THE MYSTERY OF RESHIT (רֵאשִׁית)
PART 3
WHAT IS RESHIT?
Discovering the Divine Blueprint of the Gospel of the Kingdom Hidden in the Beginning
Declaring the End from the Beginning Through the Whole Counsel of Elohim
Reshit Is Not Simply The First Thing. It Is The Pattern That Governs Everything That Follows.
The Beginning Was Never About Chronology. It Was About Kingdom Priority.
Greg Witter | Ephraim’s Cry
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Now that we have begun to understand that Genesis is more than a history book and that the enlarged Bet may be inviting us into a much larger story, we arrive at a question that may become one of the most important questions in this entire series.
What is Reshit?
At first glance, that may seem like a simple question.
Many would immediately answer, “It means beginning.”
And while that is certainly true, it may not be complete.
Because one of the greatest challenges we face when studying Scripture is our tendency to import Western definitions into a Hebraic document.
Western minds often think in terms of chronology.
Hebraic minds often think in terms of function.
Western minds ask:
“What happened first?”
Hebraic minds ask:
“What did Elohim establish first that governs everything that follows?”
Those are two very different questions.
If we only define Reshit as “the first thing that happened,” we may miss what Elohim is actually establishing.
Perhaps Reshit is not simply about sequence.
Perhaps it is about priority.
Perhaps it is about authority.
Perhaps it is about pattern.
Perhaps it is about establishing something that will govern everything that follows.
That may sound like a small distinction, but it changes the way we read the entire Bible.
Think about it.
When Elohim creates light before He creates the luminaries, He is establishing a principle.
When He separates order from chaos, He is establishing a principle.
When He creates humanity in His image, He is establishing a principle.
When He rests on the seventh day, He is establishing a principle.
Over and over again, Elohim establishes patterns before He explains them.
He establishes foundations before He builds upon them.
He establishes beginnings that govern endings.
That is Reshit thinking.
Perhaps that is exactly why Isaiah 46:10 becomes so important.
“Declaring the end from the beginning…”
What if Elohim is not simply saying that He knows the future?
What if He is revealing His teaching methodology?
What if the ending is already embedded within the beginning?
What if the harvest is already present in the seed?
What if the Kingdom is already present in the blueprint?
What if restoration is already present in creation?
Suddenly, Reshit becomes much bigger than a dictionary definition.
It becomes a Kingdom principle.
This is also where we must establish a very important distinction for this series.
We are not teaching that Reshit means Messiah.
We are not teaching that every occurrence of Reshit is secretly talking about Messiah.
We are not forcing Messiah into the text.
Instead, we are recognizing that Messiah becomes the fullest embodiment and fulfillment of the Reshit principle revealed throughout the whole counsel of Elohim.
That is a very different statement.
Messiah is not inserted into the pattern.
Messiah fulfills the pattern.
There is a difference.
The entire Bible begins to come alive when we start recognizing these patterns.
Reshit becomes firstfruits.
Reshit becomes firstborn.
Reshit becomes inheritance.
Reshit becomes headship.
Reshit becomes Kingdom order.
Reshit becomes restoration.
Reshit becomes the pattern that governs everything that follows.
Perhaps that is why Paul wrote something extraordinary about Yahusha.
Colossians 1:18 says:
“And he is the head of the body, the assembly: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”
Did you catch that?
The beginning.
The firstborn.
Preeminence.
These are not disconnected ideas.
They are Kingdom ideas.
The Greek word translated “beginning” here is arche, but Paul is communicating a Hebraic concept.
He is not merely saying Yahusha came first chronologically.
He is saying Yahusha possesses preeminence.
Authority.
Priority.
Headship.
Government.
That is Reshit language.
The same pattern appears throughout Scripture.
The firstfruits belong to Elohim.
The firstborn belong to Elohim.
The first and best belong to Elohim.
The beginning belongs to Elohim.
The pattern repeats itself over and over again.
Perhaps Elohim is teaching us something.
Perhaps Reshit is not simply the first thing.
Perhaps it is the thing that governs everything else.
Imagine building a house.
The foundation is not the entire house.
But if the foundation is wrong, everything built upon it will be wrong.
That is Reshit.
Imagine planting a seed.
The seed is not the entire harvest.
But the harvest is already contained within the seed.
That is Reshit.
Imagine drawing a blueprint.
The blueprint is not the completed building.
But the entire building is already contained within the blueprint.
That is Reshit.
Now imagine reading the Bible.
Perhaps Genesis is not simply introducing a beginning.
Perhaps Elohim is introducing the governing blueprint for everything that follows.
Maybe that is why modern believers struggle so much.
We have become experts at studying fragments.
Elohim reveals patterns.
We have become experts at defending doctrines.
Elohim reveals stories.
We have become experts at separating books.
Elohim wrote one unified Kingdom narrative.
And perhaps that narrative is governed by one foundational principle.
Reshit.
The beginning that governs the ending.
The seed that contains the harvest.
The blueprint that contains the Kingdom.
The first that governs everything that follows.
And perhaps that is exactly what Elohim intended us to discover all along.
Key Takeaways
• Reshit is more than chronology.
• Reshit is a Kingdom principle.
• Reshit establishes what governs everything that follows.
• Elohim teaches through patterns before explanations.
• The whole Bible is one unified Kingdom story.
• Messiah is not inserted into the pattern; He fulfills the pattern.
• The beginning already contains the ending.
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