_ Why Yeshua Had To Die
From a teaching by Maria Merola and explanation of the Hebrew Covenant by Bill Sanford
First it is important to understand at Mount Sinai, YHWH married Israael. The cloud of smoke was the chuppah (a canopy in which a Hebrew couple was married under), The Sabbath given was the ring (the Sabbath given as a sign between YHWH and His people (Ex 31:13-17, Ezk. 20:12 and repeated in 20:20). Moses and Aaron were the witnesses.
He later divorced her when she played the Harlot by not keeping YHWH's commandents (Numbers 15:39-40) and worshiping other gods (Jeremiah 3:8).
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The Engagement (symbolized)
In the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, when the son returned home, he repented for his sins and he was given blood atonement with a “fatted calf.” Why not a lamb? It is because the Lamb symbolizes the House of Judah (the firstborn son) and the Red Heifer symbolizes the House of Ephraiym (the younger son).You see our Messiah ate the Passover Lamb on the first evening of Passover, (for Judah), but the next evening of Passover he was also the Red Heifer to cleanse Ephrayim! The Red Heifer is the only sacrifice that is done outside of the city of Jerusalem (See Numbers 19). When the younger son in the story of the prodigal received blood atonement for his sins, he received a ring on his finger and a garment. This is symbolic of the engagement ring and the wedding garment!
Beloved, what this means is that our Messiah had to eat the Passover Meal the night before he died in order to become engaged to his future bride! In an ancient Hebrew Wedding custom, the couple seal their engagement over a meal and a cup of wine. The groom then goes away until the future wedding day so that he may build a house for his bride on his Father’s estate. He then says to his betrothed:“In my Father’s house are many mansions ....I go to prepare a place for you...I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am there you may be also” (John 14:2-3). To the nation of Yisra’el, his backsliding, whoring wife whom he divorced in Jeremiah 3:8, he promised to bring her back to himself in a betrothal (an engagement).
Listen to what he says: Hoshea 2:19-20:“And I will betroth you unto me forever; yes, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies… I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness: and you shall know YHWH.” You see, our Messiah had to typify both the Passover Lamb & the Red Heifer in order to bring both houses back together again! That is why he ate the Passover Lamb with the bread and the wine for the betrothal, and then he sealed the betrothal the following evening when he was sacrificed as both the Passover Lamb and the Red Heifer.
If Messiah did not eat the Passover, then he did not partake of an official engagement ceremony with his future bride! In an ancient Hebrew Wedding tradition, the bridegroom would take his bride into the chamber (called a chuppah in Hebrew) and they would consummate their marriage. The “friend of the bridegroom” would stand outside the door and listen for the “voice of the bridegroom.” Once he heard the bridegroom consummate with this bride, then his joy would be complete.
This was precisely the role of YaHuW’chanon (John) the Baptist who is called “the friend of the bridegroom” (John 3:29). Now if the bride is found out to not be a virgin, legally according to Torah, the bridegroom could divorce her (Deuteronomy 24). But if he decided that he loved her any way, he would kill a lamb and then use the blood of that lamb on the bed sheet, and then bring it outside to the wedding guests to display the blood to the crowd. The guests would then think that the blood belonged to the bride (seemingly proving her to be a virgin). This is how the bridegroom covered the sins of his beloved bride Yisra’el who had played the harlot. Now he was cleansing her with the blood of the lamb and renewing his covenant with her! -Maria Merolahttp://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2012/04/messiah-ate-real-passover-night-before.html
Question 1: Why did Yeshua have to die?
Question 2: Along with the ordinances (penalty for sin), what law was “nailed to the cross”?
YHWH divorced the Northern Tribes of Israel for committing adultery (worshiping other gods)
Jermiah 3:8
8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
According to Torah, a divorced woman cannot go back and remarry her first husband. This covenant is only broken by death.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
1When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Israel thinks to go back to YHWH after her adultery
Hosea 2:7
7And she shall follow after her lovers (pagan gods), but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Interesting side note: In order to test Israel, YHWH appears to provide blessings to Israel even while they are turning to worship other gods.
Hosea 2:8-9
8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Isaiah prophecies Israel will be remarried to YHWH:
Isaiah 62:4
4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken (In Hebrew means divorced); neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah (means “My delight is in her”), and thy land Beulah (means “married”): for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Jeremiah also prophecies Israel will be remarried to YHWH:
Jeremiah 3:14
14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
…But it won’t be easy. Along with bliss, comes tribulation
Hosea 2:15-17
15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor (In Hebrew means “trouble/affliction/tribulation”) for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi (husband); and shalt call me no more Baali (My Lord). 17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
This is like the birthing process, the tribulation of the process brings a door of hope (what is birthed).
