Yeshua is the lamb of GOD,so why did YHWH have a ram as the sacrifice for Abraham to offer as the sacrifice on Mount Moriah.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
Gen 22:1 And it happened after these things, testing Abraham, God said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me. Gen 22:2 And He said, Now take your son, Isaac, your only one whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. And there offer him for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will say to you.
Gen 22:3 And Abraham started up early in the morning and saddled his mule, and he took two of his youths with him, and his son Isaac. And he split wood for a burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place which God had said to him.
Gen 22:4 And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
Gen 22:5 And Abraham said to his young men, You stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go over there that we may worship and may return to you.
Gen 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac; and he took the fire and the knife in his hand. And the two went together.
Gen 22:7 And Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, My father. And he said, Behold me. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood! But where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will see to the lamb for Himself, for a burnt offering. And the two of them went together.
Gen 22:9 And they came to the place which God had said to him. And Abraham built there the altar, and arranged the wood. And he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Gen 22:10 And Abraham put out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
Gen 22:11 And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens and said, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, Behold me.
Gen 22:12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the boy, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you are a God-fearer, and you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.
Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold! A ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Will See; so that it is said until this day, In the mount of Jehovah it will be seen.
According to the laws of statistical probability, what are the chances of an event happening and then fifteen hundred years later another event occurring bearing an uncanny resemblance to the first one? Now suppose that not only did fifteen hundred years separate the two events, but that they occurred in two different countries several hundred miles apart, which in the ancient world may as well have been halfway around the globe. Now suppose that the second event involved the death of a person, and that the events leading up to their death including the manner and timing of that death was beyond the control of the individual dying so that in no way could the person dying stage his death to mirror the first event. In fact, those killing the individual possessed no foreknowledge of the event that had occurred fifteen hundred years earlier. What are the chances of this occurring?
This is not a fictional story! Truth is stranger than fiction. The details of these two events are chronicled in the pages of the Bible. The first event occurred in ancient Egypt and is recorded in the Book of Exodus chapters eleven and twelve. There we find recorded the details of the Children of Israel�s first Passover while they were yet slaves in the land of Egypt. A whole series of events led up to this first Passover, which culminated with each family�s ritual killing of a lamb, smearing its blood on the frame of their doors, roasting the lamb, and then eating it. Doing this insured that the angel of death would pass over their homes leaving those inside alive. The firstborn of those whose homes did not have the blood painted on the door frames were killed.
The second event involves a descendant of those ancient people born in a different land fifteen hundred years later. His name was Y-shua of Nazareth, a Jew and viewed by many of his day as the long-awaited Messiah of Israel. One of the proofs of his Messiahship would be whether he would fulfill the many prophecies that had been foretold concerning him as recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures. Not only that, the Jewish sages had predicted that many historical occurrences in Israel�s long history were but foreshadows of events to occur in the future. Israel�s first Passover was somehow to replay itself in the death of that prophesied Messianic figure who was to arrive sometime on the scene near the beginning of the fourth millennia from the creation of the world. Was this Y-shua of Nazareth to be that person who would fulfill those Messianic and redemptive expectations of the Israelite people from ancient times?
Let us now consider the facts as recorded in the biblical record. Let us compare the facts of the first Passover with the death of Y-shua of Nazareth on the cross by the hands of the Romans. In the following list we juxtapose a detail pertaining to the first Passover followed by the detail regarding the events leading up to and including the death of Y-shua.
1. The death angel comes at midnight (Exod. 11:4; 12:29).
The �death angel� comes for Y-shua late at night (after the Passover Seder) in the Garden of
Gethsemane where he is betrayed and arrested (Luke 22:53).
2. The first born to die at the hand of the death angel (Exod. 11:5).
Y-shua is the firstborn of Elohim and the first man born of the Ruach haKodesh (Set-apart Spirit).
In ancient times, as the firstborn was the head, priest and patriarch of his household and thus
bore the judgment meted out by the death angel, so Y-shua bore the judgment of our sin which is
death which is the wages of sin (Rom. 6:23; 1 Cor. 15:56).
3. A perfect, blemish-free lamb was to be chosen for the Passover lamb (Exod. 12:5; Deut. 15:21).
Y-shua in accordance with Torah-law was selected four days before Passover and anointed (set
apart) as the Lamb (John 12:1).
The people of Israel examined and accepted Y-shua at his triumphal entry in Jerusalem
(John 12:2).
How Y-shua Fulfilled the Passover
The religious system examined and rejected Y-shua (John 26:57) because he was a threat to their
religious establishment.
Judas, one of Y-shua�s closest associates, declared him innocent (Matt. 27:3-4).
Pilate�s wife declared Y-shua to be innocent (Matt. 27:19).
The political system through Pilate declared Y-shua to be innocent (Matt. 27:23-24).
Elohim, the Father of Y-shua, pronounced him guiltless and without sin (Heb. 4:15; 1 Pet. 1:19).
4. This perfect lamb was marked for death and was set aside for a special purpose (Exod. 12:3-6)
Y-shua was such a lamb (Isa. 53:7; 1 Pet. 1:19-20).
5. The lamb was to be a year old; i.e., a mature adult (Exod. 12:5).
Y-shua died for our redemption in the fullness of his manhood.
6. The lamb was separated out on the tenth day of the first month (the Passover was on the fourteenth day
of the first month) (Exod. 12:3).
On the same day Y-shua came to Bethany (John 12:1) where on the evening of the tenth day of
the month Mary anointed Y-shua with spikenard (John 12:2-37), the very day the Passover lamb
was to be separated.
7. The lamb was to dwell with the Israelites in the family�s house until the Passover day when the lamb
was then slaughtered (Exod. 12:5-6).
Y-shua dwelt with the Jews during this time, including a meal in Bethany, the triumphal entry,
turning over the money changer�s tables at the Temple, and his trials.
Y-shua, our Passover Lamb, wants to dwell in our spiritual house.
8. The blood from the lamb was to be painted on the doorposts and lintels of each family�s house
(Exod. 12: 22-23).
So Messiah�s blood (mark) must be placed on our foreheads (thoughts) and hands (actions) for us
to be redeemed from the penalty of sin and protected from the destroying angel of death, which is
Elohim�s judgment against sin (Rev. 7:3; 9:4; 22:4; Exod. 3:9, 16; Deut. 6:8; 11:18).
9. In order for one to be saved from the death angel on Passover eve, one had to enter the blood-painted door and be inside the house (Exod. 12:22).
Y-shua is the door to salvation and to the Father in heaven and no one can be saved without
coming through His blood for the remission of sins. There is salvation through no other �door�
The shofar is a symbol of power. The horn is an animal's source of power and physical strength. It�s what the animal uses to gore with in order to cause as much damage as possible to its �enemy.� Therefore, the horn equals strength and power. It also represents the ram caught in the thicket when Abraham was about to sacrifice Isaac (Gen. 22:13). Just as G-d provided a substitute sacrifice for Isaac to spare his life, today, the shofar represents G-d's ultimate sacrifice for our salvation, Jesus Christ. There is nothing more powerful than salvation unto eternal life with G-d!
and it is of Interest to consider The Eucahrist as the "Flesh and Blood" of The Sacrificial Lamb that is Eaten by believers. This Miracle has been in place since The Last Supper (and in partiallity even back to the Miracle Feedings -- of Fish and Bread).
Since the Begining of The Church (over 2,000 years ago) this Miracle has been performed so that Believers can eat The Flesh and Blood of The Sacrificial Lamb!
