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YAHUAH ENTERS INTO COVENANT WITH YAHUSHA TO “FORGIVE HIS SIN AND OURS”
The Covenant of Peace ….
between
Yahuah and Yahusha our High Priest… Zechariah Chapter 3
From my book “The
Nazarene”
Introduction
There is only one prophesied “Branch” and there is only
one “Eternal Judge”. There is only one Yahusha in recorded history to stand
side by side with Satan in the presence of an Angel of YHVH. Only ONE High
Priest consecrated directly by Yahuah as Eternal High Priest! That “Yahusha”
is The Eternal High Priest Yahusha the Messiah.
While there are many High Priests named Yahusha, those
words clearly identify only one… The Messiah Yahusha the High Priest in the
Order of Zadok. Yes, the one Yahusha who is the Ruling Zadok known as
Melchizedek. Not to mention that all prophesies (in the Torah and Prophets)
such as the one below are all speaking of The
Messiah except the one about John being Elijah. So why do we ignore this one?
Because it says Yahusha was cleansed of sin and we do not understand it. We’d rather say it is speaking of some other High Priest
Yahusha and hide behind the name “Jesus” and avoid the entire prophecy. The
Dragon wins again.
Let us examine the prophecy of that Branch and Eternal
Judge called the High Priest Yahusha in a vision given to Zechariah by YHVH
in Zechariah Chapter 3. Let us learn more about our Messiah the Ruling Zadok
Eternal High Priest and Eternal Judge of the living and the dead.
Zechariah Chapter 3 picks up where the Gospels leave off
to give us a front row seat at the exact moment The Yahushaic Covenant was entered into. Yahusha had been Mikveh’d clean of his sin
with Living Water and “fulfilled all righteousness” as Yahuah promised (Ezekiel 36:24-31), fled into the
wilderness to “anah/humble” himself as the new High
Priest of Israel (with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him
from death) for his own sin and the sin of the people (Hebrews 5:3)
for 40 days/nights.
Hebrews 5:7
During the days of Yahusha’s life on earth (when he was imperfect, disobedient and LEARNING obedience Hebrews
5:8-9), he offered up prayers and petitions (repentance) with fervent cries and tears to the one
who could save him from death (the penalty of
sin/disobedience Romans 6:23), and he was heard because of his
reverent submission to Yahuah (and walked The Way of
repentance, washed clean through Mikveh, forgiven by Yahuah, born-again by
the Ruach).
Satan had just tempted Yahusha to prevent him from
“emptying himself of his right to rule” and offered Yahusha to take the
Kingdom by force if he would deny The Heavenly Scroll and NOT come as
Suffering Servant to die.
For more on Yahusha emptying himself
of his right to rule not his “Divinity”
Yahusha had refused Satan and Satan is furious at his
defeat and leaves Yahusha to accuse him before Yahuah and the Angel of Yahuah
comes to minister to Yahusha… now, this is where the prophecy in Zechariah 3
picks up with Satan now accusing Yahusha before Yahuah that he is full of sin
and not worthy as we see this event in the life of Yahusha in the Gospels:
Matthew 4:1-11
Then
Yahusha was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil
(Zechariah 3:1). 2 After fasting forty days and forty
nights, he was hungry (like a stick snatched
from the fire of the hot sun Zechariah 3:2).... 8 Again, the devil took him to a
very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world (Jerusalem specifically and Satan was rebuked because
Jerusalem is not his to give away Zechariah 3:1) and their splendor. 9 “All this I will
give you (if you will deny Yahuah's Will to
empty yourself of your right to Rule as Conquering King and take up the role
of High Priest to die as Suffering Servant),” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me. (Zechariah 3:1)” 10
Yahusha said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the
Yahuah your Elohim, and serve him only.’” 11 Then the devil left him (to accuse him before Yahuah Zechariah 3:1), and angels came and attended him (Zechariah 3:1).
Now the scene is set in the Gospels for us to know the
exact conversation that took place from that point forward where the Covenant
of Peace is entered into to make peace between Yahuah and His chosen and
forgive our sin… IF Yahusha walks with “no sin” as High Priest
(Hebrews 4:15).
