Man was a wondrous creation. There were three stages to his creation by Elohim, the Ruler, the Judge, the plurality of God.
Stage 1 was "Adam":
"Then God said, "Let Us make man (adam) in Our image (resemblance, representative figure), according to Our likeness (similitude, like manner, to be like, comparable); let them have dominion (rule, reign, prevail against, tread down as a wine press)....over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen 1:26
At this point, in Stage 1, the man is referred to as adam. The Hebrew word refers to a reddish complexion. The root word, dam, means blood. The first stage is the blood.
This man was created to be a representative figure of God, with like manner, even comparable manner, and his purpose was to rule and prevail against.
Stage 2 was "Nefesh":
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed (blow, kindle, give up life) into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life, and man became a living soul (nefesh)." Gen. 2:7
First of all, God's name has changed for this stage of the creation of man. He is LORD God. His name reflects that He is existing, and He brings forth, and sustains or continues all existence.
As the breath left LORD God and entered into man, man received the life force, the spirit and the soul (heart, mind, will) of God, and became a soul (nefesh) himself. "Nefesh" also means life, to refresh, take rest, cease from working. LORD God gave up a portion of His life breath into the man He created.
Stage 3 was "Iysh":
The iysh stage of man came into being upon man's marriage:
"And Adam said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called "Woman" (iyshah), because she was taken of man (iysh)."
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one (echad) flesh." Gen. 2:23-24
The Hebrew meaning of iysh (man) here is husband, servant, champion, great man, high-degree. The root includes a plurality- mankind, or a part of a greater number.
So this man, created from the blood, a representative of God, comparable to God, filled with LORD God's own breath, soul and spirit, was meant to be both a servant, and a champion, containing the great number of others called "mankind".
However, this man, who was created to be a champion, instead became a co-conspirator with a creature who only wanted to see man die. It is almost too pitiful to bear.
With great and eternal thanks for the mercy and loving kindness of the LORD God, our Father, the story doesn't end there. Out of the iysh-man's future multitudes, and from the work of the Holy Spirit, LORD God redeemed us through His only begotten Son, Jesus, and re-created us anew: Ber-i-yah. Let us look at this new creation:
Stage 1- The Blood:
As with Adam, our Father started this new creation with the blood, in this case, the blood of Christ:
"For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."
Mt. 26:28
"But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ." Eph. 2:13
Stage 2-The Breath:
As LORD God breathed into Adam to create Nefesh, a living soul, we also have received the breath of the Holy Spirit as Christ did the new work in us:
"And when He (Jesus) had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Jn. 20:22
Stage 3- The Marriage:
"Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." Rev. 19:7
When Adam recognized his wife, and God defined marriage, man became "iysh", champion.
We also have been called into a marriage with Christ. While we are not the champion, we have the "Champion" in us:
"To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Col. 1:27
"You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world." 1 Jn. 4:4
As Adam became aware of his plurality upon marriage, we also are plural in nature. Not only, does the plurality of the Trinity dwell in us, and we in them, but we are a city on a hill (Mt. 5:14), having many members(1 Cor. 12:20), a New City come down from heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, as the Bride, the Lamb's wife (Rev. 21:2,9-10). As this city, we contain the Tabernacle of God (Rev. 21:3), and the throne of God and the Lamb (Rev. 21:5, 22:1), the light of the Lamb and the glory of God (Rev. 21:13, 22:5), the river of life flowing through us, and the healing of the nations contained within this city that is the Bride (Rev.22:1-2). This New City, created by marriage to the Lamb, is the home of countless numbers:
"(You) have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth." Rev. 5:9-10
Adam attained a greatness of number, stature and purpose when he married and became "iysh". We, also have attained a great destiny through our marriage to the Lamb.
We have been created again, miraculously, and anew, by the atoning work of Jesus.
That creature in Gen 2, who only wanted to see man die? He's still around (Mt. 10:28, Jn. 10:10).
Let's not make the same mistake twice.
Our Father has made a new creation, Ber-i-yah.
"A New Creation"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DhpPJdd9vo
Jesus said, "You search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." Jn. 5:39
When saying the above, Jesus was speaking to Jews in the Temple in Jerusalem, who were angry with Him because He had healed a man on the Sabbath. Jesus told them that their beloved Torah bore witness to who He was. References to Him, and to His life, were promised and prophesied in those scriptures.
