The Blood Covenant

These are my notes that I used to record the radio program, "The Blood Covenant". When I enlarged the print the spacing was changed, but you can still understand the message.

Through the blood of Jesus we are now children of God and children of the faith.We are covenant people for Godmade covenants with His people and the Word of God isdivided into two major covenants. It would be more 
accurate to say the Old Covenant and the New Covenant 
rather than the Old Testament and the New Testament.  
Testament is an old English term which originated 
during the Middle Ages.
In Exodus 24:7 the law is called the book of the covenant “Then he took the book of the covenant and read in the hearing of the people”. 
In the Old Testament, the English phrase “make a covenant” is most often a translation of the Hebrew kārat berît, which literally means “cut a covenant.  A covenant was made by an act of 
cutting.  It is an agreement between two contracting parties 
and was originally sealed with blood.  Some semblance of a 
covenant rite has been found in all ancient writings and 
throughout all nations.  Do you remember the blood brother covenant the Indians would cut in the old Westerns? The 
problem is that our western culture really does not 
understand what this cutting of a covenant means. 
Therefore, we do not understand what Jesus did for us.
In Genesis 15 God cuts a covenant with Abraham.  Read the details of this blood covenant.  He has Abraham kill a heifer, a she-goat,  a ram, a turtle dove, and pigeon.  A blood 
covenant was always done over a dead victim for it was an
agreement stating loyalty to each other and the dead 
animals symbolize that the covenant-if broken-would be 
punishable by death. The dead animals also represent a
death to independent living and a coming alive to a new 
relationship. Abraham cuts these animals down the middle
into halves, except the birds,  and places each half opposite of the other.This represents the two parties and what will 
happen if they don't keep the covenant and the fate of the 
one who violates his obligation. After the animals are cut 
Abraham must protect the pieces cut for the covenant from 
the birds of prey even as the participants must forever guardthe covenant that they make with each other. After protecting the covenant animals God makes a deep sleep come upon Abraham and God alone walks the covenant as there is no 
way Abraham could keep forever the covenant and not 
keeping the covenant brings death. Only God Himself could perform without faltering the covenant He is about to make 
with Abraham.   It also shows that we have no part in 
performing this covenant.   As God walks the covenant there
is a blood trail from the two halves symbolizing being sealed with the blood and this blood brings new life.   God speaks His vow to Abraham and then tells  Abraham his part of 
keeping the covenant.  God more of the covenant to 
Abraham in Genesis 17.  God reveals more of Himself to 
Abraham's seed throughout the Old Testament  reminding 
them of the covenant he has made and what will happen if 
they don't keep their part of the  covenant and the blessings that will come upon them if they do keep the covenant. This blood covenant points to the covenant God makes with us 
through Jesus. This blood covenant was a foreshadowing of the covenant cut with the blood of Jesus and it is entirely by 
grace. We have nothing to do with fulfilling it.  
When a blood covenant was cut  both parties were saying 
everything I have is yours and everything you have is mine.
There was a mutual holding of goods, person, and strengths as well as weakness and debts.  Some have called this the great exchange.  
The covenant pledge was not just for the two parties but 
also for their unborn children.. their seed that was in them.  An example of this is found in the story of David and 
Jonathan and the covenant they cut.  They cut a blood
covenant and make vows and exchange goods. In a blood 
brother covenant a razor sharp knife was taken and an 
incision made at the base of the right hand.  The hands  
were then raised toward the sky and the blood trickled down. They would then say their vows, clasp hands, and their 
blood mingled as the two who once lived independent of
each other now died to their independence and became one. The scar would be carried with pride by both of them and as a reminder of the covenant they had made with each other 
of their unity and responsibility. After the covenant was 
concluded they would sit down for a simple meal  of bread 
and wine, and this was called the memorial meal, a 
memorial to the covenant.    Jonathan was a king's son and he gives David his robe, his armor, his sword, bow, and even his girdle. He is giving David all of his resources and all that he has. David makes a total commitment to Jonathan and 
he shows  this by calling Jonathan “his friend”.  This is a 
special title given to a Berith partner, a covenant partner.
Even though Jonathan had no children at this time, the 
covenant is forever and is also made with the children that
are “in” them and represented “by” them when they cut 
covenant.  You can study this in 1 Samuel 18. Years after 
this covenant is cut, Jonathan has a son name 
Mephibosheth.  Jonathan dies and Mephibosheth hides from David out of fear for his life as he is sure David will slay him.  Instead, because of the covenant David has cut with 
Mephibosheth's father, Jonathan,  David searches for 
Jonathan's son so he can give him what is rightfully his
based on the covenant and vows he has made with 
Jonathan.  It passes down to Jonathan's seed.  We were “in” Christ at the crucifixion as His “seed” and the covenant God made with us through the blood of Jesus is ours today just 
as the covenant made with Jonathan was still valid for his 
son, Mephibosheth, because he was in Jonathan at the time 
the covenant was cut. We are heirs to the greatest covenant agreement ever cut on this earth. We are given all the 
blessings and all the strength and character of God and 
God takes all our sin and our weakness upon Himself “in” 
Jesus.The sacrifices of Leviticus and the covenants of the old testament point to and find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ, the final sacrifice.  Jesus said in Luke 22:20,  this cup is the new testament or covenant ratified in My blood, which is 
shed for you.  Jesus was quoting Jeremiah 31:31:  Behold 
the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of 
Judah.  This is a new covenant because He had cut a formercovenant with Abraham.  Jesus was saying to us that he wassealing the new covenant by His blood when He took the 
bread and the wine, the memorial meal of a covenant, in the Upper Room.  In this case, Jesus made the vows and sealed the blood covenant with the memorial meal before the 
covenant of His blood was actually shed.   All other 
covenants were sealed by the meal after the blood was shed. In doing this Jesus is tying the two covenants together and showing that He is the fulfillment of the first covenant God 
cut with Abraham using the blood of animals and now this 
new covenant would be sealed and ratified in His blood 
making the need for animal sacrifices no longer necessary.  Jesus enacted an even better covenant sealed by His Blood and He carries the scars of this covenant on His body.  
When we celebrate communion, we are partaking of the 
memorial meal and celebrating our covenant cut and ratified by the blood of Jesus and His death on the cross.  
Throughout the new testament, or new covenant, you will 
find “in Christ”.  This is due to the covenant relationship.     We are now the seed of Abraham as Christ was THE seed of Abraham because we are “In” Christ.  In the amplified 
version Galatians 3:13-16 tells us: “Christ purchased our 
freedom, redeeming us from the curse of the Law by Himselfbecoming a curse for us, for it is written Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree to the end that through receiving ChristJesus, the blessing promised to Abraham might come upon 
the Gentiles, so that we through faith might receive the 
promise of the Holy Spirit.  To speak in terms of human 
relations, brethren, even a man makes a last will and 
testament, a merely human covenant, no one sets it aside ormakes it void or adds to it, when once it has been drawn up, signed, ratified, and confirmed.  Now the promises, 
covenants, agreements, were decreed and made to 
Abraham and his Seed, which are his offspring, his heir.  He, God, does not say, And to seeds as if referring to many 
persons, but, and to your SEED, your descendant, your Heir, obviously referring to one individual, Who is none other 
than Christ, the Messiah”.  Galatians 3:26 states: For “in” 
Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through Faith.   Verse 
29 states, And if you belong to Christ, are “IN HIM”, Who is
Abraham's Seed, then you are Abraham's offspring and 
heirs according to promise.  What does this mean?  In the 
cutting of the covenant God makes everything He is and has available to Abraham and His Seed.
When He cut the covenant with Abraham He made all of His resources and character available to Abraham and His Seed. We are His Seed by being “in” Christ Jesus.
To understand all this encompasses we have to understand Who God is and His attributes.  Throughout the Old 
Testament God reveals Who He is through His Names so we can look at His names and begin to understand His 
character and His attributes.   I researched the names of 
God and here are just a few:

