The Ultimate Ramez

Deuteronomy 8:3 LITV
(3) And He has humbled you, and caused you to hunger, and caused you to eat the manna, which you had not known, and your fathers had not known, in order to cause you to know that man shall not live by bread alone, but man shall live by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah.

I've talked about the 'ramez' before. It's something that rabbis use as a teaching tool - it's an 'implication'. Jesus infuriated the 'wise' men of His time by constantly dangling these implications in their faces.

The above verse is one of my favorites - and there is so much in it, a book could probably be written. You'll notice in the above, I've italicized the word 'Word', which is likely italicized in your bible. This means it's not in the original text. However, the translators rightly included it and capitalized it. Read the verse without 'Word' in it.

The verse talks about manna. Manna means 'what is it?'. Jesus declared Himself to be the Bread from Heaven. But again, from even a logical standpoint, let's make this verse into an equation.

Man shall not live by bread alone. Of course! We must have Jesus. So mathematically,

Life (man shall not live without) = (bread alone) manna + (but by) _____ (that proceeds from the mouth of God)

Life = (manna + X) Notice... manna is part of the solution. It's integrated in.

The divine implication, of course, is Jesus Himself. Jesus is the Word that Proceeded from the mouth of God. Also notice this... we aren't told the name of Jesus outright (what is it?) but we ARE told that 'He' is equivalent to 'that which proceeds from the mouth of God'. So what does that phrase mean in the Hebrew?

'That proceedeth out' is the Hebrew word 'matsah'... yes Matzah (matzo)... as in Unleavened Bread.

H4161
מצא מוצא
môtsâ' môtsâ'
mo-tsaw', mo-tsaw'
From H3318; a going forth, that is, (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence a source or product; specifically dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass): - brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, [water-] course [springs].

Look at all that imagery! It is 'all' Jesus. This is one reason a book could be written about this verse. It's also proof that Hebrew is a divinely inspired language that man could not contrive. Soak on this a while.