Many do not realize the great prophetic insights that can be gleaned out of the events of the lives of the YHWH’s people. The Patriarchs are great examples of this, but many overlook the tremendous prophecies of the lives of Moses and Aaron. Moses is the prophet that delivered the people of Israel by the out-stretched arm of YHWH, and Aaron the Spokesman for Moses and High Priest for all Israel. Yeshua stated that Moses wrote of Him. Where? Most cannot find Yeshua in the Torah and that is why many refuse to acknowledge Him as the Messiah. Many still wait for the Messiah, even though they know He should have arrived much sooner. They could not discern the time of His coming.
John 5:Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
If Yeshua said Moses wrote of Him, where are those words? On the surface they don’t appear to be anywhere. The five books of the Torah are full of events of the Patriarchs and the departure of Israel from Egypt and then wandering in the wilderness. Yeshua appears in the events that happen to Israel. Let’s look for clues. We know Yeshua is a prophet like unto Moses.
Acts 7:He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
So we know Moses is a type of Yeshua. What about Aaron, Moses’ brother?
Exodus 4:And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
Here YHWH is telling Moses that YHWH would be with Moses’ mouth and with Aaron’s mouth and would teach them what to do. He further clarifies that Aaron would be the spokesman unto the people, in the stead of Moses’ mouth, and Moses would be in the “stead” or role of YHWH. Here YHWH is setting up the roles of the prophecy for us. Aaron speaks to the people in the “stead” or role of YHWH, and Moses is in the role of YHWH. So the events surrounding these two people should have amazing prophetic implications, especially since we know Yeshua is like Moses as a prophet, so Aaron is like Yeshua as the spokesman of YHWH and High Priest of the People. Yeshua clarifies His role to the apostles.
John 12:He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
We see Aaron doing the same kind of intercessory work.
Exoodus 4:And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.31And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Now lets take a look at the signs given to Moses and Aaron by YHWH.
Exodus 4:And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.2And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:5That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Moses is given three signs to prove that YHWH has sent him. The rod becomes a live serpent, which becomes a rod. So Moses is a type of YHWH and one of His signs is making a serpent out of a rod that consumes other living serpents created by those who worship idols.
Isaiah 11:11And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:2And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Now it may seem strange that Yeshua is depicted as a serpent since in the garden Eve’s seed is prophesied to crush the head of the serpent. That is exactly what the Rod out of the Stem of Jesse and a branch that grew out of his roots did. Let’s also remember that Moses uses the serpent again at YHWH’s command for the purpose of healing the people of a plague of serpents that were killing the people of Israel.
Numbers 21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Note this is the same symbol that is used today by the medical profession. So Moses uses a rod/staff/pole with a serpent on it to heal anyone that was bitten by the serpent if they look upon it. Yeshua’s ministry must be about the healing of people of a medical condition that will result in our ultimate death, if we do not look upon the staff with the fiery serpent set upon it. We know that Yeshua was crucified and killed that we might live. So why wasn’t he symbolized as a pole upon which a serpent hangs? Didn’t he come in our flesh? No he didn’t, He came in is his own uncorrupted flesh, which if we partake of we will have life incorruptible.
Notice Pharaohs’ reaction when Aaron is instructed to throw his rod before Pharaoh.
Exodus 7:9When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.13And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Pharaoh imitates YHWH’s miracles. So if this serpent brought to life by YHWH through Moses and Aaron is symbolic of the work of Yeshua, we should see counterfeits of this miracle.
Matthew 24:And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
But notice in the end Aaron’s rod swallows up their rods. The counterfeits are destroyed by the real one. Yeshua has the ability to consume those who are of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil without it harming Him. Now notice when YHWH is instructing Moses in the use of the rod, after the serpent does its work, it becomes a rod in Moses (YHWH’s) hand again (Exodus 4:4). It returns to is prior state in the hand of Moses (YHWH). Let's not miss the connection between the rods/pole/staff and the serpent. In this case does the pole represent Yeshua or does the serpent. In order to be healed they must gaze upon the pole with the serpent will be healed. The answer lies with Jacob.
I Peter 2: 24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
We are healed by the stripes of Yeshua. We are made whole, rich, and abundant by Yeshua's stripes. Yeshua is the pole, the staff, the rod, the branch of the tree of life. The stripes are upon the staff.
Isaiah 53: 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Our sins and the punishment thereof are laid upon this staff, Yeshua. We must gaze upon His image in order to take on His image and be healed.
