The New Under Ground Church-THE TRUTH MUST BE TOLD: Hashem created me at the beginning of His course As the first of His works of old Proverbs 8:22 (The Israel Bible™)

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Hashem created me at the beginning of His course As the first of His works of old Proverbs 8:22 (The Israel Bible™)

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February 1, 2020 / 6 Sh'vat 5780

Shabbat Shalom
Men sing and dance with the flag of Israel at the Western Wall (Shutterstock).

Hashem created me at the beginning of His course As the first of His works of old

Proverbs 8:22 (The Israel Bible™)

יְהֹוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז

Hear the verse in Hebrew

a-do-NAI ka-NA-nee ray-SHEET dar-KO KE-dem mif-a-LAV may-AZ

The wisdom of the Bible is described in this verse as the “beginning of His course.” The Hebrew word for ‘beginning,’ reishit is also used to describe the Children of Israel, called reisheet t’vuato, ‘the first-fruits of His harvest’ (Jeremiah 2:3), and it is also the first word of Genesis describing the creation of the world. The Sages connect the three uses of this word and teach that God created the world for the sake of Israel and of the Bible. God created a world in which the Children of Israel are to follow the Bible, and thereby serve as a model for the rest of the nations.