The meaning of the Resh seems contradictory at first but will be clear at LAST(pun intended), for it means "first", "head", "chief", but it also means "bitter", "grieved", "poor", "poverty", "last",to "be afraid'.
Probably the ancient root means to "shake, or rattle, especially the head" ...and, like all roots, the root meaning of the "resh" developed into words that are both negative and positive relflections of its meaning. The word for EVIL , "ra" comes from the negative meaning of shaking or ruin, or being high up in the sense of pride. The word for Spirit, "ruach" comes from the positive shaking or rattling of the wind, which literal shakes or symbolically "rattles" or "moves" our spirits. The bitter or grieving or poor...as in shaking the head in dispare. The head, chief, ruler, ....as in shaking the head in authority.
So RESH can mean FIRST or it can mean POOR or LAST. Spiritually it seems to be connected with the principle "the last shall be first and the first shall be last"...
The Hebrew word for FOOT (anatomically the opposite of HEAD) also begins with the letter Resh, it is r'gal. We see these opposites of HEAD and FOOT (heel) in the following:
The word RESH is FIRST used of the HEAD of Satan being bruised by the seed of the woman. This verse is the very FIRST promise in scripture concerning CHRIST and his work of salvation. The word "heel" can also be translated "LAST". So, Christ shall bruise the Head (RESH, First) of Satan and he shall become LAST. Satan shall bruise the heel (LAST) of Christ and He shall become FIRST.
In the very FIRST verse of scripture, Gen 1:1, there is a RESH in the first word(b'RESHit, in the beginning or at FIRST) and in the LAST word (eRetz, earth).
Another spiritual principle connected with the RESH is that of "ENDURING" or being "FAITHFUL unto DEATH". This is very similiar to the meaning "first and last" in that one endures or is faithful from BEGINNING to END.
Hbr 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher (beginning and end) of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
The word for FOOT (r'gal) also means to ENDURE, as in "those who endure till the end", or as the word to the church at Smyrna, "be faithful unto death". The message to the church at Smyrna is introduced to them by the one who is the FIRST and the LAST (Rev 2:8). Smyrna means myrrh, which is the annointing oil for the dead. It literally means bitter or grieved, the same as Resh.
Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mar 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Jam 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Phl 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:
Resh is the 20th letter, it has a numeric value of 200. 20 seems to be a number or time of waiting (enduring) in scripture. Maybe this has to do with its double , 40, which is also a time of testing. Isaac waited 20 years for a child, Jacob served Laban for 20 years, the Israelites waited 20 years for the deliverance of Deborah the Judge, and they waited 20 years for the Ark to return to them from Kirjathjearim.
Koilias.....see you always set me up...the verse you quoted (Rev 10:7) is the 20th verse with the word mystery in thew NEW Testament. It goes with the 20th letter RESH and introduces (as you already so well pointed out) the letter SHIN, the second coming, the very thing that believers have endured for. It speaks of the 7th angel who BEGINS to sound, announcing the mystery being FINISHED ........ (start and finish, beginning and end, first and last)..
The 21st "mystery" verse which matches with the 21st letter SHIN, speaks of the mystery Babylon. She is pictured in opposition to the church in that the image of the church in her passionate (shin) affection for her husband, Christ (Eph 5:18-25) is instructed to stay "drunk" with the spirit, not with wine.....here in Rev. Babylon (the harlot, not the wife) is said to be "drunk" with the blood of the Saints. ...the very blood shed of being FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH(resh)....so the two (RESH and SHIN) flowing together to compliment the meaning of each.
Probably the ancient root means to "shake, or rattle, especially the head" ...and, like all roots, the root meaning of the "resh" developed into words that are both negative and positive relflections of its meaning. The word for EVIL , "ra" comes from the negative meaning of shaking or ruin, or being high up in the sense of pride. The word for Spirit, "ruach" comes from the positive shaking or rattling of the wind, which literal shakes or symbolically "rattles" or "moves" our spirits. The bitter or grieving or poor...as in shaking the head in dispare. The head, chief, ruler, ....as in shaking the head in authority.
So RESH can mean FIRST or it can mean POOR or LAST. Spiritually it seems to be connected with the principle "the last shall be first and the first shall be last"...
The Hebrew word for FOOT (anatomically the opposite of HEAD) also begins with the letter Resh, it is r'gal. We see these opposites of HEAD and FOOT (heel) in the following:
The word RESH is FIRST used of the HEAD of Satan being bruised by the seed of the woman. This verse is the very FIRST promise in scripture concerning CHRIST and his work of salvation. The word "heel" can also be translated "LAST". So, Christ shall bruise the Head (RESH, First) of Satan and he shall become LAST. Satan shall bruise the heel (LAST) of Christ and He shall become FIRST.
In the very FIRST verse of scripture, Gen 1:1, there is a RESH in the first word(b'RESHit, in the beginning or at FIRST) and in the LAST word (eRetz, earth).
Another spiritual principle connected with the RESH is that of "ENDURING" or being "FAITHFUL unto DEATH". This is very similiar to the meaning "first and last" in that one endures or is faithful from BEGINNING to END.
Hbr 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher (beginning and end) of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
The word for FOOT (r'gal) also means to ENDURE, as in "those who endure till the end", or as the word to the church at Smyrna, "be faithful unto death". The message to the church at Smyrna is introduced to them by the one who is the FIRST and the LAST (Rev 2:8). Smyrna means myrrh, which is the annointing oil for the dead. It literally means bitter or grieved, the same as Resh.
Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mar 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Jam 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Phl 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:
Resh is the 20th letter, it has a numeric value of 200. 20 seems to be a number or time of waiting (enduring) in scripture. Maybe this has to do with its double , 40, which is also a time of testing. Isaac waited 20 years for a child, Jacob served Laban for 20 years, the Israelites waited 20 years for the deliverance of Deborah the Judge, and they waited 20 years for the Ark to return to them from Kirjathjearim.
Koilias.....see you always set me up...the verse you quoted (Rev 10:7) is the 20th verse with the word mystery in thew NEW Testament. It goes with the 20th letter RESH and introduces (as you already so well pointed out) the letter SHIN, the second coming, the very thing that believers have endured for. It speaks of the 7th angel who BEGINS to sound, announcing the mystery being FINISHED ........ (start and finish, beginning and end, first and last)..
The 21st "mystery" verse which matches with the 21st letter SHIN, speaks of the mystery Babylon. She is pictured in opposition to the church in that the image of the church in her passionate (shin) affection for her husband, Christ (Eph 5:18-25) is instructed to stay "drunk" with the spirit, not with wine.....here in Rev. Babylon (the harlot, not the wife) is said to be "drunk" with the blood of the Saints. ...the very blood shed of being FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH(resh)....so the two (RESH and SHIN) flowing together to compliment the meaning of each.
