Representation of Jesus

in the Mosaic Covenant

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.
Luke 24:27 NRSV

Contents:

Introduction
Blood of the Covenant

Introduction

[The compilers of the Bible do not understand the Covenant. Neither do they understand the difference between common and proper nouns. Necessarily, therefore, when they treat a proper noun as a common noun, they are dissing the Most High, His Son, His Spirit, and the Covenant. Mostly I let this go, for it stands as an accusation which will be held against them on the Day of Judgement. However, in this context - which is a play on words - I have taken the liberty of making a few corrections in order to bring out the word-play.]

Jesus' representation in the Covenant becomes a term of the [Covenant] contract having legal consequences: AQA Law for A2.

The Mosaic Covenant is signed by all parties.

Jesus was represented in the Mosaic Contract when it was signed by the Lord God and the House of Israel.

The schematic shows Jesus' Representation in the Covenant as an offerer.

Peter attests to the fact that Jesus was appointed 'Redeemer' before the Earth was created:

[18] For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, [19] but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. [20] He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. (1 Peter 1:18-20 NIV)

At the time of Moses_13C, therefore, Jesus was the 'Redeemer-Designate'. It was only following His life, sacrifice, and resurrection, that Jesus became 'The [actual] Redeemer.

Personal redemption, however, must await the Day of judgement and appearance in what will be an open court. Only then will judgement be pronouced:

[32] Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. [33] But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 10:32-33 KJVS)

Salvation in this life amounts to the entry of one's name in the Book of Life. The Book of Life acts as a placeholder for the names of those finding redemption. The Book of Life is updated and maintained in real-time. Hence, names may be added; however, names may be dropped. The Book of Life will be produced in [open] court on the Day of Judgement:

[12] And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. ... [15] If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:12,15 NIV)

The Books of Documentation.

The Books which will be brought out on the Day of Judgement:

Books of Record
Blacklist
Book of Life
Register of Zion

The Book of Life belongs to Jesus:

[8] All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast---all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. (Revelation 13:8 NIV)

So, although the various offerings for atonement carried an assurance of forgiveness (eg, Leviticus chapter 4), this was always with the understanding that it could be over-ridden by Jesus, the actual owner of the Book of Life and the one responsible for its real-time maintenance.

The key to understanding the contractual Representation of Jesus, is contingent upon an understanding of the blood of the Covenant.

'Blood' and 'blood' of the Covenant

[Note the play on words.]

3 Moses went and repeated to the people all the commands of the LORD and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, “All the things that the LORD has commanded we will do!" 4 Moses then wrote down all the commands of the LORD.
Early in the morning, he set up an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 He designated some young men among the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as offerings of well-being to the LORD. 6 Moses took one part of the blood and put it in basins, and the other part of the blood he dashed against the altar. 7 Then he took the record of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will faithfully do!" 8 Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the Covenant that the LORD now makes with you concerning all these commands.” (Exodus 24:3-8 (Tanakh))

Since Jesus was a party to the Rescue Contract, which is a component of the Mosaic Covenant, it was necessary to include Him as a party in the terms and conditions of the Mosaic contract when the contract was signed. The Mosaic Covenant explained in detail what was already implied by the Rescue Contract and what had already been generally understood.

And so the 'blood of the Covenant' was a 'representation' of Jesus which was written into Covenant Law. Representation starts with the blood of the Sacrifice:

6 Moses took one part of the blood [of the Sacrifice] and put it in basins, and the other part of the blood he dashed against the altar. (Exodus 24:6 (Tanakh))

Because the blood came from bulls sacrificed as offerings of 'well-being', it carries the label 'blood of the Sacrifice' (sic). The blood of the Sacrifice acts as a pointer to the 'Blood of the Sacrifice' (sic), to Jesus' actual blood which would be shed at Calvary, and to the well-being (Ex. 24:5 Tanakh) of those who committed to Him through the Covenant.

Some of the blood of the Sacrifice was dashed against the altar. This denotes the altar in the Temple in the Heavenly Realm, of which the earthly altar was but a copy.

