Remez: Revealed In Scripture

Great rabbis taught according to teaching techniques known as “Pardes.” Pardes stands for peshat, remez, drash and sod. Although, my primary focus is Remez, also known as the “hint” in scripture.
To further explain, remez is where the teacher will quote a verse and usually in doing so, hints at the verses before or after, bringing more understanding to the passage. The scriptures I found in the bible that stood out to me as examples of Remez were Luke 19:46, Matthew 2:15, and Psalms 8:2. Throughout this research assignment I’ve learned that many times when Jesus quotes a verse, what makes his audience mad is the verse before or after. A great example of this is Luke 19:46 when Jesus quotes Isaiah 56 and tells the audience, “it is written

You also know that the Bridegroom (Messiah) will abduct (rapture) his Bride (true believers) on Rosh HaShanah with the sound of the shofar announcing his intention (remez). And you know that beginning with Rosh HaShanah there will be only ten days left for people to return to God and repent before the great sound of the Shofar announcing the Day of His return, (second coming) which you know to be on some special Yom Kippur. You know these things, you have no need for me to write to you about them. We may not know the year that these things will take place, but we can, contrary to popular belief, know the appointed times. My own personal belief is that even the year is hidden some place in the Holy Book. Since prophecy is a progressive revelation, perhaps at the right moment in time even the year will be revealed to those of us that have “eyes to

According to the bible, The Lord’s parables, riddles, and remez statements are not hidden to the ones who have eyes to see and ears to hear. They are only hidden to those that are not His, or are yet to be His. In order to fully understand the meaning of this scripture, one must first understand the culture and social importance of officiating of the Temple guards. There were twenty four stations or courses around the Temple guarding the Temple gates and courts. At night each station had ten Levi guards; making a total 240 guards plus 30 priests every night. During the day the guards were relieved; but not during the night. Therefore, some of the guards would fall asleep on duty. The Captain of the Temple would make his rounds every night. As the Captain approached the guards, they were to arise and salute the Captain. If any one of the guards was found sleeping the Captain would beat him and set his clothes on fire with his torch. On these rare occasions, the guard would shed his clothes ablaze and run into the night naked and ashamed. To be caught asleep by the Temple Captain was known as the Captain coming as “a thief in the night.” Now we see how the idiom is a reference to being caught unaware or asleep. With this understanding and background of “a thief in the night,” and the stations of the guards, let me attempt to paraphrase the scripture in Revelation that we have been discussing as I