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The King’s Qualification
by Rav Sha'ul
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Yahusha, like
all the sons of YHVH, must have proven himself worthy to
rule. He must demonstrate while on this Earth:
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He was willing to serve YHVH’s creation and
the sons of YHVH before ruling over them.
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He loved YHVH, His Creation, and His family
with the kind of love required to rule by giving his life
for them first.
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He had to study YHVH’s Righteousness defined
by The Law and live it.
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He had to demonstrate that he possessed The
Seal of YHVH’s Kingdom.
·
He had to faithfully carry “the standard” or
display the Sign of YHVH’s Kingdom.
·
He had to be obedient to the ritual that YHVH
defined in His Law; whereby he could obtain YHVH’s Grace and
Forgiveness.
·
He had to demonstrate he could be trusted with
great wealth and remain humble.
·
He had to be TRANSPOSED into The Kingdom
of YHVH demonstrating with power YHVH’s
choice of Yahusha as a son.
At this point
in this book, I have not yet defined all the qualifications
every son of YHVH must have to enter His Kingdom. However,
below I will quickly demonstrate that Yahusha was a son by
the evidence in his life. I will fully define them in later
chapters of this book.
Yahusha demonstrated he was willing to serve YHVH’s creation
and the sons of YHVH before ruling over them.
The Second
Adam
Adam
identified with his wife Eve in her sin and as a result died
for her. Adam then had to serve after failing to
properly rule the Earth. Adam was given dominion
over his wife. Adam had to go through a life on
Earth and serve YHVH’s creation that he was intended to
govern. Adam was literally the son of YHVH having no
parents.
Yahusha,
the bridegroom, had to indentify with the transgressions of
his “bride” as The Passover Lamb and die for
her. Yahusha had to serve her in this life before
ruling over her in the next life. Yahusha had to go
through a life on Earth and serve YHVH’s creation that he
would later govern. Yahusha was resurrecting
becoming the actual son of YHVH in The Kingdom of YHVH.
Messiah
ben Joseph
Yahusha had to
fulfill the requirements of The Messiah as foretold by the
prophets of YHVH. The prophets describe a suffering servant
known in prophetic circles as “The Messiah ben Joseph”.
Joseph was a prototype or forerunner of the suffering
Messiah (physical to spiritual parallel).
Joseph was betrayed by his brothers, thrown in the pit left
to die, rose from the pit to be at the right hand of
Pharaoh. Joseph then extended forgiveness to his brothers
and saved their lives in the 7-year Egyptian drought. The
entire story of Joseph son of Jacob is a physical to
spiritual parallel of the life of the coming
Messiah.
Yahusha too
would be betrayed by his brothers (the Jews), go down into
the pit (death), rise again to the right hand of YHVH and
deliver the sons of YHVH from death.
Upon Yahusha’s
death he suffered in love for his brothers, he was found
worthy as a servant and given the crown to rule. Let’s take
a look at a few prophecies that speak of Yahusha’s role as
the suffering servant. Again, this book is only to serve as
Cliff Notes to The Kingdom of YHVH.
This is not intended to be an in depth study of the
suffering servant. Just an introduction… let’s look at
Isaiah 53.
Isaiah 53
53
Who has believed our message and
to whom has the arm of YHVH been revealed?
2 He (Yahusha)
grew up before Him (YHVH)
like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground (Yahusha had to grow in wisdom and favor and was trained to perfect
obedience). He had no beauty or majesty to attract us
to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was
despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and
familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their
faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up
our pain and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by YHVH, stricken by Him, and
afflicted. 5
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he
was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that
brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are
healed. 6 We
all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to
our own way; and YHVH has laid on him (as
Passover Lamb) the iniquity (breaking
The Law) of us all.
7 He was oppressed and
afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a
(Passover) lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so
he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and
judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation
protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression (of The Law)
of My people he was punished.