Genesis 30: 30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. 32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. 40And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Points to Consider:
- The spots and speckles appear to be related to Leviticus and the spots of the flesh related to leprosy and how one can be declared clean before the priest. All those flocks with white (Leprosy/Dead Flesh) are brought before the rods with stripes (Yeshua)
- That rods/staffs (Yeshua) with white stripes pealed into them are set before the sheep where they water (mikva).
- Three rods/staffs are placed in the gutter (mikva)
- Poplar (green tree)-Ruach Hakodesh
- Almond (with white stripes wrapped around the staff like a snake) Yeshua
- Plane (tree that sheds its bark annually, i.e. naked, without a proper covering) -Repentant Man, Nefesh
- If these rods are all placed in the mikva and the almond tree with stripes is Yeshua then the other rods could be a picture of the Ruach Hakodesh and our Nefesh joining with Yeshua in the Mikva.
- These three rods could also be pictured as follows, both houses of Israel reunited by Yeshua:
- Poplar (green tree)-Judah-Southern Kingdom, the green tree in which Yeshua was killed.
- Luke 23: 30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? 32And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
- Almond (with white stripes wrapped around the staff like a snake)- Yeshua, the Branch Tree of Life
- I Peter 2: 23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- Jeremiah 33: 14Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
- Zechariah 3: 7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. 8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. 9For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
- Zechariah 6: 11Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: 13Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- John 15: 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Jeremiah 1: 9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. 11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
- Plane (tree that sheds its bark annually) -Ephraim-Northern Kingdom is characterized as being naked and committing whoredom or as the sinner who has gone astray (naked and needing to be properly covered)..
- Revelation 3:
16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
- Hosea 4: 1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land....
6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 10For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. 11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
- Hosea 2:
7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. 8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
- Revelation 3: 3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
- Revelation 7: 14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
- Yeshua reunites the rods in the Mkva, Ephraim and Judah by Yeshua being placed in the Mikva.
- Ezekiel 37: 18And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. 20And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
- The rods/staffs (Yeshua) are placed in the the gutters/watering trough (mikva)
- Leviticus 14: 49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 50And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 51And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
- Let's not forget all the important meetings of Messianic figures with the Ruach Hakodesh (Bride of Yeshua/Holy Spirit) at places of Water
- Abraham's servant meets Rebekah by a well
- Jacob and Rachel
- Moses and Zipporah
- Moses leading Israel through the Red Sea
- Joshua leading Israel across the Jordan River
- Arm of Noah and the Birds released
- Yeshua and the Samaritan Woman
- Yeshua walking on water after feeding the 5,000
- When the flocks eat, drink, and procreate while looking upon the striped staves/rods (Yeshua) with white stripes (penalty of our sin/serpent)
- The flocks conceive when watering and feeding (mikva) while looking upon the staves/rods (Yeshua) with white stripes (penalty of our sin) and in abundance causing Jacob to become increased abundantly.
These white stripes on the staves (Yeshua) are the same picture we had of the serpent upon Moses staff where if Israel looked upon them they would be healed. Picture the white stripes swirling around the staff/rod of Jacob like a serpent. The staff/rod/branch that is lifted up is Yeshua bearing our iniquities and the penalty of our sins; disease and death. Those things which cause man to not be increased or abundant. We the flocks look up and gaze upon the image of YHWH, Yeshua, the Rod, the Staff, the Branch who is lifted up for our salvation, the redemption of our fallen flesh (serpent). He causes our fallen image to be restored and take on His image in abundance. The serpent is the picture of our fallen image being converted and restored into YHWH's image (Yeshua).
These flocks become abundant and cause the shepherd to become abundant!
John 10: 9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Yeshua is the door to abundant life. It is by the Staff/Rod/Branch of YHWH that we are made alive.
What about the next sign given to Moses and Aaron?
Exodus 4:6And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
The signs are definitely connected. A serpent consumes other dead branches and lives, and now Moses own hand becomes leprous, but when he puts it back in his bosom, it turns healthy again like his other flesh. Moses has the ability to turn corrupted flesh into healthy living incorruptible flesh. Remember Moses is a type of YHWH.
He puts forth his hand. Yeshua does the same thing.
Matthew 12:How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Jeremiah 32:Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Psalms 98:1O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.2The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
We have seen the saving hand of YHWH through the work of Yeshua coming in the flesh for our salvation. Our salvation is the same miracle that Moses and Aaron performed. We look upon the savior to be healed of the serpent’s bite that has corrupted our flesh. YHWH reached into His bosom and brought forth flesh incorruptible so that our corruptible flesh could be healed.
Yeshua comes from the bosom of the Father. His flesh is healthy, clean, and uncorrupted.
