{"id":6750,"date":"2019-03-27T07:26:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2019-03-27T07:26:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T12:26:15","slug":"cephas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=6750","title":{"rendered":"Cephas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Alan wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Epiphoneo.&#160; 2019.&#160; As we continue to hear (see?) things that have previously been hidden, in plain view, I am seeing (hearing?) connections that have previously been un-connectable; at least for me.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>This morning, while again researching the implications of \u2018epi-phoneo\u2019 (Strong\u2019s # G2019), I have seen (heard? is there a sound of light \u2013son of luminescence- thing going on here in this thing we call epi-phoneo?) the direct connection between the name \u2018Simeon\u2019 and \u2018Simon\u2019.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Yashua, knowing that \u2018Simon\u2019 would, because of his nature that is revealed in the name \u2018Simon\u2019, have the propensity to mimic and puppet what he had \u2018heard\u2019.&#160; Yashua instead called this man Peter (Cephas; an Aramaic word referring to stone).&#160; Why?&#160; Because \u2018Simon\u2019, meaning to be swayed and moved and manipulated by what has been \u2018heard\u2019, needed to hear himself referred to as Petros, the Greek word for Kayphas (Strong\u2019s # G2786;Cephas).&#160; Cephas (literally, kay-phas) comes from the Hebrew \u2018caph\u2019, which is symbolized as the palm of the hand when cupped to receive and hold water, sand, grain, etc.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>The most literal understanding of this word \u2018caph\u2019 (Hebrew root verb cah-phaph, Strong\u2019s #3721, which is described as bowing down) is that of a hollowed out rock; hard on the outside, but empty on the inside.&#160; This is where we get our word \u2018cup\u2019; \u201cFill my cup (cah-phaph), Father\u201d.&#160; That is the most perfect description of Simon, surnamed Peter, I have ever seen; or heard; or both.&#160; Cephas (from cah-phaph) is the picture of an empty cup, desirous to be filled with the presence of Our Father. <\/p>\n<p>Psalm 145:14 is a beautiful epithet to this concept, where this word \u2018cah-phaph is translated into English as \u201c&#8230;bowed down\u201d.&#160; Can you see the similarity of the cupped hand with the image of bowing down?&#160; It is describing the humbling of our hardened soul to receive the loving influence of the Holy Spirit of Truth in Love.<\/p>\n<p>Are we not all \u2018cah-phaph\u2019, Cephas, a hardened vessel needing to be filled with the fullness of Our Father?&#160; \u201cI have called you Cephas; and on this \u2018petros\u2019\/cephas\u2019 I will build My Church\u201d.&#160;&#160; my paraphrase, of course. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, In Psalm 23:<\/p>\n<p>5 \u200b\u200bYou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bYou anoint my head with oil;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b<u>My cup runs over.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>6 \u200b\u200bSurely goodness and mercy shall follow me<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bAll the days of my life;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bAnd I will dwell in the house of the LORD<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bForever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Alan wrote: Epiphoneo.&#160; 2019.&#160; As we continue to hear (see?) things that have previously been hidden, in plain view, I am seeing (hearing?) connections that have previously been un-connectable; at least for me.&#160; This morning, while again researching the implications of \u2018epi-phoneo\u2019 (Strong\u2019s # G2019), I have seen (heard? 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