Have you really ever tried to put
all of the events that we observe in the first month of the year together to see
how the primary focus is on Yahshua the Messiah? This treatise help you to see
how the Torah, with its annual Passover and Unleavened Bread observance focuses
on Him.
By Jerry Healan
Yahshua told the people of His day,
“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they
are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have
life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love
of Elohim in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe,
which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from
Elohim only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one
that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye
would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings,
how shall ye believe my words?” Jn. 5:39-47.
One of the things that Moses wrote about
was the beginning, the first month of the year and the events that take place
therein, “And Yahweh spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first
month of the year to you,” Ex. 12:1.
Just as Yahweh appointed seven days for a
week, but only named the seventh (Sabbath), He personally named only the first
month of the year, initially. He named this month “Abib,” which means
“green ears.” “And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which
ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand
Yahweh brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
This day came ye out in the month Abib,”
Ex. 13:3-4.
Many people have tied this month with the
time when the “green ears” of barley appear in the milk. After all, barley
is the grain associated with the offering of the “wave sheaf” in Lev.
23:9-11. However, it is our understanding at this assembly that the “green
ears” are not only associated with the barley, but with the appearance of the
“green ears” of almost all plants, as most of the world associated with the
latitude of Jerusalem awakens from the sleep of the dead of winter, to the
springing forth of life.
The Apostle Paul makes this statement
concerning Yahshua, “And he is the head
of the body, the assembly: who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead; that in all things
he might have the preeminence,” Col. 1:18.
Yahshua is the head. He is the firstborn
from the dead. The first month of the year was to be the beginning of months. It
was the month that everything was springing forth from sleep, a type of death
(Jn. 11:1-14). The Hebrew word for “beginning” utilized in Ex. 12:2 is “ro’sh” which is the primary Hebrew word for
“head.” Yahshua is both the head and the beginning as revealed in Col. 1:18.
This first month of the year is both the head and the beginning. It is a type of
Yahshua the Messiah and the events contained therein are also associated with
and are types of Him. Just as this first month, the beginning of months, is
associated with things springing back to life from the dead, even so, Yahshua
has the power to cause the dead to spring to life, “Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the
Son of Elohim: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him
authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at
this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear
his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection
of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation,”
Jn. 5:25-29.
Yahweh commanded the children of Israel
to take a lamb of the flocks or a kid of the goats on the tenth day of this
first month. This lamb or kid was to be without blemish. It was to be in its
first year. It was to be kept until the fourteenth day of the month and the
whole congregation was to kill their lamb in the even (Ex. 12:3-6). Following
this event, Israel was commanded to observe the Passover as a memorial for all
generations (Ex. 12:14).
Israel was to take the blood of the lamb
and apply it to the lintel and door posts of their homes because Yahweh was
sending a death angel throughout the land of Egypt to slay all of the firstborn
from the house of Pharaoh to the animals of the field. When the death angel saw
the blood of the lamb, he passed over the dwelling sparing the firstborn of
Israel (Ex. 12:12-13).
It was through the blood of these lambs
and the subsequent death of the firstborn of Egypt that Israel was finally
released from their servitude to the Egyptians. But these lambs and kids of the
goats were only types of the One Passover Lamb, Yahshua the Messiah. Yahshua is
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Rev. 5:6, 9-12; 13:8). He our
Passover sacrificed for us (1 Cor. 5:7).
The Apostle Peter declares, “Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and
gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But
with the precious blood of the Messiah, as of a lamb without blemish and without
spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in Yahweh, that
raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might
be in Elohim,” 1 Pet. 1:18-21.
The Passover deliverance that comes
through Yahshua is so far greater than the deliverance from Egypt that Jeremiah
is inspired to prophesy, “Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that
it shall no more be said, Yahweh liveth, that brought up the children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt; But, Yahweh liveth, that brought up the children of
Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven
them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their
fathers,” Jer. 16:14-15.
Too many continue to focus primarily on
the Passover deliverance from Egypt in days past when the greater Passover is
available to them and that Passover
deliverance is through the much more precious Lamb, Yahshua the Messiah. We must
come under His shed blood so that when that greater deliverance comes, we will
have it as our possession. That deliverance is the deliverance that comes from
death and the grave. This deliverance is yet future, but we must embrace it in
faith today so that we may apprehend it when it comes.
The Passover Lamb was to be eaten with
Unleavened Bread and bitter herbs. Unleavened Bread is another type of Yahshua
the Messiah. The Hebrew term for “Unleavened Bread” is “matstsah.” It has to do with sweetness because
the bread hasn’t been embittered or fermented with any type of leaven.
The Hebrew term for “leaven” is “chametz.” The definition for “chametz”
(leaven) is ferment, (figuratively) extortion.
Fermentation has to do with excitement and agitation. Extortion has to do with
getting something (money, etc.) from someone by violence, threats, misuse of
authority, exaction, wresting, etc.
If we look at how this word is utilized
in other places, Biblically, we can learn much about the spirit and intent of
“chametz” or “leaven.” The Psalmist cries
out in Psalm 71:4, “Deliver me, O my Elohim, out of the hand of the wicked,
out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man (chametz).”
