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The Passover lamb and the daily sacrifces
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The
Law requires that all the sins of the people be transferred onto the Passover
Lamb (which is a yearly substitute for the death of the first born son),
by the laying on of hands by a Zadokite High Priest. This was accomplished at
Yahusha's Mikveh by John (making Yahusha the Passover Lamb). The Law also requires the Passover Lamb be of
about a year old or “yearling”. From the time of Yahusha's Mikveh by John (in
AD 27), to the Passover Sacrifice Yahusha made as Melchizedek, was just over a
year in AD 28. It was not 3.5 years as taught by Christianity. Again, we find
yet another way to disqualify Yahusha as The Messiah by the Christian Church.
Yahusha was "a lamb of about a year or a yearling". The Passover
Lambs were chosen from a flock outside of Bethlehem. Just like Yahusha was from
Bethlehem. The Passover Lambs were then paraded down the
streets of Jerusalem; with all the cities inhabitants throwing palm branches in
front of the parade, shouting "blessed is he who comes in the name of
Yahuah". Again, another rehearsal for the coming Messiah, who “came in the
name of Yahuah”.
The Messiah’s name must bear the name Yahuah and embody the
idea of Salvation. His name
is Yahu’sha which is a contraction of the sentence “Yahuah is Salvation” or
YAHUah-yahSHA.
It is at this time, that Yahusha chose to ride into Jerusalem on a donkey in
fulfillment of this yearly “rehearsal”. All of Israel shouted "blessed is
he who comes in the name of Yahuah". You may know this event as Palm
Sunday. The Lamb is then put on display and inspected for blemish for 4 days,
just like Yahusha was inspected in the Temple the days leading up to Passover,
and then tried and found innocent before Pilot.
The High Priest in the Temple, after
slaughtering all the lambs on Passover would finally come to The Passover Lamb
and tradition holds that he would yell out in a loud voice “I thirst"; and
the High Priest would be given a drink. Then the High Priest would offer up The
Passover Lamb. After slaying the Passover Lamb, the High Priest would yell out
“It is finished” and the sins of the people would be covered.
Yahusha as High Priest just before he made
the Passover Sacrifice (gave up his life), cried out "I THIRST!",
at the exact time the High Priest in The Temple cried out “I THIRST”. Yahusha
then exclaimed "IT IS FINISHED", exactly as the High Priests did in
The Temple. He then died as the final sacrificial Lamb of God.
The
question concerning Yahusha is this: “was he literally Yahuah of the Old
Testament in the flesh?” Was he the second member of triune God? Or was he a
human High Priest, filled completely with the fullness of the deity of Yahuah
(filled with the Holy Spirit)?
The
sticking point… is the qualification to serve as Passover Lamb and take away
the sins of the world.
To
be the Passover Lamb, Yahusha would have to be "spotless and without
sin"
for about a year as the Passover Lambs were
yearlings. However, does that mean he must live a sinless life from birth? And
does that imply that he must be born somehow outside the seed of his father
Yahseph to avoid “original sin”? If so, then Miriam would have to be born
somehow outside of her father’s seed too, or she then would pass sin onto her
son genetically! This is categorically UNTRUE! Sin is NOT passed down
genetically. This false doctrine of “original sin” is why Yahseph is denied
his rightful place as the biological father of Yahusha.
This all leads to the "Doctrine of
the Virgin Birth". But then, since he must have been born through
the womb and seed of his mother, then we have to deal with her;
because she was born through the seed of a man and genetically pre-disposed to
sin as well, and would have passed her father's sin to Yahusha genetically (if
that were even true that sin is passed on genetically). This leads us to the
"Doctrine of Original Sin". This then leads to the “Doctrine
of Immaculate Conception” and the lies go on and on, one on top of the
other to cover the previous lie; which is all based on the false claim that
“sin is passed on through the father at birth”. And so goes human doctrines.