A reference to Abraham's obedience expands the meaning:

9 They arrived at the place of which God had told him. Abraham built an altar there; he laid out the wood; he bound his son Isaac; he laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. (Genesis 22:9 (Tanakh))

The result is a picture of Jesus layed out on the altar in God's Temple, obedient to His Father's will.

All parties then formally commit to the Covenant Contract:

7 Then he took the record of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will faithfully do!" (Exodus 24:7 (Tanakh))

The final act is to take the remainder of the blood of the Sacrifice, and dash it on all the people:

8 Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD now makes with you concerning all these commands.” (Exodus 24:8 (Tanakh))

The force of the signing makes Jesus a party to the contract - a party whose terms will be developed later in the narrative.

The blood of the Covenant comprises, in timeline order:

The blood of the Sacrifice dashed on the altar is an assurance that Jesus will come and remove the 'sin of this land in a single day' (Zech.3:9).
The reading of the Contract Law.
The People's understanding of what they were committing to.
The formal commitment by the People: "We will obey."
The blood of the Sacrifice dashed on all the people is the formal commitment of the Lord God to the contract. It is a contract signed and sealed in blood.

A schematic of the blood of the Sacrifice and the blood of the Covenant:

The blood of the Covenant

The encapsulation of the Law by the blood of the Covenant is an indication of Jesus' position of authority. It speaks of Jesus, sat at God's right hand, discussing with Him the creation of mankind, the possibility of their falling into sin, and agreeing to His Father's wish that He pay the redemption price if, following mankind's creation, they were to fall into sin. We have a picture of Jesus discussing with His Father how the Law might be structured in order to guide mankind away from sin and error, knowing that prevention is so much better than 'cure'.

Compare that with Paul's doctrine that the law kills (2 Corinthians 3:6 NIV), in which Paul gives us a video clip of Father and Son sat around a table considering how they might formulate a law in order to kill the people they were about to create. Or perhaps Paul considers Father and Son to be incompetent? The ramifications of Paul's doctrine are monstrous in both their nature and their scope and their consequences!

It follows, then, that the blood which was dashed on the people represented the redemption price which would be paid by Jesus for the expiation of sin. Jesus' shed blood would - in court on the Day of Judgement - make expiation for those sinners whose names were in the Book of Life:

10 And if anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers who reside among them partakes of any blood, I will set My face against the person who partakes of the blood, and I will cut him off from among his kin. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have assigned it to you for making expiation for your lives upon the altar; it is the blood, as life, that effects expiation. 12 Therefore I say to the Israelite people: No person among you shall partake of blood, nor shall the stranger who resides among you partake of blood. (Leviticus 17:10-12 (Tanakh))

Today's division into Jew and Gentile was never acceptable to the Lord God. The Lord required complete unity, with Gentile converts integrated into the Covenant:

“As for the foreigners
Who attach themselves to the LORD,
To minister to Him,
And to love the name of the LORD,
To be His servants—
All who keep the sabbath and do not profane it,
And who hold fast to My covenant—
7 I will bring them to My sacred mount
And let them rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
Shall be welcome on My altar;
For My House shall be called
A house of prayer for all peoples.” (Isaiah 56:6-7 (Tanakh))

When Jesus declared that 'this is my blood of the Covenant', He was confirming that the Covenant was ongoing, and that expiation was to take place within the framework of obedience to the Covenant. We can verify this by coming at it from different directions:

