The Tallit
What is a tallit?
The word Tallit in Hebrew means a small tent, a Tabernacle or a dwelling place in the presence of God, which also was given a name as a prayer shawl in English.
The scripture in Acts 18:3 ; talks about Apostle Paul being a tent maker, which simply meant that he was making tallits (prayer shawls).
Now my question is, why was apostle Paul making Tallits, and who was he making them for?
A tallit is a covering that in used in prayers as a prayer shawl, that covers somebody from the top of his head to the lower parts of his body.
In the Hebrew culture (Jewish culture) it represents or symbolizes God's covering or presence that covers somebody's existence on earth in his time of prayer (spiritual intimacy).
This tallit also has four corners, with four different strings designed , rabbinically to represent the name of God.
A tallit also has other different godly designs upon it, but all the designs were creatively designed on a tallit as God's commandment ( Deuteronomy 22:12 ),
so that the meaning of God's name (Yahweh or Y-H-V-H) may be physically brought into your time of prayer, as you cover yourself under the tallit (small tent) in your time of prayer.
Now Apostle Paul was an apostle for the body of Christ, sent not to the Jews, but to the body of Christ .
For him to make tents, or I rather called them Tallits (prayer shawls) there must have been a very good reason why, and I believe that reason was that he spiritually perceived the need for Tallits in the body of Christ.