9 He was assigned a
grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his
mouth. (Yahusha was tried and found innocent for insurrection which is violence as
well as blasphemy which is deceit)
10 Yet it was
YHVH’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,(Yahusha
had to be trained and proven worthy to rule YHVH’s Creation)
and though YHVH makes his life (Yahusha’s
entire life not his death) an offering for sin, he
will see his offspring and prolong his days (promise
of eternal life), and the will of YHVH
(to procreate a family to govern
Creation, Yahusha being the first born son) will
prosper in his hand (Yahusha will
set The Way for all future sons to follow).
11 After he has
suffered (only after
Yahusha was properly trained to rule), he will see
the light of life and be satisfied (resurrected
to eternal life); by his knowledge (of
The Law) My righteous (Torah
Observant) servant will justify many (by
covering the death decrees in The Law as Passover Lamb),
and he will bear their iniquities (inability
to keep His Law).
12 Therefore (by his
knowledge of The Law and obedience unto death) I will
give him a portion among the great (seat
Yahusha at the right hand of YHVH as King in The
Kingdom of YHVH), and he will
divide the spoils with the strong, because he
poured out his life (for My
purposes and his brothers) unto death,
(the greatest expression of true
love) and was numbered with the transgressors. For he
bore the sin of many (as Passover
Lamb), and made intercession for the transgressors (as
High Priest).
Yahusha
displayed, what at that time was, the greatest expression of
a “servant”; just before Passover Yahusha washed the feet of
his disciples. Yahusha set the example that we too
must be servants before we can be found worthy to
govern with him. Washing the feet of his disciples was a
physical to spiritual parallel.
John 13:1-17
13
It was just before the Passover
Festival. Yahusha knew that the hour had come for him to
leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own
who were in the world, he loved them to the end (Yahusha
demonstrated the love required to rule).
2 The evening meal (yes,
Yahusha kept Passover not Easter) was in progress,
and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon
Iscariot, to betray Yahusha.
3 Yahusha knew that
the Father had put all things under his power, and that he
had come from (the predestined Will
of) YHVH and was returning (as
a trained son) to YHVH;
4 so he got up from
the meal, took off his outer clothing (his
Tallit), and wrapped a towel around his waist.
5 After that, he
poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’
feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around
him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Yahusha replied (speaking
of the Physical to spiritual parallel of what
he was doing), “You do not
realize now what I am doing, but later (when
you have The Spirit of YHVH) you will understand.”
8 “No,” said
Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Yahusha answered,
“Unless I wash you, you have no
part with me.” (Yahusha knew he
must demonstrate the heart of a servant to be King, and all
those who rule with him must do the same)
9 “Then, Master,” Simon Peter replied (not
understanding the spiritual parallel), “not just my
feet but my hands and my head as well!”
10 Yahusha answered,
“Those who have had a bath need
only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you
are clean (his disciples had been
Mikveh’d making them spiritually white as snow in the eyes
of YHVH), though not every one of you.”
11 For he knew who
was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every
one was (spiritually) clean.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he
put on his clothes and returned to his place.
“Do you understand (the
spiritual significance) what I have done (physically)
for you?” he asked them.
13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and
‘Master,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.
14 Now that I, your Master and
Teacher (not their God),
have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s
feet (physical to spiritual
parallel of having
the heart of a servant).
15 I have set you an (physical)
example that you should do as I have done for you
(we too must live a life of service
to our brothers). 16
Very truly I tell you, no servant (all
the sons of YHVH) is greater than his master (Yahusha),
nor is a messenger (Yahusha)
greater than the one (YHVH)
who sent him (Yahusha is saying
that YHVH’s Will is that His sons must first serve to be
qualified to rule). 17
Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if
you do them.
Messiah
ben David
Only after
fulfilling the prophecies of the suffering servant, could
Yahusha then return and fulfill the prophecies of conquering
king known as “Messiah ben David”. King David was a
forerunner or prototype (physical to spiritual
parallel) of the eternal Righteous King. Like
David, Yahusha would return, vanquish the enemies of YHVH,
setup The Kingdom, and be a righteous ruler after YHVH’s own
heart.
At this time
(in the Plan of YHVH defined by The Sabbath Covenant)
Yahusha has fulfilled the prophecies of the suffering
servant or Messiah ben Joseph but has yet (it
is not time) to fulfill the prophecies of the conquering
king. That time is immanent.
