YASHUA, THE BODY FROM THE SHADOWS

Psalms 106:4-5 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

This man, this great King of Israel, this commander in chief of the armies of the Lord, was a great statesman, as well as a great prophet. He was a Hebrew descendant from the Hebrew *Abraham (Genesis 14:13); an Israelite after Jacob the son of Isaac (Genesis 32:28); a Jew from the tribe of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob through Leah, his wife (Genesis 29:35). David was under the covering of the levitical religious system, and yet, yet he asked God to visit him with the salvation which was to come through Jesus Christ, his descendant one thousand years later.

Unlike today, ancient Hebrews knew that God had a Son who would one day come to Jerusalem and redeem them from the curse of the original sin (Genesis 3). As Moses told children of Israel about the Messiah’s future physical arrival on the world scene, he also told them that one day a prophet would come and that they were to listen to him (Deuteronomy 18:15). The prophet Isaiah told us that this ‘servant’ would be the lamb that would take upon himself the sin of the people (Isaiah 53).

Before Jesus came, the sins of the people were redeemed by the sacrifice of an innocent animal. The blood of this animal was sprinkled on the altar of the Ark of the Covenant. The blood of Jesus, the sinless Son of God, is the last innocent blood shed for the sins of mankind. Man loves temples, buildings, rituals and ceremonies. It is a tendency for him to look back at these ancient days with nostalgia. He seems to always want to recreate a religion based on the elements of temples, priesthood, and rituals; but for the born-again child of God, there is no more need of this type, for Jesus Christ, is the anti-type. He is the temple, the Ark, the altar, the sacrifice, the blood, and the high priest all together in one. He is also the Sabbath of our rest, the kosher meat of the Word and the waters of purification. The Jerusalem of our peace is the New Jerusalem to come, the tabernacle of God that will come to dwell on the earth, the restored tabernacle of David (Acts 15:16; Revelations 21-22).

Let us therefore not dwell in the religious elementary school of shadows, types and pictures, but with full faith endorse the diploma of graduation of spiritual salvation, for the worship of a spiritual God in our hearts.

John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

*Abram is called “the Hebrew”, either from his passing over or coming beyond the river Euphrates, from Ur in Chaldea into Canaan. The Hebrew word “Hebrew” is “ivree, from the Hebrew verb, “laavor” meaning “to go over”. According to the Talmudists Ur of the Chaldees was called עיברא זעירא, "little Ibra".