Most of us have had a Thomas moment at some point or another. I have had several. To give this hub a little context, I battled a spirit of doubt for many years. It was only when God (1) revealed the nature of my struggle and (2) performed a miracle of deliverance on me that I truly became “believing”.

John 20:25 "...But he [Thomas] said to them, 'Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails...I will not believe.' ... 27 Then He [Jesus] said to Thomas, 'Reach here with your finger, and see My hands...and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

I, too, recently was permitted to see Jesus, in a manner of speaking, standing before me with his arms outstretched saying “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands,” although by this time I was believing. Actually, it is because I was believing that I was permitted to see.

As Jesus hung on the cross, his accusation was posted above his head for all to see. In Hebrew, this accusation would have read, "Yeshua (Jesus) HaNazarei (the Nazarene/of Nazareth) Vemelek (the King) HaYehudim (of the Jews)." Please forgive my transliteration.

The acronym formed by the first letters of each word in this accusation in Hebrew (Yod Hey Vav Hey) is YHWY, or Yahweh. If you will, take a moment and capture this image in your head: Jesus, arms wide, nailed to a cross, beaten and bloody, mocked by the accusation “Yeshua, HaNazrei Vemelek HaYehudim”.

It was while meditating on this one day, that I had another true Thomas moment.

The ancient Hebrew alphabet is comprised of 22 pictographs, each corresponding to a letter, a number, and having a symbolic meaning. While the pictographs have evolved into the modern Hebrew alphabet, the letters have retained their numerical value and symbolic meaning.

The Hebrew letters that make up the name Yahweh are YOD, pictured in the ancient Hebrew pictographs as an arm from the fist to the elbow, meaning my hand or works; HEY, pictured as a man standing with outstretched arms, meaning behold or God’s grace; VAV, pictured as a tent peg or nail, meaning a nail, peg or bound; and YOD, again, the arm from the fist to the elbow, meaning my hand or works.

There it is, so obvious, yet not. A man standing with outstretched arms, they seem to be held out right in front of us, showing us the HAND and the NAIL or nail hole, and saying, "'Reach here with your finger and see MY HANDS...and do not be unbelieving, but be believing,' and see My gift of GRACE."

Here is the visual (remember, Hebrew is read right to left):