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Y’all alright? I recently learned about some nuggets (short information) about Yahushua’s (Jesus) death and resurrection and how it parellels with the Torah (Old Testament). I just learned about them and really liked the information.

You know, sometimes we enjoy a rather large meal and sometimes we enjoy nuggets, tasting little foods, kind of like an appetizer. I will share with you six…hmm, a six piece “chicken” nuggets. Those are pieces I learned about the death and resurrection and found it very interesting.

Nugget #1: You know, Passover during Moses’ time, the time when the Israelites left Egypt. Prior to that, God sent 10 different plagues to the Egyptians. The Pharoah was very stubborn so it took 10 plagues before he finally let the Israelites go free. Anyway, just before sending out the 10th plague, God warned the Israelites that all the first born sons, animals, and etc would die. The Egyptians must let the Israelites go. There was a consequence for Pharoah’s heart being hardened against God. The Pharoah was stiff-necked. But God wanted to save the Israelites’ first born sons and animals. In order to save them, God gave them instructions. He told the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb and paint its blood over the doorposts. God will send the Death Angel and when the Angel sees the blood over the doorposts, he will pass over the house. This is where Passover got its name. The Death Angel will pass over houses with lamb’s blood over their doorposts and not take away their first born sons. Houses that did not have the lamb’s blood over their doorposts, the consequences would fall upon the house and the first born sons would die. Every year since then, God commands that we remember the Passover. Yahushua’s blood, a very perfect blood, is our Passover Lamb. Yahushua was innoncent as He was condemned. His blood is smeared on those who believe in Him from head to toe.  This is a good one.

“And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses…”-Exodus 12:7

“For Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed…” -1 Corinthians 5:7

Nugget #2: I mentioned earlier about the Passover lamb being sacrificed and using its blood to paint over the doorposts. There are criterias that must be followed. For example, the lamb must not have blemishes. It must be perfect without abnormalities, defects, or faults. It must be a perfect lamb. This is God’s commandment. He upholds a high standard on what lamb is to be sacrificed. This can be seen in the same manner for Yahushua. When Yahushua was arrested, about to be killed. Prior to that, they brought Yahushua to trial. Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, questioned Yahushua. At the end of that trial, the Roman governor declared that he found no faults in Yahushua and saw that there was no reason to hold him prisoner. But, it was the Jewish community that did not want to free Yahushua. Pontius Pilate was in a high authority position and he saw Yahushua FAULTLESS. This parellels with the animal lamb used in order to make sacrifices. God expected that the animal lamb be faultless. Perfect. Yahushua was perfect and He endured this for us so that He could be our Passover Lamb once and for all. Wow. This is a good one.

“Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old…”-Exodus 12:5

“So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no fault in this Man.”-Luke 23:4

Nugget #3: In Genesis, Adam and Eve had intimacy with God, but they lost that intimacy by disobeying Him. As a consequence for Adam, God said in order for Adam to eat, work, and make a living of, Adam had to work hard. He would have to sweat and work hard in order to get food. This was a curse. Now, before Yahushua was arrested by the high priests, Yahushua was in the garden. At that time, Yahushua was under a tremendous stress for he knew exactly what was to come. He sweated a lot while praying. Keep in mind that the sweats that came out of Yahushua’s head was not salt-water like. It was of blood. The blood always represents a new covenant or a new agreement. God values blood because there is life in blood. So while Yahushua was in the garden praying, he sweated blood and this parellels with Adam’s sweating salt/water sweat to live as a curse.  Yahushua sweated blood in order to break the old curse and make a new agreement. This new covenant enables us not to be defeated in our trials and tribulations.

“By the sweat of your face you will eat bread…” -Genesis 3:19

“His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground…”-Luke 22:44

Nugget #4: For the same curse that Adam and Eve faced (the sweating to get food), there is another curse that came upon them. God told Adam and Eve that when they grow vegetables and fruits, their garden would have thorns and thistles being in the way. They would have to pull weeds, thorns, and thistles out of the ground in order to make their food grow healthy. This is a curse, a consequence of their disobedience. Now, Just before Yahushua was crucified, the Roman soliders mocked him since Yahushua said he was the king of Jews. The Roman soliders made Yahushua’s crown out of thorns. The thorns were long and strong. The thorns penetrated through Yahushua’s head and caused blood to come out. The thorns the Romans soliders used to make for Yahushua’s crown goes back to the old curse that Adam endured. Yahushua took the suffering of the thorns in his head to break that curse. In this way, in believing the Messiah, we do not need to worry about “thorns in our flesh” (sickness and diseases). We can break through it.

“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field…”-Genesis 3:18

“The soliders twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head…”-John 19:2

Nugget #5: This was a new information for me and I found it very interesting. The first time the Bible mentions the word “Love” can be found in Genesis 22. In that chapter, it talks about Abraham obeying God’s commandment to sacrifice Abraham’s son to God. This was a test of God for Abraham in order to see if Abraham would go that far in obedience.  In that chapter, where the word, “Love” is first used, it states, “Abraham, the son you have, whom you love, you will have to give to Me as a sacrifice…”  (paraphrased). In this chapter, this is the first time you will see the word “love” being used. This is parellelled to Yahushua. God’s only begotten son, whom He loved, was sent to Earth as a sacrifice for mankind for Him. By the way, just so that you know, Abraham did not sacrifice his son. Because Abraham obeyed, God stopped him in time by sending a ram to replace the son. I found this very interesting how the situation was when the word “Love” was first used–it was in a father-son relationship. Yahushua is Yahweh’s (God) son.

“Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…” -Genesis 22:2

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” -John 3:16

Nugget #6: The last nugget, savour it. :-) During Moses’ time, there was a tabernacle that was built. It had many specific criterias in order to build that tabernacle. In the tabernacle, there is one room called, “Holy of the Holiest”. In that room, it was to remain holy. Not anyone can enter that specific room. Only the very highest priest could enter that room, and that only happens once a year to intercede with God for mankind. Everyone knows that this specific room is to be highly regarded, respected, and not something to take lightly. If anyone just walked into that room, they would immediately drop dead. There’s no games to be played when coming to that room. It is the Holy of the Holiest. That specific room is separated from all the other rooms in the tabernacle by a large thick curtain or veil. Some say that the curtain is three feet THICK. It is to completely separate the Holy of the Holiest room to all the other rooms in the Tabernacle. It is a very special place. Keep in mind that not anyone can just walk into that room. Only the High Priest can enter that room and that happens only once a year. If you and I or anyone else just walked into that room, ah, it would not be good. Anyway, when Yahushua was on the corss and just about to die, He said, “It is finished!!!” The earth began to tremble and there was an earthquake. The veil/curtain used to separate the Holy of the Holiest from all the other rooms was tore into half. It was torn completely apart. This action tells us that everyone, you and me, my mother and father, your mother and father, cousins, uncles, aunts, and everyone else has an equal right as the High Priest to have an access to God, the Father. We can talk with God, through Yahushua, the Messiah. Wow, this to me, blows my mind. It’s a good picture. Tearing apart the curtain/veil that separates the Holy of the Holiest to all the other rooms in the Tabernacle. All barriers, all circumstances, all religious rituals, and etc are destroyed and removed. Now it is just between me and God through the Messiah.

Holy of Holies verses: Exodus 26:31-37, Leviticus 16:2, Hebrews 9:7 & 25

“Then the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom…” Mark 15:38

“Brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus…”-Hebrews 10:19

I hope you were blessed by these nuggets just the same as I was. If you have a nugget you would like to share with us, please feel free to share! Be blessed!

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