Speaking to
his disciples on the importance and meaning of being a
servant, Yahusha instructed his disciples:
Luke 22
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of
them was considered to be greatest.
25 Yahusha said to
them, “The kings of the Gentiles
lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over
them call themselves Benefactors.
26 But you are not to be like that.
Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest,
and the one who rules like
the one who serves.
27 For who is greater,
the one who is at the table or the one who serves?
Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among
you as one who serves.
28 You are those who have stood by me in my
trials. 29 And I confer
on you a kingdom (through
inheritance), just as my Father conferred one on me (as
the first born son), 30
so that you may eat and drink at my table in my
kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.
The Apostle
Paul discussed this same topic expressing that the “heir”
although destined to be master of all, must first be a
servant:
Galatians 4:1-7
1 Now I say,
That the heir (Yahusha and all the
sons are heirs of YHVH), as long as he is a child (not
properly trained), is no different from a servant,
though he be master of all
Yahusha demonstrated the love of a true King
Yahusha
understood that in order to rule as King, he must not only
be willing to serve those whom he would govern but also
demonstrate perfect love for them. That type of love,
explained Yahusha is:
John 15
12 My command is this: Love
each other as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down
one’s life for one’s friends.
The Apostle Paul addresses this concept as
well. He stresses how RARE it is for one man to die for
Righteous man. He then says that it is almost inconceivable
for a man to die for a “good person”. But it is the highest
expression of love for a man to die for a sinner:
Romans 5
6 You see, at just the
right time, when we were still powerless, Yahusha died
for the ungodly. 7
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person,
though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
8 But YHVH demonstrates
(John 3:16) his own love for
us (by giving His first born son)
in this: While we were still sinners, Yahusha died for us.
Yahusha had to demonstrate he could be trusted with great
wealth
When we think
of Yahusha, we envision he was a poor carpenter’s son
because well that is what we are taught in Christianity. If
you are reading this book, you should have already read the
4th book in this series Melchizedek and The
Passover Lamb. In that book I reveal the true
lineage of Yahusha. Yahusha was the product of an arranged
marriage between Joseph and Miriam who were both considered
Royalty in Israel at that time.
Joseph was a
prince from the Royal Davidian Line and considered one of
the young “Lions of Judah”. Miriam was a princess; the
grand-daughter of the Zadok High Priest Yahusha III on her
mother’s side and was the grand daughter of Prince
Mattathias and Princess Alexandra II (Ester of Jerusalem) on
her father’s Eli’s side. Miriam’s father was Heli ben
Mattat or Prince Alexander Helios III (Eli).
The reason
Yahusha was living a simple life of a carpenter was because
he and his mother Miriam were literally being held in
protective custody of the Temple from King Herod’s wrath
where Yahseph, the father of Yahusha, had “sent them away”
when he discovered Miriam was with child. Yahseph (Joseph)
sent them to live with Elizabeth who herself was living in
protective custody. The life they were living in protective
custody had nothing to do with their wealth as they all were
Jewish Royalty (that is why King Herod wanted them all dead
they all were a threat to Herod’s Throne).
That brings me
to the Prophet Daniel and the “Babylonian Wise Men” who
delivered a King’s Ransom to Yahusha at his home. The
“Christian” tradition of the 3 wise men in the manger is
totally unscriptural. Not only were there not just 3, but
they didn’t deliver that wealth to Yahusha in a manger.
Let’s look a little closer at exactly what transpired to
understand the inheritance Yahusha received from the Prophet
Daniel:
·
Daniel was a young Jewish man, was made a
eunuch (castration)
·
Daniel was given a Babylonian name of
Belteshazzar
·
Daniel served under Nebuchadnezzar,
Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus
·
Daniel was given charge over the Chaldeans
(Semitic wise men/astronomers) of whom many where Jews
·
Daniel was visited by the Angel of YHVH,
Gabriel, and given many revelations concerning future
events and of the coming of the Messiah
Daniel rose to
such prominence in the Babylonian Court that he amassed a
fortune. He rose to the position of 3rd Ruler in
all of Babylon and was the King of the Chaldeans:
Daniel
5:29-30
Then
commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,
and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a
proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third
ruler in the kingdom. {30} In that night was Belshazzar the
king of the Chaldeans slain.
