The Lord's Last Supper

If you got your Bible, turn with me to Luke chapter 22. Luke chapter 22. We are embarking on the greatest night in the history of the world. The greatest night in the history of the world. And all the things that would take place, it was commonly called the the upper room. Now I've been to Israel on many many occasions, and we visit a place that's called the the upper room. And the question comes, is it the upper room? And the answer is no. But, you also need to know that in the vicinity of that courtyard of King David's tomb in which the upper room was located, there have been excavations that have taken place.

And among those excavations that have taken place is that infamous symbol of the Menorah, the Star of David, and the Ichthus, or the fish sign, all joined together on pottery found in the courtyard of King David's tomb, telling us that there was a first-century Messianic church in that area.

So it could be that the upper room that's there now is in the vicinity of the upper room in Luke chapter 22 and John chapter 13 through John chapter 17. Is it for certain? Not necessarily, but it is a definite maybe. So you need to understand that. And on this night, so many things take place. While you're in Luke 22, let me read to you these verses in John 13.

It says, You need to know that when we begin Luke 22 verse number 14, looking at this last Passover and the transformation that our Lord makes on that night, it truly is a room filled with affection. Filled with affection. Having loved his own, he loved them completely until the end. Oh, by the way, that would include Judas, because he was in the upper room that night. And so this room becomes a place of supreme affection where our Lord would begin to expound upon his love, demonstrate his love to his men.

That love that was beneficial, that love that was volitional, sacrificial. Everything that would describe his love fills the room on that night. And not only was it a room filled with affection, it was a room also filled with much instruction. Because he would instruct his men on all kinds of elements concerning their lives. And so he would instruct them about how they were to live their lives. And not only was it a room filled with instruction, it would be a room filled with humiliation. Because it would be on this night that our Lord would take a slave's apron and wrap it around his waist and begin to teach his men that infamous principle about how to lift others up amidst your adversity, how to keep your eyes off of you and keep your eyes on everybody else when you are going to die.

It's a room filled with humiliation. On top of that, it was a room that was completely filled, filled with consolation. Because it would be here that our Lord would console his men. It would be here that our men, that the Lord's men would understand how it is to live amidst adversity. Let not your hearts be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. I'm going to send you another comforter, one just like myself. This is your ultimate consolation. And so during the time of great adversity, on the eve of the crucifixion, the greatest night of all, he would inform them about how their spirits, how their lives would be consoled to the spirit that would come.

And so it was a room filled with affection, humiliation, instruction, a room filled with consolation. It was a room filled with prediction. For he would predict Judas's betrayal. We'll talk about that in detail next week. He would predict Peter's denial. And so it was a room where he would spend with his men in all of his love and affection for his men helping them understand what was going to happen next. A room filled with prediction. It was a room filled with supplication and intercession because it would be in this room in John 17 that he would give that infamous high priestly prayer which he would commune with his father and then he would intercede on behalf of his men and all of us who would do it one day believe in his name.

The greatest of all nights is what we're gonna study in great detail. It was a it was a room filled with declaration. He said these words a new commandment I give unto you and before they could even begin to think about another commandment. You've got to be kidding me. How many could you possibly give us? A new commandment I give unto you that you love one another. But no longer do you love one another as you love yourself. Because that's not sufficient. Now you must love one another as I have loved you.

Because you got to keep your eyes off of yourself in your love for one another and keep them totally on me in order for you to be effective in your love relationships. It was a room filled with declaration. This is the new commandment I'm going to give to you. I want you to love one another just as I have loved you. That's the new declaration. That's what Christ gives them. Oh it's a room filled with all kinds of things. It was a room filled with predetermination. Predetermination. It was a room filled with the fact that God knew everything.

John 13 says knowing that the hour had come. Everything was predetermined. For how he told Peter and John to go into the city and follow a man carrying a picture and follow that man into the house. And when you get into the house ask the owner of the house that the teacher has need of a room and he will give you a large furnished upper room. Everything was predetermined. Everything was under the sovereign control of Almighty God. And so you need to know that the upper room is a room filled with predetermination.

That everything happened on time, on schedule, exactly as Jesus wanted it to happen. So much so that he would say those infamous words in in John chapter 10 that read this way. For this reason the Father loves me because I laid down my life that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from me. But I lay it down on my own initiative. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it up again this commandment I received from my father. Just a remarkable absolute definitive statement.

