"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."
This lesson makes two very important points that profoundly affect millions all of Christianity.
First, it is very important to note that the meal Jesus and His Apostles were eating was in celebration of the "Passover".
This followingis what God commanded Moses and Aaron concerning the passover;
"And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever."
Second, this lesson establishes that it is the blood of Jesus Christ that is the sign of the NEW covenant that is given to those of us who place our faith in it unto eternal salvation.
This lesson declares the profound importance of the blood of Christ Jesus. His blood would be to those us whom have placed our faith in Him, the equivalent of the sacrificial lambs blood that the Hebrew people were required to place on their doors on the eve of the Passover.
Just as that sacrificial lambs blood on the doors assured those captive Jews protection against the Death Angel, Today, our absolute faith in the blood of Jesus Christ guarantees that, in the final judgment, God's wrath will pass over us. The blood of Jesus Christ is the ONLY thing that guarantees eternal life to all who will accept it.
Sadly, there are countless millions who contend that water baptism remits sin. That contention is glaringly disproven by what Jesus so clearly stated in today's quote, "For this is MY BLOOD of the NEW testament,which IS SHED FOR MANY FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS. "Water baptism is NOT what Jesus told us to place our faith in to protect us from eternal judgment. That faith must be placed, entirely, in the soul saving blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.~
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