Rooster Crowing
Yeshua came to this world the first ime for one reason, and that was to become the Passover Lamb, as Messhiach ben-Yosef, at the Appointed Time. It should be stated here that Yeshua's life was threatened on his first day of ministry, some 3 years earlier, but no man had the right to take his life. In fact, numerous times the leaders wanted to do away with him, but again, it was not his tile. And just a handful of months prior to this time his brothers mockingly asked him, "Aren't you going to do your thing at the temple?" His reply to them was, "My time is not yet. Your time is always here, but mine is not." Now, on the night described in this chapter, his time had come. The Temple, which is a more permanent version of the Tent, holds a key. You see, the true name of the Tent in English, which got horribly lost in translation, should be rendered "The Tent of the Appointed Time". It is here, and again, it gets horribly lost in translation, that Yahweh states he would "become engaged in marriage to his people". In the Holy place were 3 articles; the "bread of the faces", the "table of incense" and the menorah, or the "tree o life". When Messiah was hanging on the tree for us, and the earthquake destroyed the huge beam that held the curtain and massive cedar doors to the Holy Place, the people could see into the room that held these 3 items. And the picture thay could read was this, (interpreted with Messiah's teachings) "When the true bread that comes down from heaven, the bread of the faces, is lifted up as an acceptable sacrifice on the tree of life, we will become engaged in marriage to our God and King". This is why Yeshua came. this is why he sent the Holy Spirit, as a bride price to ensure he would come back to marry us at some future date. This is the mystery of the Tent of the Appointed Time, and it was open for all to see. Now, when the Temple Crier announced in the morning that the Temple was open for the Appointed Time of Passover, Peter said, "I do not know the man." (By the way, the "rooster" is the slang for this Temple Crier). Read back a few chapters in the Gospels from this event at all the parables Yeshua taught about a wedding and a feast. Here the Temple Crier is calling out, albeit unknowingly, "Come to the wedding" and Peter screams, "I do not know him!" No wonder Yeshua asks him 3 times, "Kefa, do you love me?" Luckily there is a command in Torah that allows Yeshua to nullify his hasty, under duress, oath. This passage is so rich in knowledge it could have an entire book dedicated to it. I encourage you to look deeper than the surface and discover the richness hidden within
