Even today there are a few weeks of the year that this little worm can be found throughout the Holy Land and is gathered and used to permanently dye fabrics.Ĭan you begin to see why the Messiah would liken Himself to the tolah worm? ![]() Within three days, the tolah worm loses its scarlet color and its protective shell it turns white and it drops to the ground like a snowflake. It becomes so securely fastened that to remove it would result in its death. As the hungry offspring hatch, their only available food is the body of their parent. Within a few days, the new little ones are able to leave and fend for themselves. Before this happens, as the tolah worm dies, it stains the offspring and the tree underneath a permanent scarlet color. When it is time for this short, fat little worm which is about the size of a plump grain of rice to reproduce, which will only happens once, it fastens itself to the trunk of a tree. It then forms a protective shell and lays eggs under the shell. ![]() When pressed it produces the color of freshly spilled blood. The word used here for worm is not the usual Hebrew word for worm rimmah which means a maggot, but instead is the word tolah which is called the crimson or scarlet worm. In verse 6 the anguish of the Messiah is displayed:īut I am a worm, and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people. ![]() Psalm 22, written by King David of Israel and sometimes called the Psalm of the Cross, gives us a glimpse of Messiah to come. But is there a messianic connection to be found here? Where did this particular color originate? What is its significance? So the first thing we can conclude is that God’s signature is on a mighty work that is going to bring life and that it has something to do with the scarlet thread. Yood is the letter that stands for a mighty deed or a deed accomplished. Noon is the letter that stands for activity or life. Sheen is the one letter God can use to identify Himself, it is God’s signature, and can mean to consume or to destroy or to press. The word scarlet in Hebrew is SHEEN NOON YOOD. This scarlet thread was to mark the only place of protection in the entire city. But why was this particular color offered? What can be revealed in the Hebrew letters that would help us understand more? Once inside this fortress, they were provided protection from their enemies in the house of a harlot named Rahab. In return, as they departed, they provided her with a way to be safely identified during the coming assault on the city. She is told in Chapter 2 verse 18:īehold when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee. In anticipation of this attack, Joshua, the newly appointed leader of the nation of Israel, sent two spies into the city of Jericho. This is their first major military test after crossing the Jordan River into the land promised to them by God through their father Abraham. This account begins in the book of Joshua where the nation of Israel is about to conquer the walled city fortress called Jericho. ![]() There is an amazing account in the Ancient Prophetic text in which a family is saved from death by a scarlet thread. Did you know there is a messianic connection in this?
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