A couple of weeks go we crossed over into the Hebrew year of 5786. In the Gregorian calendar we are on the count down to 2026. So we have moved (are moving) from 5 to 6. God speaks to me always through his word and sometimes through symbols and numbers and I want to unpack what I believe the Lord is saying at the beginning of this new year about the number 6 and the symbolism and pictogram associated with it: The 6th letter in the Hebrew alphabet is the Vav. The original pict

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