The problem is, if Mary was immaculately
conceived to avoid original sin, so that she was “qualified” to give a “virgin
birth” and be impregnated by Yahuah (blasphemy, and incest) … what about her
mother's father’s seed? Genetics is a difficult reality to escape; we’d have to
come up with some farfetched “doctrine” to
explain how Mary’s parents avoided original sin!
If Adam passed
sin down, then there is no way of escaping being born into sin, no matter how
many "fathers" you deny; because every mother carries the blood of
her father. You would have to come up with some doctrine like "Yahusha
just showed up from Heaven one day" to avoid “sin”,
if
it were true that sin is passed genetically! Humanity has gone down a very
slippery slope, because of the misconception that Yahusha had to be sin free
from birth. This is funny to me, because “sin” isn’t passed down genetically,
DEATH is:
Romans
5:12
"Wherefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned"
So
Christianity got into this “pickle”, and came up with all these false doctrines
to avoid sin being passed on to Yahusha; when it was never sin passed through
birth anyway! Death is passed on… even to Yahusha
as he died proving he
was not an immortal god but a mortal man. So maybe Yahseph was his
biological father after all; because Yahuah is Spirit, not flesh, and His seed
(imparted at resurrection, not human birth) cannot die!
Luke
20:36
36
for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of
God, being sons of the resurrection.
Yahusha
was declared the son of God at his resurrection NOT human birth:
Romans
1:3-4
3
concerning His son Yahusha the Messiah our King, who was born of the seed of
David (both Mary/Joseph) according to the flesh
(i.e. born to both parents like everyone else... was a
human hence he DIED as death is passed on to ALL MEN), 4 and declared to
be the son of Yahuah (begotten Divine) with
power according to the Spirit of Holiness (the life giving
Rauch of Yahuah or Breath of God),
by the resurrection from the dead.
Conclusion,
only men die not “Gods”, death (not sin) is passed on through the father, so
Yahseph’s seed was used in the miracle of giving a virgin a child. There is no
way Yahusha was “the begotten son of Yahuah” at that point as fully begotten
sons are sons of the resurrection where the Spiritual Seed of Yahuah (the
Ruach) is imparted, and they cannot die being sons of the
resurrection not human birth.
We see clearly taught in Scripture that
Yahusha was born NOT of the Spiritual Seed of the Ruach upon his human birth,
but the “seed of David” through Yahseph as all men are born “according to the
flesh”:
Romans
1
…2 concerning Yahusha, which Yahuah promised beforehand through His prophets
in the Holy Scriptures (both The Heavenly and Earthly
Scrolls, he did not pre-exist, he was predetermined and foretold), 3
concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David (through both parents)
according
to the flesh (idiom for human being, it takes
both a human male and female to produce a human being “according to the flesh”),
4 who was declared (Divine) the Son of Yahuah
with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit
of Holiness (Yahuah’s Spiritual Seed), Yahusha
the Messiah, …
So
while “all men have sinned”, and die as a result (Yahusha included being a sin
offering), sin, however, can be ERASED through Mikveh making the Messiah
“without sin” at his execution and qualified as The Passover Lamb. He was a
"yearling" because from his Mikveh to execution was 70 weeks, just
over 1 year. This
is why the Apostle Sha’ul listed the Mikveh of Yahusha as
the
fundamental teaching about Yahusha.
Hebrews
6
1 Therefore let us move forward and mature in
our understanding about the things concerning Yahusha, not laying again (having to relearn over and over)
the basic
teaching about Yahusha (everything mentioned next is
talking “about Yahusha”):
●
Yahusha's foundation
of repentance from acts that lead to death (referring
to Yahusha’s Mikveh for repentance by John)
●
And of Yahusha's
Faith in Yahuah (to
wipe away his sin through Mikveh)
●
2 Instructions about
cleansing rites (i.e. we must know Torah requirements
concerning Mikveh)
●
And (Torah requirements) of washing and the laying on of
hands (at Yahusha's Mikveh, the ritual to transfer
priestly authority and pass the sins of the world on to Yahusha as The Passover
Lamb through the laying on of hands)
●
How Yahusha was
resurrected from the dead by Yahuah who heard his cries because of his piety in
life (Hebrews 5:7)
●
And how Yahusha now
reigns as Eternal
Judge over the House of Yahuah (Zechariah 3:7)
3 And Yahuah will only permit us to move on to
maturity once we lay this foundation firmly.