Nobody takes my life from me. I lay it down on my own initiative. I am in charge. Boy, that's a lesson that most of us have never learned. That Jesus is in charge. Don't you wish you could learn that lesson just maybe for a brief moment throughout each day? That you're not in charge of anything. That Jesus is in charge of everything. I lay my life down on my own initiative. Nobody takes it from me. Caiaphas can't take it from me because Caiaphas is my high priest. Satan can't take it from me because Satan is my devil.

Judas can't take it from me because Judas is my betrayer. Herod can't take it from me because Herod is my king. Pilate can't take it from me because Pilate is my governor. Just like Obama is God's president. See, he's in charge. What are we worried about? Why do we get all up in arms about things that are happening? God's in charge of everything. We gotta learn to relax a little bit. Sit back. You know, sipping on Diet Coke with lemon in it. And just kind of sit back put your feet up and say thank you Lord that you're in charge and I am not.

Or that the president's not, or the king is not, or the prime minister is not. Although they might think they are. Caiaphas thought he was. Annas thought he was. Judas thought he was. The Pharisees and Sadducees thought they were. Everybody thinks they're in charge and nobody's in charge. Except the Lord Jesus. He's in complete control of everything. That's why the upper room is a room filled with pre-determination. Oh, by the way, it's a room filled with trans-formation. Because what our Lord is going to do is transform the last Passover into the Lord's table.

That celebration of the Passover is going to come to its finality on this night. And there's going to be a transformation into the Lord's table and that now becomes the priority. Let me read to you the text.

This is how it goes. Verse 14 of Luke 22, and when the hour had come, he reclined at the table and the apostles with him. He said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And when he had taken a cup and given thanks, he said, take this and share it among yourselves. For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes. When he had taken some bread and given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying, this is my body which is given for you.

Do this in remembrance of me. And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten saying, this cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. I'll stop right there because if I go on I'm going to next week's sermon. Can't do that. Okay, I'm gonna have enough time finishing this week's sermon. Here our Lord does something that is epic, that is monumental, that only he can do. For he was the one who instituted the Passover. So he's the only one that can conclude the Passover.

He's the only one that can institute the Lord's table because he is the one who is in absolute complete control of everything and that's exactly what he does. So on this night the Lord is celebrating one of the many Passover's he had celebrated throughout his life here on earth. Way back when in Exodus chapter 3 God told Moses, I'm coming down. I have heard and I've seen the affliction of my people and I am coming down and when I come down I am going to deliver them. It is that infamous chapter in Exodus chapter 3 that God gives us his memorial name, his redemptive name that he is a deliverer and that's how he is to be remembered forever because he and he only is the Savior.

And so he tells Moses I'm coming down and everything about that Passover looks back to that time. That time when the Lord would come down to his people who had been enslaved in Egypt for over 400 years he was going to come down and deliver them and through a series of plagues that would happen to the land of Egypt and that final plague with the death of the firstborn and the only way to escape the judgment would be to take the blood of the lamb and put it on the doorpost and the crossbeam of your home and what you learn from the Passover is that God and God only can deliver you from judgment when there is the death of an innocent substitute.

That's the emphasis of the Passover. That's what God wants to teach his people. You can be delivered from judgment if and when the blood of the animal is slain and God will pass over you and when he does because of the sacrifice of that innocent one that substitute you will be delivered and that becomes the lesson of the Passover. But never has there been an animal that would deliver from divine judgment. Every animal that was sacrificed year after year after year only symbolized what was going to ultimately happen through a satisfactory substitute that would come and remove iniquity.

Their sins would be covered, but they would not be removed and so every Jew would live in anticipation of the ultimate innocent substitute that would come and die in their stead that they might be delivered from their sin. That's why when John the Baptist came he did not say behold the Messiah of God or behold the Son of God or behold the one sent from God. No, he said behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world and nobody scratched their head and nobody asked a question. What are you talking about John?

What do you mean? That's that's Jesus of Nazareth. How can you call him a lamb? No one asked a question Because of Isaiah chapter 53 because of Genesis chapter 22 there would come a sacrifice a willing substitute that would come and take away the sins of the people of Israel and so they gathered together on this Thursday to celebrate Passover To celebrate the last Official Passover every Passover That has been celebrated after this night is an ill legitimate Passover celebration Why? because the Lord dropped the curtain on the Passover on this night because he was going to transform two elements out of that Passover meal Into what is commonly called the Lord's table the new covenant that would be ratified through his blood and so this becomes a Monumental night.