Notice here that “chametz” is not only related to the “cruel man,” but
also to the hand of the wicked and the unrighteous.
The Psalmist Asaph admits that he almost
followed in the steps of the foolish and wicked because of their great riches
acquired by their corruption until he went into the sanctuary of El and
understood their end (Psa. 73:1-17). When he considered their slippery places,
their desolation and destruction, the terrors that they will suffer because of
their wickedness, he was “grieved” (chametz)
in his heart to have been so foolish (v. 21).
In Hosea 7, Yahweh cries out against
Samaria because of their wickedness, falsehoods, troops of robbers, lying
princes, adulteries, etc. He decrees that they are “…all adulterers, as an
oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the
dough, until it be leavened (chametz).
(v. 4)
Going to the New Testament, Yahshua
likens the doctrines of the Pharisees to leaven in Mat. 16:1-12. In Mark 8:11-21
He warns His disciples against the leaven of the Pharisees and also the leaven
of Herod. In Luke 12:1 Yahshua declares that the leaven of the Pharisees is
hypocrisy.
The
Apostle Paul accuses the Corinthians of being “puffed up” because of the sin
of fornication that was taking place between one of their members and his own
father’s wife. Their failure to mourn concerning this situation and to act in
purging the offender from their midst was causing them to become leavened. (1
Cor. 5:1-6)
Paul
likened leaven to “malice” and “wickedness.” Thus, both Old and New
Testaments liken leaven to fermentation, extortion, sin, wickedness,
unrighteousness, extortion, malice, etc.
Unleavened Bread (matstsah), on the other hand, is a sweet bread
which typifies a life that is full of “sincerity” and “truth.” (1 Cor.
5:8, last part) The interesting thing about this word “sincerity” is that it
is translated from the Greek word “heilikrineia,”
which is defined as; clearness,
i.e. (by implication) purity
(figuratively). It comes from another Greek word “heilikrines,” which is defined as;
from heile (the sun's ray) and 2919;
judged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine (figuratively). (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance)
Yahshua declared that He is
the true bread from heaven, “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for
that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give
unto you: for him hath Yahweh the Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What
shall we do, that we might work the works of Elohim? Yahshua answered and said
unto them, This is the work of Elohim, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and
believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as
it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Yahshua said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;
but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of Elohim is
he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they
unto him, Master, evermore give us this bread. And Yahshua said unto them, I am
the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst… I am that bread of life. Your fathers did
eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down
from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 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. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this
man give us his flesh to eat? Then Yahshua 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. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and
my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by
the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 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,” Jn. 6:17-35, 48-58.
At the last meal before He
suffered, Yahshua took bread, blessed it and broke it and told His disciples to
take it and eat for it was His body that was given for them (Mt. 26:26; Mk.
14:22; Lk. 22:19). He also took the cup, blessing it and had them drink of it
declaring that it was His blood of the New Testament shed for many (Mt.
26:27-28; Mk. 14:23-24; Lk. 22:20).
Yahshua lived a pure life
without blemish, without sin, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation
received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of the
Messiah, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,” 1 Pt. 1:18-19. “For
even hereunto were ye called: because the Messiah also suffered for us, leaving
us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was
guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he
suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth
righteously, “1 Pet. 2:21-23.
While there is controversy as
to which type of bread, leavened or unleavened, Yahshua utilized to represent
His body, a simple study into the Scriptures reveals that the “unleavened
bread” would have been the chosen representative for His sinless body. After
all, Yahshua is our Passover (1 Cor. 5:7) and the command was to eat
“unleavened bread” with the Passover lamb, not “leavened bread.” (Ex.
12:8) The lamb was to be without blemish in representing Yahshua and the
unleavened bread would also have represented Him without fermentation,
agitation, extortion, wickedness, etc.
Paul, himself, commands us to keep the feast with unleavened, not leavened. It is through the true bread from heaven, the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, Yahshua the Messiah, that we, ourselves, may become unleavened, made free of wickedness and sin.
We learn in Dt. 16:3 that
unleavened bread is called the bread of affliction, “Observe the month of
Abib, and keep the passover unto Yahweh thy Elohim: for in the month of Abib
Yahweh thy Elohim brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou shalt therefore
sacrifice the passover unto Yahweh thy Elohim, of the flock and the herd, in the
place which Yahweh shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no
leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even
the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of
Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of
the land of Egypt all the days of thy life,” Dt. 16:1-3.
The unleavened was to remind
Israel of the afflictions that the Israelites suffered in Egypt, but this bread
was also a type of Yahshua Who was afflicted on behalf of His people, “I will
mention the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, and the praises of Yahweh, according to
all that Yahweh hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of
Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according
to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my
people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted,
and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he
redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old,” Isa.
63:7-9.
Again, Isaiah witnesses,
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of Elohim, and
afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned
every one to his own way; and Yahweh hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth,” Isa. 53:4-7.
Yahshua has tasted death for
every man! (Heb. 2:9) He was tempted in all points as we, yet without sin,
without leaven (Heb. 4:15). Because of the temptations that He experienced, He
is able to succor, aid and relieve those who are tempted (Heb. 2:18).
Yahshua was not puffed up. He
was humble! He bore our sins and sufferings without sin so that He could free us
from our sins, in effect, unleaven us!
