Cupid comes from Latin cupido, desire. That word goes back to חפץ (chaphets) — the will, the desire of God. And what does He desire? That His Word would be in our hearts. “I delight to do Thy will, O my God: yea, Thy law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:8). His Word is His love. The little winged boy with the bow is the fleshly copy. It is no accident that the root of תורה (torah) is an arrow thrown. Eros, Cupid’s Greek name, traces to ארש (eros)— to betroth, to seek a bride. That point to Messiah. “I Myself will search for My sheep, and seek them out.” Desire is bound to אב (av), Father. The letter ה is a man with arms outstretched, looking — the nomads looking to the north star, and above it the enthroned King. To consider is to set the heart. The heart is a throne. The Temple is a body. The ark sits where the heart sits. Twenty-four elders around the throne are the twenty-four ribs. The seven lamps before the throne are the breath in the lungs. That is where the man of sin wants to sit.
Cupid comes from the Latin word ‘cupido’ which means desire. ‘Cupido’ traces back further to the Hebrew word חפץ ‘chaphets’ which means will or desire. What is the will/desire of the Most High? For His Word to be in our hearts.
Psa 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Psa 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
His Word is His Love. The counterfeit is the fleshly eroticism of cupid in the hearts of fleshly man. Interestingly, the root of the word תורה ‘torah’ is יר ‘yar’ which has the meaning of an arrow being thrown.
Cupid’s Greek name is Eros which means love. This word traces back to the Hebrew word ארש/ארס ‘eros’ which means to betroth, literally to request or seek a bride. This points to Messiah who searches out His bride.
Psa 27:8 My heart said to You, Seek my face; Your face, O Jehovah, I will seek.
Eze 34:11 For so says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep, and seek them out.
Joh 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Isa 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isa 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Isa 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Desire – Heart connection
Another word for desire in Hebrew is אבה ‘aveh’ which comes from the root אב ‘av’ which means father.
The English word desire, comes from the Old French ‘desirrer’, which means to wish, desire, long for. It’s original sense is linked to looking at the stars. Interestingly, this is also linked to אבה ‘avah.’ As mentioned above, אב ‘av’ means father, and the letter ה means to behold or look at something. The pictograph of the letter ה is a man with outstretched arms, looking toward something. That thing, in ancient Hebrew culture, was the North star. This is what the nomads used for guidance and direction. When one looks at the North star what is seen?
The constellation Cepheus (the enthroned king) is located directly above the North star in the night sky.
Desire is related to the English word ‘consider.’ Consider comes from the Old French ‘considerer’, which means to reflect on, study, consider. Literally, it is referring to ‘observing the stars.’
Connecting back to the book of Job. God asked the adversary if he had ‘considered’ Job.
Job 1:8 And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart (KJV consider) on My servant Job because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil?
This phrase in Hebrew is השמת לבך ‘hasamta leebcha,’ which literally means “set your heart upon.” Consider is linked to the heart. Consider means to look upon, referring back to the throne seen above in the stars. The heart is also a picture of the throne of God. More on this below.
This is the desire of the Father
1Ti 2:3 For this is good and acceptable before God our Savior,
1Ti 2:4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to a full knowledge of truth.
Like Dionysus , Cupid was sometimes referred to as Eleutherios, “the liberator”. Again, this is a counterfeit of Messiah.
Joh 8:36 Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.
The heart represents the throne of God. The Temple of God was a representation of the human body, where the human heart corresponds to the ark of the covenant.
In the book of Revelation (Chapter 4) John is shown a vision of the Throne of God. Around the throne and the 4 living creatures are 24 elders (Revelation 4:4) representing the 24 ribs surrounding the human heart. From the heart blood is pumped to the Lungs. As seen in Genesis 1:2-5, the etymology of the English word ‘Lung’ traces back to the meaning of Light. In our bodies our lungs have 7 vascular bundles called nodes. These represent the 7 Spirits of God (Revelation 4:5; Isaiah 11:1-3). These 7 Spirits/Breathe are pictured in the earthly Tabernacle/Temple by the Menorah. The Menorah is a picture of the Tree of Life. The Light of the world.
Rev 4:5 And out of the throne come forth lightnings and thunders and voices. And seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;
This is where the man of sin seeks to be enthroned (2 Thessalonians 2:4). Which mark will man take? Which arrow will he receive in his heart? It depends upon which fruit he desires, the fruit from the Tree of Life or the fruit from the tree of knowledge. The Will of the Father, or the will of man.
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