This is not like any other night. This is a significant night. This is a special night And so as we read the text we begin to realize That truly there are two elements to this text and To be honest with you when you read Matthew Mark Luke and John it's hard to get the chronology of How things happened on this night, and I think the Lord does that on purpose? Because he doesn't want us to be Or think that we're in control of too much anyway So it's hard to get the chronology of what happens when Luke writes About the Passover he's more concerned about the event itself not necessarily all the details surrounding the event Now remember when Luke writes he writes 30 years after the event 30 years after it So for 30 years Christians haven't celebrated the Passover the Jewish nation has but the Christians have So we don't have to say much about it in fact ten years Earlier than Luke's writing Paul writes to the Corinthians and writes first Corinthians chapter 10 and chapter 11 which deal with a detailed look at the Lord's table So Luke is not going to give us a Chronology a sequence of events that take place this happens and that happens and this happens and then that happens Because he's just concerned about the main event itself and how it comes together on this night Not necessarily all the details of the event.

So you got to read Matthew You got to remark you got to be Luke and read John you got to get them all together to understand Exactly everything that happens on this night. That's why it will take us many many weeks to get through this night To understand What happened on the most significant night in human history? Because it speaks volumes to all of us today And so the text is divided up very simply the celebration and the transformation the celebration of the last Passover and the transformation to the Lord's table one a finality the other a priority and That's where we begin our study this morning And when the hour had come He reclined At the table When they ate they didn't put their feet under the table like we do and sit down They would lay around the table with their feet away from the table on their elbows leaning toward the table and They were going to celebrate the Passover feast now over the years it had Changed because when the first Passover occurred It was done quickly It was done as the book of Exodus tells us in haste They would do it with staff in hand With sandals on their feet with their loins girded Standing up Because they'd have to leave in haste.

They'd have to move quickly and Over the years that would change to something of an elaborate celebration of the Passover But when the first Passover occurred way back in Exodus chapter 12 the Lord gave them this instruction You've got to be ready to go and when you're ready to go you got to go because guess what?

Pharaoh's coming after you and of course he did come after them and he was drowned in the sea along with his army and So we know the story we saw the movie This is a little sense of humor there Okay. So anyway, we understand what took place But here's the deal Things have changed over the years. Let me show you how they changed.

Let me show you what they did So you begin to understand what's going on on this night? It would come together They would begin with a prayer of Thanksgiving Thanking God for all these done that prayer of Thanksgiving would lead to the first of four cups Okay, it's called the cup of Thanksgiving It would be a cup of red wine doubly diluted wine because Drunkenness was a sin and there would be no way that they could be drunk from that So it would be doubly diluted wine and that they would celebrate by giving thanks To the Lord God of Israel for his goodness for his mercy For all the things that he had done in delivering them from their Egyptian bondage.

This is the way it was When Jesus was doing the Passover again, it would change even more over the next two thousand years Through a massive celebration Encompassing many many different elements and then and then after the cup of Thanksgiving they would wash their hands There would be this ceremonial washing Okay, because they were going to partake of the Passover and they couldn't do it with unclean hands with unclean hearts So it was symbolized the fact that they were being cleansed now, isn't it ironic?

Listen carefully. Isn't it ironic that they would go through? the symbolism of cleanliness but in verse number 24 of Luke chapter 22 They would be overly consumed with their egos That there would there would come about a dispute among them about who was the greatest in the kingdom Truly it was a superficial Cleansing truly It was something that didn't go to the heart of their lives because they were so overly consumed With their greatness who they were and what they would accomplish their egos their jealousy their envy their selfish Ambition ruled their lives think about it here.