El Shaddai= El is translated as "God" and is the most 
powerful name of God.  When used in conjunction with other words to designate various aspects of God's character it 
doubles the power.  Here it is put with Shaddai. Many 
believe Shaddai    is derived from shad meaning "breast" in Hebrew.  Some other scholars believe that the name is 
derived from an Akkadian word Šadu, meaning "mountain," 
suggesting strength and power. This refers to God 
completely nourishing, satisfying, and supplying His people with all their needs as a mother would her child. Connected with the word for God, El, this denotes a God who freely 
gives nourishment and blessing, He is our sustainer. Do we see this given with the new covenant also?  Yes we do.
Philippians 4:19= My God shall supply all your need 
according to His riches in Glory “IN” Christ Jesus.
Jehovah Rapha. Jehovah is translated as "The Existing One" or "Lord." The chief meaning of Jehovah is derived from the Hebrew word Havah meaning "to be" or "to exist." It also
suggests "to become" or specifically "to become known" - 
this denotes a God who reveals Himself unceasingly. 
Rapha(râpâ') means "to restore", "to heal" or "to make healthful" in Hebrew. When the two words are combined -Jehovah Rapha- it can be translated as "Jehovah Who Heals." 
We see this used at Exodus 15 where Gods says “I am the 
Lord Who heals you”.  We also see God revealed as our 
healer in Jer. 30:17 where He says He will restore health and heal our wounds, also in Jer. 3:22, Isa. 30:26, Isa. 53:4 &5 
and also Isaiah 61:1, and Psalm 103:3-Who heals all your 
disease   Jehovah Rapha is the Great Physician who heals 
the physical and emotional needs of His people.  
We find this in the New Covenant at Matt. 8: 17, “He Himself took our weaknesses and infirmities and bore away our 
diseases” and 1 Peter 2:24 , “He personally bore our sins in His own body to the tree as to an altar and offered Himself 
on it, that we might die, cease to exist to sin, and live to righteousness.  By His wounds you have been healed. “  Jesus 
took upon Himself all our sickness and gave to us all He is.  The Great Exchange.

