This priest we also find in
the Epistle of Hebrews and thereby ties all things together. For in
the Old is hidden that which is now revealed through the New. Know
this that the now revealed are and are only because of Revelation
chapter 5 and Saul of Tarsus to whom one of the small books contents
were revealed as the mysteries or secrets of Deuteronomy 29:29.
Because the Prophets were not allowed to open them up for Israel's
understanding until the end of it's allotted time which was the
appearing of Jesus as the promised seed of woman and the fulfillment
of days (as the everlasting, the end of days and as the for ever, of
God) and all that had been written of or spoken of Him.
It is this asking for Truth
that lead us to our study. When did I first ask for Truth and understanding on the night or evening of my entry into the armed forces. When I said the sinner prayer in the back cover of a small New Testament which had just been given me. Which by the way I singed and dated and which bible I still have, as it is my memorial. That was on September 16th, 1966 when I told the Lord after reading and then repeating the prayer out load that I did not fully understand His word and remained puzzled by it.
1Corithians 11:23-32
“ For I
(Paul) have received* of the Lord that which also
I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same
night in which he was betrayed (as
a innocent lamb before its shearers when they do their
inspection) took bread (to
lift up, to take up an away as the consummation
or the bring to an end those things that had gone before): And
when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is
my body (now
Israel as a nation had broken the Covenants of promise,
the Law and the Prophets and therefore God was not under any further
obligation to them, but for Abraham and Isaac), which is broken
for you: this do in remembrance (as
a memorial) of me. After the same manner also he
took the cup, when he
had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood (is
the inaugural
of the
New promised Covenant of Jeremiah. Which He as the
fulness of the Godhead was in Him had the Authority
and power to do):
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance (as
a memorial) of me. For
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew
the Lord's death till he come*. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this
bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of
the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so
let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth
and drinketh
unworthily (without
revelation does so as an anti-Christ
and therefore),
eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body (as
such he does not acknowledge Jesus or here Christ, as his LORD of
Lord's).
For this cause many are weak and sickly
among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should
not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord,
that we should not be condemned with the world.”
So who does the chastening?
The Lord. Now look at Matthew 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-26 and Luke
22:14-23. We'll look at these before we move on. ( note for the * 1 Corinthians 15:3
and Psalm 24:1, 50:12) What is the cup? When checking this word we
find the word “imbibe” which means: to receive, to absorb, to
admit
into ones mind and retain, and to drink in. This
is then to partake of His flesh and blood not in a literal
since or language of mere words but as figurative. Wherein we become
one flesh and blood (Genesis 2:23) with Him. Because when we do we're said to have
rightly divided His body as our own just as in a marriage
relationship.
So like all figurative language in scripture there is a deeper and in
many cases spiritual meaning
to words. They're there for our learning and instruction in
righteousness. This is why we're admonished to study to show
ourselves approved unto God, not man but rather God, as He alone
see's our heart condition.
Matthew 26:26-30
“And as they were
eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it
to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took
the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all
of it*; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it
new with you in my Father's kingdom. And when they had sung an hymn,
they went out into the mount of Olives. “ (The
hymns are found in Psalms 116, 117 and 118 and reveal allot of what
is ahead)
Before we go to far Jesus in
here as in Luke and Mark reveals Himself as the LORD of Psalm 148:5-6
and Psalm 2:6-8 which says this:
“Let
them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were
created. He hath also
stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall
not pass.”
“Yet
have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion (spiritually
speaking of the New Jerusalem the heavenly city not made by mans
hands).
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my
Son; this day have I begotten thee (again
we hear God's voice from heaven declaring this as recorded in the
synoptic gospels and then in Hebrews by Paul).
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.”
He takes us back through time
to the earliest recital of scripture as seen in Genesis to chapter
1:1-3 and which John records of Him in chapter 1:1-3, 14, 17-18.
*To take in the
fullness of the New Covenant in abundance, “drink
all of it” to get the full picture with a
clear vision of understanding. When we partake of the fatness of the
root of the vine we partake of the fullness of that vine and root
which is Christ but the fatness is Abraham or faith as he is its
symbol. As revealed in Romans 11 and Hebrews 11. For like Abraham
we're told to walk by faith (as a darkness of night where there is no
light to aid us in seeing) and we're led to faith by the Holy Spirit.
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