Day 126
Exodus 24:8
"Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words."
Moses read the words of the covenant God made with Israel. A covenant is an agreement between two parties. The people heard their part and God's part. They told Moses they would be obedient and do all God instructed them to do. That meant they were accepting the covenant. Moses then sprinkled the blood of the covenant on them, indicating that the agreement was then in force.
The covenant could not be established without blood. Once the blood was applied, the covenant was irreversible - it was sealed forever. If we grasp this concept, it will be easier for us to understand the integrity of God's Word. God finalized the words of the Old Covenant with blood, and He performed everything He promised. In the part of the world where these things took place, blood was the most powerful symbol in making a covenant. Since the Old Covenant was sealed with the blood of the animals and God did not alter one word, how much more secure is the New Covenant, which was sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ?
Jesus promised His disciples many things before His departure. He said He would not leave them comfortless, but would send the Holy Spirit. He assured them that He would return for them, and they would be where He was. They were promised supernatural power to carry on His work on earth. He made other promises. Before He departed, while having communion with them, He said the grape juice they drank represented His blood of the New Testament. That meant when His blood was shed to ratify the New Covenant, all he promised was secured.
It is up to us now to receive the covenant. Like the children of Israel, we receive that covenant by agreeing to our part. They said they would be obedient to all God's instructions. As we receive communion (an act of accepting the blood of the covenant), may we remember that it is a way of saying we will be obedient to all of God's Word. He is always faithful to keep His Word to us.
I will he obedient to all the instructions I receive from God. I will remember my part of the covenant, as well as God's part, when I partake of Holy Communion.