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Pastor Scotty has taken some time off and asked me if I would teach today.

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And just to let you in on a little secret for, I taught this same study a year and a half ago on a Wednesday night.

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And I've been carrying it in my truck, in the back seat of my truck for a year and a half now.

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I always carry, listen I work with Scotty, I always carry an emergency sermon in the back of my truck with me.

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And so today I'm going to teach this. It's on the four cups of the Passover.

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And it's going to connect the four cups of the Passover with the wedding feast,

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the marriage supper of the Lamb that we see in Revelation.

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And on our way there we're going to stop in the Gospel of Luke.

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And we're going to be starting in Exodus chapter 6.

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If you want to make your way to Exodus chapter 6, that's where the four cups of the Passover begin.

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But I better pray before we get started.

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Father God, Lord, thank you so much for this day and thank you for those in attendance.

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We pray, Father God, that you would be with us today as we read your word, Lord.

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Your word is truth. We do love you. We praise your holy name.

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That's why we gather together like this, to worship you, Father God, because we love you.

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And we do ask, Father God, that through the power of your Holy Spirit,

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you would convict the hearts of those that are here today that have not yet surrendered to you, Lord,

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that today would be the day of salvation for them. Amen.

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So as we head into Exodus chapter 6, I'm going to give you a little history heading up to that.

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Around 1880 to 1900 BC, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, around 70 people,

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ended up in Egypt because there was a severe famine in the land.

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To escape the famine, they go to Egypt where, by God's providence, they reunite with their brother Joseph,

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who, by the way, is the second most powerful man in Egypt at that time under Pharaoh,

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because he was Pharaoh's right-hand man.

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But Pharaoh dies, and a new king arises over Egypt, and he doesn't know Joseph.

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So the new Pharaoh comes into power, feels threatened by the Israelites.

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Pharaoh is afraid of them because they might join up with his enemies and fight against him.

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You see, the Israelites were blessed by God.

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They were very fruitful, increased abundantly, grew exceedingly mighty,

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and the land was filled with them.

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So the Egyptians, being afraid of them, made the children of Israel slaves.

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They were enslaved into hard labor and held captive for over 400 years.

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And by the way, that was foretold in Genesis 15, 13, when God told Abram,

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"Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs

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and will serve them, and they will afflict them for 400 years."

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That was fulfilled.

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Over the years, that original group of 70 Israelites grew in number to several million people.

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Some estimate there was 3 million people.

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And the Israelites cried out to God, and God heard their groaning,

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remembered his promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

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and raised up a deliverer, Moses, to set the people free

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so that they can serve God, so they can worship God.

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So Moses confronts Pharaoh and says, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel,

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'Let my people go.'"

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But Pharaoh would not listen.

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Listen to how Pharaoh replies in Exodus 5.

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Pharaoh says, "Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel go?

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I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go."

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Exodus chapter 6. I'm going to start in--I'm going to go back to chapter 5, verse 22.

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"So Moses returned to the Lord and said, 'Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people?

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Why is it you have sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name,

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he has done evil to this people, neither have you delivered them at all.

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Ever since I came to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has done evil.

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Besides, you haven't even delivered them.'"

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So Exodus chapter 6, and this is where it all begins, verse 1.

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"Now the Lord said to Moses, 'Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh.

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For with a strong hand, he will let them go, and with a strong hand, he will drive them out of his land.'

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And God spoke to Moses and said to him, 'I am the Lord.

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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty.

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But by my name, Lord, or Yahweh, I was not known to them.

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I have also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan,

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the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.

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And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, I haven't forgot about them,

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whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.'"

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Now, in verse 6 through 8, I want you to listen.

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There are 7 statements, 7 "I will" statements.

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And also, if you will notice, in verse 2 he starts out, "I am the Lord,"

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and in verse 8 at the end he says, "I am the Lord."

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He begins and ends, "I am the Lord, I am Yahweh."

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But in verse 6 through verse 8, you're going to hear 7 "I am" statements.

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And also in here, this is where we get the 4 cups of the Passover,

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and I will explain that right after I read it.

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"Therefore say to the children of Israel, 'I am the Lord.

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I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm

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and with great judgments. I will take you as my people, and I will be your God.

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Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God,

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who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

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and I will give it to you as a heritage. I am the Lord.'"

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This is where we get the 4 cups of the Passover by 4 promises that he made in there.

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The 4 cups of the Seder are taken in remembrance,

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or the 4 cups of the Passover are taken in remembrance of the promises made by God

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to His chosen people that we just read in Exodus 6, 6 and 7.