Jehovah Jireh = Jehovah-Jireh is a symbolic name given to Mount Moriah by Abraham to memorialize the intercession of God in the sacrifice of Isaac by providing a substitute for the imminent sacrifice of his son. It literally means My God who sees and provides. He not only provides but He sees and 
knows our needs in order to provide what is needed. In the 
New Covenant look again at Philippians 4:19= “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory in 
Christ Jesus”.

Jehovah Nissi =. Nes(nês), from which Nissi derived, means "banner" in Hebrew. In Exd 17:15, Moses, recognizing that 
the Lord was Israel's banner under which they defeated the Amalekites, builds an altar named Jehovah-Nissi, the Lord 
our Banner. Nes is sometimes translated as a pole with an 
insignia attached. In battle opposing nations would fly their 
own flag on a pole at each of their respective front lines. This was to give their soldiers a feeling of hope and a focal point. This is what God is to us: a banner of encouragement to 
give us hope and a focal point. He is our victory. 
In the New Covenant=
Matthew 28:18-19= All authority, all power of rule, in heaven and on earth has been given to Me, Go then.. We see a 
transferrence of that Power and authority
2 Corinthians 10:4=For the weapons of our warfare are not 
physical weapons of flesh and blood, but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds.

There are many more names of God that reveal His 
character and attributes.   Jehovah Rohi, Jehovah Shalom, 
Jehovah Mekoddishekem, Jehovah Sabbaoth, to name a few 


We are the people of the covenant.  He has made all things 
that pertain to life and godliness ours.  He has redeemed us through the blood of Jesus and made us righteous to walk in peace and in health with Him.  
2 Peter 1:3-4 amplified=For His divine power has bestowed 
upon us all things that are requisite and suited to life and 
godliness, through the full, personal knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence- virtue.  By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and 
exceedingly great promises so that through them you may 
escape by flight from the moral decay, rottenness and 
corruption, that is in the world because of covetousness -lust and greed, and become sharers, partakers, of the divine 
nature.

If I were to tell you that someone left you a huge estate 
and you needed to come to an attorney's office to read 
the last will and testament to find out what someone left you, would you? We have been given the last will and 
testament, a covenant cut directly by God almighty 
through the blood of Jesus.  Study the Word of God to 
find out what our father God has given to us through 
this covenant ratified by the Blood of Jesus and search 
the scriptures that tell you what is yours by being “in” 
Christ Jesus and being His seed.

Are you an alien and living as an ambassdor?

We are to be aliens while living on this earth. You might ask, “What do you mean?”. The definition of Alien is as follows: residing under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there.

According to the Word of God once we accept Jesus as our savior we are a new creation and not a part of this world which would make us aliens to this world. The Word says we have been translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kindom of His light. We have changed our citizenship. We are told according to 2 Corinthians 5:20 that as a new creation, a new citizen, living on this earth, we are to be abassadors for Christ.

