Business Secrets from the Bible: Spiritual Success Strategies for Financial Abundance

Secret #28

Use the Power of Words, Sentences, and Sound

The exodus of the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt and deliverance into the Promised Land, which we have just discussed, is the Bible's most dramatic transformation from darkness to light, from oppression to happiness, from hopelessness to promise. God takes the Israelites from Egypt into the desert, that place of metaphorical and literal emptiness. The desert is not just an empty place though—that is only half of the story. Ancient Jewish wisdom has more to tell us about the desert as it appears in Scripture.

But first, let me relate to you the etymological meaning of the holiday we call Passover, on which we celebrate the exodus from Egypt. The word Passover is a translation of the Hebrew word Pesach, but as is always the case with the Lord's language, much is lost in translation. Pesach doesn't only translate to Passover; Peasch also means “talking mouth.” Pe means “mouth.” Sach means “talking.” Put them together and you get “talking mouth.”

You may be asking what that has to do with deliverance. In the opening of Exodus, chapter 14, the Israelites cross over the borders of Egypt and stop over at a place called Peh HaChirot, which translates literally into “the mouth of freedom.” As you know if you are Jewish, we observe Passover by holding a Seder, which is governed by a book known as a Haggadah. The word haggadah is also Hebrew for “a talking,” “a telling,” and/or “a recounting.” One of the first rituals carried out ...