Scan this using any QR code scanner app on your mobile device. Amplification and emphasis added. It's through the blood of Jesus that we are delivered from sin. And this is how the two representatives and those whom they represent (the many) become ONE in this blood covenant sense from that point forward. The blood of the New Covenant is redemption blood, a purchase price and ransom from the power of Sin and the Law. The ancient rite of cutting a blood covenant included seven steps, or pledges, and each has particular significance in defining the nature of the relationship being established. In the Bible the word `covenant' implies a binding agreement between two parties. The First Covenant was not brought in without blood. File name: T06_9_Steps_Covenant_Ceremony_wtp_20180502 pdf ppt. PLANT A MEMORIAL TREE: The cross that Jesus died on was the tree that the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled on and it still is a memorial of His covenant with us to this day. Remember the word that I said to you, A slave is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My Word, they will keep yours also (for what happens to your Representative also happens to you). Step 9 Plant a Memorial: The two parties plant a tree and sprinkle it with the blood of the animal to memorialize the covenant. As you study the blood covenant in Scripture, you'll find that the Old Testament blood sacrifices and offerings represented the blood covenant of the New Testament. You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father IN MY NAME He may give to you (for, IN Me, God is one with you). But God will never do that! July 10, 2022. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. Abide in Me, and I in you. STEP 1. What an exchange! By taking off my robe and giving it to you I'm symbolically saying "I'm giving you all myself. Dr. Jay Snell describes the covenant ceremony in Genesis 15 between God and Abraham. Basis of the Covenant (1st Step) The Cutting of the (Innocent) Animals (2nd Step) Coat Exchange (3rd Step) Weapon Exchange (4th Step) 'Way' or 'Walk' of Blood (5th Step) Covenant Cut (6th Step) Name Exchange (7th Step) Covenant Feast (8th Step) Conclusion Footnotes top^ I. TLV. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. Let us run with endurance the race set before us, focusing on Yeshua (The Last Adam, who, since we believers are IN Him, is), THE INITIATOR AND PERFECTER of (the obedience of our) faith. The meal included bread and wine, which represented the body and blood of the covenant partners. Each descendant must be told about the covenant and its requirements and know that this is part of his or her national or tribal and family legacy and identity. From that time on God was known as, "The God of Abraham". Australia. Series: Prophecy Conference 2022. The Gospels Amen. (Hebrews 13:20-21. Your battles are my battles. He offers to be his shield and His rewards. EAT MEMORIAL MEAL: I Corinthians 11: 23-26, "For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, `This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' They are also part of the inheritance of the families of those making the agreements. Para Vista (Adelaide) S.A. So beloved, the Blood of Jesus that was shed on the Calvary cross served two main purposes; it enacted the will of the covenant and it was the cleansing agent for sin. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point In Hebrew, God was called YHWH. This time it was God's only Son and not Abraham's. Eat the memorial meal. Some weddings will put out a red carpet for the bridal procession. Step 7 Exchange Names: Two parties become one by exchanging names indicating the exchange of personality, character, reputation, essence, and authority. He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you (the necessary Work has already been done by Me). We'll look at them today. Pastor Kyle Sutton. 0 mighty power of God, opening the way, into the holiest, and into our hearts, and into the New Covenant, where the Holy One and our heart meet! Because it is made and sealed in blood it is the most binding contract that can be made. God committed Himself to Abraham through those same pledges. Wisdom Literature In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.' Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. In the Covenant concept of two becoming one, men used to believe that the third finger of the left hand carried a nerve that went directly to the heart which is symbolic of life. Then I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth; for the first Heaven and the first Earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. As the cleansing away of sins was the first condition in making a covenant, so it is equally the first condition of an entrance into it. % They just went ahead and made that covenant. This awesome Blood Bond relationship will appear everywhere! We can look in on it starting in the fifteenth chapter of Genesis. They are taught to consider themselves to be blood brothers, extensions of their corporate Family and its set of values, responsibilities and obligations which are universally expected to honor and embody and pass forward into the future. Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love (You and God are One, therefore His Fullness is yours). The blood had the life of Christ, the life of the Spirit, in it. If something happens to you, your covenant partner will see to it that your wife and children are taken care of. To a Hebrew, the coat or robe represented the person himself; so when he offered the other person his robe, he was offering himself; even his very life itself. For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mysteryso that you will not be wise in your own estimationthat a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so (according to Gods Eternal Covenant ways) all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob. This is My (New and Eternal) covenant with them, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS! (Romans 11:13-27, Emphasis and Amplification added). God is Eternal. Pentateuch Until the soul sees, and desires and accepts, and claims the redemption and the liberty which has the blood of the Son of God for its purchase price, and its measure, and its security, it never can fully live the New Covenant life. Amplification and emphasis added.). The bloody remains of the split apart animals would have fallen apart to form a gory valley, which was at times called, The Valley of Blood or The Valley of Death. And so the bloody deaths of these innocent, Sin-less sacrificial animals highlighted the intense solemnity and far-reaching, Reality-changing consequences of what the representatives are about to do at this point. Historical Books Observations by previous generations from men like Henry Clay Trumbull, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone on the blood covenant. The world needed a second Adam. Pentateuch "The blood of the everlasting covenant. He