They are Celebrating Passover going through a ceremonial cleansing that would symbolize what was happening on the inside But in reality their inside was filled with pride Now before you condemn them before you say anything Remember what Paul said in first Corinthians chapter 11 When he gave us these words Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner Shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord But let a man Examine himself and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup for he who eats and drinks eats and drinks judgment to himself of If he does not judge the body rightly For this reason many among you are weak and sick and a number sleep but if we judge ourselves rightly we should not Be judged How many times Do we celebrate the Lord's table and we talk to you about let a man examine himself Why do you do that so you can go through a self-cleansing so you can Match your life against the Word of the Lord so that your arrogance your pride Your bitterness your unforgiving spirit your lustful attitudes can all be dealt with so that you don't eat and drink in an unworthy manner, but how many people in the church go through a superficial Examination and when they are done partaking of the Lord's table they are still filled with bitterness and wrath and Unforgiveness and jealousy we are just like the disciples on that night the greatest night of all Simply because we go through a superficial Examination So don't be so hard on the men on that night Because we are more like them than we would ever really truly want to admit Because when they went through their cleansing time They were still wondering.

I wonder if I Will be the greatest in the kingdom I know That Nathanael will be I know that James surely will be I Might have some competition with Peter But I can override that Because I'm more committed than he is See we just like that We come and partake of the Lord's table and we leave church and We yell at our wife in the parking lot or a husband in the parking lot Because they parked in the wrong spot or didn't pull the car up in time Or we're just upset because We don't get to eat where I want to eat lunch and after all it should be about me and not about you I mean, that's the way we are so we need to go back and Re-examine our own lives in light of the upper room discourse and and all that takes place on that on that evening So they would give thanks there would be the the first cup of doubly diluted wine giving thanks to God There'd be that ceremonial cleansing that they would go through and then there would be the eating of bitter herbs Symbolizing the bitterness that went through they went through in Egyptian bondage than the singing of the Hallel Psalm 113 and 114 and Then there would be the second cup Remember, this is the way it was in the days of Jesus there would be the second cup the cup of Doubly diluted wine called the cup of plagues Okay based on Exodus chapter 9 where they the head of the household would would take his finger in and sprinkle it on the table to symbolize the finger of God and the ten plagues of Egypt After the cup of plagues there would be the eating of the lamb along with the Unleavened bread after that would come the the third cup It's the cup of redemption that happens right after the meal It was a cup symbolizing the redemption of Israel the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage And then there would come the fourth cup the cup of praise all those cups Are based on this text in Exodus chapter 6 when God said?

Say to the sons of Israel. I am the Lord I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. That's the cup of Thanksgiving. I Will deliver you from their bondage. That's the cup of plagues. I Will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments That is the cup of redemption and then verse 7 Then I would take you For my people and I will be your God and you shall know that I am the Lord your God Who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians? That is the cup of?

praise four cups based on Exodus chapter 6 verses 6 7 & 8 So we begin to understand exactly what's taking place here in the upper room after the fourth cup there would be the singing of Or What would happen the singing of the second part of the halal would take place after the third cup?

And then to be the fourth cup and then there would be interspersed about this whole meal conversation instruction the Haggadah would be read or given after the second cup because the father or the head of the house would be able to Describe the events of the Passover.

It would be the showing forth. It would be the meaning of the feast It would be the the the story surrounding the Passover all that would take place. And so there would be much Conversation much interaction that would take place throughout the meal. It was an elongated meal It wasn't a brief time. It was a long time. It would take place over hours It would be the time in which Christ would wash his disciples feet he'd give them much instruction much consolation much Information concerning their lives in his life.

And so it will be a time filled filled with interaction and Conversation between Christ and his men and that's why he said these words in verse number 15 I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer I have earnestly desired I have desired to do this More than you can imagine a very strong phraseology in the greek text which speaks of the repetition of the word desire because it Reflects the emphasis on the emotion of the messiah and his passion as their just not deliverer, but as Their lord I have desired this I have desired to do this with you before I suffer And they had known about his suffering because he told them he had predicted it over and over again And so this is my desire I desire this more than anything listen He desired this because as they would eat the land He now then the next day would become that land So you can imagine the emotion you can imagine what was going on in the mind of christ as he was celebrating this last Passover with his men knowing that the very next day he would be our passover sacrifice for us He would live in fulfillment of the reality of why he came He came to die for the sins of man and that's what would happen on the very next day So you can imagine all the emotion that was inside of our lord as he says Oh, I have desired if you only knew how much I desired to eat this meal with you on this night Before I suffer if only you knew oh if only you knew Oh, this is a great night This is a fabulous night That goes way beyond anything you and I can even begin to fathom Because we weren't there We weren't there we can read about it But we weren't there And jesus says this is what I want to do and he says this this is so amazing he says For I say to you verse 16, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of god And what he does is he gives them hope He's already talked to him in luke 21 about his return right we spent I don't know how many weeks on the western slopes of Of the man of olive's talking to you about the coming of christ again and what jesus was saying to his men about his return And now he says, oh I desire to this but i'm never going to eat of the vine again until Meaning there's a future There's a future what?

