Introduction
This teacher has come to learn that although the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is, without doubt, the best English translation available, it can still obscure some “Hidden Gems” within the Bible, which can easily be glossed over in general reading and, therefore, literally, “lost in the translation“. This is not to say in any way that there was any “error” in the translations, rather only that God deliberately interwove hidden treasures within the various passages, which God Is Willing to allow His children to discover. This is all according to God’s predetermined plan, particularly near the end of time as Judgment Day draws near. Discovering those hidden treasures ultimately glorifies God and honors the believers because the process draws believers ever closer to the Lord Jesus Christ, their Savior exactly as we are told by God in Proverbs 25:2 (please see below).
The Word of God Is Holy, as God Is Holy, and Sacrosanct. God’s Word, the Bible, is to be viewed as One and the Same with Jesus Christ, because Jesus Is The Word made flesh as we read in John 1:14 (in harmony with John 1:1 and 1 John 5:7). For more detail on how the Bible is uniquely and magnificently crafted by God to convey Himself to us in written form, please see the Bible Study Guide
The Bible was first transcribed by holy men of old, beginning with the Hebrew texts of Moses (in the Old Testament) and ending with the Greek transcripts of Revelation (in the New Testament). 2 Peter 1:21 makes clear, “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.” Therefore, the Bible was not written in English required very careful and God inspired and blessed translation into English by the KJV translators for English speakers to have a Bible that they could read and understand.
The original Hebrew texts of the Old Testament, every jot and tittle, remain, in fact, the irrevocable True Word of God as provided to mankind by God the Holy Spirit. The KJV translation is trustworthy and true to the original meanings to the extent of what God allowed those English translators to see at the time. It has been made available to us in English entirely and only by God’s Providence, according to God’s purpose and under God’s Spiritual guidance, and the KJV Bible can thus be safely viewed to be inspired. (for more on why the KJV Bible is the best available English translation please see this post: “A Word to the Wise“.) The KJV Bible is therefore both sufficient and perfect for the sending forth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the salvation of souls. Nonetheless, God has concealed some “words”, which He has graciously allowed the believers to subsequently search out, as we will see below.
Searching the Scriptures for Hid Treasures (Proverbs 2:4)
However, If anyone desires to have a more complete understanding of the nuances involved in the original Hebrew texts, those of us who are not educated and proficient in the Hebrew language (or Greek and Aramaic when reading the New Testament) are forced to use other means for correlation. Historically, this had meant resorting to, and painstakingly searching through, heavy bound printed books such as Strong’s and Young’s concordances and interlinear Bibles. In today’s world, however, that task has become greatly simplified, and it only requires a few key strokes on a computer to access various online tools such as the BlueLetter Bible or Bible Hub to gain greater insights on the original meanings, as well as some of the unique nuances in both the Hebrew and Greek texts to further enhance understanding and thereby strengthen one’s faith.
Four Hidden Gems
There are several examples that this teacher has been allowed by God so far to find in the study of the Bible, of which we will now look at only four of them for illustration purposes.
Dear reader, this teacher highly recommends that you please read all of Proverbs Chapter 2 as it will greatly help to understand the context of the following examples
In Proverbs 25:2 (KJV) we find this extraordinary verse, “[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.” If we look carefully at the text as it reads in the original Hebrew using an Interlinear Bible or Online cross-reference like this: http://biblehub.com/text/proverbs/25-2.htm, we find that it can also read like this…”[It is] the glory of God to conceal a “word” (because it is from the Hebrew דָּבָר (dāḇār)H1697, a masculine noun): but the honour of kings[is] to search out a “word” (because the word that was translated into English as “matter” is also the same word found in the original Hebrew to be דָּבָר (dāḇār) H1697, which is translated more than eight hundred times in the Old Testament as “word.”)*. It appears, therefore, that God is telling us that He is glorified by the concealing of The Word (Jesus Christ) in the Bible, and the believers are “honored” by being made able to search out The Word (Who is Jesus Christ) when reading the Bible.
