Pesach (3)
Yeshu‘ah fulfills Pesach
André H. Roosma
8 April 2012
In the past days I already wrote two editions on Pesach: Part (1) and Part (2). Below the pinnacle of it all.
In the holy part of the tabernacle and the later temple of YaHUaH in Jerusalem, between two pillars, hung a
big curtain (comparable to a big tent canvas:
 1), with to its right side in front of it the great golden Menorah, that impressive golden
candle, driven from one big piece of gold after the model of a palm tree
( ;
symbol of the Tree of Life) with three branches on each side, and in
total seven lamps on top (Exodus 40: 18-25; cf. Exodus
25).
In the article that I wrote earlier about that great golden Menorah, I denoted already how the seven lamps on top of
this Menorah symbolized the presence of
Israel’s God YaHUaH there in the temple.
However, only behind that curtain stood the Ark
of the covenant, with in it the Ten Words,
as a witness of YaHUaH’s loving care for
and involvement with His people and as footstool for YaHUaH Himself (Exodus 40: 34; Psalm 132:
7-8).
But that room was not open ( ) for
ordinary mortal men. Not without reason that room was called the Holy of Holies (Exodus 26:
30-35). Only once a year, at Yom Kippur (Day of
Atonement) the appointed high priest had access there, and even then
only with the blood of an important sacrifice, and as part of a ceremony in
which the entire people confessed their sins (Exodus
30: 10; Hebrews 9: 7).
But, at that most memorable day, almost 2000 years ago, when at the
Cross Yeshu‘ah
gave His blood as a complete atonement for our hostility and our distrust
against God (that is what the Bible calls
‘sin’), at that moment something happened in the Temple.
That big curtain was torn in two from top to
bottom! (Mattit-Yahu 27: 51; Mark 15: 38;
Luke 23: 45). There came an opening ().
An opening () in the palm tree / Tree of Life
() curtain (). There, at that
moment Pesach – – was realized
to the full extent by Yeshu‘ah!
The writer of the letter to the Hebrews draws a relation between the
‘flesh’ - the body of Yeshu‘ah,
and this curtain or ‘veil’. What strikes me, is that both: a
curtain or a big piece of canvas of a tent on the one hand and the
flesh of people or animals on the other, were denoted by one and the same
symbol in the old script: . By His death Yeshu‘ah broke the curse from Genesis 2 over us; the curse that
said that we would die and no longer have access to the Tree f Life, when we
would go our own way and not listen to the mighty and loving God and Creator
YaHUaH. Through His death it is possible for
everybody to receive forgiveness at that cross and start a new life in His
nearness and under His inspiring, invigorating and life-giving leading.
“... But when Christ appeared as a High Priest
of the good things that have come, through the greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, nor yet
through the blood of goats and calves, but through His
own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, thus securing an eternal redemption...”
Hebrews 9: 11-12
Yes, Pesach
– – is wholly
fulfilled in the death of Yeshu‘ah, there, at that Cross! When He gave His
blood there, He was both the Highest Priest and
the ultimate Pesach-lamb!
Hallelu-YaH!
“... Therefore, brothers, since we have
confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new
and living way which he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through
His flesh, and since we have a great Priest over the house of God,
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts
sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for
He Who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stir up one
another to love and good works,...”
Hebrews 10: 19-24
Notes
This is a sequel to: Pesach (1) God separates His
own, has them escape death, and pulls them away from Egypt and (2) God opens the way
to life.
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