Daniel was so
prominent in Babylon; he was literally favored above all and
was set over the King’s entire realm!
Daniel
6:3
Then this
Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes,
because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought
to set him over the whole realm.
Daniel was a
very wealthy “King” by the time of his death. Since Daniel
was a eunuch he had no son to pass on
and give an inheritance to. Knowing his Messiah would one
day be born in Bethlehem, Daniel gave instructions to his
Jewish Chaldean astronomers (whom Daniel trained) to secure
and save his inheritance until the sign of the “Coming of
the King” in the heavens was revealed. The executors of
Daniel’s will (the school of Chaldean Astronomers trained
by Daniel), 500 hundred years later, saw this “sign in
the heavens” and began to prepare to deliver Daniel’s
treasure to the child born “King of the Jews” in Israel.
500 hundred
years after the death of Daniel, Daniel’s treasure finally
reappears in Scripture with the Chaldean “wise men” at
Yahseph’s (Joseph) and Miriam’s (Mary's) home in Judea.
It doesn’t show up in a manger in Bethlehem (oh how
tradition lies)…
Matthew
2:11
And when they
were come into the house (of
Joseph and Mary) they saw the young child with Miriam
his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they
had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Yahusha was
about 2 years old at this time. We don’t know the extent of
the estate of Prince Yahseph and Princess Miriam (Joseph and
Mary). We don’t know the extent of Daniel’s Estate that was
given to the Messiah as an inheritance since Daniel had no
family. We can rightfully deduce, however, that Yahusha was
FAR FROM POOR but a very wealthy prince of Israel!
The point here
is that in lieu of Yahusha’s great wealth, that rivaled that
of a King… we know nothing about it and assume he was poor.
Yahusha could have, as was the practice of The Jews at that
time, PURCHASED his place in the Temple inner circle from
Rome. In stead, Yahusha demonstrated a simple life of a
poor servant proving his worthiness to rule in the face of
great wealth.
Yahusha demonstrated he mastered YHVH’s Righteousness
As I pointed
out in the 4th book in this series,
Melchizedek and The Passover Lamb, Yahusha studied under
his elder cousin (and High Priest of Israel) John the
Baptist. John was the leader of the Nazarene’s who were
considered “Keepers of The Law”.
Yahusha the
Nazarene – follower of John
Nazarenes were
a sect among the Jews in Israel who followed John the
Baptist at the time Yahusha lived. Under John’s direction,
the Nazarenes knowing the prophecies of Daniel concerning
the timing of the Messiah’s coming, bathed in the Mikveh
daily in expectation of the Messiah’s arrival.
Yahusha and
many of his disciples were first followers of John the
Baptist and were all... Nazarenes. When John consecrated
Yahusha as his successor, his followers then followed
Yahusha “the Nazarene” and accepted him as The Messiah.
Nazarenes were
spoken of as guardians of The Torah, Prophets, and Messiah.
It is a mistranslation in our Bibles where it says “Jesus of
Nazareth”. Not only is his name not Jesus, not only did the
town of Nazareth not exist then, but the terms "sect of the
Nazarenes" and "Yahusha of Nazareth" are the same. They both
employ the adjective nasraya (ܐ
ܝܪܨܢܕ) or notsri meaning branch, which is referring
to the prophecy in Isaiah concerning The Branch and prophecy
of Zachariah concerning The Branch. The English word
“Nazarene” (Greek Nazaraios,” Aramaic “Natsraya,” or Hebrew
“Notsri”) comes from the Hebrew word netser (branch), which
itself is derived from the verb natsar which means “to
guard, watch, keep, or preserve.” in context speaking of The
Torah. Yahusha was indeed a Notsri and keeper of The Torah.
That is why he was called Yahusha the Nazarene.