And is it not interesting that we are told in Proverbs 2:1-6, “¶My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.” and then, in Paul’s reference to the church in Laodicea, we read in Colossians 2:2 &3, “That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.“
It should also be noted that Jesus makes all believers “kings” and “priests”, as we read in Revelation 1:5&6, “And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” This is reiterated in Revelation 5:10, where we see from the preceding verses that Jesus, as the Lamb of God, has redeemed the believers by His shed blood, “And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” Note how this is also consistent with what we read in Job 36:7 when speaking of God regarding the believers, “He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.“
And in 1 Peter 2:9, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;”
Ephesians 2:4-7, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.“
“Dāḇār” is also found in other key verses:
- Note what is found in Proverbs 16:20 where the King James Version translation reads, “He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good:…” but in the original Hebrew it reads, “He who wisely understands or heeds unto the word (דָּבָר (dāḇār))H1697 shall find good…”
- And in Psalm 56:10 we read (as also translated in the King James Version), “In God will I praise his word (דָּבָ֑ר (“dabar”))H1697: in the Lord will I praise his word (דָּבָר (dāḇār))H1697.”
- And in Psalm 33:6 we read, “By the word (דָּבָר (dāḇār)) of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.”
- And in Psalm 145:5, “I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works (actually “words” (דָּבָר (dāḇār))H1697 in the original Hebrew).“
- And in Ecclesiastes 12:13, “¶Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter (דָּבָר (dāḇār))H1697: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.” Therefore this verse can be more correctly interpreted as: “”¶Let us hear the conclusion of the WORD(S) (דָּבָר (dāḇār))H1697: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
It is hoped that the reader will, by the grace of God, come to know The Word, the Lord Jesus Christ [Remember that we read in John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” and in John Chapter 1, verse 14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”]. In 1 John 1:1 we find, “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;” And to make the connection between Jesus (the Son of God) and the Word as unmistakable as possible, we read in 1 John 5:7, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
In the “Historical Parable” we read about in 2 Kings, Chapter 4, verses 38-41, we read of the account of Elisha and the poison pottage. During a time of famine in Gilgal, wild gourds (which turned out to be poisonous) were placed in a seething pot for the sons of the prophets to eat, and they cried “Death in the Pot”! However, after Elisha had “meal” to be cast in to the pot, and the account ends with this marvelous statement: “And there was no harm in the pot.” It should be noted however that the word “harm”, as is translated into English by the King James translators, is actually derived from two key words in the original Hebrew.
The first word is רַע (raʿ)H745, means “evil“, and it is the very same Hebrew word that we found all the way back in the beginning of the Bible in Genesis 2:9, “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (רַע (raʿ)) H7451“.
The second word in the original Hebrew is דָּבָר (dāḇār)H1697, which means “word(s)“. (To see just how important that the word “dabar” is in the Bible, which is translated over 800 times as “word” or “words” (and over 200 times as “thing(s) and over 60 times as “matter”, but sometimes erroneously as is shown in the Appendix Below.)
So then, God is telling us that when it says “no harm”, when we look closely at the original Hebrew, we find that “no harm” is really saying that there are “no evil word(s)” in the pot. Is that not most interesting? Since when do “words” go into a pot? This is why at least one translator (e.g., Young’s Literal Translation) felt compelled to substitute “thing(s)” to say “no evil thing” in the pot, because it would seem, from a human perspective, to better conform to the “plain sense”. However, such a translation effectively nullifies the “spiritual sense”, which God has imbedded in His Word. This is just more evidence of how God has perfectly, magnificently, and supernaturally crafted the historical events of the Bible, and the recording of them, to convey spiritual truth to those to whom God graciously grants the eyes to see and the ears to hear.
And as a result, we can more clearly see how this historical parable is really telling us that, even in a time of famine, the “sons of the prophets” were nonetheless adequately and safely nourished, just as in times of apostasy, the true believing Christians will be spiritually fed with the True Word of God (Jesus Christ) and that there will be no evil, or false, words/gospels to poison them.
In the “historical parable” of Judges chapters 4&5, we read of the historical account of Deborah and Barak, where Deborah was a prophetess (one who declares the word of God) and a judge in Israel. We also learn that she was the wife of a man named Lapidoth (לַפִּידוֹת(lapîḏôṯ)H3941), which is a plural form of the Hebrew word, “lapid” (לַפִּיד(lapîḏ)H3940 ), meaning “lamp” “torch” “lightning“, see below under Barak). We see the word lapid is used 14 times in the Bible:lamp(7x), firebrand(2x), torch(2x), brand(1x), lightning(1x), burning(1x).
