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Blood on the night in which He was betrayed
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you,
that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
first Letter of Paul to the church at Corinth 11:23 New English Translation Click here for other translations

Hear, O Isra-el

And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them.

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָֽד׃
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We suppose here (though possibly not specifically in celebrating this Last Seder) that JESUS at various times during His three-year leading of the Apostles routinely recited Scripture from their Jewish Bible to these Jewish disciples of the Messiah.

Excerpts to Bible Translations linked below from: NASB; Somali Bible; Orthodox Jewish Bible;The Westminster Leningrad Codex 
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Exodus 12:

Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt.. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to take a lamb for themselves, according to the fathers’ households, a lamb for each household.. Your lamb shall be an unblemished male.. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month,

then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight.

Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

They shall eat the flesh that same night.. and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Now you shall eat it in this way: with your garment belted around your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in a hurry—it is the Lord’s Passover.

For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and fatally strike all the firstborn…

The Lord’s Supper (Blood of a New Covenant)

and after he had given thanks he broke it and said,
“This is my body, which is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
first Letter of Paul to the church at Corinth 11:24 NLT + Click here for other translations

The Gospel of Matthew

“How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 16:11-12 NKJV

The New Covenant of Matthew 26: KJV

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

“This cup

is the new covenant

in my blood.

Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.” – 1 Corinthians 11:25 NET

διαθήκη + a covenant

the last disposition which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death, a testament or will

“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood. Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and

וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־הַדָּם וַיִּזְרֹק עַל־הָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה דַֽם־הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם עַל כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Shmot (Exodus) 24:8

בְּרִית

covenant, alliance, pledge
- between men
- between God and man
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant H1285 which I have made with them.
Deuteronomy 31:16 KJV

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, that is, Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Letter to the Hebrews of the Church, redeemed saints of the Messiah, 13:20-21 NASB20
April 14, 2022
Nazareth of Jesus – Rejected by your hometown
And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read..
Luke 4:16 NASB20

Teaching Scripture at your own Church

Is it the Nazareth of Jesus? OR was this ‘Son of Man’ someone from an OTHER place?

Throughout the Gospels [GOOD NEWS] we hear the Lord Jesus called ‘JESUS OF NAZARETH.’ And of course we know from Scripture that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, taken to Egypt by Joseph and Mary and finally settled in Nazareth after Herod’s death. So here in his home church (synagogue) Jesus is welcomed at first, but then rejected after reading Scripture and applying its truth.

And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him…

“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS..
“Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ears.”
Jesus Christ reading Isaiah in Nazareth

The crowds of Jews interspersed with gentiles had received Jesus well at first and initial reaction to the Lord at home seemed certain to confirm this local gaining fame throughout Galilee. So like the earlier prophets, Jesus preached with the authority of the Spirit of God.

From Nineveh to Nazareth

Last time we looked at the Prophet Jonah who was called to GO PREACH to the world of the gentiles in Nineveh. (Jonah would have loved to preach in his home church, but the LORD commanded him to preach repentance to those the Jews hated.)

Nineveh – Preaching to a cruel enemy

Taking the long view – Beyond Nineveh

“Is this not Joseph’s son?”

Yes, centuries before, Jonah finally relented to the LORD’s will and preached to Nineveh. Then THEY REPENTED!

Here in first century Nazareth however, Jesus will not be accepted for obeying the LORD’s will as the Son of Man reads scripture of an earlier Prophet Isaiah to Jews who thought they knew him.

“No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! All the miracles that we heard were done in Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”

But He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
Luke 4:24 NASB20

Nazareth – Preaching to an unrepentant Church

.. And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff..

What had been Jesus’ message to them?

REPENTANCE! The same preaching which the LORD commanded to Nineveh and here as Jesus points out, to Syria in the time of Elijah.

Scriptures

Isaiah 52-53

Original talkofJESUS.com post

Beyond Nazareth

from April 26, 2017 – Topic: Isaiah Prophesies a Far-distant Hope

Summer 2021 AD {Scriptural} Reruns
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July 13, 2021
God’s Personal Love -2 His Love of the Church
Jesus Loves the Church

If you picture Jesus’ Disciples as a blueprint of His church you will observe God’s love for the Church by Christ’s love of them. The Messiah Jesus had been with the Twelve for over two years when the Lord asked them about the crowds of disciples who followed them.

Matthew 16:

Also: (Mark 8:27–30; Luke 9:18–20 )

Jesus: “Who are people saying the Son of Man is?
- Various Apostles: “Well, some say Yochanan the Immerser,
  - others, Elijah;
  - and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Jesus: “But you, who do you say I am?”

Simon Peter:

“You are the Mashiach, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:16 Complete Jewish Bible – maw-shakh

Jesus: “Shim‘on Bar-Yochanan,” Yeshua said to him, “how blessed you are! For no human being revealed this to you, no, it was my Father in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it…

Jesus builds the church and defeats her enemy

It is a powerful prediction prior to Jesus’ crucifixion!

He will build HIS Church. Hell will not claim its dead sinners redeemed in His sacrificial Blood of God’s grace.