Yahusha
studied under John and was a Nazarene or “keeper of The Law”
who was trained by John to “to guard, watch, keep, or
preserve” The Torah. When the time presented itself Yahusha
clearly proclaimed clearly he did NOT abolish The Torah (Law
and Prophets) but actually brought them to their fullest
meaning and intent spiritually:
Matthew
5
17 “Do not think that I have
come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to
abolish them but to fulfill them.
18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of
a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until
everything is accomplished. 19
Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of
these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called
least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and
teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom
of heaven. 20 For I tell
you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly
not enter the kingdom of heaven.
The
Yahushaic Covenant is defined by The Law.
Hebrews 10:16
This is the covenant I will make
with them after that time, says YHVH. I will put my laws in
their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."
The Law was
transposed to serve Yahusha as High Priest/Righteous
Judge/King.
Hebrews
7:12
"for when
there is a transfer of the priestly office (of
Levi to Melchizedek), out of necessity there is ALSO
A TRANSFER of the LAW of the priesthood (by
which the Priesthood has authority)"
To be in
covenant with Yahusha is to keep The Law as he did:
John 15
9 “As the Father has loved me,
so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
10 If you keep my commands, you
will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s
commands and remain in his love.
I will go further into The Law in Chapter
11 of this book and go into great detail in my book
The Law of YHVH.
Yahusha possessed The Seal of YHVH’s Kingdom
The literal
“seal” or “mark” on the forehead of the children of YHVH is
known as The Shema. It is literally the name of YHVH and
the knowledge that He is ONE (not a Trinity). It is the
GREATEST commandment in all of the Word of YHVH. It is
required for entry into The Kingdom of YHVH.
I will explain The Shema or The Seal in detail in Chapter 8
of this book.
Here I want to
show that Yahusha properly proclaimed The Shema and
demonstrated The Seal of The Kingdom of YHVH
and proclaimed that it is required to attain eternal life:
Mark 12
-
The Greatest Commandment or Seal on your forehead
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard
them debating. Noticing that Yahusha had given them a good
answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the
most important?” 29 “The
most important one,”
answered Yahusha, “is this: ‘Hear,
O Israel: YHVH our God, YHVH is one God!”
John
7:13
Now this (the
knowledge that YHVH is the only true God, The Shema)
is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God,
and (be in covenant with)
Yahusha the Messiah, whom you have sent.
Yahusha faithfully carry “the standard”
I will fully
explain The Sign of The Kingdom of YHVH in
Chapter 9 of this book. The Sign of The Kingdom of
YHVH is the keeping of The Sabbath.
Yahusha kept
the Sabbath and repeatedly taught on the Sabbath:
Mark
6:2
And when the
Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue.
Luke
4:16
So he came to
Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as his custom
was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and
stood up to read.
Luke
6:6
Now it
happened on another Sabbath, also, that he entered the
synagogue and taught.
Luke
13:10
Now he was
teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
Luke
4:31
Then he went
down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them
on the Sabbaths.
In fact,
Yahusha understood The Sabbath Covenant and
that he would return to rule as King to fulfill The Sabbath
Covenant in the 7th prophetic day or 7th
Millennium known as the Millennial Reign:
Mark
2:27-28
And he
said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man
for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is also King
of the Sabbath.
Yahusha was obedient to the ritual YHVH of Mikveh
In book 4 of
this series, Melchizedek and The Passover Lamb,
I go into detail concerning the Mikveh (Baptism) of Yahusha
by John. Mikveh is the ritual cleansing defined in The Law
whereby YHVH washes away our sin. It is a requirement of
salvation.
Matthew
3
13 Then
Yahusha came from Galilee to the Jordan to be Mikveh'd by
John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be
Mikveh'd by you, and do you come to me?” 15 Yahusha replied,
“Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to
fulfill all requirements in The Law.” Then John
consented.
After Yahusha
was Mikveh’d by John he fled into the wilderness to seek
YHVH’s confirmation. We see a vision of Yahusha after being
in the desert for 40 days in Zachariah 3. We see YHVH
confirm that Yahusha was in fact The Messiah and 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 YHVH, and Satan
standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 YHVH (through
His proxy The Angel before whom stood Yahusha and Satan)
said to Satan, “YHVH rebuke you, Satan! YHVH, 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 (metaphor of
sin) 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 (after
taking off his filthy rags),
I have taken away your sin
(fifthly
rags Isaiah 64:6, it is through Mikveh that sin is ritually
washed away by YHVH),
and I will put fine garments (of
the High Priest) on you.”
