefiled and manah π€π€π€ H4490 which means portion/part/belonged.
Masha saw the upright/perfect portion/part which belonged to Yahusha in the Renewed Creation Order. Yahuah was showing him that He was transitioning Himself as Yahusha.
The word for womb in Hebrew is 'Racham π€π€π€ H7358 ' which is the same word translated as 'compassion' H7355 and doesn't He say in Exo 33:19 "...and shall have compassion/racham π€π€π€ H7355 on him whom I have compassion/racham π€π€π€ H7355.” The compassion Yahusha would have on us whom He calls by name will be the compassion of the womb. The transition path He would take through the womb in saving the woman who by transgression fell. Isn't this amazing!
Exo 33:22 “And it shall be, while My esteem passes by, that I shall put you in the cleft/neqarah π€π€π€π€ H5366 of the rock and cover/sakak π€π€π€ H5526 you with My hand/kaph π€π€ H3709 while I cross over/abar π€π€π€ H5674.
23 “Then I shall withdraw/sur π€π€ π€ H5493 My hand/kaphay π€π€π€ H3709 and you shall see My back/acharay π€π€π€π€ H268, but My face/panay π€π€π€ H6440 shall not be seen.”
Neqarah π€π€π€π€ H5366 comes from the root word 'naqar π€π€π€' H5365 which means pierce, put (thrust) out. Through his nail print kaph/palm of the hand in its piercing Masha could see the esteem of Yahuah in another/achar form i.e. Mashiyach Yahusha in transition i.e. in the renewed creation body while he withdrew/turned it aside. Yahuah would cross over/abar to His other/acharath form through which He would once again esteem His name and Masha was covered/sakak π€π€π€ as in a booth/tent which is a foretaste of the divine renewed creation body as he could only be on the other side to see Yahusha in the New Creation Body as Yahuah had crossed over/abar π€π€π€ but His face was not shown as remember Yahuchanan/John saw His face in a vision as the sun shining in it's strength and became like a dead man and he was woken up by Yahusha touching him. Here the face was concealed as it was not the time to reveal the identity of Yahusha yet.
Coming back to the YashaYahu passages where Yahuah claims He is the First and the Last in 3 places i.e. Isa 41:4, 44:6 & 48:12, He only places a marker of His singular plurality in YashaYahu 41:4 and here is why
Revised Hebrew translation:
Isa 41:3 “He pursued them, He crossing over/ya abar π€π€π€π€ H5674 in peace/shalum π€π€π€ π€ H7965, I will travel/arach π€π€π€ H734 with his feet /ragalyu π€π€π€π€π€ H7272 when He will/ya π€ not yet /π€π€ fill in or enter/bua π€π€ π€ H935 .
The 'yom π€π€' at the end of 'acharan π€π€π€π€' makes it plural and means 'last ones' (generally inexpressible in English) because its a staying place/hindermost place/an everlasting state He chose to stay.
In YashaYahu 41:3 Yahuah is saying He in pursuing Yasharal, crossed over in peace and will travel with His feet (referring to His transition form as Yahusha) when He will not yet fill in or enter. Yahuah is identifying Himself to the Messenger who went ahead of YasharEL.
In YashaYahu 41:4 Yahuah is asking a question as to who is ordaining and doing it, calling the generations/dor π€π€ π€ from the beginning/rash π€π€π€ . Here He is identifying Himself to His first estate as the rash/π€π€π€ who is the head/chief/the first in place, order or rank.
Gen 1:1 IN/Ba π€ the beginning/rashayath π€π€π€π€π€ H7225 Elohiym created ΧΧͺ the heavens and ΧΧͺ the earth.
rashayath π€π€π€π€π€ H7225: From the same as H7218 rash π€π€π€; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically a first fruit): - beginning, chief (-est), first (-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
He then summarizes to His identifiable marker of His first estate and His latter staying forever estate " I, Yahuah, the first/rashun π€π€π€π€ π€ H7223, and alaph tau/π€π€ last ones/acharanyom π€π€π€π€π€π€ H314; I am/ 'anay π€π€π€ H589' He/hua π€π€ π€ H1931''.
