Post by foxjj on Oct 4, 2022 7:03:48 GMT
This is My Blood
Traditionally, The feast of Passover is celebrated when Jewish families gather for a meal known as a Seder. At the beginning of the Seder the youngest child will ask the question: “Why is this night so different from all other nights?” The father, or eldest adult, gives an answer explaining that the book of Exodus recorders how the Hebrew people were slaves in Egypt. It also tells of how Moses was called by God to go to Pharaoh and proclaim that he was to let the people go. This enraged Pharaoh who demanded that the people’s work be increased, and that from now on, they themselves must find the straw to make their building bricks. As a punishment on Pharaoh, God brought plagues on Egypt.
On the night of the last plague, The Lord instituted the feast of Passover, when the Hebrew people were to kill and eat a lamb. They were also instructed to put some of the blood from the lamb upon their door posts. At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, to the firstborn of the prisoner in his dungeon. During this final plague the Lord passed over any home that had blood upon the door post.
During the annual Seder, participants are given four cups of wine as part of the celebration. They represent each of the four promises the Lord made to His people in Exodus 6:6-7: “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.”
The cups are named;
The Cup of Sanctification: “I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”
The Cup of Deliverance: “I will rescue you from their bondage.”
The Cup of Redemption: “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm.” (It would have been while taking this cup that Jesus told his disciples: “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”)
The Cup of Praise: “I will take you as my own people.”
All of the promises that are commemorated while drinking the cups can also be considered as promises for Christians. In Scripture, Egypt is a symbol of the world and it’s sinful system. The promises of Exodus 6:6-7 are fulfilled in our lives through The Lord Jesus who Sanctified, Redeemed, and Delivered us from the bondage of the sinful world by the shedding of His Blood as Hebrews 9:22 explains: “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” Only Jesus can say: “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” As Jesus died upon the cross, He proclaimed “it is finished” (John 19:30). The Lamb of God has been slain, there is no other sacrifice for sin.
When the sacrificial system of the Old Covenant came to an end in 70 AD, through the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem, the New Covenant was already in place through the sacrificial atonement of Jesus who was “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) The Sacrifice of Jesus gives testimony to all people of God’s love: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
Today, let us give praise our Lord and Redeemer for deliverance.
John Joseph Fox.
Traditionally, The feast of Passover is celebrated when Jewish families gather for a meal known as a Seder. At the beginning of the Seder the youngest child will ask the question: “Why is this night so different from all other nights?” The father, or eldest adult, gives an answer explaining that the book of Exodus recorders how the Hebrew people were slaves in Egypt. It also tells of how Moses was called by God to go to Pharaoh and proclaim that he was to let the people go. This enraged Pharaoh who demanded that the people’s work be increased, and that from now on, they themselves must find the straw to make their building bricks. As a punishment on Pharaoh, God brought plagues on Egypt.
On the night of the last plague, The Lord instituted the feast of Passover, when the Hebrew people were to kill and eat a lamb. They were also instructed to put some of the blood from the lamb upon their door posts. At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, to the firstborn of the prisoner in his dungeon. During this final plague the Lord passed over any home that had blood upon the door post.
During the annual Seder, participants are given four cups of wine as part of the celebration. They represent each of the four promises the Lord made to His people in Exodus 6:6-7: “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.”
The cups are named;
The Cup of Sanctification: “I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”
The Cup of Deliverance: “I will rescue you from their bondage.”
The Cup of Redemption: “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm.” (It would have been while taking this cup that Jesus told his disciples: “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”)
The Cup of Praise: “I will take you as my own people.”
All of the promises that are commemorated while drinking the cups can also be considered as promises for Christians. In Scripture, Egypt is a symbol of the world and it’s sinful system. The promises of Exodus 6:6-7 are fulfilled in our lives through The Lord Jesus who Sanctified, Redeemed, and Delivered us from the bondage of the sinful world by the shedding of His Blood as Hebrews 9:22 explains: “Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” Only Jesus can say: “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” As Jesus died upon the cross, He proclaimed “it is finished” (John 19:30). The Lamb of God has been slain, there is no other sacrifice for sin.
When the sacrificial system of the Old Covenant came to an end in 70 AD, through the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem, the New Covenant was already in place through the sacrificial atonement of Jesus who was “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) The Sacrifice of Jesus gives testimony to all people of God’s love: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
Today, let us give praise our Lord and Redeemer for deliverance.
John Joseph Fox.