The Pattern

[Amanah]

I just finished reading Leviticus, realizing that blood is for Atonement and water for purification, I'm trying to tie it all together.

The Divine Blueprint: Blood, Water, Spirit, and Covenant

In biblical typology, the transition from slavery to a new life with God follows a consistent pattern. This "blueprint" was first established during the Exodus and was later perfected in the life, death, and resurrection of Yeshua (Jesus). This pattern connects the Old Testament shadows to the New Testament fulfillment.

1. The Pattern in the Exodus (The Shadow)
Before Israel could enter the Covenant at Sinai, they passed through three distinct stages of deliverance:
* Blood (The Passover): The blood of the lamb was applied to the doorposts so the "destroyer" would pass over (Exodus 12:13). This was the legal price of their redemption.
* Water (The Red Sea): Following the blood, they passed through the waters of the Red Sea. Paul identifies this as a "baptism" into Moses (1 Corinthians 10:2).
* Spirit (The Pillar of Cloud): God led them by a Pillar of Cloud and Fire, representing His Presence and Spirit (Exodus 13:21).
* Covenant (Mount Sinai): Having been redeemed by blood and purified by water, they were brought to Sinai to enter a formal Covenant with God (Exodus 19-20).

2. The Pattern in the Crucifixion (The Fulfillment)
The Gospel of John emphasizes that Yeshua "finished" the work by replicating this pattern in His own body on the cross.
* Spirit (John 19:30): Yeshua cries out, "It is finished!" and "gives up His spirit." This is the release of the life-giving Spirit that would later be poured out on the Church.
* Blood and Water (John 19:34): A soldier pierces His side, and "immediately blood and water came out." The Blood represents the final Passover sacrifice, while the Water represents ritual purification and "living water."

3. The Witness on Earth (1 John 5:7-8)
In his first epistle, John provides the theological seal on this pattern. He states that there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three "agree as one."
In biblical law, a matter is established by two or three witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15). In 1 John 5:6, he insists that Yeshua came "not only by water, but by water and blood," confirming that the purification (water) and the sacrifice (blood) are inseparable.

4. The Spirit and the Internal Covenant
The climax of this pattern is the internal transformation of the believer. While the Blood pays the debt and the Water cleanses the vessel, the Spirit enters to fulfill the promise of a "New Covenant" by writing God's instructions directly onto the heart.
* The Prophetic Promise: Jeremiah 31:33 says, "I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts." Ezekiel 36:25-27 mirrors the sequence exactly: "I will sprinkle clean water on you... I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes."
* The Divine Scribe: Paul confirms in 2 Corinthians 3:3 that believers are "epistles of Christ... written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart."
In the first Exodus, the "Finger of God" wrote the Law on stone; in the New Exodus, the Spirit (the Finger of God) writes the Law of the Covenant into our very nature.

5. The Pattern in the Believer (The Application)
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter provides the practical application of this pattern in Acts 2:38-39:
* Blood: Peter calls for "repentance in the name of Yeshua" for the remission of sins (applying the Blood).
* Water: He commands them to "be baptized," which is the water of purification and the "Red Sea" crossing for the believer.
* Spirit: He promises, "and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
* Covenant: He concludes that "the promise" (the Covenant) is for them and their children.

Summary of the Journey
This sequence mirrors the physical layout of the Tabernacle:
* The Altar of Sacrifice (Blood)
* The Laver of Washing (Water)
* The Holy Place (Spirit & Covenant)
By following this pattern, the believer "walks the map" from death to life, moving from the guilt of sin (Blood) to the washing of the soul (Water) and into the power of a new life where the Law is written on the heart by the Spirit.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Amen

[Evang.Benincasa]

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes.

Should we take the above verse to mean the Holy Ghost will lead us?

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes.

Should we take the above verse to mean the Holy Ghost will lead us?

Yes. The Spirit helps us to obey God's commandments and also guides us in everyday matters.

How do you see it actually playing out? How do you see the Spirit's role now versus say in King David's day? When you read the Psalms, like Psalm 119 for instance it does seem that for the psalmist obedience was a matter of the heart. And David certainly seems to have been led by the Spirit.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Amanah

Yes. The Spirit helps us to obey God's commandments and also guides us in everyday matters.

