2006-Nov-25  Sat

Names used on this page...
Yahshua = = Joshua, Jesus
and...
Yahweh = = God's name, "The God who IS"!

Exodus 3:13
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14  And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
KJV




Atonement for sin, through blood sacrifice?
What is that about???

I 'got' God's plan for mankind - well i thought i did.
Honest!   [smile]
Our repentance, and our redemption, through Jesus sacrifice.

A redemption [in two parts] for those, for any, and for all!, who would accept it.
Which is...
  1. Acknowledge our sin [our willful nature], acknowledge our hopelessness, our helplessness, to God.
  2. Accept God's gift [of His atonement for sin, on our behalf!].

Paul states it like this...
Romans 3:10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11  There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13  Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14  Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15  Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16  Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17  And the way of peace have they not known:
18  There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19  ¶Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21  But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22  Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26  To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27  Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28  Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

We demonstrate our faith [in God's atonement, through the sacrifice of Yahshua], by acknowledging what a mess the world is in, through our willful, selfish walk.
We say, "I am sorry. And I accept God's offered redemption.", so that when this life is over we can share in Yahshua's resurrection.

The pattern for this redemption, through atonement for sin, was, is evident throughout God's word.
[Anyone who reads God's word will [over time] come to know, and understand, that God is very big on 'patterns' for types, for us to discover [in his word]!]

I believe [as do others] that Yahweh has set out these patterns [of types] again and again, in the bible.

Here are a few of the verses which relate to atonement for sin, through blood sacrifice.
Exodus 30:10
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

Leviticus 16:18
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.

Leviticus 16:27
And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.

Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

2 Chronicles 29:24
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

Matthew 26:28  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48  I am that bread of life.
49  Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50  This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51  I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52  The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55  For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56  He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57  As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58  This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
59  These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60  ¶Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61  When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62  What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Romans 3:25  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.








But why atonement through blood sacrifice?

OK, there are 'patterns' in God's word, hidden in plain sight for us to find.
But recently, something began to bug me.
Atonement for sin, through blood sacrifice?

This, i did not understand.

I did understand the function of the 'type', but i did not understand the basis for this 'type'.

Blood sacrifice?

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

I even asked God...
"What is that blood sacrifice thing about Yahweh?
Are you [perhaps] a vampire God?
You know i'm just kidding God!"

Yes, i believed that there was a reason for this blood sacrifice 'type', but i just could not see it.
I could not, understand.

Why use this particular 'type' in the atonement for sin pattern?

I searched God's word.

Luke 11:9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Well, i now believe that God has shown me.
I believe that God has revealed an answer, to my understanding.

This particular blood sacrifice 'type', in the atonement for sin pattern, does not speak to God's nature, or any fascination of His, with blood rites.
An answer

This particular blood sacrifice 'type' speaks to our nature, and to our physical form in this life.

It comes back again, to our underlying human nature of both aggression, and greed.

Yahweh knows, and we must come to understand that....
The sinful nature of man will lead man to shed the blood of his brother.

So, the shedding of blood, being linked with atonement for sin, is predicated on man's physical existence here.
And upon the way man has chosen to vanquish and 'prevail' against his brethren.

And that is through the shedding of blood!!!

Mankind's chosen 'way' to prevail is through force, and through the shedding of blood!!!

Genesis 4:6
¶And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8  ¶And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9  ¶And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10  And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

This, is why the shedding of blood is linked to atonement for sin!
This 'pattern' for our atonement, is for our 'learning', for our edification.

So in aggression, in violence, and in the spilling of blood, we must pay a price!
This is simple justice.
Blood for blood!

Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6  Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

But on a personal level, what about me?!?
Have i shed a man's blood?
No.
So, why am i accounted guilty of Cain's sin too?
[Just look at this world!!! 2006-Nov]

Jesus said that even to have anger [without cause], is to prove your nature, and to be worthy of death [judgment]!

Matthew 5:21
¶Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22  But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.



But God wishes to pardon our sin, IFF, we are willing to acknowledge our sin [repent], and return to him.










Ron Wyatt!
[Bible student, amateur archaeologist]

There is a very interesting  finale  to this pattern of...
atonement for sin through blood sacrifice,
relating to the original, and lost, Ark of the Covenant !

 The pattern of the Law of Yahweh,
was instituted through Moses.
The Law of sacrifice was a pattern to cover the sins of the people of God.
Israel, a people holy to God.

Once a year the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant,
was to be sprinkled with the blood of the sacrifice made for atonement.
It was a sacrifice made to cover the sins of the people of God, for the previous year.

This ritual was nothing more than another pattern [of a 'type'].
It was the pattern for Yahweh's [end of time] redemption of the people of God.

And that pattern has been fulfilled [read on],
by the Messiah of Israel,
and in accordance with the Law of Yahweh.
A message for the people of God.
And for the people of Israel, a people holy to God.
...Return, in this time, and seek your God!

The fulfillment of the Law of Yahweh,
and an end of atonement for sin through the Law is clear,
...if you will receive the account of a man called Ron Wyatt [now deceased].