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During the Passover meal, or during the Seder,

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they would drink 4 cups to remember the 4 promises of God.

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The first cup we see in verse 6, "I will bring you out."

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This is the cup of sanctification.

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"I will bring you out from under the burdens, or the yoke, of the Egyptians."

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When the Israelites were taken out of Egypt, they were set apart from other people.

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The second cup, the cup of deliverance, again in verse 6,

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"I will rescue you. I will free you from being slaves to the Egyptians."

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And the third cup, the cup of redemption, verse 6,

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"I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment."

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Redemption, for us, to be redeemed is to be freed or delivered from sin.

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And the fourth cup, in verse 7, "I will take you as my own people and I will be your God."

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Remember in verse 1, God said, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh."

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So God releases the first 9 plagues out of 10 to wear Pharaoh down.

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But Pharaoh still refuses.

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So let's look at the 10th and final plague, the death of the firstborn.

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Turn to Exodus chapter 12.

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This is right after the 9th plague.

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And oh, by the way, the 9th plague was darkness.

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And he explains it in Exodus chapter 10, verse 21.

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It's a darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness which may even be felt.

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Can you imagine in your imagination a darkness so dark that you can feel it?

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Exodus chapter 12.

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The Passover is instituted.

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"Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 'This month shall be your beginning of months.

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It shall be the first month of the year to you.

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Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month'" remember that date,

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"'every man shall take for himself a lamb according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.

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And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house

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take it according to the number of the persons according to each man's need.

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You shall make your count for the lamb.'"

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Verse 5, "Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year," remember that.

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"You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

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Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the month."

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Remember that.

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"The whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

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And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses

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where they eat it."

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Verse 8, "Then they shall eat the flesh on that night, roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs.

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They shall eat it."

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Go down to verse 11.

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"And thus you shall eat it, with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.

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So you shall eat it in haste.

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It is the Lord's Passover."

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And oh, by the way, if he's telling you to eat with your belt on your waist and your sandals on your feet

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and your walking staff in your hand, you better be ready to go.

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It is the Lord's Passover.

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Verse 12, "For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and I will strike the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

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both man and beast, and against all the gods," small letter G, "of Egypt, I will execute judgment.

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I am the Lord.

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Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are.

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And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you

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when I strike the land of Egypt.

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So this day shall be to you a memorial, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations.

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You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance."

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Go down to verse 21.

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"Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families,

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and kill the Passover lamb.

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And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin,

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and strike the lentil in the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin.

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And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.

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For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lentil and on the two doorposts,

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the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.'"

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Go down to verse 29.

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It's go time.

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"The tenth plague, the death of the firstborn, and it came to pass at midnight

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that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

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from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive

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who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.

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So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians.

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And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one that was dead.

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Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said, 'Rise, go out from among my people,

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both you and the children of Israel, and go serve the Lord as you have said.

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Also take your flocks and your herds as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also.'"

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After all that he asks for a blessing.

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That just strikes me as pretty funny.

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Actually he did it two other times.

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Pharaoh did it in chapter 8, verse 28, and in chapter 10, verse 16.

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I want you to notice something here.

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Remember in chapter 6, verse 1, the Lord said, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh.

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Pharaoh will let them go.

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Pharaoh will drive them out of his land, promise fulfilled."

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Then one more in chapter 13, verse 3.

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"And Moses said to the people, 'Remember this day, which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

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for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out of this place.'"

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Notice again, remember Exodus chapter 6, verse 6.

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"I am the Lord, I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, promise fulfilled."

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Okay, now let's fast forward 1400 years.

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Go to Luke chapter 22.

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Luke 22.

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Before we get started in Luke, I just want to do some Old Testament, New Testament comparisons that we just read.

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In the Old Testament, you remember those dates I told you to remember?

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In the Old Testament, the Lamb was selected on the 10th of Nisan.

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Jesus was selected or presented on the 10th of Nisan when he rode into Jerusalem.

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And the people cried out, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."

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That was on Palm Sunday. Remember?

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How many of you were here for Palm Sunday?

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Where were the rest of you at? What were you doing?

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Oh, Costa Rica. Oh, that's right.

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In the Old Testament, the Lamb was to be in the prime of life, one year old.

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Jesus died in the prime of his life.

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In the Old Testament, the Lamb was to be without defect.

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Jesus was without defect, free of sin.