We have already touched on
the statement of Paul who encourages us to observe the feast (Passover and
Unleavened Bread) with the unleavened of sincerity and truth. Sincerity has to
do with being clear, clean, pure. It has to do with being able to come to the
light so that we can be judged. Most people don’t like to come to the light
because their deeds are evil, “And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh
to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in
Yahweh,” Jn. 3:19-21. However, in Yahshua, our evil, our sins are expunged so
that we may be able to come to the light and be forgiven our evil deeds. It is a
difficult thing to admit our failures, shortcomings, our sins, but if we can,
then we have an advocate with the Father who has the power to forgive, cleanse
and aid us in our walk.
What about this word TRUTH?
If we take a look at the Hebrew word for truth, a new understanding and
appreciation comes to us, for the Hebrew letters of this word tell us a most
powerful story. The Hebrew word for “truth” is “emet” (tma
[a
{aleph}
m {mem}
t {tau}.
Remember that the Hebrew reads from left to right.). The “aleph” (a)
is an hieroglyphic for the head of an ox or ram. The ox or ram is a clean
animal, which is acceptable for sacrifice. Yahshua is the Heavenly Lamb, which
was sacrifice for us. We must come under His atoning sacrifice if our sins are
to be forgiven.
The “mem” (m)
is an hieroglyphic for water. Once we turn to the acceptable sacrifice for our
sins, then we enter the water of baptism in order to bury the old man, wash us
of our sins and have hands laid upon us so that we might receive the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit itself is typified by water as per Yahshua in Jn.
7:37-39.
The “tau” (t)
is an hieroglyphic for a signature, mark or name. We are sealed with the Holy
Spirit of promise which also imparts the very name of the Heavenly Father Yahweh
in our forehead. (Rev. 14:1).
Yahshua said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me,” Jn.
14:6. The only way to the Father is Yahshua. He is the truth (tma).
He is the only acceptable sacrifice (a). Through Him we receive the
spirit (m). He came in the Father’s name (t)
and only through Him are we able to possess that name. Are you beginning to
understand how powerful the Word of Yahweh is? Are you beginning to understand
the tremendous importance associated with that heavenly bread, that unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth?
THE NUMBER
SEVEN
Israel was commanded to eat
unleavened bread for seven days. The number seven is shown to be extremely
important in Scripture. We find that Yahweh recreated the heavens and earth in
six days while resting from all His works on the seventh in the book of Genesis
chapters 1 and 2. The seventh day was blessed and sanctified. Thus, the number
seven is associated with rest, blessing and sanctification.
Genesis 2:22-34 introduces
even more information concerning this vital and important number seven. In the
account with Abraham, Abimelech and Phichol we find several important meanings.
In verses 23-24 we find the term “swear.” “Now therefore swear unto me here by Elohim that thou wilt
not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according
to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the
land wherein thou hast sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear.”
The English word “swear”
is translated from the Hebrew word “shaba.”
Shaba is defined as; a primitive root;
properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times).
Notice that it is a denominative from #7651 which is the Hebrew word “sheba” being defined as; or (masculine)
shibrah {shib-aw'}; from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also
(adverbially) seven times;
by implication, a week; by extension, an
indefinite number. (Strong’s Exhaustive
Concordance, Hebrew Lexicon)
We find that to swear, to
make an oath, is associated with the number seven. Abraham, Abimelech and
Phichol swore with one another thus, making a covenant.
Therefore, a sworn covenant is associated with the number seven. Abraham also
set seven ewe lambs out as a witness
that the well that Abraham had dug belonged to him. Thus, we find that seven is
associated with a covenant as well as a witness.
Once the sworn covenant was
made peace and rest followed. Abraham named the well “Beer-sheba” (well of
the oath, well of seven, well of the covenant, well of the witness, etc.),
planted a grove and called on the name of Yahweh
the everlasting El. Calling on the name Yahweh is associated with the number
seven, believe it or not.
The seventh day Sabbath is a
sign between Yahweh and His people as well as a day for refreshing, “Six days
may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Yahweh:
whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me
and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Yahweh made heaven and
earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed,” Ex. 31:15-16.
“Refreshed” is translated
from the Hebrew word “naphash,”
which is defined as; a primitive root; to breathe; passively, to be breathed
upon, i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air). In other words,
it has to do with the receipt of breath, which in Hebrew is also “ruach”
primarily translated as “spirit.”
It is a sign, “owth,” which is defined as; a signal
(literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy,
evidence, etc.
The number seven, especially
related to the seventh day Sabbath is vitally important for us to understand.
But its association with the seven days of unleavened bread is also vitally
important for us to understand. We have found that seven and the Sabbath are
associated with rest, blessing, sanctification, swearing (an oath), a covenant,
a witness, calling on the name Yahweh, refreshing and a sign.
QODESH
(HOLY)
The first day of unleavened
bread is declared to be holy (qodesh) and the last day, the seventh day is
declared to be holy (qodesh). This seven days of eating unleavened bread is
begun in holiness and finished in holiness. Unleavened bread is a type of
Yahshua the Messiah in His cleanness, purity, holiness, sanctification. If we
eat unleavened bread for the whole seven day period, then we will find rest,
peace, blessing and sanctification in Yahshua. Remember that Yahshua is the
Beginning and the End, the Aleph and the Tau (Rev. 21:6).
