There is a purpose to the Law, and a reason to obey it;

Deuteronomy 6:1-9 (MSG)
This is the commandment, the rules and regulations, that GOD, your God, commanded me to teach you to live out in the land you're about to cross into to possess. This is so that you'll live in deep reverence before GOD lifelong, observing all his rules and regulations that I'm commanding you, you and your children and your grandchildren, living good long lives. 3 Listen obediently, Israel. Do what you're told so that you'll have a good life, a life of abundance and bounty, just as GOD promised, in a land abounding in milk and honey. 4 Attention, Israel! GOD, our God! GOD the one and only! 5 Love GOD, your God, with your whole heart: love him with all that's in you, love him with all you've got! 6 Write these commandments that I've given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you 7 and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. [Phylacteries; on head, Mezuzah’ on door ] 8 Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; [Now He writes His laws on our hearts]9 Inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.

Eastern Tradition; The Threshold Covenant

1. Every Door; has a threshold, at the entrance....who is the door? Jesus is the door

The Hebrew word for threshold or doorway is also means basin or bowl. saph ( ףַס , H 5592 ). A basin or bowl was often built in the threshold, carved, or hollowed out bowl into the threshold.
Saph It refers to the bottom of the doorway where the blood of a sacrificial animal is normally shed and/or collected.• The blood on the lintel and doorpost was a visible token or sign threshold covenant, from the blood of the lamb

Zephaniah 1:9 (KJV)
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. [damage, cruelty, bondage]

Leap on the threshold is referring to the superstitious practice of the Philistines regarding the threshold of the temple of Dagon (1Sam. 5:4-5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1). Dagon’s hands & feet were cut off on the threshold before the ark

Ezekiel 9:3-6 (MSG)
The Glory of the God of Israel ascended from his usual place above the cherubim-angels, moved to the threshold of the Temple, and called to the man with the writing case who was dressed in linen: "Go through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the forehead of everyone who is in anguish over the outrageous obscenities being done in the city." I listened as he went on to address the executioners: "Follow him through the city and kill. Feel sorry for no one. Show no compassion. Kill old men and women, young men and women, mothers and children. But don't lay a hand on anyone with the mark. Start at my Temple." They started with the leaders in front of the Temple.

Passover as a Threshold Covenant • • Because threshold covenants were common, the Hebrews knew exactly what they were doing. They knew they were entering into a covenant with YHVH.
Threshold covenants are a way of welcoming guests of special honor. They are blood covenants between the protecting deity [Jesus Christ] of the house and the two parties (host and guest).
It was common to put names of God, signs, pictures, symbols on the door post/ so that house was protected from enemies [in their Mezuzah’s which actually means door post] God said inscribe them on the doorpost
Before a guest came into the home, an animal was slain at the threshold, and it was held so that its blood poured out onto the threshold. The cost of the animal, in proportion to the means of the owner, indicated the amount of honor shown to a guest.
When guests entered the home by stepping across the threshold, they would be adopted like family or considered to be entering into a covenant with the family.
To step over the threshold with blood or a substitute on it was the means by which the covenant was accepted or ratified.
Trampling on the blood or its substitute would show contempt for the host of the home.


Ezekiel 10:4 (KJV)
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

Similar to this in the scarlet thread and the Blood Covenant;

Joshua 2:18 (KJV)
[Rahab;] Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Listen to what God said about Those who did not care about God or His laws; Destroying angel came

Psalm 78:37 (MSG)
They could not have cared less about him, wanted nothing to do with his Covenant.

Psalm 78:49-51a speaks of Passover saying: He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them. • • • • • 50 He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague, 51 And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt...[those not in Blood Covenant]

Joshua 6:16-17 (MSG)
[Rahab, Jericho; & the scarlet thread] On the seventh time around the priests blew the trumpets and Joshua signaled the people, "Shout!—GOD has given you the city! The city and everything in it is under a holy curse and offered up to GOD. "Except for Rahab the harlot—she is to live, she and everyone in her house with her, because she hid the agents we sent. [Red for symbolic Blood Covenant]

In Egypt, Moses commanded the people to make a threshold covenant and put some of the blood of the covenant as token on the lintel and doorposts. Ex. 12:3-13, Joshua 2:1-21. 6:16-25
As a symbol of My Power & Authority

Deuteronomy 6:7-9 (KJV)
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

• This welcomed YHVH, their protecting deity, as their guest and prepared them for protection for the coming destroyer who would kill the 1st born of human and beast
• In Jericho, Rahab welcomed the 3 spies as her guest and protected the spies from those who sought to destroy them. Rahab asked the 3 spies for a true token so that her entire family could be spared. They gave her a scarlet cord, which was placed in her window. It even protected her family
• YHVH came with His army of destroyers, crossed over the thresholds of those who had the token of the threshold covenant on the doorway, and protected their firstborn the destroyers slew the firstborn in the homes where there was no such token on the doorway.
• YHVH’s Commander, the angel of YHVH, came with Joshua and his army to destroy Jericho. The men destroyed everything in the city with the edge of the sword. The only exception: The 3 spies went into Rahab’s house with the scarlet cord, spared Rahab, all of her relatives, and all that she had.