God’s enemy loves sin.

Man’s enemy tempts us away from our loving Lord God. Satan has prevailed in our death ever since man’s expulsion from the presence of the LORD in Eden.

Here prior to His Sacrifice, Jesus, who began the work of the church in His Personal love of the Apostles, tells His Disciples He will soon secure our salvation by His own human death on a Cross for our sins.

Peter and the Apostles will become the rock-solid foundation for a Church – an eternal Temple purified in Christ to be built after the Son of the living God leaves this world in victory over sin.

“Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 NASB20

Why does love even matter?

Quite simply, because God is love Personally, embodied in the Person of the Messiah Jesus.

Jesus loves His friends much!

We witnessed this most godly love in our introduction at the tomb of Lazarus and later Jesus shows this unrelenting Personal love to Simon Peter after His resurrection.

AND

Our Lord (if we really love Jesus as our Lord) commands His followers to love one another as He has loved us.

also love one another-John 13

God is a RELATIONAL GOD! And in Christ Jesus we know the Lord’s LOVE is PERSONAL.
Roger@talkofJESUS.com

We are connected in Love to our Lord Jesus and to each other.

Love, love and other loves.

So as not to immerse ourselves into a baptism of love feasts, I must define this love of which we speak, actually more than one love of which Christians speak in the context of Christ Jesus.

ἀγάπη – agapē

If you are a ‘christian’ raised in the church you probably have heard plenty of our first one: agapē or agapaō (Here’s a quick look.)

the Love noun of the church

Jesus said: “And because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love G26 will become cold.”
- Are you feeling that?
Even non-christians have noted this lack of love.

And you are probably familiar with this one *although the context is not romantic as it is often used emotionally in marriage ‘vows’.

Love G26 is patient, love G26 is kind, it is not jealous; love G26 does not brag, it is not arrogant.
1 Corinthians 13:4 NASB20 – Strings G26 – agape love
- How are we doing with this ‘love’ of others?
  - your neighbors,
  - your boss and coworkers,
  - parents of your child’s ‘friend’
  - or even someone at ‘church’?
ἀγαπάω – agapaō

the Love verb of the church

If ‘love’ as a nown is our expected godly response to others, then ‘love’ as a verb must become the actionble response of every ‘Christian,’ every saint of Christ’s church who claims Jesus as Lord.

Jesus answered and said to him,
“If anyone loves G25 Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love G25 him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
The one who does not love G25 Me does not follow My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
John 14:23-24 NASB20 – Strong’s G25 agapaō love

With ‘love’ as defined in English we have some confusion, not to mention misapplication of Scripture. There is, however, some overlap as you will see in this next quote returning to the context of Jesus and Lazarus from our introduction to God’s Personal Love.

(Now Jesus loved G25 Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.)
John 11:5 NASB20 – Strong’s G25 agapaō love

φιλέω – phileō

a verb of approval, affection & kindness

So the sisters [Martha and Mary] sent word to Him, saying,

“Lord, behold, he [Lazarus] whom You love G5368 is sick.”
John 11:3 NASB20 – Strong’s G5368 phileō love

And yes, phileō is the same verb the mourners used of Jesus when they remarked, “See how He loved G5368 him!”

The Lord Jesus loved his friend Lazarus, yet listen to what Jesus says just a week before He is to be crucified and die on a Cross for the sins of His ‘friends.’

“The one who loves G5368 his life loses it,
and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
John 12:25 NASB20 – The Messiah Jesus on phileō love, approving of our own life!

Jesus goes on counsel His followers (true Christians, faithful saints of the Church not approved by the world) concerning our opposition by many who refuse to love the Lord their God:

“If you were of the world, the world would love G5368 you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
John 15:19 NASB20 – Jesus Christ on why the world hates or does not approve of Christians who love the Lord and witness His love for the world.

The ‘door’ on the wall of worship

‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock;

if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

Revelation 3:20

Those whom He loves

We’ve heard it preached — Christians and those evangelized to come, if you will, to our gentle and compassionate Lord — we have heard this Scripture from the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John.

We like it. And we love this same compassionate Son of Man the Jews observe at the tomb of Lazarus when they say, “See how He loved him.”

Yet hear me, dear friend, and hear out the context of this compassionate grace offered to those who will obey Christ’s commands.

And just in case the Lord is speaking to you — in case the Lord refers to your church and ‘christian‘ friends of your church, please see the Scripture of Christ’s letter to a church through the Apostle John:

( I shared this on talkofJesus.com in our first year of witness in 2013.)

https://talkofjesus.com/time-is-near-laodicea/embed/#?secret=SsPa0SB2lZ“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot.
“I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot.

If in the year of our Lord 2013, “the Time was near for our Church,” certainly time has sprinted strides further in these last days of A.D. 2021 nearer the finish line of God’s glory.

Next time, we will talk of Jesus’ connection to the Church even after the deaths of all but one of His beloved Disciples. Here’s a preview from Scripture. We will begin with the Lord’s brother Jude then God-willing speak to the church directly. (Preview below)

Revelation 3:
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April 21, 2021