The Altar of Sacrifice-part 2

This is my radio script for the altar of Sacrifice.

Just as the Israelite was to identify with the sacrifice at the brazen altar we are to also identify with the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, the final sacrifice, the sacrificial lamb. Why did the children of Israel have to eat the entire lamb before the exodus? They had to totally identify with the sacrificial lamb. They had to ingest into their being the lamb that died in their place. They also had to put the blood from the lamb on the doorposts of their homes. When the angel of death saw the blood on the doorposts he passed over them when he slew the first born of Egypt which is why it is called passover. By ingesting the lamb there was not one feeble among them when they left and their clothes and sandals did not wear out the entire time they were wandering in the wilderness until they sinned 70 years later. Eating the entire lamb provided forgiveness of sin, healing for their bodies, and supernatural provision. The Israelite when he offered his sacrifice at the brazen altar knew of the testimony of the Exodus and understood what it meant to identify with the sacrifice. We are also told to identify with Jesus on the cross as our substitute and our passover lamb. The Jewish people were told to celebrate each year the Passover as an everlasting memorial. Jesus also celebrated the Passover sedar at what we call the “Last Supper or the Lord's supper as it was part of the Passover meal. In the New Testament accounts, we find reference to the First Cup, the Cup of Blessing (Luke 22:17); to the breaking of the matzoh (Luke 22:19); to the Third Cup, the Cup of Redemption (Luke 22:20); to reclining (Luke 22:14); to the charoseth (Matthew 26:23), and to the Hallel (Matthew 26:30)-all parts of the Passover sedar. Remember that Jesus and the disciples were practicing Jews. They knew and participated in the traditions and the celebrations that had been handed down from generation to generation. Therefore it was not recorded in detail in the NT

for any practicing Jew would understand what was being celebrated and what Jesus was saying.

During the “Last supper” the matzoh and the Third Cup are given special significance by Jesus: And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (Luke 22:19-20) Jesus was instituting the celebration of communion and tying it into the sacrifice of the passover lamb and the celebration of Passover.

The early Jewish believers in Jesus considered Him the fulfillment of the Passover lambs that were yearly sacrificed. Paul, a Jewish Christian who had studied under Rabbi Gamaliel, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early-1st century wrote, "Messiah, our passover lamb, has been sacrificed for us" (1 Corinthians 5:7). John in his gospel noted that Jesus died at the same time that the Passover lambs were being slaughtered in the Temple (see John 19:14) and that like the Passover lambs, none of his bones were broken (the others being crucified had their leg bones broken by the Romans to hasten their death —John 19:32, 33, 36). The idea behind all this was that just as the Israelites were redeemed from Egyptian slavery by an unblemished lamb, now men could be freed from slavery to sin by the Messiah.

When you partake of communion think of Jesus as the passover lamb being offered up and shedding His blood on your behalf. The Passover Lamb was a shadow of the unblemished Lamb of God, Jesus, and the Passover is a type of the Lord's Supper. When you partake of the bread it is not just a piece of wafer that you take. He said this is my body broken for you. The matzoh bread that was a part of the passover, and now a part of our communion service, was pierced and had stripes on it representing the stripes put on Jesus' back and His side being pierced for your physical healing. The disciples knew when Jesus said, Take eat, this is my body, He was imparting His life, health and wholeness to their bodies. They knew that taking the bread meant ingesting His health into their mortal bodies just as the Israelites ate and ingested the symbolic lamb at passover and were totally healed.

Through Jesus' blood and His body being offered up He not only gives us forgiveness of sins but provides for the healing of our diseases and our total well being.

The King James Bible says “Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows”, but the Young's literal translation of Isaiah 53 :4 says: “Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, and our pains He hath carried them”. This is stated again in Matthew 8:17, “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknessess”.

1 cor. 11:29-30 tells us that many are weak and sick among you because of not discerning the Lord's body while taking communion. Next time you partake of communion see Jesus on the cross as the perfect, sinless, lamb of God taking your place and mine as the final lamb of sacrifice and identify with Him giving His life in order to give you New Life, wholeness, healing to your body, and provision for all of you needs.

Bless the Lord o my soul and forget none of His benefits: who forgives all your iniquites, who heals all your diseases. Psalm 103:2-3.

Through Jesus' blood and His body being offered up He not only gives us forgiveness of sins but provides for the healing of our diseases and our total

I can change my thinking based on my experience, or I can change my experience by changing my thinking.

Hebrews 10:10 tells us we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Just as all of the children of Israel were healed when they ate the entire passover lamb, their substitute, Jesus healed ALL who came to Him. You have to believe that He wants to heal you and come to Him. He didn't heal everyone. He healed ALL who came to Him. The only place He didn't do any miracles was in His own home town because of their UNBELIEF due to their lack of faith.

Leviticus 17:11 confirms that "it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

Through Jesus' blood and His body being offered up He not only gives us forgiveness of sins but provides for the healing of our diseases and our total well being just as the Passover lamb provided as a shadow of the final sacrifice, Jesus.