There are two great pictures of the cross in the Exodus story. The first picture is well known. The blood of the Passover lamb applied to the doorposts of the Hebrew houses is clearly understood to be a picture of the forgiveness we now have because of the blood of Jesus. The Hebrews applied the blood to the doorposts so that the death angel would see the blood and pass over the household. The Hebrews were thus spared and shielded from a terrible judgment. The Two Pictures of the Cross Let’s look at a simple but very important point here. The Hebrew firstborns were delivered from the judgment of the death angel for the purpose that they might live. The goal delivering them from death was so that they might live. Similarly, Jesus suffered death for us so that we might experience life. This life is in heaven and we get to experience measures of this life down here on…

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…

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…

The Feast of the Passover and the Feast of the Unleavened Bread and the Feast of the First Fruits Most people understand that the Lord’s Supper is related to The Feast of the Passover. The truth is that this is only part of the picture. The Lord’s Supper is actually related to two feasts of the Lord; namely, the Feast of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. I want to show here in this chapter that the cup of the Lord’s Supper relates directly to the Feast of Passover, while the bread of the Lord’s Supper relates directly to the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Although these two feasts are celebrated together, they are separate feasts (Leviticus 23:5-8) and have separate and distinct themes. As stated above, the Feast of Passover relates directly to the cup of the Lord’s Supper. The angel of death passing over the houses with the blood on the doorposts is the theme of the Passover.…

3 As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 2 Peter 1:3 The apostle Peter is implying in the above scripture that the great rewards and goals of the Gospel are life and godliness. It seems that the Christian walk can be categorized by these two great words. Let’s relate these two themes to the Lord’s Supper and the cross. Jesus delivered us from sin so that we can be godly. Godliness is the goal of the bread. Also, Jesus experienced death for us so that we can experience life. Life is the goal of the cup. In other words, the Holy Spirit is pleading and waiting for us to take our sin to the cross so that He can lead us into godliness (righteousness, obedience, etc.) By experiencing the deliverance of the cross, we are freed up to be…