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In the Old Testament, the Lamb was to be sacrificed on the 14th of Nisan at twilight, between 3 and 6 p.m.

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And Jesus was crucified on the 14th of Nisan and died at 3 p.m. Roman time.

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In the Old Testament, the bread was to be unleavened.

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Leaven is a sign, is a picture of sin.

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Jesus, the bread of life, was without sin.

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In the Old Testament, the Lamb was to have no broken bones.

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And Jesus was crucified and not a bone was broken.

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Passover past, through Moses, commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from slavery.

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Passover present, through Jesus, commemorates our deliverance from the slavery of sin to all who believe.

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Luke chapter 22, verse 14, Luke 22, 14.

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When the hour had come, Bible students, what hour is that?

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Sundown, it would be sundown.

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Passover begins at sundown.

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But if you answered the cross, you would also be correct, because his hour has come, he's going to the cross.

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When the hour had come, he sat down and the twelve apostles with him.

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Then he said to them, in verse 15,

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"With fervent desire, I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer."

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Notice the way that reads.

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The hour had come, it's sundown, marking the beginning of Passover.

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And with fervent desire, he's eager, he can't wait for this Passover.

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There's something different about this Passover.

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Jesus wanted to prepare them for what was coming,

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and he was also eager as it was his hour, it was his hour to go to the cross.

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Remember Luke 9, verse 51, when he steadfastly set his face like a flint towards Jerusalem?

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And Hebrews 12, verse 2, reminds us that for the joy that was set before him,

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he endured the cross, despising the shame as it has set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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For the joy that was set before him.

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Matthew and Mark record that Jesus and his disciples sang hymns

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when they left the upper room, heading to the Mount of Olives.

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Jesus would be heading to the cross later that day,

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singing hymns for the joy that was set before him.

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But this Passover, he didn't say "the Passover,"

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he's been going to the Passover his whole life.

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Luke 2, verse 41 says that Joseph and Mary, every year, would go to the Passover

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and they would take Jesus with them.

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And I think that was the time when he was 12 years old and he stayed behind in Jerusalem

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because he had to be about his father's business, remember that?

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But this Passover, see, he doesn't say "I couldn't wait to eat the Passover,"

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he says "this Passover, there's something different about this Passover, there's something new."

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Oh, for the joy that was set before him.

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Verse 16, "I will no longer eat of it, for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it

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until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

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Verse 17, "And he took the cup," this would be the first cup, the cup of Thanksgiving,

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you remember Exodus chapter 6, those four cups?

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This would be the first cup of the Passover, the cup of Thanksgiving.

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It's not recorded, but during the meal they would take the second cup.

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"Then he took the cup, gave thanks," verse 17, "take this and divide it among yourselves,

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for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."

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That was verse 18.

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"I will not drink of the fruit until the kingdom comes."

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Verse 19, "Then he took the bread, gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it to them, saying,

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'This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'"

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And that glorious third cup, verse 20, "Likewise he also took the cup after supper."

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How do we know it's the third cup?

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Because it was after supper, it was during supper that they would drink the first two cups.

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"Likewise he also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

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which is shed for you.'"

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The new covenant.

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After supper, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you."

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This is new, this is different.

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Matthew 26, 28 records the same thing.

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"This is my blood of the new covenant."

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Mark 14, 24, "This is my blood of the new covenant."

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This is new, this is different, this is better.

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Jesus is better, it's all about Jesus.

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Just doing a survey of Hebrews, Jesus is a better name, Jesus is better than Moses,

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he's a better rest, through a better covenant, in a better sanctuary, and by a better sacrifice.

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Luke 24, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer

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and to rise from the dead on the third day, in my blood which is shed for you."

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This is a monumental transition.

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This is a moment in time.

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This is the last supper.

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This ends Passover.

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This is the final Passover.

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Here we have the final Passover, and here we have the first communion.

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This brings an end to the entire Old Covenant.

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This is the end of the whole ceremonial law.

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It's a moment in time.

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Christ came to fill the law, fulfill the law, remember?

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Starting at this moment in time, there's no more sacrifices, no more altars,

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the priesthood finished.

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When Jesus, Jesus is our high priest.

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When Jesus died on the cross, the veil in front of the holiest of all was torn in two,

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and now we can boldly come to the throne of grace.

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Amen.

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It's all about Jesus.

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For 1,400 years, the Jews celebrated Passover.

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The third cup represented Exodus chapter 6, verse 6.

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"I will redeem you with an outstretched arm."

