For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11

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If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning.


Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Institution of the Lord's Supper

Bible Verse:Matthew 26:26-29

"Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”"

Message: The bread is unleavened bread, for Jews were not allowed to eat leavened bread at Passover. They could not have such bread or even a particle of leaven in the house, for leaven was generally a symbol of earthly wisdom, while bread without leaven was reminiscent of manna, that is, the food of God with no human component. It was thus symbolic of the unadulterated word of God. Remember Christ's words in Matthew 16:6: “Jesus said to them, ‘Watch and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’” Leavening or yeast is not evil; in the Bible, holy wisdom is likened to leaven at times. (E.g. Matthew 13:33.) But the Feast of Passover celebrated a more primal relationship between man and God, reminding Jews of their roots in the exodus, a time when all teaching came directly from the mouth of Yahweh. The body of Christ represented by the bread is thus pure God, untainted by the leaven of human wisdom. Like the Passover lamb that was sacrificed and eaten at the meal, it is without blemish. The bread, then, was given to us by Jesus to be eaten as the symbol of memory and atonement for the new covenant. He is the “Lamb of God”, the terminal sacrifice under the law of Moses. We can conceive that the Lord's Supper is the replacement for Passover. The Lord's Supper becomes the Passover feast of the new covenant, just as purity of heart by repentance replaces physical circumcision as the sign of belonging to the covenant. Protestant communion bread and wine The second component of Hebrew sacrifice was blood. It has often been said that God requires blood as the penalty of sin, and it is a fair characterization of the Old Testament. (E.g. Lev. 17:11) Hebrews rituals often required the blood of an unblemished animal to be sprinkled on the altar by a priest, such as Passover, Yom Kippur, and the birth of a first son. (As to this last, see Luke 2:22-24.) Christ's blood was a final sacrifice, eliminating the need for further compliance with the rituals of the old covenant. Paul fleshes this out at length in Hebrews, especially Hebrews 10, which can be summarized by Heb. 10:12, “He . . . offered one sacrifice for sins for all time.” We no longer make sacrifice for our sins; rather, we commemorate the final sacrifice by drinking wine (or grape juice). Christ uses the expression “the fruit of the vine” not as a simple figure of speech, for the grapevine and its fruit is one of his primary metaphors. We find the most complete exposition in John 15, doubly appropriate to today's passage from Matthew, because it was a discourse to the apostles during the night of the Last Supper. Note verse 8: “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” (John 15:8) So his reference to not drinking the fruit of this vine “until I drink it new with you” has a specific meaning. It looks ahead to the second coming, when we will be judged by our fruits, and if we have been fruitful — if we have lived in Christ and followed his commandments (John 15:10) — the second coming will be a joyous reunion with Christ where our faith and deeds will find eternal reward.


Meditation :

Prayer : Now to Him who has given me grace in accordance with His gospel, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for many ages past, but now revealed and made known by the command of the eternal God, so that all mankind might find the obedience that comes from faith; to the only God, the God of wisdom and truth, be glory forever through His only son, Jesus Christ.......Amen
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