John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
Now notice what Moses needed to do if they didn’t believe the first two signs to be delivered. Keep in mind they believed the first two signs and were delivered from Egypt.
Exodus 4:31And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
But when Yeshua came for the final fulfillment of this deliverance, they did not believe His signs-healing corrupted flesh, consuming the dead rods of false teaching and false religion. So the third sign had to be given.
Exodus 4:8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
The waters of life had to be poured out upon the dry and dead land and becomes blood. Yeshua came forth of the Father’s bosom and when His water was poured out on the ground it became blood and flesh on the dry land to give His testimony for our salvation. It is by the outstretched arm and hand of YHWH, Yeshua, that our leprous flesh is made whole, healthy, and alive.
John 4:13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
If these events are prophetic of Yeshua’s work, the other signs and miracles are also prophetic of a later day deliverance of all of Israel and their companions out of spiritual and physical imprisonment, deception, and forgetfulness. So the 10 plagues of Egypt will likely have a later day fulfillment as the Fullness of the Gentiles and the Restoration of the Houses of Israel comes to pass.
Let’s also notice Moses and Aaron’s frequent use of the rod for the deliverance of the people and each time it is associated with the stretching forth of his arm:
Exodus 8:5And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.Exodus 8:4-6 (in Context) Exodus 8 (Whole Chapter)
Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.Exodus 9:22-24 (in Context) Exodus 9 (Whole Chapter)
Exodus 10:13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.Exodus 10:12-14 (in Context) Exodus 10 (Whole Chapter)
Exodus 6:6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:Exodus 6:5-7 (in Context) Exodus 6 (Whole Chapter)
Deuteronomy 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?Deuteronomy 4:33-35 (in Context) Deuteronomy 4 (Whole Chapter)
Deuteronomy 5:15And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.Deuteronomy 5:14-16 (in Context) Deuteronomy 5 (Whole Chapter)
Deuteronomy 7:19The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.Deuteronomy 7:18-20 (in Context) Deuteronomy 7 (Whole Chapter)
Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.Deuteronomy 9:28-29 (in Context) Deuteronomy 9 (Whole Chapter)
Deuteronomy 11:2And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,Deuteronomy 11:1-3 (in Context) Deuteronomy 11 (Whole Chapter)
YHWH began His redemptive work by preparing a body of uncorrupted flesh and coming into the world. This is YHWH stretching forth His arm and Yeshua’s great redemptive work was accomplished through the stretching forth of His arms when he was crucified.
Matthew 26:And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Crucifixion from Wikipedia:
The Greek and Latin words corresponding to "crucifixion" applied to many different forms of painful execution, from impaling on a stake to affixing to a tree, to an upright pole (what some call a crux simplex) or to a combination of an upright (in Latin, stipes) and a crossbeam (in Latin, patibulum).[2]
If a crossbeam was used, the condemned man was forced to carry it on his shoulders, which would have been torn open by scourging, to the place of execution. A whole cross would weigh well over 300 pounds, but the crossbeam would weigh only 75-125 pounds.[3] The Roman historian Tacitus records that the city of Rome had a specific place for carrying out executions, situated outside the Esquiline Gate,[4] and had a specific area reserved for the execution of slaves, which would certainly be by crucifixion.[5] Upright posts would presumably be fixed permanently in that place, and the crossbeam, with the condemned man perhaps already nailed to it, would then be attached to the post.
A theory attributed to Pierre Barbet holds that the typical cause of death was asphyxiation. He conjectured that when the whole body weight was supported by the stretched arms, the condemned would have severe difficulty inhaling, due to hyper-expansion of the lungs. The condemned would therefore have to draw himself up by his arms, or have his feet supported by tying or by a wood block. Indeed, Roman executioners could be asked to break the condemned's legs, after he had hung for some time, in order to hasten his death.[15] Once deprived of support and unable to lift himself, the condemned would die within a few minutes. If death did not come from asphyxiation, it could result from a number of other causes, including physical shock caused by the scourging that preceded the crucifixion, the nailing itself, dehydration, and exhaustion.
These signs of redemption are all tied to the deaf being made able to hear and the blind being made able to see.
Exodus 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
They needed to hear and see the Bread of Heaven, their deliverer, the very one Moses is pleading with YHWH to send in verse 13.
Exodus 4:13And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Moses was pleading with YHWH to send Yeshua, the serpent from the rod, the one able to heal leprous flesh, the one whose water would be poured out on the ground and become blood. Yeshua is like Moses, a prophet, and like Aaron, the spokesman of YHWH and the High Priest. |