Sermon Video: "The blood of the covenant" Matthew 26:26-30

At the Last Supper, Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples, and utilized that commemoration of God's fulfillment of the covenant with Abraham to declare a new covenant.  The old covenant had been sealed with the blood of animals, but this new covenant would be sealed with a far more precious blood; that of Jesus himself.  Why the change?  The shed blood of Jesus would be "poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."  As the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice, Jesus would pay the penalty for the sins of those who both had trusted in his future arrival (i.e. Old Testament saints) and those who would in the future put their hope in him.

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