An ambassador lives in a foreign country and represents his country of citizenship and will some day return to his nation of citizenship. We have our citizenship in heaven and we are living in a foreign country= earth, and we are to represent our country, heaven, and will one day return there. My husband and I have visited many foreign countries and when you visit a foreign country you usually stand out. The way you dress is different, the language you speak is different, the way you think is different, you are culturally different. Do you stand out as being different, following another culture, or have you taken on the characteristics of this world's system? God tells us we are to follow His system and not that of this world. Our mores, our integrity, our guideline for life should be of God's system. Do you accept as good that which God says is evil. Do you do things just because every one is doing it and because society has accepted it or do you preserve yourself following God's Word? The world says there are no absolutes yet God's Word should be our absolute guide adhereing to God's absolute principles. People don't follow God's word as they don't want to stand out and be different. BUT that is exactly what God's word says we are to do! We are to stand out as being different. As this world system is rapidly changing in what it accepts as good and right we should stand out even more as aliens to this world's system belonging to another kingdom.

Does your way of life line up with this world's system or does your life line up to God's kingdom?

Romans 12:2 NASB
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Have you let society change what you think is good and acceptable and therefore no longer take a stand for God's teachings? Or are you allowing God's Word to change your thinking and through His Word and being empowered by His Holy Spirit take a stand for God proving by your actions and your words what the will of God is and showing the world what is good, acceptable, and perfect according to Romans 12:2?

I thought about this when I saw a friend's post on facebook that stated since divorce is now acceptable in our society why don't we accept and embrace the other things God says are sins? She was stating that it was time to discard God's teachings since society now says certain things are acceptable. God's Word is true and should be our standard. If God says he hates something we should not as followers of God and Jesus Christ embrace it. There are many attitudes that are contrary to the Word of God that Chrisitans are now embracing due to the culture of this land. God says to be an alien, a foreigner to this world's way of thinking and not to think and act like this world's system.

1 Peter 2:9 = But you are a chosen race, a royal preisthood, a dedicated nation, God's own purchased, special people, His treasure, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Remember we have been translated into the Kingdom of Light.

We are to display His virtues. I looked up the meaning of virtue and this is what I found:

1. moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.

conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.

Perfections of Him = a perfect embodiment or example of something.

a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of 

excellence.

We should be walking in moral excellence and goodness displaying the righteousness of Christ Jesus as his representatives. The Christian walk is not a spectator sport. You actively participate in being God's ambassador. You bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ which in turn changes your actions. The world tries to train your thinking and thereby changes your actions by what you learn at school, what you watch and see on TV, and the words on the music you listen to- which all go into your your mind and thereby change your actions. The world understands this is how to change a society. That's why it is so important to dwell on God's Word and train your thinking to line up with God's kingdom. You have a choice to feed your body, mind, and soul the things of this world and this world's thinking, or to feed your Spirit the Word of God and uphold His virtues in the way you think and act. We should look and act different than the followers of this world. People are trying so hard to confrom to this world so they look and act like everyone else, yet God tells us we are to be different. He has empowered us by the Holy Spirit to resist the temptations of this world, to train our senses to discern good and evil, to retrain our thinking to line up to His Word, and to be a light in this dark world.

Hebrews 5:14 & 15 amplified version = For everyone who continues to feed on milk is obviously inexperienced and unskilled in the doctrine of righteousness, (that is, of conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought and action,) for he is a mere infant-not able to talk yet! But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law.

Do you make it a habit to put into practice God's principles or the principles of this World?

We are a new creation revealing the image of God and releasing His power on this earth. If someone looks at you and is around you can they tell by your actions and your words that you are an alien to this world's system, a follower of Christ, whose citizenship is in heaven or do you blend in with this world?

The Weapons of our Warfare

This is the radio script for The Weapons of our Warfare:

God has given us powerful tools to use while a resident of earth. Paul tells in 1 Cor. 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds.

What are the weapons that we were given when we became a child of God and part of the Kingdom of God?

We were given the blood to declare our righteousness before the accuser.

We have been given the name of Jesus and all the authority it carries

We have been given the power of praying in agreement with the Word of God and able to make petitions before the almighty God

We can put on the armor of God to deflect the attacks of the enemy: Eph 6:10-18

10 be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].

11 Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully, did you hear that, successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. Not just some but ALL the attacks of the devil. God has given us armor to wear to be victor- ious against every attack and strategy of the devil.

12 For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotism, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.

There is a battle in the spiritual realm that we can not see with the natural eye but it is just as real if not more so than what we can see. It is a battle between the forces of evil – Satan and his regime, and the forces of God and His angelic host.

vs. 13= Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. James tells us a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), is unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything he thinks, feels, decides. We are not to be like that but stand firmly resting in God.

