We're looking toward Mark chapter 14 and verse 22 where it says:
Mark
14:22-26
“And
as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and
gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the
cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all
drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new
testament*, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will
drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink
it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had sung an hymn, they
went out into the mount of Olives.”
* This is the start of the
promised New Covenant as found in Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 31 and
then repeated in Hebrews chapter 8 verses 8 and 13 and chapter 12
verse 24. And the promised Everlasting Covenant in Jeremiah chapters
31, 32 verse 31, and then 40 of 32 and Ezekiel chapter 16 verse 60. As the
Endless Life as found in Isaiah chapter 60 verse 15, which brings it
up to our time. As the bases for all that is called the New Testament
(or Will) because it reveals and replaces all that had been hidden, as behind a veil
within the Old. As the Old only pointed toward (in figurative
language, as the thing unseen) the One who was prophesied to
come and close it out, as the everlasting one, the end of days, the for ever who was Christ.
Luke 22:14-23
“And when the hour was
come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto
them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before
I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until
it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: For I
say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine*, until the
kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and
brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given
for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after
supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is
shed for you. But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with
me on the table. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was
determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! And they
began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should
do this thing.”
* Now who is the
fruit of the vine or even the vine itself? The Gift of the Holy
Spirit, Christ as He is also the fruit producer (living water) and we are to become
the fruit bearers. So here again Christ is making mention of His own
being by metaphor. Now if we know the operation of a plant or
remember our high school biology and the mechanics of plant life. We
know that the sap flows throughout, and carries the life of that plant. As
the blood carries the life of our bodies within it. We also know that
the branches only bear the fruit of that plant as they don't produce
the fruit but the water in the sap does the work of that plant. Jesus
likened us to His branches as being dependent on Him for all that is
needed as the plant needs the sap flowing from the leaf to the root
which supports it and draws in the nutrients from the soil. His is
also the fatness of the plant or vine though Abraham is a type also.
What
is the revelation which we're to gain by these passages? Lets look at
John chapter 6 and verses 53-58 where He says: “Jesus
said unto them, 'Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink
his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the
last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and
I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the
Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that
bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna,
and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.'"
First Israel had all of it in bits and pieces scattered like seed
upon the ground. They couldn't put it together because of bitter
hearts within them. In each passage of scripture we'll find either
body, bread, cup, or blood of the New Testament or Covenant, and the
fact that this was done before the feast of Passover, of unleavened
bread. The free body of Christ which, as said before, was without
imperfection. Remember that Jesus declared Himself to be the Son of
man or the second Adam and it was in that capacity that He was a
God-child or divine being. Just as Adam was before the fall from,
Eternal Life, into death (the separation from God) and sin (the lose
of God's Love through rebellion to His spoken Word). Christ as the second Adam now has authority over those who choose Him as the Head of the Body, just as He had in Adam before he fell from Grace and righteousness.
Christ's body (Genesis 3:15,
seed of woman) was a type of the first (Genesis 3:21) passover lamb
slain before the foundation of the world.
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