‘And He will become a sanctuary and a stone of offence’

Isaiah 8:14

Wine and bread are synonymous with blood and body, Holy blood and a sinless body. This body was made for a specific purpose, to house holy blood and Gods Holy Spririt.

Each of us has some degree of Holy Spirit otherwise we would be dead, but this body was purpose built, to be God in flesh, just as the ‘fish’ that swallowed Jonah was not a whale, but a purpose built creation to steer a prophet to save a nation from destruction. This body that God built, was born of woman but not conceived by man. The baby was called salvation, Gods Yeshua.

This is Gods dilemma, the child had to grow up obedient to Gods laws, but how? After the flood most nations were building cities to bring honor and glory to themselves. These nations were not seeking God; sex cults, child sacrifice and the worship of sculptures was the norm. There was one option left, rise up a nation of priests.

God chose tribes of slaves to be His nation. God was on the move, there would be no gradual transition, He was about to reveal Himself through the superpower at the time, EGYPT. God is theatrical and dramatic and each scene rose in intensity with plagues, until the final conflict revealed the Angel of Death. Up until then, it was Hebrew against Egyptian however God introduces a subtle change and this is pivotal.

I will observe the blood, and I will shelter you, and there will be no blow of destruction

Exodus 12

The blood on the door post would protect the inhabitants of that house. YHWH did not say to the Angel of Death, ‘you can’t touch the Hebrews’. He said ‘you can’t touch those under the blood’. If the Pharaoh of Egypt had have followed the ritual of lambs blood on the door posts they might have saved those within the palace. If a Hebrew did not comply, death would visit that house.

It wasn’t easy turning a nation of slaves into priests and keeping them focused on the goals set before them. In the desert they built the first temple and the garments and rituals required , they were given the 10 commandments and laws to govern justice in the community. They had to fight giants, the Anakin, children of the Rephaim. Eventually, 10 of the 12 tribes would blend into the world leaving 2 tribes in the territory of Israel; the tribe of Judea and tribe of Benjamin.

God planted His son in the the tribe of Judah that had a royal lineage to King David who bought the threshing floor for the construction of the Temples. Everything was in place including a census that would record His birth and Roman roads to spread the gospel to the whole world.

Yeshua was born in a stable with the passover lambs. The Temple bred passover lambs where Yeshua was born in Bethlehem and for those that needed the Messiahs birth symbolically emphasised, the angels sent some shepards to be witness of His birth.

The gospel drama unfolds and the some priests plot His death. The priests of that generation, the Pharisees and Sadducees had become pawns of Satan through King Herod rule. Herod not only invested large amounts of money into the grandeur of the temple he had the audacity to put his name on it . Just as Saul recognised David was the rightful heir, Herods first initiative was to strike the child Yeshua down before he rose, and like Sauls efforts, he failed. Yeshua recognised that the priests were in league with the government.

“Watch out! Beware of the leaven (yeast) of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Mark 8

Yeshuas birth marked the decline of Satans kingdom on Earth and he was determined to stop the original prophesy that God spoke in Eden, from being fulfilled.

‘Lord God said to the serpent “….I will place enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed and He will strike your head, and you will strike His heel.”

Genesis 3

Although Yeshua died on a cross, that is symbolic of the door, it did not end there. The account of the New Testament is not the only place we find Yeshua, the whole bible is about Him. The book of Jonah gives us some insights, Yeshua directly referenced it.

‘I went down into the earth where its bars are eternal barriers, ..’

Jonah 2

Jonah was put inside of a purpose built living tomb where he descended to Hell. Until three days later when the fish spat him out. Yeshua went into the deepest depths of Satans prison also, and arose from death on the third day.

On the surface of the Earth, we experience Satans ‘open’ prison, until we die and then we are swallowed up into utter darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. But Hell could not hold Yeshua and He rescued souls from that place.

‘..the veil of the temple was tore in two from top to bottom, and earth did quake and rocks broke and graves opened and bodies arose’

Matthew 27

Yeshua’s role is to save us from going to Hell by covering us with His Holy blood where death can not claim us. He is the light that darkness cannot put out, just as NDEs testify, the light that breaks through deaths darkness and takes us home.

Many people will die and go to Hell, and this makes people angry at God, but seriously….What more can He do?… He risked His own son to be born into Satans prison , to die for us, and all He asks is for us to accept this good news and live free in Eternity, where there is no evil. It’s not hard, but Satan is ready to mock you, if you do, a relatively small cost; even death shouldn’t be a deterrent.

However, there is one final conflict, just as the Hebrew slaves had to fight a spiritual and physical war to inhabit Israel, there would be a final war to destroy this prison place and restore Gods Kingdom on Earth, The new Jerusalem.

The Hebrews were overwhelmed, when it came to fight the children of the fallen angels, a deadly foe. The tribe of Judah would always face trials as Satan would not only try to stop Yeshua’s ministry, he has to stop Israel from being a nation. Israel is the ‘apple of God’s eye’.

Yeshua is coming to claim His birthright, as son of David, with an army of angels backing him. It is written, it will happen; so it won’t make any difference how painful the world will make occupation for the Jews, in the end; all will weep and every knee will bow. The Messiah will reign and it will be very Jewish, because Israel was formed on a heavenly model.

Why? no yeast is permitted during passover, because sin is to be removed from our lives. His blood is enough, He is the door to Heaven.

I am the first and the last, I am He that lives and was dead and behold I am alive forever more.. and I have the keys of Hell and of death.

Revelation 1