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CHRIST OUR PASSOVER LAMB [IV]

 

Living Bread Nugget 1201 [Mark 14:22-25; Exodus 12:1-14]

 

Jesus Established the Eternal New Covenant

Mark 14:22-25 22And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.  23And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.  24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.  25Verily 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 [also, Matthew 26:26-30].

Jesus did away with the Jewish Passover by giving himself up to God as a perfect lamb, a clean offering to God for meeting the conditions of atonement by our Holy heavenly Father. As Jesus partook of the Passover, he pronounced a new covenant that is a better sacrifice acceptable to God. Jesus explained to them the big event they were witnessing; unfermented wine representing the blood of the New Testament which replaces the Old Testament blood of clean bulls and goats, and the bread representing his body broken for us. Hence the bible says his body and blood is a better testament laid on better promises. Therein lies the way for salvation; the blood of Jesus superseded and replaced the Jewish Passover for the redemption of the soul of man and his body was broken so that we can be made whole and partake with him in heaven with a resurrected body, the marriage supper of the lamb. Jesus had a heavenly body of flesh and bones when he appeared to his disciples before his final ascent to heaven.

Luke 24:39-40 39Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.   40And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

Notice that the fruit of the vine will be the symbol of remembrance at the marriage supper of the lamb and no bread would be broken as was done before the crucifixion and as is symbolized during Holy Communion. However, the bread is our symbol now because Jesus’ body was broken (he underwent pain and agony) for us to restore our health. Bread is not symbolized then because he is not going to die the second time.  Moreover, there will be no more people to be rescued from the cures of sin imposed by Adam’s transgression. All that are rescued would have been rescued and all that have experienced the second death would have experienced death and eternal damnation to hell fire. Also, there will be no more curse, neither will there anymore be sickness as we would have eaten of the tree of life which gives everlasting life, renewing our health always in the new kingdom. Would you not want to be a part of this great assembly?

 

Rev 22:1-3 1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.  2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.  3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

Prayer of Faith

1.  Lord let me be a partaker in the marriage supper of the Lamb. I want to drink the fruit of the vine with you in your eternal kingdom in Jesus Name.

2. Lord I receive wholeness for my body, soul and spirit as I have partaken in previous Holy Communion and I as partake in future with my family and with your saints in the mighty Name of Jesus.

 

 

 

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CHRIST OUR PASSOVER LAMB [III]

Living Bread Nugget 1129 [Exodus 12:1-14; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8]

 

The Lamb of God Sacrificed

Jesus purchased our redemption. Everyone is invited to become a part of this covenant between God and man through the blood of the perfect and sinless Christ. God is rich in grace to forgive no matter the gravity of our sins. So do not think your offence is too big for God to forgive you. The blood of Jesus was shed on the cross of Calvary for that reason.

 

Eph 1: 7

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

 

1 Peter 1 v 18 -21

18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

 

So the fundamental benefit of our redemption in Christ is freedom from sin and death. The great moral weight of trying to please God your own way will be removed because you are not trying to reach God by your own way. He made provision for your redemption already.

 

Rom 8:v1-2

1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

 

Another benefit is redemption from the slave market of Satan [the World]. Egypt was an iron house. Ex 1: 11-14 reads:

 11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.   12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

 13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:  14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

 

For a slave to be free, he had to be bought with a price or redeemed from his master by his kinsman. The procedure was set out in Leviticus 25:38-55 both for the poor who had become a slave due to his poverty and the stranger who dwelt with the children of Israel. No matter how they became slaves or their inability to redeem themselves they were to become free in the year of jubilee. Their freedom was guaranteed in that year. Jesus is our jubilee and freedom from the slave market of Satan. He delivered us from the iron furnace of wickedness.

 

Eph 2: 1-2

1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;  2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

The blood of Christ sets us free from sins bondage. When a man is without Christ he lives under the monarchy of sin. When he becomes a Christian he lives in a new realm, a brand new sphere.