If we eat unleavened bread
for seven days then we are coming under Yahweh’s oath, His promise, His
covenant of deliverance to bring us into His kingdom of rest, peace, joy and
life everlasting through Yahshua Who is not only the Aleph (a)
and Tau (t), but the Truth (tma).
“For when Yahweh made promise to Abraham, because he could swear (shaba) by no greater, he sware (shaba) by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I
will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee,” Heb. 6:13-14. Yahweh
promised, He made an oath, He sevened Himself not only to Abraham, but to His
own creation at the very beginning. When we observe the seven day Sabbath cycle,
and the calendar of events which contain the Passover, and the days of
Unleavened Bread, we are looking to Him in faith that He will fulfill His word
and His word is fulfilled in Yahshua the Messiah.
There are seven annual Holy
Days, which are contained in three basic periods of the year beginning with the
first month and culminating with the seventh month. Once again, we come under
the number seven is we continue to follow His word.
There is another event that takes place in this first
month which will take us to the second observance. It is
called the wave sheaf offering. We will deal with this event in our next
issue. To be continued.....
How important is Passover observance to you? Which Passover
do you observe? Did you know that there is yet to be another Passover
deliverance?
By Jerry Healan
Every year at
Passover, we recount the children of Israel and their bondage that they came
under in Egypt along with their deliverance. The Egyptian Pharaoh and his
cohorts had dealt subtly with Israel bringing them into the subjection of
slavery. The time eventually came that Yahweh decided to deliver them from this
bondage and return them to the land that He had promised they would inherit, the
land of Canaan.
Yahweh called and raised up Moses and Aaron for the purpose of this
deliverance. When Moses and Aaron appeared to Pharaoh, he scoffed at them and
Yahweh their Elohim. Yahweh then poured nine plagues out upon the Egyptians,
effectively destroying them and their economy, but Pharaoh still wouldn’t
release the Israelites. Yahweh informed Moses that He would bring one more
plague upon the Egyptians and then they would let them go (Ex. 11:1).
Yahweh told Moses that He was going to destroy all of the firstborn in
the land of Egypt and then Pharaoh and the Egyptians would let them go (Ex.
11:5).
Yahweh commanded the month of Abib to be the beginning of months to them.
He told them that on the tenth day of the month every man should set aside a
lamb of the first year, without blemish from the sheep and goats for their house
(Ex. 12:1-5). They were to keep it until the fourteenth day of the month wherein
they were to kill it at even (beyn ha erebim/between the evenings). They were to
place the blood of the lamb on the door posts and lintel and they were to eat
the lamb that night roast with fire, unleavened bread and bitter herbs (vv.
6-8).
Yahweh told Moses that He was going to pass through the land of Egypt
that night and would smite all the firstborn of the Egyptians, both man and
beast, but when He saw the blood on the doorposts and lintels, He would pass
over their houses not destroying them (vv. 12-13).
When midnight came, Yahweh smote all of the firstborn in the land of
Egypt as He said, which caused a great cry in the land of Egypt and stirred
Pharaoh and the Egyptians to thrust Israel out of the land of Egypt, fearing
that the rest of them would be next (vv. 29-33). Thus, through the sacrifice and
blood of the Passover lamb, Yahweh delivered Israel from the bondage or slavery
to Egypt.
Yahweh commanded Israel to observe these seven days of unleavened bread
for a reason. While they were delivered from the bondage of slavery to Pharaoh
and Egypt through the Passover lamb, their deliverance was not yet complete.
Seven is one of Yahweh’s specific numbers for completion. There are three
basic numbers for completion in Yahweh’s scheme of things. The number three is
one number for completion even as three sides complete a triangle, thus forming
a plane. We live in a three dimensional world which completes the world on a
physical plane. Four is a number for new beginnings.
Seven is the next number of completion. It is a number that is presented
throughout the Scriptures as being extremely important to Yahweh and His plan.
While Yahweh completed the physical creation in six days (which is a combination
of twice times three), He added another day to the six in order to complete the
week bringing in rest and spiritual perfection. Thus seven denotes completion,
rest and spiritual perfection. Eight is another number for new beginnings.
The next number of completion is the number ten. Yahweh completed His
plagues upon Egypt through the tenth which was the death of the firstborn. The
number ten has to do with ordinal completion and perfection. In other words, we
count from the number one to the number ten which completes the cycle of
numbers. If we are to continue our count we have to continue by adding the
number one to the number ten making eleven (another beginning).
Yahweh wasn’t quite through with His deliverance of Israel from Egypt
for we read, “And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the People go, that
Elohim led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for Elohim said, ‘Lest peradventure the People repent when they
see war, and they return to Egypt. But Elohim led the People about, through the
way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up
harnessed out of the land of Egypt,” Ex. 13:17-18.
Yahweh commanded Moses, “Speak unto the children
of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the
sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh
will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness hath shut them in (enclosed them).’ And I will harden Pharaoh’s
heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh and
upon all his host: that the Egyptians may know that I am Yahweh.’ and they did
so,” Ex. 14:1-4.