14 Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins, that is God's Word for John 17:17 states:

Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; for Your Word is Truth. Declare the truth, God's Word, over your situation not what you see or feel.

and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,

we know we are in right standing for Romans 5:9 states:

Therefore, since we are now justified, acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God by Christ’s blood, So we can stand knowing that we have right standing with God. Be sure that you come before the Father and are cleansed of any wrong doing before going into battle against the enemy so you don't give the enemy any place.

15 And having shod your feet in preparation to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news of the Gospel of peace. Peace meaning that we are at peace with God and in right relationship.

16 Lift up over all as a covering the shield of faith, upon which you can quench all- it didn't say some, it says ALL the flaming missiles of the wicked one. Heb 11:6 = But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him.

17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God. It says You Take. God does not do it for you. He has given you the tools and the weapons, but you must use the Word to defeat the enemy.

Salvation is the helmet you must wear as you must constantly keep before you and in your mind and in your thoughts that you have been redeemed, you have been translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. You must keep before you that you have right standing with God and you are NOW His child. It is not for some time in the future in heaven. The first battle we fight is the battle in the mind. Bring every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ. You must control what you allow to be in your thoughts which then dictate your actions. Only think thoughts that line up with the Word of God and what it says about you and about your situation.

And the most powerful tool is in verse 18.

18 Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people).

The majority of Christians do not even pray and yet it is our most powerful tool as we declare the Word of God and make petitions before Him.

According to Heb.1:14 we have an angelic hosts to help us:

Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation?

How do we put our angelic hosts into action.

Psalm 103:20 tells us that they obey the Word of God:

Bless the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His word. When we speak and declare God's word the Angelic hosts comes to attention and is then dispatched to carry out God's Word.

Accepting Jesus as your savior and acknowledging the cleansing power of His blood puts you in right standing with God. Take time to study God's Word to see what tools He has made available to you to live a victorious life while occupying this earth.

The Laver

This is my radio script for the Laver.

As a Christian you begin your walk as a baby but you are to study the Word and become mature. We live in an instant society. We have fast food, instant messages, instant this and instant that. The Christian walk begins instantly when you receive Jesus but the total transformation is not instant. Yes, there are times that God instantly takes away addictions and performs miracles, but most of the time it takes time and patience and is a process.

I find it very interesting that The laver was made out of the bronze mirrors the women brought with them from Egypt and they were used to reflect the outward appearance and used for vanity. They would use these mirrors to see their imperfections that needed to be corrected with make up and outward adornment and also feed the flesh with pride. Now these mirrors are being used to reflect what does not look like Jesus, and our bodies, which are now the temple of God, are transformed from walking out vanity to honoring God as we present ourselves through the blood of Jesus and are cleansed as we apply the Word of God and are transformed.

As you look into the Word as the priest looked at his reflection in the laver, it reflects the areas that you need to retrain to come into alignment with God's kingdom, His principles, and where you need to retrain your flesh.

The children of Israel wore phylacteries which contained the word of God on their forehead to keep the Word of God constantly before them and to remind them to obey it. The Word of God should always be in our thoughts and directing our actions.

The Word says that we can retrain our flesh to know the difference between good and evil. (Heb. 5:14) That comes through applying the Word of God to your life, renewing your mind to the Word of God, and bringing every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. When I look at Galatians 5 I see the list of the fruit of the spirit. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Since as a Christian we are to walk according to the spirit and not according to the flesh then anything that doesn't line up to the fruit of the spirit needs to be taken to the altar and then cleansed by submitting it to Jesus and putting it at the cross and receiving what God's word says about it. Galatians 5:19-21 lists the deeds of the flesh.

19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are:immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Just as you apply medicine for physical problems you need to take the water of the Word and apply it to any area of your flesh that has not submitted to the principles of the kingdom of God and has not been placed on the altar. The altar of sacrifice-the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross- and the water of the Word represented by the laver to cleanse us prepares us to go into the Holy Place and into the presence of God.

The lack of applying the word of God to our lives today has caused a spiraling down of morality and disentegration of our nation. The obvious results of not applying the Word to our daily lives has been the senseless crimes, murders, and school shootings. We no longer teach our children God's Word as the standard upon which we live our lives.

