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Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant, cleansing as His Bride, getting ready for His soon return as our Bridegroom-----
His flesh for the life of the world! Trumpet and Torch Ministries, http://www.trumpetandtorch.org, captures so well this wonderful, eternal Truth:
"Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink,
and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
~ Matthew 20:22b
It was Preparation Day, when all the arrangements were made and the food prepared for the observance of the Sabbath. This Sabbath was especially important because it was the Sabbath of the Passover week, making it a high and holy day (John 19:31). This one great and awesome day would change the course of history forever! The meal was served, and our humble, obedient Cupbearer lifted the poisoned cup of the wrath of God to His lips and drank the judgment for our sins fully and completely. The garment of human flesh He had worn during His earthly pilgrimage was now tattered and torn, having been brutally beaten and bloodied beyond recognition; the frayed fragments of the spotless Lamb of God hung shamefully on the cross. A sign was placed above His bruised and bleeding head to identify the indescribable display: "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS" (John 19:19b). The time had come for the completion of all things. Having been entirely emptied, our incomparable Cupbearer uttered the words, "I thirst!" (v. 28). A hyssop branch (just as they had used that first Passover to sprinkle the lamb's blood on the doorposts and lintel of the houses of the children of Israel, sparing their first born sons from the destructive sword of the Angel of Death) was dipped in sour wine and placed upon the sacred lips of the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, and with His final breath the King of glory issued the royal decree:
"It is finished!"
(John 19:30a)
The death of our Savior came by absolute surrender. A sword was placed in His side to confirm that our Cupbearer had indeed been emptied, having been completely poured out as a drink offering for the sin of the world (Isaiah 53:5, 6). The sacred work He had been sent to accomplish was indeed finished. The new covenant meal instituted hours earlier was sealed with this main and final course. The unblemished, unbroken, blood-drained body of the Paschal Lamb has become, through the most agonizing process, better wine and better bread. And now we no longer have to look to feasts or days, but solely to the Lamb of God, who has become our continual feast to be consumed every day! "He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love" (Song of Solomon 2:4). May we receive, with grateful and repentant hearts, this heavenly feast, which has been painstakingly prepared for us through the greatest travail and trial. What earthly pleasure or food could satisfy the soul like heaven's richest fare? "Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me, hear, and your soul shall live" (Isaiah 55:2b, 3a). Lord, forgive us that there is anything that we desire on earth besides You. Draw us daily to Your banqueting table that we may feed continually upon You!
"I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are dead.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that one may eat of it and not die.
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."
(John 6:48-51)
God bless you,
Jeff
Pastor Jeffrey Daly
National Day of Repentance
www.globalrepent.com
pastorjeff@repentday.com
Box 246 Middletown CA USA. 95461
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