How do you see it actually playing out? How do you see the Spirit's role now versus say in King David's day? When you read the Psalms, like Psalm 119 for instance it does seem that for the psalmist obedience was a matter of the heart. And David certainly seems to have been led by the Spirit.

It still is a matter of the heart, that it is not our will but His will. Therefore we should yield to Jesus' will to grow in grace and maturity in Christ. Psalm 119:105 the Word guiding our mature growth in Christ, as also pointed out by Peter in 2 Peter 1:19. Jesus in John 16:13, refers to the Holy Ghost's role in revealing the complete truth of the scripture, and shepherding His followers into deeper understanding. So that we should live a life aligned with His divine purpose. Enabling us to navigate the narrow way and the strait gate.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

It still is a matter of the heart, that it is not our will but His will. Therefore we should yield to Jesus' will to grow in grace and maturity in Christ. Psalm 119:105 the Word guiding our mature growth in Christ, as also pointed out by Peter in 2 Peter 1:19. Jesus in John 16:13, refers to the Holy Ghost's role in revealing the complete truth of the scripture, and shepherding His followers into deeper understanding. So that we should live a life aligned with His divine purpose. Enabling us to navigate the narrow way and the strait gate.

Psalm 25:4-5: "Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."

Psalm 143-10: "Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness."


1 John 2:27: "But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him."

Now, I'm not implying that we don't need to have elders helping us, but what I am saying is, that the Holy Ghost will be our teacher to help guide us to the strait gate. The job of the ministry is not to block or hinder the Holy Ghost in the lives of the saints, but to support the saints to follow the leading of the Holy Ghost.

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

It still is a matter of the heart, that it is not our will but His will. Therefore we should yield to Jesus' will to grow in grace and maturity in Christ. Psalm 119:105 the Word guiding our mature growth in Christ, as also pointed out by Peter in 2 Peter 1:19. Jesus in John 16:13, refers to the Holy Ghost's role in revealing the complete truth of the scripture, and shepherding His followers into deeper understanding. So that we should live a life aligned with His divine purpose. Enabling us to navigate the narrow way and the strait gate.

You mean a deeper understanding as revealed in the book of Hebrews because the law and prophets pointed to the Cross? Better blood, better promises, better priesthood, ect.

[donfriesen1]

Originally Posted by Amanah

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This post is mostly about the timing of the effects of things received by following/obeying the Pattern.

A redeemer paid the price for the redemption of what was lost in Eden. What was lost, which needed to be recovered? We read of changes and among the changes were those of the universe/creation.

Were these changes a part of what was lost? Perhaps, but we are not given specifics in Ge3 as to all that was lost. Certainly, part of what was lost was described by the Lord who said 'you will die'. Adam will have lost Life. Adam did not physically die that day. Does this then indicate that all which was lost was only Life?

Ro8 tells us 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. Does Paul indicate that redemption involves restoring creation? Maybe.

Perhaps Paul means only the body and not the spiritual parts of Man, when saying 'body'. Thinking of the body of Man, vs the spirit side, it is redeemed as a part of the whole creation which Paul refers to. Wasn't the whole Man redeemed? Yes. What had purchased the redemption of our dead spirit, Paul has linked together with what purchases the redemption of our body and creation. Man and creation. The Blood has done this buy back.

While our receiving of what is referenced by 'the Pattern' brings an immediate change in our spirit - immediately giving it Life which was lost - this immediate effect is not seen in our body/the universe. It does not undergo immediate restorative redemptive changes, yet. It must wait for the times Paul mentions in Ro8. It is in our future. The effect of redemption is instantaneous for the spirit but not for the body. Apparently its restorative effects are produced in stages. (What some contend, is the effects of redemption is the availability of healing for every believer's body, said to be promised to potentially happen today, depending on Man's faith. Yet can it not be said that this is promised by Paul to happen in the future as a part of the restoration of creation/bodies, contradicting their claim that it is for today?)

Acts 3:21 the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. Perhaps Acts and Romans refer to the same thing. All things will be restored in our future, but the Life for the spirit now.