In YashaYahu 44:6 & 48:12 he doesn't use the last estate in plural to show that He alone is the King of YasharEL & He alone is the Deliverer & He alone is the Creator. In YashaYahu 44:6 He calls Himself as 'Yahuah Tsabaouth' which means 'Yahuah of hosts' and the reference to hosts is YasharEL
Isa 44:6 Thus says Yahuah the King of Yashar’El and his Redeemer, Yahuah of hosts: I am the first and I am the last, and there is no Elohim besides Me.
Isa 48:12 Listen to Me, O Yaaqob, and Yashar’El whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
In YashaYahu 48:12 He says 'O Yaaqob and YasharEL' in plurality because Yaaqob = YasharEL as He was renamed as YasharEL after wrestling with the Messenger of Yahuah.
Hence, in YashaYahu 44:6 & 48:12 we see the singular Yahuah vs the plural YasharEL. In YashaYahu 41:4 we see Yahuah identifying Himself as the firstborn/chief/head over all creation and the last estate He chooses to dwell/stay forever and hence shows us His transition into it.
The Fading esteem vs the Eternal esteem:
Yahuah revealed Himself in OT as the Angel of His Presence, through reflection of His esteem through the cherubims/seraphims/4 living creatures, imagery etc. in visions. He says Masha saw His similitude
Num 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude/tamunah π€π€π€ π€π€ H8544 of Yahuah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Similitude tamunah π€π€π€ π€π€ H8544: From H4327; something portioned (that is, fashioned) out, as a shape, that is, (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of favor): - image, likeness, similitude.
2Co 3:7 But if the administering of death in letters, engraved on stones, was esteemed, so that the children of YasharEL were unable to look steadily at the face of Mosheh because of the esteem of his face, which was passing away,
2Co 3:8 how much more esteemed shall the administering of the Spirit not be?
2Co 3:9 For if the administering of condemnation had esteem, the administering of righteousness exceeds much more in esteem.
2Co 3:10 For indeed what was made esteemed had no esteem in this respect, in view of the esteem that excels.
2Co 3:11 For if that which is passing away was esteemed, much more that which remains in esteem
Masha seeing the similitude of Yahuah had the fading esteem which was passing away had to put a veil over his face as his face shone. Shaul the emissary likens this fading esteem to the administration of the letter and says this same veil lies on the hearts of the people when the old covenant is being read, and this veil is taken away in Mashiyach. He goes on to say when one turns to the Adon/Master, the veil is taken away and Yahuah is the Ruach and where the Ruach of Yahuah is, there is freedom. This shows the last estate of Yahuah in the completed transition as the Hebrew word Ruach π€π€ π€ H7307 has the root word 'rach π€π€' which means 'travel'. Remember we saw the word arach π€π€π€ H734 in YashaYahu 41:3 which uses a prefix alaph π€ to 'rach π€π€' & shows one who follows a prescribed path to arrive at a specific destination.
The Ruach π€π€ π€ is Yahuah showing us in a mirror His image as Yahusha in whom we are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem (first estate) to esteem (last estate) by Ruach Yahuah.
Yahusha claiming to be the Rishon Ahkaron (First and the Last) in Rev 1:11, 17, Rev 2:8, Rev 22:13 shows that His transition is completed and we in Him are complete.
His claim as Alaph (π€) and the Tau (π€) in Rev 1:8,11, Rev 21:6 & Rev 22:13 is synonymous with first/rashun π€π€π€π€ π€ H7223, and the last/acharun π€π€π€π€ π€ H314; Alaph is the first letter in Hebrew and Tau is the last letter in Hebrew and Yahusha is claiming to be in the letter as Dabar Yahuah. He is the Ruach Language which gives Life.