THE ROSE OF SHARON - A Word Study of the ‘Beginning and the End’

The purpose of this study is to examine some root words from verse 6 of Isaiah 44 as being ‘Hidden Codes’ that speak about how YHVH proclaims that He is the ‘Beginning and the End’. And how that phrase in Hebrew, phonetically sounds-out as being the ‘Rose of Sharon’. This royal title clearly has a parallel proclamation made by the risen Jesus Christ on 2 occasions in the last Book of the Bible, Revelation. Jesus in Revelation ascribed the title to Himself, once at the beginning of the Book in chapter 1:8 and the other at the end of the Book in chapter 22:13.

This alludes to the ‘Beginning and the End’ Code Signature of the Book of Revelation itself that is befitting of Jesus Christ. The study will break-down the verse in Isaiah to show how this title of the ‘Beginning and the End’. It has a profound significance on many levels and how this ‘Code’ can be extrapolated from it, based on the Hebrew meaning of the ‘Rose of Sharon’ in terms of alliteration from Song of Solomon 2:1.

On one level, when matched with the parallel verses corresponding to the Book of Revelation, the ‘Hidden Codes’ of Isaiah 44:6 have to do with the notion of the Trinity. Another assertion is what the divine title of the Beginning and the End really means and how it sounds in Hebrew as mentioned. One sees that the root meaning of the words that combine to make this Hebrew Word spells-out phonetically to suggest that it is a coded rendering of the term, the ‘Rose of Sharon’.

Thus, in one’s interpretation, there is a ‘hidden inference’ to this phrase, the ‘Rose of Sharon’. One will attempt to equate it to the divine title of the ‘Beginning and the End’. And how by a mere design of a Flower, one sees the majesty of the Creator. As it is understood, theologically, the Alef and the Tav, the first and last letters of the Hebrew Alphabet signify the ‘Beginning and the End’. These 2 Letters are found in the midst of the Isaiah verse of the ‘Beginning and the End’ as if it is a ‘Code within a Code’.

What is significant about the Pictographs of these 2 letters is that they render an astonishing depiction of the finished work of Christ, the Redeemer. So, pertaining to the notion of the Rose of Sharon? It shows how the Creator clothed the simplest of Living Organisms, Flower with Mathematical and Geometric Design. Jesus stated that such Intelligent Design seen in Flowers could not be compared to Solomon’s Royal Attire.

Holy Trinity Code
There are a total of 3 occasions in the entire Bible, Old and New Testament where the majestic title of the ‘Beginning and the End’ is in direct inference to an attribute of YHVH. The 3 verses, 1 in Isaiah and 2 in Revelation reveal the divine and mysterious notion of the Trinity. Combined, they are sort of a ‘Code’ alluding to the Father, the SON, and Holy Spirit. In the Isaiah 44:6 rendering, the verse can be attributed to GOD the Father as GOD deals directly with Israel. In this context, the verse is clearly emphasized by the attributes of YHVH being the King of Israel, the Lion, etc.

Even in this context within the Old Testament, the Messiah is alluded to in the verse. The verse proclaims that there is but 1 King, 1 Redeemer, 1 GOD. All these 3 aspects are found in the 1 Messiah but accomplished in His 2 Appearances. The 1st Appearing was to be the meek and humble lamb, so that Christ could be the Redeemer. This verse also has echoes of the 10 Commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai, as the verse goes on to emphatically insist that there is no other ‘God’ besides YHVH.

This theme reverberates through the entire Old Testament of how Israel always went after other ‘Gods’ and committed Adultery with other ‘Lovers’, etc. The 2nd inference of the title is rendered when Jesus as GOD the SON confirms His Resurrection and subsequent 7-Fold Message to the Churches. This occurs at the Beginning of the Book of Revelation in chapter 1:8. It is the final Revelation of Christ Jesus confirming His Credentials as GOD, the ‘Beginning and the End’, first had to become the Redeemer. Jesus proclaims this Divine Attribute in the midst of a 7 Branch Menorah.

This is a Metaphor on one level of the Churches and the 7-fold span of time for each one that has been commissioned for. The theme of the 7-fold messages is that of the Good Physician making Diagnoses and prescribing Remedies. The word Diagnosis comes from the Greek to reveal ‘Hidden’ Knowledge that cannot be seen. It speaks of the 2nd Coming in which Jesus, as the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, will return as the Lion King. Take note of how the last book of the Bible ends.