The word "testify" is edut, עֵדוּת,, made up of the letters ayin (see, reveal, know), daleth (door), and tav (cross, covenant, sign of the covenant). So the word "testify" in Hebrew can also be expressed: "Seeing the door of the cross (covenant)".
It is said that there are 353 verses in the Torah which testify to Jesus. We can only look at a few here.
In Gen 3:15, the LORD God prophesied to the serpent the following:
"...And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel."
The one who would deal the blow to the rulership (head) of the serpent, would be born of a woman, but would not come out of the encounter with the serpent's seed unscathed.
To Abraham, the LORD promised:
"....because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son-...In your seed, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." Gen.22: 16-18
As Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, Isaac, the Angel stopped him, and Abraham discovered a ram caught in a thicket (of thorns), to be sacrificed in place of Isaac. We have a shadow of a sacrifice of a son, and the principle of a substitute (ram) to become a sacrifice on our behalf. All nations, not just Israel, would be blessed and benefitted by Abraham's obedience that day that he was willing to sacrifice his son. Abraham was confident, however, that the LORD would provide for Himself, that lamb for the sacrifice (v.8), and he was right.
Proverbs 30:4 would confirm that there would be a "sonship" relationship between the Creator, and the Messiah:
"...Who has established all the ends of the earth"
What is His name, and what is His Son's name
If you know?"
Why would the writer of Proverbs ask "What is His name?" and "What is His Son's name?"
Surely the people of Israel know the LORD's name, so why this question? It is there because there is a name of the LORD that they did not yet know. This name of the Creator is directly connected with His Son's name. Jesus told the Jews, "I have come in My Father's name..." (Jn. 5:43)
The prophet Isaiah writes about this child, this son:
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace." Isa. 9:6
This Son to be born would carry the name of God, Himself.
King David writes prophetically about the scene of the crucifixion of Christ in Psalm 22, although David lived 1,000 years before Jesus' birth:
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
...All those who see Me ridicule Me...
Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him (said by those who mocked)...
I am poured out like water,
And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted within Me...
You have brought Me to the dust of death.
They pierced My hands and My feet;
They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots."
David as king, though he faced many challenges, was never crucified, yet he writes a witness account, as though he was on the cross at that scene 1,000 years later. The Psalm concludes with the great victory of the LORD that causes all nations to worship Him. The dead will live to worship. Even those yet unborn will hear about this great thing He has done.
Isaiah writes about the servant who was despised and rejected by men. This servant bore our grief (sicknesses), and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions, not His own. He was bruised, chastised and whipped for our iniquities and healing. He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53).
The above Servant wasn't punished for a crime He committed. He took the punishment on behalf of others. Isaiah writes about this Servant, whose sacrifice is an exact prophetic account of Jesus' purpose approximately 750 years before Jesus was born.
There were prophetic references to the resurrection of Jesus also:
"For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption." Ps. 16:10
"Your dead shall live;
Together with My dead body they shall arise.
For Your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead." Isa. 26:19
"I will ransom them from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
O Death, I will be your plagues!
O Grave, I will be your destruction!
Pity is hidden from My eyes." Hosea 13:14
Those who have rejected this "Suffering Servant", this Son who bore His Father's name, will see Him, and see the truth regarding Him, during a very trying circumstance involving an attack against Jerusalem. The prophet Zechariah has prophesied in 12:10:
"And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of Grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a first-born."
The chapter goes on to describe the extensive grief and mourning over this Son of every individual and household when they see Him, in a similar manner to the national mourning that took place previously in HadadRimmon (the place where King Josiah was mourned in Megiddo).
There are so many verses that testify, prophesy, or mirror, the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus that can be found in the Torah, as Jesus said-too many to record here.
Below, you will find links to free information available, written especially to the Jewish people, regarding the discovery of Jesus in the Torah.
Our Father testifies of His Son, Jesus, in His word.
"For Unto Us a Child is Born"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owcn6fgYwpw
Additional Sources:
"They Thought for Themselves"
http://sidroth.org/articles/they-thought-for-themselves
"Isaiah 53 Explained"
https://isaiah53.com/main/