The first time “lapid” appears in the Bible, it is quite terrifying, as we read in Genesis 15:1-21 where God promised Abram (Abraham) a future land of inheritance, and instructed that Abram prepare a sacrifice of five animals (heifer, goat, ram, turtledove, and pigeon; of which the first three were divided (cut) into pieces), and afterward Abram fell into a deep sleep and had a horrible vision where God revealed that the descendants of Abram (Abraham) would be in servitude in Egypt for 400 years, spanning four generations (to wit, Levi, Kohath, Amram, and Aaron), but then would come out with great substance. Then we next read in Genesis 15:17 “And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp (“lapid” לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940) that passed between those pieces.” And then the LORD made a covenant with Abram (Abraham) regarding the Promised Land of Israel for an inheritance to his descendants.
In Isaiah 62:1, we read, “For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ) that burneth.”
In Nahum 2:4 we read, “The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940), they shall run like the lightnings (בָּרָק (bārāq)H1300).” (More on this below under Barak)
In Zechariah 12:6, we read, “In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940)of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, [even] in Jerusalem.“
The word “lapid” (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ) thus appears to have more generally been used in the verses above in a manner that speaks more to God’s Holy Covenant, His Justice, His Atonement for Salvation, and His Righteous Judgment, just as the word “Barak” also implies. The use of the original Hebrew word (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ) is therefore much more ominous than the other word found in the original Hebrew (נִיר (nîr) H5216), which the King James translators also interpreted as “lamp” (or “candle”, please see below).
We should also remember that Jesus is The “Lamp,” that was translated by the King James translators from a different Hebrew word (נִיר (nîr) H5216), which and has been interpreted to mean variously: lamp (35x), candle (9x), light (4x). It is translated in English as “lamp” here in 2 Samuel 22:29 “For thou [art] my lamp (נִיר (nîr) H5216), O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.” and Psalm 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp (נִיר (nîr) H5216) unto my feet, and a light (אוֹר (‘ôr)H216),unto my path.” We can derive the correlation between Jesus and the lamp because Jesus is The Word made flesh, as we read in John 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Barak, a Portrait of Jesus Christ as the Ultimate Judge
Next we read in Judges 4:6, “And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, [saying], Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?“
This is the first reference to Barak. Barak (בָּרָק (bārāq)H1300), interestingly enough, also means “lightning” (exactly as Lapidoth, the husband of Deborah!), but also “glittering sword.” Might Barak therefore also be a type or allegorical prefigurement of Jesus Christ?
- In Exodus 19:16, we read of when Moses was on Mount Sinai and God made His presence known to the people, “And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings(בָּרָק (bārāq)H1300), and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.“
- It should be noted that immediately following the giving forth of the Ten Commandments, we also read in Exodus 20:18, “And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ), and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.“
It is as if God is saying that Barak and Lapidoth are essentially the same!
For more evidence that this is indeed the case, in Ezekiel 1:13, we read in the same verse where Ezekiel describes the “visions of God,” “As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, [and] like the appearance of lamps (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ): it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning (בָּרָק (bārāq)H1300).” This is repeated in Daniel 10:6, where we read how Daniel, just like Ezekiel, describes Jesus in a vision, “His body also [was] like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning(בָּרָק (bārāq)H1300), and his eyes as lamps (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ) of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.” And is it not most interesting, that we see the same two words together again in Nahum 2:4, where judgment is being pronounced against Nineveh, “The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches (לַפִּיד (lapîḏ)H3940 ), they shall run like the lightnings (בָּרָק(bārāq)H1300).” These three verses inextricably link “lapid” and “barak” together.
Moreover, as if the picture of Barak representing the Lord Jesus Christ is not clear enough, we find in Psalm 77:18 and Psalm 97:4 the following declarations of the LORD reigning and His works and judgments, “The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings(בָּרָק bārāq)H1300) lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.” and “His lightnings (בָּרָק bārāq)H1300) enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.”