a future Kingdom Until it's able to be fulfilled in the kingdom of god, in fact, he says it twice He says it twice for infancy's sake He says that again down in verse number 18 for I say to you I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of god This is eschatological This is telling his men there is a future This is telling his men you are going to be a part of my future You need to realize that there's going to be a kingdom It's going to happen as the prophets have said There's going to be a literal kingdom of god listen the lord In the millennial kingdom the thousand-year reign of christ upon the earth How do we know it's a thousand years because six times in revelation 20 in six verses he tells us it's a thousand years It's a literal 1 000 years in which he will reign upon this earth and know what's going to happen in that millennial kingdom He is going to reinstitute the passover He is going to celebrate the passover But he's not going to celebrate it to look back on egyptian bondage He's going to look back on your deliverance from eternal sinful bondage He's going to look at it and treat it and show you how all the elements of the passover actually Pointed to the lamb of god who would take away the sin of the world Meaning that during that thousand-year reign of christ there is going to be a Reinstitution of the feast of the passover so that everybody that's born in that kingdom And when you live to be a hundred in the millennial kingdom and you die at a hundred you die As if you were a baby because in the millennial kingdom people live a long long long long time And so he's going to keep re-emphasizing it going over it and over it So people will know that everything in the feast of tabernacles you can read about in ezekiel 40 to 48 Uh, it talks about how god's going to reinstitute the passover the feasts that people will know that everything about what the jews did pointed to him everything pointed to him And throughout the millennial kingdom He will show them that he is the lamb It's a marvelous Marvelous night and this is what the lord does And so he tells them I'm going to do this But this is the last time it's done until The kingdom of god happens Takes the cup says verse 17 and when he had taken the cup that's given.

Thanks. That's the cup of thanksgiving He said take this and share it among yourselves He takes the cup the cup of thanksgiving as the leader of the passover meal He would talk about the goodness of god the mercy of god the faithfulness of god. Take this and share it among yourselves And then comes the transformation Then comes the transformation It says verse 19 And when he had taken some bread and given thanks He broke it And gave it to them saying this is my body which is given for You that phrase given for you is the most important statement in the new testament this bread Is my body which is given for you That phrase is the most important statement because it speaks to the substitutionary atonement of jesus christ our lord And therefore it becomes absolutely essential for us to understand He takes The bread he's going to bring an end listen he's going to bring an end to the old covenant He's going to institute the new covenant.

He's going to bring an end to all the sabbaths because Next week they meet on sunday See And they meet on sunday every day after that He's going to bring an end to all the rituals all the dietary laws all the ceremonial laws He's going to bring it into everything. They know except for the moral law because the moral law describes the character and nature of god himself That can never be changed But he's going to bring it into all the sacrifices all the rituals all the ceremonies all the dietary laws He's brought bringing the curtain down on all that on this night And that's why the temple in the temple at his crucifixion the veil that separated man From the holy prince of god was torn in two because now man has access To the prince of god because before this day israel needed a priesthood But after this day now believers in christ become the priesthood This is epic This is monumental To understand the upper room discourse and all that happens at this time in this transformation from the last passover to the lord's table the last passover its finality the lord's table and its priority because your spiritual redemption From the evil one is always more important than your physical redemption from egypt spiritual redemption always reigns supreme And that's why we celebrate the lord's table Because it's about our spiritual redemption He takes the bread He broke the bread listen The body of christ was not broken Okay in fulfillment Of the fact that at passover no bones of the lamb could be broken And not one part of his body would be broken based on the prophecy of the old testament and fulfillment in john chapter 19 Verse number 26 that no part of his bones would be broken because in order to be the selfless Sacrificial substitute there could not be a bone broken in the lamb of god He takes the bread he breaks off a piece of that bread And said this oh by the way deuteronomy tells us that the bread the matzo bread is called the bread of affliction Okay So he takes the bread of affliction And tells him When you ate the bread you thought of your affliction and now when you eat the bread you will remember my Affliction see that again Monumental because the bread of affliction now becomes the bread of substitution The bread of substitution This bread is my body which is given for you as christians We reject the doctrine of transubstantiation And consubstantiation you say whoa, how do you spell those?