Exodus 12:7 (KJV)
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

Strike; Cause to deliver
Side Post; the prominent parts of the door, top and side.
Wherein they eat it; dine, & devour food, [at the dinner table, eat the lamb, & talk about the lamb]

Exodus 12:22 (KJV)
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

[Take of the blood of a lamb, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein the house they shall eat it] They dipped a bunch of hyssop in the blood and struck both side posts and the upper post or lintel; horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over the door.

Hyssop; used for cancer, asthma, digestive and intestinal problems including liver and gallbladder conditions, intestinal pain, intestinal gas, colic, and loss of appetite, cough reliever, and expectorant, it has been used in traditional herbal medicine. [Healing of most diseases]
Liver problems, Gallbladder disease, Gas, Coughs, Colds, Sore throat, Urinary tract infections, Poor circulation, Menstrual cramps, To cause sweating (in baths), Topically for burns, bruises, and frostbite. as a flavoring in foods, and the oil is used as a fragrance in some body-care products and makeup.

Exodus 12:23 (KJV)
For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

Leviticus 8:3 (KJV)
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

[Gather the people at Church {Tabernacle; the place of worship} at the Door {Jesus}]
There is always a message within a message. Some as symbolic. Some are straight forward.

Numbers 10:1-3 (KJV)
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Trumpets; Use them for calling assemblies, for war, for journeying, and for making camp, remember there will be a talking trumpet to call us to assemble to assemble at the door, for the rapture to enter the door to His house for supper.

Silver; symbolic of: ransom, [payment for the release of someone, free from punishment & release from captivity] and symbolic of truth
Prevents the destroyer from coming in to smite you

Numbers 10:9-10 (MSG)
When you go to war against an aggressor, blow a long blast on the bugle so that GOD will notice you and deliver you from your enemies. 10 Also at times of celebration, at the appointed feasts and New Moon festivals, blow the bugles over your Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings: they will keep your attention on God. I am GOD, your God."

Jesus is the peace & burnt offering;
Burnt offering; the offering that will ascend and go up, atonement for sin.
Peace Offering; requital, avenge, repay for feelings of anger, return · reciprocate · match · reward · repay · recompense, make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing) purpose of providing security and reconciliation in the event of war, to have pace with God.
New Moon Festival; were marked by sacrifices, the blowing of trumpets over the sacrifices, the suspension of all labor and trade.

You will see the carvings around the door of the temple

Ezekiel 41:20 (KJV)
From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

Such as; Palm trees symbolic of victory, flourishing tall & upright, to gain wealth.

The Threshold was to have symbols of Cherubim’s & several of God’s symbols;
• Star of David...Menorah....Cross....Palm leaves ............over and around the door

Threshold was about forearms length in width, with a trough with a groove in front, and a bowl on the right side in which to hold blood, in which the hyssop was dipped in the blood then struck on all sides with the blood. The trough groove was for the run off of extra blood. 10 people for 1 lamb.

1. When you were invited in to the house you were to step over the threshold not step on it

2. The invitation to come in and dine, was making a covenant with the person inviting you into their house to dinner [A Covenant meal]

3. It was creating a deep meaningful relationship with that person. To become intimate/ not casual

4. To step over a mans threshold means to come and dine with me. Eat a Covenant meal.

5. To step on the blood means to have contempt for the person of the house and for the blood shed

6. In the Middle East to show the bottom of your shoe was to show contempt for the person of the house, because of what you carry on the bottom of your shoes. It is an insult to wear the shoes in the house, a sign of disrespect to the person. To show much more disrespect you might throw your shoes at people. Saying you are lower than the dirt on my shoe. So they refuse to bring the dirt of the world into a respected persons house.

7. In marriage; the bride is carried over the threshold; This belief is that the newlywed couple is very susceptible to evil spirits. By carrying the bride over the threshold, the groom is putting a protective space between her and the floor; thus, protecting her.
• • The Threshold covenants are often part of marriage rituals in many parts of the world. In other words, marriage covenants are primitive threshold covenants.

