BIND THE SACRIFICE TO THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR !

HOLY WEEK

in commemoration of

The Great --- and Final --- Passover

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  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

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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. 

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GOD is the LORD,

Which hath shewed us light:

bind the sacrifice with cords,

even unto the horns of the altar.

Psalm 118:27

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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.

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And they came to the place

which GOD had told him of;

and Abraham built an altar there,

and laid the wood in order,

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and bound Isaac his son,

and laid him on the altar

upon the wood.

Genesis 22:9

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BOUND:  from Strong's Concordance {6123}— `aqad, aw-kad'; a primitive root; to tie with thongs: — bind.

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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.

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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.   

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 How was this prophetic Scripture

fulfilled in Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA ? 

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Were there ropes which tied

and bound our LORD to The Altar

... the altar of the Cross ?

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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?

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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. 

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The Ropes of the Cross of Y'SHU+

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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. 

 

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This, however, we do know for certain: His+ binding came from within His+ heart. HE+ always did the Will of His+ Heavenly FATHER. 

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 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

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Saying, FATHER,

if THOU be willing,

remove this cup from ME+:

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nevertheless not My+ will,

but Thine, be done.

Luke 22:42

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The Ropes of the Cross of Y'SHU+

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Are our hearts bound to that Cross of Y'SHU+ , the cross HE+ has chosen for us to bear, following HIM+ ? 

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Do we have cords of love that bind us closely to His+ Will, no matter what the cost ?

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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 ?

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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+; 

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Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers

but as the Servants of  M'SHIKHA+,

doing the Will of GOD

from the heart; 

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Ephesians 6:5-6

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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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The SUN Shall Be Darkened...

Picture of the sun
courtesy of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO)
Year of OUR LORD, 7.18.2013
GMT 13:06

Isaiah 13

⁶ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. ⁷ Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

⁸ And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

⁹ Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

¹⁰ For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

¹¹ And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Dear Brethren: 

Let us strive to stand 

TOGETHER, 

for the times are upon us 

now. 

One does NOT have to be politically astute to realize what is happening amongst the Coptic Christians in Egypt, the Maronite Christians in Syria, or the Christians in the Sudan to realize that the times are upon us. 

One only has to follow along the daily news in the briefest possible way to read about the earthquakes and sinkholes, the monster storms, the massive coronal hole in the sun, to realize that the times are upon us. 

Those times are repeatedly spoken of in our Scriptures, for instance in Isaiah 13, Matthew 24,  Mark 13, and Revelation 18... to list a few. 

Thus, in the light of these Scriptures, let us look at CORDS vs PAIN, PANGS ( i.e., birth pains)  ... for in Thy Light we shall see light (Psalm 36:9).

^{Acts 2:24} whom ALAHA hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that HE+ should be holden of it.  

The word in question is CheBeL, which is found in Acts 2:24, translated as CORDS ... which is legally correct... equally as correct as translating it as PAINS or PANGS. 

Mrs. Janet Magiera, an Aramaic scholar and translator, has stated in her footnote #4 at Acts 2:24 of her Aramaic Peshitta New Testament Translation that the CheBeL form used in that verse is a homonym: 

it looks and sounds 

exactly the same

 when used as CORDS 

or 

when used as PAIN, PANGS.  

In her translation, Mrs. Magiera opted for CORDS, also, as did Mr. Younan and the "Golden, Best, and Historic" Netzarim version of the New Covenant. 

However, there is another option: One could check the use of CHeBeL against how it is found used in OTHER Scriptures... and how it is used prophetically. 

Let's look at Isaiah 13:8. In that Scripture, PANGS  is translated from the word Tsyreem, Strong's #6735. The word SORROWS  is V'CHaBaLeeM, Strong's #2256.  

The primary root of #2256 is CHaBaL , which is #2254... meaning: 

To wind tightly ( as a rope) , 

i.e., to bind

fig: to pervert, to destroy, 

also to writhe in pain 

(esp. of parturition*)

*Webster's: parturition = act or process to giving birth to offspring. 

The last word for PAIN in Isaiah 13:8 is Strong's #2342, which is  Y'KyLuN.  It means to twist or whirl, to writhe in pain, esp. of parturition. 

So, we see 2 words that are used when referring to child-birth throes. CHeBeL is often translated as SORROWS, even in the homonym form. 

Interestingly,  ChaBeL, CheBeL, is used when referring to 

• PHYSICAL, CONCRETE cords ( Joshua 2:15,  Jer. 38:6 ), or
• ACTIVE child-birth pains or pangs (Is. 66:7, Jer. 22:23), or 
• ABSTRACT anguish of some sort (  Is. 5:18, Jer. 49:24, Job 21:17, 39:3) !

Now then... 

what does all this 

have to do with 

YESHUA+ HA MASHIKAH+ 's 

descent 

into the Heart of the Earth ? 

Was HE+ in the process of loosing 

the  "CORDS of  SHEOL ( death)" 

--- or --- 

bringing forth  a 

 New Creature..  

... i.e., the Christian Church

 ? 

Yes, HE+ certainly DID overcome all the confines and bindings that Death placed upon the human race 

and in particular, 

upon HIM+

and the Righteous Dead.

( Remember: Abraham rejoiced to see His+ Day. 

And he saw it and was glad ! ) 

But, 

the REASON 

HE+ endured the Cross 

and 

suffered the shame 

to overcome death 

was 

to FORM A NEW CREATURE 

IN CHRIST, IN MASHIKAH+

... the Church !

Acts 2:24, 

prophetically-speaking... 

  WHOM+ 

ALAHA hath raised up, 

having loosed 

the pains of death ( or Sheol*): 

--- not necessarily  "cords" of Sheol ( or death*) --- 

because it was not possible 

that HE+ 

should be holden of it. 

 *Sheol or death both refer to the nethermost regions of the unseen world. They are used interchangeably in Scriptures.  

When HE+ descended into Sheol after His+ death on the Cross, those BIRTH PANGS of that ONE New Nation Under ELOHIM occurred !  

That is what Psalm 139:15, 16 states: 

"My substance was not hid from  THEE when I was made in secret and curiously wrought in the LOWEST PARTS OF THE EARTH.* 

"Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Thy Book all were written in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.* "

(Note Bene: * These phrases canNOT be referring to a human baby being formed. NO BABY is formed in the heart of the earth. 

The part that reads "... covered me in my mother's womb" , vs 13 , then refers, perhaps, to the heart of the earth. A more in-depth look at WOMB and MOTHER in  Psalm 139 in another blog, hopefully. SrJH. )

HE+ ascended on High and took --- with HIM+ --- Captivity captive, releasing all those in Abraham's Bosom in Sheol and moving them UP to the Paradise of ELOHIM, which is in Heaven. 

HE+ formed a New Nation... one part of which is Victorious and resting in the Heavenlies, and one part which is Victorious yet suffering as His+ Body, here on planet earth.... until HE+ returns and unites the Heavenly saints with the Earthly saints !

We are privileged to discover this Truth if we choose to interpret Acts 2:24 prophetically in the Light of the OTHER Scriptures, as the BIRTH PAINS of a NEW CREATURE, a NEW nation is formed against which the gates of SHEOL cannot prevail ... both NOW and FOREVER !

Amen and thankfully so.