It concludes with the notion of the phrase, ‘the Beginning and the End’ as it morphs into the domain of the GOD the Holy Spirit. In this last case, the Mysterious Conjunction of GOD the Holy Spirit is now joined by the Bride of Christ. Time comes to a point where there is a Consummation of the 2 become as 1. They are in complete union; both speaking as 1 mind, 1 heart, 1 voice, in unison and permanent companionship. And they are inviting, ‘Whosoever to Come’ to partake of the River of Living Water, etc.

It is the Holy Spirit that is washing or sanctifying the Bride of Christ during the Church Age for the Divine Presentation and Marriage to Christ. She will be completed and there will not be need to crossover into Jacob’s Trouble or the Tribulation Period. This final union is like the Archetypes of Solomon as Christ Jesus and the Shulamite, as the Bride of Christ. This is 1 of the many Prophetic Themes found in the Song of Solomon. And 1 feature noted, from the very beginning is a Lily of the Valley, that is the Rose of Sharon. The Bride of Christ will be as a redeemed ‘Eve’ along with her Last Adam, Jesus. They will co-rule the Universe in the coming New Earth and Heavens.

The following section is specifically pertaining to the verse in Isaiah 44:6 as it will be dissected to ascertain what the ‘Beginning’ and what the ‘End’ really means in Hebrew and how that sounds phonetically, ‘Rose of Sharon’ in one’s interpretation. Note that Hebrew is read Left to Right. What is most intriguing about the Hebrew is the rendering of the ‘Beginning’ and the End’ is that phonetically, the term ‘Beginning’ = a-sha-ron-win. The term ‘End’ = a-hron.

When these 2 Words are said together, they are a variation of rashan and ahon or rosh-s-haron or ‘Rose of Sharon’. One’s point is that when the YHVH declares that He is ‘The Beginning and the End’, phonetically speaking, it is heard or spoken of as, ‘I am the ‘Rosh-S-Haron’… I am the ‘Rose of Sharon’.

וַאֲנִ֣י = I AM
רִאשֹׁון֙= First = Ro-so-wn
אַחֲרֹ֔ון = Last = a-Sha-ron-win (Has a 2nd ‘First and Last’ Code Alef-Tav)

So, using the combined pronunciation and a bit of Poetic License, the rendering of, ‘I AM the Beginning and the End’ can be phonetically said as ‘Roshon-s-Ahron’ or I AM the ‘Rose of Sharon’. However, nowhere in the Bible is there a term that directly ascribes the notion of the Rose of Sharon to being equated with Jesus, at least not directly. One is convinced that this is a case based on the definition of the Hebrew words, phonetically.

One Believes it is a hidden meaning encoded in the Old Testament as the Alef and the Tav and even in a flower the Rose of Sharon. These 2 Words of the ‘Beginning and the End’ are on either side of I AM. In Hebrew, the word order even shows the divine symmetry and composition in the word order and even in flowers. This is how Jesus is veiled or ‘Hidden’ in the Old Testament.

This Hidden ‘Code’ begins in Genesis 1:1 as depicted in the Alef and the Tav that is in the middle of the verse and is ‘silent’ when read. Moreover, the ‘End’ Term in Isaiah 44:6, which is ‘Sharon’ has the same silent compound word of the Alef and the Tav that is seen in Genesis 1:1. It is the ‘Signature’ of the Creation Code within the verse that signifies Christ Jesus as the Creator of Heaven and Earth and who is YHVH.

The next section will examine these 2 Letters, that are the First and the Last Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet or Alefbet more precisely. The Definitions of each will be based on the Paleo-Hebrew Pictographs. This study strongly suggests that at its core depiction the compound word denotes the Crucifixion of Jesus, literally ‘Adonai on the Cross’. This section will show the ‘Crucifixion Code’ of the Alef and the Tav in the Isaiah verse that is also seen in the 1st verse of the Bible in Genesis 1:1, that one has also called the ‘Creation Code’.

It thus corresponds to the Servant Stem. And? Jesus as the ‘Servant Stem’. As to the specific identity of who the term, ‘The Beginning and the End’ is inferring to? This ‘Hidden One’ is revealed as Jesus himself in the Book of Revelation. One also asserts that Jesus’ attributes can be found in the Alefbet in that each letter is a particular facet of the character and person of the Messiah. Each Letter is a ‘Code’ that reveals the Hidden Meaning based on the Letter’s Root Definition. Consider the following.