Sha’ul
stressed Yahusha’s Mikveh in Hebrews 6:1, because Yahuah had established that
He would ritually cleanse the High Priest by Mikveh; making the High Priest
"spotless without blemish" and "without sin" in the eyes of
Yahuah. So if we would simply "believe" in the promises of Yahuah (as
did Yahusha), then no longer would Yahusha have to be born outside of his
father's sinful seed (although the
Doctrine of Original Sin is false, it is
death not sin that is passed from Adam).
Yahusha would simply have to be Mikveh'd and
consecrated a High Priest, and his sin would be "taken away" by
Yahuah exactly as stated in Zechariah Chapter 3 concerning
Yahusha's anointing as High Priest.
Zechariah
3
- Clean
Garments for the High Priest, Yahusha
1 Then he showed me
Yahusha the
High
Priest standing before the
Angel of Yahuah, and Satan standing at his
right side to accuse him. 2 Yahuah (through
His proxy The Angel before whom stood Yahusha and Satan) said to Satan,
“Yahuah rebuke you, Satan! Yahuah, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not
this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3 Now
Yahusha was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the
Angel.
4 The angel said to those
who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” Then Yahuah said
to Yahusha, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put
fine garments on you.”
We
covered all of this in chapters 3 and 4 of this book, I just wanted to refresh
our memories before I continue. Now, from the point of Yahusha’s Mikveh, he
would have to live sin free; which is exactly the case. Why do you think Yahuah
established Mikveh in the first place... for the Messiah! It was a
"rehearsal" for all High Priests to be consecrated that way to offer
sacrifices before Yahuah.
Is
it possible that Yahusha was not born perfect, and over his lifetime achieve a
state of perfection? Yes. In fact, we read concerning Yahusha, this is exactly
the case. Below, we see that Yahusha was "perfected" over the course
of his life through suffering discipline for disobedience, then washed clean
through Mikveh in the eyes of Yahuah (the only judge that matters). It is the
same process of perfection that we all go through to learn obedience to Yahuah.
Remember, Yahusha set the example and that example is
The True Way.
Yahusha IS NOT THE EXCEPTION… he is the rule. It was only After having
been
made perfect, did he then become the source (sin offering) of
Eternal Life to those who
obey.
Hebrews
5:8-9
8
though He was a son, yet He learned obedience (to
Yahuah) by the things (discipline...
Hebrews
12:6, Proverbs 3:12, Acts 17:11) which He suffered (for disobedience). 9 And having
been perfected
(through discipline, suffering, Mikveh), he
became (was not born that way) the author of
Eternal Salvation to all who obey Him
We
see below, that Yahusha had to be a human Messiah to qualify as the blood
sacrifice for the human race. He had to be fully human in every way,
another way of saying this is “he was in
no way anything other
than human”, or in no way was he a God, demi-god, or Yahuah in the
flesh. Yahusha had to "become" a merciful and faithful
High Priest
in service to Yahuah and all High Priests (including Yahusha) are chosen among
men not gods.
Hebrews
2
17 For this reason he (Yahusha) had to be made like them (he was made human), fully human in every way, in
order that he might become a merciful and Faithful High Priest (who are chosen from among men) in service to Yahuah.