 

The third benefit and no less important is that Jesus redeemed us to God as special people into the family of God and into His kingdom. Indeed he made us joint heirs with him in God’s kingdom. It means what Jesus owns you own. It means what cannot harm Jesus cannot harm you. It means your pains, sorrow and darkness cannot last forever because of his mighty hand of deliverance on your behalf. He made you an overcomer to reign in this life.

 

Eph 2: 12

 12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

 13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

 

Rev 5:9-10

 9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;  10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

 

The fourth benefit we will talk about is redemption from the wrath of God to come. The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross must be taken seriously if you want to escape the wages of sin which is eternal separation from God, that is the second death. As said in Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”.

Only Jesus can redeem our souls from the wrath to come. As said by Paul to the Macedonians who had turned from their idols to serve God in

 

1 Thessalonians 1: 8 – 10

8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.  9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;  10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

 

There are so many other benefits tied to the benefits already mentioned; he gives you joy and peace, he gives us divine health and heals all our sicknesses and diseases; he is the resurrection and the life, death had no dominion over him; He defeated principalities and powers on our behalf; he is right now preparing mansions for us in his kingdom; he is interceding to God on our behalf daily.

 

Prayer of Faith

1.     Lord I thank you for my redemption. Anything that wants to make a mockery of my redemption in Christ, receive the stones of fire and be roasted in Jesus Name.

2.     Satan, I address you. I am not for sale; I have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. You have no power over me or my family. I rule over you in every department of my life. All your operations I render them powerless in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

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CHRIST OUR PASSOVER LAMB [II]

 

Living Bread Nugget 1122 [Exodus 12:1-14; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8]

 

Before the events of the Passover, there were nine other plagues which turned out to be warning plagues. The tenth plague was a final judgment plague and the Passover was the only way to escape it. The tenth Plague was pronounced in [Ex 11 v 1, 4-7].

 

1And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. ……….

 

The only accepted sacrifice to escape the tenth plague was the blood of a Lamb applied to the doorpost.

 

Ex 12:5, 7

5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

7And 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.  

 

Obedience, Freedom Assured and Transformation

After Moses received the instructions in Ex 12:1-14 from God, he went back to the camp and instructed the people accordingly in Ex 12:21-28.

 

21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

 22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

 23For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. ……………………..

 

Time of Reckoning and Freedom Celebration

Good Himself supervised the event of the tenth plague by sending his angels to execute His judgment in Ex 12:29.

29And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

 

The celebration that followed only happens once in a lifetime. It was celebration galore in the camp of the Israelites and woe and destruction in the land of Egypt [Ex 12: 30-51]

 

Lessons for the Christian of the Passover

There are important correlation between the Passover of Exodus 12 and the New Testament Passover. The Passover became an annual memorial and in Matthew 26  Jesus and his disciples partook of the Passover for the last time before he himself offered himself as a better and perfect sacrifice pleasing to God. Therefore the Old Testament Passover was a typology of the New Testament’s.

 

Jesus Christ the Perfect Lamb

 Let us remember that the accepted sacrifice of the Passover was a lamb. Jesus was that Lamb and it had to be from God himself to be accepted as the perfect sacrifice. The sacrifice of Christ was also typified even before the Passover in the life of the first Patriarch, Abraham. When God tempted Abraham to go and offer his son Isaac, Abraham obeyed wholeheartedly and on the way when his son seeing the wood and the fire, asked his father where the lamb for the sacrifice was, Abraham’s reply speaking figuratively to his son Isaac, was that God himself will provide a lamb. God commended Abraham for his obedience and seeing that there was a man willing to obey completely, provided an animal lamb  instead for the sacrifice [Gen 22:1-14]. Two verses stand out in comparing the Passover with the sacrifice of Christ.