8. The door way was also considered the altar, where the lamb was sacrificed

Exodus 12:21 (MSG)
Moses assembled all the elders of Israel. He said, "Select a lamb for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.


Exodus 12:22-23 (KJV)
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, [ bowl on the threshold] and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

House; household, within your family.
Smite; destroy, or bring disease.
Destroyer; corrupter, destroyer, waster, decay, ruin, batter one who beats up.
This mark was to be put on the faithful ones for their protection when the faithless were to be destroyed. It showed that they belonged to God
A Sign; omen, evidence of a mark, a miracle signal.
Jews see the original Passover as a betrothal & the marriage as taking place on Mount Sinai.
His death would be the bride price for all who would accept Yeshua [Jesus] as Lord.

The Threshold Covenant as Betrothal/Marriage Covenant Pattern
• Passover; Mt. Sinai Bride agrees to the covenant and drinks a cup of poured wine.
• The wine is a substitute for blood.
• Each Hebrew family kills a sehand [Lamb]
• Allows the blood to drain onto/into the saph(threshold, basin)
• Which was the location of the family altar.
• People agreed to the covenant. Burnt offerings and peace offerings were made.
• Half of the blood was collected into basins (aganot) at their door
• The rest was poured on the altar.
• Exodus 24:3-8[set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof] This mark was to be put on the faithful ones for their protection when the faithless were to be destroyed. It showed that they belonged to God. It was an ancient custom in Egypt that a runaway slave was freed from his master if he went to the temple and gave himself up to the god of that place, receiving certain marks upon his person to denote his consecration to the deity he worshiped. Romans marked their soldiers in the hand and their slaves in the foreheads. It is clear from Rev. 7:3; 9:4; 14:1 that in the future, 144,000 Jews from all tribes of Israel, except Dan, will have a mark in their foreheads as a sign for protection. It will be the name of God (Rev. 14:1). All the redeemed will be so marked in the next life (Rev. 3:12; 22:4). The followers of the beast will also be marked in the foreheads or hands (Rev. 13:16-17; 14:9; 20:4).
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Although the Passover and daily sacrifices do not require a full temple, they must be done on an altar built according to the requirements of Jewish law, and placed at the appropriate spot on the Temple Mount, believed to be several meters east of the Islamic Dome of the Rock shrine. This new altar can be moved. It is portable.

The sacrifice does not require an actual Temple structure but it does require an altar that is built to adhere to the Biblical requirements. Such an altar was constructed last year and stands ready…. “The Third oath is the Third Temple whose construction will be initiated by the nations, after which the Jews will join in.” ( Breaking Israel News)

• Aug 18, 1988 ... Hamas: Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement ... they stood on the threshold of the Aqsa Mosque and proclaimed that “Mohammed is dead, ...

• In an effort to encourage the Biblical commandment to sacrifice a Pascal lamb on Passover, the Chozrim Lahar (Return to the Temple Mount) organization is offering financial compensation for anyone who attempts to sacrifice a Pascal lamb on the Temple Mount.

• If they get arrested with a lamb or kid, they will receive NIS 800 ($248). If they succeed in sacrificing a Pascal lamb, they will get NIS 10,000 ($3,103).

• On Monday, the United Temple Movements organized a full-dress re-enactment of the Passover sacrifice in preparation for the re-institution of the Temple service.

• A GLIMPSE OF THE GLORY OF THE TEMPLE
Kohanim carried out the reenactment, Jewish men who can trace their ancestry back to Aaron the High Priest, wearing the vestments mandated by the Torah. Rabbi Baruch Kahane acted in the place of the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) for the purposes of the reenactment. The ceremony was accompanied by blasts from silver trumpets specially prepared for use in the Third Temple. The event was open to the public and held adjacent to the Western Wall near the Dung Gate.

As specified in the Torah, a lamb was ritually slaughtered and roasted on a spit of pomegranate wood. The meat was distributed to the public, who observed the event.

ONE LAMB FOR ALL OF ISRAEL
The importance of the reenactment was underscored last year when Rabbi Aryeh Stern, the chief rabbi of Jerusalem, ruled that the Korban Pesach (Passover sacrifice) is incumbent upon the Jewish people even in current times, even in the absence of a Temple structure or lacking a Red Heifer to purify Israel. However, the sacrifice may only be performed on the Temple Mount. The only obstacle to performing the Passover service is the government’s refusal to permit it to allow it to take place, which is in contravention of Israeli law. It should be noted that the Sanhedrin ruled that at this juncture, one sacrifice made at the Temple Mount brought in the name of the entire Jewish people would suffice.