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Post by alon on Apr 8, 2017 23:10:57 GMT -8
These are the main ideas I got from a talk by Asher Intratar, a Messianic Jew from Kehila Israel. I received their permission to link to their information after I wrote this up, so I hope it is ok to share what I got from it with you, as this is extremely important as we enter into this Passover season:
Exodus 21:23-24 (NASB) But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
The term “life for life” in the Hebrew is actually “nefesh tachat nefesh,” literally “soul in exchange for soul.” This is both an extremely important biblical principle as well as a Messianic prophecy. It metaphorically presents the perfect balance of guilt under the law and grace. Notice I didn’t say the law and grace. It is our guilt in disobedience to the law and grace. HaShem’s law is an absolute; there is no “ballance” there; no tradeoff. You are either guilty or you aren’t. You either did it or you didn’t. If you did, you need grace to balance the scales of justice.
Put another way, you are NOT saved FROM the law; you are saved from sin, which is what?
1 John 3:4 (KJV) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
And this is why a human “nefesh” was required as atonement for our very human sins!
Hebrews 10:4 (KJV) For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
And so here we see the perfect example of what was required to atone for my sins; the ultimate act of grace.
Leviticus 17:11-12 (NKJV) For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’
Vayikra 17:11-12 (OJB) 11 For the nefesh of the basar is in the dahm [blood]: and I have given it to you upon the Mizbe’ach to make kapporah for your nefashot: for it is the dahm [blood] that maketh kapporah for the nefesh. [see Zecharyah 9:11; Tehillim 50:5]
So if you are eating blood, stop sinnin’ and ask for grace. Grace does not automatically cover sins, it forgives when we repent. But look at verse 11 in the second translation there. Nefesh is used three times (nefashot is plural for nefesh). It is often incorrectly translated as “blood,” which is understandable given the close relationship pictured here. But we are looking for a deeper understanding; one that relates he blood to the soul of HaMoshiach. Look, anyone can bleed. I’ve bled all over many an ER when I angered the wrong person or did something really stupid. But only eternal G-d could pour out His soul for my idiotic acts of rebellion. Blood for blood, soul for soul; and baruch HaShem He was willing to do just that. But when we see this even partially in the Hebrew, we see it is the soul in the blood which makes atonement.
Isaiah 53:10-12 (NASB)
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He [Lit His soul] would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself [Lit His soul] to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Those brackets are footnotes in the NAS Bible. So if we read this and really think about it, what we see is Yeshua willingly offered His sinless soul as sacrifice for our sinful ones. Now some may point out that human sacrifice is prohibited. They are correct in as far as that goes. However nowhere does it say you cannot lay down your life for others. Did not Samson bring down the temple of the Philistines on his own head? I like that example because I too came back a broken man to find the grace of a loving G-d.
According to Mr. Intratar, looking at verse 10, we see it says our Christ, our Moshiach was to make His own soul guilty. That goes far beyond simply bleeding out. But here in vs. 10 Yeshua takes on our guilt. In vs. 11, He takes on the stain of our sins. And then in vs. 12 He takes the penalty for those sins; His own death as He bled out His very soul for us.
Luke 22:20 (NASB) And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood."
I hope I did this justice, as the idea is profound. I felt moved as I wrote this, even having listened to the clip a couple of times. And you got some of my own insights as well as his more knowledgeable outline. Hope it helps.
Chag Pesach sameach!
Dan
Exodus 21:23-24 (NASB) But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
The term “life for life” in the Hebrew is actually “nefesh tachat nefesh,” literally “soul in exchange for soul.” This is both an extremely important biblical principle as well as a Messianic prophecy. It metaphorically presents the perfect balance of guilt under the law and grace. Notice I didn’t say the law and grace. It is our guilt in disobedience to the law and grace. HaShem’s law is an absolute; there is no “ballance” there; no tradeoff. You are either guilty or you aren’t. You either did it or you didn’t. If you did, you need grace to balance the scales of justice.
Put another way, you are NOT saved FROM the law; you are saved from sin, which is what?
1 John 3:4 (KJV) Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
And this is why a human “nefesh” was required as atonement for our very human sins!
Hebrews 10:4 (KJV) For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
And so here we see the perfect example of what was required to atone for my sins; the ultimate act of grace.
Leviticus 17:11-12 (NKJV) For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’
Vayikra 17:11-12 (OJB) 11 For the nefesh of the basar is in the dahm [blood]: and I have given it to you upon the Mizbe’ach to make kapporah for your nefashot: for it is the dahm [blood] that maketh kapporah for the nefesh. [see Zecharyah 9:11; Tehillim 50:5]
So if you are eating blood, stop sinnin’ and ask for grace. Grace does not automatically cover sins, it forgives when we repent. But look at verse 11 in the second translation there. Nefesh is used three times (nefashot is plural for nefesh). It is often incorrectly translated as “blood,” which is understandable given the close relationship pictured here. But we are looking for a deeper understanding; one that relates he blood to the soul of HaMoshiach. Look, anyone can bleed. I’ve bled all over many an ER when I angered the wrong person or did something really stupid. But only eternal G-d could pour out His soul for my idiotic acts of rebellion. Blood for blood, soul for soul; and baruch HaShem He was willing to do just that. But when we see this even partially in the Hebrew, we see it is the soul in the blood which makes atonement.
Isaiah 53:10-12 (NASB)
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He [Lit His soul] would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself [Lit His soul] to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Those brackets are footnotes in the NAS Bible. So if we read this and really think about it, what we see is Yeshua willingly offered His sinless soul as sacrifice for our sinful ones. Now some may point out that human sacrifice is prohibited. They are correct in as far as that goes. However nowhere does it say you cannot lay down your life for others. Did not Samson bring down the temple of the Philistines on his own head? I like that example because I too came back a broken man to find the grace of a loving G-d.
According to Mr. Intratar, looking at verse 10, we see it says our Christ, our Moshiach was to make His own soul guilty. That goes far beyond simply bleeding out. But here in vs. 10 Yeshua takes on our guilt. In vs. 11, He takes on the stain of our sins. And then in vs. 12 He takes the penalty for those sins; His own death as He bled out His very soul for us.
Luke 22:20 (NASB) And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood."
I hope I did this justice, as the idea is profound. I felt moved as I wrote this, even having listened to the clip a couple of times. And you got some of my own insights as well as his more knowledgeable outline. Hope it helps.
Chag Pesach sameach!
Dan