Yahweh not only wanted to completely deliver His people, the children of
Israel, but He wanted to get great honor and recognition for Himself.
Isn’t it amazing? How quickly the Egyptians forgot as to why they had
let Israel go!
In just a few days time, things had seemed to normalized. The impact of the
plagues had worn off and the Egyptians were ready to bring Israel back into the captivity of slavery.
But the Egyptians weren’t the only ones who were forgetful were they?
When Israel saw Pharaoh and His chariots marching after them, they were sore
displeased and dismayed. They had also forgotten the power of the hand of Yahweh
and were now in denial as well as angrily accusing Moses and Aaron for bringing
them to their present situation.
Such is reminiscent of the situation in England in our own day and age.
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England during the dark, dreary and
wearisome days of World War II. While we know that Yahweh is the One Who
extended His hand of deliverance in the war, the simple fact remains that
Churchill was the leader that the people looked up to and admired. Many, many of
them would have given up the war effort in a heartbeat had it not been for
Churchill’s resolve. He helped to give them light and hope in the darkness.
But right after the war England held an election voting in Churchill’s
opponent and turning him out of office causing him to bitterly exclaim, “How
quickly they forget.”
Man hasn’t changed in thousands of years of history. The Egyptians, the
Hebrews and the English reveal that they are very quick to forget. Even in our
day, the previous Presidential administration was involved in more chicanery,
scandals and outright shameful deeds than one can shake a stick at. The people
would become angered, but in a few days or weeks all was forgotten and/or
forgiven. Man is simply a very forgetful creature.
THE
NEXT DELIVERANCE
Again, Moses writes, “And Moses said unto the people, ‘Fear ye not,
stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will shew to you to day:
for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for
ever. 14 Yahweh shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.’ 15 And
Yahweh said unto Moses, ‘Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the
children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and
stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel
shall go on dry ground through
the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the
Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh,
and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the
Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen.’ 19 And the angel of Elohim, which went
before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the
cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between
the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and
darkness to
them, but it
gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. 21 And
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Yahweh caused the sea to go back
by a strong
east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst
of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their
left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the
sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 And it
came to pass, that in the morning watch Yahweh looked unto the host of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of
the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them
heavily: so that the Egyptians said, ‘Let us flee from the face of Israel; for
Yahweh fighteth for them against the Egyptians.’ 26 And Yahweh said unto
Moses, ‘Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again
upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.’ 27 And
Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his
strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and
Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters
returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all
the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so
much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in
the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their
left. 30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. 31 And Israel saw that great
work which Yahweh did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared Yahweh, and
believed Yahweh, and his servant Moses,” Ex. 14:13-31.
Notice that there was not so much as one of the Egyptians left.
Yahweh’s deliverance was now complete! While we can’t prove totally and
completely that this final deliverance occurred on the seventh or last day of
unleavened bread, the significance of the number seven and the term unleavened
bread certainly seems to indicate that the event did transpire on that very day!
#4693 is the Hebrew word “mâtsôwr” which is defined as; the same as
4692 in the sense of a limit;
Egypt (as the border
of Palestine).
#4692
is the Hebrew word “mâtsôwr” which is defined as; from 6696; something hemming
in, i.e. (obj.) a mound
(of besiegers), (abstr.) a siege, (fig.) distress; or (subj.) a fastness.
Finally, #6696 is the Hebrew word “tsûwr” which is defined as; a
prim. root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, lit. and fig.,
formative or hostile, and is variously translated as; adversary, assault, beset,
besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, enclose, lay siege, put up
in bags.
The
definitions of the word Mitsraim are extremely important to understand! To hem
in, siege, besiege and enclose (enclose) are very important to come to see.
Egypt (Mitsraim) had hemmed Israel in to the bondage of slavery. They were encircled
or enclosed by it. Yahweh delivered Israel from the bondage of slavery to Egypt
through the blood of the Passover lamb. Israel was delivered into the wilderness
where it looked like they had become entangled or enclosed by it. Pharaoh and
his army pursued after Israel in order to bring them back under bondage. When
Israel looked up they saw Pharaoh in pursuit and became very concerned because
once again Pharaoh and his people had Israel enclosed or hemmed in. Israel had
the impassable sea in front, mountains on each side and Pharaoh and his army in
their rear. The situation looked helpless and hopeless, and
would have been had it not been for the Mighty Yahweh.
Yahweh caused an east wind to blow all night which parted the waters of
the Red sea allowing Israel to pass through dry shod. When the Egyptian (Mitsraim/inclosing/enclosing)
army pursued into the sea, Yahweh troubled them causing their chariots to become
stuck and then allowed the waters to be released which enclosed/inclosed
the encloser/incloser (Mitsraim). The encloser/incloser became the enclosed!
HalleluYah!!! What wonderful powers the Creator Yahweh possesses!
