Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
This is the blood of the testament which God enjoined is the declaration by which Moses ratified the Sinai covenant, naming the sacrificial blood as the blood of the covenant God had enjoined on Israel. That ratification came after the people heard the conditions of the covenant and again unanimously promised to do all the Lord had said and be obedient. Moses read the book of the covenant and sprinkled the blood on the book and on the people, thereby sealing their agreement to the covenant.
Part of the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled on the altar and part was sprinkled on the people. The blood on the altar signified that the people consecrated themselves to God in body, mind, and soul, and the blood sprinkled on the people signified that God graciously accepted them as His special treasure through the sprinkled blood of Christ. By this solemn service of sprinkling, Israel was set apart as God's people and sealed to God. The sprinkling of blood represented Jesus' shed blood, by which people are cleansed from sin.
The animal offerings of that covenant foreshadowed Christ's sacrifice, and when Christ gave His life on the cross the types met their fulfillment and the animal sacrifices lost their value. The old covenant at Sinai was ratified by the blood of a sacrifice, while the Abrahamic covenant was ratified by Christ's blood, and because Christ's blood was shed after the blood of the first covenant the Abrahamic covenant is also called the second, or new, covenant. Christ's blood ratifies the new covenant, through which those who receive Him become God's children and joint heirs with Christ and receive heaven's blessings for this life and the life to come. The bread and wine of the sacrament keep before each disciple Christ's infinite sacrifice for them as individuals within fallen humanity.
The Sinai transaction typified the covenant made between God and every believer in Jesus Christ, in which the conditions are plainly laid out and accepted with a promise to obey every obligation of the law. The blood is the seal of God's covenant promise. Jesus' promise signed and sealed by His own blood is the believer's only hope and stronghold.
This is the blood of the testament which God enjoined is the declaration by which Moses ratified the Sinai covenant, naming the sacrificial blood as the blood of the covenant God had enjoined on Israel. That ratification came after the people heard the conditions of the covenant and again unanimously promised to do all the Lord had said and be obedient. Moses read the book of the covenant and sprinkled the blood on the book and on the people, thereby sealing their agreement to the covenant.
Part of the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled on the altar and part was sprinkled on the people. The blood on the altar signified that the people consecrated themselves to God in body, mind, and soul, and the blood sprinkled on the people signified that God graciously accepted them as His special treasure through the sprinkled blood of Christ. By this solemn service of sprinkling, Israel was set apart as God's people and sealed to God. The sprinkling of blood represented Jesus' shed blood, by which people are cleansed from sin.
The animal offerings of that covenant foreshadowed Christ's sacrifice, and when Christ gave His life on the cross the types met their fulfillment and the animal sacrifices lost their value. The old covenant at Sinai was ratified by the blood of a sacrifice, while the Abrahamic covenant was ratified by Christ's blood, and because Christ's blood was shed after the blood of the first covenant the Abrahamic covenant is also called the second, or new, covenant. Christ's blood ratifies the new covenant, through which those who receive Him become God's children and joint heirs with Christ and receive heaven's blessings for this life and the life to come. The bread and wine of the sacrament keep before each disciple Christ's infinite sacrifice for them as individuals within fallen humanity.
The Sinai transaction typified the covenant made between God and every believer in Jesus Christ, in which the conditions are plainly laid out and accepted with a promise to obey every obligation of the law. The blood is the seal of God's covenant promise. Jesus' promise signed and sealed by His own blood is the believer's only hope and stronghold.