A Mystery Written in Nature, Revealed in History, Fulfilled in Spirit
1. Healing in the Blood: A Scientific Mystery
When a person is bitten by a deadly serpent, time becomes a cruel master. Venom flows fast — through tissue, blood, and nerve — attacking organs, paralyzing muscles, destroying cells. Left untreated, the bite often ends in death.
But there is a cure.
Since the 1890s, scientists have developed antivenom — a life-saving serum made by injecting controlled amounts of snake venom into animals such as goats, or lambs. These animals are chosen because they are strong, resistant, and capable of surviving small doses of venom.
The process unfolds like this:
- The animal is injected with a small amount of venom.
- Its body fights back, producing antibodies — defenses specifically shaped to neutralize the poison.
- After a period of exposure, blood is drawn from the animal.
- That blood is processed and purified. The antibodies are extracted and transformed into antivenom.
- That serum is then used to treat people that have been bitten — and it works. The blood of the afflicted becomes the salvation of the dying.
It is one of the most remarkable truths in medicine:
The very thing that was wounded becomes the source of healing.
And it raises a question few ever stop to ask:
Why did the Creator design it this way?
Why is it that blood, suffering, and substitution are woven into the structure of healing?
Why does the cure for the serpent’s bite require the blood of a living creature who first takes on the venom?
Is this mere biology? Or is it prophecy in nature?
As we turn the pages of history, a pattern begins to emerge — a pattern that stretches across millennia and weaves its way through Scripture like a hidden thread.
Let’s walk that path.
2. The Serpent and the Seed: The First Bite
In the beginning, YHVH formed man from the dust and breathed into him the breath of life. In the garden He planted, there was no death, no shame, no separation — only communion between the Creator and His creation.
But into that garden came the serpent. Not with violence, but with a question.
“Did Elohim really say…?”
The venom of the serpent was not fangs, but deception. And when the man and woman listened and ate, the poison entered. With the bite came shame, fear, exile, and death — not just of the body, but of the soul. Sin had made its wound, and it would spread.
They realized they were naked — a deeper nakedness than flesh alone. It was a stripping of innocence. A spiritual nakedness, exposed by guilt. They tried to cover themselves with fig leaves, the work of their own hands. But it was not enough.
YHVH Himself made garments for them — tunics of skin. The life of another had been taken to cover their shame.
This was the first death recorded in Scripture — not man, but an innocent animal. A sacrifice not spoken, but shown. From the beginning, YHVH revealed that sin required a covering — and that covering came through the shedding of blood.
Yet even in the curse, a promise was given. A war would begin between the serpent and the woman, between his seed and hers. One would come — the seed of the woman — who would crush the serpent’s head, though his own heel would be struck.
This promise became the thread of hope running through generations.
That thread passed to a man named Abraham. He was called out from among the nations, and to him was given a promise: that through his seed, all the families of the earth would be blessed.
But the promise was tested.
YHVH told Abraham to take his beloved son Isaac — the child of the promise — and offer him as a burnt offering. Without protest, Abraham climbed the mountain with wood on his son’s back and fire in his hands. Isaac asked, “My father… where is the lamb for the offering?”
And Abraham answered, “YHVH will provide.”
At the moment the blade was raised, YHVH stopped the sacrifice. And there, caught in a thicket, was a ram. A substitute.
The life of the son was spared through the blood of another. The pattern was being written in flesh and stone — not only that man is powerless to save himself, but that YHVH in His mercy provides a substitute.
From the garden to the mountain, from the curse to the covering, a picture was forming — quiet, precise, unmistakable.
The serpent had struck.
But the plan of redemption was already moving forward.
3. The Blood in Egypt: The Life of the Firstborn
YHVH made a covenant with Abraham — not a mere promise, but an unbreakable oath. He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to number them… So shall your seed be.” And Abraham believed YHVH.
But YHVH told him more.
“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. But afterward, I will judge that nation, and they shall come out with great possessions.” Genesis 15:13–14
The future was set. The seed would suffer. But YHVH would deliver them.
Before the affliction came, a pattern was already unfolding in the life of one of Abraham’s descendants — Joseph, the beloved son of Jacob.
Joseph dreamed dreams of rule and destiny, and his brothers, moved by jealousy, plotted to kill him. Death was determined upon him, but his life was spared. Instead, they took a goat, killed it, and dipped Joseph’s coat — the coat of many colors — in the blood.
They brought the bloodstained garment to their father, who mourned, believing his son was dead. But Joseph was alive. He was sold into slavery, sent down into Egypt, and there, through suffering and testing, he rose to power — becoming the one through whom all were saved from famine.
The picture could not be clearer.
- A beloved son, rejected by his brothers.
- A substitute killed in his place.
- Blood upon a coat symbolizing the nations.
- A life preserved so that many might be saved.
What appeared to be betrayal and death was actually the path to redemption.
And just as YHVH had spoken, the children of Israel multiplied in Egypt — and were enslaved. The prophecy to Abraham was coming to pass.
The cries of the people rose to heaven, and YHVH remembered His covenant. He sent a deliverer — Moses — to confront Pharaoh with signs and wonders. Plague after plague struck Egypt, but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened.
Then came the final blow.
YHVH declared that He would pass through the land, and every firstborn would die — from the house of Pharaoh to the cattle in the field. But for His people, He made a way of escape.
Each household was to take a lamb, without blemish, and kill it at twilight. They were to take its blood and mark their doorposts. Inside, they would eat the lamb, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, prepared to leave in haste.
And YHVH said:
“When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you…” Exodus 12:13
The blood was a sign — that death had already come to that house.
A life had been given. A substitute had taken the place of the firstborn.
