Orientation
Many read the Bible in translation and miss the divine markers God embedded in the original text to testify of His Son.
- The untranslated Hebrew letters Aleph and Tav in Genesis 1:1 are often omitted in English Bibles.
- This omission can obscure the revelation of Jesus as the Creator and consummator from the very beginning.
- Missing this signature does not affect salvation, but it can cloud the unity and purpose of all Scripture.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)
— Revelation 1:8
Clarification
The Aleph and Tav are not a secret code for a spiritual elite, but a clear revelation of Christ's divine identity for all believers.
- This is not about hidden knowledge or earned maturity, but about seeing the consistent testimony to Christ.
- The purpose is to anchor assurance in the person of Jesus, revealed as God from Genesis to Revelation.
- It corrects the misunderstanding that the Old and New Testaments present different Gods.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39)
— John 5:39
Structure
The biblical logic places the Aleph and Tav at creation and at Israel's future salvation, revealing Jesus as both Creator and pierced Messiah.
- In Genesis 1:1, Aleph and Tav follow 'Elohim,' identifying the Creator as the Alpha and Omega.
- In Zechariah 12:10, Aleph and Tav stand between 'Me' and 'pierced,' showing the pierced Messiah is God Himself.
- This structure reveals the unity of Scripture and prefigures the Trinity.
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:16-17)
— Colossians 1:16-17
Weight-Bearing Prose
The untranslated Aleph and Tav in Genesis 1:1 are a divine signature. They correspond to the Alpha and Omega of Revelation 1:8, a title Jesus applies to Himself to declare His eternal deity as the Creator. This is not typology read back into the text, but revelation built into its fabric. The same letters appear in Zechariah 12:10, positioned between ‘Me’ and ‘whom they have pierced.’ Here, God speaks of Himself in the first person, yet the object is ‘Him’—the pierced one. This grammatical shift reveals the plurality within the Godhead, prefiguring the Trinity. The cause-effect chain is divine: God places His signature at creation; God identifies the pierced Messiah as both divine and human; Israel’s future recognition of this pierced One leads to national repentance and salvation. This fulfills the Pauline category of Christ as the ‘mystery’ hid from ages but now revealed (Colossians 1:26-27), the one in whom all things cohere. The objection that this is over-reading the text fails because the New Testament itself (Revelation 1:8) provides the interpretive key, identifying Jesus with the divine title that corresponds directly to the Hebrew Aleph and Tav.
Integration
This truth is given not to create a new burden of understanding, but to deepen our rest in the person of Christ. He is the Aleph and Tav—the beginning and the end of God’s revelation and purpose. Your assurance is anchored in Him, the eternal God who was pierced for you. There is no pressure to ‘see’ this in every text, only the comfort that the Bible, from first to last, testifies of the same Savior. He is the subject. Your salvation and inheritance are secure in Him, the Creator and consummator. Let this knowledge settle not as a challenge, but as a stabilizing reminder: the God who spoke creation into existence is the same God who was pierced for your reconciliation. Christ is your assurance, from Genesis to Revelation.