Even YHWH himself prophecies Israel will be remarried to Him!
Isaiah 54:4-8
4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 5For thy Maker is thine husband; YHWH is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6For the YHWH hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the YHWH thy Redeemer.
Ok, how is YHWH going to pull this off without breaking His own commandment?
Romans 7:2-3
2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
So which law was nailed to the cross?
Romans 7:4
4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
The law of divorce (in addition to the ordinances/penalty of sin) was nailed to the cross.
There was more to it than that. It requires the understanding of a Hebrew Covenant:
The Hebrew word for covenant is “brit”. It means “to form an agreement”, but within the Hebrew word “brit” are three different Hebrew root words which mean “to make a choice”, “to eat”, and the Hebrew word for “meat”.
A covenant is made to us by choosing to eat meat. We also find the word “make” before the word “covenant”. We find the Hebrew word that means “to cut” as well. So in order for the two parties to enter into a covenant agreement, there must be the cutting of meat (which is the sacrifice) and the agreement is made as they eat the meat, with the understanding that if either party violates the covenant, they will be cut to pieces, just like the sacrifice.
Ten of the twelve tribes broke the covenant with YHWH and caused the dividing of two separate pieces or houses: Israel and Judah. When Yeshua made covenant with the twelve disciples, they broke bread and drank wine which symbolized His body as a covenant , then Yeshua went out and was sacrificed as required in order to fulfill terms of the broken covenant with Abraham and the renewed covenant and to provide a way for the House of Israel to return to the covenant for Yeshua is the covenant that binds us to all of YHWH’s everlasting covenants and promises. For He was sent only to the House of Israel scattered to the nations
It is interesting to note all the Feast Days are surrounded by the participation of a meal in remembrance of all the covenants that have been fulfilled and are yet to be fulfilled on these Feast Days. When we honor the Sabbath or Feast Days with the eating of meat, the breaking of bread, the drinking of wine, what is represented at the table is the symbolism of all the covenants YHWH’s people have made with The Father and we are proclaiming by our obedience that yes, we belong to you and we desire to walk with You in the terms of our covenant and inherit all the promises outlined in Your Torah.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 says:
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. -Bill Sanford – Torah Thought For The Day – Hebrew Nation Radio
Now you know why Yeshua had to die, and what law was nailed to the cross.
First it is important to understand at Mount Sinai, YHWH married Israael. The cloud of smoke was the chuppah (a canopy in which a Hebrew couple was married under), The Sabbath given was the ring (the Sabbath given as a sign between YHWH and His people (Ex 31:13-17, Ezk. 20:12 and repeated in 20:20). Moses and Aaron were the witnesses.
He later divorced her when she played the Harlot by not keeping YHWH's commandents (Numbers 15:39-40) and worshiping other gods (Jeremiah 3:8).
_
The Engagement (symbolized)
In the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15, when the son returned home, he repented for his sins and he was given blood atonement with a “fatted calf.” Why not a lamb? It is because the Lamb symbolizes the House of Judah (the firstborn son) and the Red Heifer symbolizes the House of Ephraiym (the younger son).You see our Messiah ate the Passover Lamb on the first evening of Passover, (for Judah), but the next evening of Passover he was also the Red Heifer to cleanse Ephrayim! The Red Heifer is the only sacrifice that is done outside of the city of Jerusalem (See Numbers 19). When the younger son in the story of the prodigal received blood atonement for his sins, he received a ring on his finger and a garment. This is symbolic of the engagement ring and the wedding garment!
Beloved, what this means is that our Messiah had to eat the Passover Meal the night before he died in order to become engaged to his future bride! In an ancient Hebrew Wedding custom, the couple seal their engagement over a meal and a cup of wine. The groom then goes away until the future wedding day so that he may build a house for his bride on his Father’s estate. He then says to his betrothed:“In my Father’s house are many mansions ....I go to prepare a place for you...I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am there you may be also” (John 14:2-3). To the nation of Yisra’el, his backsliding, whoring wife whom he divorced in Jeremiah 3:8, he promised to bring her back to himself in a betrothal (an engagement).
Listen to what he says: Hoshea 2:19-20:“And I will betroth you unto me forever; yes, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies… I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness: and you shall know YHWH.” You see, our Messiah had to typify both the Passover Lamb & the Red Heifer in order to bring both houses back together again! That is why he ate the Passover Lamb with the bread and the wine for the betrothal, and then he sealed the betrothal the following evening when he was sacrificed as both the Passover Lamb and the Red Heifer.
