Honoring the Covenant – Communion
Communion… How we remember and honor your savior. Outside of loving Him with all our heart, mind and soul and loving our brother as ourselves, we remember His sacrifice. Keeping this covenant is a sacred and a right of passage to all believers. Partaking with His body and blood will bless you or it can condemn you if you take it with falsehood in your heart.
So, where did this Covenant truly begin? Was this just a metaphor that Yahawashi was giving the disciples, figuratively speaking? No, this plan was to give of His body and take His blood, was from the beginning when man first fell from Yah. It is a crucial part of our faith and knowing it will help you understand your walk with Yahahwah.
In the Apocryphal writings we find in the book of Adam & Eve, when Adam was removed from the garden. Adam faced many trials, and Yahawah revealed to him, His plan. (These writing are not a part of the Roman Catholic Bible, but are writings that were widely read and referenced by the men of Yah in those days. Many scriptures were lost and are now resurfacing. )
In the 14th chapter of the Book of Adam & Eve, Yahawah explains to Adam: verse 2, But God the Lord said to Adam, "Verily I say unto thee, this darkness will pass from thee, every day I have determined for thee, until the fulfillment of My covenant; when I will save thee and bring thee back again into the garden, into the abode of light thou longest for, wherein is no darkness. I will bring thee, to it--in the kingdom of heaven. 3 Again said God unto Adam, "All this misery that thou hast been made to take upon thee because of thy transgression, will not free thee from the hand of Satan, and will not save thee. 4 "But I will. When I shall come down from heaven, and shall become flesh of thy seed, and take upon Me the infirmity from which thou sufferest, then the darkness that came upon thee in this cave shall come upon Me in the grave, when I am in the flesh of thy seed. 5 "And I, who am without years, shall be subject to the reckoning of years, of times, of months, and of days, and I shall be reckoned as one of the sons of men, in order to save thee."
In the Book of 2nd Samual, the 7th chapter, verses 12 - 14 it reads:
12 “When your days are filled and you rest with your fathers, I shall raise up your seed after you, who comes from your inward parts, and shall establish his reign. 13 “He does build a house for My Name, and I shall establish the throne of his reign forever. 14 “I am to be his Father, and he is My son. If he does perversely, I shall reprove him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
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So, the plan to redeem man was conceived in the beginning and this promise dealing with His body and blood would be the lasting covenant that would last forever.
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The first sign of this covenant was given to the children of Israel when they were enslaved in Egypt. In the 12th chapter of the book of Exodus, Yahawah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt to take a lamb for every man of the tribe of Israel, a lamb to cover his house. And if a man did not have a lamb, his neighbor would provide one for him, so that ALL of Israel was covered by the sacrifice of the “Blood of the Lamb”. Yah instructed Israel to sacrifice the lambs, all at one time, in the evening on the fourteenth day of that month and then take the blood of that lamb and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they ate.
Yahawah gave them instructions on how to prepare the lamb for eating. In verse 8 - 11 He said: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover.
This would be the second time in scripture that Yahawah spoke about the covenant dealing with the Blood of the Lamb. And the first fiscal command to obey for grace to abound (outside of the first commandment given to Adam not to eat of the tree). Yahawah continues on in verse 12 saying For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Yahawah laid down a solid, hard foundation to be “Under the Blood” and covered by Grace. Then Yahawah set this action in motion for ever. Verse 14 reads: And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
We that serve Yah should know this is an ever lasting ordinance.
In Hebrews, the 11th chapter, the author (presumed to be the Apostle Paul) speaks to the hope and faith of the evidence of all things given by Christ and thru Yah’s (Yahawah's) grace and mercy. Paul spoke on the faith of the men of old.. throughout this chapter he shares Moses and the children of Israel’s story at Verse 25, Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
So, it was by faith they believed and Moses by faith, removed himself from Egypt to lead Israel. The obedience of the Passover gave life to all that believed and obeyed. Following the covenant of obedience gives life, blessing and freedom to all that makes the choice to take of this command. We now do this, keeping the commandments, being the living sacrifice and remembering His death by eating the bread as His body and drinking the wine, as His blood.
In the book of John the 6th chapter Yahawashi said, 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 52. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Then Yahawashi said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Now we have a clear understanding of the following:
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The Promise made unto Adam, the first that sinned
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The fulfillment of promise to the children of Israel, the blood being the covering of our atonement
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The Messiah fulfilling the promise made to Adam and Seth
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The fulfillment and conclusion of the lamb sacrifice, that was only a placeholder for Yahawashi's offering.
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Staying in the covenant and remembering it forever
REMEMBER AND DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME!
1ST CORINTHIANS 11:24-34
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body,which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
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