5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban
(of the High Priest)
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:
7 “This is what YHVH Almighty says
(again YHVH speaking through
His proxy Angel): ‘If
(YHVH makes a
conditional promise) you
will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements (The
Torah), then (here
is the promise if he keeps The Torah and obeys the Will of
YHVH) you will govern
my house (i.e. King over
creation) and have charge
of my courts (Eternal Judge),
and I will give you a place (right
hand of YHVH) 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 (Physical
to spiritual parallels): I am going to bring (you)
my servant (from this point
forward), the Branch
(he is The Messiah).
9 See, the stone I have set in
front of Yahusha! There are seven eyes on that one stone,
and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says YHVH
Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a
single day (the
day Yahusha, in obedience, dies as Passover Lamb).
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 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" or sin of the world, and clothed in the
garments of a High Priest. 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.
YHVH then declares "See (as
I promised you in The Torah concerning Mikveh),
I have taken away your sin, and put fine garments on you".
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 (obvious reference to The Messiah), in
other words YHVH would make THIS High Priest His
Messiah! And if Yahusha "will walk in obedience to me
and keep my requirements (The
Torah), 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. If Yahusha will
keep The Torah, 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.
The Apostle Paul taught the exact
same "conditional" role, that YHVH heard Yahusha BECAUSE of
his piety (obedience to The Law) 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 human),
he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and
tears to the one (YHVH)
who could save him from death, and he was heard (by
YHVH as YHVH promised in Zachariah 3)
because of his reverent submission/piety (obedience
to The Law).
So Yahusha through reverent
obedience to The Torah would become qualified
as The Ruling Zadok through inheritance; he then could offer
himself up as the first born son and proper sacrifice for
sin. Doing away with the yearly “substitute” of a physical
lamb (physical to spiritual parallel), and fulfilling the
prophetic portrait of Abraham sacrificing Isaac (physical to
spiritual parallel), but this time with no substitute! YHVH
actually sacrificed His first born.
Yahusha was TRANSPOSED into The Kingdom of YHVH
We must
understand what “resurrection” truly is. It is the
transposition of our physical bodies into our spiritual
bodies and our literal “birth” as sons of YHVH into His
Kingdom. Yahusha was literally the first son of YHVH to be
perfected in life through training and transposed into
The Kingdom of YHVH. The Apostle Paul summed this
up very well:
Romans
1
1 Paul, a
servant of Yahusha the Messiah, called to be an apostle and
set apart for the gospel of YHVH (which
is The Kingdom of YHVH)— 2 the gospel He (YHVH)
promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy
Scriptures (The Torah and Prophets
ARE The Holy Scriptures) 3 regarding his Son (who
would by example set The Way into that kingdom), who
as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, 4 and who
through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of
YHVH in power by his resurrection from the dead:
Yahusha the Messiah our King (Yahusha
was born through Mary the son of YHVH he was born human.
Yahusha was appointed the son of YHVH by the resurrection).
Hebrews 1
1
In the past (6 covenants)
YHVH spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many
times and in various ways,
2 but in these last days (in
The Yahushaic Covenant) YHVH has spoken
to us by his Son (Moses called
Yahusha the greatest prophet of all who would properly teach
The Law), whom YHVH appointed (through
resurrection) heir of all things, and for whom also
YHVH made the Universe (this is
YHVH’s purpose).
3 The Son is the radiance (reflection)
of YHVH’s glory and the exact representation of YHVH’s being
(Yahusha was transposed into the
full image of YHVH as His literal son), upholding all
things (as King) by YHVH’s
powerful word (The Law).
After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty in The Kingdom of YHVH.
4 So he became (after
his transposition and birth as a god in the exact
representation of YHVH’s being) as much superior to
the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to
theirs.
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