
Originally Posted by
Cliff
Ha ha! Probably more of a "just because" I suppose. I am just a goofy old Gentile white boy! I have studied a lot of the faith as it is perceived from a Messianic Jewish perspective. Those folks can really enlighten a lot of how the Tanakh (OT) is all about the Messiah, Yeshua. Every little nugget in the OT speaks of Him.
To the point of this thread, the law regarding the cities of sanctuary for one who is guilty of the unintentional death of someone. What we would call manslaughter today.
We are all guilty of the death of Yeshua. No one gets out of that charge. But when He was on the cross, He stated "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do". That was Him proclaiming, as our advocate, that we are not guilty of Murder, but manslaughter.
So, if one is guilty of manslaughter, they are to flee to one of the cities of refuge, as established in the Scripture. As long as one stays in the city of refuge, the next of kin, the Goel, cannot put a hand on that person out of vengeance. Yeshua is our city of refuge. We are to flee to Yeshua and then the next of kin, the Father, will not execute vengeance on us for killing His Son. How long do we stay there? According to the Law, until the death of the High Priest. Yeshua is our High Priest and He will never die again!
So the law regarding the city of refuge when we are guilty of manslaughter was a picture to show us of the Messiah. The Torah is laced with all sorts of these things in the law that speak of Yeshua.
Even the way Israel was set up when they camped in the wilderness. Take the numbers of the various tribes. One group camped north of the tabernacle, one east, one west, one south. To follow that prescription, say the group that camped north, they could not set any tents further east or west than the width of the tabernacle (one has to think like a Rabbi to get this). Each group had the same restriction in each direction they were laid out. The group that camped west, they could only be as wide as the north or south width of the tabernacle.
Take the numbers of the various tribes, put them in their position around the tabernacle. If one was to fly over the camp of Israel and see how it laid out, it would be the shape of the cross of Calvary. Man, what a wonderful God!
And the names of the lineage from Adam to Noah. Take the meanings and lay them end to end, and you have a sentence that is the New Testament Gospel if there ever was one!
Adam = man
Seth = Appointed
Enoch = mortal
Kenan = sorrow
Mahalalel = Blessed God
Jared = come down
Enoch = teaching
Methuselah = his death shall bring
Lamech = despairing
Noah = comfort.
Now in a sentence......
Man is appointed mortal sorrow. The blessed God shall come down teaching that His death shall bring the despairing comfort or rest.
Wow. The complete gospel in the lineage from Adam to Noah! Every detail in the Tanakh speaks of Yeshua! All praise, glory, and honor to Him!
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