Israel is to be a nation set apart for the Lord and serving Him in the world:
5 “Now then, if you will obey Me faithfully and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all the peoples. Indeed, all the earth is Mine, 6 but you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the children of Israel.” (Exodus 19:5-6 (Tanakh))
Jesus was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel:
He [Jesus] answered [the Canaanite woman], "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." (Matthew 15:24 NIV)
the [Davidic] Kingdom was everlasting:
Psalm 145:13; Isaiah 9:5-6
Jerusalem was placed in the centre of the nations:
5 Thus said the Lord GOD: I set this Jerusalem in the midst of nations, with countries round about her. (Ezekiel 5:5 (Tanakh))
1 In the days to come, the Mount of the LORD's House shall stand firm above the mountains; and it shall tower above the hills. The peoples shall gaze on it with joy, 2 and the many nations shall go and shall say: “Come, let us go up to the Mount of the LORD, to the House of the God of Jacob; that He may instruct us in His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.” For instruction shall come forth from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Micah 4:1-2 (Tanakh))
Gentiles will bring Israelites to God's holy mountain, and some Gentiles will be taken as Levitical priests:
18b The time has come to gather all the nations and tongues; they shall come and behold My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them, and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud—that draw the bow—to Tubal, Javan, and the distant coasts, that have never heard My fame nor beheld My glory. They shall declare My glory among these nations. 20 And out of all the nations, said the LORD, they shall bring all your brothers on horses, in chariots and drays, on mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem My holy mountain as an offering to the LORD—just as the Israelites bring an offering in a pure vessel to the House of the LORD. 21 And from them likewise I will take some to be Levitical priests, said the LORD. (Isaiah 66:18b-21 (Tanakh))
The symbolism of the New Jerusalem:
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Revelation 21:10-14 NIV)

The 'blood of the Covenant' maps to the 'Blood of the Covenant'. The Blood of the Covenant uniquely identifies Jesus' blood shed at Calvary in order to make expiation. Hence, the blood of the Covenant was a representation of Jesus which was included in the terms of the Mosaic Contract.

This mapping has implications!

Since the blood of the Covenant maps to the Blood of the Covenant, it confirms that the Covenant as given to Moses, was looking ahead to the arrival of Jesus on Earth. However, the arrival of Jesus at Bethlehem, would then render the anticipated arrival of Jesus as being no longer applicable.

Paul fails to understand that the Covenant given to Moses, with all its various sacrifices for atonement, was anticipatory in nature. Paul fails to understand the contractual nature of the Mosaic Covenant. Consequently, he defiles the Covenant and produces his abomination, the new-covenant. Just how many lives have been lost due to Paul's spiritual blindness is open to conjecture - but from what Jesus said, it will probably be 'many':

[21] "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. [22] On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?' [23] Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.'" (Matthew 7:21-23 NRSV)

When the Lord God and His Son were planning the Covenant with mankind, they realised that the context would change with time. However, their choice of a contract enabled them to make amendments (as is often the case with secular contracts today). Since the Covenant was a contract capable of amendment, it became necessary to introduce an amendment in order to handle the change in viewpoint. Jesus' brought the Messianic Amendment to the Covenant as given to and understood by Moses. With the Messianic Amendment, the Covenant was no longer anticipating Jesus' arrival, since that had already taken place; henceforth, the Messianic Amendment would change the viewpoint to one looking back to Jesus' birth, life, sacrifice, and resurrection.

The following schematic shows the changes of the Covenant viewpoint with regard to Jesus:

Covenant amendments ensure all eyes are on Jesus.

At any point along the timeline, the Covenant directs all eyes to Jesus!

The significance of the blood of the Sacrifice dashed on the altar, is to be found in the book of Revelation, where we find, sheltering underneath the altar, the souls of those slain because of their faithful testimony:

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" (Revelation 6:9-10 NIV)

Which prompts a Covenant picture of Jesus offered on God's altar in His Temple, and sheltering those waiting beneath it.

Since Jesus was Great High Priest Designate up until the time of His resurrection, the Priesthood in the Order of Melchizedek was fully functional following the fall and the introduction of the Rescue Contract - which makes the Unknown Writer to the Hebrews a total incompetent, and his words in Hebrews chapter seven a complete tissue of lies and a fabrication. However, the matter doesn't end there, for what has been the damage inflicted by the abomination created by Paul and the Unknown Writer to the Hebrews?

Up next: Representing the sinner.

Version: 2024-06-04