Should we believe Ron Wyatt's account?


Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
5  Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.



Be amazed!
And wonder at the ways of Yahweh, your redeemer!
Open this page, and search for the words...          Ron Wyatt

Then read down from that point, to hear the account of Ron Wyatt, of finding the lost Ark of the Covenant.
And, learn especially the circumstance [the place!] of its discovery.

The same account, in a slightly different context, is given here. [this link is part of the Wyatt family Archaeological Museum WWW site]


He is a God who loves righteousness and mercy, and he is our God.
And we are blessed because we choose to accept his gift.

Psalms 85:1
¶<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.>> LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2  Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
3  Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
4  Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
5  Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
6  Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7  Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
8  ¶I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
9  Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
10  Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11  Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12  Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
13  Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.








The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken their ancient covenant with their God, to walk in their own ways.

Jeremiah 11:6
Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
7  For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
8  Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
9  And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10  They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.


Israel & Judah, a green olive tree...

Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
17  For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18  ¶And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
19  But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
20  But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.


This world is full of violence and injustice.
And men complain of God, This being so, is God just?

Jeremiah 12:1
¶Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Matthew 13:24
¶Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25  But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26  But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28  He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29  But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30  Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41  The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.


But God will reveal to the whole earth, that in all his dealings with man, it is God that is righteous and true!

Isaiah 56:1
¶Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Romans 1:16
¶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19  ¶Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Revelation 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.









I say to the people of God, and to all Israel, seek your God!
He is a God who loves righteousness.

Exodus 6:7  And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8  And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27  And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
28  And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29  But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30  When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31  (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Psalms 105:1
¶O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2  Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3  Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4  Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
5  Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6  O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7  He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8  ¶He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9  Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10  And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

Psalms 106:1
¶Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2  Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3  Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4  Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5  That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6  ¶We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7  Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8  Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
9  He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10  And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11  And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12  Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13  ¶They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14  But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15  And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

Psalms 106:34
¶They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35  But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36  And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37  Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38  And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39  Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40  Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41  And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42  Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43  Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44  Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45  And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46  He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47  Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48  Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

Daniel 9 - A prayer for Jerusalem and Israel today

Open your heart, and seek your God!
Draw close to him.
Accept his offered gift.

His love.

James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.










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this section below,
is largely what i had written regards atonement,
before i decided to address the blood sacrifice 'thing'...
Atonement for ISRAEL
A Covenant, and a pattern, revealed at an earlier time.
[for the forgiveness of sins, for the forgiveness of 'transgressions' against God's righteousness]


The earlier pattern [of atonement ] given to the house of ISRAEL...
Exodus 25:40
And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15  ¶Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16  And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.



The declaration of a future, new covenant...

Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
30  But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32  Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33  But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34  And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.







And Atonement for all mankind through a new Covenant.


Fulfillment [atonement], in a new covenant...
Hebrews 8:1
¶Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2  A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3  For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4  For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5  Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Hebrews 9:18
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19  For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20  Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21  Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23  ¶It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.




And why are these 'patterns' hidden in plain sight in God's word?
I believe that the reason this has been done is...
  1. so that through meditation, study, these patterns in God's word [the Bible] may become [easily] 'apparent' to us, and...
  2. to underscore by the use of these 'patterns', the importance of certain aspects of our relationship with God, and...
  3. that through coming to understand God's 'meanings' in these patterns, our confidence in God's promise is made stronger.
God wants us to know and understand his plan for our redemption - to him that will hear.
To understand ourselves, and to understand, about our relationship with Him! - to him that will hear.

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21  For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.




What is the whole of the Law?
What does God require?...

Proverbs 21:3
¶To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:7
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Mark 12:28
¶And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31  And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32  And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33  And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
So, in conclusion.

So Yahshua [Joshua, Jesus] has paid our price!
The price to redeem mankind, from sin.
Yahshua paid for our redemption, with his own blood!

And through faith [belief] we are justified, when we accept his gift.

And we should now endeavour to turn away from our old selfish ways.
Those ways which we have come to learn in this physical form.
Those ways which at one time seemed right to us.

But these were ways which led us to confusion and sadness.

Romans 3:16
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17  And the way of peace have they not known:
18  There is no fear of God before their eyes.

So this faith we have [in God's promise] is truly confirmed in us, when we look at the troubles in this world.
Troubles which come from an expression of our unrestrained human nature.

And sadly, it is a life which still seems right, to those which still live it.
And they do whatever they will - being willful children.
Which we once were.




From time to time, we may still stumble.
But we must try to live a new life now.
And quietly we await our future.

Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.


Although many of these patterns of old observances in God's word [which spoke to us] are now past and 'fulfilled'...

Colossians 2:16
¶Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.


What is important.... is that we should not continue in our old 'affections', we should not seek to satisfy our old desires in this world, which [would then, 'naturally'] lead us again to [a life of] sin against God.

Colossians 3:1
¶If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5  ¶Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7  In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8  ¶But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;








Now, in this time, earnestly accept God's good gift, and thank Yahweh for his mercy and love.

Ecclesiastes 3:1
¶To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11  ¶He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12  I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Jeremiah 9:23
¶Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
24  But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
25  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
26  Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.





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