died for you and me so we might have life and have it more abundantly. The penalty for that sin was death, spiritual and physical. This is another example of one of the steps in cutting a covenant, in covenant terms, it is called the Memorial Meal. If you abide IN ME, and My words abide IN YOU (that is, if you protect and maintain our Covenant Union), ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. Until we learn to form our expectation of a life in the New Covenant, according to the inconceivable worth and power of the blood of God's Son,-we never can have even an insight into the entirely supernatural and heavenly life that a child of God may live. The Old Testament Father fulfills all of His revelations, and His promises, and any obligation that the Covenant requires of Him. To find a compatible browser, please visit. And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. Bind them as a sign on your hand, they are to be as frontlets between your eyes, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates! (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 TLV. For God has shut up all (the children of the First Adam) in disobedience so that (through the Everlasting Chesed of the Last Adam) He may show mercy to all (all the way back to the First Adam). It is an agreement which spells out what each party should do. Emphasis added.). The penalty for violating a blood covenant is death! In the passage from Hebrews 9:15we read "For this cause Christ is the Mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance." This is a blood covenant, and can not be broken. On account of sin there could be no covenant between man and God without blood. P.O. God gave the Land of Canaan to Abraham, as the homeland of his descendants. Hidden mysteries lying in plain sight in the various covenants found throughout the Old Testament, including: The Edenic Covenant When two Hebrew males entered into a blood covenant they followed a very specific ceremony of nine steps. When the Jews contrasted Moses with our Lord Jesus, He spake: "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have not life in yourselves. Examples of how the concept of covenant has largely been replaced with the idea of contract in Western thinking. We respect your privacy and never share your contact information with anyone. He eternally IS! Meditation #3, Marching Orders for The Stephen Generation Stephens Awesome Secret Meditation #2, Even in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Marching Orders for The Stephen Generation The Invincible Light Meditation #1, Marching Orders for The Stephen Generation Introduction. And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants.". Step 2 -- Selection and Sacrifice: The selection of the covenant representatives and the cutting of the covenant sacrifice Step 3 -- Exchange Robes, Belts, Weapons: In many cases, the parties to the covenant would exchange robes, belts, weapons to symbolize their unity.Step 4 -- The Walk Unto Death: The two parties walk in a figure eight through the pieces of flesh making declarations of their allegiance to each other even unto death.Step 5 -- Blessings and Cursings: Two parties would declare the blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience associated with the covenant.Step 6 -- Seal of Covenant Mark: Often a scar would be inflicted upon both parties to remind them of their covenant.Step 7 -- Exchange Names: Two parties become one by exchanging names indicating the exchange of personality, character, reputation, essence, and authority.Step 8 -- Covenant Meal: A time of great celebration. The New Testament The blood of the Covenant, 0 mystery of mysteries! and of course, the New Covenant. The Lord forever keeps His own part (Psalm 89:34), but man is the one who always fails to keep his own part. God shake: "I have given you the blood upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul." Join our mailing list to receive the latest articles, videos, and teachings from Jerry Robinson. We have the circumcision of the heart. I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser (God is your Eternal Covenant Provider, Protector and Shepherd) Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit (God only deals with you on this 2 = 1 Covenant basis). If you read the Scriptures through Covenant Eyes, you will see that scarlet thread woven throughout every book from beginning to end. In God's covenant with His children, He promises to do certain things for them and they are in return expected to carry out certain instructions. 5 0 obj If we would enter truly and fully into all the New Covenant is meant to be to us, let us beseech God to reveal to us the worth and the power of the blood of the Covenant, the precious blood of Christ! Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Oh, the depth of the riches both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God! endobj Ephesians 6:13-17 "Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Pentateuch God said to Abram, Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. As one gives the other the cake to eat they are symbolically saying, This bread (cake) is myself and I am giving it to you to consume. 6 0 obj The tree then became a memorial to their covenant. And He gave that barren couple a son of their own, Isaac. To propose a toast at a wedding goes back to the 16th century when men would mix bread in with a cup of wine and pass it around for all to drink. ), A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You. Answering them, He said, Who are My mother and My brothers? Looking about at those (His disciples) who were sitting around Him, He said, Behold My mother and My brothers! Luke 22:20. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it, declares theLord.(Ezekiel 37:1-14), The Making of One New Man in Blood Covenant Relationship. Many scars meant many covenants cut and many friends to come to his aid if in trouble or threatened by an enemy. Here is indeed another of the spiritual mysteries of the New Covenant, which lose their power when understood in human wisdom, without the ministration of the Spirit of life. Minor Prophets 1620 A covenant is a kind of promise, a contract, a binding agreement between two parties. Old Testament Covenant Teaching Series Video Lesson #1. CUT THE COVENANT: Hebrews 10:14-18, "For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. A clean heart, first known and accepted by the same faith, apart from signs or feelings, apart from sense or reason, and then experienced in the joy and the fellowship with God it brings. The Mosaic Covenant The new covenant took place in the same area of the world and contained some of the same players. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, abideth in Me, and I in him." Here we see Christ, a descendant of Abram, standing in for Abram in the covenant procession. Johannine Writings Passwords should have at least 6 characters. 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