Road to Atonement

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Road to Atonement
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Road to Atonement
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The Pierced Slave
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Jesus Declaration The Misquoted Psalm?
Jesus
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a
body you prepared for me with burnt offerings
and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I
said, Here I am--it is written about me in the
scroll-- I have come to do your will, O God.
Heb 105-7
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My Ears You Have Pierced
Psa 406
But if the servant declares, I love my master
and my wife and children and do not want to go
free, then his master must take him before the
judges. He shall take him to the door or the
doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he
will be his servant for life. Ex 215-6
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Servant for Life From Choice
Christ
David
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a
body you prepared for me Heb 10
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but
my ears you have pierced Psa 40
Christ declares his desire to give his life in
service to God
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Doorway to the Masters House
The master shall take the slave to the door
or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl.
Ex 216

• The willing slave was nailed to the doorway of
  his chosen Masters house nothing else would
  suffice

• Christ was the archetypal willing slave
• - and came to fulfill the Law

• Christ was nailed to the Cross

gt The Doorway to the House of God is the Cross
of Jesus Christ
Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or
the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to
fulfill. Mt 517
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Price of the Pierced Slave 30 Pieces of Silver
If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the
bull must be stoned to death, and its meat must
not be eaten... If the bull gores a male or
female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels
of silver to the master of the slave, and the
bull must be stoned. Ex 2128-32
Then one of the Twelve--the one called Judas
Iscariot--went to the chief priests and asked,
What are you willing to give me if I hand him
over to you? So they counted out for him thirty
silver coins. From then on Judas watched for an
opportunity to hand him over. Mt 2614-16
Willing Slave Jesus Slaves Master God
Bull Judas Bulls Owner Chief Priests
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Fulfilling the Law
1 The bulls owner must pay 30 shekels of silver
to the Master of the Slave 2 The bull must die
Ex 21
1 Chief priests pay Judas 30 pieces of silver Mt
2615 Judas returns the money to the
priests but they return the money directly to
Judas Mt 273
So Judas threw the money into the temple and
left. Mt 275
The money went back to God the law was fulfilled
2 Then he went away and hanged himself. Mt
275
And what of the bulls owners?
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Death Sentence for the Bulls Owner
If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring
and the owner has been warned but has not kept it
penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull
must be stoned and the owner also must be put to
death. However, if payment is demanded of him, he
may redeem his life by paying whatever is
demanded. Ex 2129-30
I am sending you prophets and wise men and
teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify
others you will flog in your synagogues and
pursue from town to town. And so upon you will
come all the righteous blood that has been shed
on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the
blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you
murdered between the temple and the altar. Mt
2333-35
Chief Priests sentenced to death by the
crucifixion
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Despair on the Cross?
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud
voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? --which
means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me? Mt 2745 quoting Ps 221
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The Hidden Context
You who fear the LORD, praise him! For he has
not despised or disdained the suffering of the
afflicted one he has not hidden his face from
him but has listened to his cry for help. Ps
2223-24
The Psalmist knows God does not overlook the cry
of the afflicted
So why does Jesus shout out the opening line of
the Psalm?
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Psalm 22
Matthew 27

• they have pierced my hands and my feet

• When they had crucified him
• they divided up his clothes by casting lots
• And sitting down, they kept watch over him
  there
• Those who passed by hurled insults at him,
  shaking their heads
• He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he
  wants him, for he said, I am the Son of God!
  v35-43

• They divide my garments among them and cast
  lots for my clothing

Hes Preaching! Trying to save those in mortal
danger!

• a band of evil men has encircled me

• All who see me mock me they hurl insults,
  shaking their heads He trusts in the LORD let
  the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since
  he delights in him. v7-8,16-18

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Psalm 22 The Fulfillment
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Mt
2745 / Ps 221
When he had received the drink, Jesus said, It
is finished. With that, he bowed his head and
gave up his spirit. Jn 1930
It is fulfilled. Lamsa
Yes, what is written about me is reaching its
fulfillment. Lk 2237
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Christ - the worm?
I am a worm towla and not a man v6
Heb towla worm, also scarlet the dye
made from the dried body of the worm coccus
ilicis
towla
Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions the
work of a skilled craftsman. Make it like the
ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet
towla yarn, and of finely twisted linen. Ex
2815
Seems offensive to consider Christ this way?
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Christ - the worm?
I am a worm towla and not a man v6
When the female of the scarlet worm species was
ready to give birth to her young, she would
attach her body to the trunk of a tree The eggs
deposited beneath her body were thus protected
until the larvae were hatched and able to enter
their own life cycle. As the mother died, the
crimson fluid stained her body and the
surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such
female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes
of antiquity were extracted. H. Morris,
Biblical Basis for Modern Science, 1985, Baker
Book House, p73
Death of the towla worm provides life for the
generation that follows
and the life is the blood
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Atonement Becoming One
The Crushed
Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it
saying, Take it this is my body This cup is
the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out
for you. Mk 1422 Lk 2220
Bread from crushed grain
Wine from crushed grapes
The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter And
he went outside and wept bitterly. Lk 2261-62
No remaining features wholly dedicated to
purpose
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and Cultivated
Doesnt end there (remember Judas and Peter)
Crushed matter
Cultivated product
Crushed materials no use themselves Cultivation
follows according to plan of Master baker /
vintner
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The First Covenant
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you But flesh with the life thereof, which is
the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely
your blood of your lives will I require I
require the life of man Gen 93-5
Every sacrifice under the Law was drained of
blood i.e. the whole Mosaic covenant was devoid
of life
So Mosaic Law could never bring true atonement
(join with God) because God is life
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The Covenant of Life
This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which
is poured out for you. Lk 2220
A Living body as GOD lives
I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit
of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. Lk
2217
Fulfillment in Kingdom, not Calvary, because
atonement is perfection not flawless resistance
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Road to Atonement
My
Christs Cross is the Doorway to Gods House Is
My Cross a Doorway for others? Body of Christ is
crushed cultivated In the Kingdom we only have
the wine/life