Barak is a “Type” representing Jesus Christ, and Deborah is a “Type” representing the Eternal Church
When we consider that all of the above verses are talking about Judgment Day, we must conclude that not only does “Barak” clearly and irrefutably represent Jesus Christ, but Barak also represents Jesus Christ as Both The Judge, and The Means of Judgment coming on Judgment Day! And Given that Deborah is the wife of Lapidoth (who can be shown have equivalence with Barak) then it would seem that Deborah is therefore to be a typological representation of the true believers during a time of great apostasy who actively, and faithfully, declare the whole counsel of God’s Word that brings the message of both deliverance and judgment when the devil is loose according to Revelation 20:3 and Revelation 20:7. Deborah is indeed an allegorical picture of the remnant of the Christian church which remains faithful to the end, enduring the end-times’ “Great Tribulation” as Jesus described in Matthew 24:21. Such true believers, together with all other believers throughout history, are described in the Bible as the Bride of Christ as described in Revelation 21:2.
The following is excerpted from a previously posted study on Nehemiah, Chapter 2, which exposits a short, but amazing, historical vignette (another “Historical Parable”) in the Bible that typifies Jesus’s three days and three nights of the Atonement within a larger contextual account, in the rest of the book, that typifies and highlights Jesus Christ (together with His eternal Church) in His ongoing battle with the devil and the devil’s minions in the course of building His Church. Similar typological accounts can very clearly be seen in the Book of Esther and Judges 4&5.
Nehemiah (meaning “Jehovah comforts“), as the governor (note that the root word in Nehemiah is like Nahum, meaning Comfort), along with Ezra (meaning “Help“) the priest and the scribe (according to Nehemiah 8:9), was part of the Jewish captivity living in Persia as part of the Persian King’s court that was sent back to Jerusalem by the King of Persia (possibly Ahasuerus (Artaxerxes) from the book of Esther) to restore the destroyed walled city of Jerusalem and rebuild the desecrated Temple of God. Moreover, we read in Nehemiah 1:11 that Nehemiah was the King of Persia’s “cupbearer” (butler). Nehemiah’s sojourn at Jerusalem was three days (and nights) as was Jesus’s Atonement at Jerusalem, which spanned three days and three nights. During that period…
Nehemiah “VIEWED” the wall; but Jesus “PURCHASED” the wall
In Nehemiah 2:13 and Nehemiah 2:15 we read the following, “And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.” and “Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.“
The word “viewed” was placed there by the King James translators, because it would only make sense in the historical temporal context, but it was, nonetheless, not in the original Hebrew texts. The translators therefore must have “assumed” (but also being guided by God at the same time) that there was an otherwise inexplicable “error” in the transcription…despite the fact that it was entered that precise way twice in the original manuscripts!
The Hebrew word for “viewed” שָׂבַר (sâbar), saw-bar’ H7663 was put there by the translators because they assumed that the word in the original text was written “erroneously” as שָׁבַר (šāḇar), shâbar H7666 in both Nehemiah 2:13 and Nehemiah 2:15). While שָׂבַר sâbar is a primitive root; meaning “to scrutinize”; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience):—hope, tarry, “view”, wait; alternatively שָׁבַר shâbar is interpreted as “buy” or “purchase” as in buying wheat or corn. The fact is that the jot (dot) was on the top of the right arm rather than the left arm of the Hebrew letter in the original manuscripts was NOT an error or accident! This is because God made sure that it was repeated twice for confirmation!
So then, while it would seem perfectly correct and logical from a temporal, earthly, historical perspective that Nehemiah would have “viewed/examined” the wall; nonetheless, from a the spiritual perspective, we know that Jesus (who is clearly being presaged by Nehemiah in this particular Biblical account), would not only viewed the walls from an eternal perspective, but because of His Atoning sacrifice (that started on Passover night the Garden of Gethsemane after crossing the Brook Kidron/Cedron), also “purchased” the wall!
We know this to be true when we remember that all believers are purchased by the shed blood of Jesus as we read in 1 Corinthians 6:20, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” Also in 1 Corinthians 7:23, “Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.”
