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Monday, January 21, 2013

OUR HIGH PRIEST



 Gloria Phifer

            He enters the sacred curtains of Heaven.  Before His God, He presents the perfect sacrifice for sin…Himself.  The sins of mankind have been washed away, cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb.
            Daily He intercedes for us before the Mercy Seat of God.  He stands pure and spotless, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world.  The corridors of Heaven are undefiled with sin.  Only He could pay the price so that we can enter in. 
When He names our names before the Father, we stand forgiven because of Christ’s sacrifice for us.  Our garments, which were scarlet with sin, have been made white as purest snow.  Our own garments of self-righteousness, as filthy rags, have been replaced by the righteousness of Christ. 
We can enter boldly into the Throne Room of God, as we come into His presence, with our High Priest and Savior Jesus Christ.  Using the authority of the Name of Jesus, our requests are made known and honored by God.  We are welcomed as beloveds and as sons.  We are no longer foreigners or outcasts, but the Son of God has made us sons of the most High God.  What privileges we now encounter as God stretches out His scepter to us, the Scepter of Jesus Christ.  He bids us approach Him to pour out our longings unto Him and to rest at His feet.
            The God of the Universe has become our Father.  The Almighty God has become our all-in-all.  He has taken an oath by His own Name to meet our needs in this life and an abundant entrance into the eternal life, which He has prepared for us.  What joys await us there!
Hebrews 6:19 and 7:24-25

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

BREAD AND WINE

                                                      by Gloria Phifer


   Gen. 14:18-20 Melchizedek…King of Salem (peace) brought bread and wine to Abram.
He was the priest of the Most High God (Elyone) Possessor of Heaven and Earth.
This was a type of communion.

   Let's look at our High Priest at Passover…the night before He gave His life on the cross.

   Luke 22:14-20.. Jesus gave His diciples the cup of wine and the bread. He made a New Covenant…a New Testament. Not under the law but by grace and truth.  John 1:16-18
1 Cor. 15:23-26.

   Genesis 14:20.  Abram was told ..."The Lord has delivered your enemies into your hands…"
When Jesus gave His life as the Pure Lamb of God…His enemies were delivered into His
Nail Pierced Hands.  Jesus is The Lord of Glory. 1 Cor. 2:7-8, Col. 2:14-15. 1 Peter 3:18.

  When Jesus served the last supper…communion…He was demonstrating giving His life for us. Bread represents His body.  Wine represents His blood.

   What is interesting to me is in Gen. 14. Melchizedek served Abram bread and wine. In the next chapter Genesis 15  The Lord Jehovah made the covenant with Abram.(Abram did nothing...he was in a trance on the ground.) Abram accepted what the Lord did for him. 1st the type of Communion and then the Covenant. 

   Jesus served the bread and the wine at the last supper. The next day, He made a New Covenant by giving His life; His body and His blood for us. We are saved by Jesus covenant with us…nothing that we do. Only accepting what He has done for us.

  Jesus is The King of Peace and He is our High Priest.  He made the New Covenant with us and paid the price of giving His own life to pay for the New Covenant.

When we receive Communion we remember the New Covenant that He has made for us.

                                                    

COMMUNION