Amanah, you may want to add to what is 'renewed by the Pattern', the creation. The Blood of Jesus has paid the price of its restoration, according to Ro8. The earth must be 'born again' and in time it will be. It has been 'baptized' in the flood and will yet receive the fire (of the Holy Ghost), 2Pe3. This fits the Pattern.

How it can be possible that the universe could be 'born again', I do not know. I have no explanation as to how it could fit the Pattern. This then also making the idea of the earth fitting the pattern somewhat suspect.

See also Eph1.10 and Col1.20

[Amanah]

Thank you Don!

[Amanah]

This Bible study explores the continuity of God’s law, the transition from the Old to the New Covenant, and the distinction between ceremonial "shadows" and eternal moral commands.

1. The Foundation: The Ten Commandments as Covenant Law:
The Ten Commandments are not merely a list of rules but the "words of the covenant" (Exodus 34:28). While the Old Covenant was written on stone, the New Covenant promises a internal transformation. The Ten commandments stand as is:

* Unchanging Character: Because God does not change (Malachi 3:6), the moral standards reflecting His nature remain.

* The Law in the Heart: Jeremiah 31:33 and Hebrews 8:10 describe the New Covenant as God putting His laws into our minds and writing them on our hearts.

* The Israel/Judah Connection: It is vital to note that the New Covenant was explicitly promised to "the house of Israel and the house of Judah" (Jeremiah 31:31).

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2. The Grafting In: Acts 2:38 and the New Birth:
If the covenant was promised to Israel, how do others participate? The Apostolic doctrine teaches that Gentiles are "grafted in" to the olive tree of Israel (Romans 11:17-24).

* The Apostolic Formula: In Acts 2:38, Peter provides the key to this entrance:

* Repentance: Turning away from sin.
* Water Baptism: Specifically in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.
* The Holy Spirit: Receiving the gift of the Spirit, which empowers the believer to keep the law "in the spirit." God's law is written in our hearts.

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3. The "Book of the Law" vs. The Moral Law.
There is a distinction between the Ten Commandments and the "Book of the Law" (Torah) added at Sinai:

* Added because of Transgressions: Galatians 3:19 explains that the ceremonial law was a schoolmaster to lead us to Christ.
* Shadows and Types: Ceremonial requirements (like animal sacrifices) were "shadows" of things to come (Hebrews 10:1).
* Spiritual Application: While the literal animal sacrifice ended, the principle remains. We now offer the "sacrifice of praise" (Hebrews 13:15), and our bodies have become the "Temple of the Holy Spirit" (1 Corinthians 6:19).

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4. The Sabbath: An Eternal Creation Mandate.
Unlike the ceremonial laws added at Sinai, the Sabbath was instituted at Creation (Genesis 2:2-3), before sin entered the world.

* Not a Shadow: Since it predates the sacrificial system, it is viewed not as a temporary "type" but as an eternal sign between God and His people (Exodus 31:17).

* The 7th Day: The command is specific to the seventh day as a day of rest and holy convocation, standing apart from the man-made tradition of Sunday worship.

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5. Purity in Worship: Avoiding the "Sin of Jeroboam"

The Bible warns against mixing the holy with the profane. Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:26-33) famously led Israel into sin by:

* Setting up golden calves (Idolatry).
* Changing the timing of the feasts to "a month which he had devised of his own heart."

The Modern Application: Current holidays (Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween) mirror the "Sin of Jeroboam" by replacing God's ordained times with traditions rooted in paganism.

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6. The Feasts of the Lord (Leviticus 23):
The feasts listed in Leviticus 23 are described as "The Feasts of the LORD," not merely "Feasts of the Jews." They serve as a prophetic timeline for the Messiah. The feasts teach the gospel and the Second Coming.

*The Spring Feasts (Passover, ULB, First Fruits, Pentecost) were Fulfilled by Christ’s first coming, death, resurrection, and the outpouring of the Spirit.

*The fall Feasts (Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles) Point toward Christ’s second coming, the Millennial reign, and the New Heaven and Earth.

*By observing the Sabbath and the Feasts, the believer aligns themselves with God’s prophetic calendar rather than the secular or pagan traditions (idolatry) of the world.