IJN Hope

It was February 26, 2008. 

Several people had remarked to me that the Hope Pin design reminded them of a Menorah. I was intrigued by their remarks and decided to conduct additional research upon the Temple Menorah and its origin. Lo and behold, I discovered that the original Temple Menorah resembled the Hope Pin in its triangular and diagonal design. In fact, the two sketches above were taken from various sources. While the Menorah branches are commonly depicted in a semi-circular shape of a rounded arch, a recently discovered source shows otherwise. According to a recent historical find, the great Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon -1135-1204) had drawn a diagram of a Menorah that depicted the Menorah’s seven branches in straight diagonal lines in his Mishna Menachot 3:7. His son, Rabbi Abraham ben Moshe, who attests to the specific details of his father’s illustrious drawing, has further confirmed his illustrations.

In agreement with Rambam, another Jewish sage the renowned Rashi (1040-1105) also states clearly in a commentary: "The Menorah branches descend diagonally to the center." (It should be noted that this 12th century Maimonidian manuscript had not been available to the earlier Talmudic commentators).

The drawings above are copied from the described sketches. I found further confirmation of a connection in the weight measures of the original temple Menorah to the numbers (3/4 and 75) which are prominent in the design of the Hope Pin.

In Exd. 25:39 the Lord God commanded that the Menorah be made from a biblical measure of 1 talent of pure gold.

1 talent (Biblical Unit) = 75 pounds (lbs) (American Equivalent).

1 talent (Biblical Unit) = 34 Kilograms (kilos) (Metric Equivalent).

It also connects to 9/11:

The design of the Menorah has 9 flowers on each side (3 on each branch) Exd. 25:31-40.

The design of the Menorah calls for 11 knobs 7 (one on each branch, below the oil lamps); 3 (one where each of the two branches attach to the center trunk), and 1 (midway down the trunk, below the branches.

There are 7 branches on the Menorah

There are 7 sections on Hope Pin design

The main shaft is the source of light on the Menorah

The middle main section (Blue) on the Hope Pin is framed by the Yellow radiating upwards the light of the Trinity. Blue is also representative of the throne of God Exd. 24:10, Eze 1:26, 10:1, and Rev 21:19.

The Menorah shape is reflective of the Semitic equivalent of the Y (Yud) in Hebrew. Even prominent Jewish sages (Ramban and Rashi)say that the branches were straight and extended diagonally upward, making the Menorah look like a Y.

The Hope Pin design is shaped like a Y, and has the color Yellow radiating light reflective of the light that is Jesus/Yeshua Messiah.

I discovered that the “original Temple Menorah” which has long been considered a symbol of the Torah-the Tree of Life according to Rabbinic traditions.

In Exd. 31:2 and 35:30 we find that the Lord chose Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah to construct the Menorah.

The Menorah is an allegorical representation of Jesus/Yeshua Messiah and He was a descendant from the tribe of Judah and is referred to as the Lion of the tribe of Judah Rev. 5:5.

To many Jews the Menorah is symbolic of the six days of creation and the central shaft representative of the Sabbath/Shabbat; Yeshua is the Lord of the Sabbath.

The menorah has remained the material emblem par excellence for the Jewish people throughout their History.

The Hope Pin represents Jesus/Yeshua Messiah. It is in His (Jesus/Yeshua’s) Name that the nations will put their Hope.

October 14, 2010. The Menorah Plant.

I was researching the Date-Palm tree and somehow discovered a plant that is shaped like the Angular Menorah. It is called the Salvia Palaestina or Menorah plant. It is an endemic perennial growing only in Yisrael. These plants bear an uncanny similarity to a Menorah and have a central stem and opposing side branches, some have 3 on each side and some have 4. The number 34 shows prominence once again. The late Professor Hareuveni found the salvia growing wild on Mount Moriah, where Avraham/Abraham took Yitzchak/Isaac his son of promise to be sacrificed and where Moshe/Moses was given the pattern for the Menorah along with other items to be used during Temple rituals and sacrifices. This Moriah plant releases its fragrance in the heat of the day when the sun reaches its zenith and radiates the most intense light of the day. Was it a Moriah plant that appeared as a “burning bush” to Moshe/Moses? Could it be this plant that the Lord is referencing when he gives Moshe/Moses the following instruction? Exd. 25:40 “See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”  

Please note the picture of the Menorah Plant above.

The discovery of the Menorah/Moriah plant served as my final confirmation that this message of Hope has the hand of God written all over it. I discuss this subject matter in greater historical, biblical and prophetic detail in the Chapter titled “The Menorah Connection” in my upcoming book “God’s Abramic Covenant Post 9/11.”