 

Ex 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

 

John 1: 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

 

So we see that Jesus is that perfect sacrifice for our sins and he made a way to God creating an opportunity for everyone to be reconciled with his Maker. This is further explained in  [Heb 9: 11-14]

 

11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

 12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

 13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

 

Prayer of Faith

Lord thank you for providing a better and perfect way to come to you by the blood of Jesus. I come today to you; let your blood avail for me in Jesus Name. Quicken me. Mark the doorpost of my heart with your precious blood. Thank you because I am passed from death to life by the blood of Jesus. Henceforth my life will be a continual good sacrifice to God by my obedience in thought, word and action in Jesus Name. Amen.

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CHRIST OUR PASSOVER LAMB [ I ]

Living Bread Nugget 1115 [Exodus 12:1-14; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8]

 

Origin of the Passover

The Passover was instituted by God himself as a final solution to the deliverance of the children of Israel from their taskmasters, who had kept them in a prison without walls for nearly 400 years. The Webster’s dictionary defines it as the Jewish spring festival commemorating the liberation of the children of Israel from slavery. It was held from the 7th day to the 21st day of the month Abib, the first month in the Jewish calendar [i.e. March – April in the Gregorian calendar, today’s universal calendar]. God himself pronounced it as the beginning of months for the liberation of Israel from slavery. It was their own freedom festival. They had to be delivered before they would have privilege of granting freedom to others. The Passover involved animal sacrifice, each family or a family group was to use a Lamb without blemish. It became an annual memorial after the events of Ex 12. In the plan of God for salvation, the Passover is a typology of the sacrifice of Christ for our sins and deliverance from the enemy of our souls, the devil.

 

Exodus 12:1-2

1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,  

 

2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

 

A lamb was the animal of choice for sacrifice. Their blood was valuable in cleansing the sins of the people, because without the shedding of blood there can be no remissions for sins [Heb 9:22]. Why the choice of a young lamb? Why not a mature sheep or goat, which to the human sense seems to be the right thing to do? Young lambs are at peace even if they are on their way to the butcher’s table. A lamb sheep or goat at infancy, only a year old would bleat, but their bleating is that of submission. They are totally at the mercy of the owner. The sprinkling of the blood of a clean animal was sufficient in purifying the flesh of sins in the Old Testament. [Heb 9:13].

 

Instructions from God on the Passover

 

Read the account for yourself in Exodus 12:3-14

3Speak 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:  4And 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.  5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:  6And 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.  7And 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.  8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.  9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.  10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.  11And 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.  12For 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.  13And 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.  14And 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.

 

Some points as it relates to this scriptural passage are:

1.     Every soul was to be accounted for in the sacrifice. A lamb for a family or part thereof if the family is too small to consume the lamb in one night [v3-4]

2.     The lamb was to be without blemish, a sheep or a goat not over a year old [v5].

3.     All families were to kill their lambs at an appointed day and in the evening and the blood was used as an Identity by marking doorposts [v6-7].

4.     The flesh should be eaten roasted not raw with bitter herbs, and waste should be burned with fire [v7-10].

5.     They were to eat it in haste and ready to leave Egypt in a hurry.

6.     God himself was going to do the separation of the living from the dead by way of the Passover, the blood of the Lamb being the token or cover from the divinely sanctioned death [v11b-v12].

7.     The Passover is a memorial, an ordinance forever [v14]

 

So we see that the Passover was a very important biblical covenant [Ex 12 v 1- 14 a] of the deliverance from Egypt.  God himself made this plan for their redemption, not Moses — it is the LORD’s Passover V11b.  In our next nugget we see how this covenant relates to the eternal covenant we now have, a perfect covenant secured by the blood of Jesus compared to this Passover in Ex 12 secured by animal sacrifice.

 

Prayer of Faith

Lord thank you for freedom and liberty from the slave market of sin. Thank you for liberating my soul from bondage. Let the precious blood of the Lamb cleanse me and make me every wit whole. I make my heart an altar of sacrifice to you in Jesus Name. Amen.