Zechariah 3 - Yahusha's sin
forgiven through Mikveh, Yahuah consecrates Yahusha High Priest directly, and
enters into The Yahushaic Covenant to "forgive
our sin"
1 Then he showed me Yahusha the high priest
standing before the angel of YHVH, and Satan standing at his right side to
accuse him. 2 YHVH said to Satan, “YHVH rebuke you, Satan! YHVH, who has
chosen Jerusalem (because Satan is attempting to get
Yahusha NOT to empty himself of his right to the throne and take the kingdom
by force Matthew 4:9), rebuke you! Is not this man a burning
stick snatched from the fire (Yahusha had been in
the desert for 40 days with little food Matthew 4:2)?” 3 Now
Yahusha was dressed in filthy clothes (metaphor of
sin Isaiah 64:6) as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said
to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” Then
YHVH said to Yahusha, “See, I have taken away your sin (Yahusha had just been Mikveh'd clean of his sin by John to
fulfill the Righteous Requirements of The Law Matthew 3:13-17 and Ezekiel
36:24-31), and I will put fine garments (of
the High Priest) on you.” 5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban (of the High Priest Hebrews 4:15) on his
head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and
clothed him (in the garments of the High Priest),
while the angel of YHVH stood by. 6 The angel of YHVH gave this charge to
Yahusha (here is The Yahushaic Covenant!) 7
“This is what YHVH Almighty says: ‘IF (YHVH makes a
conditional promise, a COVENANT) you will walk in obedience to me and
keep my requirements (of The Branch foretold in The
Heavenly Scroll to come FIRST as Suffering Servant and die THEN Conquering
King to rule AND walk with no sin as High Priest Hebrews 4:15),
THEN (here is the promise if he fulfills The
Heavenly Scroll as The Glorious Righteous Branch Virgo) you
will govern my house (i.e. King over the government
that will govern creation Isaiah 9:6 and Constellation LEO)
and have charge of my courts (Eternal Judge 2 Cor
5:10), and I will give you a place (right
hand of YHVH Mark 16:19) among these standing here 8 “‘Listen,
High Priest Yahusha, you and your associates seated (who
came) before you (probably Adam, Enoch,
Moses, Elijah, etc.), who (those seated
before him) are men symbolic of things to come (they were not The Branch just shadows/prototypes):
I am going to bring (you from this point forward)
My servant (Isaiah 61), The Branch (he is The Messiah and fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll Virgo).
9 See, the stone I have set in front of Yahusha! There are seven streams of
living water (eyes) on that one stone (witness written in stone as Yahusha was full of the 7
Spirits Revelation 5:6), and I will engrave an inscription on
it,’ says YHVH Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a
single day (Jeremiah 31:34 - Yahuah will fulfill His
promise to "forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more" in a
NEW covenant with Yahusha).
This is uniquely speaking to and of High Priest Yahusha
the Messiah “the Branch” the one prophesied before the foundation of
the world in The Heavenly Scroll called The
Word of His Testimony.
It could not be any clearer!
Almost every scholar chooses to believes
this to be a prophecy of Yahusha III (the Messiah’s grandfather) when none of
this occurred in his life and he is NOT The Branch, Eternal High Priest or
King! Yahusha III was NOT consecrated High Priest personally by Yahuah.
There is nothing about Yahusha III in the Scriptures anywhere
so this prophecy (if about him) is irrelevant. No prophecy spoken
in Yahuah’s name by a major prophet recorded in the Scriptures is
“irrelevant” they all speak of the coming Messiah.
ONLY the Messiah qualifies for this prophecy and we know
exactly when it occurred in his life (in the desert after he was Mikveh’d
clean of his sin). Yahuah entered into
covenant to “forgive our sin” ONLY with Yahusha the Messiah to fulfill
Jeremiah 31:
Jeremiah 31
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the
people of Israel after that time,” declares Yahuah. “I will put my law in
their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will
be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one
another, ‘Know Yahuah,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them
to the greatest,” declares Yahuah. “For I will forgive their wickedness and
will remember their sins no more (by walking The Way
by Living Water verse 9 fulfilled in Zechariah Chapter 3).”
I actually know of no one else
that sees this as the Messiah I’m just giving someone out there the benefit
of the doubt here. There is zero chance this could be speaking of anyone
other than The Messiah Yahusha the Eternal High Priest. Let’s
examine this prophecy in more detail in light of the life of Yahusha the
Messiah.