YHVH had already declared:
“Israel is My son, My firstborn.” Exodus 4:22
The lamb died so that the firstborn might live.
The pattern continued.
From the garden to the mountain to the palace of Pharaoh, the message was the same:
Man cannot save himself. But YHVH, in His mercy, provides a substitute.
4. The Serpent in the Wilderness: The promise of life
YHVH had delivered His people from slavery, but the wilderness would reveal what still bound their hearts. Though they had seen His wonders — the sea split, the manna fall, the rock pour out water — they turned again to fear and rebellion. And so, judgment came.
Fiery serpents were sent among the people. The poison spread quickly. Many died.
And once again, YHVH, in His mercy, gave a prophetic command that called for their faith:
“Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” Numbers 21:8
A serpent — the very image of their curse — was to be lifted up. And all who looked at it were healed.
But this was not just about that moment. It was a prophecy in motion.
The healing of the body pointed to a greater healing yet to come — not of flesh, but of the soul. A healing for the venom that entered in Eden, that no man could cleanse.
And the prophets began to speak.
Centuries later, the voice of David cried out with language that pierced time itself:
“Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet… they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.” Psalm 22:16,18
This was not poetic exaggeration. It was a vision of suffering long before crucifixion existed. David saw something — someone — whose death would shake the earth.
And then came Isaiah, declaring what the world could not yet understand:
“He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief… Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows… He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities… and by His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:3–5
“YHVH has laid on Him the iniquity of us all… He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken… Yet it pleased YHVH to bruise Him.” Isaiah 53:6–10
This was the mystery long hidden: the suffering of the innocent in place of the guilty. Not as a new idea, but as the final fulfillment of everything written before:
- The animal slain to cover Adam
- The ram that took Isaac’s place
- The blood on Joseph’s coat
- The lamb that died in Egypt
- The serpent lifted up in the wilderness
Each one was a shadow. But the substance — the true substitute — was coming.
And when He came, He would be pierced. Rejected. Struck.
And in that striking, we would be healed.
5. The Lamb Revealed: The Fulfillment in Yeshua
All the signs, the sacrifices, the blood, the substitutes — they were not the end. They were the veil hiding the mystery of redemption until the appointed time.
When Yeshua of Nazareth walked among the people, He was not merely a teacher or prophet. He was the living embodiment of everything foretold.
He was born into the house of David, of the seed of Abraham, the promised One. Yet He was rejected by His own, despised, and misunderstood. But this rejection was not failure — it was fulfillment.
“He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” John 1:11
Yet to those who saw — truly saw — they recognized Him as the Lamb.
When Yochanan (John) the Immerser saw Yeshua, he cried out:
“Behold! The Lamb of Elohim, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29
The Lamb had come. Not for one household. Not for one nation. But for the world.
Yeshua, without sin and without blemish, offered Himself willingly. No one took His life from Him — He laid it down. Betrayed by one close to Him, sold for silver, silent before His accusers — every step He took fulfilled what had been written.
He was stripped, mocked, beaten. A crown of thorns pierced His brow. His hands and feet were nailed to wood. And on that tree, lifted up like the serpent in the wilderness, He bore the curse for all.
Yeshua received that serpent venom, that we might be healed from the poison of death.
The venom of sin, the sting of death — all placed upon Him.
As He hung there, He cried out the words David had written a thousand years before:
“My El, My El, why have You forsaken Me?” Psalm 22:1
And as the earth trembled, and darkness covered the sky, the blood of the true Lamb was poured out — not on doorposts of wood, but upon the altar of eternity.
Yeshua fulfilled the picture from the beginning:
- He was the seed promised in the garden
- The substitute for Isaac
- The greater Joseph, rejected and raised up
- The Passover Lamb
- The serpent lifted up
- The suffering servant
- The One whom YHVH provided
And on the third day, He rose.
The curse was broken. The grave lost its power. The poison was reversed.
Now, all who are bitten — all who have sinned — can look to Him and live. Not by offerings. But by trusting in and obeying the One who came to set the captives free.
“Look unto Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am YHVH, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:22
This is the story written from the beginning. Not only of the struggle with death, but of YHVH’s great mercy and love to rescue mankind. A story of blood and redemption, of judgment and healing, of sacrifice and resurrection.
And it all points to Yeshua.
The Final Message:
From the dust of Eden to the heights of Sinai, from Egypt’s darkness to the wilderness path, the shadow of the Lamb was always there. And now, at the end of all things, the veil is lifted, and the vision is clear.
John, while exiled on the island of Patmos, was caught up in the Spirit and shown what is — and what is to come. He saw heaven opened, the throne of YHVH, the elders, the myriads of angels. And in the midst of the throne stood One unlike any other.
“Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the midst of the throne…” Revelation 5:6
He alone was found worthy. No man in heaven or on earth could open the scroll — the scroll that contained the fullness of YHVH’s redemptive plan. But the Lamb could.
“Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5
And all of heaven fell down in worship:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” Revelation 5:12
This Lamb — slain from the foundation of the world — was never an afterthought. He was the plan from the beginning. Every bloodstained garment, every altar, every prophecy, every shadow was pointing to Him.
The scroll of the final unveiling of the redemption of mankind is opened. The truth is revealed.
Salvation has come — the work has been finished.
The Lamb is not on the altar anymore. He is on the throne.
All who follow the path of Cain will bring their own fruits from the cursed ground and their offering will not be accepted before the judge of the whole earth.
Look to YHVH and come with the required offering just as Abel did.
Accept YHVH’s provided substitute.
The one who was pierced… is now crowned.
As we have seen, the blood of our Messiah is the acceptable sacrifice for sin and a renewed heart. But is accepting that sacrifice all that is required for salvation? See our teaching The Purpose Of Messiah.
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