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THE KENOSIS OR “EMPTINESS” OF CHRIST OF HIMSELF

Bible Nuggets 1108 [Phil 2: 5-11, KJV]

5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:   7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Jesus emptied himself of his divine deity as The Word of God who had equality with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit to save you and me. He became flesh [John 1:1-5, 14], had to resist sin to the point where his sweat became blood so he can show us that the power of sin is eternally broken and that we can resist and overcome all types of sin. He humbled himself further by taking on the power of death and the grave in an open battle [Colossians 2:14-15] defeating the principalities and powers who held men captive with the intent of dragging them to hell to be eternally separated from God who created all souls for his pleasure. This was what the apostle was talking about, the kenosis or emptiness or servant hood of Christ, and that is why the Godhead crowned him LORD and KING of all creation. The secret was that Jesus being God in the form of man had that mind; a mind that thirsted and was filled with all the righteousness of God [Colossians 1:19]. His earthly mission could easily have been messed up with one sin. Let us hunger and thirst for all the righteousness of God so we can be filled [Matthew 6:33]. That is the secret to receive a future crown and glory from God.

 

Prayer of Faith 1108

Lord, fill me with the spirit of humility and all your righteousness. Let me be completely broken and remove every form of pride and self from my life. Let my life be pleasing to you and watch over my soul in times of distress and anguish. Give me spiritual insight of your plan for my life and let me hold that vision preciously to the end. Grant me determination to fulfill your call upon my life and let me be focused on the blessings and glories ahead as I pursue your vision and fulfill your plan for my life in Jesus Name. Amen.

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WISDOM SERIES: WISDOM OF THE CROSS (IV)

 

[Bible Nuggets 1101 Rev 12:9]

 

 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

 

The devil is still the Old serpent and its final destiny is Hell Fire

 

The serpent caused the total depravity of man. When Adam and Eve sinned, man took on the nature of the “serpent”, instead of the nature of God in which he was created because he agreed and sided with the devil in thought, word and action. The devil became his god. The devil came as an ‘angel of light’ to beguile [deceive, trick, entice, tempt, lure] man away from Jehovah God Almighty.

 

If you have already accepted Jesus and you are a Christian, you are innocent before God. You must strive to keep you garment white as snow. Plead the blood of Jesus on yourself daily; be washed in the blood of the lamb. Every crimson stain will be washed from your heart. Paul warning the Corinthian Christians said”.

 

2 Cor 11:3

 3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

 

Hold unto your faith tenaciously. Do not trade it for a morsel of meal. The final destiny of the devil is hell fire.

 

Rev 20:2-3

2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

 3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

 

Even now the Devil is already judged in the Believer’s Life

Judgment has already been passed on the devil, and as a child of God you have the honour and privilege from the Lord to execute this judgment perpetually on Satan. Claim the promise and see yourself in Christ as set on the throne of judgment over the devil (we are seated with Christ in heavenly places over principalities and powers), and command all his works in your life, over your family and every evil influence of his to be destroyed. Loose the judgment of God on his demons and all the powers of darkness. Rule over the enemy, his works and over all his allies with a rod of iron. This is your heritage in Christ.

 

John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

 

Conclusion

How do you see Jesus? Do you regard him as your messiah? God made full provision for your salvation by sending His Son to die for your sins and mine. Do you regard or accept this as a solution to your reconciliation with your maker? The wisdom of God through the death of Christ is to them who are lost foolishness but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. God is wiser than you and me that is why he thought this as the way out to reconcile man who was created in His image back to Himself. Come to Jesus today and live. Do not die in your sins by allowing that old serpent the devil to lord and rule over you. Repent today and become a member of the family of God. If you saved you will rejoice in the scripture below because you know what those in the world do not know or have.

 

1 Corinthians 1:18

18For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 

 

 

Prayer Points   

1.     I dethrone every power of the enemy over my life, my family and over every thing that concerns me in the mighty Name of Jesus.

2.     Satan, you are under my feet. Remain crushed under my feet. You will remain there perpetually until Jesus comes and you are hurled to hell fire in Jesus Name.