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But this Passover, this night, just hours away from the cross,

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Jesus transformed the third cup into a cup of remembrance, Matthew 26, 28.

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He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to his disciples, saying,

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"Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant."

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Jesus transformed the third cup into what we call communion today.

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Do this in remembrance of me.

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God likes to use symbolism to help us comprehend the things of the Spirit.

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In communion, the bread and the cup reveal a sacred mystery.

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Brought into the light, the life, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ,

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our Passover lamb, our Redeemer, our Savior.

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As we take communion together, we are celebrating our common salvation we have in Christ

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through his sacrifice on the cross, his cross.

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Do this in remembrance of me.

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That night, just hours away from the cross,

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Jesus took the first two cups in the traditional way.

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The cup of sanctification, cup number one.

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The cup of deliverance, cup number two.

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Deliverance from judgment, from plagues.

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But this is new, cup number three.

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The cup of redemption, the cup of blessing.

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This is the cup that we drink during communion.

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Listen to Paul in 1 Corinthians 10, 16.

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"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?

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The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?"

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But what about that fourth cup?

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The cup of restoration, the cup of praise.

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Remember Exodus 6, 7.

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"I will take you, I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God."

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For the future, salvation that is guaranteed by Christ's blood

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and will be fully consummated at his return.

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Matthew 26, 29. This is Jesus.

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"But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on

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until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

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In the future.

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When a man desired to marry a woman in ancient Israel,

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he would prepare a contract.

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The most important part of the contract was the price for the bride.

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The price the man was willing to pay for the bride.

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To marry the woman.

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If the price for the bride was agreeable to the woman's father,

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the man would pour a cup of wine for the woman,

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hand the cup of wine to the woman,

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and if the woman took the cup and drank from the cup,

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it would indicate her acceptance of the proposal.

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And church family, do you know, I'm sure you do,

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that we are the bride of Christ?

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The church is the bride of Christ?

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Let's talk about the church and the bride of Christ.

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I'm going to read out of Ephesians chapter 5, verse 25 through 32.

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Husbands, you need to memorize verse 25.

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Yes, you do. I did.

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Husbands, and as I read this, I want you to notice that church is mentioned four times.

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Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

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that he might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, the Bible,

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that he might present her to himself a glorious church,

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not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing,

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but that she should be holy and without blemish.

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So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.

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He who loves his wife loves himself, for no one ever hated his own flesh,

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but nourishes it and cherishes it just as the Lord does the church.

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For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

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and the two shall become one flesh.

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This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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We are the body of Christ. We are the bride of Christ.

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I'm going to go to Revelation now.

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I'm still talking about the fourth cup, okay?

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The marriage supper of the Lamb, Revelation chapter 19, verses 7 to 9.

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"Let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory,

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for the marriage of the Lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready.

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And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright,

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for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

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Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.

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Let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory,

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for the marriage of the Lamb," that's Christ, "has come,

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and his wife," the church, "has made herself ready.

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There is coming in the future a great feast,

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the marriage supper of Jesus Christ, our Passover Lamb,

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and his bride, the church."

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And may I say, you are a nice-looking bride. Yes, you are.

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So what about that fourth cup?

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Jesus did not drink from the fourth cup or offer it to his disciples.

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It is that cup, the cup of restoration, that he said he would not drink from until his return.

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It is then that all believers will be fully restored.

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It is then that the fourth promise will be fulfilled.

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It is then that the trumpet will sound and God will tell his Son,

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'Go get your bride.'

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It is then that we will be fully and completely his people

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and enter into the promised land forever."

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Amen?

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It's coming.

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Could it be, listen to this, could it be that this fourth cup fulfills his promise

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that he will return to us?

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John chapter 14, verse 3, this is Jesus,

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"And if I go and prepare a place for you," here's an "I will" statement,

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"I will come again and receive you to myself,

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that where I am you will be also."

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If that sounds familiar, listen to way back in Exodus chapter 6, verse 7, that fourth cup.

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"I will take you as my own people." Remember? God said that.

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"I will take you as my own people."

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John 14, "I will come again and receive you to myself.

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I will take you as my own people."

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I hesitate whether to share this paragraph.

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This is just my imagination, this part here.

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But could it be that as we enter into his kingdom, he hands us that fourth cup?

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And as we receive the cup, remember the ancient wedding?

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As we receive the fourth cup, he says to us,

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"Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Lord.

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Look forward to that day."

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Today would be a good day for that.

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You still with me?