From the Isaiah 44:6 verse, the Alef and the Tav can be extrapolated-out to render its Core Meaning. The Alef means Ox, Strong, Leader or Adonai. The Tav means the Mark, to make a Covenant, and a Cross, etc. Based on the Paleo-Hebraic Pictographs, the Compound Lettering on one level of meaning and definition literally renders the Alef and Tav, the ‘Beginning and End’ as ‘Adonai on the Cross’, the LORD Crucified.

As Hebrew is read, the sequence of the Prophetic Fulfillment of the Alef and Tav are in Reversed Order. Jesus, the King first had to humble Himself as a ‘Lamb’ to redeem Adam’s Race or the Tav. Jesus will take Possession of the Kingdom of GOD on Earth at His 2nd Coming as a ‘Lion’, the Alef. Thus, one has shown that the royal title of the ‘Beginning and the End’ ascribed to YHVH, which is Jesus, is encoded within the ‘Rose of Sharon Code’ of Isaiah. It follows the same principle of how the Bible starts in Genesis with this ‘Hidden’ Imagery of Jesus in the midst of the Creation Verse.

Moreover, the 3 character word ארָבָּ that is translated as ‘Created’ is made up of the Beyt that in Paleo-Hebrew was depicted as a House or Tent. The 2nd Letter was the Resh. It denoted a Man’s Head to infer a 1st Rank or sequential order. The last character was Alef that was depicting an Ox’s Head. These 3 letters, means the ‘Son of GOD’. Thus, Genesis 1:1 can be read as, ‘In the Beginning, GOD the SON, GOD, the Beginning and the End (Jesus) created the Heavens and the Earth’.

Divine Blueprints of a Flower
Now, more about the Rose of Sharon flower association to Jesus. A flower, of itself is a masterpiece of Gematria and simplistic divinity displayed in the most simple of created Platonic Forms, a Star, a Pentagon, a Triangle, a Square, etc. No doubt as Jesus would walk the trails of Israel and preach on the hillsides, He would be in close proximity to the literal field of flowers. The following are the primary building-blocks of Creation.

Point                = 1
Circle               = 2
Square             = 3
Triangle           = 4
Pentagon         = 5

The fields of flowers is how Jesus, as the Creator sprinkled them, not only in the Cosmos with the Stars but also in the fields of Earth with Star-Designed Flowers. Flowers are as a cosmic panoply of ‘Stars’ He created, ‘As Above, So Below’. Thus, one strongly suggests that the Rose of Sharon is a Reflection of Jesus’ Simplicity, Beauty and Composition. Jesus Christ made the following observation about such flowers.

‘Consider the Lilies of the Field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his Glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if GOD so clothes the Grass of the Field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of Little Faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek 1st the Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you’. –Matthew 6:28-33.

Let us now consider the majesty of the Star Geometry of a flower like the Rose of Sharon. It corresponds to the number 5 and to the Platonic Polyhedron Form of the Dodecahedron. It is said to be also a Microcosm of the Universe. What is spectacular about the Star Geometric Composition of the Rose of Sharon is that it also represents the 5th Element which can be attributed to ‘LOVE’ or the Esoteric Notion of the Aether.

The 5 Elements are Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. One is suggesting that on one level of meaning, when one sees and contemplates the design and meaning of a flower and that of the Rose of Sharon, it is a physically created manifestation of Christ’s true essence, Love. And how befitting when a Man loves a Woman or Mother he gives them flowers. A flower is a symbol of his ‘Love’ for her. This is true also of Christ Jesus’ Love for the Bride. But these motifs have been stolen to a degree by Lucifer from Heaven.

In one assertion, the 5-Star Motif that the flowers are designed with, for example, could have been one of the Sacred Ensigns Lucifer was entrusted with. But as the ‘Anointed Cherub’, he chose Evil and was expelled from Heaven. He took these Sacred Designs with him. Now he uses them against not only the Creator but Humans. And sadly he also enlists willing and beguiled Humans for his cause. How? It is through the Pentagrams or ‘Star’ designs, for example that are used by the occult. They include Masons, Luciferians, Satanists, etc.

