The First Blood Sacrifice
Scripture references are from Modern King James (MKJV) unless noted otherwise.
When Was The First Blood Sacrifice?
Gen 3:9-11 “And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? :10 And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself. :11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree which I commanded you that you should not eat?” The very first SIN
What is the remedy for SIN? Paul tells us in a nutshell in Hebrews. Heb 9:22 “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood is no remission.” …no remission of SIN
So what did the Lord do for Adam n Eve Gen 3:21 “And for Adam and his wife Jehovah God made coats of skins, and clothed them.” How did He do that?
Just imagine if you were Adam n Eve. And you see the Lord Himself kill an animal and skinned it in front of you! Simply because you disobeyed God and eat an apple! Imagine that! You have never seen anything as graphic and horrific as that. Then the Lord puts those bloody skins on you as clothing to cover you nakedness. These days we keep our meat production industries hidden out of public view. You can ask many people, “where does meat come from?” And they will probably say from the freezer section! But they have no idea how it gets into the freezer section!
Isa 53 :3 KJV “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
Isa 53:4 “Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.'”
What is meant by this? We hid our faces? Jesus we so disfigured he was
unrecognisable and a shock to look at. So they turned away so that they couldn't
see the horror. I knew a pastor who worked in a sciatic word. He saw a person so badly beaten; he had a rounded face like a basketball. So can you imagine
Jesus, and we know from scripture He had been beaten up, His beared plucked, so
his face was a mess. And He went through all of that, why? Because He loves
us.!
And “we esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God?” That is not correct, it says, “WE esteemed smitten by God” He was not smitten by God! Paul tells us in 2Co 5:19 “whereas God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself,” You hear all these silly augments; Can God Look On Sin? Or Did God Forsake Jesus On The Cross? You can open those links to see what I have side about those issues. God and Christ were together at the cross conducting the plan of salvation for all mankind for all time. In the same way Abraham was standing over Isaac ready to sacrifice Isaac just before God intervened. Gen 22:11 “And the Angel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens and said, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, Here am I. :12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad, nor do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.” Why would God ask Abraham to do something that God was not prepared to do Himself?
We have sanitized what Jesus went through. And he did that willingly for us.
The Last Supper
Let’s look at what Jesus said at the last supper. Luke 22:19 “And He took bread and gave thanks, and He broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is My body which is given for you, this do in remembrance of Me. Luke 22:20 “In the same way He took the cup, after having dined, saying, This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is being poured out for you.
Then what did Paul say about it?
Paul tells us that he received this from the Lord, possibly by word of knowledge. And he tells us that we should not take elements of communion lightly!
1Co 11:23 “For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; :24 And giving thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me." :25 In the same way He took the cup also, after supping, saying, "This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; as often as you drink it, do this in remembrance of Me." :26 For "as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you show" the Lord's death until He shall come. :27 So that whoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, he will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. :28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. :29 For he who eats and drinks unworthily eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. :30 For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and many sleep. :31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. :32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. :33 So that, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. :34 But if anyone hungers, let him eat at home, so that you do not come together to condemnation. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
I have put this together for a communion at our little home group meeting. I may not get the chance to present all of it, or maybe I can present it in two or three separate nights? Hope you have enjoyed this little talk?
Yours Adrian Deacon
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