Take a U. S. one dollar bill out of your pocket and look at the back of
it. You will notice that there is a pyramid with an eye sitting just above it on
the left side. The pyramid is a symbol of Egypt (Mitsraim/encloser). The eye is
the all-seeing eye of Horus, the ancient Egyptian sun god. Below the pyramid is
a banner which reads “Novus Ordo Seclorum” which means “New Order of the
ages” “New Secular
Order,” or
“New World Order.” Above the pyramid is another banner which reads “Annuit
Coeptis.” Coeptis is simply another word for Egypt. The Coptic church was the
Egyptian Christian church. Annuit is the Latin word from whence we get our
English word “annuity” which simply means “payment.” Thus, the dollar
bill declares that it is the “payment of Egypt” under the premises of the
“New World Order.”
The symbols are symbols of Freemasonry which is the ultimate organization
that presently rules the world.
We of this modern-day world find ourselves in Egypt. Enclosed, hemmed in
by the encloser (Egypt/Mitsraim)!
I know that this message is difficult for most people to realize,
especially Americans who proclaim that we are the land of liberty, the land of
the free and the home of the brave. But the simple truth of the matter is that
we are enslaved to Pharaoh and Egypt (the encloser).
When the Pharaoh of old dealt subtly with Israel, he placed “task
masters” over them. The Hebrew for “task masters” is “sar mac”. Sar
means head, chief, ruler, steward. Mac (pronounces like mas) means burden, TAX, levy, tribute.
Isn’t it amazing that at about the time the dollar bill was made to
reflect the Egyptian pyramid and bannered as the “payment of Egypt” our
country was also having a personal “income tax” imposed! The tax burdens
imposed upon modern day America is becoming greater and greater because the
government is thinking of more and more ways to spend money. Sales taxes, hidden
sales taxes, property taxes, income taxes, social security taxes, Medicare
taxes, etc., etc. are astronomical in our modern-day world and will only get
worse.
Israel was made to serve Egypt with rigour and we will soon be made to
serve the Egyptian tax system with greater and greater rigour.
We are in bondage to taxes and death. Of course, people are definitely
afraid of death aren’t they? If you don’t think so, look around. Look at how
the insurance companies prosper. Insurance companies prosper not only because
they help to replace property that might be destroyed by some kind of
catastrophe, they also prosper because they help with medical bills and also
help to cover expenses incurred because of the death of
a father,
mother, child, relative, etc.
People are afraid of death and because of this, the insurance companies
and the doctors and medical related companies prosper greatly in this country
and other countries around the world. These people acquire money, wealth and
power.
In too many cases, the doctors become the masters of the people. I have
seen people do many, many hurtful things to themselves in their lives. They may
be warned by others that what they are doing is hurtful (such as smoking
cigarettes), but they will never quit until their doctor informs them that they
have developed cancer or some other disease because of their nasty habit. Then
they will quit. (Some still don’t quit.) Why do they quit? Because they have
been told that they have a terminal illness or are developing a terminal illness
and must quit in order to hopefully arrest the disease. They quit because they
are afraid of death. Those who don’t quit usually aren’t fearless of death,
they just have brought themselves under the power of a habit that they have no
will power to break.
The book of Hebrews, chapter 2, verse 15 says that we are in fear of
death all of our lifetime, being subject to bondage (paraphrased).
Now everyone knows who Lucifer is don’t they? The term Lucifer actually
is translated from the Hebrew word “heylel” which means the morning star (in
the sense of brightness). It is translated from another word (halal) which means
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a
show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to
celebrate; also to stultify.
These scriptures are actually speaking of a being who has the power to
exalt himself to heaven, to weaken the nations, to make the earth to tremble,
shake kingdoms and destroy the cities of the earth. Now we do have men on the
scene in today’s world who have the power to push a button and unleash power
to destroy cities, nations and possibly the whole world. But this being had this
power back in Isaiah’s day also. This Lucifer was no mere mortal man, this
Lucifer was the one called that old serpent Satan the devil.
Notice that Revelation 12:9 is giving a description very similar to Isa.
12, “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Look at that! It was the serpent who originally deceived the first woman
into taking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which would bring
death. She was deceived into taking of the fruit and eating of it and then she
gave to her husband and he ate of it (Gen. 3). Scripture reveals that they not
only brought death upon themselves, but upon all of their posterity,
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned...for if through the offence
of one many be dead...for if by one man’s offence death reigned by
one...therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all
men to condemnation...for as by one man’s disobedience many were made
sinners.” (Ro. 5)
Satan is the one who holds the power of death. We are imprisoned by his
deceptive curse. He is the true Pharaoh, the true Egyptian (encompasser), the
one who will not let his prisoners go!
Serpent with tail in its mouth, symbol of eternal life.
Isaiah also speaks of one called leviathan, “In that day Yahweh with
His sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent,
even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the
sea,” Isa. 27:1.
Here is one who is called a serpent and a dragon. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance proffers the definition of “leviathan”
thusly; a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large
sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol
of Babylon. Leviathan is a combination of two Hebrew words “levi/lavah” and
“tan.” The definition for “levi/lavah” is a primitive root; properly, to
twine, i.e.
(by implication) to
unite, to
remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend. “Tan”
is defined as from an unused root probably meaning to elongate; a monster (as
preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or
other hideous land animal.
Leviathan is called a dragon, and a serpent. This is exactly what Satan
is called. Leviathan can mean “the uniting serpent.” What would he unite one
with? Isn’t it death? The book of Revelation reveals that he is also called
Abaddon in the Hebrew tongue and Apollyon in the Greek which means destroyer.
