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Now I Know My ABCs

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The Alphabet Song—it’s one of the first songs we learn as children.

We sing “A-B-C-D-E-F-G….”
before we know the sound each letter makes,
before we understand that letters can be combined to make words,
before we comprehend that words can be put together to make sentences,
before we grasp that sentences can create stories that can become books.
The letters of the alphabet are the building blocks of language.

The next time you go into a library or book store,
look at the plethera of books and think,
“Every word in every book on every shelf has used the same 26 letters.”

From Goodnight Moon to Paradise Lost—
from People magazine to Encyclopedia Britannica.
All we have is 26 letters.
And endless combinations to make millions of words. 

The ancient Hebrew alphabet had 22 letters.
Back in 2020, I did a series on each of the letters in the Hebrew Aleph-Bet.
Every day, those blog posts are still read.
Every single day.
Five years later.
I don’t know who you are, but thanks for reading!
To make it easier to access, I created a category called “Hebrew Alphabet.”
May God bless the letters in both of our alphabets.


For further reading:
ABCs
Aleph
Bet


ABCs

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Here’s a little something for you to ponder over the weekend!

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Gen. 1:1

Follow me now.
This will blow your mind.

What did God create before He created our beginning?

I see that blank look.
Ok, I’ll tell you.

Words.
Language.
The ABCs.
Or, more accurately, the Aleph, Bet, Gimels.

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In order for God to speak the words, “Let there be light,” there had to be a language human beings could understand, speak, and write. We can’t be sure Hebrew was the first language. (Things got scrambled up at the Tower of Babel.) But we can be sure that the ancient 22 letter Hebrew alphabet derived from some form of the original language.

Think about it.

Adam was created with the ability to comprehend God’s words.
“Rule over the fish and birds and creatures.”
“The plants are yours for food.”
“Except that one tree.”

Adam was created with the ability to use his language to name the creatures.
“Dog.”
“Lion.”
“Yellow-bellied sapsucker.”

Adam was created with the ability to write down a historical record.
“This is the written account of Adam’s line.” Gen. 5:1

Adam was formed from the dust of the ground,
fashioned by the hand of God,
and filled with the breath of life.
Adam came with words.

According to Rabbinic tradition, the letters of the Hebrew alphabet were considered to be the “primordial building blocks of all creation.” One teacher went so far as to say that “if the letters were to depart even for an instant, all of creation would become absolute nothingness.” (Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, 1745-1812)

So, take away the ABCs, and we’ve got nothing.
Is your mind blown?

“In the beginning was the Word.”
John 1:1