"And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. 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."
The first portion of today's quote exposes Judas as Jesus' betrayer to the high priests who would consequently have Him crucified.
In the latter part of this lesson, Jesus, by offering the broken bread and the wine, symbolized His sacrificed body and blood as a replacement for the Hebrew ritual of Passover.
Jesus broke the bread 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."
We should specifically note that, in Mark's account of the events at that Passover celebration, Jesus did NOT command His Apostles to continue the Passover ritual after that day.
The point Jesus made, as He broke the bread and poured the wine, was that His body and blood are symbolic of, and indeed the equivalent to, the original Passover blood on the door posts that saved the Hebrew people as demonstrated in Exodus 12.
Jesus never intended for His Gentile followers to continue the bread and wine ritual since the Passover never applied to the Gentiles in the first place, since the Gentiles had never been a part of that commanded Jewish ritual. We, today, must only understand that Jesus' sacrificed body and blood are the ONLY means of redemption from sin and provide the same security for the believer as the Passover ritual provided for the captive Hebrew people. Whereas the Hebrews of old were held captive by the Egyptians, the lost of today are held captive by sin. Just as the lamb's blood, that was placed on the door posts in the ancient Passover ritual, saved the captive Hebrews from death at the hands of the "death angel", The sacrificed body and blood of Jesus Christ on the cross saves all who will accept the actions and blood of Jesus as their own atonement for sin.
When, and if, you place your faith in Jesus Christ, you have effectively brushed His blood on your doorpost and the angel of eternal death will forever pass on by.~
NOTE: There will be much more presented concerning the "Lord's supper" as these lessons progress.
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