Therefore, his name is destruction and deception is his game.
Notice
that he is described as a “wreathed animal” in the primary definition. When
a person dies, people place a wreath on the door of the house wherein that
person has resided, do they not? This means that the encompassing serpent,
leviathan, Lucifer has had his victory in death over that person.
The serpent was a very important symbol in ancient pagan theology. The
serpent represented eternal life because of its ability to shed its skin, thus
renewing its life over and over again. A serpent in the form of a circle with
its tail in its mouth was especially important as the symbol of eternal life.
However, in reality, it was simply a symbol of the serpent’s power over
people’s lives. The serpent was shown encircling or encompassing the sun, the
heavens, the earth and people.
We have depicted a wreath, and a serpent with its tail in its mouth in
order to show you the resemblance and similarity to the leviathan of Isa. 27.
The wreath, symbol of death.
THE
SERPENT’S KINGDOM
After Satan is cast out into the earth, as is mentioned in Rev. 12:9, he
is angered and goes forth to make war with the woman (Israel) who has brought
forth the seed (child/king) who will rule all nations with a rod of iron (Rev.
12:13-17). In Rev. 13, a beast is raised up from the sea to which the devil
gives his power, seat and great authority. While Satan is called a dragon and
serpent with seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads, the
beast is presented as a composite kingdom. Like the devil, the beast has seven
heads and ten horns. The difference between the two is that seven crowns are on
the seven heads of the devil while ten crowns are on the ten horns of the beast.
Furthermore, the devil is described as a dragon and serpent, a reptilian,
while the beast is described as being like a leopard with feet like the feet of
a bear and a mouth like the mouth of a lion (Rev. 13:2). The book of Daniel,
chapters two and seven will aid us in further identification of the beast and
his origins.
John speaks of a sea from whence the beast arises. Daniel also speaks of
a sea called the “great sea.” Anciently, the Mediterranean was called the
“great sea.” The term Mediterranean simply means “middle of the earth.”
Daniel observed four beasts coming up from the sea, diverse from each
other (7:3). The first was like a lion, the second like a bear, the third like a
leopard, and the fourth was so terribly frightful that it was unlike any known
beast that Daniel could utilize to describe it. This beast had ten horns and was
to continue until Yahweh establishes His kingdom ruled by His saints (vv. 9
& 26-27).
There is another description of four great world ruling kingdoms
proffered in Daniel, chapter 2. This description gives a metallic nature of the
kingdoms. A great image was seen in a dream given to Nebuchadnezzar, king of
Babylon by Yahweh. The head was of gold, the breast and arms of silver, the
belly and thighs of brass, the legs iron and the feet part of iron and part of
clay (vv. 31-33).
Daniel informed Nebuchadnezzar that he and his kingdom of Babylon was the
head of gold and that three other kingdoms would follow him and his as great
world ruling kingdoms. Biblical and secular history reveal that the succession
of kingdoms was Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. As in chapter seven, the
fourth kingdom was to continue until Yahweh establishes His kingdom (vv. 34-35
& 38-45).
Yahshua told His disciples in a parable, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a
house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up
against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end,” Mk.
3:23-26.
Isaiah prophesied that this exact thing was going to happen, “Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the ancient days, in the
generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon?” 51:9.
A quick check of the lexicons will reveal that this Rahab is not the same
word as the Rahab of Jericho spoken of in the book of Joshua. This Rahab is word
#7294 in the Hebrew lexicon of Strong’s
Exhaustive Concordance. It is defined as; Rahab (i.e. boaster), an epithet of Egypt. It
comes from a primitive root word which means to urge severely, i.e.
(figuratively) importune, embolden, capture,
act
insolently.
Such is the description of Satan and his worldly kingdom.
The word “cut” is translated from the Hebrew word “chatsab” and
is defined as a primitive root ; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other
material); by implication, to hew,
split,
square, quarry, engrave. It is not only translated as “to cut” but also as
“to divide!”
The word “wounded” is translated from the Hebrew word “chalal”
which is defined as a primitive root (compare 2470); properly, to bore, i.e. (by
implication) to wound, to
dissolve;
figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to
break (one's
word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to
play (the flute). It has been variously translated as begin (X men began),
defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape
thereof, X take inheritance, pipe,
player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay
(slain),
sorrow, stain, wound.
Thus, Isaiah 51:9 could also be rendered as “Art thou not it that hath divided Rahab (the capturer or insolent) and
wounded (or slain) the dragon.
THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL DRAGON COURT AND ORDER
Ordo Dragonis, Sárkány Rend
1408
The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court and Order
The Hungarian Court of the Dragon is currently registered at the High Court of Budapest as The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court and Order - Ordo Dragonis, Sárkány Rend, 1408.
The Grand Chancellor is Chev. Dr. Gyorgy von
varhegyi Lehr, Count of Oberberg, with Inner Court members including HRH Prince
Michael of Albany, Head of the Royal House of Stewart, Grand Duke Peter Galicin
of Carpathia and Baron Wodiank Zoltan Nemessary.
