Rainbows & Blood Jeremiah 31:34 (S3-Episode #10)

Covenants were often sealed with blood.  A sacrifice was often associated with covenants to commemorate their seriousness. 

At the (His) Last Supper and (Our) First Supper, Jesus mentions the Blood of the Covenant.  1 Cor 11:23-27 calls it a NEW covenant.  Apparently, the temporary, imperfect, sin-represented covenant of Moses just didn't quite cut it.

The NEW COVENANT is beautifully described in Jeremiah.  There we hear of an indwelling God, with our hearts changed.  I will be their God and they shall be my people.  Wow!  Rainbows! Eureka! Jackpot!   Bingo!  BE WITH ME!  Where do I sign up for that?

Not so fast.  There is this sin problem we gotta fix first.  You cannot stand in unfettered fellowship with God when there is SIN between you.  You have got to get to "I will remember their sin no more" status.  So then, how do I get there?  You gotta have a perfect, one time, for-all sacrifice.  Of course that is Jesus...and His suffering...and His crucifixion...and His blood.

Then, the JUSTICE of God is satisfied by the Just sacrifice . Then we get the BE WITH ME.  We get unfettered, unencumbered access to God who now is written on our hearts. 

Do you see that we get the RAINBOW of relationship via the BLOOD of Jesus?  That is the "NEW COVENANT in my Blood" that is the essence of the Lord's supper.  The celebration then of communion is then both a PARTY and a FUNERAL. A Rainbow and Blood.  Listen please.  Subscribe and share please.