And, moreover, all the believers, the elect and chosen people of God, are the “lively stones” that are built into the wall of the spiritual temple of God of the spiritual New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:2) of which Jesus Christ is the “Chief Cornerstone.” See 1 Peter 2:5-8, “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in scripture, (Found in Isaiah 28:16 and Psalm 118:22) behold I lay in Si-on a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he (The Lord Jesus Christ) is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.” (See also Isaiah 8:14-16, Matthew 21:42, Mar 12:10&11, Luke 20:17, Acts 4:11, and Romans 9:33)
See also Ephesians 2:19-22, “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”
The believers are also not only the “lively stones” in the wall, but are also “co-builders” of that wall with Jesus Christ, as we are informed in 1 Corinthians 3:9-11. “For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, [ye are] God’s building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” Note how this is also consistent with the last words of Nehemiah 2:16…as “the rest that did the work” is historically referring to those co-laborers with Nehemiah in building the earthly wall of the physical Jerusalem, who spiritually represent the believers with Jesus Christ in building the eternal church encompassing the New Jerusalem.
SUMMARY CONCLUSION
This Bible study illustrates how the King James Version, though highly faithful and inspired for its purpose, sometimes veils deeper “hidden treasures” embedded in the original Hebrew (and Greek) texts. These nuances, deliberately concealed by God for His Glory, yet made discoverable to honor the believers, consistently point to the Lord Jesus Christ as the living Word (John 1:1& 14) and glorify Him by drawing readers closer in faith and understanding. The four examples powerfully demonstrate this principle:
- “Dabar” (דָּבָר, word/matter) in Proverbs 25:2 and related verses reveals God’s glory in concealing the Word (Jesus) and the honor of “kings” (believers, per Revelation1:6) in searching Him out. Multiple passages reinforce that wisdom, creation, praise, and blessings come through heeding the Word.
- “No harm in the pot” (2 Kings 4:38-41) literally reads “no evil dabar (words)” in the original Hebrew. This historical parable spiritually assures that, even amid famine or apostasy, God’s people are nourished by the true Word (Christ) without harm from poisonous/deadly false gospels.
- Deborah and Barak (Judges 4–5) function as rich typology. Deborah (a prophetess faithfulling declaring God’s Word) pictures the faithful remnant, the Church and Bride of Christ. Barak (“lightning,” spiritually linked to “lapid”/lamp, torch, but also “lightning” via Deborah’s husband, Lapidoth) typifies Jesus as the ultimate Judge and source of righteous judgment and salvation, echoed in visions of God’s glory, covenants, and end-time Judgment Day.
- “Jots and tittles” in Nehemiah 2 illustrate magnificent Divine precision: the perceived error in the Hebrew spelling allows for the historical/temporal “viewing” by Nehemiah of the broken walls, while the correct Hebrew spelling points to Jesus’ spiritual/eternal “purchasing” them . This foreshadows Christ’s three days and nights of atonement, paying the full price for His Church (the believers as “lively stones” in the New Jerusalem’s wall, with Jesus as Chief Cornerstone) through His shed blood and Sacrifice, while co-laboring with His people in building His eternal Temple.
In every case, careful attention to original words, contexts, and cross-references uncovers layers that honor Christ’s centrality—from creation and covenants to redemption, judgment, and the Church’s role. These “hidden gems” affirm Proverbs 2:4–6 and Colossians 2:2–3: searching the Scriptures as for hidden treasure yields only greater fear (awe and reverence) of the Lord with understanding of the riches of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ.
FINAL TAKEAWAY
I pray that the reader will now more clearly understand that the Bible is supernaturally crafted so that its literal history simultaneously conveys profound spiritual truths. Far more Truth than meets the physical eye. Believers, being made kings and priests by God’s grace, are commanded to diligently search the Scriptures to behold more of Jesus, the Word made flesh. This pursuit will only strengthen faith, expose false gospels, and bring Glory to God, Who Alone reveals these treasures according to His perfect timing and His perfect Will by His Holy Spirit. As Jesus said in John 5:39 , “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” and in John 16:13, “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.“
For more on these and other such Hidden Gems please see the compendium of posts in this summary commentary post on “Hidden Treasures” & the “Hidden Spiritual Gems” Series”
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