24 who Himself bore our sins in His own BODY on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness–by whose stripes you were healed. (1 Peter 2:24). Understanding the Bread of the Lord’s Supper The above scripture actually sums up the meaning of the bread of the Lord’s Supper. His body as referred to in the above scripture is represented by the bread. His body was delivered up to deliver us from sin so that we can live for Him. This scripture speaks of being set free from sin, not just forgiven for sin. As we will see, the cup speaks of forgiveness for sin, but here, the message of the bread is one of us being set free from or delivered out of our sin through Christ’s death on the cross. There are numerous other scriptures that make this point; i.e., Romans 6:1-11, Romans 6:18, Galatians 2:20, II Corinthians 5:14-15, etc. Let me repeat, the…

Understanding the Cup of the Lord’s Supper – Most Bible-believing Christians understand that the cup of the Lord’s Supper stands for the blood of Jesus shed for the forgiveness of our sins. What relief and peace we have in understanding that our sins are forgiven. Apart from Christ, we stand guilty and deserve to pay the penalty for our sins; we deserve to go to hell, a place of eternal punishment. Jesus took our place and Himself paid the penalty for our sins. We get off Scott free. We are declared righteous (imputed righteousness). If you have ever sinned, and you have, you know or can imagine what a relief it is to know that you are off the hook. We drink the cup to proclaim this fact. Understanding the Cup of the Lord’s Supper 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:14). 7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness…

We have seen the relevance of the symbols in the Holy of Holies in this book.  Now let’s look at the entire tabernacle and see how it all fits together.  The Holy of Holies was certainly the heart of the temple (tabernacle), yet there was much more to the temple than its heart.  How to be saved is found at the entrance to the temple. The Entire Temple and Acts Chapter 2 We are going to see the fulfillment of the main symbols in the Hebrew temple, in Acts chapter 2.  From Acts 2:37 where the apostle Peter was giving the gospel message on how to be saved, through the very last verse in Acts 2, the main points of the temple were fulfilled. The last verse, verse 47, was where the believers were “praising God and having favor with all the people.”  Let’s start with Peter’s message: 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart,…

38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38 The greatest revival in the history of Christendom is recorded in Acts chapter two.  Acts 2:38 noted above is the gospel message that God used to start this revival.  There are four parts to this gospel message: Repent Be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ For the remission of sins Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit God used the apostle Peter to kick off this revival with the above four part gospel message. The people were asking him, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” in Acts 2:37. In response to their question, Peter gave the above gospel message.  These four points are not only the way to get saved, but they form a blue print for the way to be…