HOLY
WEEK
in
commemoration of
The
Great --- and Final --- Passover
.
M'SHIKHA+ our Passover+
is sacrificed for us;
therefore, let us keep the feast.
not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven
of malice and wickedness;
but with the unleavened bread
of purity (Gk) and truth.
1
Corinthians 5:7,8
+ + +
.
The triumphal
entry of Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA into Jerusalem --- the first TRIUMPHAL ENTRY --- was over. The Temple of GOD was cleansed. Now laid
before HIM+ was the bleak business of Binding the Sacrifice unto the horns of
the altar, the task for which HE+ had been preparing HIMSELF+ since HE+ had
been born among men.
.
GOD is the LORD,
Which hath shewed us light:
bind the sacrifice with cords,
even unto the horns of the altar.
Psalm 118:27
.
BIND: from Strong's Concordance {631}; — 'acar, aw-sar'; a primitive root; to yoke or
hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle: — bind, fast, gird,
harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set
in array, tie.
.
And they came to the place
which GOD had told him of;
and Abraham built an altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
.
and bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar
upon the wood.
Genesis 22:9
.
BOUND: from Strong's Concordance {6123}— `aqad,
aw-kad'; a primitive root; to tie with thongs: — bind.
.
Here we see the prophetic
fore-runner of the Sacrifice of the LAMB+ of GOD. Abraham's obedient preparations to sacrifice
Isaac, his son, his only-beloved son, shows us that.
.
We are thankful that The LORD GOD
did not require this sacrifice from Abraham's hand... and that HE does not
require this of us. HE provided Abraham
a ram in the thicket and an angel to tell him the obedience in his heart was
received as "acceptable" to GOD.
.
How was this prophetic
Scripture
fulfilled in Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA ?
.
Were there ropes which tied
and bound our LORD to The Altar
... the altar of the Cross ?
.
While walking the mile or so to
Golgotha, our LORD was made to carry the crossbeam of His+ Cross. HE+ may
have been tied to that crossbeam at this point for HE+ was very depleted of
strength. How could HE+ hold His+ lacerated arms up to balance about an
100-pound, rough-hewn, beam of wood?
.
Indeed, so depleted and weak
from the cruel treatment of the soldiers and His+ scourging , Our LORD was
unable to carry the crossbeam plus continue His+ walking to
Golgotha. So, the expedient soldiers snatched a traveler to carry it. Simon of
Cyrene was plucked from the crowded way as Simon was simply travelling through Jerusalem
from the country.
.
The Ropes of the Cross of Y'SHU+
.
It is not so written in
Scripture that there were any actual ropes or leather thongs used when they
crucified Our LORD, although some Christian art would have us "see"
ropes in a variety of ways in pictures of the crucifixion.
.
This, however, we do know for
certain: His+ binding came from within His+ heart. HE+ always did the Will of
His+ Heavenly FATHER.
.
Y'SHU+
saith unto them,
My meat is to do the will
of HIM that sent ME+,
and to finish HIS work.
John 4:34
.
Saying, FATHER,
if THOU be willing,
remove this cup from ME+:
.
nevertheless not My+ will,
but Thine, be done.
Luke 22:42
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The Ropes of the Cross of Y'SHU+
.
Are our hearts bound to that Cross
of Y'SHU+ , the cross HE+ has chosen for us to bear, following HIM+ ?
.
Do we have cords of love that bind
us closely to His+ Will, no matter what the cost ?
.
Do we
stand for the Truth of The LORD, as a true Servant of M'SHIKHA+? Are we really His+ Servant,
doing the Will of GOD from our hearts ?
.
Servants, be obedient to them
that are your masters
according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling,
in singleness of your heart,
as unto M'SHIKHA+;
.
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers
but as the Servants of M'SHIKHA+,
doing the Will of GOD
from the heart;
.
Ephesians 6:5-6
.
Let
us pray:
Dear LORD Y'SHU+, I
acknowledge my guilt: I have sought to squirm out of doing Your+ Will.
So many times, I have taken
the easy way out, not speaking Your+ Truth from the Scriptures in love, but
just smiling and going on. I was not willing to pay the price.
I have avoided the
uncomfortable, the rejection and anger, which follows.
How shall I ever stand during
persecution ?
Cleanse me from protecting
Self. Cleanse me from hiding Your+ Truth.
I repent. Bind my heart to
Yours+, O LORD. Bind my heart to do Your+ Will at all times.
Bind me to YOU+ ; I give You+
the cords of my heart, O LORD.
I
offer this, my imperfect prayer, to YOU+, O M'SHIKHA+.
+ + +
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