It is a geometric representation of the property of Eternity It is also featured in the Vitruvian Man. Note how the Human Body has a 5-Member ‘Flower’ design: 2 arms, 2 legs and the head, etc. And thus, how Mankind reproduces. This is specifically attributed to the Female Form, dealing with her Reproductive Property. It is even a mathematical function of the Vesica Pisces. How so? It is in that the Pentagram is constructed when 2 Interlocking Equidistant Circles are superimposed with each other. The motif produced is that of a ‘womb’.

This is to infer also that the Star Motif configures an amazing ‘Portal’ or Pathway from one end to another, as in a ‘Star-Gate’. Moreover, Jesus did state that He was the ‘Gate of the Sheep’ and Venus, the Bright and Morning Star, etc. Astronomically, the Path of Venus nearly approximates the Star or Pentagram configuration every 4 years. So, back to the Rose of Sharon theme. Where is the ‘Lily of the Valley’ at? According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Sharon means a Level Plain.

It is often associated Geographically to the coastal plain of Israel where the land is fertile and full of the flower that blooms in the late Summer. The Rose of Sharon is referenced from Song of Solomon 2:1. Scientifically the Name of the Rose of Sharon is Hibiscus Syriacus. Technically, the Rose of Sharon is not a Rose and the original word in Hebrew for the term is Habaselet and thus the term ‘Rose’ is really a Euphemism.

So, prophetically, Solomon is a type of Christ and the Shulamite as Type of the Bride. The entire discourse of the Book of the Song of Solomon has been seen as a type of the Messiah and Israel, but also of Christ Jesus and His Bride, etc. The point is that on one level of Poetic Inference, Jesus can be seen as a type of Rose of Sharon pertaining to the Femininity of the Creator as Humanity was made in the Creator’s image, both Male and Female.

This Divine Mystery of the Duality of the Sexes can be seen in glimpses and attributes of Jesus during His Ministry on Earth. Of Him, there were some clear characteristics that alluded to this divine disposition. On some occasions the Gospels record that Jesus attributed Himself to a Hen that wanted to gather Jerusalem, but she was not willing. In another instance, the intense Love of Jesus for His Disciples is seen in the raw emotions as Jesus cried over Lazarus’s death.

Yet in another expression of raw emotion, Jesus demonstrated His Righteous Indignation as He cleared His Father’s House of the Money Changers, etc. This is not to insinuate that YHVH is a ‘She’ or an ‘It’ or how some Denominations now prefer to use a Neutral Gender reference to YHVH. It is very clear that whenever there was a Theophany and Christophany disclosed in the Bible, the form was clearly recognizable and described to be that of a form of a Man.

One just wishes to point-out that 1 of the themes is about flowers, of the Rose of Sharon, of Lilies in the Song of Solomon. The Song is about Solomon, the Noble King of Peace. He seeks and pays attention to the lowly Shulamite Shepherdess. The Shulamite was dark-skinned, scorched by the Sun and the dry harsh elements of Earth. This was due to the Curse of Eve in the Garden. Moreover, Shepherds were considered ‘Unclean’ by the Elders of Zion and could not participate in the Temple Worship or Ordinances as most People of YHVH did, much less a Woman Shepherdess.

She responds to the Call of the King but was apprehensive and ran away, i.e., a Runaway Bride. This is the Spiritual Condition of Israel, as alluded to in Jeremiah and Humanity in general due to the Sin Condition. Many People are perhaps attracted to the Call of Jesus, the King, as a Solomon but most run-away instead of running to Christ. It is a Euphemism for how Eve and Adam ran away from YHVH in the Garden and hid. Jesus came to take away that Naked Shame and Alienation.

A Restored Relationship
This is what Adoni delivered and endured on the Cross of Calvary from Adam’s fallen Race. Jesus took Adam and Eve’s nakedness and shame. Jesus allowed Himself to be alienated from the Eternal Fellowship and Relationship He had with the Father. Yet, due to the Sin Condition, Humanity still is hiding from Jesus, Adoni. Humanity attempts to mask its Sin, Shame and Insecurities from the Creator who sees all. Jesus understands all about one’s inner-struggles, fears and character because He became Human. This apprehension to come to Jesus and stay with Jesus is seen even in the Apostle Peter.

As Jesus approached Peter to heed His call to follow Him. Peter expressed, ‘Depart from me LORD, for I am a Sinful Man’. When the Light of Christ is shown in one’s Heart of Darkness, one tends to either want to run from Jesus or feel unworthy and hide because of one's Sins and/or inadequacies. No one is worthy in one’s own self to be before the King of Glory. It takes a Solomon to bestow Unmerited Favor to cover one’s Sin by His Blood. It is the only thing that can make one worthy of the King’s Calling like Solomon did with the Shulamite. And this Redeemer is also the King of the Universe.