We
see that Yahusha was chosen High Priest from among men and in that role as High
Priest made sacrifices for himself as well as for the people:
Hebrews
5
1
For every High Priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in
things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is
beset with weakness; 3 and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices
for sins, as for the people, so
also for himself
We
see that it was Yahuah who "made" Yahusha perfect through suffering
and then Mikveh, not that Yahusha in his own right was born and lived that way:
Hebrews
2:10
10 In bringing many sons and daughters
to Glory, it was fitting that Yahuah, for whom and through whom everything
exists, (Yahuah)
should
make the pioneer of their Salvation (Yahusha)
perfect through what he suffered.
When Scripture is
understood outside of the context of the pagan trinity and the false doctrine
of “incarnation”, we not only find the Trinity is not taught anywhere is
Scripture, but we find the emergence of a
human High Priest. That should be quite obvious after reading this book. The
High Priest Yahusha, as spoken of by Zechariah (who had been
cleansed of sin through Mikveh), was "made perfect" by Yahuah then
qualified as The Spotless Passover Lamb by living sinless for about a year
(yearling lamb).
If
it is the case, as the Bible declares, that Yahusha had to be perfected and was
not born perfect. If it is true, as the Bible declares, that Yahusha did not
live his entire life in a state of perfection. Then is there evidence that
Yahusha's conscience did convict him of his imperfection?
Matthew
19
16
And, behold, one
came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may
have Eternal Life? 17And he said unto him,
why
do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is, Yahuah: but if
you want to enter into Eternal Life, keep the Commandments (of Yahuah).
Sounds
like the promise of Eternal Life is conditional to us and based on our
obedience to The Law just like it was to Yahusha. We don't escape that part of
"The Way" no matter what Christianity would teach us.
We see again below, Yahusha's own will
seemingly standing in the way of Yahuah's, and Yahusha being convicted by it.
Having "second thoughts" about the whole Passover Lamb situation,
Yahusha began to be very sorry and very unhappy with himself. His own will even
got the best of him here, he knew it was Yahuah's Will and his destiny to die
as Passover Lamb and still... Yahusha asked if there was any way out of it,
because it was not his will that he die like that:
Matthew
26
37
He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be
sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with
sorrow to the point of death (another way of saying
"I'm scared to death" because he knew he had not lived a “sin free
life”). Stay here and keep watch with me. (While
I go try and get out of it)” 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his
face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible,
may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
We
must come to grips with the reality in the Bible, that Yahusha was not born
perfect, but perfected. That Yahusha had to learn obedience to
Yahuah. That Yahusha did not consider himself to be "good". That
Yahusha's conscience convicted him of his sinful past that was not in obedience
to Yahuah's Will. Once we accept that Yahusha was indeed a "fully human in
every way", High Priest (Hebrews 2:17), chosen from among men (being of
the House of Zadok), then we must harmonize
Scripture
that states Yahusha was “without sin”.
The
doctrine that Yahusha was sinless, because he was born outside of
"Original Sin", and lived a sin-free life is
not Scriptural.
Adam
did not pass sin genetically, he passed death on to all men. And the Bible says
ALL men have sinned (no exception). Yahusha was a man and he died, you do the
math. I have already shown that Yahusha was not born perfect, but perfected.
So what about:
Hebrews
4
14 Therefore, since we have a great High
Priest who has ascended into heaven, Yahusha ben Yahuah, let us hold firmly to
the Faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who is
unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one (a High Priest in context) who has been tempted in
every way, just as we are - yet he did not sin (as
High Priest).
16 Let us then approach Yahuah’s Throne of
Grace with confidence (because Yahusha showed us The
Way to be cleansed of our sin through Mikveh, Circumcision, and Offering),
so that we may receive Mercy and find Grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews
4 says we "have a High Priest" who was tempted and did not sin.
