symbolism
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Following the cup through the Bible, part 7.
In part 3, we saw in Psalm 16 the prophetic division in the church to come over the substance of the Lord’s supper with one a “libation of blood” that is equated to idolatry (verse 4) and a cup that is “secure”. How serious of a problem then are we talking about? I’ll begin the… Continue reading
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Following the cup through the Bible, part 6.
In the last installment, we were examining the words of institution at the last supper. In part 5, we used the biblical definition provided by Paul to determine that the body of Christ is the church, and that in the act of breaking the bread we can understand that this act is meant to prophesy… Continue reading
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Following the cup throughout the Bible, part 5.
In this part, I am going to examine the words of institution spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper and look at what I believe he is prophesying in implementing this memorial meal. Before I do I would like to emphasize the evidentiary aspect of the Lord’s Supper. When you have the person who was… Continue reading
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Following the cup through the Bible, part 4.
In part 3, we were able to understand from the text in Psalm 16 that it was prophesying a Split View of the cup. On the one hand, you have a cup that is secure. On the other, a libation of blood and what it equated to, idolatry. (It is of note that in the… Continue reading
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Following the cup through the Bible, part 3.
In case you were wondering how many parts there are in this study, the 1984 NIV has 65 stand alone verses using the word cup. While I will generally go from one mention to the next, in 1 Kings 7:26 and 2 Chronicles 4:5 the cup is mentioned in relation to the building of the… Continue reading
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Following the cup through scripture, part 2.
The next place that we see the cup presented is in 2 Samuel 12 and it is there that we continue our study. In 2 Samuel 12, Nathan confronts David about using the sword of the Ammonites to kill Uriah and take his wife to be his own. One of the guidelines that I use… Continue reading
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Summing up and then following the cup through scripture.
As I mentioned at the end of example three, each of those cases is a result of a process that I was able to discover by following a group of symbols through the Bible. Examples one and three involve a group of symbols that revolve around the Lord’s Supper (bread and wine) and I will… Continue reading
Broad meadows 