Bishop Bela Csernak is the Grand Prior in
Transylvania and Chev. Baron Andreas G. von Lehr the Grand Prior in Germany.
Other notable members are Count Monsignor Laszlo
Esterházy, Chev. Count Dr Janos szeki Teleki and Chev. Monsignor Laszlo von
galantal Esterházy, Papal Chaplain, Provost Parochus of the Mariaremete
Cathedral in Budapest.
In the English speaking world the Order resides
within the Protectorate of the Royal House of Stewart, with the Grand Prior in
Britain being Chev. Dr. Andrew von Zsigmond, Baron de Lemhény, of the Hungarian
Consulate.
Insignia of The Imperial and Royal Dragon Court
and Order - Ordo Dragonis, Sárkány Rend 1408.
Ceremony at York
1. The Egyptian Academy
2. The Dragon and the Grail
3. The Hungarian Court and Order
4. Dracula
5. Constitution
6. Religion
7. The Dragon Court Today
The ankh, ancient Egyptian symbol of life.
The ancient Egyptians utilized the cross in their worship as the sign of life long before the Savior appeared in the flesh. Constantine, a Roman emperor, utilized the cross to get victory over his enemies at the battle of Milvain Bridge, thus becoming sole ruler of the empire. Thereafter, the cross became the great symbol of Christianity when Constantine supposedly converted to that faith.
Now the question must be asked, Has the world (especially Christianity)
been duped, deceived by the serpent into the utilization of this symbol? The
prime places wherein one will find the cross utilized is in the churches and the
graveyards! Go to the veteran’s graveyards and one will see row upon row,
thousands upon thousands of crosses. Drive the highways and one will
occasionally see either one or several crosses at the roadside where an
accidental death has occurred. Visit the graveyards and see how many crosses
will be exhibited.
The fact in point is that the cross is actually a symbol of death, not
life. Almost all of Christianity exhibits pictures or statues of its savior on
the cross. The problem is that the savior that is depicted on the cross is DEAD,
not alive. The true Savior was resurrected from the grave, not from the cross.
The hope of the true believer is in the resurrection of the Savior after His
death.
Ever since Constantine the Great the cross has been the most notable
image of the Roman Empire, the beast. Scripture speaks of people worshipping the
image of the beast (Rev. 13:14). The image is placed upon and within the
churches at the altars. People worship under and before it believing that it is
the sign of life, while in reality, it
is a symbol of death.
But Yahweh has provided a way of escape! The prophet Jeremiah is inspired
to proclaim, “Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that it shall no
more be said, ‘Yahweh liveth, That brought up the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt;’ but, ‘Yahweh liveth, That brought up the children of
Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither He had driven
them:’ and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their
fathers,” Jer. 16:14-15.
How is He going to do this? Through the greatest Passover Lamb ever! A
Passover Lamb that is so far greater than any animal that can be sacrificed! The
Apostle Paul writes, “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new
lump, as ye are unleavened. For even the Messiah our Passover is sacrificed for
us,” 1 Cor. 5:7.
Yahweh has not only provided a Passover Lamb for us, but by the power of
His arm He has divided Rahab (Rome, the fourth kingdom) and wounded the dragon
(the serpent Satan, the true Pharaoh) so that it can be said, “Art thou not it
which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the
depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?” Isa. 51:10.
Furthermore, Yahweh promises to open the graves of His people, “Behold,
O My People, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am
Yahweh when I have opened your graves, O My People, and brought you up out of
your graves, and shall put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall
place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I Yahweh have spoken it, and
performed it, saith Yahweh,” Ez. 35:12-14.
As the book of Hebrews states, “Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is,
the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage,” Heb. 2:14-15.
The Apostle Paul also says, “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of Elohim; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ‘O death,
where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?’ The sting of death is sin;
and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to Yahweh, Which giveth us the
victory through our Sovereign Yahshua the Messiah. Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the
Sovereign, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the
Sovereign,” 1 Cor. 15:50-51.
While it is good for us to go back and review the deliverance of Israel
from time to time as a reminder, we must all come to realize that there is a
greater Egypt, a greater Pharaoh, a greater bondage that we all have been
serving from whence we must be delivered. The
greater Egypt is the last kingdom to rule the earth, the Roman Empire. The
greater Pharaoh is the old serpent named Satan the devil. The greater bondage is
our bondage to deception and death. But Yahweh has also provided a greater Passover
for our deliverance. Thus, let us encourage one another to come under the blood
of the greater Passover Lamb as it is stated in Rev. 12:11, “And they overcame
him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb (Yahshua), and by the word of their
testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”
This is the Passover that has
replaced the Egyptian Passover. The Egyptian Passover, while great, began with
the death of an animal, a Passover lamb. But that lamb only had the power to
preserve the firstborn and to deliver the living from the land of Egypt. This
ancient Passover has been and will be greatly overshadowed by the power of the
Passover Lamb, Yahshua the Messiah. His deliverance is far greater for He not
only delivers from death and the grave, but He is the truth and there will no
longer be any more deception in the kingdoms of the earth when He comes to
resurrect His people and establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. In that day,
all will know the truth and the truth will set all free. Have you placed
yourself under this greater Passover? Act now so you can escape! HALLELUYAH!!!!!