It is only in the Church Age that the ‘washing’ of Sins is done away in the Blood of the Lamb. This Redemption or Restored Relationship was paid for by ‘Adonai on the Cross’. Jesus was and is the Aleph and the Tav. Jesus did this because of the intense Love for the Father and for His Bride that is exemplified in the Rose of Sharon. Thus the flower is a perfect Star Design that is ever-becoming ‘I AM that I AM’. It eternally reproduces itself and it represents the Love that Jesus is and has for a lost ‘Shulamites’ of Humanity.

The issue is the need for the Transformation of the Shulamite, as it has been for the Bride of Christ. There is no need for the Tribulation Period to further ‘refine’ the Bride. It is only the Greater Solomon, the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, Jesus that gave His Life to make the Shulamites of Earth worthy and have her be Transformed to His Bride. This is theologically the notion of Sanctification. Only then, when She had ‘made herself ready’, did Solomon come for her in his Full Splendor.

It is seen in how the Shulamite had eventually matured and then was bestowed the privilege to become the Bride, the Co-Heir with Solomon, as a type of Christ in all that YHVH is and has. The Bride has needed to be transformed by Christ Jesus, the King that is the Redeemer of both Israel and the Bride. The Tribulation Period will be for Israel. Thus, as a typology, Christ and the Bride are found in the storyline of the Song of Solomon. The Song of Songs is the journey of how the King of Peace transforms the lowly Shulamite into a Queen, in a process from a Beginning to an End.

Star Power
And this is why the Rapture, as a type taken from the Song of Solomon, cannot occur in the Spring. That is when King Solomon came, but the Bride to Be was not ready. It is only in the Late Summer that the Storyline ends with the depiction of the Couple in Love, under the Trees in the Garden, that of the Pomegranates and the Figs that are harvested at the end of a Summer. Thus, a Summer Rapture timing and theme, etc. It exemplifies the calling of the Greater Solomon, the longing for Jesus to be with his Bride. But will the timing of the rapture follow such a typology?

Nonetheless, the transformation of the Bride of Christ, from mere Shepherdesses to Queens will 1 day be completed. The Church Age will not go on nor crossover into what the Bride of the Father is still to be transformed through. The Church Age will end with the Rapture, as it had a Beginning and will have its End, just like the title it has taken on from her Redeemer and King, Jesus. He is the true Alef and the Tav, the Beginning and the End, encoded in the Old and New Testament.

He is the true ‘Roshon-S-ahron’ …the Rose of Sharon, a flower that is literally Geometrically proclaiming love to His Creation and to His Bride. The Alef and the Tav, the first and last letters of the Hebrew Alphabet signify ‘The Beginning and the End’. This Hebrew phrase has been examined for its literal definition of the compound word from the Paleo-Hebrew. These 2 letters are found in the midst of the Isaiah verse where the word, ‘Sharon’ is a ‘Code within a Code’ found in the term, the Beginning and the End., in one’s interpretation.

What is significant about the Pictographs of these 2 Hebrew letters is that they render an astonishing depiction of the finished work of Christ Jesus, the Redeemer at the Crucifixion. At its core definition, Alef means Adonai, Tav means Cross. Thus the ‘Code’ of the Rose of Sharon is that in Hebrew, when the LORD states that He is the ‘Beginning and the End’, phonetically that sounds like, ‘I AM the Rose of Sharon’, and that within the Word, Sharon, one finds that it also says ’I AM Adonai that was Crucified’.

The following is a link to a file where one has collected personal pictures of various flowers around the University Campus where one works at. As one takes daily walks about the Campus, one uses the time to consider as close as one can get to how Adam would be walking with the Creator in the Garden of Eden, in the ‘Cool of the Evening’, etc. One marvels at the design of such simple living organisms that within their make-up are also divinely designed with DNA Code.

These examples of flowers show the various building blocks of Creation as they render the primary motifs of the Circle, the Square, the Triangle, the Pentagram or ‘Star’ design and the Hexagram to show-off a few. One can only imagine the type of flowers, colors and array one will be clothed with in the New Jerusalem, that herself will be adorned like a Bride for a King. And one suspects there will be a lot of flowers to appreciate.
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Main Sources
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