Now lets take a look at the figure eight (8) arrangement of the Hebrew alphabet.  The first letter (aleph) represents 'Father' or 'God'.  First, let's draw some simple lines from 'Father' in the form of a cross:
 

    Again, a figure eight (8) is symbolic of "as above, so below" and "on earth, as it is in heaven".

    Following the lines in the cross structure spells out the names of God.

• Aleph (the first letter) represents 'God' or 'Father'.  Religious scholars point out that aleph can be decomposed into three letters (yod, vav, yod) which add up to twenty-six in the gemetria.  This is the same gemetria number as found in yod-hey-vav-hey (Jehovah).  Notice that the English alphabet is composed of twenty six (26) letters (21 consonants and five vowels).  In Hebrew, the vowel sounds are considered sacred and are not included in the (early) alphabet.
• To the right:   'et' is composed of the Hebrew letters aleph and tav which is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek letters alpha and omega.  This represents that the Lord is the beginning and the end or the first and the last.
• To the left:   'abba', which is how Jesus referred to his Father.  It uses the first two letters of the alphabet, which represent 'mother' as well as 'father'.
• Up and down:  'ale' (el) which is the singular form of Eloheim (ie. Eloheim is plural for 'Gods').  It is composed of aleph (Father; God) and la-med (scepter)(using the distilled definitions of Hebrew).
• The three Hebrew letters at the top and bottom of the vertical line spell 'Melek' which means 'King'.  It is composed of the letters mem (Messiah), la-med (scepter) and caph (crown)(using the distilled definitions of Hebrew).

    Now lets take the remaining twenty one (21) letters of the alphabet and divide them into seven (7) sets of three (3).  Then we will label them with the distilled definitions of Hebrew (per Joe Sampson in Written by the Finger of God).  For the sake of brevity, we will only use the lower half of the figure eight:
 

    Notice that the letters tell a story which appears to be very much the story of the Gospel which begins with fallen man being cast out of the Garden, progresses to the coming of a Messiah in the meridian of time, and ends with a harvest of souls (wheat), the birth of the Kingdom of God, and final judgment.

    Perhaps this is not only the story of the gospel, but the story contained within each of our own lives.  Notice that man would have to descend below all things (ie. travel around the lower part of the figure eight) in order to rise above all things (symbolized by the upper half of the figure eight).  In doing so, he would progress from one state to the next through the Father (Christ), eventually becoming the Father (God).  Could this be what is referred to as an 'eternal round'?