In this one prophetic vision, YHVH reveals
clearly His Plan of Salvation through the High Priest Yahusha. We see
Yahusha standing before “The Angel of YHVH’ who was acting as YHVH’s proxy
speaking for Him. Yahusha is standing next to Satan who is accusing Yahusha
vigorously saying probably something to the effect “look how dirty this
lowly man is, covered in sin!” as The Accuser of the brethren (Revelation 12:10)
We know for a fact Yahusha was not born perfect but had to
be perfected through discipline called sanctification.
John 17:19-21
"And for their sakes I sanctify myself (by learning obedience through suffering discipline Hebrews
5:8-9), that they also might be sanctified through the truth (my example is the True Way that leads to Eternal Life John
14:6). Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which
shall believe on me through their word (enter into
covenant); That they all may be one family; as you, Father, are in (covenant with) me (to be
my Father), and I in (covenant with)
you (to be your son), that they also may be
one in (covenant with) us (a family as your Sons John 1:12 and my brothers Hebrews
2:11): that the world may believe that you have sent me (as a sin offering Romans 8:3 to show them The Way
to adoption and eternal life John 17:3)."
We know Yahusha did not live obedient to YHVH his entire
life because he had to “learn obedience through suffering”.
Hebrews 5
8 though he was a son, yet he LEARNED (G1097) OBEDIENCE (was not born obedient but
"in the flesh" apposed to Yahuah 'sarki')
by the things (discipline by a loving Father Hebrews
12:5-7) which he suffered (for
disobedience). 9 And HAVING BEEN PERFECTED (through
the process of sanctification John 17:19… he was not born that way, he
was born disobedient and opposed to Yahuah which is the definition of “in the
flesh” Sarki), He BECAME the author (life
example) of (how we obtain) eternal
salvation to all who obey him (and follow his
example).
So here is Yahusha standing before the Angel of YHVH
covered in “filthy rags” which is symbolic of “sin”. Not only “possibly” his
own sin but Yahusha is carrying the sin of the world on his shoulders as
well.
Isaiah
64
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts
are like filthy rags.
Hebrews
7:27
Unlike
the other high priests (who died), 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 sins once for all when he
offered himself (as a sin offering and shows us The
Way).
Hebrews
5
2
Yahusha as High Priest is able to deal gently with
those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness (sinful flesh G4561 ‘sarki’). 3 That is why he is
obligated to offer sacrifices FOR HIS OWN SIN, as well as for the sins of the
people. 4 No one takes this honor (of atoning for
sin as High Priest) upon himself; he must be called by Yahuah (Zechariah Chapter 3), just as Aaron was (and be of the Aaronic Line via The House of Zadok)
But, when did this vision occur
in Yahusha’s life? It occurred just after John the High Priest consecrated
through Mikveh Yahusha as High Priest in succession. The ritual of Mikveh
washing away his prior life and as YHVH said “He had taken away his sin” and
removed the sin of the world (dirty rags) from him. Yahusha then fled into
the desert like the scapegoat. After spending 40 days/night in the desert sun
basically starving to death, Yahusha literally looks like a “burning stick
snatched from the fire” of the desert sun.
Now, after just being cleansed of sin through Mikveh
(baptism), Yahusha is stripped of his “filthy rags” and sin of the world, and
clothed in the garments of a High Priest as Yahusha was literally by blood
the successor to John the Baptist who succeeded High Priest Yahusha III who
restored the House of Zadok to the Office of High Priest in the Second
Temple.
Yahusha was a Zadok High Priest
YHVH then declares “See (as I promised you in The Torah
concerning Mikveh to wash away your sin), I have taken away your sin, and put
fine garments on you”. Yahusha knew The Law and that that he MUST be Mikveh’d
to “fulfill all Righteousness” this is how Yahusha fulfilled The Righteous
Requirements of The Law! It is how we too fulfill The Law and become
Righteous with no sin.
Romans 8
3 For what the Law was powerless to do (make us Righteous) in that The Law was weakened by
the sinful flesh (held accountable to the death
decrees in The Law), Yahuah did (covered the
death decrees and forgave our iniquity and remembered our sin no more)
by sending His own (first born-again) son in
the likeness of sinful flesh (flesh 'Sarki' g4561:
Thayer's def =#4 - born to two human parents, outside ANY Divine Influence,
prone to sin, and opposed to Yahuah), as an offering for sin (to prove The Way works as he was perfected and forgiven).
