Study #6: YOD

Part 2: YOD = 20

YOD is spelt with 3 consonants – YOD (10), VAV (6) and DALET (4). Add them together and you get another value for YOD – this time as 20 instead of 10.

20 is a double 10. What does it mean?

Twenty (20), which is one more than nineteen, is twice ten and can, at times, mean a complete or perfect waiting period.

3 examples can be cited:

1. God promised Abraham that if he found only 20 righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah he would not destroy both cities (Genesis 18:31).

2. Samson was Judge over Israel twenty years (Judges 15:20, 16:31).

3. The book of Hebrews uses over 20 different names and titles for Jesus Christ.

Heavenly Father, YOD holds another meaning as 20 – as the time period for the fulfilment of a vision. Let us hold fast to Your vision for our lives and to wait – in hope and prayerful expectancy – for its fulfilment in Your perfect timing.