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 | | From: | Steve Goltra | | Subject: | Blood Covenant Ritual- #5 | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:16:59 GMT |
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 | This concludes my post for the Blood Covenant Ritual
7. Terms of Covenant
John 1:11-13
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children
of God, to those who believe in His name:
13 who were born, not of blood, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will of
man, but of God
Man must willingly receive what he has been freely given and respond to what
God has done by repentance, faith and obedience.
8. Eat Covenant Meal
In the Old Testament, God did not sit with Abraham and eat the covenant
meal, but in the New Testament, Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper as the
New Covenant.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
"23. For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that
the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;
24. and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is
My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
25. In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup
is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in
remembrance of Me."
26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the
Lord's death till He comes.
Jesus was not only the blood sacrifice, He was also the covenant meal. John
6:51 "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of
this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My
flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."
Man must accept by faith what Christ did for him and live by obedience to
Him.
John 6:54 & 56
54 "Whoever eats of My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I
will raise him up the last day."
56 "He who eats My flesh, and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in Him."
Eating and drinking is to be understood spiritually. The expression is used
figuratively of partaking of the benefits of the death of Christ. To believe
in Christ is to partake of Christ.
9. Plant A Memorial
In the Old Testament, God and Abraham didn't plant a tree as a memorial to
the covenant. God fulfilled this in the New Covenant when Jesus was
crucified on the cross and His blood was poured out. The cross is the
memorial tree of the New Covenant. Every time we and our descendants look at
the cross we are all reminded of God's covenant.
1 Peter 2:24
Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died
to sins, might live for righteous-ness - by whose stripes you were healed.
John 19:17-18
17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a
Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side,
and Jesus in the center.
After reading about The Blood Covenant, we see the significance of the
shedding of blood by Jesus. We also see how much God honors His covenant
which He initiated. We see in the Old Testament and the culture of Jews that
they believed if one party breaks the covenant, let death come upon him
(just like the cut animals). Because Jesus fulfilled God's promise by
shedding His blood, Jesus boldly exclaimed, "I am the way, the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6).
Also, we must never forget that- "there is no remission without the shedding
of blood" - Hebrews 9:22
God bless,
Steve Goltra
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| | From: | | | Subject: | Re: Blood Covenant Ritual- #5 | | Date: | Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:17:07 GMT |
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| and everybody said, amen!
"Steve Goltra" wrote in message
news:fa_Fd.7053$pZ4.4068@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> This concludes my post for the Blood Covenant Ritual
>
> 7. Terms of Covenant
>
> John 1:11-13
> 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
> 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
> children of God, to those who believe in His name:
> 13 who were born, not of blood, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will of
> man, but of God
>
> Man must willingly receive what he has been freely given and respond to
> what God has done by repentance, faith and obedience.
>
> 8. Eat Covenant Meal
>
> In the Old Testament, God did not sit with Abraham and eat the covenant
> meal, but in the New Testament, Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper as the
> New Covenant.
>
> 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
> "23. For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you:
> that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;
> 24. and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this
> is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
> 25. In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This
> cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in
> remembrance of Me."
> 26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim
> the Lord's death till He comes.
>
> Jesus was not only the blood sacrifice, He was also the covenant meal.
> John 6:51 "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone
> eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give
> is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."
>
> Man must accept by faith what Christ did for him and live by obedience to
> Him.
>
> John 6:54 & 56
> 54 "Whoever eats of My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I
> will raise him up the last day."
> 56 "He who eats My flesh, and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in Him."
>
> Eating and drinking is to be understood spiritually. The expression is
> used figuratively of partaking of the benefits of the death of Christ. To
> believe in Christ is to partake of Christ.
>
> 9. Plant A Memorial
>
> In the Old Testament, God and Abraham didn't plant a tree as a memorial to
> the covenant. God fulfilled this in the New Covenant when Jesus was
> crucified on the cross and His blood was poured out. The cross is the
> memorial tree of the New Covenant. Every time we and our descendants look
> at the cross we are all reminded of God's covenant.
>
> 1 Peter 2:24
> Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having
> died to sins, might live for righteous-ness - by whose stripes you were
> healed.
>
> John 19:17-18
> 17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a
> Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
> 18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side,
> and Jesus in the center.
>
> After reading about The Blood Covenant, we see the significance of the
> shedding of blood by Jesus. We also see how much God honors His covenant
> which He initiated. We see in the Old Testament and the culture of Jews
> that they believed if one party breaks the covenant, let death come upon
> him (just like the cut animals). Because Jesus fulfilled God's promise by
> shedding His blood, Jesus boldly exclaimed, "I am the way, the truth and
> the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:6).
>
>
>
>
>
> Also, we must never forget that- "there is no remission without the
> shedding of blood" - Hebrews 9:22
>
>
>
> God bless,
>
>
>
> Steve Goltra
>
>
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