I have observed that when people get into sin and their behavior changes they change churches to one that has a liberal stand on their behavior and change their thinking about what the word of God states. Instead we should be applying the word of God to our behavior and changing our behavior.

Even Soviet President Putin stated “In many countries today-specifically targeting the West- moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased,” He also said “They're now requiring not only the proper acknowledgement of freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also the mandatory acknowledgement of the equality of good and evil, which are inherently contradictory concepts.”

He is right! We are now calling evil good and the liberals are calling good evil in order to be politically correct rather than Biblically correct.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, says “…. in terms of politics and morality, America no longer leads the world,”

The only answer is a return to God and a return to God's Word as the foundation for our lives. Begin today to make a decision to study God's Word and apply it to your life as your standard for what is right and wrong...instead of the world's opion for what is right and wrong.

The Altar of Sacrifice - Part 1

This is my radio script for the altar of sacrifice part 1.

Every part of the old testament tabernacle points to the finished work of Jesus. There was only one gate by which people could enter into the tabernacle courtyard. The gate was 30 feet wide. It was located directly in the center of the outer court on the east end. Jewish tradition teaches that the coming Messiah will enter Jerusalem through this very gate, the eastern gate. The one and only gate is a representation of Christ as the only way through which one could fellowship with God and worship Him. The children of Israel would walk through the gate of the tabernacle offering up thanksgiving and walk right into the altar of sacrifice. This altar was made of wood from the acacia tree and overlaid with bronze. Bronze in the Bible usually represents judgment on sin. This bronze altar was immense measuring 7.5 feet on all four sides, four square, and 4.5 feet deep. You could not go anywhere else in the taberncale without first stopping at the altar of sacrifice. This represents that you can not enter into the presence of God without Christ as your sacrifice. This altar was where the blood was shed and the sinner was pardoned. No matter how good a person was, without the shedding of blood there was no forgiveness. For a sin offering, a person had to bring an animal — a male one without blemish or defect from the flock or herd — to the priest at the tabernacle gate. The person was then to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it would then be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.” (Leviticus 1:4) By laying his hand upon the head of the offering, the person was identifying with the sacrifice. His sin and guilt was being moved from himself to the animal. Likewise, God made

Jesus who had no sin-without blemish- to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

The altar had four horns projecting from the top four corners and a bronze grating was inside to hold the animal. Horns were a symbol of power and strength in biblical times. When the sacrifice was made, blood was dabbed on the horns of the altar, signifying the power of the blood to atone for sins. In the same way, there is mighty power in the blood of Christ. Jesus is the “horn of our salvation”.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My

God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the HORN of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 89:26

We too must come through the gate of the tabernacle offering up thanksgiving and then squarely look at the face of the altar and see the face of Jesus taking our place, identifying with Him. Everything in the tabernacle was a shadow of the work of our Messiah, Jesus Christ. Once each year on the Day of Atonement=Yom Kippur (Lev. 16:1-19) the High Priest would take the blood of the bull and goat from the altar of sacrifice and go beyond the veil of the Holy of Holies and enter into God's presence by the blood and make atonement for the people. We are no longer required to offer up the blood of animals for Jesus was the final sacrifice and carried His own blood into the Heavenly Holy of Holies to make atonement for His people. Just as the Israelite identified with the animal being sacrificed we now are to identify with Jesus, seeing ourselves crucified with Him, and declare what He did for us. According to Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me. We are a royal priesthood that offers up the blood of Jesus and declares what God has done. (1 Peter 2:9) Hebrews 13:15 states, “Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

With the heart man believes resulting in righteousness and with the mouth he confesses resulting in salvation. Romans 10:10

We should look at the altar of sacrifice and declare what God has done for us through the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We can now rejoice in our wonderful relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. Romans 5:11

I have been justified which I have heard someone say it is Just as if I had never sinned. I Peter 2:24 tells me that Christ Himself bore my sins in His body on the cross, the I might die to sin and live to righteousness, for by His wounds I have been healed. redeemed me from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for me, for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a Tree. Galatians 3:13 Jesus took on Himself the curse that came on mankind throught the first Adam.

Romans 12 tells us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—as this is our spiritual act of worship. We are not to be conformed to this world's system but be transformed which is accomplished by the renewing of our mind by the Word of God. We should look at the altar of sacrifice and declare what God has done for us through the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Take time to study the word to find the scriptures that tell you what  Jesus shedding His blood and being the sacrificial lamb, the final sacrifice, means for you.

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.