I don't know. I try not to use words. I can't spell but we reject the doctrine of Transubstantiation in the roman catholic church that tells you that when you eat of the bread and you drink of the cup That it actually becomes the body of christ and it actually becomes the blood of christ We reject that because jesus never said that remember Christ is no more bread than christ is a plant when he said I am divine Christ is no more bread than he is Wood when he says on the door They're all symbols They're all symbols We reject the lutheran view which believes in the doctrine of consubstantiation That somehow in a spiritual way it becomes a spiritual aspect of the body of christ And it spiritually becomes the blood of christ.

No, it truly just simply is a symbol That Shows us how christ would be the one who would die in our place this bread Is my body which is given for you christ In his body held the bread the matzah bread the bread of affliction he held it in his hands He didn't become the bread He held the bread in his hands and used it as a symbol to describe for them exactly what he would do for them he would die as a substitute because There had to be someone Who would die? As a sinless sacrificial substitute For the forgiveness Of sins, that's what the passover pointed to and now he is fulfilling Everything that they had been doing for centuries By showing them that he is that lamb Given for them Monumental And then it says And in the same way He took the cup after they'd eaten Now that's the third cup.

There's only one cup that happens after the meal that is the cup of redemption Okay So he takes two things Out of the passover meal the bread and the cup the bread of affliction and the cup of redemption To show them that their affliction Is nothing compared to his affliction because he becomes their substitute And that their redemption that they have celebrated all these years about how they were delivered from egyptian bondage pales in comparison On how they will be delivered from eternal sinful bondage the forgiveness of sins So he says in the same way He took the cup after they'd eaten saying this cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood Every jew knows that all covenants were ratified by blood The life of the flesh is in the blood leviticus 17 tells us and so they know that all Covenants were ratified by blood.

This is the new covenant. What's the new covenant? Jeremiah 31 ezekiel chapter 36 every jew knew about the about the new covenant Because that was their anticipation the new covenant centers around the forgiveness of sins Their sins had been covered through sacrifice after sacrifice after sacrifice after sacrifice after sacrifice in anticipation of one final sacrifice that would come and remove all Sin all guilt because of that sin and it would be the substitutionary Sacrifice of the lamb of god based on genesis 22 when he said I will provide myself as lamb and Isaiah chapter 53 when it says that he was wounded for our transgressions He was bruised for our iniquities.

He would die in our place They knew that this is the new covenant In my blood And they would be able to understand from a very practical level Exactly What was happening? This is monumental As they sat and listened to what jesus had said You can only Be delivered from sin When the death of an innocent substitute happens second corinthians 5 21 he who knew no sin Became sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of god in him god treated christ On the cross as if he lived your life So that he could treat you as if you lived christ's life That's salvation That's substitutionary atonement.

That's righteousness imputed to you and to me This is amazing This is our salvation And christ is explaining How one Is truly born again How one can be set free from his? sins listen every jew in the old testament was saved by the new covenant every jew Every gentile who was saved in the old testament could only be saved through the new covenant He was the lamb slain before the foundation of the world Okay So we are saved in the old testament before christ died in anticipation Of the substitute we are saved in the new testament because christ died on the cross And believing in that substitutionary atonement Because christ saves all men Because god saves all men because his lamb would die for them That's how it happens and they looked In anticipation of that.

That's why god gave them the memorial And set it up the way he did So they would live in anticipation And that's why he has given us the lord's table So we can partake of the bread the bread of affliction to be reminded of his affliction that he would bear in his body your sin and mine and that we partake of the cup because it would be through that blood that was shed that that new covenant would Be ratified and we would obtain the forgiveness of sins And I wonder How many here today Understand that how many here understand that christ died for you He took your place He bore your sin in his body on a tree you say how can One man Bear the infinite eternal wrath of god on a tree for six hours Simply because that man is infinite He's eternal He is the god of the universe and the eternal god Can suffer your eternal judgment During that brief moment on the cross and provide for you the forgiveness of sins Let's pray father.

We thank you for today What a what a wonderful study To be able to somehow try to get into the room The upper room To listen in to observe to see to understand the magnitude of that night Our prayer father Is that if there'd be one here tonight here and here today Who has never applied? The substitutionary atoning work of christ on calvary's cross for them That today would be that day In jesus name Amen