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Keep talking.

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I'm so thirsty. Can you see how the four cups...

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Can you see how the four cups of the Passover are connected to the marriage supper of the Lamb

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that we read about in Revelation?

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Can you see how Jesus transformed the third cup of Passover into something better, much better?

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And can you see the price that Christ was willing to pay for his bride?

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Can you see the price that Christ was willing to pay for you?

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Can you see the gospel message in this story?

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Cup one, sanctification in Christ.

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To be sanctified is to be set apart, set apart for God's purposes.

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We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all, Hebrews 10.

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Just like the Israelites were set apart to serve God, to worship God,

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we are set apart to serve God, to worship God.

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Cup number two, deliverance in Christ.

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It is an act of God.

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We are rescued from bondage. Deliverance.

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In Christ we are delivered from slavery to sin.

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Sin is slavery.

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It's evil.

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Remember Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6.13, "Deliver us from the evil one."

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It's deliverance.

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So what has a hold of you? What secret sin are you hiding?

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Maybe it's works-based religion. We have a lot of that in this community.

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You can't work your way into heaven. It's a free gift.

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Has Christ delivered you?

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Cup number three, redemption. Talking about the gospel message.

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Cup number three, redemption.

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The cup of redemption in Christ.

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Listen to, turn to Ephesians again. Ephesians chapter 1, verse 7.

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Cup number three, redemption.

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In Him we have redemption.

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Through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

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It is a free gift, which He made toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

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having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure,

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which He purposed in Himself.

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That in the dispensation of the fullness of the times, the future,

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He might gather together in one all things in Christ.

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I will come again and receive you to myself. John 14.

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All things in Christ, both which are in heaven, that where I am you may be also. John 14.

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And which are on the earth in Him. In Christ. Verse 13.

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In Him you also trusted after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.

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The gospel message.

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In whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession,

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the price that Christ was willing to pay for His bride, the purchased redemption,

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or possession, to the praise of His glory.

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And that cup number four, restoration in Christ.

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Acts chapter 3, Peter's sermon on repentance.

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Repent therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out,

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so that the times of refreshing in the present, you can have this today,

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the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

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and that He, God, may send Jesus, go get your bride, Jesus Christ,

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who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive

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until the times of restoration in the future of all things,

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which God has spoken by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began.

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I'll finish in Revelation chapter 21, verse 2.

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"Then I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men,

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and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people.

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God Himself will be with them and be their God.'"

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In church family, here's the blessed hope.

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"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

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There shall be no more death, no more sorrow, nor crying.

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There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."

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Hallelujah.

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"Then He who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.'"

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These words are true and faithful. Amen?

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We're going to end with communion.

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You all have your communion elements, I hope.

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And who takes communion? Those who have made a profession of faith in Christ.

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This is for the believers.

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If you confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, if you've been born again,

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this communion is for us.

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But before, I want you to hold the bread before the Lord.

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But before we take this, we don't want to come to the Lord's table in an unworthy manner.

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Before we take this, I would ask that you close your eyes and bow your heads

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and examine yourself for just a few moments.

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What you want to do is, in the stillness of your heart and the stillness of your mind,

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pray to God, confess your sins to Him before we take communion.

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If you have any unconfessed sin, you want to make sure and get right with God

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before you eat at the Lord's table.

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So let's just take a moment.

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Let's hold the bread before the Lord.

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At the Last Supper, Jesus said, "Take, eat. This is my body which is given for you.

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Do this in remembrance of me."

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Let's take the bread in remembrance of Jesus.

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In the same manner, He also took the cup after supper, saying,

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"This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

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This do, as often as you drink it in remembrance of me."

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Let's take the cup.

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I'm going to ask the worship team to come forward.

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And during this last song, I'm going to ask the prayer team to come up.

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They're going to be up in this corner up here.

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If you have never surrendered to Jesus Christ and made Him your Lord and Savior,

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today is the day of salvation.

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Today is the day you want to come forward.

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Come up. Talk to our prayer team.

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If you have any prayer needs at all, come up and be prayed for.

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If you want to surrender your life to Jesus Christ, talk to them.

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Ask them questions and be saved.

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Be saved today. Don't wait another day.

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God is holy, and we have fallen short of His perfect standard.

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Our sin separates us from a holy God.

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In Romans 3.23, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son

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that whoever should believe in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.

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And call out to God, "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

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Come up and be prayed for.

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Give your life to Christ. You'll never regret it. Amen?