He thus condemned sin in the flesh (by walking The
Way of perfection and dying innocent in the eyes of Yahuah), 4 so that
the righteous standard of the Law might be fulfilled in us (too who walk The Way of Mikveh to "fulfill all
Righteousness").
And then it goes on to describe the garments of The High
Priest that were put on Yahusha. Then YHVH tells Yahusha to “listen” because
YHVH would bring about (in Yahusha) his servant, the Branch ( an obvious reference to The Messiah in The Heavenly
Scroll)…
VIRGO: A young
maiden will give a virgin birth (The Branch will be
heir as the firstborn son to the Throne/Melchi and the Office of High Priest of
the House of Zadok/Tsedek) to a beautiful glorious and righteous
branch (this is why The Messiah is
referred to as The Branch by all the prophets who read The Heavenly Scroll).
The seed (star Spica) of the woman will be a man
of humiliation (Suffering Servant) to rise to
be the desire of nations (King of all Kings)
and will become exalted first as shepherd (High
Priest) then as harvester (Conquering
King). LIBRA: The
scales demand a price (dowry) to be paid (to redeem the Bride) of this seed, a cross to
endure; the victim will be slain (to save his
brothers and prove himself worthy to rule over them) and purchase a
crown (to sit at the Right Hand of The Creator). SCORPIO: There is a conflict between
the seed and the serpent (Orion the Son of Man
battles The Dragon) leading to a struggle with the enemy (over who is the fulfillment of The Heavenly Scroll, Yahusha
or Ba’al Shamayim), the enemy is vanquished (by The Word of His Testimony). SAGITTARIUS: The double-natured seed (King/Melchi and High Priest/Tsedek … Melchizedek) triumphs as a warrior and pleases
the heavens, builds fires of punishment, casts down the dragon. CAPRICORNUS: Eternal life comes from
his death (he is granted eternal life by the power
of the resurrection), he’s the Arrow of God, he is pierced, yet
springs up again in abundant life (the firstborn of
the dead). AQUARIUS: He
pours out “living water” from on high, humanity drinks of the heavenly river
and the faithful live again, he is the deliverer of the good news (Gospel),
Carrying the Cross over the earth. PISCES: The
Redeemer’s (the Groom pays the dowry to redeem his Bride)
people (the Bride) multiplied, supported and led by the Lamb, The Bride is exposed on
earth, the Bridegroom is exalted. ARIES: The
Lamb is found worthy (by walking The Way and giving
his life as a lamb slain in the 4,000th year when the Age of Aries “dies” and
Pisces begins), the Bride is made ready, Satan is bound, the strong
man triumphs. TAURUS: The
conquering Ruler comes, the sublime vanquisher, to execute the great
judgment, he is the ruling Shepherd King (double-natured
seed).GEMINI: The
Marriage of the Lamb (The Fall Feasts), the
enemy is trodden down (Days of Awe), the
Prince comes in great Glory (Feast of Trumpets). CANCER: The great Bride, the two Houses
of Judah and Israel are united in marriage (Yom
Kippur), they are brought safely into the kingdom (Feast of Tabernacles). LEO: The Lion King is aroused for
rending, the Serpent flees, the Bowl of Wrath is upon him, his Carcass is
devoured. The Lion of the tribe of Judah rules as King (Age of Aquarius).
In other words YHVH would make
THIS High Priest His Messiah and he was the “Debar/Predestined Plan/Word”
fulfilled in the flesh John 1! And if Yahusha “will walk in obedience to
me and keep my requirements (laid out in The Heavenly Scroll) then you will
govern My house and have charge of My courts, and I will give you a place
among these standing here“.
This is an “if… then…” statement, a COVENANT
bound by terms and conditions called The Yahushaic Covenant. If Yahusha will
fulfill His Will and be “with no sin as High Priest”, then YHVH will engrave
in stone that He (YHVH) will “remove the sin of this land in a single
day” because of Yahusha’s piety (reverent submission to The Way)
fulfilling the most basic promise of The Yahushaic Covenant.