Yahusha became a High Priest when he was Mikveh'd by John, and his sins taken
away. Yahusha was not a High Priest from birth. It was from the point of his
Mikveh foreword, that in the office of High Priest, Yahusha was tempted and did
not sin. Hebrews 4 only makes the case of Yahuah’s
Plan of Salvation through a human High Priest,
who Yahuah perfected through a life of suffering then cleansed of sin at
Mikveh.
1
Peter 2
22 “He committed no violence, and no
deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at
him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he
entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
24 “He himself bore our
sins” in his body on the stake, so that we might die to sins and live for
Righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
25 For “you
were like sheep going astray,”
but now you have returned to the
Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1
Peter 2 above, quotes from the Prophet Isaiah who said (Isaiah 53:9) that he
committed no violence, and did not lie. Isaiah and 1 Peter are addressing the
accusations brought against Yahusha when he was tried. They tried him for
insurrection against the Roman Emperor (inciting violence), and lying that he
was Yahuah (blasphemy). Yahusha was innocent of both charges (he committed no
violence and did not lie because he said he was Yahuah’s son, not Yahuah).
Isaiah was stating nothing about Yahusha's state of sin from birth either. The
point of 1 Peter 2 is that he bore our sins in his own body (sin offering) on
the stake as The Passover Lamb, not that he was born and lived sin free his
entire life. Yahusha was found innocent at his trial, and executed anyway as
they executed an innocent man. Again, he was ritually cleansed of his own sin,
then the sins of the world were placed on his shoulders at Mikveh, and then
those filthy rags (the sin of the world) were removed by Yahuah. The charges
leveled against Yahusha were false. So is the doctrine that he had to live free
of sin from birth. Nowhere in Scripture does it make
that claim or require that of The Messiah.
The point I am making, is that we are to
understand the "elementary teachings" about the Messiah concerning
his Mikveh; as Sha’ul teaches in Hebrews 6:1. In THAT context, we put all
statements that he was without sin as being from the point of Mikveh forward,
as both Sha’ul states in Hebrews 6 and Zechariah 3 shows us. The only
requirement to meet concerning sin, was that, in the eyes of Yahuah, he was
ritually clean of all sin… through Mikveh.
There is no requirement to be Messiah, that
he must have been born free from sin (which is true of everyone, no one is born
into sin, they are born into sinful or sin prone flesh), and that he must live
a life completely sin free (as no one can for ALL have sinned); however, since
"all" have sinned and is impossible even for Yahusha to live an
entire lifetime without sin, then we fall back on Torah requirements concerning
Mikveh. Yahusha did, however, live without sin after Mikveh
for 70 weeks.
He was a Spotless Lamb of about a year!
Sha’ul
discusses the difference between Yahusha and other High Priests who went before
him. The main difference Sha’ul points out is that the other
Priests died and no longer are in service to
offer sacrifices. Yahusha, however, defeated death, and lives
Eternally in the office of High Priest which
he inherited as the fulfillment of the Zadok Priesthood.
Hebrews
7
23 Now there have been many of those
priests (who, like Yahusha, were chosen from among MEN), since death prevented
them from continuing in office; 24 but because Yahusha lives forever
(being begotten Divine through resurrection),
he has a permanent Priesthood
(because he inherited
that office from the promise Yahuah made to the line of Zadok through Phineas
Numbers
25:13).
25 Therefore he is able to save completely those
who come to Yahuah through him, because he always lives (a living sacrifice) to intercede for them.
26
Such a High Priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set
apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens (post
resurrection).
27 Unlike the other High Priests, he does not
need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for
the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their (he
and the people's) sins once for all (time)
when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as High Priests,
men in all their weakness; but the oath (Yahuah made
to Phineas Numbers 25:13), which came after the Law, appointed the son (who is the progeny of Phineas, the fulfillment of that
promise), who has been made perfect forever.
