EAT BY REMEMBRANCE OF THE CROSS

MF Blume
December 27, 2015
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Gen 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Rev 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And when we read down this Psalm, we find these words circling around His crucifixion:

We see reference to the Exodus.

Psalm 22:4-5 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them (FROM EGYPT). They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Jesus spoke to the crowd in John 6 and discussed the manna, where Jesus said He was the true manna sent from Heaven.

Psalm 22:7-8 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Mat 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

Psalm 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.  

Psalm 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. (see Matthew 27:35)

Mat 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

Psalm 22:26-27 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto  the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Notice that the meek would EAT and be satisfied in all this prophecy about the CROSS.
• Why would it speak of eating after speaking of the cross of Christ?
• It refers to the same thing Jesus referred to the night before His crucifixion, when He took bread and broke it, indicating His broken body for them, and the wine representing His shed blood for them.

Nothing different is going to happen that men might be saved than what already happened.
• Nothing other than what happened long ago will take people to glory.
• So everyone must look back to the cross.
• REMEMBER.
• It will satisfy you.
• You will hunger no more neither thirst anymore

That is what Jesus said about the bread and wine of His body and blood.
• REMEMBER.

And the very next Psalm reads the same way, as follows:

Psalm 23:1-3 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. {Never hunger nor thirst... how?--- Because....} He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

The shepherd leads me beside still waters.
• I shall not want.
• I shall not lack.
• I receive the food and the drink.
• Still waters and green pastures.
• Food and drink.
• He is the shepherd who leads me to the food and drink, and He is the Lamb who provides the food and drink.. Both the Flesh and blood.
• Always think of the blood and body of Jesus when read of drink and food.

Jdg 6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

Wheat and wine press... Raw materials for bread and wine.

Rev 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Rev 7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Rev 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

The way God restores our souls is to take us back to the cross (REMEMBER) and help us comprehend one more time what happened to us when Christ died.
• Restores us to the KINGDOM Adam lost in the Garden.
• Takes us back before man fell from God!
• River of Life and Fruit of Life.
• Our old lives died and we were raised with Him.
• We are one with Him.
• Do you need restoration and some strength?
• Go to the food of life and the drink of life.
• Remember

All of this is written immediately AFTER PSALM 22!
• It’s the next Psalm.
• After the cross of Psalm 22:1, we read of the leading by the Shepherd, we sheep, to the feeding grounds and the waters.
• After reading of the world remembering and eating and being satisfied, we read this Psalm 23!

We are sheep being led to eat and drink.
• When Jesus referred to eating and drinking, He referred to His blood and flesh.
• And that was His death with which we identify.
• The aspect of eating and drinking refers to our identification with Christ’s death, where  His broken body and shed blood provide a picture of spiritual bread and wine.
• Eating and drinking his flesh and blood represents living from the truths which we have believed that concern His death as us.
• Realizing that we received resurrection eternal life when we believed His death was our deaths that freed us from this backslidden race of Adam’s..

Oh, it is so important to understand that we died with Him!
• That is the entire basis of salvation from sin.
• It’s where we BECAME ONE WITH HIM.

Eating the bread drinking the wine stands for us being ONE WITH HIM.

This will take us through the journey!
•When you realize you’re one with the KING OF KINGS, and His righteousness was given to you, you gain incredible confidence to deal with anything life throws at you!
•Why is it that we see Jesus as food in an animal feeding trough?
•Our shepherd leads us to food and drink as though we were sheep.
•Psalm 22 speaks of Israel trusting in God and being delivered TO TAKE THEM TO THE KINGDOM LAND OF ISRAEL

This truth of the cross feeds you to lead you to the KINGDOM POWER OF GOD IN THIS WORLD.

Right before Psalm 23 where we are SHEEP and the LORD IS OUR SHEPHERD.

The blood of the lamb around the doors.

The meat of the lamb eaten inside the same homes.

AND THEY LEFT EGYPT!
• And the flesh of the lamb was eaten in those houses, with nothing left over.
• They had to eat it all.

Exo 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Exo 12:9 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.
Exo 12:10 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.

Back in Psalm 22:26, we read of hearts living forever.

Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

This is the eternal life that Jesus said would be provided in the bread and wine of the flesh and blood.

John 6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

We’re talking about the bread of Heaven provided in the great house of Bread, laid in  the feeding trough, or manger, that we may feed and have eternal life.
Then we hear of the WORLD REMEMBERING in Psalm 22:27.

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:  and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Jesus said this do in REMEMBRANCE OF ME.

1 Corinthians 11:24-25 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. 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.

Mat 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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