Jeremiah 31
33 "But this is the covenant which I will make
with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahuah, "I
will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be
their God, and they shall be My people. 34"They will not teach again,
each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahuah,' for
they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,"
declares Yahuah, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I
will remember no more (in covenant with the Eternal
High Priest Zechariah Chapter 3)."
This IS The Yahushaic Covenant in detail, entered into
between Yahusha and Yahuah to fulfill His Promise to ”
by washing us clean with Living Water”…
Ezekiel 36
24“ ‘For I will take you out of the nations (Yahusha was taken out of Egypt Matthew 2:15);
I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own
land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean (through Mikveh… Matthew 3:15); I will
cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols (Zechariah 3 “See
High Priest Yahusha, I have forgiven your sin”). 26 I will give
you a new heart and put a new spirit in you (Matthew
3:16); I will remove from you your heart of stone (legalistic adherence “by the letter”) and give you
a heart of flesh (obedience to the intent).
27 And I will put my Spirit in you (and you will be
born-again by fire) and move you to follow my decrees and be careful
to keep my laws (Zechariah 3). ….31
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe
yourselves for your sins and detestable practices (Yahusha
cried out to Yahuah in repentance to save him from DEATH the penalty of his
sinful flesh Hebrews 5:7 and “don’t call me good” Mark 10:18).
And that covenant is NOT that Yahuah came to
Earth and died (blasphemy), it is that Yahuah CHOSE and anointed
a human being to be perfected in obedience and give his life as High Priest
to “show us the way”! Then made his “example” called The Way a covenant that
bears his name The Yahushaic Covenant:
Isaiah 42
6"I am Yahuah, I have called you (to be perfected) in righteousness (Hebrews 5:8-9), I will also hold you by the
hand and watch over you (to set the example and walk
The Way by Living Water Ezekiel 36:25), And I will appoint you
as a covenant to the people (he will mediate the
Covenant of Peace as the Eternal Zadok High Priest Numbers 25:10-13 and
make atonement), As a light (life example John
1:26) to the nations, 7 To open (spiritually)
blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in
darkness from the prison (religion and tradition of
men).…
Nothing in that covenant says Yahusha had to be a perfect
“god”! It says the exact opposite, he had to be forgiven then show
us The Way and he was “heard” because of his OBEDIENCE not because he
was a “god”. Yahuah had to prove The Way by Living Water works and “for
that reason” Yahusha had to be made fully human in every way, and sin… so
that he could be forgiven. Then we all follow that same path as Yahusha is
our BROTHER not our ‘god’… and Yahuah is begetting a family, Yahusha the
first fruits from the grave.
Hebrews 2
11 For both He who sanctifies (Yahuah) and those who are sanctified (an perfected in obedience by suffering discipline Hebrews
5:8-9) are all from one Father; for which reason (he as well as us must be sanctified by Yahuah in obedience)
Yahusha is not ashamed to call them brothers.
The Apostle Paul taught the exact same “conditional” role,
that YHVH heard Yahusha BECAUSE of his piety not because Yahusha was the
second member of a pagan Babylonian Trinity as we have been taught:
Hebrews 5:7
During the
days of Yahusha's life on earth (as a sinful
human Romans 8:3), he
offered up prayers and petitions (repentance) with fervent cries and tears to the one (true and only true God... YHVH John 17:3) who could save him from death (the penalty of his sin), and he was heard (and
forgiven by YHVH as YHVH promised in Zachariah 3) because of his reverent submission (to The Way whereby he was perfected, forgiven, and
begotten Divine).
Yahusha had to have “sinned” for Yahuah to fulfill His
Promise to “forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more” (Hebrews 8:12-13) and it was “for that
reason” Yahusha came to serve as High Priest…
Hebrews 2
For this reason (so Yahuah
could fulfill His promise to forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no
more Hebrews 8:12-13) Yahusha HAD TO BE MADE LIKE US, fully
human in every way (sinful flesh), in order
that he might BECOME (through sanctification Hebrews
2:11) a merciful and faithful high priest in service to Yahuah,
and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people (offer his life as a sin offering to show us The Way to
defeat death as a Zadok High Priest Numbers 25:13).
Now you know “the rest of the story”…
The Truth.
Blessings,
Rav Sha’ul (the Nazarene)
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