Numbers
25:13
(The Zadok Priest) Phineas the son of Eleazar the son
of Aaron (through Zadok) the Priest. Behold I
give to him My Covenant of Peace, and will be his, and his progeny after him,
(a) Covenant of Everlasting Priesthood in turn of his zealousness for his God,
and he atoned for the sons of Israel
So,
we see Yahusha did not have to be a “god” to atone, but inherited that right
along with the Eternal
Priesthood and the right to mediate the
Covenant of Peace!
To understand what Sha’ul, a Pharisee (expert
in the Torah), is writing in this letter; we must understand the Torah, and put
his letters in context of everything he said. Sha’ul says Yahusha was a High
Priest who was Holy, blameless, pure,
and set apart from sinners. Again referring back to Yahusha's Mikveh, when he
was ordained and purified ritually and then in that perfect state resurrected
Eternal. Sha’ul said that Yahusha was
"unlike the other High
Priest" in the sense that he holds a
permanent Priesthood because he
conquered death (not because Yahusha was god).
All
High Priests were
Mikveh'd and supposed to be Holy, blameless, pure, and set apart from sinners
who offered the Passover and Atonement. The only difference is they died and
stayed dead and Yahusha died and rose again.
In
context of Yahusha being a "living Eternal
sacrifice" who held a permanent position as High Priest, Yahusha did not
need to offer the daily sacrifice of oblation for the sins of the people and
himself. He WAS the sacrifice.
Sha’ul uses an "interjection",
which is a short phrase inserted between commas to clarify a sentence. The
interjection here that is set apart by commas was "first for his own
sins". An interjection can be taken out of the sentence and the
sentence is still a complete thought. The sentence reads "Unlike the other
High
Priests, he does not need to offer the daily
sacrifice for the people". Why did Sha’ul think it necessary to further
clarify that the daily sacrifices were also for the High Priest? He was speaking
about the Daily Oblation. The point Sha’ul was making had nothing to do with
Yahusha having no need for sacrifices because he was perfect. He was addressing
the Torah requirements for the daily oblation, and explaining that because
Yahusha defeated death, his sacrificed body would stand as a living sacrifice
meeting the Torah requirements of the Daily Oblation
for himself and the
people. Again alleviating Yahusha from having to live his entire life
without sin, as his sacrifice was "for himself and for the people".
No matter how you look at this, Yahusha is covered by Mikveh and his own
sacrifice. When Sha’ul states in Hebrews 7 above that Yahusha sacrificed for
"their sins" he is referring back to "their" which he
defined in the previous verse as "his own sin and then for the
people". Sha’ul then ends with the same declaration he made on several
other occasions that The Law appoints all high priests from among men in all
their weaknesses including Yahusha (they are Mikveh'd ritually clean before
Yahuah).
However, Sha’ul sets Yahusha apart from the
rest because of an Oath that came after (in addition to) The Law that applies
only to Yahusha the High Priest, this Oath he is referring
to what he wrote about a few verses prior in Hebrew 7:14. That
Oath he was talking about, is that Yahusha
would be the Ruling Zadok or Ruling High Priest in Psalms:
Psalm
110:4
4 Yahuah has sworn and will not change
his mind: “You are a Priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
This
is confirmation of the promise made to Phineas in the line of Zadok Priests. So
Sha’ul is saying here in
Hebrews 7
"28
For the Law appoints as High
Priests men in all their weakness; but
the Oath, which came after the Law,
appointed the son, who has been made perfect forever as THE RULING ZADOK
"Melchizedek."
Sha’ul is simply stating that, by The Law,
Yahusha was Consecrated a High
Priest with all his weaknesses just like every other High Priest, and then set
apart from sinners through Mikveh and Consecration. But in
Yahusha's unique case, he was further made the Ruling Zadok forever by an
Oath made to him by Yahuah. Again,
demonstrating exactly why John said to Yahusha "I have need to be Mikveh'd
by you" because Yahusha was the greater High Priest in the Order of Zadok.
Yahusha held the title "Melchizedek" and is the Eternal High Priest
by an Oath to him made by
Yahuah.