If Messiah did not eat the Passover, then he did not partake of an official engagement ceremony with his future bride! In an ancient Hebrew Wedding tradition, the bridegroom would take his bride into the chamber (called a chuppah in Hebrew) and they would consummate their marriage. The “friend of the bridegroom” would stand outside the door and listen for the “voice of the bridegroom.” Once he heard the bridegroom consummate with this bride, then his joy would be complete.
This was precisely the role of YaHuW’chanon (John) the Baptist who is called “the friend of the bridegroom” (John 3:29). Now if the bride is found out to not be a virgin, legally according to Torah, the bridegroom could divorce her (Deuteronomy 24). But if he decided that he loved her any way, he would kill a lamb and then use the blood of that lamb on the bed sheet, and then bring it outside to the wedding guests to display the blood to the crowd. The guests would then think that the blood belonged to the bride (seemingly proving her to be a virgin). This is how the bridegroom covered the sins of his beloved bride Yisra’el who had played the harlot. Now he was cleansing her with the blood of the lamb and renewing his covenant with her! -Maria Merolahttp://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2012/04/messiah-ate-real-passover-night-before.html
Question 1: Why did Yeshua have to die?
Question 2: Along with the ordinances (penalty for sin), what law was “nailed to the cross”?
YHWH divorced the Northern Tribes of Israel for committing adultery (worshiping other gods)
Jermiah 3:8
8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
According to Torah, a divorced woman cannot go back and remarry her first husband. This covenant is only broken by death.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
1When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Israel thinks to go back to YHWH after her adultery
Hosea 2:7
7And she shall follow after her lovers (pagan gods), but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Interesting side note: In order to test Israel, YHWH appears to provide blessings to Israel even while they are turning to worship other gods.
Hosea 2:8-9
8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Isaiah prophecies Israel will be remarried to YHWH:
Isaiah 62:4
4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken (In Hebrew means divorced); neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah (means “My delight is in her”), and thy land Beulah (means “married”): for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Jeremiah also prophecies Israel will be remarried to YHWH:
Jeremiah 3:14
14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
…But it won’t be easy. Along with bliss, comes tribulation
Hosea 2:15-17
15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor (In Hebrew means “trouble/affliction/tribulation”) for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi (husband); and shalt call me no more Baali (My Lord). 17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
This is like the birthing process, the tribulation of the process brings a door of hope (what is birthed).
Even YHWH himself prophecies Israel will be remarried to Him!
Isaiah 54:4-8
4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 5For thy Maker is thine husband; YHWH is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 6For the YHWH hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the YHWH thy Redeemer.
Ok, how is YHWH going to pull this off without breaking His own commandment?
Romans 7:2-3
2For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
So which law was nailed to the cross?
Romans 7:4
4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
The law of divorce (in addition to the ordinances/penalty of sin) was nailed to the cross.
There was more to it than that. It requires the understanding of a Hebrew Covenant:
The Hebrew word for covenant is “brit”. It means “to form an agreement”, but within the Hebrew word “brit” are three different Hebrew root words which mean “to make a choice”, “to eat”, and the Hebrew word for “meat”.
A covenant is made to us by choosing to eat meat. We also find the word “make” before the word “covenant”. We find the Hebrew word that means “to cut” as well. So in order for the two parties to enter into a covenant agreement, there must be the cutting of meat (which is the sacrifice) and the agreement is made as they eat the meat, with the understanding that if either party violates the covenant, they will be cut to pieces, just like the sacrifice.
Ten of the twelve tribes broke the covenant with YHWH and caused the dividing of two separate pieces or houses: Israel and Judah. When Yeshua made covenant with the twelve disciples, they broke bread and drank wine which symbolized His body as a covenant , then Yeshua went out and was sacrificed as required in order to fulfill terms of the broken covenant with Abraham and the renewed covenant and to provide a way for the House of Israel to return to the covenant for Yeshua is the covenant that binds us to all of YHWH’s everlasting covenants and promises. For He was sent only to the House of Israel scattered to the nations
It is interesting to note all the Feast Days are surrounded by the participation of a meal in remembrance of all the covenants that have been fulfilled and are yet to be fulfilled on these Feast Days. When we honor the Sabbath or Feast Days with the eating of meat, the breaking of bread, the drinking of wine, what is represented at the table is the symbolism of all the covenants YHWH’s people have made with The Father and we are proclaiming by our obedience that yes, we belong to you and we desire to walk with You in the terms of our covenant and inherit all the promises outlined in Your Torah.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 says:
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. -Bill Sanford – Torah Thought For The Day – Hebrew Nation Radio
Now you know why Yeshua had to die, and what law was nailed to the cross.